Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful Tour

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Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful Tour
Tour by Paloma Faith
Associated album Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?
Start date16 July 2009
End date10 December 2010
No. of shows68
Paloma Faith concert chronology

Paloma Faith undertook her first major tour in 2010. The United Kingdom leg of the tour was confirmed on 4 November 2009, when Faith announced that she would visit the United Kingdom and Ireland starting on 17 March 2010. [1] The tour featured songs from Faith's album, Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful? . In April 2010, Faith extended her tour for throughout October and November, where she visited a number of different venues.

Contents

Supporting acts

Sample setlist (March 2010)

  1. "Smoke & Mirrors"
  2. "Stone Cold Sober"
  3. "Romance Is Dead"
  4. "Broken Doll"
  5. "Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful"
  6. "God Bless This Child" (Billie Holiday cover)
  7. "Sexy Minx" (Cover of David Guetta's Sexy Bitch)
  8. "Stargazer"
  9. "You Never Give Me Your Money" (The Beatles cover)
  10. "Love Ya"
  11. "Upside Down"
  12. "Play On"

Encore

  1. "At Last"
  2. (Etta James Cover)
  3. "New York"

Source: [2]

Tour dates

Below is a full list of tour dates. [3] [4] [5] [6]

DateCityCountryVenue
Europe
16 July 2009Suffolk United Kingdom Latitude Festival
19 July 2009Weston-super-MareT4 on the Beach
1 August 2009StandonStandon Calling Festival
11 September 2009Isle of WightBestival
14 September 2009GlasgowKing Tut's Wah Wah Hut
15 September 2009 Manchester Ruby Lounge
17 September 2009LondonScala
24 October 2009 Kentish Town Forum
2 November 2009Sydney Australia The Oxford Art Factory
16 November 2009SouthseaUnited KingdomWedgewood Rooms
17 November 2009 Liverpool O2 Academy Liverpool
18 November 2009 London Union Chapel
19 November 2009LiverpoolO2 Academy Liverpool
22 November 2009SouthseaWedgewood Rooms
23 November 2009LondonKOKO
28 November 2009BerlinGermanyPostbahnhof am Ostbahnhof
29 November 2009HamburgGrünspan
2 December 2009 Paris France Nouveau Casino
3 December 2009 Birmingham United Kingdom O2 Academy Birmingham
11 February 2010LondonJazz Cafe
26 February 2010 Warsaw Poland Palladium
5 March 2010 Zürich Switzerland Masott
7 March 2010 Cologne Germany Luxor Club
8 March 2010 Hamburg Gruenspan Club
9 March 2010 Berlin Postbahnhof Club
10 March 2010 Munich 59:1 Club
12 March 2010AmsterdamThe NetherlandsParadiso
14 March 2010LondonUnited KingdomKOKO
16 March 2010 Dublin Ireland Vicar Street
17 March 2010 Glasgow United Kingdom O2 Academy Glasgow
19 March 2010 Manchester Manchester Academy
20 March 2010 Leeds O2 Academy Leeds
21 March 2010 Newcastle O2 Academy Newcastle
23 March 2010Cambridge Cambridge Corn Exchange [7]
24 March 2010BirminghamO2 Academy Birmingham
25 March 2010SouthamptonGuildhall
26 March 2010Bristol O2 Academy Bristol
28 March 2010 Oxford O2 Academy Oxford
29 March 2010London O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
30 March 2010
31 March 2010
28 April 2010 Cheltenham Cheltenham Town Hall
3 May 2010
19 May 2010LiverpoolPhilharmonic Hall
20 May 2010 Sheffield O2 Academy Sheffield
11 June 2010NewportIsle of Wight Festival
15 June 2010StockholmSwedenLove 2010 Festival at Skeppsbron
18 June 2010SeinajokiFinlandTornavansaari
23 June 2010PiltonUnited KingdomGlastonbury Festival
7 July 2010London iTunes Festival
9 July 2010Kinross T in the Park
15 July 2010DublinIrelandIveagh Gardens
16 July 2010LondonUnited KingdomLovebox at Victoria Park
17 July 2010
18 July 2010
23 July 2010LucerneSwitzerlandBlue Balls Festival
8 August 2010HerefordshireUnited KingdomEastnor Castle Deer Park
21 August 2010 Chelmsford V Festival
22 August 2010 Weston-under-Lizard
30 October 2010Newcastle Newcastle City Hall
31 October 2010ManchesterManchester Apollo
1 November 2010 Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Civic Hall
2 November 2010 Edinburgh Edinburgh Corn Exchange
4 November 2010 Plymouth Plymouth Pavilions
5 November 2010 Leicester De Montfort Hall
7 November 2010 Portsmouth Portsmouth Guildhall
8 November 2010London Hammersmith Apollo
17 November 2010Royal Albert Hall
1 December 2010 HMV Forum
10 December 2010The Barbican Centre

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