From Gasoline Alley to Another Country: Hits 2016

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From Gasoline Alley to Another Country: Hits 2016
Tour by Rod Stewart
LocationEurope
Associated album Another Country
Start date4 November 2016
End date27 February 2017
Legs1
No. of shows20
Rod Stewart concert chronology
  • Hits 2016
    (2016)
  • From Gasoline Alley to Another Country: Hits 2016
    (2016–2017)
  • Summer Tour 2017
    (2017)

From Gasoline Alley to Another Country: Hits 2016 was a concert tour by British musician Rod Stewart in support of his twenty-ninth studio album Another Country . [1]

Contents

Background

The tour began on 7 November 2016, in Prague, Czech Republic at the O2 Arena and continued throughout Europe, the United Kingdom and Ireland before concluding on 16 December 2016, in Glasgow, Scotland at the SSE Hydro Arena. [2] Currently, the tour is planned to travel across Europe, the United Kingdom and Ireland with a total of sixteen shows. [3]

Shows

DateCityCountryVenueAttendanceBox Office
Europe
4 November 2016 Stuttgart Germany Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
7 November 2016 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena
9 November 2016 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
12 November 2016 Liverpool England Echo Arena Liverpool
14 November 2016 Belfast Northern Ireland SSE Arena Belfast 15,478 / 15,478$1,486,890
15 November 2016
18 November 2016 Dublin Ireland 3Arena 17,032 / 17,032$1,967,170
19 November 2016
29 November 2016 Sheffield England Sheffield Arena 10,825 / 10,825$980,343
2 December 2016 Birmingham Barclaycard Arena 25,267 / 25,267$2,320,100
3 December 2016
6 December 2016 Leeds First Direct Arena 11,137 / 11,137$966,451
8 December 2016 Manchester Manchester Arena 14,120 / 14,120$1,270,890
10 December 2016 Nottingham Motorpoint Arena Nottingham
12 December 2016 London The O2 Arena
13 December 2016 Glasgow Scotland The SSE Hydro 22,166 / 22,509$2,009,040
16 December 2016
18 December 2016LiverpoolEnglandEcho Arena Liverpool
26 February 2017LondonThe O2 Arena29,427 / 31,359$2,695,020
27 February 2017
TOTAL145,392 / 147,727
(97%)
$13,695,904

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

22 November 2016LondonThe O2 ArenaRescheduled to 12 December 2016.
25 November 2016LondonThe O2 ArenaRescheduled to 26 February 2017.
26 November 2016LondonThe O2 ArenaRescheduled to 27 February 2017.

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