Get Closer 2011 World Tour

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Get Closer 2011 World Tour
World tour by Keith Urban
Get Closer 2011.jpg
Promotional poster
LocationNorth America
Australia
Associated album Get Closer
Start date8 April 2011
End date15 October 2011
Legs2
No. of shows5 in Australia
55 in North America
60 Total
Keith Urban concert chronology

The Get Closer 2011 World Tour was the seventh headlining tour by Australian country music singer Keith Urban, in support of his seventh studio album Get Closer (2010). It began on 8 April 2011 in Adelaide, Australia and ended on 15 October 2011 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The tour visited both Australia and North America.

Contents

Background

The Australian leg of the tour was first announced 13 December 2010. [1] The North American leg of the tour was first announced on 22 November 2010. [2]

Opening acts

Setlist

  1. "Put You in a Song"
  2. "I Told You So"
  3. "Long Hot Summer"
  4. "Stupid Boy"
  5. "Days Go By"
  6. "Silly Love Songs" (Wings cover)
  7. "You Gonna Fly"
  8. "Making Memories of Us"
  9. "I'm In"
  10. "Boondocks" (Little Big Town cover)
  11. "Jeans On"
  12. "You'll Think of Me"
  13. "Georgia Woods"
  14. "'Til Summer Comes Around"
  15. "Sweet Thing"
  16. "Kiss a Girl"
  17. "Without You"
  18. "Somebody Like You"
  19. "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" (Waylon Jennings cover)
  20. "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me"
  21. "With or Without You" (U2 cover)
  22. "American Girl" (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers cover)
  23. "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" (AC/DC cover)
  24. "You Look Good in My Shirt"
Encore
  1. "Raining on Sunday"
  2. "Tonight I Wanna Cry"
  3. "Better Life"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
Australia [1]
8 April 2011 Adelaide Australia Adelaide Entertainment Centre
9 April 2011 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
12 April 2011 Tamworth Tamworth Regional Entertainment Centre
14 April 2011 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre
15 April 2011 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre
North America [4]
16 June 2011 Biloxi United States Mississippi Coast Coliseum
17 June 2011 Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
18 June 2011 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum
23 June 2011 Columbia Colonial Life Arena
24 June 2011 Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena
25 June 2011 Raleigh RBC Center
29 June 2011 St. Louis Scottrade Center
30 June 2011 Moline iWireless Center
7 July 2011 Hershey Giant Center
8 July 2011 Boston TD Garden
9 July 2011 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
14 July 2011 Newark Prudential Center
15 July 2011 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
16 July 2011 Albany Times Union Center
19 July 2011 Columbus Nationwide Arena
21 July 2011 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena
22 July 2011 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
23 July 2011 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
26 July 2011 Hampton Hampton Coliseum
28 July 2011 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center
29 July 2011 Toledo Huntington Center
31 July 2011 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
4 August 2011 Duluth Arena at Gwinnett Center
6 August 2011 Nashville Bridgestone Arena
11 August 2011 Cincinnati US Bank Arena
12 August 2011 Knoxville Thompson–Boling Arena
13 August 2011 Augusta James Brown Arena
16 August 2011 Wichita Intrust Bank Arena
18 August 2011 Tulsa BOK Center
19 August 2011 Kansas City Sprint Center
20 August 2011 Omaha Qwest Center
25 August 2011 Jonesboro Convocation Center
26 August 2011 Tupelo BancorpSouth Arena
27 August 2011 Lafayette Cajundome
28 August 2011 Dallas American Airlines Center
8 September 2011 Buffalo HSBC Arena
9 September 2011 Ottawa Canada Scotiabank Place
10 September 2011 Toronto Air Canada Centre
12 September 2011 London John Labatt Centre
15 September 2011 Winnipeg MTS Centre
16 September 2011 Regina Brandt Centre
17 September 2011 Saskatoon Credit Union Centre
21 September 2011 Edmonton Rexall Place
23 September 2011 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
26 September 2011 Vancouver Rogers Arena
29 September 2011 Seattle United States KeyArena
1 October 2011 San Jose HP Pavilion
2 October 2011 Sacramento ARCO Arena
4 October 2011 Fresno Save Mart Center
7 October 2011 Glendale Jobing.com Arena
8 October 2011 Los Angeles Staples Center
11 October 2011 Denver Pepsi Center
13 October 2011 Milwaukee Bradley Center
14 October 2011 Rosemont Allstate Arena
15 October 2011 Minneapolis Target Center

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