Rock Paper Scissors North American Tour

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Rock Paper Scissors North American Tour
North America tour by Sting and Peter Gabriel
Start date21 June 2016 (2016-06-21)
End date24 July 2016 (2016-07-24)
Legs1
No. of shows21
Sting tour chronology
Rock Paper Scissors North American Tour
(2016)
Summer 2016 Tour
(2016)

The Rock Paper Scissors North American Tour was a joint concert (summer) tour of The United States and Canada by English musicians Sting and Peter Gabriel.

Setlist

  1. "The Rhythm of the Heat"
  2. "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You"
  3. "No Self Control" or "Digging in the Dirt"
  4. "Invisible Sun"
  5. "Games Without Frontiers"
  6. "Shock the Monkey"
  7. "Secret World"
  8. "Driven to Tears"
  9. "Fragile"
  10. "Red Rain"
  11. "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" (Excerpt)
  12. "Message in a Bottle"
  13. "Darkness" or "San Jacinto"
  14. "Walking in Your Footsteps"
  15. "Kiss That Frog"
  16. "Don't Give Up"
  17. "The Hounds of Winter"
  18. "Big Time"
  19. "Englishman in New York"
  20. "Solsbury Hill"
  21. "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"
  22. "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"
  23. "Roxanne" (with "Ain't No Sunshine" excerpt)
  24. "Love Can Heal" (New Peter Gabriel Song)
  25. "Desert Rose"
  26. "In Your Eyes"
Encore
  1. "Every Breath You Take"
  2. "Sledgehammer"

Tour dates

Date [1] CityCountryVenueTickets Sold / AvailableBox Office
21 June 2016 Columbus, OH United States Nationwide Arena 13,717 / 13,717$1,607,430
23 June 2016 Washington, DC Verizon Center 13,667 / 13,667$1,602,820
24 June 2016 Wantagh, NY Jones Beach Theater 13,663 / 13,663$1,527,855
26 June 2016 Camden, NJ BB&T Pavilion 16,427 / 16,427$1,324,568
27 June 2016 New York, NY Madison Square Garden 14,449 / 14,449$2,232,530
29 June 2016 Toronto, ON Canada Air Canada Centre 14,731 / 14,731$1,488,197 [2]
30 June 2016 Detroit, MI United States Palace of Auburn Hills 11,398 / 11,398$1,120,765
2 July 2016 Worcester, MA DCU Center 10,288 / 10,288$1,341,340
3 July 2016 Brooklyn, NY Coney Island Amphitheater 4,649 / 4,649$681,259
5 July 2016 Montreal, QC Canada Bell Centre 15,253 / 15,253$1,543,089
7 July 2016 [A] Quebec City, QC Plains of Abraham 75,000
9 July 2016 Chicago, IL United States United Center 14,257 / 14,257$1,938,195
10 July 2016 [B] Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheater 20,601 / 20,601$1,253,130
12 July 2016 Denver, CO Pepsi Center 12,375 / 12,375$1,292,040
14 July 2016 San Jose, CA SAP Center 12,772 / 12,772$1,603,870
15 July 2016 Stateline, NV Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena 7,422 / 7,422$1,027,924
17 July 2016 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl 34,755 / 34,755$3,634,539 [2]
18 July 2016
21 July 2016 Seattle, WA KeyArena at Seattle Center 12,053 / 12,183$1,440,562
23 July 2016 Calgary, AB Canada Scotiabank Saddledome 12,500
24 July 2016 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place 10,000

List of festivals

A This concert is part of the Quebec City Summer Festival ( Bell Stage ) in Quebec City.
B This concert is part of the Summerfest at Marcus Amphitheater in Henry Maier Festival Park.

Attendance / Box Office

Source: Pollstar "year-end charts" 2016

Sting & Peter Gabriel North America Tour 2016:

233,781 total tickets sold ( 18 cities / 19 shows )

$28,000,000 ( Gross )

Los Angeles, Hollywood Bowl:

- Billboard source:34,755 / 34,755 ( $3,694,539 )

- Pollstar source: 33,878 / 33,878 ( $3,694,609 )

Personnel

Source [3]

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References

  1. "Rock Paper Scissors: North America 2016". Sting.com. May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Current Boxscore".
  3. Com, Genesis News. "Genesis News Com [it]: Peter Gabriel & Sting – Rock Paper Scissors Tour – dates and info".