The Altar Tour

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The Altar Tour
Tour by Banks
The Altar Tour Banks European Dates.jpg
Associated album The Altar
Start date24 February 2017 (2017-02-24)
End date16 November 2017 (2017-11-16)
No. of shows
  • 20 in Europe
  • 42 in North America
  • 6 in Oceania
  • 68 in total
Banks concert chronology
  • The Goddess Tour
    (2014–2015)
  • The Altar Tour
    (2017)
  • The III Tour
    (2019)

The Altar Tour is the second official headlining concert tour by American musician Banks. It is in support of her second studio album The Altar (2016). The tour began on February 24, 2017, in Antwerp, Belgium and concluded on November 3, 2017, in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Contents

Background

On September 19, 2016, 11 days before the release of The Altar , Banks announced the first leg of dates. They consisted of 11 tour dates across Europe. [1] On January 18, 2017, Banks announced the first batch of North American tour dates, and on February 28, 2017, even more North American dates were announced. [2] [3] Tour dates for various music festivals across North America as well as Australian and Asian dates were announced at later times. [4] On May 22, 2017, Banks announced a second date of European dates that will take place in October and November 2017. [5] On June 1, 2017, it was announced that the Asian leg of the tour was cancelled due to unknown unforeseen circumstances. On June 6, 2017, Banks announced another leg of North American concerts that took place from July to September 2017. [6]

Set list

This set list is representative of the show on March 8, 2017, in Paris, France. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.[ citation needed ]

  1. "Poltergeist"
  2. "Fuck with Myself"
  3. "Gemini Feed"
  4. "Trainwreck"
  5. "Waiting Game"
  6. "This Is What It Feels Like"
  7. "Mind Games"
  8. "Better"
  9. "Weaker Girl"
  10. "Mother Earth"
  11. "Drowning"
  12. "Judas"
  13. "Beggin for Thread"
  14. "Haunt"
  15. "27 Hours"
  16. "This Is Not About Us"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and opening acts.
DateCityCountryVenue
Europe
February 24, 2017 Antwerp BelgiumTRIX Muziekcentrum
February 25, 2017 Hamburg Germany Gruenspan
February 27, 2017 Copenhagen Denmark Vega
February 28, 2017 Stockholm SwedenNalen
March 3, 2017BerlinGermanyHeimathafen Neukölln
March 5, 2017 Cologne Gloria-Theater
March 6, 2017 Amsterdam Netherlands Paradiso
March 8, 2017ParisFrance La Cigale
March 10, 2017 Manchester England Albert Hall
March 11, 2017 Glasgow Scotland The O2 ABC
March 13, 2017LondonEngland Roundhouse
North America
March 15, 2017 [lower-alpha 1] Austin United StatesBar 96
March 16, 2017 [lower-alpha 2] Banger's Sausage House
April 11, 2017 Pomona Fox Theater Pomona
April 13, 2017 San Diego Humphrey's Concerts By the Bay
April 14, 2017 [lower-alpha 3] Indio Empire Polo Club
April 16, 2017 Portland Crystal Ballroom
April 17, 2017 Vancouver Canada Vogue Theatre
April 18, 2017 Seattle United States Showbox SoDo
April 20, 2017San Francisco The Warfield
April 21, 2017 [lower-alpha 4] Indio Empire Polo Club
June 2, 2017 Philadelphia Electric Factory
June 3, 2017 [lower-alpha 5] New York City Randalls and Wards Islands
June 5, 2017 Montreal Canada Métropolis
June 6, 2017 Boston United StatesRoyale Nightclub
June 7, 2017Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club
June 9, 2017 Charlotte The Fillmore Charlotte
June 10, 2017 Atlanta Buckhead Theatre
June 12, 2017 Nashville Marathon Music Works
June 13, 2017 Asheville The Orange Peel
June 16, 2017 [lower-alpha 6] Dover Dover International Speedway
June 17, 2017 Pittsburgh Stage AE
June 19, 2017 Cleveland Agora Theatre and Ballroom
June 20, 2017 Columbus Newport Music Hall
June 22, 2017 [lower-alpha 7] Rothbury Double JJ Resort
Oceania [9]
July 18, 2017 Perth Australia Astor Theatre
July 21, 2017 [lower-alpha 8] Byron Bay North Byron Parklands
July 22, 2017 Sydney Max Watt's
July 23, 2017 Enmore Theatre
July 25, 2017 Melbourne Forum Theatre
July 26, 2017
North America
July 30, 2017 [lower-alpha 9] Oro-Medonte Canada Burl's Creek Event Grounds
July 31, 2017 Detroit United States Majestic Theater
August 2, 2017 Milwaukee Pabst Theater
August 4, 2017 Chicago The Vic Theatre
August 5, 2017 [lower-alpha 10] Grant Park
September 14, 2017 Salt Lake City The Depot
September 15, 2017 Denver Ogden Theatre
September 17, 2017 Kansas City Midland Theatre
September 20, 2017 Houston Warehouse Live
September 21, 2017 Austin Emo's
September 22, 2017 Dallas South Side Music Hall
September 25, 2017 Phoenix The Van Buren
September 26, 2017 Santa Ana The Observatory
September 28, 2017Los Angeles The Theatre at Ace Hotel
September 29, 2017
September 30, 2017
Europe
October 22, 2017 Birmingham England O2 Institute Birmingham
October 24, 2017Manchester Manchester Academy
October 25, 2017London Eventim Apollo
October 27, 2017 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg Rockhal
October 28, 2017BerlinGermanyHuxley's Neue Welt
October 30, 2017CologneE-Werk
October 31, 2017 Brussels Belgium Cirque Royal
November 2, 2017HamburgGermany Docks
November 3, 2017 [lower-alpha 11] Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Centrum

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation
DateCityCountryVenueReason
Asia
July 6, 2017TokyoJapanLIQUIDROOMUnforeseen circumstances
July 7, 2017 Seoul South Korea Yes24 MUV Hall
July 11, 2017 [10] Singapore Capitol Theatre
July 13, 2017Hong KongChinaMusic Zone @ E-Max
July 15, 2017 [11] Jakarta Indonesia The Establishment
North America
September 18, 2017 St. Louis United StatesDelmar HallSafety [12]
Europe
November 5, 2017 Frankfurt Germany Batschkapp Unforeseen circumstances [13]
November 7, 2017 Munich Backstage Werk
November 8, 2017 Zürich SwitzerlandKaufleuten
November 10, 2017 Bologna ItalyEstragon
November 11, 2017 Milan Fabrique
November 13, 2017ParisFrance Olympia
November 15, 2017 Barcelona SpainSala Apolo
November 16, 2017 Madrid La Riviera
Notes
  1. The March 15, 2017 show is part of COLLiDE at Bar 96 Presented by TWIX. [7]
  2. The March 16, 2017 show is part of StubHub LIVE – 2017 SXSW Showcase. [8]
  3. The April 14, 2017 show is part of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2017.
  4. The April 21, 2017 show is part of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2017.
  5. The June 3, 2017 show is part of the Governors Ball Music Festival 2017.
  6. The June 16, 2017 show is part of the Firefly Music Festival 2017.
  7. The June 22, 2017 show is part of the Electric Forest Festival 2017. It is still to be determined which date Banks will be performing on.
  8. The July 21, 2017 show is part of the Splendour in the Grass festival 2017.
  9. The July 30, 2017 show is part of the WayHome Music & Arts Festival 2017.
  10. The August 5, 2017 show is part of Lollapalooza 2017.
  11. The November 3, 2017 show is part of REC. Festival 2017.

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