The Medicine Tour

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The Medicine Tour
Tour by The Pretty Reckless
The Medicine Tour poster.png
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album
Start dateMarch 9, 2012
End dateSeptember 30, 2012
Legs3
No. of shows
  • 52 in North America
  • 5 in South America
  • 2 in Asia
  • 59 in total
The Pretty Reckless concert chronology

The Medicine Tour is the second headlining concert tour by American rock band the Pretty Reckless in support of their debut studio album, Light Me Up (2010), and their second extended play, Hit Me Like a Man EP (2012). [1] [2]

Contents

Background

The tour dates were announced on January 23, 2012 via the band's official website. These concerts would be taking place in North America, performing at several of the same venues that the band had visited the previous year. [3] [4]

Opening acts

Setlist

  1. "Hit Me Like a Man"
  2. "Since You're Gone"
  3. "Zombie"
  4. "Miss Nothing"
  5. "Just Tonight"
  6. "Goin' Down"
  7. "Cold Blooded"
  8. "Seven Nation Army" (White Stripes cover) (performed on Argentina through July 29, 2012)
  9. "Aerials" (System of a Down cover)
  10. "My Medicine"
  11. "Make Me Wanna Die"
  12. "Factory Girl"
    Encore
  13. "Nothing Left to Lose"
Notes

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
North America [7] [8]
March 9, 2012 Tucson United States Club Congress
March 10, 2012 Scottsdale Martini Ranch
March 11, 2012 Santa Ana Constellation Room
March 14, 2012 Los Angeles House of Blues Hollywood
March 15, 2012 San Francisco Bottom of the Hill
March 16, 2012 Portland Hawthorne Theatre
March 17, 2012 Seattle El Corazon
March 18, 2012 Vancouver Canada Rickshaw Theatre
March 20, 2012 Calgary The Den
March 22, 2012 Edmonton The Starlite Room
March 23, 2012 Saskatoon Louis' Pub
March 24, 2012 Regina The Exchange
March 26, 2012 Winnipeg West End Cultural Centre
March 29, 2012 Chicago United States Bottom Lounge
March 30, 2012 Cleveland House of Blues
March 31, 2012 Columbus Newport Music Hall
April 1, 2012 Toledo Frankies Innercity
April 3, 2012 Pontiac The Crofoot Ballroom
April 4, 2012 Toronto Canada Phoenix Concert Theatre
April 6, 2012 Quebec City Le Cercle
April 7, 2012 Montreal Métropolis
April 8, 2012 South Burlington United StatesHigher Ground
April 12, 2012 Philadelphia The Fillmore at the Theatre of Living Arts
April 13, 2012 New York City Irving Plaza
April 14, 2012 Poughkeepsie The Loft
April 15, 2012 Baltimore The Ottobar
April 17, 2012 Richmond The Canal Club
April 18, 2012 Chapel Hill Local 506
April 19, 2012 Charlotte Visulite Theatre
April 20, 2012 Atlanta The Masquerade
April 21, 2012 Jacksonville Jack Rabbits
April 22, 2012 St. Petersburg State Theatre
April 24, 2012 Fort Lauderdale The Culture Room
April 25, 2012 Orlando The Social
April 27, 2012 [A] Providence Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
April 28, 2012 [A] Hampton Beach Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
April 29, 2012 [A] Huntington Paramount Theatre
May 1, 2012 [A] Silver Spring The Fillmore Silver Spring
May 2, 2012 [A] Montclair Wellmont Theatre
May 3, 2012 Boston Paradise Rock Club
May 4, 2012 [A] Atlantic City House of Blues Atlantic City
May 5, 2012 [A] Pittsburgh Stage AE
May 6, 2012 [A] Grand Rapids The Orbit Room
May 8, 2012 [A] Des Moines Val Air Ballroom
May 9, 2012 [A] Sioux Falls W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds
May 11, 2012 [A] Dallas Palladium Ballroom
May 12, 2012 [A] San Antonio Sunken Garden
May 13, 2012 [A] Houston House of Blues Houston
May 15, 2012 [A] Oklahoma City Diamond Ballroom
May 16, 2012 [A] Kansas City Uptown Theater
May 18, 2012 [A] Minneapolis The Brick Minneapolis
May 19, 2012 [A] Milwaukee Eagles Ballroom
South America [9]
July 29, 2012 Buenos Aires Argentina Teatro Flores
August 1, 2012 Santiago Chile Teatro Oriente
August 3, 2012 Curitiba Brazil Espaço Cult
August 4, 2012 São Paulo HSBC Brasil
August 5, 2012 Rio de Janeiro Circo Voador
Asia [10]
September 28, 2012 Taipei Taiwan Legacy Taipei
September 30, 2012 [B] Pasay Philippines SMX Convention Center
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A This concert was a part of "Hello Cruel World Tour", supporting Marilyn Manson
B This concert was a part of "Bazooka Rocks Festival"
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
April 10, 2012BostonParadise Rock ClubPostponed to May 3
April 15, 2012 Washington, D.C. The Rock 'N' Roll HotelCancelled

Box office score data

VenueCityTickets Sold / AvailableGross Revenue
The DenCalgary358 / 450 (79%)$6,736 [11]
Starlite RoomEdmonton362 / 700 (51%)$6,603 [11]
West End Cultural CentreWinnipeg359 / 400 (89%)$6,336 [11]
Louis PubSaskatoon332 / 500 (66%)$5,635 [11]
The ExchangeRegina184 / 300 (61%)$3,148 [11]
Newport Music HallCleveland382 / 1,000 (38%)$7,086 [12]
MetropolisMontreal937 / 1,200 (78%)$22,642 [13]
Le CercleQuebec City396 / 400 (99%)$7,176 [13]
TOTAL3,310 / 4,950 (67%)$65,362

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