The Norman Fucking Rockwell! Tour

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The Norman Fucking Rockwell! Tour
Tour by Lana Del Rey
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Promotional poster for the tour
Location
  • North America
  • Asia
Associated album Norman Fucking Rockwell!
Start dateSeptember 21, 2019 (2019-09-21)
End dateNovember 30, 2019 (2019-11-30)
Legs2
No. of shows19 in North America
1 in Asia
20 in total
Supporting acts
Lana Del Rey concert chronology

The Norman Fucking Rockwell! Tour was the fifth headlining concert tour by American singer Lana Del Rey, in support of her sixth studio album, Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019). The tour began at the Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York, on September 21, 2019, and concluded at the Du Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on November 30 of the same year.

Contents

The tour consisted of 19 shows in North America, and one in Asia. The tour was expected to continue in 2020, with a set of shows held Europe, Latin America and a few in North America, but the European leg of the tour was cancelled after Del Rey fell ill, while the rest of the shows were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background

On July 31, 2019, Del Rey announced that her sixth studio album Norman Fucking Rockwell! would be released on August 30. The following day, she announced that the album's release would be followed by a tour. [1] [2]

The stops for the first leg of the tour were primarily along the west coast of North America, with a few stops in major cities elsewhere in Canada and the United States. [3] On September 16, 2019, Del Rey confirmed on radio 102.7KIISFM, that the tour would have four legs. The first leg would take place in the West Coast of North America during fall 2019, while the second leg would be in Europe during winter 2020. The third leg took place in the Midwest of North America in November 2019 with a final show in Abu Dhabi. The fourth leg, would consist of Southeastern U.S. states like Tennessee, Alabama, and Florida as well as festival shows in Europe and South America from March to June 2020, was eventually cancelled.[ citation needed ]

Set list

This set list is representative of the September 30, 2019, show in Vancouver. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour. [4]

  1. "Norman Fucking Rockwell"
  2. "Bartender"
  3. "For Free"
  4. "Mariners Apartment Complex"
  5. "Born to Die"
  6. "Blue Jeans"
  7. "White Mustang"
  8. "Cherry"
  9. "Pretty When You Cry"
  10. "Change" / "Black Beauty" / "Young and Beautiful" / "Ride"
  11. "Video Games"
  12. "Summertime Sadness"
  13. "Doin' Time"
  14. "Off to the Races"
  15. "Shades of Cool"
  16. "Venice Bitch"

Special guests

Shows

Date (2019)CityCountryVenueOpening act
Leg 1
September 21 Wantagh [lower-alpha 1] United States Jones Beach Theater
September 30 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena
October 2 Seattle United States WaMu Theater
October 3 Portland Moda Center
October 6 Berkeley Hearst Greek Theatre
October 8 Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
October 10 Los Angeles [lower-alpha 2] Hollywood Bowl
October 11 San Diego CalCoast Open Air Theatre
Leg 2
November 3 Albuquerque United States Kiva Auditorium Andrew Thomas
November 4 Denver Bellco Theatre Julia Jacklin
November 6 Sioux Falls The District Haley
November 8 Chicago Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom Lucy Dacus
November 10 Des Moines Veterans Memorial Auditorium
November 11 Madison The Sylvee
November 13 Omaha Slosburg Hall Nikki Lane
November 14 Kansas City Uptown Theater Lissie
November 16 Wichita Cotillion Ballroom
November 17 Oklahoma City The Criterion Robert Ellis
November 19 Nashville Municipal Auditorium Lissie
November 30 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates du Arena

Cancelled shows

Date (2020)CityCountryVenueReason
Leg 3
February 21 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome Illness [8]
February 23 Paris France AccorHotels Arena
February 25 London England The O2 Arena
February 26 Manchester Manchester Arena
February 28 Glasgow Scotland SSE Hydro
February 29 Birmingham England Resorts World Arena
March 2 Berlin Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena
March 3 Cologne Lanxess Arena
Leg 4
March 27 [lower-alpha 3] Santiago Chile O'Higgins Park COVID-19 pandemic
March 29 [lower-alpha 4] San Isidro [lower-alpha 5] Argentina Hipódromo de San Isidro
March 31 [lower-alpha 6] Asunción Paraguay Hipodromo de Asunción
April 3 [lower-alpha 7] São Paulo Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace
April 12 [lower-alpha 8] Indio United States Empire Polo Club
April 19 [lower-alpha 8]
May 15 [lower-alpha 9] Gulf Shores 101 East Beach Boulevard
June 5 [lower-alpha 10] Barcelona Spain Parc del Fòrum
June 7 [lower-alpha 11] ParisFrance Bois de Vincennes
June 9 Verona Italy Verona Arena
June 12 [lower-alpha 12] Porto Portugal Parque da Cidade
June 14 [lower-alpha 13] Manchester United States Great Stage Park
June 27 [lower-alpha 14] Pilton England Worthy Farm

Notes

  1. Promoted as Jones Beach
  2. Promoted as Hollywood
  3. This concert is part of Lollapalooza Chile.
  4. This concert is part of Lollapalooza Argentina.
  5. Promoted as Buenos Aires
  6. This concert is part of Asunciónico.
  7. Part of Lollapalooza Brazil
  8. 1 2 This concert is part of Coachella.
  9. This concert is part of Hangout Music Festival.
  10. This concert is part of Primavera Sound.
  11. This concert is part of We Love Green Festival.
  12. This concert is part of NOS Primavera Sound.
  13. This concert is part of Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival.
  14. This concert is part of Glastonbury Festival.

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