Waiting 4U Tour

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Waiting 4U Tour
Tour by Cody Simpson and Greyson Chance
Waiting4utour.jpg
Associated album 4 U
Hold On 'til the Night
Start dateApril 9, 2011 (2011-04-09)
End dateMay 18, 2011 (2011-05-18)
Legs1
No. of shows28 in North America
Cody Simpson tour chronology
 Waiting 4U Tour
(2011)
Coast to Coast Mall Tour
(2011)
Greyson Chance tour chronology
 Waiting 4U Tour
(2011)
Asian Promo Tour
(2011)

Waiting 4U Tour was a co-headlining concert tour by Australian singer Cody Simpson and American singer Greyson Chance. The tour was launched to promote Simpson's debut EP 4 U (2010), and to gain interest and publicity for Greyson Chance. Both singers revealed the announcement of the tour on March 10, 2011 during a live chat with fans on Ustream. [1]

Contents

Opening act

Setlist

Greyson Chance
  1. "Heart Like Stone"
  2. "Light Up the Dark"
  3. "Fire"
  4. "Paparazzi"
  5. "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down"
  6. "Unfriend You"
  7. "Waiting Outside the Lines"
Cody Simpson
  1. "Round of Applause"
  2. "iYiYi"
  3. "Don't Cry Your Heart Out"
  4. "Not Just You"
  5. "I Found You"
  6. "All Day"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
North America [6] [7]
April 9, 2011 St. George United States Dixie Center Ballroom
April 11, 2011 Englewood Gothic Theatre
April 13, 2011 Minneapolis First Avenue
April 14, 2011 St. Louis Pageant Concert NightClub
April 15, 2011 Chicago House of Blues
April 16, 2011 Milwaukee The Rave
April 17, 2011 Royal Oak Royal Oak Music Theatre
April 19, 2011 Cleveland House of Blues
April 20, 2011 Lancaster The Chameleon Club
April 21, 2011 Westbury NYCB Theatre at Westbury
April 22, 2011 Hampton Beach Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
April 23, 2011 Foxborough Showcase Live
April 25, 2011 West Chester The Note
April 26, 2011 New York City Irving Plaza
April 27, 2011 Gramercy Theatre
April 28, 2011 Washington, D.C. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
May 1, 2011 Fort Lauderdale Culture Room
May 3, 2011 Lake Buena Vista House of Blues
May 4, 2011 Atlanta Center Stage Theater
May 6, 2011 Houston Bronze Peacock Room
May 8, 2011 Dallas Cambridge Room
May 10, 2011 Mesa Nile Theater
May 11, 2011 West Hollywood House of Blues
May 14, 2011 Anaheim
May 15, 2011 San Francisco Great American Music Hall
May 17, 2011 Seattle Showbox at the Market
May 18, 2011 Portland Roseland Theater
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
April 11, 2011 Ivins, Utah Tuacahn Amphitheatre and Center for the Arts Moved to the Dixie Center Ballroom in St. George, Utah
April 13, 2011Minneapolis, Minnesota The Cedar Cultural Center Moved to First Avenue
April 26, 2011New York City, New YorkGramercy TheatreMoved to Irving Plaza
May 15, 2011San Francisco, CaliforniaSlim'sMoved to the Great American Music Hall

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