The Endless Summer Tour

The Endless Summer Tour

Tour by Lana Del Rey
Associated album	Ultraviolence
Start date	May 7, 2015
End date	June 16, 2015
Legs	1
No. of shows	20 in North America 20 in total
Guests	Courtney Love Grimes
Box office	US $6 million
Lana Del Rey concert chronology

The Endless Summer Tour was the third headlining concert tour by American recording artist Lana Del Rey in support of her third studio album, Ultraviolence (2014). The tour began on May 7, 2015 in The Woodlands, Texas and concluded on June 16, 2015 in West Palm Beach, Florida finishing with a total of twenty shows over the span of two months. The first seven shows of the tour were supported by fellow alternative rock singer Courtney Love, while the majority of the remaining tour dates were supported by synthpop singer and producer, Grimes. Most of the tour dates were sold out instantly.

Lana Del Rey performed songs from Born to Die, Paradise, and Ultraviolence, in addition to some previously unreleased songs, and covers.

At the end of 2015, the tour placed at number 156 on Pollstar's "2015 Year-End Top 200 North American Tours" list, grossing $6 million from 16 shows with a total attendance of 118,960.^[1]

Background

Prior to the release of Ultraviolence (2014), Del Rey performed a series of concerts across North America in April and May 2014.^[2] Included in this slew of concerts were two performances at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the first in which Del Rey premiered "West Coast", the lead single off of Ultraviolence.^[3] After the release of Ultraviolence, Del Rey then went on to perform at various music festivals across Europe during June, July, and August 2014 before cancelling the remainder of her promotional concerts due to health issues.^[4] After recovering from her illness, Del Rey went on to finish her promotional concert tour by performing two shows at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California in October 2014.^[5] After the completion of the promotional tour, there was much speculation as to if there would be a proper concert tour in support of the singer's latest studio album.^[6]

During an interview with the Australian press in July 2014, Courtney Love, former frontwoman of the punk rock band Hole, expressed an interest in collaborating with artists such as Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey. When speaking of the possibility of a duet between her and Del Rey, she exclaimed that "I [Love] have a distinctive voice and it might sound cool if it’s the right song".^[7] Within the following months, Love continued to hint at a collaboration between her and Del Rey publicly through her Twitter account tagging Del Rey in a tweet and stating that there was "exciting news to come".^[8]

On December 1, 2014, the tour was officially announced with seventeen shows scheduled across North America in the summer of the following year. Along with the tour's announcement came news that Love would be co-headlining the first eight shows with Del Rey to promote her upcoming solo release.^[9] Presale tickets for the tour began shortly after the tour's announcement on December 3, 2014, which was then followed by the general public sale beginning after that on December 6, 2014.^[10] Four months later, on April 1, 2015, Del Rey announced that synthpop singer and producer Grimes would be joining her on the remaining dates of the tour after Love departs from the tour.^[11]

Set list

This set list is representative of the show on May 7, 2015 in The Woodlands, Texas. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.^[12]

1. "Cruel World"
2. "Cola"
3. "Blue Jeans"
4. "West Coast"
5. "Us Against the World"
6. "Born to Die"
7. "Ultraviolence"
8. "Summertime Sadness"
9. "Chelsea Hotel No. 2"
10. "Brooklyn Baby"
11. "Shades of Cool"
12. "You Can Be the Boss"
13. "Serial Killer"
14. "Video Games"
15. "Why Don't You Do Right?"
16. "Off to the Races"

Notes 

• During the show on June 16, 2015 in West Palm Beach, Florida, Del Rey performed "Florida Kilos" and "Honeymoon".
• Per audience request at the June 14 show in Atlanta, Lana sang the first verse of "Old Money".^[13]

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, amount of available tickets, and gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts	Attendance	Revenue
North America[14][15]
May 7, 2015	The Woodlands	United States	Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion	Courtney Love	—	—
May 12, 2015	Morrison		Red Rocks Amphitheatre		—	—
May 14, 2015	Phoenix		Ak-Chin Pavilion		—	—
May 16, 2015	Chula Vista		Sleep Train Amphitheatre		—	—
May 18, 2015	Los Angeles		Hollywood Bowl		—	—
May 20, 2015	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre		—	—
May 22, 2015	Ridgefield		Sunlight Supply Amphitheater		—	—
May 24, 2015^[A]	George		The Gorge Amphitheatre	N/A	—	—
May 28, 2015	Noblesville		Klipsch Music Center	Grimes	—	—
May 30, 2015	Tinley Park		Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre		—	—
May 31, 2015	Clarkston		DTE Energy Music Theatre		14,566 / 14,566[16]	$554,080
June 3, 2015	Toronto	Canada	Molson Canadian Amphitheatre		—	—
June 4, 2015	Montreal		Centre Bell		11,329 / 11,329	$641,804
June 6, 2015	Atlantic City	United States	The Borgata		—
June 7, 2015^[B]	New York City		Randalls and Wards Islands	N/A	—	—
June 9, 2015	Mansfield		Xfinity Center	Grimes	—	—
June 11, 2015	Bristow		Jiffy Lube Live		—	—
June 13, 2015	Charlotte		PNC Music Pavilion		—	—
June 14, 2015	Atlanta		Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood		—	—
June 16, 2015	West Palm Beach		Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre		—	—
Total					25,895 / 25,895	+$6,000,000[17]

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
May 9, 2015	Dallas	United States	Gexa Energy Pavilion	Inclement weather[18]

Notes

• A ^ The show on May 24, 2015 in George, Washington was a part of the 2015 Sasquatch! Music Festival.^[19]
• B ^ The show on June 7, 2015 in New York City, New York was a part of the 2015 Governors Ball Music Festival.^[20]

References

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