Big Time Summer Tour
Tour by Big Time Rush
Associated album
Start dateJuly 5, 2012 (2012-07-05)
End dateOctober 11, 2012 (2012-10-11)
Legs2
No. of shows
  • 61 in North America
  • 5 in South America
  • 66 in total
Big Time Rush concert chronology

The Big Time Summer Tour was the third concert tour and the first official world tour by boy band Big Time Rush. Visiting the Americas, the tour supported the band's second studio album, Elevate and their second official soundtrack, Big Time Movie Soundtrack.[1] The tour began in July 2012 and ended in the following October. It became the second best selling tour according to ticketmaster.com in the summer of 2012 as well.

Background

The tour was announced in February 2012, days before the band commenced their second tour.[2] This tour saw the band performing in amphitheatres during the summer season. Band member Carlos Peña said the tour was "going to be crazy", allowing the band to do a more expansive show with a bigger set.[3] This also marks the band's first performance in South America, headlining the Z Festival and Teens Live Festival. Commenting on the tour, the band stated: "We can't wait to hit the road again. The Better with U Tour has been amazing and we're incredibly grateful to our fans who have supported us and made our first [tour] a success".[3]

Critical reception

The tour received mixed reviews from music critics. The concert at the Mandalay Bay Events Center was enjoyed by everyone in the audience, writes Ron Sylvester (Las Vegas Sun). He continues, "Because the true measure of Big Time Rush won't be about a show on one Saturday night at Mandalay Bay. It will be written in the memories of the screaming girls if they continue to warmly recall those songs as they grow up. And whether they’re willing to buy tickets to hear that music again in Las Vegas showrooms 40 years from now".[4]

Jim Abbott (Orlando Sentinel) called the show at the Amway Center unnatural and formulaic. He explains, "Compared with that free-spirited British group, BTR's stage presence was more contrived, more tightly choreographed even in the moments that were supposed to be spontaneous".[5]

Opening acts

Setlist

  1. "Elevate"
  2. "Time of Our Life"
  3. "City Is Ours"
  4. "No Idea"
  5. "Love Me Love Me"
  6. "If I Ruled the World"
  7. "Halfway There"
  8. "Invisible"
  9. "Boyfriend"
  10. "Cover Girl"
  11. "Worldwide"
  12. "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
  13. "Help!"
  14. "Show Me"
  15. "Music Sounds Better with U"
  16. "Windows Down"
  17. "Til I Forget About You"
  18. "Big Time Rush"

Shows

Date (2012) City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
North America[12]
July 5 Columbus United States Nationwide Arena —
July 6[lower-alpha 1] Milwaukee Marcus Amphitheater
July 7 Maryland Heights Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
July 8 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
July 10 Atlanta Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood
July 11 Pelham Verizon Wireless Music Center
July 13 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
July 14 Dallas Gexa Energy Pavilion
July 15 Tulsa BOK Center 7,485 / 7,485 (100%) $270,015[14]
July 17 Phoenix Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion —
July 19 Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 20 Chula Vista Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
July 21 Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center
July 22 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 23[lower-alpha 2] Paso Robles Chumash Grandstand Arena
July 25 West Valley City USANA Amphitheatre
July 27 Kansas City Sprint Center
July 28 Minneapolis Target Center
July 29 Noblesville Klipsch Music Center
July 31 Clarkston DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 1 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center
August 3 Louisville KFC Yum! Center 5,917 / 8,340 (71%) $321,445[16]
August 4 Tinley Park First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre —
August 5 Burgettstown First Niagara Pavilion
August 7 Bethel Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
August 8 Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
August 9 Darien Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
August 10 Camden Susquehanna Bank Center
August 11 Hershey Star Pavilion
August 12 Mansfield Comcast Center
August 14 Saratoga Saratoga Performing Arts Center
August 16[lower-alpha 3] Des Moines Iowa State Fairgrounds Grandstand
August 17 Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
August 18 Holmdel Township PNC Bank Arts Center
August 19 Bristow Jiffy Lube Live
August 21 Virginia Beach Farm Bureau Live
August 22 Raleigh Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
August 24 West Palm Beach Cruzan Amphitheatre
August 25 Tampa 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre
August 26 San Juan Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum 3,827 / 5,529 (69%) $263,537[18]
August 28 Orlando United States Amway Center 4,948 / 8,073 (61%) $212,115[19]
August 29 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre —
August 31 Bangor Bangor Waterfront Pavilion
September 1 Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena
September 2 Hartford Comcast Theatre
September 4 Montreal Canada Bell Centre 2,461 / 3,075 (79%) $145,387[18]
September 5 London Budweiser Gardens 2,441 / 6,850 (35%) $110,145[20]
September 7 Ottawa Scotiabank Place —
September 8 Toronto Molson Canadian Amphitheatre 6,012 / 16,158 (37%) $305,912[21]
September 9 Grand Rapids United States Van Andel Arena 4,546 / 4,952 (92%) $180,040[14]
September 11 Moline iWireless Center 3,246 / 4,500 (72%) $125,916[22]
September 13 Edmonton Canada Rexall Place —
September 14 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
September 16 Vancouver Rogers Arena
September 17[lower-alpha 4] Puyallup United States Northwest Concert Center
September 18 Portland Rose Garden
September 25 Mexico City Mexico Palacio de los Deportes 16,736 / 17,014 (98%) $720,230[22]
September 26 Monterrey Auditorio Banamex 6,799 / 6,968 (97%) $462,933[22]
South America[24]
September 29[lower-alpha 5] São Paulo Brazil Arena Anhembi 12,193 / 16,500 (73%) $1,144,620[26]
September 30[lower-alpha 5] Rio de Janeiro HSBC Arena 6,846 / 7,500 (91%) $625,108[26]
October 3[lower-alpha 6] Lima Peru Jockey Club del Perú —
October 6 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio G.E.B.A.
October 7[lower-alpha 6] Santiago Chile Arena Movistar
Central America[28]
October 11 Panama City Panama Figali Convention Center —
Total 83,457 / 112,944 (73%) $4,887,403

Cancelled

Date (2012) City Country Venue Ref.
September 20 Reno United States Reno Events Center [29]
September 21 Wheatland Sleep Train Amphitheatre [30]
September 22 Ontario Citizens Business Bank Arena [31]
October 9 San José Costa Rica Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá [32]

Notes

  1. ↑ This concert was a part of "Summerfest"[13]
  2. ↑ This concert was a part of the "California Mid-State Fair"[15]
  3. ↑ This concert was a part of the "Iowa State Fair"[17]
  4. ↑ This concert was a part of the "Puyallup Fair"[23]
  5. 1 2 These concerts were a part of the "Z Festival"[25]
  6. 1 2 These concerts were a part of the "Teens Live Festival"[27]

References

  1. ↑ Lipshutz, Jason (February 29, 2012). "Exclusive: Listen To Big Time Rush's 'Big Time Movie' Soundtrack". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 19, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  2. ↑ Pittman, Sarah Marie (February 27, 2012). "Big Summer For Big Time Rush". Pollstar. Archived from the original on May 19, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Garibaldi, Christina (November 30, 2011). "Big Time Rush Preparing For 'Crazy' U.S. Tour". MTV News. Viacom Media Networks. Archived from the original on May 19, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  4. ↑ Sylvester, Ron (July 24, 2012). "Photos: Big Time Rush is a big time rush for young girls at Mandalay Bay". Las Vegas Sun. The Greenspun Corporation. Archived from the original on May 19, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  5. 1 2 Abbott, Jim (August 28, 2012). "Concert review: Big Time Rush at Amway Center". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on May 19, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  6. ↑ Exton, Emily (February 29, 2012). "Cody Simpson Joining Big Time Rush's Summer Tour". Popdust. Archived from the original on May 19, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
  7. ↑ "J-14 Exclusive: Rachel Crow Talks Tennis, Cody Simpson, and Big Time Rush". J-14. Bauer Media Group. August 23, 2012. Archived from the original on May 19, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  8. ↑ "WEEKENDER: The Renfrew Fair turns 158, Canada celebrates Indian cinema, and Tyler Medeiros joins Big Time Rush". Ottawa Magazine. St. Joseph Communications. September 5, 2012. Archived from the original on May 28, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  9. ↑ Harrison, Tom (September 11, 2012). "Abbotsford pop singer Victoria Duffield ready for stardom". Abbotsford Times. Glacier Community Media. Archived from the original on May 28, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  10. ↑ Chareunsy, Don (July 21, 2012). "Ohio trio New Hollow opens for Big Time Rush tonight at Mandalay Bay". Las Vegas Sun. The Greenspun Corporation. Archived from the original on May 28, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  11. ↑ Vega-Calles, María I. (July 21, 2012). "Democracia musical con La Pepa". El Nuevo Día. GFR Media. Archived from the original on January 22, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  12. ↑ Sources for tour dates:
  13. ↑ Loohauis-Bennett, Jackie (February 27, 2012). "Big Time Rush to headline Summerfest July 6". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  14. 1 2 "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 124, no. 38. New York City, New York: Prometheus Global Media. October 13, 2012. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  15. ↑ "California Mid-State Fair announces 2012 acts including Big Time Rush with special guest Cody Simpson, Journey, Brad Paisley and Earth, Wind & Fire". Paso Robles Press. News Media Corporation. February 4, 2012. Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 124, no. 31. New York City, New York: Prometheus Global Media. August 25, 2012. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
  17. ↑ Lawler, Joe (February 23, 2012). "Larry the Cable Guy, Big Time Rush coming to the Iowa State Fair". The Des Moines Register. Gannett Company. Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  18. 1 2 "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 124, no. 35. New York City, New York: Prometheus Global Media. September 22, 2012. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
  19. ↑ "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 124, no. 34. New York City, New York: Prometheus Global Media. September 15, 2012. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  20. ↑ "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 124, no. 39. New York City, New York: Prometheus Global Media. October 20, 2012. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
  21. ↑ "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 124, no. 40. New York City, New York: Prometheus Global Media. October 27, 2012. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
  22. 1 2 3 "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Vol. 124, no. 42. New York City, New York: Prometheus Global Media. November 10, 2012. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
  23. ↑ Sailor, Craig (March 2, 2012). "Big Time Rush and Cody Simpson to play Puyallup Fair Sept. 17". The News Tribune. Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  24. ↑ "THE BIG TIME SUMMER TOUR HAS ADDED MORE DATES!". Big Time Tour. August 16, 2012. Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  25. ↑ "Z Festival 2012: Demi Lovato, The Wanted, Big Time Rush e outras cinco atrações confirmadas" [Z Festival 2012: Demi Lovato, The Wanted, Big Time Rush and other five attractions confirmed]. Universo Online (in Portuguese). Grupo Folha. August 16, 2012. Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  26. 1 2 "BB-2012-11-17.pdf" (PDF). Billboard. November 17, 2012. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 21, 2021.
  27. ↑ "Festival de pop juvenil reunirá en Lima a las bandas The Wanted y Big Time Rush" [Festival of juvenile pop will assemble in Lima to the bands The Wanted and Big Time Rush]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Empresa Editora El Comercio S.A. August 17, 2012. Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  28. ↑ Stoute, Alerie (July 17, 2012). "Big Time Rush cantará en Panamá el 11 de octubre" [Big Time Rush will perform in Panama on October 11]. Panamá América (in Spanish). Grupo EPASA. Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  29. ↑ "Big Time Rush – Cancelled". KSGG. Americom Las Vegas Limited Partnership. Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  30. ↑ "CANCELLED: Big Time Rush". The Gazette. Clarity Media Group. Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  31. ↑ Franko, Vanessa (September 10, 2012). "ONTARIO: Big Time Rush cancels show at The Bank". The Press-Enterprise. a. H. Belo Corporation. Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  32. ↑ Andino, Allan (October 3, 2012). "Big Time Rush ya no viene" [Big Time Rush cancel]. al Día (in Spanish). Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
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