The Leave This Town Tour was the first headlining concert tour, as well as first international tour, by American rock band, Daughtry. The tour was in support of the band's second album, Leave This Town (2009). The first North American leg kicked off in Topeka, Kansas on October 19, 2009. The tour concluded on October 29, 2010, in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 2010 North American leg of the tour grosses $11.4M and was the 60th best selling North American tour in 2010.[1]

Leave This Town Tour
Tour by Daughtry
Associated albumLeave This Town
Start dateOctober 19, 2009
End dateOctober 29, 2010
No. of shows93 in North America
15 in Europe
2 in South Africa
1 in Asia
111 total
Daughtry concert chronology

Background edit

The first North American leg began in October 2009. The band then toured Europe, serving as the opening act on Nickelback's Dark Horse Tour. The North American shows resumed with a more extensive second leg, which concluded in Summer 2010.

Opening acts edit

Set lists edit

Set I
2009
  1. Every Time You Turn Around
  2. It's Not Over
  3. Ghost of Me
  4. No Surprise
  5. Life After You
  6. What I Want
  7. Open Up Your Eyes
  8. September
  9. Tennessee Line
  10. In the Air Tonight (Phill Collins cover)
  11. Call Your Name
  12. Over You
  13. Possum Kingdom (Toadies cover)
  14. Feels Like Tonight
  15. You Don't Belong
  • Encore
  1. Home
  2. There and Back Again
Set II
Europe
  1. Every Time You Turn Around
  2. What I Want
  3. Ghost of Me
  4. No Surprise
  5. It's Not Over
  6. Over You
  7. Feels Like Tonight
  8. You Don't Belong
  9. Home
  10. There and Back Again
Set III
2010
  1. Every Time You Turn Around
  2. What I Want
  3. Ghost of Me
  4. No Surprise
  5. Life After You
  6. It's Not Over
  7. Learn My Lesson
  8. Tennessee Line
  9. September
  10. In the Air Tonight (Phill Collins cover)
  11. Supernatural
  12. Over You
  13. Feels Like Tonight
  14. You Don't Belong
  • Encore
  1. Home
  2. There and Back Again
During the Nashville show, Chris performed Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" with Kelly Clarkson, and The Allman Brothers Band "Whipping Post" with Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down

Tour dates edit

Date City Country Venue
North America Leg 1
October 19, 2009 Topeka United States Landon Arena
October 21, 2009 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium
October 22, 2009 Ames Hilton Coliseum
October 24, 2009 Madison Alliant Energy Center
October 25, 2009 Peoria Peoria Civic Center
October 26, 2009 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
October 28, 2009 East Lansing Breslin Student Events Center
October 29, 2009 Saginaw Dow Event Center
October 31, 2009 Toledo Lucas County Arena
November 2, 2009 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre
November 4, 2009 Youngstown United States Covelli Centre
November 5, 2009 Reading Sovereign Center
November 6, 2009 Atlantic City Etess Arena
November 12, 2009 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
November 13, 2009 Highland Heights The Bank of Kentucky Center
November 14, 2009 Huntington Big Sandy Superstore Arena
November 16, 2009 Wilkes-Barre Wachovia Arena
November 17, 2009 Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard
November 19, 2009 Fairfax Patriot Center
November 20, 2009 Charlottesville John Paul Jones Arena
November 30, 2009 Gainesville O'Connell Center
December 1, 2009 Tallahassee Tallahassee–Leon County Civic Center
December 2, 2009 Pensacola Pensacola Civic Center
December 4, 2009 Birmginham BJCC Arena
December 5, 2009 Louisville Broadbent Arena
December 7, 2009 Tupelo BancorpSouth Arena
December 8, 2009 Bossier City CenturyTel Center
December 9, 2009 Lafayette Cajundome
December 11, 2009 Corpus Christi American Bank Center Arena
December 12, 2009 San Antonio Freeman Coliseum
December 13, 2009 Austin Frank Erwin Center
December 15, 2009 Tulsa BOK Center
December 16, 2009 Jonesboro Convocation Center
December 18, 2009 North Little Rock Verizon Arena
December 19, 2009 Southaven DeSoto Civic Center
December 20, 2009 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium
Europe Leg 1
January 17, 2010 Liverpool England Echo Arena Liverpool
January 19, 2010 London Wembley Arena
January 21, 2010 Basel Switzerland St. Jakobshalle
January 26, 2010 Mannheim Germany SAP Arena
January 27, 2010 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg Rockhal
January 29, 2010 Oberhausen Germany König Pilsener Arena
January 30, 2010 Munich Olympiahalle
February 1, 2010 Hamburg Color Line Arena
Asia
February 5, 2010 Dubai United Arab Emirates Dubai Festival City
North America Leg 2
March 18, 2010 Baltimore United States 1st Mariner Arena
March 20, 2010 Boston Agganis Arena
March 21, 2010 Newark Prudential Center
March 23, 2010 Syracuse Onondaga County War Memorial
March 26, 2010 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum
March 27, 2010 Ledyard MGM Grand at Foxwoods
March 28, 2010 Albany Times Union Center
March 31, 2010 University Park Bryce Jordan Center
April 1, 2010 Cleveland Wolstein Center
April 6, 2010 St. Louis Chaifetz Arena
April 7, 2010 Milwaukee U.S. Cellular Arena
April 9, 2010 Columbus Value City Arena
April 10, 2010 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
April 18, 2010 Champaign Assembly Hall
April 20, 2010 Broomfield 1stBank Center
April 22, 2010 West Valley City Maverik Center
April 23, 2010 Nampa Idaho Center
April 24, 2010 Reno Reno Events Center
April 26, 2010 Fresno Save Mart Center
April 28, 2010 Glendale Jobing.com Arena
April 29, 2010 Las Vegas Orleans Arena
May 1, 2010 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
May 3, 2010 Los Angeles Nokia Theatre
May 4, 2010 Bakersfield Rabobank Arena
May 6, 2010 San Jose HP Pavilion at San Jose
May 7, 2010 Sacramento ARCO Arena
May 9, 2010 Seattle WaMu Theater
May 10, 2010 Yakima Yakima SunDome
May 13, 2010 Edmonton Canada Rexall Place
May 14, 2010 Saskatoon Credit Union Centre
May 15, 2010 Regina Brandt Centre
May 17, 2010 Winnipeg MTS Centre
May 19, 2010 Minneapolis United States Target Center
May 21, 2010 Green Bay Resch Center
May 22, 2010 Rockford Rockford MetroCentre
May 24, 2010 Wichita Intrust Bank Arena
May 25, 2010 Kansas City Sprint Center
May 27, 2010 Hoffman Estates Sears Centre
May 28, 2010 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
May 30, 2010 Nashville Bridgestone Arena
June 2, 2010 Pittsburgh Petersen Events Center
June 3, 2010 Pikeville Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
June 5, 2010 Duluth Arena at Gwinnett Center
June 6, 2010 North Charleston North Charleston Coliseum
June 8, 2010 Clemson Littlejohn Coliseum
June 9, 2010 Augusta James Brown Arena
June 11, 2010 Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena
June 12, 2010 Hampton Hampton Coliseum
June 14, 2010 Amherst Mullins Center
June 15, 2010 Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena
June 17, 2010 Portland Cumberland County Civic Center
June 19, 2010 Rochester Blue Cross Arena
June 20, 2010 Trenton Sun National Bank Center
July 15, 2010 Cadott Chippewa Valley
July 23, 2010 Halifax Canada Halifax Regional Municipality
August 6, 2010 Hershey United States Star Pavilion
August 7, 2010 Atlantic City Tropicana Showroom
Europe Leg 2
October 4, 2010 Berlin Germany Columbia Club
October 5, 2010 Hamburg Gruenspan
October 7, 2010 Stockholm Sweden Debaser Medis
October 9, 2010 Cologne Germany Live Music Hall
October 10, 2010 Munich Theaterfabrik
October 11, 2010 Zürich Switzerland Volkhaus
October 13, 2010 London England KOKO
South Africa
October 27, 2010 Cape Town South Africa Grand Arena
October 29, 2010 Johannesburg Coca-Cola Dome

Personnel edit

  • Chris Daughtry – lead vocals, guitar
  • Josh Steely – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Brian Craddock – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Josh Paul – bass, backing vocals
  • Joey Barnes – drums, percussion, keyboard, backing vocals )Left the band halfway through the tour)
  • Robin Diaz – drums (Replaced Barnes)

References edit

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-04-07. Retrieved 2016-05-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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