The 2013 Night Train Tour was the fifth headlining concert tour by American country music artist Jason Aldean, in support of his fifth studio album Night Train.[1] It played at stadiums and arenas across North America.

2013 Night Train Tour
Tour by Jason Aldean
LocationNorth America
Associated albumNight Train
Start dateFebruary 21, 2013 (2013-02-21)
End dateOctober 26, 2013 (2013-10-26)
Legs2
Jason Aldean concert chronology
  • My Kinda Party Tour
    (2011–12)
  • 2013 Night Train Tour
    (2013)
  • Burn It Down Tour
    (2014–15)

Background

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Aldean held the first ever concert at Sanford Stadium on the campus of the University of Georgia on April 13, 2013.[2]

On July 12, 2013, Aldean became the first country artist to ever headline Fenway Park. He sold out the historic park in seven minutes which is the quickest in the venue's history. Due to the quick sell-out he scheduled a second show for July 13, 2013.[3]

Opening acts

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Setlist

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The following set list is representative of the show on September 20, 2013. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.[4]

1. "Crazy Town"
2. "Take a Little Ride"
3. "Tattoos on This Town"
4. "When She Says Baby"
5. "The Truth"
6. "Fly Over States"
7. "Texas Was You"
8. "Johnny Cash"
9. "Amarillo Sky"
10. "Night Train
11. "1994"
12. "Don't You Wanna Stay"
13. "Tennessee River"
14. "Big Green Tractor"
15. "The Only Way I Know
16. "Dirt Road Anthem"
17. "She's Country"

Encore;
18. "My Kinda Party"
19. "Hicktown"

Notes:

  • "Why" & "This Nothin Town" were also performed on select nights.
  • During "Don't You Wanna Stay" Aldean sang with a Kelly Clarkson hologram except in Chicago when Clarkson was a special guest.
  • On April 13, 2014, Ludacris performed "Dirt Road Anthem" with Aldean [5]

Tour DVD

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A live concert DVD entitled 'Night Train to Georgia' was released on October 15, 2013. Majority of the film was captured during Aldean's concert at Sanford Stadium on April 13, 2013. The film will include an 18-song set list that showcases 10 of his No. one hits. Also featured on the 90 minute DVD are personal interviews from Aldean, footage from his record-breaking Fenway Park and Wrigley Field stadium shows held in Summer 2013. There are also appearances by Kelly Clarkson, Luke Bryan and Ludacris as each of them joined him on stage.[6]

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue Tickets sold / available Gross revenue [7]
February 21, 2013 Bossier City United States CenturyLink Center 12,028 / 12,028 (100%) $566,107
February 22, 2013 Lafayette Cajundome 9,857 / 9,857 (100%) $471,689
February 24, 2013 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum 9,416 / 9,416 (100%) $460,027
February 28, 2013 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena 10,107 / 10,107 (100%) $916,319
March 1, 2013
March 2, 2013 New York City Madison Square Garden 12,026 / 12,026 (100%) $843,880
March 11, 2013 Houston Reliant Stadium[a]
March 21, 2013 Madison Alliant Energy Center 8,297 / 8,297 (100%) $348,518
March 22, 2013 Duluth AMSOIL Arena 6,338 / 6,338 (100%) $327,393
March 23, 2013 Grand Forks Alerus Center 14,882 / 17,500 (85%) $716,696
April 13, 2013 Athens Sanford Stadium 60,968 / 60,968 (100%) $3,758,611
April 18, 2013 Charleston Charleston Civic Center 9,234 / 9,234 (100%) $471,731
April 19, 2013 Louisville KFC Yum! Center 16,878 / 16,878 (100%) $798,097
April 20, 2013 Knoxville Thompson–Boling Arena 14,741 / 14,741 (100%) $696,276
April 25, 2013 Evansville Ford Center 9,363 / 9,363 (100%) $427,857
April 26, 2013 Columbia Mizzou Arena 9,821 / 10,113 (97%) $463,700
April 27, 2013 Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha 14,444 / 14,444 (100%) $704,323
May 3, 2013 Las Cruces Pan Am Center 9,078 / 9,078 (100%) $437,574
May 4, 2013 Lubbock United Spirit Arena 10,232 / 10,232 (100%) $511,316
May 5, 2013 Austin Austin360 Amphitheater 9,874 / 12,927 (76%) $378,724
May 9, 2013 Wichita Intrust Bank Arena 10,032 / 14,249 (70%) $456,432
May 10, 2013 Tulsa BOK Center 11,409 / 12,704 (90%) $539,111
May 11, 2013 Little Rock Verizon Arena 13,139 / 14,746 (89%) $536,678
May 16, 2013 Greenville Bi-Lo Center 10,409 / 10,409 (100%) $534,566
May 17, 2013 North Charleston North Charleston Coliseum 8,560 / 8,560 (100%) $427,981
May 18, 2013 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum 13,149 / 13,149 (100%) $668,383
June 28, 2013 Manhattan Tuttle Creek State Park[b]
June 29, 2013 Milwaukee Marcus Amphitheater[c]
July 11, 2013 Fort Loramie Hickory Hill Lakes[d]
July 12, 2013 Boston Fenway Park 71,871 / 71,871 (100%) $5,996,194
July 13, 2013
July 20, 2013 Chicago Wrigley Field 39,846 / 39,846 (100%) $3,111,156
July 26, 2013 Cheyanne Frontier Days
July 27, 2013 Sandy Rio Tinto Stadium
July 28, 2013 Boise Taco Bell Arena
August 2, 2013 Bowmanville Canada Canadian Tire Motorsport Park[e]
August 9, 2013 Virginia Beach United States Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach 19,739 / 19,739 (100%) $625,392
August 10, 2013 Hershey Hersheypark Stadium 21,853 / 21,853 (100%) $706,479
August 11, 2013 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center 18,898 / 25,289 (75%) $695,306
August 15, 2013 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center 20,424 / 20,424 (100%) $667,590
August 16, 2013 Burgettstown First Niagara Pavilion 22,863 / 22,863 (100%) $770,764
August 17, 2013 Darien Darien Lake PAC 21,640 / 21,640 (100%) $815,441
August 23, 2013 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center 20,055 / 20,055 (100%) $683,937
August 24, 2013 Camden Susquehanna Bank Center 24,947 / 24,947 (100%) $881,618
August 25, 2013 Scranton Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain 13,791 / 17,389 (79%) $447,836
September 5, 2013 Tallahassee Donald L. Tucker Center 7,318 / 8,076 (91%) $341,814
September 6, 2013 Tampa MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre 18,883 / 19,367 (98%) $664,341
September 7, 2013 West Palm Beach Cruzan Amphitheatre 18,623 / 19,238 (97%) $563,451
September 12, 2013 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre $501,334
September 13, 2013 Raleigh Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion 19,921 / 19,921 (100%) $659,658
September 14, 2013 Bristow Jiffy Lube Live 22,200 / 22,200 (100%) $774,166
September 19, 2013 Lincoln Pinnacle Bank Arena 12,749 / 12,749 (100%) $611,735
September 20, 2013 Maryland Heights Verizon Wireless Amphitheater 20,000 / 20,000 (100%) $690,843
September 21, 2013 Noblesville Klipsch Music Center 24,814 / 24,814 (100%) $783,417
September 25, 2013 Spokane Spokane Arena 10,135 / 10,700 (95%) $508,271
September 26, 2013 Ridgefield Sleep Country Amphitheater 17,264 / 17,264 (100%) $635,721
September 27, 2013 Tacoma Tacoma Dome 16,353 / 18,747 (87%) $745,388
September 28, 2013 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena 13,271 / 13,271 (100%) $742,526
September 30, 2013 Dawson Creek EnCana Events Centre
October 1, 2013
October 3, 2013 Saskatoon Credit Union Centre 12,560 / 12,560 (100%) $682,357
October 4, 2013 Edmonton Rexall Place 12,638 / 12,638 (100%) $701,058
October 5, 2013 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome 12,607 / 12,607 (100%) $691,902
October 10, 2013 Fresno United States Save Mart Center 9,925 / 10,674 (93%) $497,695
October 11, 2013 Wheatland Sleep Train Amphitheatre 18,500 / 18,500 (100%) $640,937
October 12, 2013 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre 22,021 / 22,021 (100%) $727,610
October 17, 2013 Phoenix Desert Sky Pavilion 18,260 / 20,267 (90%) $602,401
October 18, 2013 Chula Vista Sleep Train Amphitheatre 17,746 / 19,580 (91%) $601,052
October 19, 2013 Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl 17,396 / 17,396 (100%) $977,909
October 20, 2013 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena 8,698 / 10,673 (81%) $549,130
October 24, 2013 Memphis FedEx Forum 9,844 / 12,435 (79%) $414,276
October 25, 2013 New Orleans New Orleans Arena 13,367 / 13,367 (100%) $641,401
TOTAL 1,003,040 / 1,041,203 (96%) $47,814,095

Notes

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  1. ^ The concert in Houston was part of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
  2. ^ The Concert in Manhattan, KS was part of the Kicker Country Stampede
  3. ^ The Concert in Milwaukee was part of Summerfest
  4. ^ The Concert in Fort Loramie was part of the Country Concert
  5. ^ The Concert in Bowmanville was part of the Boots and Hearts Country Music Festival



References

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  1. ^ "JASON ALDEAN ANNOUNCES FIRST LEG OF THE 2013 NIGHT TRAIN TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUESTS JAKE OWEN AND THOMAS RHETT". Thegreenroompr.com. 2012-11-05. Archived from the original on 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
  2. ^ "JASON ALDEAN SWINGS FOR THE FENCES WITH FIRST 2013 STADIUM SHOWS PLANNED FOR FENWAY PARK, WRIGLEY FIELD AND UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIAS SANFORD STADIUM". Thegreenroompr.com. Archived from the original on 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
  3. ^ "Jason Aldean Adds An Historic Second Show At Boston'S Fenway Park". Thegreenroompr.com. Archived from the original on 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
  4. ^ "Jason Aldean set list : Entertainment". Stltoday.com. 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
  5. ^ "JASON ALDEAN AND OVER 60K FANS BRING DOWN UGA STADIUM TONIGHT IN HISTORY MAKING CONCERT". Thegreenroompr.com. 2013-04-13. Archived from the original on 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
  6. ^ "'Night Train To Georgia' Live Concert Dvd Pre-Order Now » News". Jason Aldean. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
  7. ^ "Current Boxscore". Billboard. Retrieved 2013-11-14.