The Lindsey Stirling 2012/2013 Tour is the debut concert tour by violinist Lindsey Stirling in support of her first studio album Lindsey Stirling. The tour started in September 22, 2012, and ended on August 28, 2013. Stirling's first tour lasted almost a year with 128 dates around North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The Lindsey Stirling Tour began three days before the CD release of her first album, Lindsey Stirling. Her tour began with dates around the United States and Canada in 2012. At the beginning of 2013, Stirling continued her tour in Europe as a "test tour". Her official European leg kicked off in Russia on May 22, 2013. In August, she continued her tour adding dates around Asia and Australia.
Setlist The following set list is representative of the show on September 28, 2012. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour. "Moon Trance" "Spontaneous Me" "Shadows" "Electric Daisy Violin" "Skyrim" "River Flows in You" "We Found Love" "Lord of the Rings medley" "Michael Jackson medley" "Zi-Zi's Journey" "Crystallize" "Transcendence" Encore "Phantom of the Opera"
Reception The shows were a success in that 46 dates were sold out, and on Ticketmaster.com the audience gave a rating to the tour of 4.8 out of 5 stars. Reception was not uniformly positive, however. The Orange County Register lamented that her racial insensitivity ruined her performance in Anaheim. It specifically criticized Stirling's speech linking her cover of Rihanna's "We Found Love" with a corporate-sponsored international volunteering tour in Kenya, which perpetuated racist and colonialist attitudes toward its citizens. That review also criticized her misleading interpretation of Maya Angelou's poem "Caged Bird", which inspired Stirling's "Song of the Caged Bird", when she failed to mention the history of anti-Black racism in the U.S., a core part of the poem's meaning.
Tour dates Date City Country Venue North America September 22, 2012 New Milford United States New Milford High School Theatre September 23, 2012 PhiladelphiaWorld Cafe September 25, 2012 Washington, D.C. The Hamilton September 27, 2012 Boston Red Room at Café 939 September 28, 2012 New York CityWebster Hall September 29, 2012 Cortland SUNY Cortland October 1, 2012 Toronto Canada The Mod Club October 2, 2012 Pittsburgh United StatesThe Club at Stage AE October 4, 2012 Lansing The Loft October 5, 2012 Columbus The Basement October 6, 2012 ChicagoBottom Lounge October 8, 2012 Columbia The Blue Note October 10, 2012 Denver Bluebird Theater October 11, 2012 Salt Lake City In the Venue October 13, 2012 TempeMarquee Theatre October 27, 2012 New York City 311 W 34th St November 5, 2012 Santa Ana Constellation Room November 6, 2012 Berkeley Pauley Ballroom November 7, 2012 Santa Barbara Soho Restaurant & Music Club November 8, 2012 San Diego The Irenic November 12, 2012 West HollywoodRoxy Theatre November 13, 2012 San Luis Obispo SLO Brewing Company November 15, 2012 Portland The Hawthorne Theatre November 16, 2012 SeattleVera Project November 17, 2012 Vancouver Canada The Rio Theatre November 26, 2012 West Hollywood United States Roxy Theatre December 31, 2012 Salt Lake City Infinity Event Center Europe January 14, 2013 Cologne Germany Luxor January 15, 2013 Berlin Lido January 16, 2013 Tilburg Netherlands 13 January 17, 2013 Groningen Oosterpoort January 18, 2013 Paris France La Maroquinerie January 21, 2013 LondonEngland The Garage January 22, 2013 GlasgowScotland Oran Mor January 24, 2013 Hamburg Germany Stage Club January 25, 2013 Copenhagen Denmark DR Studie 2 January 26, 2013 Stockholm Sweden Göta Källare January 28, 2013 Grünerløkka Norway Parkteateret North America February 5, 2013 Providence United States Lupo's February 6, 2013 New Haven Toad's Place February 7, 2013 Boston Royale February 8, 2013 MontclairWellmont Theatre February 9, 2013 New York City Webster Hall February 12, 2013 PhiladelphiaTrocadero Theatre February 13, 2013 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club February 15, 2013 NashvilleCannery Ballroom February 16, 2013 Atlanta Masquerade February 18, 2013 Gainesville High Dive February 19, 2013 TampaFerguson Hall February 20, 2013 OrlandoPlaza Live Theatre February 21, 2013 Fort Lauderdale Culture Room February 25, 2013 Birmingham WorkPlay Theatre February 26, 2013 New Orleans House of Blues February 27, 2013 Houston February 28, 2013 Austin The Bellmont March 1, 2013 Dallas House of Blues March 4, 2013 Tulsa Cain's Ballroom March 5, 2013 St. Louis The Paegeant March 6, 2013 Madison Barrymore Theatre March 7, 2013 Minneapolis First Avenue March 9, 2013 Chicago The Vic March 11, 2013 Milwaukee Turner Hall Ballroom March 12, 2013 IndianapolisOld National Centre March 13, 2013 Cincinnati 20th Century Theatre March 14, 2013 Pittsburgh Clue AE March 15, 2013 ColumbusNewport Music Hall March 16, 2013 DetroitThe Crofoot March 18, 2013 Cleveland House of Blues March 19, 2013 Buffalo Town Ballroom March 20, 2013 Clifton Park Upstate Concert Hall March 21, 2013 Burlington Higher Ground March 22, 2013 Montreal Canada Coronoa March 23, 2013 Toronto Phoenix Concert Theatre March 25, 2013 Lawrence United StatesGranada Theatre March 26, 2013 Omaha Slowdown March 27, 2013 EnglewoodGothic Theatre March 27, 2013Denver The Gothic Theatre 3263 South Broadway March 28, 2013Ogden Theatre March 29, 2013 Salt Lake City In The Venue April 1, 2013 San DiegoHouse of Blues April 2, 2013 Anaheim April 3, 2013 San FranciscoThe Warfield April 4, 2013 Los AngelesFonda Theatre April 4, 2013 April 5, 2013 Tempe Marquee Theatre May 9, 2013 Montclair Wellmont Theatre May 10, 2013 RichmondNational Theater May 10, 2013 708 E Broad St May 11, 2013 ColumbiaMerriweather Post Pavilion Europe May 22, 2013 Moscow Russia Pipl Club May 23, 2013 Yekaterinburg Tele Club May 24, 2013 Saint Petersburg Kosmonavt Club May 28, 2013 London EnglandO2 Shepherds Bush Empire May 29, 2013 Paris FranceL'Olympia May 30, 2013 Brussels Belgium AB May 31, 2013 Lille France Le Splendid June 1, 2013 Strasbourg Laiterie June 3, 2013 Caluire-et-Cuire Le Radiant Bellevue June 4, 2013 Milan Italy Magazzini Generali June 5, 2013 Munich Germany Kesselhaus June 6, 2013 Vienna Austria Arena Wien June 7, 2013 Zürich Switzerland X Tra June 10, 2013 Stuttgart GermanyLKA-Longhorn June 12, 2013 Esch-sur-Alzette LuxembourgRockhal June 13, 2013 Cologne Germany E-Werk Köln June 14, 2013 Neu Isenburg Hugenottenhalle June 18, 2013 Hamburg Stadtpark June 19, 2013 BerlinTempodrom June 20, 2013 Odense Denmark Posten June 21, 2013AarhusMusikhuset Aarhus June 22, 2013 Copenhagen Koncerthuset, Studie 1 June 25, 2013 Bergen Norway USF Club June 26, 2013 Stavanger Hall Toll June 27, 2013 Oslo Rockefeller June 29, 2013 Norrköping SwedenBravalla Festival North America August 1, 2013 Anaheim United StatesAnaheim Convention Center Asia August 11, 2013 Tokyo JapanSummer Sonic Festival August 12, 2013 Billboard Live August 13, 2013 Osaka Billboard Live August 15, 2013 SeoulSouth KoreaSupersonic Festival August 17, 2013 Manila Philippines Greenbelt 3 Park August 18, 2013 Alabang Town Center Commerce Mall August 21, 2013 Shanghai China The Mixing Room Theatre Australia August 24, 2013 Brisbane Australia Brisbane Power House August 26, 2013 MelbourneCorner Hotel August 27, 2013 August 28, 2013 SydneyThe Metro Theatre
Personnel Band Lindsey Stirling – violin Jason Gaviati – keyboards, samples Drew Steen – drums, percussion
References
External links Official website