Blood Stained Blonde Tour Explained

The Blood Stained Blonde Tour was the second concert tour by American singer-songwriter and producer Hayden Silas Anhedönia, under the stage name of Ethel Cain. Like the previous one, it served to promote the artist's debut studio album, Preacher's Daughter (2022), a critically acclaimed concept album. The 46-show tour began on April 1, 2023 in Mexico City and concluded on October 24, 2023 in San Francisco.

Background

On March 17, 2022, Cain announced her debut studio album, Preacher's Daughter, which was stated to release on May 12.^[1] She released three singles to promote the record: "Gisbon Girl", "Strangers", and "American Teenager".^[2] Also, she embarked on a concert tour the same year, titled the Freezer Bride Tour, which began on July 14, 2022 in Bloomington, Indiana, and concluded in London, England, on December 7.^[3]

At the end of 2022, American singer-songwriter Caroline Polachek announced her Spiraling Tour, in which Cain performs at an opening guest. In the first half of 2023, only months after finishing her previous one, Cain announced her second headlining concert tour, Blood Stained Blonde Tour, with North American dates on several festivals, such as Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, Reading and Leeds Festivals, and others. She also announced dates opening for supergroup Boygenius in the United Kingdom.^[4] The last shows in the United States were confirmed on July 24, along with the supporting acts: 9Million, Skullcrusher, Midwive, Wulven, and King Woman.^[5]

The tour marked Cain's Coachella debut, and she was named as one of the "10 unmissable new acts to see" at the 2023 edition of the festival.^[6] Her participation at the festival, confirmed on January 10,^[7] received positive reviews from critics.^[8]

Set list

This is the set list for Coachella on April 15, 2023, and it is not intended to represent all dates throughout the tour. Cain performed six songs from Preacher's Daughter and one from Inbred.

1. "Family Tree"
2. "American Teenager"
3. "A House in Nebraska"
4. "Thoroughfare"
5. "Gibson Girl"
6. "Sun Bleached Flies"
7. "Crush"

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and opening acts

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts
North America[9]
April 1	Mexico City	Mexico	Bicentennial Park	rowspan="2"
April 15	Indio	United States	Empire Polo Club
April 19	Pomona		The Glass House	Searows
April 22	Indio		Empire Polo Club	rowspan="7"
April 30	Providence		Brown University
May 14	Salt Lake City		Utah State Fair
May 16	Chicago		Riviera Theatre
May 17	Nashville		Ryman Auditorium
May 19	Washington, D.C.		The Anthem
May 20	New York		Radio City Music Hall
Oceania[10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
June 2	Sydney	Australia	Sydney Opera House (Drama Theatre)	rowspan="3"
June 3
June 4
June 6	Brisbane		Queensland Performing Arts Centre	Katie Day
June 7
June 9	Melbourne		Forum Upstairs	rowspan="3"
June 10
June 11	Hobart		Odeon Theatre
Europe
June 29	Roskilde	Denmark	Roskilde Festival	rowspan="2"
July 2	Ewijk	Netherlands	De Groene Heuvels
North America
August 5	San Diego	United States	Waterfront Park	rowspan="4"
August 6
August 11	San Francisco		Golden Gate Park
August 13	Seattle		Fisher Pavilion
Europe[15] [16] [17]
August 18	Kiewit	Belgium	Kempische Steenweg	rowspan="7"
August 20	London	England	Gunnersbury Park
August 22	Halifax		Piece Hall
August 23
August 25	Leeds		Little John's Farm
August 26	Saint-Cloud	France	Parc de Saint-Cloud
August 27	Reading	England	Bramham Park
August 29	Glasgow	Scotland	SWG3	Taahliah
August 30	Manchester	England	New Century Hall
September 1	Lisbon	Portugal	Bela Vista Park	rowspan="3"
September 2	Málaga	Spain	Sonora Mijas
September 3	Stradbally	Ireland	Stradbally Hall
North America
October 1	Columbia	United States	Merriweather Post Pavilion
October 3	Burlington		Higher Ground	9Million
October 4	Portland		State Theatre
October 5	Hudson		Basilica Hudson	Skullcrusher
October 7	Pittsburgh		The Andy Warhol Museum
October 9	Omaha		Slowdown	Midwife
October 11	New Orleans		Toulouse Theatre	Wulven
October 14	Austin		Zilker Park	rowspan="3"
October 20	Big Sur		Henry Miller Library
October 21
October 23	San Francisco		Castro Theatre	King Woman
October 24

Cancelled dates

! Date (2023)! City! Country! Venue! Reason

March 17	Spicewood	United States	Luck Ranch	None given
September 29	Columbia		Stephens Lake Park	Festival cancelled[18]

Notes and References

1. Web site: McMuller . Chase . Ethel Cain smolders across the gloriously slow burn "Gibson Girl", announces debut album . Beats Per Minute . December 30, 2023.
2. Web site: Geraghty . Hollie . holliegeraghty21 . 2022-04-22 . Ethel Cain shares dreamy new single 'American Teenager' . December 30, 2023 . Rolling Stone UK . en-GB.
3. Web site: Raza-Sheikh . Zoya . Ethel Cain has announced several UK and European tour dates . Kerrang . December 30, 2023 . July 18, 2022.
4. Web site: Jones . Abby . Ethel Cain Announces US Tour Dates . Consequence . December 30, 2023 . July 24, 2023.
5. Web site: Geiger . Amy . Ethel Cain announces fall shows w/ 9Million, Skullcrusher, King Woman, more . Brooklyn Vegan . December 30, 2023 . July 24, 2023.
6. Web site: Campbell . Erica . Coachella 2023: 10 unmissable new acts to see at this year’s festival . NME . December 30, 2023 . April 14, 2023.
7. Web site: Corcoran . Nina . Coachella 2023 Full Lineup Announced . Pitchfork . December 30, 2023 . January 10, 2023.
8. Web site: The Celeb-Filled Brilliance That Was Coachella 2023 (According To Linux) . Paper Mag . December 30, 2023 . April 24, 2023.
9. Web site: Tour . 2023-03-22 . HERE LIES ETHEL CAIN . en-US.
10. Web site: Ethel Cain 2023 Australia Tour Concert Dates & Tickets . December 30, 2023 . www.frontiertouring.com . en.
11. Web site: Jess . March 7, 2023 . Ethel Cain Vivid LIVE . December 30, 2023 . Vivid Sydney . en.
12. Web site: Ethel Cain Cremorne Theatre, QPAC . December 30, 2023 . www.qpac.com.au . en-au.
13. Web site: RISING: Ethel Cain . December 30, 2023 . rising.melbourne . en-AU.
14. Web site: Gallagher . Alex . 2023-03-30 . Dark Mofo 2023 line-up: Thundercat, Ethel Cain, Deafheaven and more . December 30, 2023 . NME . en-AU.
15. Web site: Yates . Jonny . 2023-04-03 . Ethel Cain announces headline UK tour dates: tickets, presale info and more . December 30, 2023 . PinkNews . en-US.
16. Web site: Ethel Cain, Arca, IDLES and more complete Cala Mijas Festival 2023 line-up . December 30, 2023 . The Line of Best Fit . en-US.
17. Web site: Dunworth . Liberty . 2023-03-23 . MEO Kalorama 2023: Aphex Twin, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Slowthai lead new names on line-up . December 30, 2023 . NME . en-GB.
18. Web site: Treeline cancels 2023 music festival, citing high expenses . December 30, 2023 . KOMU.