Born to Die Tour explained

The Born to Die Tour was the first concert tour by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, in support of her second studio and major-label debut album, Born to Die (2012). The tour began on November 4, 2011, at The Ruby Lounge in Manchester, England^[1] and ended on September 25, 2012, at the Roundhouse in London, England.^[2] The tour visited cities in thirteen countries across three continents.

Background

Lana Del Rey released her debut album Lana Del Ray on January 4, 2010. Having been released on an independent record label, it was removed from stores after the label's bankruptcy, and Del Rey was never given the chance to have a proper tour for it. Del Rey released her second studio album Born to Die through Interscope and Polydor Records on January 27, 2012. To promote the album, Del Rey would perform its singles on television shows in North America and Europe, prior to its release.

Lana Del Rey announced her first proper concert tour, the Born to Die Tour, in August and September 2011, at the time featuring a schedule of just four shows at very small venues. However, after the shows sold out in a shorter amount of time than expected, the original four shows were postponed and moved to larger venues, along with the announcement of more dates.^[3]

On September 14, 2011, prior to the beginning of the tour, Del Rey headlined a secret concert at the Glasslands Gallery under the name "Queen of Coney Island".^[4]

After the album's release, Del Rey altered the setlist to feature more songs that had previously been unreleased.

Tour dates

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City	Country	Venue	Opening act
Europe[5] [6]
November 4, 2011	Manchester	England	The Ruby Lounge	Seye
November 5, 2011	Glasgow	Scotland	Òran Mór
November 7, 2011	Paris	France	Nouveau Casino
November 10, 2011	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Paradiso
November 12, 2011	Cologne	Germany	Gebäude 9
November 14, 2011	Berlin		Roter Salon
November 16, 2011	London	England	Scala	Seye Vince Kidd
November 17, 2011	Birmingham		HMV Institute: The Library	Seye Jake Bugg
November 22, 2011	London		Bassoon Bar	rowspan="2"
November 23, 2011	Paris	France	L’Album de la Semaine
North America
November 30, 2011	Toronto	Canada	Mod Club Theatre
December 5, 2011	New York	United States	Bowery Ballroom	Zach Heckendorf
December 7, 2011	West Hollywood		Troubadour
Europe[7]
April 10, 2012	London	England	The Jazz Cafe
North America[8]
June 3, 2012	Los Angeles	United States	El Rey Theatre	Jarrod Gorbel
June 4, 2012				Zebra Katz
June 5, 2012
June 7, 2012	New York		Irving Plaza
June 8, 2012
June 10, 2012
Europe[9]
June 15, 2012	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	Spain	Fira Barcelona Gran Via	rowspan="7"
June 17, 2012	London	England	Victoria Park
June 22, 2012	Newport		Seaclose Park
June 24, 2012	London		Hackney Marshes
June 27, 2012	Arendal	Norway	Tromøya
June 29, 2012	Rotselaar	Belgium	Festivalpark Werchter
July 1, 2012	Sermamagny	France	Presqu'île du Malsaucy
July 4, 2012	Montreux	Switzerland	Miles Davis Hall	Woodkid
July 5, 2012	London	England	Chiswick House	rowspan="4"
July 6, 2012	Lisbon	Portugal	Cabeço da Flauta
July 12, 2012	Southwold	England	Henham Park
July 15, 2012	Gräfenhainichen	Germany	Ferropolis
Oceania[10] [11] [12]
July 21, 2012	Adelaide	Australia	Jubilee Pavilion
July 23, 2012	Melbourne		Palace Theatre	Oliver Tank
July 24, 2012
July 26, 2012	Sydney		Enmore Theatre
July 27, 2012
July 28, 2012	Byron Bay		Belongil Fields
Europe
September 25, 2012	London	England	Roundhouse	Benjamin Francis Leftwich

Cancelled shows

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City	Country	Venue	Reason
May 28, 2012	Tokyo	Japan	Duo Music Exchange	Extreme exhaustion	[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ward . Justin . October 5, 2011 . TOUR DATES: Lana Del Rey announces Toronto, LA and NYC . 2023-02-20 . LIVE music blog . en-US.
2. Web site: Goodwyn . Tom . August 10, 2012 . Lana Del Rey added to London's iTunes festival line-up . 2023-02-20 . NME . en-GB.
3. Web site: Young . Alex . September 17, 2011 . Lana Del Rey postpones U.S. tour dates . 2023-02-20 . Consequence . en-US.
4. News: September 15, 2011 . Lana Del Rey @ Glasslands, Williamsburg 9/14/11 . 2023-02-20 . Stereogum . en.
5. Web site: Live / 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120130054728/https://www.lanadelrey.com/live/2011 . 2012-01-30 . 2023-06-30 . Lana Del Rey.
6. Web site: Lana Del Rey Setlist at Studio 104, La Plaine-Saint-Denis . 2023-02-20 . setlist.fm . en.
7. Web site: Piper . Dean . April 10, 2012 . Old school Lana Del Rey is in a league of her own live . 2023-02-20 . mirror . en.
8. Web site: Lana Del Rey Announces L.A. And NYC Residencies . https://web.archive.org/web/20221018141036/https://www.mtv.com/news/f5y6mt/lana-del-rey-la-new-york-concert-dates . dead . October 18, 2022 . 2023-02-20 . MTV . en.
9. Web site: Live . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120503090733/http://www.lanadelrey.com/live/ . 2012-05-03 . Lana Del Rey . en.
10. Web site: Fitzsimons . Scott . Splendour Spin Off Announced For Adelaide, With Kimbra And Lana Del Rey theMusic.com.au Australian music news, gig guide, music reviews . 2023-02-20 . themusic.com.au . en.
11. Web site: Hohnen . Mike . June 13, 2012 . Lana Del Rey Australian Tour: Extra Release Tickets + Oliver Tank To Support . 2023-02-20 . Music Feeds . en-US.
12. Web site: Photos Splendour in the Grass 2012 . 2023-02-20 . MTV . en.
13. Web site: Shetler . Scott. Lana Del Rey Cancels Concert in Japan . 2023-02-20 . PopCrush . May 29, 2012 . en.