Battlefield Tour

The Battlefield Tour[1] was a concert tour by American pop singer Jordin Sparks in support of her second studio album Battlefield. It is Sparks' first headlining tour. The tour consisted of mostly general assembly venues such as theaters, ballrooms, amusement parks, and casinos. It was initially only set to visit 15 cities nationwide. On April 22, several dates were rescheduled in order to expand the tour to 39 cities across the nation.[2] The tour started on May 1, 2010, in Uncasville, Connecticut and ended on July 18, 2010, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In an interview with AI Now, Sparks spoke of the tour "Hopefully, maybe in March I will be doing a tour. I would love to do a House of Blues theater type tour so it’s a little more intimate...it’s really fulfilling after you get off a stage like that, it’s really awesome because it’s like you can say 'hey, I left everything out there.'"[3]

Battlefield Tour
Tour by Jordin Sparks
The official poster for the Battlefield Tour.
Associated albumBattlefield
Start dateMay 1, 2010
End dateJuly 18, 2010
No. of shows39
Jordin Sparks tour chronology
Jesse & Jordin Live
(2008)		 Battlefield Tour
(2010)

Supporting acts
  • Kate Voegele was the opening act on selected tour dates until June 25, 2010.[4][5]
  • Days Difference, a pop rock band, were also an opening act on selected dates of the tour.[6][7]
  • Ashlyne Huff replaced Kate Voegele as the opening act on June 26, 2010.[8]
  • Sid Curtis replaced Ashlyne Huff for one night, on July 10, 2010.

Guest appearances
  • Australian artist, Guy Sebastian made a guest appearance at three of Sparks' concerts in San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco from July 8 to July 10, 2010, performing their single "Art of Love" together[9]

Set list
Guy Sebastian & Sparks performing "Art of Love" in Los Angeles.
Sparks during Battlefield Tour.
  1. "Battlefield"
  2. "S.O.S. (Let the Music Play)"
  3. "Watch You Go"
  4. "Emergency (911)"
  5. "It Takes More"
  6. "Don't Let it Go to Your Head"
  7. "One Step at a Time"
  8. "Walking on Snow"
  9. "Freeze"
  10. "No Parade"
  11. "Young and in Love"
  12. "Tattoo"
Encore
  1. "No Air"
Notes
  • On selected dates, "Was I The Only One?" was performed.
  • Sparks performed "Breathe", from the musical In the Heights performed June 22 to July 16, 2010.
  • Sparks performed "Art of Love" with Guy Sebastian, her opening act, during the shows in San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco shows only.
  • "Faith" was performed before the encore during the final show in Philadelphia.

Band members

Tour dates
Date (2010)[1] City (All U.S.) Venue
May 1 Uncasville Wolf Den
May 2 Hershey Hersheypark Amphitheatre
May 4 Westbury Capital Bank Theater
May 5 Verona Turning Stone Resort & Casino
May 14 Dubuque Mississippi Moon Bar
May 28[lower-alpha 1] Atlantic City Tropicana Showroom
May 29 Myrtle Beach Myrtle Beach
June 3[lower-alpha 2] Sayreville Starland Ballroom
June 4 Clifton Park Northern Lights
June 8[lower-alpha 3] Greensburg The Palace Theatre
June 10[lower-alpha 4] New York City Nokia Theatre Times Square
June 11[lower-alpha 5] Hampton Beach Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
June 12 Hartford Webster Theater
June 13[lower-alpha 6] Boston House of Blues
June 15 Cincinnati 20th Century Theatre
June 16 Royal Oak Royal Oak Music Theatre
June 17 Cleveland House of Blues
June 19 Norfolk Norva Theatre
June 20 Charlotte The Fillmore Charlotte
June 22 Fort Lauderdale Revolution Live
June 23 Orlando House of Blues
June 25 Atlanta Southern Star Amphitheatre
June 26 Baton Rouge Dixie Landin' Amusement Park
June 27 San Antonio Six Flags Fiesta Texas
June 28[lower-alpha 7] Houston House of Blues
June 29[lower-alpha 8] Dallas
July 1[lower-alpha 9] Tempe Marquee Theatre
July 2[lower-alpha 10] Anaheim The Grove of Anaheim
July 3 Reno Knitting Factory
July 5 Seattle Showbox at the Market
July 6 Portland Crystal Ballroom
July 8[lower-alpha 11] San Diego House of Blues
July 9[lower-alpha 12] Los Angeles Club Nokia
July 10 San Francisco Regency Ballroom
July 12 Denver Ogden Theatre
July 14 Kansas City The Beaumont Club
July 16[lower-alpha 13] Minneapolis First Avenue
July 17[lower-alpha 14] Chicago House of Blues
July 18[lower-alpha 15] Philadelphia Theatre of Living Arts

Cancellations
Date (2010) City (all U.S.) Venue
April 23 Columbus Newport Music Hall
May 6 Rochester Main Street Armory
July 18 St. Louis The Pageant

Notes
  1. Originally April 24, 2010
  2. Originally April 25, 2010
  3. Originally May 11, 2010
  4. Originally April 27, 2010
  5. Originally April 30, 2010
  6. Originally April 28, 2010 at the Orpheum Theatre
  7. Originally May 17, 2010
  8. Originally May 18, 2010
  9. Originally May 20, 2010
  10. Originally May 23, 2010
  11. Originally May 21, 2010
  12. Originally May 22, 2010
  13. Originally May 9, 2010
  14. Originally May 13, 2010
  15. Originally June 2, 2010

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2010-03-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-04-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "AI Now Exclusive: Jordin Sparks Interview". Archived from the original on 2010-01-25. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
  4. "Kate Voegele : News : Going on Tour with Jordin Sparks!". Archived from the original on 2010-03-24. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
  5. "sparkstown.com news.news". sparkstown.com. Archived from the original on 2010-03-28.
  6. "MySpace". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
  7. Jordin Sparks [@JordinSparks] (17 March 2010). "So excited to be touring with the beautiful @katevoegele and @daysdifference! Come out and see us! #JSBattlefieldTour :)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. "ASHLYNE Joins Jordin Sparks 'THE BATTLEFIELD TOUR' starting June 28th!". www.ashlynehuff.com. Archived from the original on 2010-09-17.
  9. Jordin Sparks and Guy Sebastian sing Art Of Love at Nokia Theater, Los Angeles Retrieved 14 July 2010
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