Anything Goes Tour
{{Short description|2015 concert tour by Florida Georgia Line}}
{{Infobox concert
| concert_tour_name = Anything Goes Tour
| artist = Florida Georgia Line
| image = Anything_Goes_Tour_image.jpg
| image_caption = Promotional poster for the tour
| image_size = 200px
| landscape = yes
| album = Anything Goes
| start_date = January 15, 2015
| end_date = October 17, 2015
| number_of_legs = 1
| number_of_shows = 48
| gross = $27,860,442
| last_tour = Here's to the Good Times Tour
(2013–14)
| this_tour = Anything Goes Tour
(2015)
| next_tour = Dig Your Roots Tour
(2016–17)
}}
The Anything Goes Tour was the second headlining concert tour from American country music duo the Florida Georgia Line, in support of their studio album Anything Goes. It began on January 15, 2015, in Toledo, Ohio. Thomas Rhett and Frankie Ballard served as opening act. For Pollstar's Year End Top 200 North American Tours of 2015, it ranked thirty-first and grossed $29.5 million.{{cite web|title=2015 Pollstar Year End Top 200 North American Tours|url=http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/charts2015/2015YearEndTop200NorthAmericanTours.pdf|website=Pollstarpro.com|publisher=POLLSTAR|accessdate=January 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202085938/http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/charts2015/2015YearEndTop200NorthAmericanTours.pdf|archive-date=February 2, 2016|url-status=dead}}
Background
On October 8, 2014, the duo appeared on the Today Show to announce the tour.
{{cite web|last1=Dunklerey|first1=Beville|title=Florida Georgia Line Announces 2015 Headlining Tour|date=8 October 2014 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/florida-georgia-line-tour-dates-2015-20141008|publisher=Rolling Stone|accessdate=February 10, 2015}} Additional dates were announced in January 2015.{{cite web|last1=Whitaker|first1=Sterling|title=Florida Georgia Line Announce Additional 2015 Anything Goes Tour Dates|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/florida-georgia-line-2015-anything-goes-tour-dates/|website=Taste of Country.com|date=15 January 2015 |publisher=Taste of Country Networks|accessdate=February 11, 2015}}
Their February 25, 2015, sold-out show at Madison Square Garden led Brian Kelley to thank fans, "We've waited a long time for this", "I've gotta give you guys props. You guys sold out Madison Square Garden on a Wednesday night."{{cite web|last1=Allen|first1=Jim|title=Florida Georgia Line Brings Their Groove to New York City|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1750892/florida-georgia-line-bring-their-groove-to-new-york-city/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227061422/http://www.cmt.com/news/1750892/florida-georgia-line-bring-their-groove-to-new-york-city/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 27, 2015|website=CMT.com|publisher=viacom|accessdate=February 27, 2015}}
Concert synopsis
The show began with the duo shooting straight up in the air from apparatuses at each ends of the stage, which had a sci-fi design.
Hubbard and Kelley kicked off the show with "Every Night" and "Smile", two non-singles from their current album, and ended the night with their smash hit "Cruise". "Good Good" and "Smoke", two more non-singles were used for the encore. During the show they went into an acoustic setup for "Dirt". Tyler Hubbard has said he thinks about his father in heaven when they sing that song, so towards the end of it, during the New York City show he called out, "From MSG to Heaven." Opening acts Thomas Rhett and Frankie joined Florida Georgia Line for "Party People". They sang medley of covers which included songs such as Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass" and Garth Brooks's "Friends in Low Places".
Opening acts
Setlist
- "Every Night"
- "Smile"
- "It'z Just What We Do"
- "Round Here"
- "Anything Goes"
- "Get Your Shine On"
- "Bumpin' the Night"
- "Sippin' On Fire"
- "Dayum Baby"
- "Dirt"
- "Like You Ain't Even Gone
- "Stay" {{small|(Black Stone Cherry cover)}}
- "This Is How We Roll"
- "Sun Daze"
- "Party People" {{small|(/Thomas Rhett & Frankie Ballard)}}
- Covers medley: "All About That Bass"/"Forgot About Dre"/"We Dem Boyz"/"Treasure"/"Friends in Low Places"
{{small|(Meghan Trainor/Dr. Dre & Eminem/Wiz Khalifa/Bruno Mars/Garth Brooks cover)}} - "Cruise"
Encore
18. "Good Good"
19. "Smoke"
{{cite web|title=Florida Georgia Line Setlist at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, USA|url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/florida-georgia-line/2015/merriweather-post-pavilion-columbia-md-53c817b5.html|website=setlistfm|accessdate=May 18, 2015}}
Tour dates
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January 15, 2015
|rowspan="10"|United States |rowspan="26"|Thomas Rhett |7,451 / 7,451 |$391,594 |
January 16, 2015
|10,201 / 10,201 |$510,074 |
January 17, 2015
|11,844 / 11,844 |$519,720 |
January 22, 2015
|8,425 / 9,089 |$411,719 |
January 23, 2015
|9,543 / 9,543 |$477,636 |
January 24, 2015
|12,846 / 14,020 |$611,823 |
February 12, 2015
|7,308 / 7,308 |$372,906 |
February 13, 2015
|13,326 / 13,326 |$675,947 |
February 14, 2015
|10,716 / 10,716 |$551,974 |
February 18, 2015
|8,719 / 8,719 |$444,128 |
February 19, 2015
|rowspan="2"|Canada |11,626 / 11,626 |$572,782 |
February 20, 2015
|4,995 / 4,995 |$274,685 |
February 21, 2015
|rowspan="40"|United States |7,159 / 7,159 |$381,510 |
February 25, 2015
|12,955 / 12,955 |$908,339 |
March 21, 2015
|Amphitheater at the Wharf |9,648 / 9,648 |$499,302 |
April 30, 2015
|10,771 / 11,889 |$486,242 |
May 1, 2015
|8,824 / 8,824 |$433,423 |
May 2, 2015
|9,551 / 9,551 |$487,473 |
May 3, 2015
|Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza |7,379 / 7,379 |$373,735 |
May 7, 2015
|9,819 / 9,819 |$497,453 |
May 8, 2015
|12,147 / 12,147 |$608,505 |
May 9, 2015
|17,426 / 17,426 |$909,470 |
May 28, 2015
|14,300 / 19,440 |$459,487 |
May 29, 2015
|MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre |18,135 / 19,239 |$693,231 |
May 30, 2015
|9,972 / 9,972 |$428,667 |
June 24, 2015 {{ref label|SMF|A|A}}
| 20,558 / 22,522 | $841,120 |
June 27, 2015
|Wild West Arena |11,246 / 11,246 |$688,395 |
July 24, 2015
|rowspan="25"|Thomas Rhett |24,967 / 24,967 |$885,651 |
July 25, 2015
|20,301 / 22,543 |$712,340 |
July 26, 2015
|18,024 / 20,049 |$563,530 |
August 7, 2015
|Bethel Woods Center for the Arts |15,647 / 15,647 |$592,917 |
August 8, 2015
|Darien Lake Performing Arts Center |21,216 / 21,216 |$812,688 |
August 13, 2015
|18,787 / 19,980 |$600,029 |
August 14, 2015
|18,105 / 18,801 |$614,568 |
August 15, 2015
|21,558 / 22,943 |$665,621 |
August 20, 2015
|{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
August 21, 2015
|{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
August 22, 2015
|15,011 / 20,011 |$457,731 |
August 27, 2015
|6,615 / 8,523 |$328,181 |
August 28, 2015
|15,405 / 18,500 |$457,744 |
September 10, 2015
|16,542 / 16,542 |$693,691 |
September 11, 2015
|24,031 / 24,031 |$778,225 |
September 12, 2015
|19,923 /19,923 |$702,924 |
September 24, 2015
|7,844 / 10,613{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore |title=Current Boxscore |date=October 7, 2015 |magazine=Billboard |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009172243/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore |archivedate=October 9, 2015 |accessdate=October 7, 2015 |url-status=live }} |$329,409 |
September 25, 2015
|$431,134 |
September 26, 2015
|Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre |$643,376 |
October 3, 2015
|18,285 / 19,603 |$653,955 |
October 9, 2015
|13,592 / 15,267 |$425,825 |
October 10, 2015
|16,144 / 20,261 |$525,060 |
October 15, 2015
|10,129 / 12,385 |$323,799 |
October 16, 2015
|11,590 / 12,617 |$524,921 |
October 17, 2015
|18,717 / 18,717 |$625,783 |
colspan="5"|Total
|678,322 / 722,100 |$27,860,442 |
;Festivals
:{{note label|SMF|A|A}} This concert is a part of Summerfest.
Critical reception
Jim Allen of CMT.com said about their sold-out show at Madison Square Garden, "Instead of hitting the crowd over the head with the hits from the start, they kicked off with a pair of nonsingles from their 2014 No. 1 album, Anything Goes — "Every Night" and "Smile". By the second song, Kelley had stripped down to a muscle shirt, giving a spotlight to both his gym-rat physique and his tattoos. This move garnered no audible dissent from the strikingly high percentage of giddy young girls in the audience."
References
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