Kill the Lights Tour
{{Short description|2016–17 concert tour by Luke Bryan}}
{{Infobox concert
|concert_tour_name = Kill the Lights Tour
|image = Killthelights2.jpg
|image_size = 250px
|landscape = yes
|image_caption = Promotional poster for the tour
|artist = Luke Bryan
|album = Kill the Lights
|start_date = February 18, 2016
|end_date = March 18, 2017
|number_of_legs = 2
|number_of_shows = 87
|gross = $69,840,333
| last_tour =Kick the Dust Up Tour
(2015)
| this_tour =Kill the Lights Tour
(2016–17)
| next_tour = Huntin', Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day Tour
(2017)
}}
The Kill the Lights Tour was the fourth headlining concert tour by American country music artist Luke Bryan. The tour is in support of his fifth studio album Kill the Lights (2015) and began on February 18, 2016, in Evansville, Indiana. The tour played before 1.6 million fans in 2016.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/luke-bryan-extends-kill-the-lights-tour-into-2017-w452525|title=Luke Bryan Extends Kill the Lights Tour into 2017|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=28 November 2016}} The tour's second leg began on February 16, 2017, in Huntington, West Virginia and ended on March 18, 2017, in Orange Beach, Alabama.{{Cite web|url=http://theboot.com/luke-bryan-2017-kill-the-lights-tour-dates/|title = Luke Bryan's Kill the Lights Tour Will Continue in 2017|website = The Boot| date=28 November 2016 }}
Background
The tour was first announced on October 20, 2015 though Bryan's website.{{cite web|title=Announcing the "Kill The Lights Tour"|url=http://www.lukebryan.com/news-details.html?n_id=2803|website=lukebryan.com|publisher=BubbleUp Group, Inc.|date=October 20, 2015|access-date=November 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104103445/http://www.lukebryan.com/news-details.html?n_id=2803|archive-date=November 4, 2015|url-status=dead}} In November 2016, Bryan announced the tour would continue into 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/luke-bryan-kill-the-lights-tour-dates-2017/|title=Luke Bryan Extends Kill the Lights Tour Dates into New Year|date=28 November 2016 }}
Opening acts
Set list
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- "Rain Is a Good Thing"
- "Kick the Dust Up
- "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye"
- "Move"
- "I See You"
- "Crash My Party"
- "Roller Coaster"
- "Play It Again"
- "Strip It Down"
- "Home Alone Tonight" {{small|(with Karen Fairchild)}}
- "Thinkin Out Loud" / "Let's Get It On" {{small|(with Little Big Town)}}
- "Play Something Country {{small|(with Dustin Lynch)}}
- "Huntin', Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day"
- "Drink a Beer"
- "Drunk on You"
- "All My Friends Say" / "Country Man"
- "That's My Kind of Night"
;Encore
{{div col end}}
Tour dates
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! style="width:175px;"| Date ! style="width:150px;"| City ! style="width:130px;"| Country ! style="width:250px;"| Venue ! style="width:150px;"| Opening acts ! style="width:170px;"| Attendance ! style="width:150px;"| Revenue |
| colspan="7"| North America Leg 1 |
|---|
| February 18, 2016
|rowspan="3"|United States |rowspan="6"|Little Big Town |8,500 / 8,500 |$586,740 |
| February 19, 2016
|9,350 / 9,759 |$623,741 |
| February 20, 2016
|19,157 / 19,608 |$1,025,207 |
| February 25, 2016
|Canada |15,985 / 15,985 |$871,055 |
| February 26, 2016
|rowspan="2"|Uncasville |rowspan="32"|United States |rowspan="2"|Mohegan Sun Arena |rowspan="2"|13,449 / 13,449 |rowspan="2"|$1,722,277 |
| February 27, 2016 |
| March 8, 2016
|Dustin Lynch |10,295 / 10,514 |$675,389 |
| March 10, 2016
|Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
| March 11, 2016
|rowspan="19"|Little Big Town |12,972 / 14,182 |$752,385 |
| March 12, 2016
|{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
| April 7, 2016
|{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
| April 8, 2016
|12,268 / 12,268 |$823,319 |
| April 9, 2016
|36,141 / 36,141 |$1,846,421 |
| April 14, 2016
|{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
| April 15, 2016
|12,515 / 12,515 |$824,466 |
| April 16, 2016
|11,822 / 11,822 |$824,176 |
| April 20, 2016
|rowspan="2"|Missoula |rowspan="2"|Adams Center |rowspan="2" {{n/a}} |rowspan="2" {{n/a}} |
| April 21, 2016 |
| April 22, 2016
|rowspan="2"|Bozeman |rowspan="2"|Brick Breeden Fieldhouse |rowspan="2"|15,872 / 15,872 |rowspan="2"|$1,128,090 |
| April 23, 2016 |
| April 29, 2016
|{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
| April 30, 2016
|11,945 / 11,945 |$801,719 |
| May 12, 2016
|15,079 / 15,079 |$1,028,782 |
| May 13, 2016
|11,357 / 11,894 |$873,075 |
| May 14, 2016
|13,060 / 13,060 |$899,435 |
| May 20, 2016
|rowspan="2"|Atlanta |rowspan="2"|Aaron's Amphitheatre |rowspan="2"|32,221 / 37,720 |rowspan="2"|$1,472,814 |
| May 21, 2016 |
| May 27, 2016
|rowspan="2" {{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
| May 29, 2016
|Daytona International Speedway |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
| June 2, 2016
|rowspan="6"|Little Big Town |16,950 / 16,950 |$871,177 |
| June 3, 2016
|11,639 / 11,639 |$893,650 |
| June 4, 2016
|25,564 / 27,060 |$1,375,679 |
| June 9, 2016
|Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater |19,805 / 19,805 |$873,466 |
| June 10, 2016
|rowspan="2"|Bristow |rowspan="2"|Jiffy Lube Live |rowspan="2"|37,771 / 45,274 |rowspan="2"|$1,780,548 |
| June 11, 2016 |
| June 19, 2016
|{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
| June 24, 2016
|rowspan="2"|Toronto |rowspan="2"|Canada |rowspan="2"|Molson Canadian Amphitheatre |rowspan="2"|Little Big Town |rowspan="2"|31,678 / 31,678 |rowspan="2"|$1,334,690 |
| June 25, 2016 |
| July 7, 2016 {{ref label|SFM|A|A}}
|rowspan="18"|United States |21,758 / 22,861 |$1,169,830 |
| July 8, 2016
|rowspan="2"|Noblesville |rowspan="2"|Klipsch Music Center |rowspan="2"|Little Big Town |rowspan="2"|43,837 / 48,765 |rowspan="2"|$1,499,243 |
| July 9, 2016 |
| July 15, 2016
|rowspan="2"|Foxborough |rowspan="2"|Gillette Stadium |rowspan="2"|Little Big Town |rowspan="2"|76,450 / 87,871 |rowspan="2"|$7,511,536 |
| July 16, 2016 |
| July 17, 2016
|Darling's Waterfront Pavilion |rowspan="12"|Little Big Town |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
| July 21, 2016
|The Pavilion at Montage Mountain |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
| July 22, 2016
|rowspan="2"|Burgettstown |rowspan="2"|First Niagara Pavilion |rowspan="2"|42,160 / 46,086 |rowspan="2"|$1,724,225 |
| July 23, 2016 |
| July 28, 2016
|CMAC |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
| July 29, 2016
|rowspan="2"|Camden |rowspan="2"|BB&T Pavilion |rowspan="2"|50,046 / 50,046 |rowspan="2"|$2,086,357 |
| July 30, 2016 |
| July 31, 2016
|Saratoga Performing Arts Center |25,091 / 25,091 |$1,087,914 |
| August 11, 2016
|rowspan="2"|Cuyahoga Falls |rowspan="2"|Blossom Music Center |rowspan="2"|37,267 / 41,724 |rowspan="2"|$1,776,354 |
| August 12, 2016 |
| August 13, 2016
|rowspan="2"|Cincinnati |rowspan="2"|Riverbend Music Center |rowspan="2"|36,023 / 40,709 |rowspan="2"|$1,545,846 |
| August 14, 2016 |
| August 19, 2016
|Little Big Town |47,219 / 47,219 |$4,565,264 |
| August 21, 2016
|Canada |Prairie Winds Park |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
| August 25, 2016
|rowspan="17"|United States |Providence Medical Center Amphitheater |Little Big Town |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
| August 26, 2016
|Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre |rowspan="14"|Little Big Town |20,000 / 20,000 |$890,556 |
| August 27, 2016
|41,819 / 41,819 |$4,457,358 |
| September 1, 2016
|{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
| September 2, 2016
|rowspan="2"|Raleigh |rowspan="2"|Coastal Credit Union Music Park |rowspan="2"|31,965 / 34,554 |rowspan="2"|$1,403,186 |
| September 3, 2016 |
| September 9, 2016
|rowspan="2"|Denver |rowspan="2"|Dick's Sporting Goods Park |rowspan="2"|33,792 / 40,000 |rowspan="2"|$2,926,618 |
| September 10, 2016 |
| September 15, 2016
|18,500 / 18,500 |$891,170 |
| September 16, 2016
|22,019 / 22,019 |$924,835 |
| September 17, 2016
|18,797 / 19,702 |$927,941 |
| September 22, 2016
|19,273 / 19,273 |$933,121 |
| September 24, 2016
|14,914 / 14,914 |$901,779 |
| September 30, 2016
|rowspan="2"|West Valley City |rowspan="2"|USANA Amphitheatre |rowspan="2"|16,751 / 19,376 |rowspan="2"|$802,265 |
| October 1, 2016 |
| October 22, 2016
|rowspan="2"|Little Big Town |rowspan="2" {{n/a}} |rowspan="2" {{n/a}} |
| October 29, 2016 |
| colspan="7"| North America Leg 2 |
| February 16, 2017
|rowspan="13"|United States |rowspan="13"|Brett Eldredge |6,816 / 6,816 |$475,526 |
| February 17, 2017
|10,136 / 11,835 |$671,311 |
| February 18, 2017
|7,065 / 7,065 |$509,655 |
| February 23, 2017
|10,125 / 11,642 |$649,626 |
| February 25, 2017
|Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena |12,027 / 12,027 |$790,564 |
| March 1, 2017
|14,981 / 14,981 |$1,086,993 |
| March 3, 2017
|8,863 / 8,863 |$607,912 |
| March 4, 2017
|10,548 / 10,548 |$697,518 |
| March 9, 2017
|{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
| March 10, 2017
|7,595 / 7,595 |$483,124 |
| March 11, 2017
|11,696 / 11,696 |$731,407 |
| March 17, 2017
|rowspan="2"|Orange Beach |rowspan="2"|Amphitheater at the Wharf | rowspan="2"|19,412 / 19,412 | rowspan="2"|$1,203,301 |
| March 18, 2017 |
| colspan="5"|Total
|1,142,340 / 1,205,728 |$69,840,333 |
;List of festivals
:{{note label|SFM|A|A}} This concert was part of the Summerfest at Marcus Amphitheater in Henry Maier Festival Park.
Personnel
- Michael Carter – band leader, electric guitar
- Jason Faussett – acoustic guitar, piano
- James Cook – bass guitar
- Kent Slucher – drums
- Kevin Arrowsmith – fiddle, electric guitar
- Dave Ristrum – banjo
References
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