The Paradise Tour was the second concert tour by American singer, Lana Del Rey, in support of her third extended play, Paradise. The tour kicked off on April 3, 2013, at Galaxie Mega Hall in Amnéville, France and visited many major European countries during the spring and summer in 2013. The tour concluded on October 18, 2014, at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles. Overall, the tour lasted over eighteen months from April 2013 to October 2014 and visited four continents.
Background
On November 12, 2012, Del Rey released her third extended play, Paradise worldwide. The extended play was released as a stand-alone EP, but was also re-released with her second studio album, Born to Die, which was named Born to Die: The Paradise Edition.[1] The EP debuted at number 10 on the United States Billboard 200 with a first week sales of 67,000 copies and also charted fairly in other European countries. The album also gained positive reviews from many critics including the Rolling Stone calling the EP "conceptually sharp" and the Los Angeles Times stating that the album is "strong".[2] Dates for a tour in support of the EP were announced on October 31, 2012, beginning with an extensive European leg of shows, and tickets became available on November 5, 2012.[1] Gradually, Del Rey began to add more dates including festival and headlining shows in many European countries such as Germany, Sweden, and Norway. During 2013, Del Rey announced dates for United States, Turkey, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina. Most of the European shows from April to May 2013 were supported by Kassidy, a Scottish band fronted by Del Rey's then boyfriend, Barrie-James O'Neill.[3]
The tour was later extended into 2014, during the 2014 shows Del Rey performed songs from Ultraviolence. During February and March 2014, a leg of North American shows were announced surrounding Del Rey's appearances at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.[4] Throughout the following months, more dates were announced including European and American festival shows, and headlining shows in Mexico.[5] The entire tour concluded with two one-off shows at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles during October 2014.[6]
Set list
This set list is representative of the show on May 3, 2013, in Turin, Italy. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.[7]
^The show on April 10, 2013 in Oslo, Norway was originally planned to take place at Sentrum Scene, but the venue was upgraded due to popular demand.[12]
^The show on April 13, 2013 in Prague, Czech Republic was part of the Electronic Beats Festival.[13]
^The show on May 7, 2013 in Assago, Italy was originally planned to take place at Alcatraz, but the venue was upgraded due to popular demand.[14]
^The May 16, 2013 show in Glasgow was originally scheduled to be held over two nights (May 15 and 16) at the O2 Academy, but the venue was upgraded due to popular demand.
^The show on July 5, 2013 in Barcelona, Spain was a part of Festival Jardins de Pedralbes.[15]
^The show on July 15, 2013 in Krasnogorsk, Russia, was originally scheduled to take place on June 8, 2013 but it was postponed due to Del Rey's throat infection.[18][19]
^The show on July 17, 2013 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, was originally scheduled to take place on June 6, 2013 but it was postponed due to Del Rey's throat infection.[18][19]
^The show on September 20, 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey, was originally scheduled to take place on July 7, 2013 but it was postponed due to Gezi Park protests.[22]
^The show on April 24, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana was originally planned to take place at The Sugar Mill, but the venue was upgraded due to popular demand.[29]
