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 11, 2016, in Evansville, Indiana. The tour played before 1.6 million fans in 2016.[1] The tour's second leg began on February 16, 2017, in Huntington, West Virginia and ended on March 18, 2017, in Orange Beach, Alabama.[2]

Kill the Lights Tour
Tour by Luke Bryan
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated albumKill the Lights
Start dateFebruary 18, 2016
End dateMarch 18, 2017
Legs2
No. of shows87
Box office$69,840,333
Luke Bryan concert chronology

Background

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The tour was first announced on October 20, 2015 though Bryan's website.[3] In November 2016, Bryan announced the tour would continue into 2017.[4]

Opening acts

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Set list

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Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance Revenue
North America Leg 1
February 18, 2016 Evansville United States Ford Center Little Big Town
Dustin Lynch
8,500 / 8,500 $586,740
February 19, 2016 Peoria Peoria Civic Center 9,350 / 9,759 $623,741
February 20, 2016 Cedar Falls UNI-Dome 19,157 / 19,608 $1,025,207
February 25, 2016 Montreal Canada Bell Centre 15,985 / 15,985 $871,055
February 26, 2016 Uncasville United States Mohegan Sun Arena 13,449 / 13,449 $1,722,277
February 27, 2016
March 8, 2016 Las Cruces Pan American Center Dustin Lynch 10,295 / 10,514 $675,389
March 10, 2016 Houston Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
March 11, 2016 North Little Rock Verizon Arena Little Big Town
Dustin Lynch
12,972 / 14,182 $752,385
March 12, 2016 Bossier City CenturyLink Center
April 7, 2016 Charleston Charleston Civic Center
April 8, 2016 Baltimore Royal Farms Arena 12,268 / 12,268 $823,319
April 9, 2016 Syracuse Carrier Dome 36,141 / 36,141 $1,846,421
April 14, 2016 Toledo Huntington Center
April 15, 2016 University Park Bryce Jordan Center 12,515 / 12,515 $824,466
April 16, 2016 Charlottesville John Paul Jones Arena 11,822 / 11,822 $824,176
April 20, 2016 Missoula Adams Center
April 21, 2016
April 22, 2016 Bozeman Brick Breeden Fieldhouse 15,872 / 15,872 $1,128,090
April 23, 2016
April 29, 2016 Concord Concord Pavilion
April 30, 2016 Fresno Save Mart Center 11,945 / 11,945 $801,719
May 12, 2016 Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha 15,079 / 15,079 $1,028,782
May 13, 2016 Wichita Intrust Bank Arena 11,357 / 11,894 $873,075
May 14, 2016 Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena 13,060 / 13,060 $899,435
May 20, 2016 Atlanta Aaron's Amphitheatre 32,221 / 37,720 $1,472,814
May 21, 2016
May 27, 2016 Baton Rouge LSU Tiger Stadium
May 29, 2016 Daytona Beach Daytona International Speedway
June 2, 2016 Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center Little Big Town
Dustin Lynch
16,950 / 16,950 $871,177
June 3, 2016 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall 11,639 / 11,639 $893,650
June 4, 2016 Hershey Hersheypark Stadium 25,564 / 27,060 $1,375,679
June 9, 2016 Virginia Beach Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater 19,805 / 19,805 $873,466
June 10, 2016 Bristow Jiffy Lube Live 37,771 / 45,274 $1,780,548
June 11, 2016
June 19, 2016 Columbus Ohio Stadium
June 24, 2016 Toronto Canada Molson Canadian Amphitheatre Little Big Town
Dustin Lynch
31,678 / 31,678 $1,334,690
June 25, 2016
July 7, 2016 [A] Milwaukee United States Marcus Amphitheater Frankie Ballard 21,758 / 22,861 $1,169,830
July 8, 2016 Noblesville Klipsch Music Center Little Big Town
Dustin Lynch
43,837 / 48,765 $1,499,243
July 9, 2016
July 15, 2016 Foxborough Gillette Stadium Little Big Town
Chris Stapleton
Dustin Lynch
76,450 / 87,871 $7,511,536
July 16, 2016
July 17, 2016 Bangor Darling's Waterfront Pavilion Little Big Town
Dustin Lynch
July 21, 2016 Scranton The Pavilion at Montage Mountain
July 22, 2016 Burgettstown First Niagara Pavilion 42,160 / 46,086 $1,724,225
July 23, 2016
July 28, 2016 Hopewell CMAC
July 29, 2016 Camden BB&T Pavilion 50,046 / 50,046 $2,086,357
July 30, 2016
July 31, 2016 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center 25,091 / 25,091 $1,087,914
August 11, 2016 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center 37,267 / 41,724 $1,776,354
August 12, 2016
August 13, 2016 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center 36,023 / 40,709 $1,545,846
August 14, 2016
August 19, 2016 Minneapolis U.S. Bank Stadium Little Big Town
Dustin Lynch
47,219 / 47,219 $4,565,264
August 21, 2016 Calgary Canada Prairie Winds Park
August 25, 2016 Bonner Springs United States Providence Medical Center Amphitheater Little Big Town
Frankie Ballard
August 26, 2016 Maryland Heights Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre Little Big Town
Dustin Lynch
20,000 / 20,000 $890,556
August 27, 2016 Chicago Wrigley Field 41,819 / 41,819 $4,457,358
September 1, 2016 Charlotte PNC Music Pavilion
September 2, 2016 Raleigh Coastal Credit Union Music Park 31,965 / 34,554 $1,403,186
September 3, 2016
September 9, 2016 Denver Dick's Sporting Goods Park 33,792 / 40,000 $2,926,618
September 10, 2016
September 15, 2016 Wheatland Toyota Amphitheatre 18,500 / 18,500 $891,170
September 16, 2016 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre 22,019 / 22,019 $924,835
September 17, 2016 Chula Vista Sleep Train Amphihtheatre 18,797 / 19,702 $927,941
September 22, 2016 Phoenix Ak-Chin Pavilion 19,273 / 19,273 $933,121
September 24, 2016 Irvine Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre 14,914 / 14,914 $901,779
September 30, 2016 West Valley City USANA Amphitheatre 16,751 / 19,376 $802,265
October 1, 2016
October 22, 2016 Arlington AT&T Stadium Little Big Town
Chris Stapleton
Dustin Lynch
October 29, 2016 Detroit Ford Field
North America Leg 2
February 16, 2017 Huntington United States Big Sandy Superstore Arena Brett Eldredge 6,816 / 6,816 $475,526
February 17, 2017 Bloomington Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall 10,136 / 11,835 $671,311
February 18, 2017 Jonesboro ASU Convocation Center 7,065 / 7,065 $509,655
February 23, 2017 Columbia Colonial Life Arena 10,125 / 11,642 $649,626
February 25, 2017 Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena 12,027 / 12,027 $790,564
March 1, 2017 New York City Madison Square Garden 14,981 / 14,981 $1,086,993
March 3, 2017 Manchester SNHU Arena 8,863 / 8,863 $607,912
March 4, 2017 Providence Dunkin' Donuts Center 10,548 / 10,548 $697,518
March 9, 2017 Richmond Richmond Coliseum
March 10, 2017 Fayetteville Crown Coliseum 7,595 / 7,595 $483,124
March 11, 2017 Greenville Bon Secours Wellness Arena 11,696 / 11,696 $731,407
March 17, 2017 Orange Beach Amphitheater at the Wharf 19,412 / 19,412 $1,203,301
March 18, 2017
Total 1,142,340 / 1,205,728 $69,840,333
List of festivals
A This concert was part of the Summerfest at Marcus Amphitheater in Henry Maier Festival Park.

Personnel

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  • 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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  1. ^ a b "Luke Bryan Extends Kill the Lights Tour into 2017". Rolling Stone. 28 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Luke Bryan's Kill the Lights Tour Will Continue in 2017". The Boot. 28 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Announcing the "Kill The Lights Tour"". lukebryan.com. BubbleUp Group, Inc. October 20, 2015. Archived from the original on November 4, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  4. ^ "Luke Bryan Extends Kill the Lights Tour Dates into New Year". 28 November 2016.
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