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We Were Here Tour

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We Were Here/Six String Circus Tour
Tour by Jason Aldean
Promotional poster for the tour
Location
  • North America
  • Australia
Associated albumOld Boots, New Dirt
Start dateJanuary 14, 2016
End dateOctober 1, 2016
Legs3
No. of shows
  • 55 in North America
  • 3 in Australia
  • 58 total
Box office$25,859,760
Jason Aldean concert chronology
  • Burn It Down Tour
    (2014–15)
  • We Were Here/Six String Circus Tour
    (2016)
  • They Don't Know Tour
    (2017)

The We Were Here / Six String Circus Tour was the sixth headlining concert tour by American country music artist Jason Aldean, in support of his sixth studio album Old Boots, New Dirt. It began on January 14, 2016 in Evansville, Indiana and ended on October 1, 2016 in Bristow, Virginia. In May 2016, the tour had its name changed to the Six String Circus Tour.

Background

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The tour was first announced on October 16, 2015 though Aldean's website. Aldean will tour Australia for the first time in his career.[1] Summer 2016 dates were announced in April 2016, and the show at Fenway Park will be co-headlined with Kid Rock.[2] Kid Rock stole the show after going on tirade on San Francisco back up QB Colin Kaepernick during Born Free.The video has been viewed over 2 million times on YouTube and got national attention.

Opening acts

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Setlist

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[3]

  1. "Just Gettin' Started"
  2. "Gonna Know We Were Here"
  3. "Take a Little Ride"
  4. "When She Says Baby"
  5. "Night Train"
  6. "Big Green Tractor"
  7. "Tattoos on This Town"
  8. "Fly Over States"
  9. "Tonight Looks Good On You"
  10. Medley: "Asphalt Cowboy"/"Why"/"The Truth"/"Don't You Wanna Stay"
  11. "The Only Way I Know"
  12. "1994"
  13. "Johnny Cash"
  14. "Amarillo Sky"
  15. "My Kinda Party"
  16. "She's Country"
  17. "Dirt Road Anthem"
  18. "Hicktown"
Encore 1
  1. "Burnin' It Down"
Encore 2
  1. "Crazy Town"

Tour dates

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List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, number of available tickets, and gross revenue
Date City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance Revenue
North America Leg 1
January 14, 2016 Moline United States iWireless Center Thomas Rhett
A Thousand Horses
8,470 / 10,424 $440,145
January 15, 2016 Evansville Ford Center 9,124 / 9,124 $504,248
January 16, 2016 Bloomington U.S. Cellular Coliseum 11,587 / 12,634 $593,046
January 17, 2016
January 21, 2016 Des Moines Wells Fargo Arena 11,111 / 14,041 $618,663
January 22, 2016 Omaha CenturyLink Center 12,717 / 13,767 $694,944
January 23, 2016 Springfield JQH Arena 8,262 / 8,262 $478,216
January 28, 2016 Grand Forks Alerus Center 10,423 / 13,321 $463,951
January 29, 2016 Bismarck Bismarck Events Center 7,196 / 7,196 $469,124
January 30, 2016 Sioux Falls Denny Sanford Premier Center 10,656 / 10,656 $608,123
February 4, 2016 Southaven Landers Center 8,249 / 8,249 $441,791
February 5, 2016 Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena 9,170 / 11,576 $472,788
February 6, 2016 Columbia Mizzou Arena 8,809 / 8,809 $467,233
February 18, 2016 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center 6,574 / 7,214 $355,115
February 19, 2016 Charlottesville John Paul Jones Arena 9,513 / 13,173 $454,506
February 20, 2016 Fayetteville Cumberland County Crown Coliseum 8,485 / 8,485 $417,054
February 25, 2016 Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena 8,914 / 8,926 $503,252
February 26, 2016 University Park Bryce Jordan Center 11,041 / 11,041 $574,669
February 27, 2016 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall 12,543 / 12,543 $778,363
Oceania
March 8, 2016 Melbourne Australia Margaret Court Arena Florida Georgia Line 4,852 / 6,700 $459,234
March 9, 2016 Sydney Hordern Pavilion 5,202 / 5,537 $388,680
March 12, 2016 Ipswich Willowbank Raceway
North America Leg 2 (Six String Circus Tour starting from Rogers, AR)[2]
April 28, 2016 Portland United States Cross Insurance Arena Thomas Rhett
A Thousand Horses
April 29, 2016 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena 10,524 / 10,524 $1,044,316
April 30, 2016
May 5, 2016 Erie Erie Insurance Arena 6,201 / 6,201 $376,045
May 6, 2016 Allentown PPL Center 8,516 / 8,516 $532,391
May 7, 2016 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion 14,307 / 16,772 $846,010
May 12, 2016 Oshawa Canada General Motors Centre 5,292 / 5,292 $305,988
May 13, 2016 Kingston K-Rock Centre 4,837 / 4,837 $322,239
May 14, 2016 London Budweiser Gardens 9,047 / 9,047 $505,445
May 19, 2016 Rogers United States Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion Thomas Rhett
A Thousand Horses
9,493 / 9,493 $439,134
May 20, 2016 Bonner Springs Providence Medical Center Amphitheater 11,974 / 16,750 $424,289
May 21, 2016 Dallas Gexa Energy Pavilion 18,919 / 18,919 $646,697
June 17, 2016 Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre
June 24, 2016 West Valley City USANA Amphitheatre 19,978 / 19,978 $830,760
June 26, 2016 Albuquerque Isleta Amphitheater
July 14, 2016 Bethel Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
July 15, 2016 Syracuse Lakeview Amphitheater
July 21, 2016 Noblesville** Klipsch Music Center 24,447 / 24,447 $818,414
July 22, 2016 Maryland Heights Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
August 12, 2016 Phoenix Ak-Chin Pavilion
August 13, 2016 Chula Vista Sleep Train Amphitheatre
August 14, 2016 San Bernardino San Manuel Amphitheater 20,918 / 23,646 $789,871
August 18, 2016 Wheatlan Toyota Amphitheatre
August 19, 2016 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheater
August 20, 2016 Irvine Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
September 9, 2016[a] Boston** Fenway Park Kid Rock
Thomas Rhett
A Thousand Horses
63,713 / 72,096 $6,063,433
September 11, 2016 Hartford Xfinity Theatre Thomas Rhett
A Thousand Horses
September 15, 2016 Hershey Hersheypark Stadium
September 16, 2016 Virginia Beach Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
September 17, 2016 Camden** BB&T Pavilion 24,258 / 24,258 $837,982
September 22, 2016 Darien Center Darien Lake PAC
September 23, 2016 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center
September 24, 2016 Burgettstown First Niagara Pavilion
September 29, 2016 Charlotte PNC Music Pavilion
September 30, 2016 Raleigh Coastal Credit Union Music Park
October 1, 2016 Bristow** Jiffy Lube Live 22,461 / 22,461 $866,601
Total 457,783 / 494,915 $25,859,760

Notes

  1. ^ Boston show co-headlined with Kid Rock.

References

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  1. ^ "Announcing the "We Were Here Tour 2016' AND NEW MUSIC VIDEO 2016'". jasonaldean.com. Sparkart Group, Inc. October 16, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Stefano, Angela (April 15, 2016). "Jason Aldean Plans Stop at Fenway Park on 2016 Six String Circus Tour". Taste of Country Network. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  3. ^ "Jason Aldean Setlist at Berglund Center Coliseum, Roanoke". setlist.fm.