Anything Goes Tour

Anything Goes Tour
Tour by Florida Georgia Line
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated albumAnything Goes
Start dateJanuary 15, 2015
End dateOctober 17, 2015
Legs1
No. of shows48
Box office$27,860,442
Florida Georgia Line concert chronology
  • Here's to the Good Times Tour
    (2013–14)
  • Anything Goes Tour
    (2015)
  • 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.[1]

Background

On October 8, 2014, the duo appeared on the Today Show to announce the tour. [2] Additional dates were announced in January 2015.[3]

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."[4]

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". 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".[4]

Opening acts

Setlist

  1. "Every Night"
  2. "Smile"
  3. "It'z Just What We Do"
  4. "Round Here"
  5. "Anything Goes"
  6. "Get Your Shine On"
  7. "Bumpin' the Night"
  8. "Sippin' On Fire"
  9. "Dayum Baby"
  10. "Dirt"
  11. "Like You Ain't Even Gone
  12. "Stay" (Black Stone Cherry cover)
  13. "This Is How We Roll"
  14. "Sun Daze"
  15. "Party People" (/Thomas Rhett & Frankie Ballard)
  16. Covers medley: "All About That Bass"/"Forgot About Dre"/"We Dem Boyz"/"Treasure"/"Friends in Low Places"
    (Meghan Trainor/Dr. Dre & Eminem/Whiz Khalifa/Bruno Mars/Garth Brooks cover)
  17. "Cruise"

Encore

18. "Good Good"

19. "Smoke" [4][5]

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance Gross revenue
North America [2][6]
January 15, 2015 Toledo United States Huntington Center Thomas Rhett
Frankie Ballard 		7,451 / 7,451 $391,594
January 16, 2015 Dayton Nutter Center 10,201 / 10,201 $510,074
January 17, 2015 Charlottesville John Paul Jones Arena 11,844 / 11,844 $519,720
January 22, 2015 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum 8,425 / 9,089 $411,719
January 23, 2015 Lafayette Cajundome 9,543 / 9,543 $477,636
January 24, 2015 North Little Rock Verizon Arena 12,846 / 14,020 $611,823
February 12, 2015 Sioux City Tyson Events Center 7,308 / 7,308 $372,906
February 13, 2015 Lincoln Pinnacle Bank Arena 13,326 / 13,326 $675,947
February 14, 2015 Moline i Wireless Center 10,716 / 10,716 $551,974
February 18, 2015 Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena 8,719 / 8,719 $444,128
February 19, 2015 Ottawa Canada Canadian Tire Centre 11,626 / 11,626 $572,782
February 20, 2015 Kingston K-Rock Centre 4,995 / 4,995 $274,685
February 21, 2015 Uncasville United States Mohegan Sun Arena 7,159 / 7,159 $381,510
February 25, 2015 New York City Madison Square Garden 12,955 / 12,955 $908,339
March 21, 2015 Orange Beach Amphitheater at the Wharf 9,648 / 9,648 $499,302
April 30, 2015 Columbia Colonial Life Arena 10,771 / 11,889 $486,242
May 1, 2015 Charleston Charleston Civic Center 8,824 / 8,824 $433,423
May 2, 2015 Hershey Giant Center 9,551 / 9,551 $487,473
May 3, 2015 Wilkes-Barre Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza 7,379 / 7,379 $373,735
May 7, 2015 Providence Dunkin' Donuts Center 9,819 / 9,819 $497,453
May 8, 2015 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall 12,147 / 12,147 $608,505
May 9, 2015 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion 17,426 / 17,426 $909,470
May 28, 2015 West Palm Beach Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre 14,300 / 19,440 $459,487
May 29, 2015 Tampa MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre 18,135 / 19,239 $693,231
May 30, 2015 Pelham Oak Mountain Amphitheatre 9,972 / 9,972 $428,667
June 24, 2015 [A] Milwaukee Marcus Amphitheatre 20,558 / 22,522 $841,120
June 27, 2015 North Platte Wild West Arena Colt Ford 11,246 / 11,246 $688,395
July 24, 2015 Camden Susquehanna Bank Center Thomas Rhett
Frankie Ballard 		24,967 / 24,967 $885,651
July 25, 2015 Bristow Jiffy Lube Live 20,301 / 22,543 $712,340
July 26, 2015 Virginia Beach Farm Bureau Live 18,024 / 20,049 $563,530
August 7, 2015 Bethel Bethel Woods Center for the Arts 15,647 / 15,647 $592,917
August 8, 2015 Darien Darien Lake Performing Arts Center 21,216 / 21,216 $812,688
August 13, 2015 Raleigh Walnut Creek Amphitheatre 18,787 / 19,980 $600,029
August 14, 2015 Charlotte PNC Music Pavilion 18,105 / 18,801 $614,568
August 15, 2015 Burgettstown First Niagara Pavilion 21,558 / 22,943 $665,621
August 20, 2015 Beaumont Ford Park — —
August 21, 2015 Austin Austin360 Amphitheatre — —
August 22, 2015 Dallas Gexa Energy Pavilion 15,011 / 20,011 $457,731
August 27, 2015 Bakersfield Rabobank Arena 6,615 / 8,523 $328,181
August 28, 2015 Wheatland Toyota Amphitheatre 15,405 / 18,500 $457,744
September 10, 2015 Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center 16,542 / 16,542 $693,691
September 11, 2015 Hartford Xfinity Theatre 24,031 / 24,031 $778,225
September 12, 2015 Mansfield Xfinity Center 19,923 /19,923 $702,924
September 24, 2015 Wichita Intrust Bank Arena 7,844 / 10,613[7] $329,409
September 25, 2015 Tulsa BOK Center 9,716 / 11,624[7] $431,134
September 26, 2015 Maryland Heights Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre 19,283 / 19,283[7] $643,376
October 3, 2015 Chula Vista Sleep Train Amphitheatre 18,285 / 19,603 $653,955
October 9, 2015 Albuquerque Isleta Amphitheater 13,592 / 15,267 $425,825
October 10, 2015 Phoenix Ak-Chin Pavilion 16,144 / 20,261 $525,060
October 15, 2015 Southaven BancorpSouth Arena 10,129 / 12,385 $323,799
October 16, 2015 New Orleans Smoothie King Center 11,590 / 12,617 $524,921
October 17, 2015 Atlanta Aaron's Amphitheatre 18,717 / 18,717 $625,783
Total 678,322 / 722,100 $27,860,442
Festivals
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."[4]

References

  1. ^ "2015 Pollstar Year End Top 200 North American Tours" (PDF). Pollstarpro.com. POLLSTAR. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Dunklerey, Beville (8 October 2014). "Florida Georgia Line Announces 2015 Headlining Tour". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  3. ^ Whitaker, Sterling (15 January 2015). "Florida Georgia Line Announce Additional 2015 Anything Goes Tour Dates". Taste of Country.com. Taste of Country Networks. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d Allen, Jim. "Florida Georgia Line Brings Their Groove to New York City". CMT.com. viacom. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  5. ^ "Florida Georgia Line Setlist at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, USA". setlistfm. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  6. ^ "Tour Dates | Florida Georgia Line". Archived from the original on 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  7. ^ a b c "Current Boxscore". Billboard. October 7, 2015. Archived from the original on October 9, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2015.