The Spirit Indestructible Tour was the fifth concert tour by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado, in support of her fifth studio album, The Spirit Indestructible (2012).
Background The tour was announced on November 13, 2012, via Furtado's official website. The tour suffered from low ticket sales, several shows were cancelled and several shows had to be moved to smaller venues. In place of the cancelled shows, smaller shows were announced for Burlington and Belleville. Only 2,353 people were in attendance opening night in Victoria. The opening act was Dylan Murray, an artist from Furtado's label Nelstar Records. Murray also did duet live with Furtado on the track "Be OK".
Ahead of the tour's debut in Furtado's hometown of Victoria, local radio station Ocean 98.5 held a contest offering tickets to the first show. The Huffington Post Canada held contests for free tickets throughout the tour's Canadian dates. Mississauga News held a contest for free tickets to the Toronto show.
Critical reception Mike Devlin of the Times Colonist reviewed the first date of the tour and gave the show three stars out of five. Devlin wrote, "A mid-set run that included a faithful but lovely 'I’m Like a Bird' and an empowered 'Força', during which she played ukulele, reminded fans why she became so famous in the first place. But few songs on this night could match the splendour of her most moving ballad, 'Try', during which her voice was nothing short of spectacular. “All I know,” she sang during the song, “is everything is not as it’s sold.” That much is true — about life, and about Furtado, too. Think she’s simply a pop star? Think again." The Vancouver Sun gave the following concert a mixed review, writing that the concert "opened on an uplifting, hopeful note" but that the "rest of the concert was laborious". Marsha Lederman of The Globe and Mail was equally mixed, stating that "[Furtado] still has the vocal chops and stage presence, but the show was uneven".
Opening acts Dylan Murray (North America) Jessica Tyler (North America) Celia Palli (Europe)
Setlist The following setlist is obtained from the concert held on January 24, 2013, at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, Canada. It does not represent all songs performed on tour. "Spirit Indestructible" "Waiting for the Night" "Say It Right" "Do It" "Powerless (Say What You Want)" "Try" "Don’t Leave This Love" (performed with Dylan Murray) "Quando, Quando, Quando" "Get Ur Freak On" / "Turn Off the Light" "I'm Like a Bird" "Fly Like an Eagle" "Força" "All Good Things (Come to an End)" "Bucket List" "Parking Lot" "Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)" "High Life" "Give It to Me" / "Promiscuous" Encore "Miracles" "Like a Prayer" "Maneater"
Tour dates Date City Country Venue North AmericaSources for tour dates in North America:January 8, 2013VictoriaCanadaSave-On-Foods Memorial CentreJanuary 9, 2013VancouverCommodore BallroomJanuary 11, 2013KamloopsInterior Savings CentreJanuary 12, 2013 CalgarySouthern Alberta Jubilee AuditoriumJanuary 14, 2013Medicine HatEsplanade TheatreJanuary 15, 2013EdmontonNorthern Alberta Jubilee AuditoriumJanuary 17, 2013SaskatoonOdeon Events CentreJanuary 19, 2013Thunder BayThunder Bay Community AuditoriumJanuary 21, 2013BellevilleEmpire TheatreJanuary 23, 2013TorontoAir Canada CentreJanuary 24, 2013TorontoSony Centre for the Performing ArtsJanuary 26, 2013WindsorThe Colosseum at Caesars WindsorJanuary 28, 2013BurlingtonBurlington Performing Arts CentreJanuary 29, 2013KitchenerCentre In The SquareJanuary 30, 2013MontrealThéâtre Saint-Denis EuropeSources for tour dates in Europe:
>March 3, 2013BerlinGermanyHuxleys Neue WeltMarch 5, 2013CologneTheater am TanzbrunnenMarch 6, 2013HamburgGroße Freiheit 36March 7, 2013MunichKesselhausMarch 8, 2013ViennaAustriaBank Austria HalleMarch 10, 2013ZürichSwitzerlandVolkshausMarch 11, 2013Neu-IsenburgGermanyHugenottenhalleMarch 13, 2013MilanItalyDiscoteca AlcatrazMarch 14, 2013LjubljanaSloveniaDvorana TivoliMarch 15, 2013Crans-MontanaSwitzerlandPlans-Mayen
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances This concert was a private show for the sponsorship between Canadian Tire and Canadian Olympic committee. Caprices Festival Crans-Montana
Cancellations and rescheduled shows January 9, 2013Vancouver, CanadaOrpheum TheatreMoved to Commodore BallroomJanuary 18, 2013Winnipeg, CanadaMTS Centre TheatreCancelledJanuary 21, 2013Ottawa, CanadaSoutham HallCancelledJanuary 28, 2013Hamilton, CanadaHamilton Place TheatreCancelled
Box office score data Venue City Tickets Sold / Available Gross RevenueThéâtre Saint-DenisMontreal597 / 750 (80%)$38,147
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