The Best of Rufus Wainwright was a concert tour by American-Canadian singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, in support of his greatest hits album, Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright (2014). The tour was announced on Wainwright's official website in December 2013, initially for 23 performances in more than 20 countries throughout Europe during March–April 2014. Subsequent dates were added in France, the United States and the United Kingdom, extending the number of concerts to 31. Wainwright's half-sister, Lucy Wainwright Roche, was the opening act for select dates.
Development
On December 11, 2013, Wainwright's official website announced a 23-date "greatest hits" tour throughout Europe, during which Wainwright will perform in twenty countries in the months of March and April 2014. The tour, called "The Best of Rufus Wainwright", began on March 4 at Vicar Street in Dublin, Ireland. The second show, to be held the following day, took place at Usher Hall in Edinburgh, Scotland and was part of a commemoration of the musical heritage and history of the 100-year-old venue. Wainwright's performance at the Palladium in Riga will be his first in Latvia. His Zagreb concert will mark his second in Croatia.
On December 20, Wainwright's website announced that the tour would be extended to include two shows in France (April 23 and 25). On January 13, 2014, four additional concerts in the United States were announced in support of the album, extending the tour to 29 shows. Wainwright will perform in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and San Francisco, before returning to France and the United Kingdom. Due to popular demand, a second show was added at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts. On January 20, an additional performance was added in Coventry, United Kingdom, extending the tour to April 27.
Wainwright's half-sister, Lucy Wainwright Roche, was the opening act in Riga, Prague, Berlin, and Coventry.
Tour dates
DateCityCountryVenueEurope March 4, 2014 Dublin Ireland Vicar Street March 5, 2014 Edinburgh Scotland Usher Hall March 10, 2014 Amsterdam Netherlands Carré Theatre March 12, 2014 Brussels Belgium Cirque Royale March 13, 2014 Aarhus Denmark Musikhuset Aarhus March 14, 2014 Stockholm Sweden Filadelfiakyrkan March 15, 2014 Oslo Norway Sentrum Scene March 17, 2014 Helsinki Finland Kulttuuritalo March 19, 2014 Riga Latvia Palladium March 20, 2014 Vilnius Lithuania Congress Hall March 23, 2014 WrocławPoland Capitol Musical Theatre March 24, 2014 Warsaw Palladium March 25, 2014 Prague Czech Republic Divadlo Hybernia March 26, 2014 Berlin Germany Apostel Paulus Kirche March 28, 2014 Vienna Austria Museumsquartier (Hall E) March 29, 2014 Ljubljana Slovenia Cankar Hall (Cankarjev dom) March 31, 2014 Zürich Switzerland Volkshaus April 2, 2014 Zagreb Croatia Vatroslav Lisinski April 3, 2014 Budapest Hungary Palace of Arts (Budapest Spring Festival) April 4, 2014 Brescia Italy Teatro Grande April 6, 2014 London England Theatre Royal, Drury Lane April 8, 2014 BolognaItaly Teatro Duse April 10, 2014 Catania Teatro MetropolitanUnited States April 15, 2014 New York CityUnited States The Town Hall April 16, 2014 Washington, D.C. Lincoln Theatre April 18, 2014 Los Angeles Orpheum Theatre April 19, 2014San FranciscoPalace of Fine Arts April 20, 2014Europe April 23, 2014 CaenFrance Le Cargo April 25, 2014 Paris La Gaîté lyrique April 27, 2014 Coventry England Warwick Arts Centre
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