The Shatter Me/Music Box 2014/2015 Tour is a worldwide concert tour by violinist Lindsey Stirling in support of her second studio album Shatter Me. The first tour dates were announced at the end of 2013 and the tour started on May 13 of the next year. The 2014 North and European American leg of Lindsey Stirling's tour consisted of her performing 77 shows over a five-month time span. For 2015, Stirling did 67 shows over five continents. Stirling toured around North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and South America, being her first time to present a show on this continent. In December 2014, it was confirmed that more than 200,000 people had attended Stirling's shows, more than half of those being in Europe.
Background On December 18, 2013, Stirling announced on her website that in the next year she would be touring around North America. That same day, the first concert dates were announced. On April 4, 2014 Stirling posted via Twitter that AJR would be supporting her tour from June 16 to 12 July. On April 11 Stirling announced that Anže Škrube would choreograph her tour. That same day were the auditions for the dancers. On May 9, it was announced that Stephen Jones and Peter Styles were the two dancers chosen to be part of the tour. The tour started on May 13, 2014 in San Diego, two weeks after the release of her album.
On November 13, two weeks after the European Leg of the tour ended, Lindsey revealed that 100,177 people had attended her 26 shows in the European continent. In that same month, on November 24, Stirling added 5 dates more in North America in California, extending also the tour to the year 2015. Stephen Jones and Peter Styles were not a part of this leg of the tour. On December 9, it was announced by the media that Lindsey would tour around Australia and New Zealand in February 2015. Two days later Stirling herself announced the new official dates. On December 22, the media revealed that Stirling would be performing on Singapore on March 3 of the next year at The MasterCard Theatres at Marina Bay Sands. In December OF 2014, Stirling confirmed that more than 200,000 people had attended her 77 shows since the tour started. In February 2015, Stirling added her first shows at South America, the only continent where she had never performed before. Shows in Argentina were so successful that an additional date was added on April 16.
The tour has received different names through the months, the most used are the 'Lindsey Stirling Tour', and internationally 'Shatter Me Tour'. Lately, in North America the tour has been promoted under the name of 'Lindsey Stirling: The Music Box Tour'.
After touring in South America, Stirling decided to make changes on her crew by adding four new female dancers: Malece Miller, Amy Yakima, Addie Byers, and Ashley Gonzales, and getting some female tour openers such as Melanie Martinez, Echosmith (Sydney Sierota), Lights, and Olivia Somerlyn. A video was published on her behind-the scenes channel on May 14 announcing the new dancers.
Set list The following set list is representative of the show in Boise, Idaho on May 26, 2015. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.
"Ascendance" "Electric Daisy Violin" "Moon Trance" "Master of Tides" "Shadows" "Elements" "Video game medley (Assassin's Creed, Dragon Age, Halo, Zelda, Skyrim)" "Song of the Caged Bird" "Swag" "Transcendance" "Take Flight" "Crystallize" "Firefly" "Roundtable Rival" "Stars Align" "Shatter Me"
Encore "Beyond the Veil"
Reception The Orange County Register said of her sold out performance at the City National Grove of Anaheim "Not only did Stirling bow away with flawless precision, whether on a classical model or a modern electric version, she also moved like Jagger and sometimes joined two dancers in choreographed routines while fluidly continuing to play." while Niagara Frontier Publications commented "Dancing violinist Lindsey Stirling is to music what Steve Jobs was to computers." In the web page HrTicket.com acclaimed Stirling's performance writing on an article: " You've seen violinists. You've seen dancers. Perhaps you've seen stage shows with spectacular lighting effects and elaborate costume changes. But you've never seen what YouTube sensation Lindsey Stirling is going to be doing in her sold-out show at The Norva in Norfolk on Thursday night." The author also gave the concert a review of four over five stars.
Tour dates DateCityCountryVenueNorth AmericaMay 13, 2014San DiegoUnited StatesHumphrey's Concerts by the BayMay 14, 2014AnaheimCity National Grove of AnaheimMay 15, 2014Los AngelesClub NokiaMay 16, 2014San FranciscoThe WarfieldMay 17, 2014May 19, 2014PortlandMcMenamins Crystal BallroomMay 21, 2014SeattleParamount TheatreMay 22, 2014BoiseKnitting FactoryMay 24, 2014Las VegasHouse of Blues Las VegasMay 26, 2014TucsonRialto TheatreMay 27, 2014TempeMarquee TheatreMay 29, 2014Salt Lake CityThe Great SaltairMay 30, 2014Broomfield1stBank CenterMay 31, 2014PapillionSumtur AmphitheaterJune 2, 2014MadisonOrpheum TheatreJune 3, 2014St. PaulMyth NightclubJune 5, 2014MilwaukeeRiverside TheaterJune 6, 2014ChicagoRiviera TheatreJune 7, 2014DetroitDetroit Masonic TempleJune 9, 2014IndianapolisEgyptian Room at Old National CentreJune 10, 2014LouisvilleMercury BallroomJune 11, 2014ColumbusLifestyle Communities PavilionJune 12, 2014LewistonEarl W. Brydges Artpark State ParkJune 13, 2014PittsburghStage AEJune 14, 2014TorontoCanadaKool HausJune 16, 2014MontrealMétropolisJune 17, 2014BostonUnited StatesHouse of Blues BostonJune 18, 2014New York CityTerminal 5June 20, 2014SayrevilleStarland BallroomJune 21, 2014WestburyThe Space at WestburyJune 23, 2014PhiladelphiaElectric FactoryJune 24, 2014Washington, D.C.EchostageJune 26, 2014NorfolkThe NorVaJune 27, 2014CharlotteThe Fillmore CharlotteJune 28, 2014NashvilleRyman AuditoriumJune 30, 2014ChattanoogaTrack 29July 1, 2014AtlantaMasquerade Music ParkJuly 2, 2014St. PetersburgJannus LiveJuly 3, 2014OrlandoHard Rock LiveJuly 5, 2014Boca RatonSunset Cove AmphitheatreJuly 7, 2014BirminghamIron CityJuly 8, 2014New OrleansHouse of Blues New OrleansJuly 10, 2014HoustonBayou Music CenterJuly 11, 2014AustinStubb's BBQJuly 12, 2014DallasSouth Side BallroomJuly 20, 2014PembertonCanadaPemberton Music FestivalSeptember 16, 2014PuyallupUnited StatesWashington State FairSeptember 26, 2014TempeSummer Ends Music FestivalEuropeSeptember 30, 2014MoscowRussiaCrocus City HallOctober 2, 2014Saint PetersburgA2October 4, 2014HelsinkiFinlandCircusOctober 6, 2014StockholmSwedenFryshuset KlubbenOctober 8, 2014OsloNorwaySentrum SceneOctober 9, 2014FrederiksbergDenmarkFalkonersalenOctober 10, 2014HamburgGermanyAlsterdorfer SporthalleOctober 11, 2014LeipzigHaus AuenseeOctober 13, 2014WarsawPolandTorwar HallOctober 15, 2014BerlinGermanyColumbiahalleOctober 16, 2014FrankfurtJahrhunderthalleOctober 17, 2014ColognePalladium CologneOctober 18, 2014Esch-sur-AlzetteLuxembourgRockhalOctober 20, 2014PragueCzech RepublicIncheba ArenaOctober 21, 2014ViennaAustriaGasometerOctober 23, 2014StuttgartGermanyPorsche-ArenaOctober 24, 2014ZurichSwitzerlandHallenstadionOctober 25, 2014StrasbourgFranceZénith de StrasbourgOctober 27, 2014MunichGermanyZenith MunichOctober 28, 2014MilanItalyAlcatrazOctober 29, 2014LyonFranceLe RadiantOctober 30, 2014BrusselsBelgiumAncienne BelgiqueNovember 1, 2014ParisFranceZénith de ParisNovember 3, 2014LilleLe Grand SudNovember 4, 2014TilburgNetherlands013November 6, 2014LondonEnglandThe ForumNovember 7, 2014ManchesterAcademy 2November 8, 2014DublinIrelandVicar StreetNovember 10, 2014CenonFranceLe Rocher De PalmerNovember 11, 2014ToulouseLe BikiniNovember 12, 2014Saint-HerblainLa CarriereNorth AmericaJanuary 29, 2015NapaUnited StatesThe Uptown TheatreJanuary 30, 2015SacramentoAce of SpadesJanuary 31, 2015MontereyThe Golden State TheatreFebruary 2, 2015ModestoGallo Center for the ArtsFebruary 3, 2015San Luis ObispoChristopher Cohan Performing Arts CenterOceaniaFebruary 14, 2015AucklandNew ZealandThe PowerstationFebruary 16, 2015AdelaideAustraliaFowlers LiveFebruary 17, 2015MelbourneForum TheatreFebruary 20, 2015BrisbaneThe TivoliFebruary 21, 2015SydneyEnmore TheatreFebruary 23, 2015PerthAstor TheatreAsiaFebruary 26, 2015DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesDubai Jazz FestivalMarch 3, 2015SingaporeSingaporeMasterCard® Theatres at Marina Bay SandsMarch 4, 2015SelangorMalaysiaBentley Music AuditoriumMarch 7, 2015TokyoJapanBlue TheaterMarch 9, 2015SeoulSouth KoreaBaekam HallMarch 10, 2015March 12, 2015TaipeiTaiwanLegacyMarch 13, 2015ManilaPhilippinesMall of Asia ArenaSouth AmericaApril 7, 2015BogotáColombiaTeatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo DomingoApril 9, 2015SantiagoChileTeatro CariolaApril 11, 2015Rio de JaneiroBrazilCitibank HallApril 13, 2015São PauloCitibank HallApril 14, 2015Porto AlegreTeatro Do SesiApril 16, 2015Buenos AiresArgentinaTeatro Opera AllianzApril 17, 2015April 18, 2015RosarioTeatro Fundacion AstengoApril 20, 2015MontevideoUruguayLA Trastienda ClubApril 21, 2015North AmericaApril 25, 2015GuadalajaraMexicoEstudio CavaretApril 27, 2015Mexico CityPepsi Center WTCApril 29, 2015MonterreyAuditorio BanamexMay 21, 2015VancouverCanadaQueen Elizabeth TheatreMay 22, 2015SpokaneUnited StatesINB Performing Arts CenterMay 23, 2015MissoulaWilma TheatreMay 26, 2015BoiseIdaho Botanical GardenMay 28, 2015MorrisonRed Rocks AmphitheatreMay 29, 2015Salt Lake CityRed Butte Garden AmphitheatreJune 1, 2015LincolnPinewood Bowl TheaterJune 2, 2015Kansas CityUptown TheatreJune 4, 2015MinneapolisNorthrop AuditoriumJune 5, 2015ChicagoChicago TheatreJune 6, 2015CincinnatiBunbury Music FestivalJune 8, 2015Grand RapidsDeVos Performance HallJune 9, 2015ClevelandJacobs Pavilion at NauticaJune 10, 2015LewistonArtparkJune 12, 2015SyracuseLandmark TheatreJune 13, 2015BostonBlue Hills Bank PavilionJune 15, 2015Red BankCount Basie TheatreJune 17, 2015New York CitySummerStageJune 18, 2015ViennaWolf Trap Filene CenterJune 20, 2015CharlottesvillenTelos Wireless PavilionJune 22, 2015RaleighRed Hat AmphitheaterJune 23, 2015Whites CreekCarl Black Chevy Woods AmphitheaterJune 24, 2015St. LouisFox TheatreJune 25, 2015MilwaukeeSummerFestJune 26, 2015Rochester HillsMeadow Brook Music FestivalJune 27, 2015RothburyElectric Forest FestivalEuropeJuly 1, 2015TurinItalyPalaOlimpicoJuly 2, 2015RomeCavea AuditoriumJuly 3, 2015ArrasFranceMain Square FestivalJuly 4, 2015BudapestHungaryLászló Papp Budapest Sports ArenaJuly 7, 2015BerlinGermanyBerlin Open AirJuly 8, 2015HanoverHannover Open AirJuly 9, 2015UlmSommerfestspieleJuly 10, 2015MunichTollwood FestivalJuly 11, 2015PragueCzech RepublicŽluté lázněJuly 14, 2015IstanbulTurkeyZorlu Center for the Performing ArtsJuly 16, 2015ZurichSwitzerlandLive at SunsetJuly 17, 2015Freiburg im BreisgauGermanyZelt Musik Festival (ZMF)July 18, 2015NiceFranceNice Music Live By Nice Jazz FestivalNorth AmericaAugust 6, 2015Paso RoblesUnited StatesVina Robles AmphitheatreAugust 7, 2015San FranciscoOutside Lands Music and Arts FestivalAugust 8, 2015BerkeleyGreek Theatre BerkeleyAugust 10, 2015San DiegoSan Diego Civic TheatreAugust 12, 2015TucsonTucson Music HallAugust 13, 2015PhoenixComerica TheatreAugust 15, 2015Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara BowlAugust 17, 2015Los AngelesGreek TheatreSeptember 4, 2015PortlandKeller AuditoriumSeptember 5, 2015SeattleBumbershoot Festival
Personnel Band Lindsey Stirling – violin Jason "Gavi" Gaviati – keyboards, samples Drew Steen – drums, percussion Kit Nolan – keyboards, guitar, samples
Dancers Malece Miller Amy Yakima Addie Byers Ashley Gonzales Stephen "Stevo" Jones Peter Styles
Choreographer Kyle Hanagami Anže Škrube
Guest vocalists Dia Frampton (May 13 – June 10) Lzzy Hale (May 15)
References
External links Official website