Be the Cowboy Tour was a concert tour by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Mitski, in support of her fifth studio album Be the Cowboy (2018). The tour began on August 12, 2018, in Providence, Rhode Island, United States and concluded on September 8, 2019, in New York City, United States.
Background In mid-2018, Mitski embarked on a concert tour called A Solo Tour of Beautiful Places. She visited cities that she did not usually get to play on tour in United States where she played solo without full-band. On June 4, 2018, she announced the European and North American tour dates, in support of Be the Cowboy. Katie Von Schleicher, Caroline Rose, EERA and Jessica Lea Mayfield were announced as the tour openers. On August 2, 2018, Mitski expanded North American tour with the opening act Sidney Gish. Mitski was announced to perform at the 2019 St Jerome's Laneway Festival, touring Australia and New Zealand, as well as sideshows. On November 26, 2018, she announced the tour dates in Asia, set in February 2019. She then announced additional tour dates in North America, Asia and Europe, alongside festival appearances.
Set list This set list is from the concert on December 1, 2018, in Brooklyn. It is not intended to represent all tour dates.
"Remember My Name" "I Don't Smoke" "Washing Machine Heart" "First Love / Late Spring" "Francis Forever" "Me and My Husband" "Dan the Dancer" "Once More to See You" "A Pearl" "Thursday Girl" "I Will" "Townie" "Nobody" "I Bet on Losing Dogs" "I Want You" "Your Best American Girl" "Why Didn't You Stop Me?" "Geyser" "Happy" "Come into the Water" "Drunk Walk Home" "A Burning Hill" "My Body's Made of Crushed Little Stars"
Encore "Two Slow Dancers" "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"
Tour dates + List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and opening acts Date City Country Venue Opening acts A Solo Tour of Beautiful PlacesJune 9, 2018 BozemanUnited States Rialto Bozeman June 12, 2018 Fort Collins The ArmoryKatie Von SchleicherJune 14, 2018 Santa Fe Meow WolfJune 15, 2018 El Paso The Lowbrow PalaceJune 16, 2018 Marfa Crowley TheaterJune 20, 2018 Oxford Proud Larry'sJune 22, 2018 Gainesville High DiveJune 23, 2018 Savannah El RockoJune 30, 2018 Woodstock Colony Caroline Rose Be the Cowboy TourLeg 1 — North AmericaAugust 12, 2018 ProvidenceUnited States Columbus TheatreSidney GishAugust 13, 2018 Portsmouth 3S ArtspaceAugust 14, 2018 Portland Space GalleryAugust 15, 2018 Burlington Higher Ground Showcase LoungeAugust 16, 2018 Holyoke Gateway City ArtsAugust 28, 2018 New York City Elsewhere Leg 2 — EuropeSeptember 19, 2018 Manchester United Kingdom Manchester GorillaEERASeptember 20, 2018 Glasgow Saint Luke'sSeptember 22, 2018 Dublin Ireland Tivoli TheatreSeptember 24, 2018 LeedsUnited Kingdom Brudenell Social ClubSeptember 25, 2018 Bristol Trinity Arts CentreSeptember 26, 2018 London O2 Shepherd's Bush EmpireSeptember 28, 2018 Paris France La MaroquinerieSeptember 29, 2018 Antwerp Belgium TRIXOctober 1, 2018 Cologne Germany Gebäude 9October 2, 2018 Amsterdam Netherlands Paradiso NoordOctober 4, 2018 Berlin Germany Musik & FriedenOctober 5, 2018 Copenhagen Denmark VegaOctober 6, 2018 Hamburg Germany Uebel & Gefährlich Leg 3 — North AmericaOctober 19, 2018 PhiladelphiaUnited States Union TransferJessica Lea MayfieldOctober 20, 2018 Boston House of BluesOctober 21, 2018 MontrealCanada Club SodaOvercoatsOctober 22, 2018 Toronto Danforth Music HallOctober 23, 2018 DetroitUnited States Magic StickJessica Lea MayfieldOctober 25, 2018 Chicago The Vic TheatreOctober 26, 2018 Minneapolis First AvenueOctober 30, 2018 Vancouver Canada ImperialOctober 31, 2018 SeattleUnited States The ShowboxNovember 1, 2018 Portland Crystal BallroomNovember 3, 2018 San Francisco Warfield TheatreNovember 7, 2018 Los Angeles The Wiltern TheatreNovember 8, 2018 Phoenix Crescent BallroomNovember 10, 2018 Austin Emo'sNovember 11, 2018 Dallas TreesNovember 13, 2018 Nashville The Basement EastNovember 14, 2018 Atlanta The MasqueradeNovember 16, 2018 Washington, D.C. 9:30 ClubNovember 30, 2018New York CityBrooklyn SteelSasamiDowntown BoysDecember 1, 2018December 2, 2018December 3, 2018 Leg 4 — OceaniaJanuary 28, 2019 Auckland New Zealand Albert Park rowspan="8" February 2, 2019 BrisbaneAustralia Brisbane ShowgroundsFebruary 3, 2019Sydney Callan ParkFebruary 4, 2019 Oxford Art FactoryFebruary 7, 2019 Melbourne Corner HotelFebruary 8, 2019 Adelaide Hart's MillFebruary 9, 2019 Melbourne Footscray ParkFebruary 10, 2019 Fremantle Esplanade Reserve and West End Leg 5 — AsiaFebruary 12, 2019 TokyoJapan Shibuya WWWX rowspan="7" February 13, 2019 Osaka Umeda Shangri-LaFebruary 15, 2019 Seoul South Korea Rolling HallFebruary 16, 2019 Taipei Taiwan The WallFebruary 18, 2019 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia The BeeFebruary 20, 2019 Jakarta Indonesia Rossi MusikFebruary 23, 2019Singapore Kilo Lounge Leg 6 — North AmericaMarch 29, 2019 MillvaleUnited States Mr. SmallsJay SomMarch 30, 2019 Columbus The AthenaeumMarch 31, 2019 Louisville Headliners Music HallApril 2, 2019 Indianapolis Deluxe at Old National CentreApril 3, 2019 Madison Majestic TheatreApril 5, 2019 Iowa City Englert Theatre April 6, 2019 Kansas City Knuckleheads SaloonJay SomApril 7, 2019 St. Louis Delmar HallApril 9, 2019 Athens 40 Watt ClubApril 10, 2019 Tallahassee The MoonApril 11, 2019 Orlando The Plaza Live TheatreApril 13, 2019 North Charleston Riverfront Park April 14, 2019 Gainesville 08 SecondsJay SomApril 16, 2019CarrboroCat's CradleApril 17, 2019April 18, 2019 Richmond The NationalApril 19, 2019 Baltimore Rams Head Live!April 20, 2019 North Adams Hunter CenterApril 27, 2019 Providence Brown University rowspan="3" May 25, 2019 Boston Harvard Athletic ComplexMay 31, 2019 New York City Randalls IslandJune 2, 2019 Dallas Canton Hall Dilly DallyJune 4, 2019 Austin ACL Live at the Moody Theater June 5, 2019 Houston White Oak Music HallDilly DallyJune 6, 2019 San Antonio Paper TigerJuly 14, 2019 San Francisco Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove July 16, 2019 Los Angeles Hollywood Palladium Julianna BarwickJuly 19, 2019 Seattle Capitol Hill Leg 7 — AsiaJuly 26, 2019 Niigata Japan Naeba Ski Resort Leg 8 — North AmericaAugust 2, 2019 Montreal Canada Parc Jean-Drapeau rowspan="2" August 4, 2019 Chicago United States Grant Park Leg 9 — EuropeAugust 8, 2019 Oslo Norway Tøyen Park rowspan="8" August 9, 2019 Gothenburg Sweden SlottsskogenAugust 11, 2019 Helsinki Finland SuvilahtiAugust 13, 2019 Vienna Austria FlexAugust 15, 2019 Berlin Germany HeimathafenAugust 17, 2019 Paredes de Coura Portugal Praia Fluvial do TaboãoAugust 30, 2019 Salisbury United Kingdom Larmer Tree GardensSeptember 1, 2019 Stradbally Ireland Stradbally Hall Leg 10 — North AmericaSeptember 7, 2019New York CityUnited StatesCentral Park Summer StageLucy DacusSeptember 8, 2019
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