The Born to Die Tour was the first concert tour by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, in support of her second studio and major-label debut album, Born to Die (2012). The tour began on November 4, 2011, at The Ruby Lounge in Manchester, England and ended on September 25, 2012, at the Roundhouse in London, England. The tour visited cities in thirteen countries across three continents.
Background Lana Del Rey released her debut album Lana Del Ray on January 4, 2010. Having been released on an independent record label, it was removed from stores after the label's bankruptcy, and Del Rey was never given the chance to have a proper tour for it. Del Rey released her second studio album Born to Die through Interscope and Polydor Records on January 27, 2012. To promote the album, Del Rey would perform its singles on television shows in North America and Europe, prior to its release.
Lana Del Rey announced her first proper concert tour, the Born to Die Tour, in August and September 2011, at the time featuring a schedule of just four shows at very small venues. However, after the shows sold out in a shorter amount of time than expected, the original four shows were postponed and moved to larger venues, along with the announcement of more dates.
On September 14, 2011, prior to the beginning of the tour, Del Rey headlined a secret concert at the Glasslands Gallery under the name "Queen of Coney Island".
After the album's release, Del Rey altered the setlist to feature more songs that had previously been unreleased.
Tour dates +List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and opening act Date City Country Venue Opening act Europe November 4, 2011 Manchester England The Ruby LoungeSeye November 5, 2011 Glasgow Scotland Òran Mór November 7, 2011 Paris France Nouveau Casino November 10, 2011 Amsterdam Netherlands Paradiso November 12, 2011 Cologne Germany Gebäude 9 November 14, 2011 Berlin Roter Salon November 16, 2011 London England Scala SeyeVince Kidd November 17, 2011 Birmingham HMV Institute: The Library SeyeJake Bugg November 22, 2011 London Bassoon Bar rowspan="2" November 23, 2011 Paris France L’Album de la SemaineNorth America November 30, 2011 Toronto Canada Mod Club Theatre December 5, 2011 New York United StatesBowery Ballroom Zach Heckendorf December 7, 2011West HollywoodTroubadourEurope April 10, 2012LondonEnglandThe Jazz CafeNorth America June 3, 2012Los AngelesUnited StatesEl Rey TheatreJarrod Gorbel June 4, 2012Zebra Katz June 5, 2012 June 7, 2012New YorkIrving Plaza June 8, 2012 June 10, 2012Europe June 15, 2012L'Hospitalet de LlobregatSpainFira Barcelona Gran Via rowspan="7" June 17, 2012LondonEnglandVictoria Park June 22, 2012NewportSeaclose Park June 24, 2012LondonHackney Marshes June 27, 2012ArendalNorwayTromøya June 29, 2012RotselaarBelgiumFestivalpark Werchter July 1, 2012SermamagnyFrancePresqu'île du Malsaucy July 4, 2012MontreuxSwitzerlandMiles Davis HallWoodkid July 5, 2012LondonEnglandChiswick House rowspan="4" July 6, 2012LisbonPortugalCabeço da Flauta July 12, 2012SouthwoldEnglandHenham Park July 15, 2012GräfenhainichenGermanyFerropolisOceania July 21, 2012AdelaideAustraliaJubilee Pavilion July 23, 2012MelbournePalace TheatreOliver Tank July 24, 2012 July 26, 2012SydneyEnmore Theatre July 27, 2012 July 28, 2012Byron BayBelongil FieldsEurope September 25, 2012LondonEnglandRoundhouseBenjamin Francis Leftwich
Cancelled shows +List of cancelled concerts showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation Date City Country Venue Reason May 28, 2012 Tokyo Japan Duo Music Exchange Extreme exhaustion
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