Ctrl the Tour was the debut concert tour by the American singer-songwriter SZA. in support of her debut album, Ctrl. The tour consisted of 55 live performances across the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Background and promotion SZA premiered "Drew Barrymore" on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. She also announced the title of her debut studio album, initially titled A, but later renamed to Ctrl. On April 28, 2017, she announced she had signed her first major-label recording contract with RCA Records. Following the announcement of Ctrl, she released a promotional video narrated by rapper RZA." On June 2, 2017, "Broken Clocks" was released as a promotional single before being sent to urban contemporary radio in January 2018 as the album's fourth single. On June 8, 2017 "Doves in the Wind" was released as a promotional single.
On July 5, 2017, SZA announced an official North American headlining concert tour titled Ctrl the Tour to further promote the album. The tour began on August 20, 2017, in Providence, Rhode Island, at Fête Music Hall, and concluded on December 22, 2017, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at The Fillmore Philadelphia.
Despite the tour having no european leg, American singer and rapper Bryson Tiller announced on July 10, 2017 that SZA would be opening for the European portion of his Set It Off Tour in support of his studio album True to Self from October 17, 2017, to November 30, 2017, separate from Ctrl the Tour. Due to tickets for Ctrl the Tour quickly selling out, this prompted additional dates to be added. Due to health problems, the first three dates of the tour were rescheduled, causing the tour to begin on August 20 instead of August 16 as originally scheduled. On July 31, 2017, SZA released a music video for "Supermodel", exclusively on Apple Music.
On December 9, 2017, SZA appeared on Saturday Night Live making her the third artist from her label to appear on the program following Lamar and Rock. The performance received critical acclaim for its power and a new verse she added to single "Love Galore" due to the absence of Travis Scott being there to perform his verse.
Set list This set list is representative of the show on August 20, 2017, in Providence, Rhode Island. It does not represent the set list from all of the shows. It consists of twelve tracks from Ctrl (2017) and three tracks from Z (2014).
Tour dates + List of 2017 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, and gross revenue. Date City Country Venue Opening acts August 20, 2017 Providence United States Fête Music HallSminoRavyn Lenae August 21, 2017 Richmond The National August 22, 2017 Montréal Canada Corona Theatre August 23, 2017 Toronto REBEL August 25, 2017 Boston United States Royale Nightclub August 26, 2017 New York City Commodore Barry Park August 27, 2017 Philadelphia The Fillmore PhiladelphiaSminoRavyn Lenae August 29, 2017 Grand Rapids The Intersection August 30, 2017 Detroit The Fillmore Detroit August 31, 2017 Chicago Concord Music Hall September 1, 2017 Minneapolis First Avenue September 3, 2017 Kansas City Uptown Theater September 5, 2017 Lincoln Bourbon Theatre September 6, 2017 Englewood Gothic Theatre September 8, 2017 Paradise Vinyl Ravyn Lenae September 9, 2017 Anaheim Angel Stadium September 10, 2017 Sacramento Ace of SpadesSminoRavyn Lenae September 12, 2017 Santa Cruz The Catalyst September 13, 2017 Eugene W.O.W. Hall September 14, 2017 Vancouver Canada Commodore Ballroom September 16, 2017 Portland United States Roseland Theater September 17, 2017 Seattle Neptune Theatre September 19, 2017 San Francisco The Warfield Theatre September 21, 2017 Tempe Marquee Theatre Ravyn Lenae September 22, 2017 Tucson Rialto Theatre September 25, 2017 Los Angeles The Novo SminoRavyn Lenae September 28, 2017 New Orleans House of Blues New Orleans Ravyn Lenae September 29, 2017 Dallas South Side Music HallSminoRavyn Lenae September 30, 2017 San Antonio Alamo City Music Hall October 1, 2017 Austin Emo's October 3, 2017 Houston Warehouse Live October 5, 2017 Nashville Memorial Gymnasium October 7, 2017 Miami The Ground Ravyn Lenae October 8, 2017 Tampa The OrpheumSminoRavyn Lenae October 9, 2017 AtlantaThe Tabernacle October 11, 2017 Greensboro Cone Denim Entertainment Center October 12, 2017 Charlotte The Fillmore Charlotte November 14, 2017 Los Angeles The Novo December 10, 2017 New York City Brooklyn SteelRavyn LenaeSmino December 11, 2017 Irving Plaza December 13, 2017 Cleveland House of Blues Cleveland December 15, 2017 Indianapolis Old National Centre December 16, 2017 Louisville Mercury Ballroom December 17, 2017 St. Louis The Ready Room December 19, 2017 December 20, 2017 Chicago Concord Music Hall
+ List of 2018 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, and gross revenue. Date City Country Venue Opening acts January 9, 2018 Auckland New Zealand Logan Campbell Centre January 14, 2018 Sydney Australia Enmore Theatre — January 15, 2018 Honolulu United States The Republik rowspan="7" January 18, 2018 January 31, 2018 Philadelphia The Fillmore Philadelphia February 2, 2018 Norfolk The NorVa February 3, 2018 Baltimore Rams Head Live! February 5, 2018 Silver Spring The Fillmore Silver Spring February 8, 2018 New Haven Toad's Place
Notes A The show on August 26, 2017, in New York City is part of the 2017 Afropunk Festival. B The show on September 9, 2017, in Anaheim is part of the 2017 Day N Night Fest. C The show on October 5, 2017, in Nashville is part of the 2017 Commodore Quake concert with Migos.
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