Virtual Reality World Tour

Virtual Reality World Tour

Tour by Brad Paisley
Virtual Reality Tour poster
Associated album	This Is Country Music
Start date	May 9, 2012 (2012-05-09)
End date	November 13, 2012 (2012-11-13)
Legs	3
No. of shows	68
Box office	$33,794,719
Brad Paisley concert chronology

The Virtual Reality World Tour was the seventh headlining tour by American country music singer Brad Paisley and was in support of his eighth studio album, This Is Country Music (2011). The tour began on January 12, 2012, in Grand Rapids, Michigan and ended on November 13, 2012, in Dublin, Ireland. It ranked sixteen for Billboard's Top 25 Tours of 2012.^[1]

Background

The tour was originally going to be called The Camobunga! 2012 World Tour but changed to the Virtual Reality World Tour in January 2012.^[2] The second leg of the tour was announced on March 6, 2012.^[3]

Commercial reception

The tour ranked sixteen for Billboard's Top 25 Tours of 2012, the total gross revenue was $33,794,719, a total attendance of 485,852 and thirty one sold-out shows.^[1]

Opening acts

• The Band Perry (North America & Europe)
• Scotty McCreery (North America)
• Easton Corbin (North America)
• Miranda Lambert (June 9, 2012)
• Chris Young (June 9, 2012)
• Pistol Annies (June 9, 2012)
• Jerrod Niemann (June 9, 2012)

Virtual Opry Stage: (Select dates; North America only)

• Love and Theft
• Jana Kramer
• Kristen Kelly

Notes

None of the opening acts performed at the music festivals

Setlist

North America

1. "Camouflage"
2. "The World"
3. "Welcome to the Future"
4. "Ticks"
5. "This Is Country Music"
6. "Waitin' on a Woman"
7. "Celebrity" (with Scotty McCreery
8. "I'm Still a Guy"
9. "She's Everything"
10. "Southern Comfort Zone"
11. "Online"
12. "Then"
13. "Letter to Me"
14. "Mud on the Tires"
15. "Whiskey Lullaby" (with Kimberly Perry)
16. "The Nervous Breakdown"
17. "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)"
18. "Remind Me" (with Carrie Underwood on video except March 2 when she surprised Paisley and sung in person.)
19. "Old Alabama"
20. "Water"

    Encore

21. "American Saturday Night"
22. "Alcohol"

Europe

1. "Southern Comfort Zone"
2. "The World"
3. "Ticks"
4. "This Is Country Music"
5. "Waitin' on a Woman"
6. "Celebrity"
7. "Me Neither"
8. "I'm Still a Guy"
9. "She's Everything"
10. "Online"
11. "Then"
12. Medley
    • "We Danced"
    • "Anything Like Me"
    • "Ode De Toilet (The Toilet Song)"
13. "Mud on the Tires" (acoustic)
14. "Whiskey Lullaby" (with Kimberly Perry) (acoustic)
15. "Time Warp" (acoustic)
16. "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)" (acoustic)
17. "Old Alabama" (acoustic)
18. "Water" (acoustic)
19. "Welcome to the Future" (acoustic)

    Encore

20. "American Saturday Night"
21. "Alcohol"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America leg #1[2]
January 12, 2012	Grand Rapids	United States	Van Andel Arena
January 13, 2012	Milwaukee		Bradley Center
January 14, 2012	St. Paul		Xcel Energy Center
January 19, 2012	Kansas City		Sprint Center
January 20, 2012	Wichita		Intrust Bank Arena
January 21, 2012	Denver		Pepsi Center
January 26, 2012	Boise		Idaho Center
January 27, 2012	West Valley City		Maverik Center
January 28, 2012	Las Vegas		Mandalay Bay Events Center
February 9, 2012	Spokane		Spokane Arena
February 10, 2012	Eugene		Matthew Knight Arena
February 11, 2012	Tacoma		Tacoma Dome
February 16, 2012	Lubbock		United Spirit Arena
February 17, 2012	Las Cruces		Pan American Center
February 23, 2012	Madison		Alliant Energy Center
February 24, 2012	Moline		iWireless Center
February 25, 2012	Springfield		JQH Arena
March 1, 2012	Baltimore		1st Mariner Arena
March 2, 2012	Knoxville		Thompson–Boling Arena
March 3, 2012	Lexington		Rupp Arena
North America leg #2[3]
May 18, 2012	Maryland Heights	United States	Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
May 19, 2012	Noblesville		Klipsch Music Center
May 20, 2012	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center
June 1, 2012	Wantagh		Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre
June 2, 2012	Hartford		Comcast Theatre
June 3, 2012	Mansfield		Comcast Center
June 9, 2012	Chicago		Wrigley Field
June 15, 2012	Cuyhoga Falls		Blossom Music Center
June 16, 2012	Clarkston		DTE Energy Music Theatre
June 22, 2012^[A]	Oshkosh		Country USA Festival
June 23, 2012^[B]	Cadott		Chippewa Valley Country Festival
June 29, 2012	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center
June 30, 2012	Camden		Susquehanna Bank Center
July 14, 2012^[C]	Calgary	Canada	Calgary Stampede
July 15, 2012^[D]	Craven		Craven Country Jamboree
July 20, 2012^[E]	Omaha	United States	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
July 21, 2012	Cheyenne		Cheyenne Frontier Days
July 26, 2012	Wheatland		Sleep Train Amphitheatre
July 27, 2012	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 28, 2012	Lake Tahoe		Harveys Outdoor Arena
August 10, 2012	Bethel Woods		Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
August 11, 2012	Darien		Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
August 12, 2012	Ottawa	Canada	Walter Baker Park
August 16, 2012	Tulsa	United States	BOK Center
August 17, 2012	Southaven		Snowden Grove Amphitheatre
August 18, 2012	Dallas		Gexa Energy Pavilion
August 24, 2012	Raleigh		Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
August 25, 2012	Bristow		Jiffy Lube Live
September 13, 2012	Virginia Beach		Farm Bureau Live
September 14, 2012	Charlotte		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
September 15, 2012	Atlanta		Aaron's Amphitheatre
September 27, 2012	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
September 28, 2012	Tampa		1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre
September 29, 2012	West Palm Beach		Cruzan Amphitheatre
October 4, 2012	Evansville		Ford Center
October 5, 2012	Columbus		Nationwide Arena
October 6, 2012	Hershey		Giant Center
October 11, 2012	North Little Rock		Verizon Arena
October 12, 2012	Bossier City		CenturyLink Center
October 13, 2012	New Orleans		New Orleans Arena
October 17, 2012	Phoenix		Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion
October 18, 2012	Chula Vista		Sleep Train Amphitheatre
October 20, 2012	Los Angeles		Hollywood Bowl
Europe[4]
November 8, 2012	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholm Waterfront
November 9, 2012	Gothenburg		Lisebergshallen
November 10, 2012	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
November 11, 2012	Stavanger		DNB Arena
November 13, 2012	Dublin	Ireland	The O2

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^A This concert is a part of Country USA Festival.

^B This concert is a part of the Chippewa Valley Country Festival.

^C This concert is a part of the Calgary Stampede.

^D This concert is a part of the Craven Country Jamboree.

^E This concert is a part of the Red Sky Music Festival.

References

1. Billboard Staff (December 14, 2012). "Top 25 Tours of 2012". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
2. Hall, Tara. "Brad Paisley renames arena run "Virtual Reality World Tour"". SoundSpike Media. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
3. "Brad Paisley announces new Virtual Reality tour dates (press release)". Nashville Gab. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
4. "Scandinavian Tour 2012". Retrieved August 7, 2013.