Ctrl the Tour

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 United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Ctrl the Tour

Tour by SZA
SZA performing in Toronto, Canada on the Ctrl the Tour in August 2017
Associated album	Ctrl
Start date	August 20, 2017 (2017-08-20)
End date	February 8, 2018 (2018-02-08)
Legs	3
No. of shows	53 in North America 2 in Oceania 55 total
SZA concert chronology

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 was later renamed to Ctrl.^[1] On April 28, 2017, SZA announced she had signed her first major-label recording contract with RCA Records.^[2][3] Following the announcement of Ctrl, SZA releases a promotional video narrated by rapper RZA. RZA opened with a dialogue stating "I’m zoning in with my homegirl, SZA—Self Savior, Zig-Zag-Zig Allah." Followed by a short verse "Yeah, I think you can take that far, Mama. Ya know what I mean? Cut loose the drama, no melodrama. Rise to the top, claim ya karma. And it’s my honor to drop this lesson, it’s my honor to give this blessing."^[4] On June 2, 2017, "Broken Clocks" was released as a promotional single, before being sent to urban contemporary radio in January 2018, serving as the album's fourth single.^[5] On June 8, 2017, "Doves in the Wind" was released as a promotional single.^[6][7]

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.^[8] Despite there being no European leg of the tour, on July 10, 2017, American singer and rapper Bryson Tiller announced 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.^[9] 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.^[10][11] On July 31, 2017, SZA released a music video for "Supermodel", exclusively on Apple Music.^[12]

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.^[13]

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).^{[14][better source needed]}

1. "Supermodel"
2. "Anything"
3. "Broken Clocks"
4. "Go Gina"
5. "Drew Barrymore"
6. "HiiiJack"
7. "Child's Play"
8. "Normal Girl"
9. "Prom"
10. "Garden (Say It like Dat)"
11. "Doves in the Wind"
12. "Love Galore"
13. "The Weekend"
14. "Wavy (Interlude)"
15. "Babylon"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, and gross revenue.

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts
North America
August 20, 2017	Providence	United States	Fête Music Hall	Smino Ravyn 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[A]	New York City		Commodore Barry Park	—
August 27, 2017	Philadelphia		The Fillmore Philadelphia	Smino Ravyn 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[B]	Anaheim		Angel Stadium	—
September 10, 2017	Sacramento		Ace of Spades	Smino Ravyn 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	Smino Ravyn Lenae
September 28, 2017	New Orleans		House of Blues New Orleans	Ravyn Lenae
September 29, 2017	Dallas		South Side Music Hall	Smino Ravyn 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[C]	Nashville		Memorial Gymnasium	—
October 7, 2017	Miami		The Ground	Ravyn Lenae
October 8, 2017	Tampa		The Orpheum	Smino Ravyn Lenae
October 9, 2017	Atlanta		The 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 Steel	Ravyn Lenae Smino
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
Oceania
January 9, 2018	Auckland	New Zealand	Logan Campbell Centre	—
January 14, 2018	Sydney	Australia	Enmore Theatre	—
North America
January 15, 2018	Honolulu	United States	The Republik	—
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.

References

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11. SZA. "1. I didn't postpone the tour . I rescheduled 3 days outta like 100 ! lol my body tried to play me but I beat it's ass n im back n ready!https://twitter.com/lashleyn/status/898630379099140096 …". Archived from the original on April 21, 2021. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
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