The Listening Sessions

The Listening Sessions was the debut concert tour by American singer Ariana Grande. The tour supported Grande's debut studio album, Yours Truly (2013), which was released September 3, 2013. The tour began on August 11, 2013 and concluded September 22, 2013 and showcased all of the material from Grande's debut studio album, with the exception of "Popular Song". The tour grossed $679,360 from 11 shows across North America. The tour was said to expand after the release of Yours Truly, but failed to materialize due to Grande's filming schedule for Sam & Cat and recording sessions for her second studio album, My Everything.

The Listening Sessions

Continental tour by Ariana Grande
Location	North America
Associated album	Yours Truly
Start date	August 13, 2013 (2013-08-13) (Silver Spring)
End date	September 22, 2013 (2013-09-22) (New Albany)
Legs	1
No. of shows	11
Box office	$679,360 ($917.9 thousand in 2024 dollars)[1]
Ariana Grande concert chronology

Background

On July 15, 2013, the same day that "Baby I" was announced, Grande announced that she would be going on her debut concert tour in August of that year.^[2] Grande said she chose the name "The Listening Sessions" because she would only be playing a handful of small intimate venues and fans would be hearing the music from the album before it was released.^[3][4] Pre-sale tickets went on sale on Thursday, July 18. Regular tickets went on sale on Friday, July 19, 2013. Pre-sale tickets had to be taken down early, as they were selling at such a fast rate that the tour was almost sold out before regular tickets were available.^[5][6]

Set list

This set list is representative of the show on August 17, 2013. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.^[7]

1. "Baby I"
2. "Lovin' It"
3. "You'll Never Know"
4. "Honeymoon Avenue"
5. "Tattooed Heart"
6. "Better Left Unsaid"
7. "Daydreamin'"
8. "Almost Is Never Enough"
9. "Piano"
10. "Right There"
11. "The Way"

• During the performance in Los Angeles, Grande was joined by Big Sean to perform their song "Right There", while Mac Miller also assisted Grande in performing "The Way".^[8]
• During the performance in New York City, Grande performed an unreleased song entitled "Higher".^{[citation needed]}
• During the performances in Toronto, Rosemont, and Royal Oak, Grande was joined by Nathan Sykes to perform their duet "Almost Is Never Enough".

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets, and gross revenue

Date (2013)	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue
August 13	Silver Spring	United States	The Fillmore Silver Spring	2,000 / 2,000 (100%)	$59,040
August 14	New York City		Best Buy Theater	2,027 / 2,027 (100%)	$71,041
August 16	Philadelphia		Electric Factory	2,341 / 2,341 (100%)	$69,195
August 17	Red Bank		Count Basie Theatre	1,474 / 1,474 (100%)	$51,590
August 18	Lowell		Lowell Memorial Auditorium	2,692 / 2,692 (100%)	$79,414
August 27	Toronto	Canada	Sound Academy	2,586 / 2,586 (100%)	$79,960
August 28	Royal Oak	United States	Royal Oak Music Theatre	1,694 / 1,694 (100%)	$50,106
August 29	Rosemont		Rosemont Theatre	2,291 / 2,291 (100%)	$80,185
August 31	Kansas City		Midland Theatre	1,545 / 1,545 (100%)	$50,700
September 9	Los Angeles		Club Nokia	2,351 / 2,351 (100%)	$88,736
September 22	New Albany		New Albany Classic	4,260 / 4,260 (100%)	$120,033
Total[9][10][11]				25,261 / 25,261 (100%)	$679,360