Maddie & Tae and Runaway June will support the 55 arena trek
Seven-time Grammy winner and Pollstar’s three-time top female country touring artist, Carrie Underwood, will launch a new arena tour, The Cry Pretty Tour 360, in Spring 2019. Sponsored by CALIA, the new tour will kick off on May 1st in Greensboro, NC, and will play 55 arenas across the U.S. and Canada and be promoted by AEG Presents. She will be joined on tour by special guests Maddie & Tae and Runaway June. Underwood made the announcement Wednesday (Aug 8th) morning in a personal video to her fans:
Ooh baby do we have a bundle of info to share with you! Click here for info on The Cry Pretty Tour 360! #CryPrettyTourBundle #CryPrettyTour360 #CryPrettyAlbum @CALIAbyCarrie https://t.co/9K79jKnwai pic.twitter.com/kcL76v6XuK
— Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) August 8, 2018
Tickets for the concerts go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, August 17th at 10 am local time but please check local listings. Album/ticket bundles and a limited of exclusive VIP packages with meet and greets, autographed memorabilia, custom merchandise and more will also be available via Underwood’s website.
Citi is the official pre-sale credit card for Carrie Underwood’s The Cry Pretty Tour 360 for 2019. Citi cardmembers will have access to purchase pre-sale tickets beginning on Monday, August 13th at noon until Thursday, August 16th at 10 pm through Citi’s Private Pass program.
Underwood will release her eagerly-anticipated new album, Cry Pretty, on September 14th. Cry Pretty will be her first studio album on Capitol Records Nashville and marks the first time she has co-produced her own album. The lead single and title track, “Cry Pretty” debuted as the No. 1 song in the U.S. all-genres. The song also topped download charts in 38 countries around the world and amassed over 3.5 billion social impressions across 66 countries during its week of launch in April, which was culminated with a show-stopping performance on the 2018 ACM Awards telecast. Carrie co-wrote the powerful single with Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, and Liz Rose (aka The Love Junkies) and co-produced Cry Pretty with fellow writer/producer David Garcia.
Following her successful The Storyteller Tour – Stories in the Round, the new production will feature a brand-new stage in the middle of the arena floor, creating a unique 360-degree setting to allow fans on all sides of the arena an intimate view of the concert. Barry Lather (Rihanna, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson) is the tour’s Creative Director, and Nick Whitehouse/Fireplay (Justin Timberlake, Beyonce) is Production Designer.
“I love performing in the round,” says Underwood. “It’s so much fun for me and the band to play in every direction and creates a much more intimate and immersive experience for the audience, even in a larger arena setting. It’s been exciting to introduce audiences to Cry Pretty and I can’t wait to bring the new album to life on this tour, along with all of the songs we love to play live. I’m thrilled to be going out with an amazing line-up – Maddie & Tae and Runaway June are incredible artists that are going to bring even more electricity to our shows.”
Underwood has arranged for a donation of $1 from each ticket sold for The Cry Pretty Tour 360 to be contributed to Danita’s Children, which provides a safe haven for abandoned and vulnerable children in Haiti, while encouraging families to stay together through their education and malnutrition programs.
Prior to embarking on the tour next Spring, Underwood will appear at the upcoming iHeart Music Festival in Las Vegas, as well as such international festivals as The Long Road Festival and Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park in the UK, Tuckerville in The Netherlands, and Deni Ute Muster in Australia.
Why is the tour starting in May when the album drops next month, you may ask? Underwood is expecting her second child with husband and hockey player Mike Fisher.
“Mike and Isaiah and I are absolutely over the moon and excited to be adding another little fish to our pond!” she shares in the video announcing the tour. “This has just been a dream come true, with album and with baby news and all that stuff. We’re just so excited, and just so glad that you guys can share in this with us and be apart of this with us.”
Tour Dates:
May 1, 2019 | Greensboro, NC | Greensboro Coliseum |
May 3, 2019 | Birmingham, AL | Legacy Arena at the BJCC |
May 4, 2019 | N. Little Rock, AR | Verizon Arena |
May 6, 2019 | San Antonio, TX | AT&T Center |
May 9, 2019 | Phoenix, AZ | Talking Stick Resort Arena |
May 11, 2019 | Las Vegas, NV | MGM Grand Garden Arena |
May 12, 2019 | Fresno, CA | Save Mart Center |
May 14, 2019 | Sacramento, CA | Golden1 Center |
May 16, 2019 | Oakland, CA | Oracle Arena |
May 18, 2019 | Bakersfield, CA | Rabobank Arena |
May 21, 2019 | Portland, OR | MODA Center at Rose Garden |
May 22, 2019 | Spokane, WA | Spokane Arena |
May 24, 2019 | Tacoma, WA | Tacoma Dome |
May 25, 2019 | Vancouver, BC | Rogers Arena |
May 28, 2019 | Edmonton, AB | Rogers Place |
May 31, 2019 | Saskatoon, SK | SaskTel Centre |
June 2, 2019 | Winnipeg, MB | Bell MTS Place |
June 9, 2019 | Toronto, ON | Scotiabank Arena |
June 10, 2019 | Ottawa, ON | Canadian Tire Centre |
June 13, 2019 | Hershey, PA | GIANT Center |
June 15, 2019 | Cincinnati, OH | U.S. Bank Arena |
June 16, 2019 | Indianapolis, IN | Bankers Life Fieldhouse |
June 18, 2019 | St. Louis, MO | Enterprise Center |
June 20, 2019 | Milwaukee, WI | Fiserv Forum |
June 21, 2019 | Minneapolis, MN | Target Center |
June 23, 2019 | Lincoln, NE | Pinnacle Bank Arena |
Sept 10, 2019 | San Diego, CA | Valley View Casino Center |
Sept 12, 2019 | Los Angeles, CA | STAPLES Center |
Sept 14, 2019 | Salt Lake City, UT | Vivint Smart Home Arena |
Sept 16, 2019 | Denver, CO | Pepsi Center |
Sept 18, 2019 | Wichita, KS | INTRUST Bank Arena |
Sept 19, 2019 | Kansas City, MO | Sprint Center |
Sept 21, 2019 | Houston, TX | Toyota Center |
Sept 22, 2019 | Lafayette, LA | Cajundome |
Sept 24, 2019 | Dallas, TX | American Airlines Center |
Sept 25, 2019 | Oklahoma City, OK | Chesapeake Energy Arena |
Sept 27, 2019 | Nashville, TN | Bridgestone Arena |
Sept 29, 2019 | Columbia, SC | Colonial Life Arena |
Sept 30, 2019 | Raleigh, NC | PNC Arena |
Oct 2, 2019 | New York City, NY | Madison Square Garden |
Oct 4, 2019 | Washington, D.C. | Capital One Arena |
Oct 5, 2019 | Philadelphia, PA | Wells Fargo Center |
Oct 10, 2019 | Boston, MA | TD Garden |
Oct 12, 2019 | Pittsburgh, PA | PPG Paints Arena |
Oct 13, 2019 | Buffalo, NY | KeyBank Center |
Oct 16, 2019 | Cleveland, OH | Quicken Loans Arena |
Oct 17, 2019 | Louisville, KY | KFC Yum! Center |
Oct 19, 2019 | Atlanta, GA | Philips Arena |
Oct 20, 2019 | Jacksonville, FL | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena |
Oct 23, 2019 | Memphis, TN | FedExForum |
Oct 24, 2019 | Tulsa, OK | BOK Center |
Oct 26, 2019 | Des Moines, IA | Wells Fargo Arena |
Oct 27, 2019 | Sioux Falls, SD | Denny Sanford PREMIER Center |
Oct 29, 2019 | Chicago, IL | United Center |
Oct 31, 2019 | Detroit, MI | Little Caesars Arena |
*Tickets on sale Friday, Aug 24th in Wichita, Kansas City and Sioux Falls