The Endless Summer Tour was the third headlining concert tour by
American
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recording artist
Lana Del Rey in support of her third studio album, ''
Ultraviolence
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'' (2014). The tour began on May 7, 2015, in
The Woodlands, Texas and concluded on June 16, 2015, in
West Palm Beach, Florida finishing with a total of twenty shows over the span of two months. The first seven shows of the tour were supported by fellow
alternative rock singer
Courtney Love, while the majority of the remaining tour dates were supported by
synthpop
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singer and producer,
Grimes
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. Most of the tour dates were sold out instantly.
Lana Del Rey performed songs from ''
Born to Die
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'', ''
Paradise'', and ''
Ultraviolence
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'', in addition to some previously unreleased songs, and covers. By the end of 2015, the tour placed at number 156 on ''
Pollstar''s "2015 Year-End Top 200 North American Tours" list, grossing $6 million from 16 shows.
Background
Prior to the release of ''
Ultraviolence
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'' (2014), Del Rey performed a series of concerts across North America in April and May 2014. Included in this slew of concerts were two performances at the
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
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, the first in which Del Rey premiered "
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", the lead single off of ''Ultraviolence''. After the release of ''Ultraviolence'', Del Rey then went on to perform at various music festivals across Europe during June, July, and August 2014 before canceling the remainder of her promotional concerts due to health issues. After recovering from her illness, Del Rey went on to finish her promotional concert tour by performing two shows at the
Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles in October 2014. After the completion of the promotional tour, there was much speculation as to if there would be a proper concert tour in support of the singer's latest studio album.
During an interview with the Australian press in July 2014,
Courtney Love, former frontwoman of the
punk rock band
Hole, expressed an interest in collaborating with artists such as
Miley Cyrus and
Lana Del Rey. When speaking of the possibility of a duet between her and Del Rey, she exclaimed that "I
ove
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have a distinctive voice and it might sound cool if it's the right song". Within the following months, Love continued to hint at a collaboration between her and Del Rey publicly through her
Twitter account tagging Del Rey in a tweet and stating that there was "exciting news to come".
On December 1, 2014, the tour was officially announced with seventeen shows scheduled across North America in the summer of the following year. Along with the tour's announcement came news that Love would be co-headlining the first eight shows with Del Rey to promote her upcoming solo release. Presale tickets for the tour began shortly after the tour's announcement on December 3, 2014, which was then followed by the general public sale beginning after that on December 6, 2014. Four months later, on April 1, 2015, Del Rey announced that
synthpop
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singer and producer
Grimes
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would be joining her on the remaining dates of the tour after Love departed from the tour.
Set list
This set list is representative of the show on May 7, 2015, in
The Woodlands, Texas. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.
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Cruel World
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Cola"
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Blue Jeans"
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# "Us Against the World"
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Born to Die
''Born to Die'' is the second studio album and major-label debut by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on January 27, 2012, through Interscope Records and Polydor Records. The album was reissued on November 9, 2012, as an e ...
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Ultraviolence
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* A term used in the Anthony Burgess novel ''A Clockwork Orange'' and the Stanley Kubrick film of the same name
Music
* Ultraviolence (band) an industrial/techno band headed by Johnny Violent, AKA J ...
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Summertime Sadness
"Summertime Sadness" is a song by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey from her second studio album, ''Born to Die'' (2012). The Pop music, pop ballad was released on June 22, 2012, by Interscope Records as the fourth single of the album. In ...
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Chelsea Hotel No. 2
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Brooklyn Baby
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Shades of Cool
"Shades of Cool" is a song by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, taken from her third studio album, '' Ultraviolence'' (2014). It was written by Del Rey and Rick Nowels, and produced by Dan Auerbach. The song was released on May 26, 2014 by ...
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Serial Killer"
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Video Games"
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Why Don't You Do Right?"
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Off to the Races"
Shows
Cancelled shows
Notes
References
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