The Battlefield Tour was a

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by American pop singer

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in support of her second studio album ''

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''. It is Sparks' first headlining tour. The tour consisted of mostly general assembly venues such as theaters, ballrooms, amusement parks, and casinos. It was initially only set to visit 15 cities nationwide. On April 22, several dates were rescheduled in order to expand the tour to 39 cities across the nation. The tour started on May 1, 2010, in Uncasville,

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and ended on July 18, 2010, in

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. In an interview with AI Now, Sparks spoke of the tour "Hopefully, maybe in March I will be doing a tour. I would love to do a House of Blues theater type tour so it’s a little more intimate...it’s really fulfilling after you get off a stage like that, it’s really awesome because it’s like you can say 'hey, I left everything out there.'"

Supporting acts

Kate Voegele Kate Elizabeth Voegele (; born December 8, 1986) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She made her musical debut in 2003, with the release of her ''The Other Side'' extended play. She performed numerous local live shows to promote the a ...

was the opening act on selected tour dates until June 25, 2010. * Days Difference, a

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band, were also an opening act on selected dates of the tour. * Ashlyne Huff replaced Kate Voegele as the opening act on June 26, 2010. * Sid Curtis replaced Ashlyne Huff for one night, on July 10, 2010.

Guest appearances

* Australian artist,

Guy Sebastian Guy Theodore Sebastian (born 26 October 1981) is an Australian singer and songwriter who was the winner of the first ''Australian Idol'' in 2003, judge on Australia's ''The X Factor'' from 2010 to 2012 and again from 2015 to 2016, and coach ...

made a guest appearance at three of Sparks' concerts in San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco from July 8 to July 10, 2010, performing their single " Art of Love" togetherJordin Sparks and Guy Sebastian sing Art Of Love at Nokia Theater, Los Angeles
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Set list

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Band members

*Lead vocals:

*Keyboard:

Scotty Granger Scotty Granger (born July 19, 1987) also known as Scotty Grand and Scotty G, is an American Pop, R&B, Contemporary Music Producer/Singer/Songwriter. He plays piano, guitar, flute, sax, and piccolo, among others. Granger has famously been link ...

*Lead Guitar: JinJoo Lee *Bass: Jesse Stern *Drums: Micheal Bedard *Backup Vocals: Brandon Winbush, Devin Micheal and Sharon Youngblood

Tour dates

Cancellations

Notes

References

External links

Official Jordin Sparks website
{{Jordin Sparks 2010 concert tours Concert tours of the United States Jordin Sparks