| All Night Long Tour | |
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Promo image released by Burke. |
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| Tour by Alexandra Burke | |
| Associated album | Overcome |
| Start date | 14 January 2011 |
| End date | 14 August 2011 |
| Legs | 1 (current) |
| Shows | 35 (current) |
The All Night Long Tour is the debut concert tour by British pop/R&B singer Alexandra Burke. It is Burke's first concert tour which is to promote her debut studio album Overcome. The tour is set to kick off in Wales on 14 January 2011 and currently finishes on 24 June 2011 in Ireland. The tour will visit various cities across the United Kingdom including Belfast, Dublin, Glasgow, London and Manchester. The dates for the tour was officially revealed on ITV's Daybreak website on September 7, 2010.[1]
Inspired by musical acts such as Michael Jackson[2] and Beyoncé, The All Night Long Tour began a year and three months after the release of the supporting album Overcome. New up and coming acts Parade and Carrie Mac were announced as the supporting acts. The set list of the tour consisted of songs from Overcome, as well as covering "Closer" by Ne Yo, "Survivor"/"Bootylicious"/"Independent Women" by Destinys Child and "Listen" by Beyonce.
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The tour was officially announced in September 2010 during an interview with Irish channel After Dark.[3] It was her first headlining tour; she had previously performed on The X Factor tour and had been asked to be the opening act for many artists including Beyoncé Knowles who wanted Burke to support the European leg of her I Am... Tour.[4]
Speculation whether Burke would go on tour began in January 2010, but she stated in various interviews that she playing various summer festivals in the UK, but would not go on tour until 2010 because she did not want to perform a load of cover songs and that she wanted enough material so that she could perform her own songs.[5] In May 2010, Burke began her tour plans and confirmed that she would be touring the following year, with tour dates being announced at the end of the current year. During her interview with After Dark she stated "I have major ideas for it and I want it to be the most incredible thing known to man, but it's going to take a lot of work."[3] The name of the tour was announced via her Twitter account.[6] So far, shows are set for Ireland and the UK, Alexandra confirmed that the Belfast, Ipswich and Cardiff dates have also been sold out - on BBC Radio 1 chat show. Also on the 14th of February in The Brighton Centre show there will be special edition of the tour show, because of the Valentine's Day. Tickets to see an X Factor winner have sold out in just over a day. Alexandra Burke is appearing at the Pavilion Theatre in Rhyl on 14 January as part of her All Night Long tour.[7] the tickets for February 10,HMV Hammersmith Apollo has been sold out and also tickets for the Oasis Leisure Centre [8].
[A] - This concert was part of 'Party on the Pitch', the concert went ahead without Alexandra due to financial problems.[10][11][12]
[B] - This concert is part of Live at the Marquee.
[C] - This concert is joint between between Alexandra and Olly Murs.
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