Bangerz Tour
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| World tour by Miley Cyrus | ||||
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| Associated album | Bangerz | |||
| Start date | February 14, 2014 | |||
| Legs | 2 | |||
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| Website | mileycyrus.com/events | |||
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The Bangerz Tour is the fourth concert tour by American recording artist Miley Cyrus. It will be launched to promote her fourth studio album Bangerz (2013). The tour was officially announced in October 2013, with dates for American and Canadian venues revealed. The tour will begin on February 14, 2014 in Vancouver, Canada and will continue in Europe. Icona Pop and Sky Ferreira have been confirmed as opening acts for the North American leg.
Background
"Literally my whole life is revolving around this tour right now. Diane Martel [...] and I, we’re putting together this tour that’s going to be insane. [...] The minute you step into my arena, the whole thing feels like you're a part of this crazy different world and you step in to a show the minute you walk in the door, rather than it being a show when I come onstage."
In 2012, Cyrus announced plans to focus on her film career, effectively putting her musical endeavors on hiatus. That year, she appeared in the films LOL and So Undercover. She was also confirmed as a primary voice actress in the feature film Hotel Transylvania, but dropped out of the project to coordinate a musical comeback.[2] In January 2013, Cyrus ended her recording contract with Hollywood Records, under which she released the albums Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus (2007), Breakout (2008), Can't Be Tamed (2010), and EP The Time of Our Lives (2009). Later that month, she signed a recording contract with RCA Records.[3] In March, she confirmed that her fourth studio album would be released by the end of 2013.[4]
The final product, Bangerz, was released on October 4, 2013.[5] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 61, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 21 reviews.[6] It debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, having moved 270,000 units,[7] and charted strongly in several countries worldwide.[8] During her appearance on Today on October 7, Cyrus first mentioned her intentions to tour in 2014.[9] On October 26, she made a surprise appearance on another episode of Saturday Night Live to officially announce the Bangerz Tour.[10] Claire Atkinson from the New York Post reported that concert promoters Live Nation Entertainment and AEG Live engaged in much competition to promote the tour, with the former ultimately being selected to represent the North American leg after agreeing to pay Cyrus $500,000 per presentation.[11]
Development
On November 11, a series of three promotional videos were released to YouTube to promote the Bangerz Tour.[12] Cyrus originally announced that The Blonds and Kenzo were enlisted as costume designers in December,[13] although Roberto Cavalli was later confirmed for the position after six sketches of costume designs were released in January 2014.[14] Cyrus began rehearsals later that month,[15] at which time John Kricfalusi was enlisted to create artwork for the tour.[16]
Tour dates
References
- ↑ Sierra Marquina (November 6, 2013). "Miley Cyrus Gives Details on Upcoming Tour, 21st Birthday Plans". On Air with Ryan Seacrest. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
- ↑ Shaun Kitchener (February 10, 2012). "Miley Cyrus Drops Out Of Film Role To Make Pop Comeback". Entertainmentwise. Gigwise. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Miley Cyrus Leaves Hollywood Records And Signs A Deal With RCA Records". Disney Dreaming. January 31, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
- ↑ Jason Lipshutz (March 7, 2013). "Miley Cyrus: 'My New Music Is Gonna Shut Everyone Up'". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
- ↑ "iTunes - Music - Bangerz (Deluxe Version) by Miley Cyrus". iTunes Store (AU). Apple Inc. October 4, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
- ↑ "Bangerz Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
- ↑ Keith Caulfield (October 16, 2013). "Miley Cyrus' 'Bangerz' Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
- ↑ "Miley Cyrus - Bangerz". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
- ↑ Ann Oldenburg (October 7, 2013). "Miley will be less sexual at 40, 'maybe'". USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved October 9, 2013.
- ↑ Katie Atkinson (October 27, 2013). "Miley Cyrus crashes 'SNL' to announce 2014 tour". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
- ↑ Claire Atkinson (October 26, 2013). "Live Nation, AEG battling over Miley tour". New York Post. News Corp. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
- ↑ "Bangerz Tour Video Announcement". MileyCyrus.com. November 11, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
- ↑ Parry Ernsberger (December 19, 2013). "The Blonds Are Designing Miley Cyrus' Bangerz Tour Outfits". MTV Style. Viacom. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
- ↑ Cinya Burton (January 22, 2014). "Miley Cyrus' Bangerz Tour Costumes by Roberto Cavalli Are Super Sexy". E! Online. NBCUniversal. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
- ↑ Mike Wass (January 17, 2014). "Miley Cyrus Takes Us Behind The Scenes Of Her ‘Bangerz’ Tour Rehearsals: 7 Pics". Idolator. Spin Media. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
- ↑ Kirthana Ramisetti (January 21, 2014). "Miley Cyrus teams up with ‘Ren & Stimpy’ creator for tour art". Daily News. Mortimer Zuckerman. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Jason Lipshutz (November 12, 2013). "Miley Cyrus To Bring Icona Pop, Sky Ferreira on 'Bangerz' Tour". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
- ↑ "Just Announced! European Dates of Miley's Bangerz Tour". MileyCyrus.com. December 9, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
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