Be the Cowboy Tour

2018–19 concert tour by Mitski
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania
Associated albumBe the CowboyStart dateAugust 12, 2018 (2018-08-12)End dateSeptember 8, 2019 (2019-09-08)No. of shows106Supporting acts
  • Katie Von Schleicher
  • Caroline Rose
  • Sidney Gish
  • EERA
  • Jessica Lea Mayfield
  • Overcoats
  • Sasami
  • Downtown Boys
  • Jay Som
  • Dilly Dally
  • Julianna Barwick
  • Lucy Dacus
Mitski concert chronology
  • A Solo Tour of Beautiful Places
    (2018)
  • Be the Cowboy Tour
    (2018–19)
  • Laurel Hell Tour
    (2022)

Be the Cowboy Tour was a concert tour by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Mitski, in support of her fifth studio album Be the Cowboy (2018). The tour began on August 12, 2018, in Providence, Rhode Island, United States and concluded on September 8, 2019, in New York City, United States.

Background

In mid-2018, Mitski embarked on a concert tour called A Solo Tour of Beautiful Places. She visited cities that she did not usually get to play on tour in United States where she played solo without full-band.[1] On June 4, 2018, she announced the European and North American tour dates, in support of Be the Cowboy.[2] Katie Von Schleicher, Caroline Rose, EERA and Jessica Lea Mayfield were announced as the tour openers.[3] On August 2, 2018, Mitski expanded North American tour with the opening act Sidney Gish.[4] Mitski was announced to perform at the 2019 St Jerome's Laneway Festival, touring Australia and New Zealand, as well as sideshows.[5] On November 26, 2018, she announced the tour dates in Asia, set in February 2019.[6] She then announced additional tour dates in North America, Asia and Europe, alongside festival appearances.[7][8]

Set list

This set list is from the concert on December 1, 2018, in Brooklyn. It is not intended to represent all tour dates.[9]

  1. "Remember My Name"
  2. "I Don't Smoke"
  3. "Washing Machine Heart"
  4. "First Love / Late Spring"
  5. "Francis Forever"
  6. "Me and My Husband"
  7. "Dan the Dancer"
  8. "Once More to See You"
  9. "A Pearl"
  10. "Thursday Girl"
  11. "I Will"
  12. "Townie"
  13. "Nobody"
  14. "I Bet on Losing Dogs"
  15. "I Want You"
  16. "Your Best American Girl"
  17. "Why Didn't You Stop Me?"
  18. "Geyser"
  19. "Happy"
  20. "Come into the Water"
  21. "Drunk Walk Home"
  22. "A Burning Hill"
  23. "My Body's Made of Crushed Little Stars"

Encore

  2. "Two Slow Dancers"
  3. "Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and opening acts
Date City Country Venue Opening acts
A Solo Tour of Beautiful Places
June 9, 2018 Bozeman United States Rialto Bozeman —
June 12, 2018 Fort Collins The Armory Katie Von Schleicher
June 14, 2018 Santa Fe Meow Wolf
June 15, 2018 El Paso The Lowbrow Palace
June 16, 2018 Marfa Crowley Theater
June 20, 2018 Oxford Proud Larry's
June 22, 2018 Gainesville High Dive
June 23, 2018 Savannah El Rocko
June 30, 2018 Woodstock Colony Caroline Rose
Be the Cowboy Tour
Leg 1 — North America
August 12, 2018 Providence United States Columbus Theatre Sidney Gish
August 13, 2018 Portsmouth 3S Artspace
August 14, 2018 Portland Space Gallery
August 15, 2018 Burlington Higher Ground Showcase Lounge
August 16, 2018 Holyoke Gateway City Arts
August 28, 2018 New York City Elsewhere
Leg 2 — Europe
September 19, 2018 Manchester United Kingdom Manchester Gorilla EERA
September 20, 2018 Glasgow Saint Luke's
September 22, 2018 Dublin Ireland Tivoli Theatre
September 24, 2018 Leeds United Kingdom Brudenell Social Club
September 25, 2018 Bristol Trinity Arts Centre
September 26, 2018 London O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
September 28, 2018 Paris France La Maroquinerie
September 29, 2018 Antwerp Belgium TRIX
October 1, 2018 Cologne Germany Gebäude 9
October 2, 2018 Amsterdam Netherlands Paradiso Noord
October 4, 2018 Berlin Germany Musik & Frieden
October 5, 2018 Copenhagen Denmark Vega
October 6, 2018 Hamburg Germany Uebel & Gefährlich
Leg 3 — North America
October 19, 2018 Philadelphia United States Union Transfer Jessica Lea Mayfield
October 20, 2018 Boston House of Blues
October 21, 2018[a] Montreal Canada Club Soda Overcoats
October 22, 2018[b] Toronto Danforth Music Hall
October 23, 2018 Detroit United States Magic Stick Jessica Lea Mayfield
October 25, 2018 Chicago The Vic Theatre
October 26, 2018 Minneapolis First Avenue
October 30, 2018 Vancouver Canada Imperial
October 31, 2018 Seattle United States The Showbox
November 1, 2018 Portland Crystal Ballroom
November 3, 2018 San Francisco Warfield Theatre
November 7, 2018 Los Angeles The Wiltern Theatre
November 8, 2018 Phoenix Crescent Ballroom
November 10, 2018 Austin Emo's
November 11, 2018 Dallas Trees
November 13, 2018 Nashville The Basement East
November 14, 2018 Atlanta The Masquerade
November 16, 2018 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club
November 30, 2018 New York City Brooklyn Steel Sasami
Downtown Boys
December 1, 2018
December 2, 2018
December 3, 2018
Leg 4 — Oceania
January 28, 2019[c] Auckland New Zealand Albert Park —
February 2, 2019[c] Brisbane Australia Brisbane Showgrounds
February 3, 2019[c] Sydney Callan Park
February 4, 2019 Oxford Art Factory
February 7, 2019 Melbourne Corner Hotel
February 8, 2019[c] Adelaide Hart's Mill
February 9, 2019[c] Melbourne Footscray Park
February 10, 2019[c] Fremantle Esplanade Reserve and West End
Leg 5 — Asia
February 12, 2019 Tokyo Japan Shibuya WWWX —
February 13, 2019 Osaka Umeda Shangri-La
February 15, 2019 Seoul South Korea Rolling Hall
February 16, 2019 Taipei Taiwan The Wall
February 18, 2019 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia The Bee
February 20, 2019 Jakarta Indonesia Rossi Musik
February 23, 2019 Singapore Kilo Lounge
Leg 6 — North America
March 29, 2019 Millvale United States Mr. Smalls Jay Som
March 30, 2019 Columbus The Athenaeum
March 31, 2019 Louisville Headliners Music Hall
April 2, 2019 Indianapolis Deluxe at Old National Centre
April 3, 2019 Madison Majestic Theatre
April 5, 2019[d] Iowa City Englert Theatre —
April 6, 2019 Kansas City Knuckleheads Saloon Jay Som
April 7, 2019 St. Louis Delmar Hall
April 9, 2019 Athens 40 Watt Club
April 10, 2019 Tallahassee The Moon
April 11, 2019 Orlando The Plaza Live Theatre
April 13, 2019[e] North Charleston Riverfront Park —
April 14, 2019 Gainesville 08 Seconds Jay Som
April 16, 2019 Carrboro Cat's Cradle
April 17, 2019
April 18, 2019 Richmond The National
April 19, 2019 Baltimore Rams Head Live!
April 20, 2019 North Adams Hunter Center
April 27, 2019[f] Providence Brown University —
May 25, 2019[g] Boston Harvard Athletic Complex
May 31, 2019[h] New York City Randalls Island
June 2, 2019 Dallas Canton Hall Dilly Dally
June 4, 2019 Austin ACL Live at the Moody Theater —
June 5, 2019 Houston White Oak Music Hall Dilly Dally
June 6, 2019 San Antonio Paper Tiger
July 14, 2019[i] San Francisco Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove —
July 16, 2019 Los Angeles Hollywood Palladium Julianna Barwick
July 19, 2019[j] Seattle Capitol Hill —
Leg 7 — Asia
July 26, 2019[k] Niigata Japan Naeba Ski Resort —
Leg 8 — North America
August 2, 2019[l] Montreal Canada Parc Jean-Drapeau —
August 4, 2019[m] Chicago United States Grant Park
Leg 9 — Europe
August 8, 2019[n] Oslo Norway Tøyen Park —
August 9, 2019[o] Gothenburg Sweden Slottsskogen
August 11, 2019[p] Helsinki Finland Suvilahti
August 13, 2019 Vienna Austria Flex
August 15, 2019 Berlin Germany Heimathafen
August 17, 2019[q] Paredes de Coura Portugal Praia Fluvial do Taboão
August 30, 2019[r] Salisbury United Kingdom Larmer Tree Gardens
September 1, 2019[s] Stradbally Ireland Stradbally Hall
Leg 10 — North America
September 7, 2019 New York City United States Central Park Summer Stage Lucy Dacus
September 8, 2019

Notes

  1. ^ The concert on October 21, 2018 at the Club Soda in Montreal was scheduled to take place at the L'Astral but relocated due to high demand.[10]
  2. ^ The concert on October 22, 2018 at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto was scheduled to take place at the Opera House, then Phoenix Concert Theatre, but relocated due to high demand.[11]
  3. ^ a b c d e f These concerts were part of St Jerome's Laneway Festival.[12]
  4. ^ The concert on April 5, 2018 at the Englert Theatre in Iowa City was a part of Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival.[13]
  5. ^ The concert on April 13, 2019 at the Riverfront Park in North Charleston was a part of High Water Festival.[14]
  6. ^ The concert on April 27, 2019 at the Brown University in Providence was a part of Spring Weekend.[15]
  7. ^ The concert on May 25, 2019 at the Harvard Athletic Complex in Boston was a part of Boston Calling Music Festival.[16]
  8. ^ The concert on May 31, 2019 at the Randalls Island in New York was a part of Governors Ball Music Festival.[17]
  9. ^ The concert on July 14, 2019 at the Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove in San Francisco was a part of Stern Grove Festival.[18]
  10. ^ The concert on July 19, 2019 at the Capitol Hill in Seattle was a part of Capitol Hill Block Party.[19]
  11. ^ The concert on July 26, 2019 at the Naeba Ski Resort in Niigata was a part of Fuji Rock Festival.[20]
  12. ^ The concert on August 2, 2019 at the Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal was a part of Osheaga Festival.[21]
  13. ^ The concert on August 4, 2019 at the Grant Park in Chicago was a part of Lollapalooza.[22]
  14. ^ The concert on August 8, 2019 at the Tøyen Park in Oslo was a part of Øyafestivalen.[23]
  15. ^ The concert on August 9, 2019 at the Slottsskogen in Gothenburg was a part of Way Out West.[24]
  16. ^ The concert on August 11, 2019 at the Suvilahti in Helsinki was a part of Flow Festival.[25]
  17. ^ The concert on August 17, 2019 at the Praia Fluvial do Taboão in Parades de Coura was a part of Paredes de Coura Festival.[26]
  18. ^ The concert on August 30, 2019 at the Larmer Tree Gardens in Salisbury was a part of End of the Road Festival.[27]
  19. ^ The concert on September 1, 2019 at the Stradbally Hall in Stradbally was a part of Electric Picnic.[28]

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