The Altar Tour

The Altar Tour is the second official headlining concert tour by American musician Banks. It is in support of her second studio album The Altar (2016). The tour began on February 24, 2017, in Antwerp, Belgium and concluded on November 3, 2017, in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

The Altar Tour

Tour by Banks
Associated album	The Altar
Start date	24 February 2017 (2017-02-24)
End date	16 November 2017 (2017-11-16)
No. of shows	20 in Europe 42 in North America 6 in Oceania 68 in total
Banks concert chronology

Background

On September 19, 2016, 11 days before the release of The Altar, Banks announced the first leg of dates. They consisted of 11 tour dates across Europe.[1] On January 18, 2017, Banks announced the first batch of North American tour dates, and on February 28, 2017, even more North American dates were announced.[2][3] Tour dates for various music festivals across North America as well as Australian and Asian dates were announced at later times.[4] On May 22, 2017, Banks announced a second date of European dates that will take place in October and November 2017.[5] On June 1, 2017, it was announced that the Asian leg of the tour was cancelled due to unknown unforeseen circumstances. On June 6, 2017, Banks announced another leg of North American concerts that took place from July to September 2017.[6]

Set list

This set list is representative of the show on March 8, 2017 in Paris, France. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.

1. "Poltergeist"
2. "Fuck with Myself"
3. "Gemini Feed"
4. "Trainwreck"
5. "Waiting Game"
6. "This Is What It Feels Like"
7. "Mind Games"
8. "Better"
9. "Weaker Girl"
10. "Mother Earth"
11. "Drowning"
12. "Judas"
13. "Beggin for Thread"
14. "Haunt"
15. "27 Hours"
16. "This Is Not About Us"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and opening acts.

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act
Europe
February 24, 2017	Antwerp	Belgium	TRIX Muziekcentrum	Azekel
February 25, 2017	Hamburg	Germany	Gruenspan
February 27, 2017	Copenhagen	Denmark	Vega
February 28, 2017	Stockholm	Sweden	Nalen
March 3, 2017	Berlin	Germany	Heimathafen Neukölln
March 5, 2017	Cologne		Gloria-Theater
March 6, 2017	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Paradiso
March 8, 2017	Paris	France	La Cigale
March 10, 2017	Manchester	United Kingdom	Albert Hall
March 11, 2017	Glasgow		The O2 ABC
March 13, 2017	London		Roundhouse
North America
March 15, 2017[lower-alpha 1]	Austin	United States	Bar 96	N/A
March 16, 2017[lower-alpha 2]			Banger's Sausage House & Beer Garden
April 11, 2017	Pomona		Fox Theater Pomona	Jack Garratt
April 13, 2017	San Diego		Humphrey's Concerts By the Bay	Raury
April 14, 2017[lower-alpha 3]	Indio		Empire Polo Club	N/A
April 16, 2017	Portland		Crystal Ballroom	Lance Skiiiwalker
April 17, 2017	Vancouver	Canada	Vogue Theatre	Luke Forest Hartle
April 18, 2017	Seattle	United States	Showbox SoDo	Lance Skiiiwalker
April 20, 2017	San Francisco		The Warfield
April 21, 2017[lower-alpha 4]	Indio		Empire Polo Club	N/A
June 2, 2017	Philadelphia		Electric Factory	Toulouse
June 3, 2017[lower-alpha 5]	New York City		Randalls and Wards Islands	N/A
June 5, 2017	Montreal	Canada	Métropolis	Toulouse
June 6, 2017	Boston	United States	Royale Nightclub
June 7, 2017	Washington, D.C.		9:30 Club
June 9, 2017	Charlotte		The Fillmore Charlotte
June 10, 2017	Atlanta		Buckhead Theatre
June 12, 2017	Nashville		Marathon Music Works
June 13, 2017	Asheville		The Orange Peel
June 16, 2017[lower-alpha 6]	Dover		Dover International Speedway	N/A
June 17, 2017	Pittsburgh		Stage AE	Toulouse
June 19, 2017	Cleveland		Agora Theatre and Ballroom
June 20, 2017	Columbus		Newport Music Hall
June 22, 2017[lower-alpha 7]	Rothbury		Double JJ Resort	N/A
Oceania[9]
July 18, 2017	Perth	Australia	Astor Theatre	Ziggy Ramo
July 21, 2017[lower-alpha 8]	Byron Bay		North Byron Parklands	N/A
July 22, 2017	Sydney		Max Watt's	Tapz
July 23, 2017			Enmore Theatre
July 25, 2017	Melbourne		Forum Theatre
July 26, 2017
North America
July 30, 2017[lower-alpha 9]	Oro-Medonte	Canada	Burl's Creek Event Grounds	N/A
July 31, 2017	Detroit	United States	Majestic Theater	Nydge
August 2, 2017	Milwaukee		Pabst Theater	Klassik
August 4, 2017	Chicago		The Vic Theatre	The Japanese House
August 5, 2017[lower-alpha 10]			Grant Park	N/A
September 14, 2017	Salt Lake City		The Depot	Sam Dew
September 15, 2017	Denver		Ogden Theatre
September 17, 2017	Kansas City		Midland Theatre
September 20, 2017	Houston		Warehouse Live
September 21, 2017	Austin		Emo's
September 22, 2017	Dallas		South Side Music Hall
September 25, 2017	Phoenix		The Van Buren	Morgan Saint
September 26, 2017	Santa Ana		The Observatory	Sam Dew
September 28, 2017	Los Angeles		The Theatre at Ace Hotel
September 29, 2017				A.Chal DJ Dahi
September 30, 2017
Europe
October 22, 2017	Birmingham	United Kingdom	O2 Institute Birmingham	A.Chal
October 24, 2017	Manchester		Manchester Academy
October 25, 2017	London		Eventim Apollo
October 27, 2017	Esch-sur-Alzette	Luxembourg	Rockhal
October 28, 2017	Berlin	Germany	Huxley's Neue Welt
October 30, 2017	Cologne		E-Werk
October 31, 2017	Brussels	Belgium	Cirque Royal
November 2, 2017	Hamburg	Germany	Docks
November 3, 2017[lower-alpha 11]	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Rotterdam Centrum	N/A

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
Asia
July 6, 2017	Tokyo	Japan	LIQUIDROOM	Unforeseen circumstances
July 7, 2017	Seoul	South Korea	Yes24 MUV Hall
July 11, 2017[10]	Singapore		Capitol Theatre
July 13, 2017	Hong Kong	China	Music Zone @ E-Max
July 15, 2017[11]	Jakarta	Indonesia	The Establishment
North America
September 18, 2017	St. Louis	United States	Delmar Hall	Safety[12]
Europe
November 5, 2017	Frankfurt	Germany	Batschkapp	Unforeseen circumstances[13]
November 7, 2017	Munich		Backstage Werk
November 8, 2017	Zürich	Switzerland	Kaufleuten
November 10, 2017	Bologna	Italy	Estragon
November 11, 2017	Milan		Fabrique
November 13, 2017	Paris	France	Olympia
November 15, 2017	Barcelona	Spain	Sala Apolo
November 16, 2017	Madrid		La Riviera

Notes

1. The March 15, 2017 show is part of COLLiDE at Bar 96 Presented by TWIX.[7]
2. The March 16, 2017 show is part of StubHub LIVE – 2017 SXSW Showcase.[8]
3. The April 14, 2017 show is part of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2017.
4. The April 21, 2017 show is part of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2017.
5. The June 3, 2017 show is part of the Governors Ball Music Festival 2017.
6. The June 16, 2017 show is part of the Firefly Music Festival 2017.
7. The June 22, 2017 show is part of the Electric Forest Festival 2017. It is still to be determined which date Banks will be performing on.
8. The July 21, 2017 show is part of the Splendour in the Grass festival 2017.
9. The July 30, 2017 show is part of the WayHome Music & Arts Festival 2017.
10. The August 5, 2017 show is part of Lollapalooza 2017.
11. The November 3, 2017 show is part of REC. Festival 2017.

References

1. "Instagram post by BANKS • Sep 19, 2016 at 2:24pm UTC". Instagram.com.
2. @hernameisbanks (18 January 2017). "On sale Friday at 10am" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
3. @hernameisbanks (28 February 2017). "New Dates On Sale Friday" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
4. "BANKS on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
5. @hernameisbanks (May 22, 2017). "Europe see you in October! Tickets on sale Friday 26/5 at 9am BST" (Tweet). Retrieved May 27, 2017 – via Twitter.
6. "BANKS on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
7. "COLLiDE at Bar 96 Presented by TWIX : Feed : Culture Collide". Culturecollide.com. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
8. "StubHub LIVE: Sound Stage @ SXSW : Feed : Culture Collide". Culturecollide.com. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
9. "Banks". Live Nation. Archived from the original on May 27, 2017. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
10. "Banks Live in Singapore, July 2017". More Than Good Hooks. March 3, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
11. "Banks Live in Indonesia, July 2017". More Than Good Hooks. March 3, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
12. "Delmar Hall". Facebook.com. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
13. "BANKS on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 25 August 2018.