Carrie Underwood’s “Storyteller Tour” Selling Out Arenas including Madison Square Garden
NASHVILLE, Tenn – (October 10, 2016) – Carrie Underwood’s “The Storyteller Tour – Stories in the Round” continued this past weekend with two sold-out concerts at Des Moines’ Wells Fargo Arena and Sioux Falls, SD’s Denny Sanford PREMIER Center, the latter of which set a new attendance record previously held by Elton John from last October. The tour was recently praised by Forbes as one of the ‘10 hottest tours of the fall.’
“The Storyteller Tour” has performed for over 800,000 fans since launching on January 30 playing to sold-out arena crowds in cities such as Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington DC, St. Louis, Denver, Phoenix, San Antonio, Houston, Chicago, Toronto, Hershey, and this past weekend in Des Moines and Sioux Falls, to name a few. Billboard ranked it as the #1 country tour for the first half of 2016. Upcoming sold-out shows include New York City’s Madison Square Garden.
Next week, Carrie will route the tour through Nashville to be honored for the third time by CMT as one of their “Artists of The Year.” Carrie will be recognized for her domination in country music in the last 12 months for her music chart success with three back-to-back #1 singles from her Gold-certified Storyteller album, ruling CMT platforms, and her highly successful “The Storyteller Tour.” The CMT “Artists of the Year” special premieresThursday, October 20 at 8PM ET/PT.
The Storyteller Tour fall dates:
| Oct-11 | Saskatoon, SK | SaskTel Centre |
| Oct-13 | Edmonton, AB | Rogers Place |
| Oct 15 | Winnipeg, MB | MTS Center |
| Oct-17 | St. Paul, MN | Xcel Energy Center |
| Oct-20 | Cincinnati, OH | U.S. Bank Arena |
| Oct-22 | Charlottesville, VA | John Paul Jones Arena |
| Oct-23 | Charlotte, NC | Time Warner Cable Arena |
| Oct-25 | New York, NY | Madison Square Garden |
| Oct-27 | Albany, NY | Times Union Center |
| Oct-28 | Uncasville, CT | Mohegan Sun Arena |
| Nov-6 | Hamilton, ON | FirstOntario Centre |
| Nov-9 | Rockford, IL | BMO Harris Bank Center |
| Nov-11 | Evansville, IN | Ford Center |
| Nov-13 | Memphis, TN | FedExForum |
| Nov-14 | Birmingham, AL | Legacy Arena at The BJCC |
| Nov-16 | Tampa, FL | Amalie Arena |
| Nov-17 | Sunrise, FL | BB&T Center |
| Nov-22 | Wichita, KS | INTRUST Bank Arena |
| Nov-23 | Oklahoma City, OK | Chesapeake Energy Arena |
| Nov-26 | Las Vegas, NV | T-Mobile Arena |
| Nov-28 | West Valley City, UT | Maverik Center |
ripCORD World Tour 2016 New Zealand & Australia tour dates:
| Dec-3 | Wellington | Westpac Stadium |
| Dec-6 | Adelaide | Entertainment Centre |
| Dec-8 | Melbourne | Rod Laver Arena |
| Dec-9 | Melbourne | Rod Laver Arena |
| Dec-10 | Canberra | GIO Stadium |
| Dec-12 | Sydney | Qudos Bank Arena |
| Dec-14 | Sydney | ICC Sydney Theatre |
| Dec-16 | Brisbane | Entertainment Centre |
| Dec-17 | Brisbane | Entertainment Centre |
The North American tour, with the exception of Anchorage, is promoted by AEG Live and includes special guests Easton Corbin and The Swon Brothers. Tickets are available now for the fall dates of The Storyteller Tour atwww.aeglive.com. For information on fan club and VIP packages go to www.carrieunderwood.fm.
A donation of $1 from each ticket sold on the U.S. dates of “The Storyteller Tour” will be contributed to the C.A.T.S Foundation to help aid its causes including Checotah, Oklahoma’s education and literacy programs. Established in 2009, the C.A.T.S. (Checotah Animal, Town, and School) Foundation helps with general causes, needs, and services in the area of Checotah, Oklahoma, Carrie’s hometown, to directly impact the community.
Each of Carrie’s three previous headline arena tours, 2008’s Carnival Ride Tour, the Play On Tour in 2010, and 2012-2013’s Blown Away Tour played for over one million fans. When the Blown Away Tour wrapped in 2013, Carrie had performed 112 shows in 110 cities across three continents and six countries, including sold-out shows at London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall, and two nights at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia.
