Stars Dance Tour

The Stars Dance Tour was the first solo concert tour by American singer, actress, and songwriter Selena Gomez, in support of her solo debut studio album, Stars Dance (2013). Gomez performed songs from her solo debut album, as well as her releases with Selena Gomez & the Scene. The tour was officially announced on April 15, 2013, and launched on August 14, 2013, at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Western Canada, and concluded on March 9, 2014, at the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, visiting cities in North America, and it serves as the first tour of Gomez's career, visiting Europe and Dubai, throughout 58 dates. The cancellation of The Stars Dance Tour in Asia and Australia was caused due to Gomez's diagnosis with Lupus in 2013, an auto-immune disease leading to high anxiety and depression.

Stars Dance Tour

Tour by Selena Gomez
Promotional poster for the tour
Location	North America • Europe • Asia
Associated album	Stars Dance
Start date	August 14, 2013 (2013-08-14)
End date	March 9, 2014 (2014-03-09)
Legs	3
No. of shows	58
Supporting acts	Emblem3 Christina Grimmie Anton Ewald Timeflies The Vamps Union J Xuso Jones Karl Wolf James David
Attendance	393,716 (54 shows)
Box office	$35.3 million ($47.65 million in 2024 dollars)[1][2]
Selena Gomez concert chronology

The Stars Dance Tour was attended by 393,716 people and grossed $35.3 million from 54 shows, making this tour the biggest of her career that time.

Development

On April 15, 2013, Gomez announced that she would be touring North America and Europe along with one show in Asia from August to November in support of her album Stars Dance. When asked about the tour, Gomez stated:

"It's going to be a bigger show. I'm excited. I've been dancing a lot and I just want to entertain people and I'm super stoked." Gomez further added: "I kind of missed shows when it used to just be about the dancing and the performing as opposed to how big and elaborate the stage is so I kind of want to get back to that. My favorites were Britney Spears and Janet Jackson so I kind of want it to be a bit more dancing and make it about entertainment and about the show and the songs as opposed to how big the stage and effects are."^[3]

It was announced later that the tour would continue throughout Asia and Australia but in December 2013 Gomez released a statement saying that she decided to cancel the tour. Gomez stated:

"My fans are so important to me and I would never want to disappoint them. But it has become clear to me and those close to me that after many years of putting my work first, I need to spend some time on myself in order to be the best person I can be. To my fans, I sincerely apologize and I hope you guys know how much each and every one of you mean to me."^[4]

Concert synopsis

The show begins with a video showing stars in outer space. The camera begins to zoom in on earth and down into a house where Gomez has fallen asleep after looking at star charts. The video then fades out to white, enlarges Gomez's face and shows her looking around at 4 mysterious doors that have appeared around here. She enters one containing stairs that lead to the stage and the real Gomez appears at the top of the real staircase in the center of the stage, performing "Bang Bang Bang" and dressed in white. After singing "Round & Round", Gomez welcomes everyone to the show and asks the audience for help singing the next song, "Like A Champion". Next, Gomez and her dancers perform a mashup of "B.E.A.T." and "Work" before exiting the stage.

A video interlude then plays, showing her entering another door that contains a video projector that begins to countdown. Gomez re-enters the stage wearing a sparkly, blue two-piece outfit to perform "Stars Dance". "Write Your Name" is next, during which the dancers form a heart of neon glow sticks around Gomez. After the song, Gomez asks the audience if anyone is celebrating a birthday by performing a medley of "Birthday" and Rihanna's "Birthday Cake". The lights go down as she slowly begins "Love You Like A Love Song" before the lights come up at the chorus and the song is performed at normal speed. Gomez then leaves the stage.

Another video interlude shows Gomez entering another door, this one containing potted trees and flowers, and a gift box at the end on a pedestal. She opens the gift box to reveal the sparkly microphone with her name on it that she always performs with. Camera flashes and news headlines appear, symbolizing the exposure and interest in Gomez's personal life. She returns to the stage in a black dress to perform "Love Will Remember". Next, Gomez sings a cover of "Dream" by Priscilla Ahn, while playing the harmonica. After a speech telling the audience to accept themselves for who they are and not to change for anyone, Gomez performs "Who Says" before leaving the stage.

The third video interlude shows Gomez opening the final door, which leads into a club. "Whiplash" begins to play before Gomez re-enters the stage in a sparkly, gold one-piece outfit. She and her dancers hang around on suspended ropes during the performance. As the lights fade, they return to focus on Gomez as she begins to sing "Naturally". "Undercover" is next, with resonating sound waves displayed on the screen. A disco remix version of "A Year Without Rain" is also performed in select cities. Gomez then leaves the stage once more.

A final video clip displays Gomez sleeping at the desk again after looking at star charts. She awakes to reveal that the whole thing was a just a dream. "Come & Get It" begins to play before the real Gomez enters. After the song, she exits the stage again, only to re-enter to perform "Slow Down" as the music video plays in the background on the screen. Pink confetti blows out into the audience during the final chorus. She runs out onto the runway to acknowledge and thank the fans for coming to the show. She acknowledges the band and dancers before she runs to the top of the stage and makes her exit offstage as the music ends.

Set list

North America (Leg 1) and Europe (Leg 2)

1. "Bang Bang Bang"
2. "Round & Round"
3. "Like a Champion"
4. "B.E.A.T." (contains elements of "Work")
5. "Stars Dance"
6. "Write Your Name"
7. "Birthday" / "Birthday Cake"
8. "Love You like a Love Song"
9. "Love Will Remember"
10. "Dream"
11. “Royals”
12. "Who Says"
13. "Whiplash"
14. "Naturally"
15. “Save The Day”
16. "Undercover"
17. "A Year Without Rain"

Encore

18. "Come & Get It"
19. "Slow Down"

North America (Leg 3)

This set list is representative of the Los Angeles concert on November 6, 2013.^[5] It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

1. "Bang Bang Bang"
2. "Round & Round"
3. "Like a Champion"
4. "B.E.A.T." (contains elements of "Work")
5. "Stars Dance"
6. "Write Your Name"
7. "Birthday" / "Birthday Cake"
8. "Roar"
9. "Love You like a Love Song"
10. "Love Will Remember"
11. "Dream"
12. "Who Says"
13. "Whiplash"
14. "Naturally"
15. “Save The Day”
16. "Undercover"

Encore

17. "Come & Get It"
18. "Slow Down"

Tour dates

List of 2013 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts	Attendance (tickets sold / available)	Revenue
North America[6][7][8]
August 14	Vancouver	Canada	Rogers Arena	Emblem3 Christina Grimmie	13,098 / 14,500	$523,456
August 16	Lethbridge		ENMAX Centre		6,090 / 7,100	$396,890
August 17	Edmonton		Rexall Place		12,500 / 13,000	$512,009
August 18	Saskatoon		Credit Union Centre		13,056 / 14,000	$600,098
August 19	Winnipeg		MTS Centre		14,030 / 15,100	$602,000
August 22	Ottawa		Canadian Tire Centre		13,000 / 13,500	$598,007
August 23	Montreal		Bell Centre		9,236 / 9,236	$575,936
August 24	Toronto		Air Canada Centre		12,668 / 12,668	$745,501
Europe[6][7][9]
August 30	Frederiksberg[a]	Denmark	Falkoner Teatret	—	3,500 / 3,500	$150,000
August 31	Stockholm	Sweden	Fryshuset	Anton Ewald	4,000 / 4,000	$210,000
September 1	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum	—	11,000 / 11,000	$683,520
September 3	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall	Timeflies	5,500 / 5,500	$311,009
September 4	Antwerp	Belgium	Lotto Arena		8,050 / 8,050	$508,009
September 5	Paris	France	Zénith Paris		6,293 / 6,293	$345,009
September 7	London	England	Eventim Apollo	The Vamps	5,050 / 5,050	$642,000
September 8
September 11	Lisbon	Portugal	Campo Pequeno	Union J	10,050 / 10,050	$632,112
September 12	Madrid	Spain	Palacio Vistalegre	Xuso Jones	14,300 / 15,000	$698,789
September 14	Frankfurt	Germany	Jahrhunderthalle	—	6,000 / 6,000	$398,000
September 16	Milan	Italy	Discoteca Alcatraz		2,000 / 2,000	$368,250
September 17	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle		15,030 / 16,000	$600,009
Asia[10]
September 27[b]	Dubai	UAE	Trade Centre Arena	Karl Wolf	—	—
North America[6][7][12][13]
October 10	Fairfax	United States	Patriot Center	Emblem3 Christina Grimmie James David	9,030 / 10,000	$567,000
October 11	Pittsburgh		Petersen Events Center		11,987 / 12,508	$608,987
October 12	Boston		TD Garden		12,956 / 13,000	$598,768
October 15	Buffalo		First Niagara Center		10,000 / 10,000	$567,987
October 16	Brooklyn		Barclays Center		11,175 / 12,873	$575,636
October 18	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center		11,905 / 11,905	$583,662
October 19	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena		7,043 / 7,043	$379,408
October 20	Newark		Prudential Center		12,126 / 12,126	$600,324
October 22	Hershey		Giant Center		10,500 / 10,500	$564,987
October 23	Louisville		KFC Yum! Center		5,081 / 6,360	$256,742
October 25	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena		6,428 / 7,674	$315,208
October 26	Atlanta		Philips Arena		9,173 / 9,173	$431,834
October 27	Charlotte		Time Warner Cable Arena		13,000 / 13,700	$657,000
October 29	Sunrise		BB&T Center		16,789 / 17,000	$769,000
October 30	Tampa		Tampa Bay Times Forum		19,456 / 20,000	$890,000
November 1	San Antonio		AT&T Center		14,567 / 15,000	$678,900
November 2	Houston		Toyota Center		15,300 / 16,000	$769,567
November 3	Dallas		American Airlines Center		18,989 / 20,000	$897,000
November 5	Phoenix		US Airways Center		13,289 / 13,500	$678,098
November 6	Los Angeles		Staples Center		13,855 / 13,855	$626,246
November 8	San Diego		Valley View Casino Center		14,000 / 14,800	$613,098
November 9	Las Vegas		Mandalay Bay Events Center		11,012 / 12,000	$567,006
November 10	San Jose		HP Pavilion		17,098 / 18,000	$700,098
November 12	Seattle		KeyArena		17,000 / 17,000	$712,345
November 14	Salt Lake City		EnergySolutions Arena		14,003 / 15,000	$693,876
November 16	Broomfield		1stBank Center		7,500 / 7,500	$456,098
November 17	Kansas City		Sprint Center		6,774 / 8,362	$331,286
November 18	St. Louis		Chaifetz Arena		10,600 / 10,600	$678,900
November 19	Indianapolis		Bankers Life Fieldhouse		16,097 / 17,000	$700,987
November 21	New York City		Madison Square Garden		20,248 / 20,248	$1,500,470
November 22	Rosemont		Allstate Arena		18,500 / 18,500	$798,999
November 23	Columbus		Nationwide Arena		19,509 / 20,000	$986,234
November 26	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills		10,240 / 10,240	$469,452

List of 2014 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance (tickets sold / available)	Revenue
North America[6][14]
March 8[c]	Hidalgo	United States	State Farm Arena	6,000 / 6,000	$398,433
March 9[d]	Houston		NRG Stadium	73,397 / 73,397[14]	$3,976,988[14]
Total				696,078 / 719,411 (96.8%)	$36,212,337

Cancelled shows

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

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
September 19, 2013	Minsk	Belarus	Minsk-Arena	Unknown
September 21, 2013	Kyiv	Ukraine	Palace of Sports
September 23, 2013	St. Petersburg	Russia	Ice Palace	Denied visa[15]
September 25, 2013	Moscow		Olimpiyskiy
January 16, 2014	Tokyo	Japan	Zepp Tokyo	Personal issues[16]
January 17, 2014
January 20, 2014	Osaka		Namba Hatch
January 24, 2014	Shanghai	China	Shanghai International Gymnastic Center
January 26, 2014	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Stadium Merdeka
January 27, 2014	Singapore		The Star Performing Arts Centre
January 29, 2014	Quezon City	Philippines	Smart Araneta Coliseum
February 1, 2014	Perth	Australia	Perth Arena
February 4, 2014	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre
February 6, 2014	Brisbane		Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
February 7, 2014	Sydney		Sydney Entertainment Centre
February 8, 2014	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena

Notes

1. Frederiksberg is part of the Copenhagen region.
2. The September 27, 2013 concert in Dubai, UAE was a part of the 2013 Dubai Music Week.^[11]
3. The show on March 8, 2014 was a part of Borderfest 2014.
4. This show on March 9, 2014 was a part of Houston Rodeo 2014.