Our Version of Events Tour

Our Version of Events Tour was a debut global concert tour by Scottish singer Emeli Sandé, in support of her 2012 debut album, Our Version of Events. The tour ran for over two years from 2011 till 2013, covering five continents in the process.

The tour

In 2011, Sandé played a small series of intimate shows in the United Kingdom in November 2011, before supporting British rock-alternative band Coldplay on their Europe leg of their Mylo Xyloto Tour in December 2011, including gigs in Glasgow, Manchester, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Berlin and Cologne.

From January 2012 till April 2012, she performed acoustic intimate shows in North America, including gigs in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago. Sandé also performed a leg of dates in Europe. In May 2012, she performed several dates at the Official Celebrations Concerts for 2012 Summer London Olympic Torch Relay celebrations. She performed in Cardiff at Coopers Field, Glasgow in June then Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee and Edinburgh. She then performed at Radio 1's Big Weekend at Hackney Marshes, and the Lovebox Festival.

In July 2012, Sandé performed at her first major festival at Scotland's T in the Park in Kinross and other festivals around Europe. She also performed Abide with me at the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Summer Olympics. She then returned to North America to support Coldplay again, in Toronto, Boston, Detroit and East Rutherford along with Welsh singer-songwriter and musician Marina and the Diamonds. In August and September 2012, Sandé performed at the closing ceremony of the Olympics, V Festival, BBC Radio 2: Live at Hyde Park, Bestival, iTunes Festival and Belsonic Festival in Belfast.

From November 2012 to December 2012, Sandé performed special long shows in Dublin, Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester, and at London's Royal Albert Hall on 11 November 2012. This concert was filmed and released as DVD in February 2013. Sandé performed two shows in Canada in November 2012, as well as performing at Hammersmith Apollo in London in December 2012 as part of the Crisis Homeless Fundraising Christmas Concert with Paul Weller, Miles Kane and Ben Elton.

In 2013, Emeli Sandé performed a massive leg of dates in North America between January and February 2013, before returning to Europe and United Kingdom, between March and April 2013. She finished European campaign in her hometown Aberdeen, performing two intimate shows at Music Hall Aberdeen on 19 April 2013. She performed two small North America legs in July and August 2013. In August 2013 Sandé, performed at the Made in America festival.

In September 2013, Sandé performed at London's O2 Arena to perform tribute to Stephen Lawrence, along with Ed Sheeran, Rudimental, Plan B, Jessie J, Labrinth, Jamie Cullum, Soul II Soul, Rizzle Kicks, Tinie Tempah, Rita Ora and Beverley Knight. In October 2013, Sandé returned to North America for final leg of the tour.

Main setlists

Setlist 1 – United Kingdom (2011)

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Setlist 2 – Europe (2012)

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Setlist 3 – United Kingdom (November: 2012)

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Setlist 4 – North America (January 2013)

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Setlist 5 – Europe (March/April 2013)

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Notes • Emeli did not perform "Mountains" during the gig at Casino de Paris, Paris on 4 March 2013. • Emeli did not perform "River" in the following dates... (13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20 March 2013). • Emeli performed "Kill the Boy" in Birmingham (26 March 2013). This is only date of UK Leg at Emeli will perform this song. • Emeli did not perform "Half of It" in Manchester (3 April 2013), Brighton (5 April 2013) or Bristol (4 April 2013).

• During the Hammersmith Apollo (2nd Night) gig... Labrinth once again joined Emeli on stage for "Beneath Your Beautiful".
Setlist 6 – North America (July–August, October 2013)

Other setlists

Supporting Coldplay (2011)
North America (Setlist 1)

Please Note All these songs were performed Acoustic.

Olympic Torch Relay Concerts

Cardiff and Glasgow

Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee and Edinburgh

Festivals (2012)

Lovebox and Radio 1's Big Hackney Weekend

Lounge on the Farm, T in the Park, Italy and Switzerland

Supporting Coldplay (2012)
Belfast (2012)
Dublin (2012)

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V Festival (2012)
iTunes Festival (2012)

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Royal Albert Hall (2012)

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Canada (2012)

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Radio 2 Concert
T in the Park and Wireless (2013)
Lollapalooza (2013)

Opening acts

  • Seye (April 2012, United Kingdom)
  • Daley (April 2012, selected dates)
  • Josh Osho (April 2012, selected dates)
  • Jess Mills (April, selected dates)
  • Jess Mills (April, selected dates)
  • Lisa McLaughlin (15 August 2012)
  • Foy Vance (16 August 2012)
  • Duke Special (16 August 2012)
  • Gabrielle Aplin (5 September 2012)
  • Bastille (5 September 2012)
  • Emily King (UK: November 2012) (US: January/February 2013)
  • Paul Weller (Co-Headlining: 19 December 2012)
  • Miles Kane (Co-Headlining: 19 December 2012)
  • Ben Elton (Co-Headlining: 19 December 2012)
  • Skylar Grey (Los Angeles: 11 February 2013)
  • Charlene Soraia (Europe: March/April 2013, selected dates)
  • Lulu James (Europe: March/April 2013, selected dates) (London: Hammersmith Apollo "Night 3", April 2013)
  • Jacob Banks (United Kingdom: Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol and London "Night 1", March/April 2013)
  • Sam Smith (United Kingdom: Newcastle, Edinburgh, Manchester and London "Night 2", March/April 2013)
  • Mahalia (London: Hammersmith Apollo dates and Aberdeen: Music Hall Shows, April 2013)
  • Rudimental (Las Vegas: House of Blues, New York: Rumsey Playfield, Central Park and Boston: House of Blues. August 2013)
  • Evan Taylor (Orlando, Florida: House of Blues, July 2013)
  • Heston (Atlanta, Georgia: The Tabernacle, July 2013)
  • JOHNNYSWIM (North America – October 2013 leg)
  • Ivy Levan (North America – October 2013 leg)

Tour dates

Special Events, Festivals, TV Appearances etc.

References

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