Play On Tour

Play On Tour
Tour by Carrie Underwood
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated albumPlay On
Start dateMarch 11, 2010 (2010-03-11)
End dateJanuary 2, 2011 (2011-01-02)
Legs2
No. of shows109 in North America
Carrie Underwood concert chronology
  • Carnival Ride Tour
    (2008)
  • Play On Tour
    (2010–2011)
  • Blown Away Tour
    (2012–2013)

The Play On Tour was the third headlining tour by American country music singer Carrie Underwood, in support of her third studio album Play On. The first legs which contains dates only in North America, were announced on December 10, 2009. The second leg was announced on April 16, 2010. Tickets went on sale on April 24, 2010.

Underwood announced that 36 cents from each ticket sale would be donated to the Save the Children program, inspired by a line in her song "Change" from the Play On album.[citation needed]

In July 2010, Pollstar.com revealed the Top 100 tours of the first half of the year for North American statistics. The "Play On Tour" clocked in at number fifteen, bringing in a total of $18.4 million. It brought in a collective total of more than 375,000 tickets in its first four months.[1] In December 2010, Pollstar.com revealed the Top 50 tours of 2010 for both North American and worldwide statistics. The "Play On Tour" clocked in at number nineteen on the North American ranking, and number thirty-one worldwide.

In December 2010, Billboard ranked the Play On Tour at number twenty-four for all tours of 2010. On January 4, 2011, official statistics revealed that Underwood played to over one million fans throughout the tour, becoming her largest tour to date.[2]

  1. ^ "Rickey News Videos". June 17, 2023.
  2. ^ "Carrie Underwood Tour Reaches 1 Million Fans". Archived from the original on January 28, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2018.