The Family Jewels Tour

The Family Jewels Tour
Tour by MARINA
Associated albumThe Family Jewels
Start date26 January 2010
End date4 December 2011
Legs5
No. of shows135
MARINA concert chronology

The Family Jewels Tour was the first major headlining concert tour by Welsh singer-songwriter Marina Diamandis, known professionally as MARINA (formerly known as Marina and the Diamonds) in support of her debut album, The Family Jewels. In December 2009, prior to the release of her album, she announced an eight-date concert tour for the United Kingdom in February 2010. Following the success of her British tour, with tickets selling out, Diamandis announced her second United Kingdom and Ireland tour, entitled The Gem Tour.[1] Tour dates for the United States and mainland Europe, in countries such as France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland, were shortly added.[2] In May 2010, Diamandis announced sixteen dates for her third United Kingdom and Ireland tour in Autumn the following year.[3] Marina announced on 14 October that her third headlining UK tour would be called The Burger Queen Tour.[4]

Diamandis also performed at several music festivals in the United States (SXSW 2010[5] and "Lilith Fair 2010"), the United Kingdom ("The Great Escape 2010",[6] "Radio 1's Big Weekend 2010", "Isle of Wight Festival 2010",[7] "Glastonbury Festival 2010", "iTunes Festival 2010" and "The Secret Garden Party 2010"[8]), Germany ("Hurricane Festival 2010" and "Southside Festival 2010"), Norway ("Øyafestivalen 2010"[9]), Sweden ("Way Out West Festival 2010"[10]), Finland ("Flow Festival 2010") and Belgium ("Pukkelpop Festival 2010").

Diamandis was originally scheduled to play several shows in the USA in early 2011 but these dates were cancelled in order for her to work on the recording of Electra Heart.[11] In Summer 2011, she switched back-and-forth between headlining "The Family Jewels Tour" and serving as an opening act for Katy Perry on her "California Dreams Tour".

  1. ^ Marina and The Diamonds – News – MAY UK TOUR DATES Archived 21 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine marinaandthediamonds.com – 29 January 2010 – Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  2. ^ The official Marina and the Diamonds website | shows | Archived 31 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine marinaandthediamonds.com – Retrieved on 11 March 2010
  3. ^ Marina and The Diamonds – News – OCT/NOV UK + IRELAND TOUR CONFIRMED! EXCLUSIVE PRE-ORDER TOMORROW (05.05) Archived 7 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine marinaandthediamonds.com – 4 May 2010 – Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Marina and the Diamonds - Blogs - THE BURGER QUEEN TOUR 2010". Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2015. Burger Queen
  5. ^ Staff (4 March 2010). "Marina & The Diamonds Joins Chop Shop Records Line-Up". Chop Shop Records. Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  6. ^ Delphic, Ellie Goulding, Marina for Brighton Great Escape Festival | News | NME.COM nme.com – 2 February 2010 – Retrieved on 11 March 2010
  7. ^ Music – News – Quatro, Marina for Isle of Wight festival – Digital Spy digitalspy.com – 15 February 2010 – Retrieved on 11 March 2010
  8. ^ Gorillaz Sound System and more for Secret Garden Party – Marina and the Diamonds, Mercury Rev and more – buy tickets! – Festival News | Virtual Festivals Archived 13 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine virtualfestivals.com – 24 February 2010 – Retrieved on 11 March 2010
  9. ^ Øyafestivalen – Marina & The Diamonds – ny britisk popstjerne til Øya Archived 17 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine oyafestivalen.com – Retrieved on 11 March 2010
  10. ^ Way Out West Festival 2009 | Way Out West Festival line up, reviews and posters | Songkick songkick.com – Retrieved on 11 March 2010
  11. ^ Marina & The Diamonds Cancel US Dates Filter Magazine – Retrieved on 30 April 2012