Stars Dance Tour

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	43 in North America 13 in Europe 1 in Asia 55 in total
Box office	$35.3 million ($46.17 million in 2023 dollars)
Selena Gomez concert chronology

The Stars Dance Tour was the first solo concert tour by American singer 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 launched on August 14, 2013, and continued until March 9, 2014. It serves as the first tour of Gomez's career, visiting Europe and Dubai. 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.

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."

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."

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

This set list is representative of the show on November 6, 2013. 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. “Royals”
13. "Who Says"
14. "Whiplash"
15. "Naturally"
16. “Save The Day”
17. "Undercover"
18. "A Year Without Rain"

Encore

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

Tour dates

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

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act	Attendance	Revenue
North America
August 14, 2013	Vancouver	Canada	Rogers Arena	Emblem3 Christina Grimmie	—	—
August 16, 2013	Lethbridge		ENMAX Centre
August 17, 2013	Edmonton		Rexall Place
August 18, 2013	Saskatoon		Credit Union Centre
August 19, 2013	Winnipeg		MTS Centre
August 22, 2013	Ottawa		Canadian Tire Centre
August 23, 2013	Montreal		Bell Centre		9,236 / 9,236	$575,936
August 24, 2013	Toronto		Air Canada Centre		12,668 / 12,668	$745,501
Europe
August 30, 2013	Frederiksberg	Denmark	Falkoner Teatret	—	—	—
August 31, 2013	Stockholm	Sweden	Fryshuset	Anton Ewald
September 1, 2013	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum	—
September 3, 2013	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall	Timeflies
September 4, 2013	Antwerp	Belgium	Lotto Arena
September 5, 2013	Paris	France	Zénith Paris
September 7, 2013	London	England	Eventim Apollo	The Vamps
September 8, 2013
September 11, 2013	Lisbon	Portugal	Campo Pequeno	Union J
September 12, 2013	Madrid	Spain	Palacio Vistalegre	Xuso Jones
September 14, 2013	Frankfurt	Germany	Jahrhunderthalle	—
September 16, 2013	Milan	Italy	Discoteca Alcatraz	—
September 17, 2013	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
Asia
September 27, 2013	Dubai	UAE	Trade Centre Arena	—	—	—
North America
October 10, 2013	Fairfax	United States	Patriot Center	Emblem3 Christina Grimmie James David	—	—
October 11, 2013	Pittsburgh		Petersen Events Center
October 12, 2013	Boston		TD Garden
October 15, 2013	Buffalo		First Niagara Center
October 16, 2013	New York City		Barclays Center		11,175 / 12,873	$575,636
October 18, 2013	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center		11,905 / 11,905	$583,662
October 19, 2013	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena		7,043 / 7,043	$379,408
October 20, 2013	Newark		Prudential Center		12,126 / 12,126	$600,324
October 22, 2013	Hershey		Giant Center		—	—
October 23, 2013	Louisville		KFC Yum! Center		5,081 / 6,360	$256,742
October 25, 2013	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena		6,428 / 7,674	$315,208
October 26, 2013	Atlanta		Philips Arena		9,173 / 9,173	$431,834
October 27, 2013	Charlotte		Time Warner Cable Arena		—	—
October 29, 2013	Sunrise		BB&T Center
October 30, 2013	Tampa		Tampa Bay Times Forum
November 1, 2013	San Antonio		AT&T Center
November 2, 2013	Houston		Toyota Center
November 3, 2013	Dallas		American Airlines Center
November 5, 2013	Phoenix		US Airways Center
November 6, 2013	Los Angeles		Staples Center		13,855 / 13,855	$626,246
November 8, 2013	San Diego		Valley View Casino Center		—	—
November 9, 2013	Las Vegas		Mandalay Bay Events Center
November 10, 2013	San Jose		HP Pavilion
November 12, 2013	Seattle		KeyArena
November 14, 2013	Salt Lake City		EnergySolutions Arena
November 16, 2013	Broomfield		1stBank Center
November 17, 2013	Kansas City		Sprint Center		6,774 / 8,362	$331,286
November 18, 2013	St. Louis		Chaifetz Arena		—	—
November 19, 2013	Indianapolis		Bankers Life Fieldhouse
November 21, 2013	New York City		Madison Square Garden		20,248 / 20,248	$1,500,470
November 22, 2013	Rosemont		Allstate Arena		—	—
November 23, 2013	Columbus		Nationwide Arena
November 26, 2013	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills		10,240 / 10,240	$469,452
March 8, 2014	Hidalgo		State Farm Arena	—	—	—
March 9, 2014	Houston		NRG Stadium
Total					126,208 / 132,019 (95.6%)	$6,335,115

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
September 25, 2013	Moscow		Olimpiyskiy
January 16, 2014	Tokyo	Japan	Zepp Tokyo	Personal issues
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