Born to Die Tour

Born to Die Tour
Year(s)	2011–2012
Start date	November 4, 2011
End date	September 25, 2012
Legs	7
Number of shows	24 in Europe 6 in Oceania 9 in North America 39 Total
Guest(s)	Seye Adelekan Zebra Katz Oliver Tank
For
Tour chronology
Paradise Tour

The Born to Die Tour was the first worldwide concert tour by Lana Del Rey. It was in support of her first major-label album Born to Die. It began on November 4, 2011 in Manchester, United Kingdom, and concluded on September 25, 2012 in London, United Kingdom.

Background

The 2011 leg of the Born to Die Tour was originally announced in August and September 2011 with only four scheduled dates at very small venues in Berlin, London, New York, and Los Angeles. The shows sold out so quickly that Del Rey postponed all of them and moved the concerts to bigger venues, as well as added many more dates to the tour to accommodate more fans. Shortly before the tour officially began, Del Rey headlined a secret concert in New York City on September 14, 2011, where she performed under the stage name "Queen of Coney Island", making the first show of the tour, on November 4th at The Ruby Lounge in Manchester, United Kingdom, her official live debut as Lana Del Rey. The 2011 leg ended on December 7th in Los Angeles, United States, at the Troubadour.

The 2012 leg of the Born to Die Tour was originally composed of three residency concerts in Los Angeles at the El Rey Theatre and three at Irving Plaza in New York City. Various headlining shows in Australia were later included in the tour schedule, as well as many dates for music festivals across Europe and Australia. The tour concluded on September 25th, in London, United Kingdom, at the 2012 iTunes Festival.

Specifics and visuals

The first leg of the tour from November to December 2011 featured a simple stage set up, as most of the venues were fairly small, the only notable props were multiple large light-up balloon-like figures that served as displays for Del Rey's visual videos. The videos were mostly made up of modified clips from Del Rey's music videos as well as clips from various films and videos. The visuals changed as different songs were being performed.

The stage set up for the 2012 leg of the tour was significantly more complex, as it featured an onstage orchestra and a larger display screen for Del Rey's visual videos. Stage props included palm trees and other plants beside the display screen, which were later prevalent in the stage design for Del Rey's 2013-2014 Paradise Tour. Stage design often varied for festival performances and select concerts, and was not identical at all shows.

Setlist

2011 leg

The setlist varied from date to date, but in total, the setlist for the 2011 leg of the Born to Die Tour was composed of 12 songs: 10 from Born to Die, 2unreleased song, and 1 other song that was used as an intro to the show. Although not included in the list below, Del Rey performed "Diet Mountain Dew" once, on November 30, 2011, as an encore.

1. "Prelude" (Intro)
2. "Without You"
3. "Born to Die"
4. "Blue Jeans"
5. "Radio"
6. "Million Dollar Man"
7. "Video Games"
8. "Summertime Sadness"
9. "You Can Be the Boss"
10. "Off to the Races"
11. "Kinda Outta Luck"*

*- "Kinda Outta Luck" was performed as a brief chorus a cappella on November 17, 2011, in Birmingham.

2012 leg

The setlist varied from date to date, but in total, the setlist for the 2012 leg of the Born to Die Tour was composed of 12 songs: 10 from Born to Die, 1 from Paradise, and 1 cover.

1. "Blue Jeans"
2. "Body Electric"
3. "Born to Die"
4. "Lolita"
5. "Summertime Sadness"
6. "Without You"
7. "Million Dollar Man"
8. "Heart-Shaped Box"
9. "Carmen"
10. "Video Games"
11. "Radio"
12. "National Anthem"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and opening acts.

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts
Europe
November 4, 2011	Manchester	United Kingdom	The Ruby Lounge	Seye Adelekan
November 5, 2011	Glasgow		Oran Mor
November 7, 2011	Paris	France	Nouveau Casino
November 10, 2011	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Paradiso
November 12, 2011	Cologne	Germany	Gebäude 9
November 14, 2011	Berlin		Roter Salon
November 16, 2011	London	United Kingdom	Scala	Seye Adelekan Vince Kidd
November 17, 2011	Birmingham		O2 Institute2 Birmingham	Seye Adelekan Jake Bugg
November 22, 2011	London		Bassoon Bar	N/A
November 23, 2011	Paris	France	L’Album de la Semaine
North America
November 30, 2011	Toronto	Canada	Mod Club Theatre	N/A
December 5, 2011	New York City	United States	Bowery Ballroom	Zach Heckendorf
December 7, 2011	Los Angeles		Troubadour
Europe
April 10, 2012	London	United Kingdom	The Jazz Café	N/A
North America
June 3, 2012	Los Angeles	United States	El Rey Theatre	Jarrod Gorbel
June 4, 2012				Zebra Katz
June 5, 2012
June 7, 2012	New York City		Irving Plaza
June 8, 2012
June 10, 2012
Europe
June 15, 2012	Barcelona	Spain	Fira Barcelona Gran Via	N/A
June 17, 2012	London	United Kingdom	Victoria Park
June 22, 2012	Newport		Seaclose Park
June 24, 2012	London		Hackney Marshes
June 27, 2012	Arendal	Norway	Tromøy
June 29, 2012	Werchter	Belgium	Festivalpark
July 1, 2012	Belfort	France	Peninsula of Malsaucy
July 4, 2012	Montreux	Switzerland	Miles Davis Hall	Woodkid
July 5, 2012	London	United Kingdom	Chiswick House	N/A
July 6, 2012	Sesimbra	Portugal	Meco
July 13, 2012	Southwold	United Kingdom	Henham Park
July 15, 2012	Gräfenhainichen	Germany	Ferropolis
Oceania
July 21, 2012	Adelaide	Australia	Jubilee Pavilion	N/A
July 23, 2012	Melbourne		Palace Theatre	Oliver Tank
July 24, 2012
July 26, 2012	Sydney		Enmore Theatre
July 27, 2012
July 28, 2012	Yelgun		North Byron Parklands	N/A
Europe
September 25, 2012	London	United Kingdom	Roundhouse	Benjamin Francis Leftwich

Cancelled shows

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

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
Asia
May 28, 2012	Tokyo	Japan	Duo Music Exchange	Exhaustion