Big Time Rush Announces 2012 Tour Dates

Big Time Rush Announces Tour Dates

In overwhelming response to their sold-out “Better With U Tour,” Big Time Rush officially announced yesterday that they will kick off “Big Time Summer Tour,” performing in over 50 cities across the US and Canada including stops in New York, Chicago, Boston and Toronto. Beginning on July 5th in Columbus, OH, the Nickelodeon stars and Columbia Recording artists will perform songs off their latest album Elevate including “Music Sounds Better With U,” “All Over Again” and “Elevate.” During select dates, emerging Australian pop phenomenon Cody Simpson and X-Factor finalist and newly signed Nickelodeon talent Rachel Crow will open for Big Time Rush.  Additional acts will be announced shortly.  Tickets for the tour go on sale to the public beginning March 10th at 10 a.m. at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000.

Tour Dates

July 5 – Columbus,OH – Nationwide Arena
July 6 – Milwaukee, WI – Summerfest
July 7 – St. Louis, MO – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 8 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
July 10 – Atlanta, GA – Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood
July 11 – Birmingham, AL – Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
July 14 – Dallas, TX – Gexa Energy Pavilion
July 15 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
July 17 – Phoenix, AZ – Ashley Furniture Home Store Pavilion
July 19 – Irvine, CA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 20 – San Diego, CA – Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
July 21 – Las Vegas, NV – Mandalay Bay Events Center
July 22 – Mountainview, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 23 – Paso Robles, CA – California Mid-State Fair
July 25 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre
July 27 – Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center
July 28 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Center
July 29 – Indianapolis, IN – Klipsch Music Center
July 31 – Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
Aug 1 – Cleveland, OH – Blossom Music Center
Aug 3 – Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center
Aug 4 – Chicago, IL – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Aug 5 – Pittsburgh, PA – First Niagara Pavilion
Aug 7 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Aug 9 – Buffalo, NY – Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Aug 10 – Philadelphia, PA – Susquehanna Bank Center
Aug 11 – Hershey, PA – Hershey Park Pavilion
Aug 12 – Boston, MA – Comcast Center
Aug 14 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Springs Performing Arts Center
Aug 16 – Des Moines, IA – Iowa State Fair
Aug 17 – Wantagh, NY – Nikon at Jones Beach
Aug 18 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
Aug 19 – Washington, DC – Jiffy Lube Live
Aug 21 – Virginia Beach, VA – Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach
Aug 22 – Raleigh, NC – Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek
Aug 24 – Miami, FL – Cruzan Amphitheatre
Aug 25 – Tampa, FL – 1-800-Ask-Gary Amphitheatre
Aug 26 – Puerto Rico – Coliseo de Puerto Rico
Aug 29 – Charlotte, NC – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Aug 31 – Bangor, ME – Bangor Waterfront Pavilion
Sep 1 – Manchester, NH – Verizon Wireless Arena
Sep 2 – Hartford, CT – Comcast Theatre
Sep 4 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
Sep 5 – London, ON – John Labatt Centre
Sep 7 – Ottowa, ON – Scotiabank Place
Sep 8 – Toronto, ON – Molson Amphitheatre
Sep 10 – Winnipeg, MB – MTS Center
Sep 12 – Regina, SK – Brandt Centre
Sep 13 – Edmonton, AB – Rexall Place
Sep 14 – Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome
Sep 16 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
Sep 18 – Portland, OR – Rose Garden Arena
*More dates to be announced