The Dark Horse Tour was a worldwide concert tour by Canadian rock band Nickelback. It was their first world tour since the conclusion of their massive All the Right Reasons Tour, ending on September 2, 2007, in Kansas City, Missouri. The tour was in support of their new album Dark Horse (2008). Dates were announced on November 26, 2008. Seether and Saving Abel were the opening acts on the tour. On the second half of the North American tour, Hinder, Papa Roach, and Saving Abel were in support. Black Stone Cherry were the support act for the European tour of the UK in May 2009.
During the tour, Ryan Peake sang for a cover of "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon during an encore. During the UK leg of the tour, they sang a cover of "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC with Chris Robertson of Black Stone Cherry on vocals, just before the T-shirt cannons. A similar format was applied during the rest of the tour, however they sang a cover of "Hey Man, Nice Shot" by Filter with Shaun Morgan of Seether on vocals. In some of the early shows, "This Afternoon" was played instead of "If Today Was Your Last Day". During the summer leg of the tour the band sang "Highway to Hell" with Austin John Winkler of Hinder and Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach. On some stops they played "Friends in Low Places" by Garth Brooks and "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off" by Joe Nichols acoustically. The rock band Sick Puppies supported Nickelback in Australia. On the 2010 European leg of the tour, it was confirmed that Daughtry would support Nickelback on all of the Europe dates. They also announced more dates for the spring of 2010 that takes place in select venues in Canada and the United States. Breaking Benjamin, Shinedown, and Sick Puppies have been confirmed to be the opening. They also announced a tour that would take place in the Fall of 2010 with Three Days Grace and Buckcherry as supporting acts.
According to Billboard magazine, Nickelback played in front of 1,046,973 people on the 2009 North American section of the tour. In the same section, Nickelback grossed $49,908,542 from the tour. Overall, worldwide the band grossed $57.8 million from the 2009 section of the tour. In the 2010 North American section of the tour the band grossed $35,035,196, and they played in front of 497,072 people. Overall, worldwide the 2010 section of the tour grossed $44.5 million. By July 2010, a total of more than 1.6 million tickets had been sold.
Tour dates + List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and opening act Date City Country Venue Opening actEurope (warm–up leg)https://nickelbackfans.blogspot.com/2008/04/nickelback-forum-news-2008-european.html September 8, 2008 Cologne Germany Lanxess Arena rowspan="9" September 9, 2008 Stuttgart Schleyerhalle September 12, 2008 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena September 13, 2008 Dublin Ireland RDS Simmonscourt September 15, 2008 Manchester England Manchester Arena September 16, 2008 Sheffield Sheffield Arena September 18, 2008 Birmingham NEC Arena September 19, 2008 London O2 Arena September 21, 2008 Wembley ArenaLeg 1 — North America February 25, 2009 Nashville United States Sommet Center Seether Saving Abel February 27, 2009 Lexington Rupp Arena February 28, 2009 Detroit Joe Louis Arena March 2, 2009 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre March 3, 2009 Hamilton Copps Coliseum March 5, 2009 Worcester United States DCU Center March 6, 2009 East Rutherford Izod Center March 8, 2009 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena March 9, 2009 Philadelphia Wachovia Center March 11, 2009 Columbus Nationwide Arena March 12, 2009 Rosemont Allstate Arena March 14, 2009 Milwaukee Bradley Center March 15, 2009 Moline iWireless Center March 17, 2009 Omaha Qwest Events Center March 18, 2009 Des Moines Wells Fargo Arena April 1, 2009 Edmonton Canada Rexall Place April 2, 2009 Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome April 4, 2009 Saskatoon Credit Union Centre April 5, 2009 Winnipeg MTS Centre April 7, 2009 Minneapolis United States Target Center April 8, 2009 Kansas City Sprint Center April 10, 2009 Tulsa BOK Center April 11, 2009 Dallas SuperPages.com Center April 13, 2009 Bossier City CenturyTel Center April 14, 2009 San Antonio AT&T Center April 16, 2009 Houston Toyota Center April 17, 2009 New Orleans New Orleans Arena April 19, 2009 North Little Rock Alltel Arena April 22, 2009 Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena April 23, 2009 Atlanta Lakewood Amphitheater April 25, 2009 West Palm Beach Cruzan Amphitheatre April 26, 2009 Tampa Ford AmphitheatreLeg 2 — Europe May 22, 2009 Manchester England Manchester Arena Black Stone Cherry May 23, 2009 Glasgow Scotland S.E.C.C. Arena May 25, 2009 Newcastle upon Tyne England Metro Radio Arena May 26, 2009 Birmingham National Indoor Arena May 28, 2009 London The O2 Arena May 29, 2009 Sheffield Sheffield ArenaLeg 3 — North America July 10, 2009 Darien Center United States Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Hinder Papa Roach Saving Abel July 11, 2009 Camden Susquehanna Bank Center July 14, 2009 Scranton Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain July 15, 2009 Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach Theater July 17, 2009 Hershey Hersheypark Stadium July 18, 2009 Burgettstown Post-Gazette Pavilion July 21, 2009 Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center July 22, 2009 Saratoga Saratoga Performing Arts Center July 24, 2009 Mansfield Comcast Center for the Performing Arts July 25, 2009 Hartford Comcast Theatre July 28, 2009 Virginia Beach Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre July 29, 2009 Bristow Nissan Pavilion July 31, 2009 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre August 1, 2009 Raleigh Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion August 9, 2009 Toronto Canada Molson Amphitheatre Cancelled due to bad weather August 11, 2009 Clarkston United States DTE Energy Music Theatre August 12, 2009 August 14, 2009 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center August 15, 2009 Noblesville Verizon Wireless Music Center August 17, 2009 Pelham Verizon Wireless Music Center August 18, 2009 August 19, 2009 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center August 21, 2009 Tinley Park First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre August 22, 2009 Maryland Heights Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre August 25, 2009 Greenwood Village Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre August 26, 2009 West Valley City USANA Amphitheatre August 28, 2009 Ridgefield Clark County Amphitheatre August 29, 2009 George The Gorge Amphitheatre August 31, 2009 Wheatland Sleep Train Amphitheatre September 1, 2009 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre September 3, 2009 Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre September 4, 2009 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena September 5, 2009 Chula Vista Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre September 6, 2009 Paradise MGM Grand Garden Arena September 8, 2009 Glendale Jobing.com Arena September 9, 2009 Albuquerque Journal Pavilion September 12, 2009 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell PavilionLeg 4 — Oceania November 7, 2009 Auckland New Zealand Vector Arena Sick Puppies November 11, 2009 Brisbane Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre November 13, 2009 Sydney Acer Arena November 14, 2009 November 16, 2009 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena November 17, 2009 November 19, 2009 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre November 21, 2009 Perth Burswood DomeLeg 5 — Asia November 23, 2009 Tokyo Japan Shinkiba Studio Coast rowspan="2" November 25, 2009Leg 6 — Europe January 17, 2010 Liverpool England Echo Arena Daughtry January 19, 2010 London Wembley Arena January 21, 2010 Basel Switzerland St. Jakobshalle January 24, 2010 Linz Austria Intersport Arena January 26, 2010 Mannheim Germany SAP Arena January 27, 2010 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg Rockhal January 29, 2010 Oberhausen Germany König Pilsener Arena January 30, 2010 Munich Olympiahalle February 1, 2010 Hamburg Color Line Arena Leg 7–8 — North America April 3, 2010 Atlantic City United States Boardwalk Hall Shinedown Breaking Benjamin Sick Puppies April 6, 2010 London Canada John Labatt Centre April 8, 2010 Toronto Air Canada Centre April 9, 2010 Montreal Bell Centre April 11, 2010 Ottawa Scotiabank Place April 13, 2010 Washington, D.C. United States Verizon Center April 14, 2010 Hampton Hampton Coliseum April 16, 2010 Greenville Bi-Lo Center April 17, 2010 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum April 19, 2010 Orlando Amway Arena April 21, 2010 Atlanta Philips Arena April 23, 2010 St. Louis Scottrade Center April 24, 2010 Tulsa BOK Center April 26, 2010 Kansas City Sprint Center May 5, 2010 Spokane Spokane Arena May 7, 2010 Tacoma Tacoma Dome May 8, 2010 Portland Portland Memorial Coliseum May 10, 2010 Boise Idaho Center May 14, 2010 Wichita Intrust Bank Arena May 15, 2010 Dallas American Airlines Center May 18, 2010 Rosemont Allstate Arena May 19, 2010 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena May 21, 2010 Milwaukee Bradley Center May 22, 2010 Noblesville Verizon Wireless Music Center May 24, 2010 Minneapolis Target Center May 25, 2010 Omaha Qwest Events Center May 27, 2010 Fargo Fargodome May 29, 2010 Saskatoon Canada Credit Union Centre May 31, 2010 Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome June 1, 2010 Edmonton Rexall Place June 3, 2010 Vancouver General Motors Place September 14, 2010 Nashville United States Bridgestone Arena Three Days Grace Buckcherry September 15, 2010 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum September 17, 2010 Pittsburgh Consol Energy Center September 18, 2010 Detroit Joe Louis Arena September 21, 2010 Buffalo HSBC Arena September 22, 2010 Albany Times Union Center September 24, 2010 Mansfield Comcast Center for the Performing Arts September 25, 2010 Hershey Hershey Park Stadium September 28, 2010 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena September 29, 2010 Newark Prudential Center October 1, 2010 Columbus Nationwide Arena October 2, 2010 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena October 8, 2010 Lexington Rupp Arena October 10, 2010 Little Rock Verizon Arena October 12, 2010 New Orleans New Orleans Arena October 15, 2010 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion October 16, 2010 Oklahoma City Ford Center October 18, 2010 Denver Pepsi Center October 20, 2010 Salt Lake City EnergySolutions Arena October 22, 2010 Anaheim Honda Center October 23, 2010 Sacramento ARCO Arena October 26, 2010 Concord Sleep Train Pavilion October 27, 2010 Fresno Save Mart Center October 29, 2010 Phoenix Cricket Wireless Pavilion October 30, 2010 Paradise MGM Grand Garden Arena
Box office score data
Venue City No. of shows / No. of sellouts Tickets sold / available Gross revenueSommet CenterNashville1 / 113,754 / 13,754 (100%)$783,757Rupp ArenaLexington1 / 117,227 / 17,227 (100%)$957,951Joe Louis ArenaDetroit 1 / 117,030 / 17,030 (100%)$948,719Air Canada CentreToronto1 / 114,261 / 14,261 (100%)$890,403Copps ColiseumHamilton1 / 111,554 / 11,554 (100%)$680,003DCU CenterWorcester1 / 112,116 / 12,116 (100%)$740,210Izod CenterEast Rutheford1 / 116,035 / 16,035 (100%)$894,713Mohegan Sun ArenaUncasville 1 / 17,701 / 7,701 (100%)$466,800Wachovia CenterPhiladelphia1 / 113,201 / 13,201 (100%)$858,993Nationwide ArenaColumbus1 / 114,075 / 14,075 (100%)$774,398Allstate ArenaRosemont1 / 114,141 / 14,141 (100%)$879,944Bradley CenterMilwaukee1 / 115,129 / 15,129 (100%)$809,323 i wireless CenterMoline1 / 110,877 / 10,877 (100%)$618,238Qwest CenterOmaha1 / 115,369 / 15,369 (100%)$843,612Wells Fargo ArenaDes Moines1 / 112,046 / 12,046 (100%)$617,306Target CenterMinneapolis1 / 114,075 / 14,075 (100%)$824,875Darien Lake Performing Arts CenterDarien 1 / 121,752 / 21,752 (100%)$824,002 Susquehanna Bank CenterCamden 1 / 014,437 / 25,317 (59%)518,575 Toyota Pavilion at Montage MountainScranton1 / 116,958 / 16,958 (100%)$549,210 Nikon at Jones Beach TheaterWantagh 1 / 013,424 / 13,810 (97%)$608,027 Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star LakeBurgettstown 1 / 021,079 / 23,145 (93%)$742,158Hershey Park StadiumHershey1 / 119,460 / 19,460 (100%)$1,050,558PNC Bank Arts CenterHolmdel1 / 016,208 / 16,914 (96%)$609,897Saratoga Performing Arts CenterSaratoga Springs 1 / 018,632 / 25,228 (75%)$676,732Total 24 / 19 360,541 / 381,175 (93%) $18,168,404
Personnel Chad Kroeger – lead vocals, guitar Ryan Peake – guitar, backing vocals Mike Kroeger – bass