The Light the Fuse Tour is the eighth headlining concert tour by New Zealand born-Australian country music singer Keith Urban, in support of his eighth studio album Fuse (2013). This is the first headlining amphitheater tour for Urban, playing in over seventy cities across the United States and Canada. The tour also traveled to Australia. It began on 18 July 2013 and finished on 29 June 2014.

Background The Light the Fuse Tour was first announced on 25 March 2013. Even though the new record will not be out before the tour begins Urban promises to play songs off it. The tour began on 18 July 2013, in Cincinnati, the second leg began on 18 October 2013, in Omaha. Additional dates were announced on 22 August 2013. The third North American leg began on 9 January 2014, and lasted until 1 February. Urban embarked on the Australian leg on 4 June, and the tour concluded on 29 June.

Opening acts Little Big Town (North America) Dustin Lynch (North America) Sheppard (Australia)

Setlist

"Long Hot Summer" "Sweet Thing" "I Told You So" "Stupid Boy" "Even the Stars Fall For You" "You Gonna Fly" "Without You" "Kiss a Girl" "Won't Get Fooled Again" Intro (The Who cover) "Days Go By" "Rumour Has It" (Adele cover) "Making Memories of Us" "Better Life" "You'll Think of Me" "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" "Locked Out of Heaven" (Bruno Mars cover/Snippet, sung by Brian Nutter)) "Somebody Like You"

Encore "Tonight I Wanna Cry" "You Look Good in My Shirt"

Notes "Good Thing" in Louisville.

Tour dates Date City Country VenueNorth America Leg 118 July 2013CincinnatiUnited StatesRiverbend Music Center19 July 2013 Twin LakesCountry Thunder20 July 2013 MonticelloGreat Jones County Fair 25 July 2013CharlotteVerizon Wireless Amphitheatre26 July 2013RaleighTime Warner Cable Music Pavilion27 July 2013AlpharettaVerizon Wireless Amphitheatre4 August 2013ClarkstonDTE Energy Music Theatre8 August 2013ColumbiaMerriweather Post Pavilion9 August 2013HopewellCMAC10 August 2013MansfieldComcast Center15 August 2013AustinAustin360 Amphitheater16 August 2013The WoodlandsCynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion17 August 2013DallasGexa Energy Pavilion22 August 2013PelhamVerizon Wireless Music Center23 August 2013Maryland HeightsVerizon Wireless Amphitheater24 August 2013NoblesvilleKlipsch Music Center28 August 2013AlbuquerqueSandia Casino Amphitheater30 August 2013 MorrisonRed Rocks Amphitheatre5 September 2013BaltimoreMaryland Science Center12 September 2013Cuyahoga FallsBlossom Music Center13 September 2013BurgettstownFirst Niagara Pavilion14 September 2013CamdenSusquehanna Bank Center21 September 2013Mountain ViewShoreline Amphitheatre4 October 2013TampaMidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre5 October 2013West Palm BeachCruzan AmphitheatreNorth America Leg 218 October 2013OmahaUnited StatesCenturyLink Center Omaha19 October 2013Oklahoma CityChesapeake Energy Arena20 October 2013SpringfieldJQH Arena25 October 2013TulsaBOK Center26 October 2013Bossier CityCenturyLink Center27 October 2013LafayetteCajundome 8 November 2013Kansas CitySprint Center9 November 2013Des MoinesWells Fargo Arena10 November 2013PeoriaPeoria Civic Center14 November 2013ManchesterVerizon Wireless Arena15 November 2013UncasvilleMohegan Sun Arena16 November 201322 November 2013State CollegeBryce Jordan Center23 November 2013FairfaxPatriot Center24 November 2013ToledoHuntington Center6 December 2013GreenvilleBon Secours Wellness Arena7 December 2013CharlestonCharleston Civic Center8 December 2013LouisvilleKFC Yum! CenterNorth America Leg 39 January 2014Grand RapidsUnited StatesVan Andel Arena10 January 2014ChicagoUnited Center11 January 2014Minneapolis Target Center15 January 2014VancouverCanadaRogers Arena17 January 2014CalgaryScotiabank Saddledome18 January 2014EdmontonRexall Place20 January 2014WinnipegMTS Centre23 January 2014LondonBudweiser Gardens24 January 2014TorontoAir Canada Centre29 January 2014New York CityUnited StatesMadison Square Garden31 January 2014KnoxvilleThompson–Boling Arena1 February 2014NashvilleBridgestone ArenaAustralia 4 June 2014TownsvilleAustralia1300 Smiles Stadium17 June 2014BrisbaneBrisbane Entertainment Centre18 June 201421 June 2014SydneyAllphones Arena22 June 201425 June 2014MelbourneRod Laver Arena26 June 201427 June 2014NarrabriCollins Park29 June 2014PerthPerth Arena

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances This concert is a part of the Country Thunder. This concert is a part of the Great Jones County Fair. This concert is Urban with Little Big Town only.

Box office score data Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue Thompson–Boling ArenaKnoxville8,403 / 10,081 $469,136Bridgestone ArenaNashville13,558 / 13, 557 $769,091Rogers ArenaVancouver 11,723 / 13,700 $863,287Scotiabank SaddledomeCalgary12,240 / 13,159 $906,480Rexall PlaceEdmonton12,379 / 12,379 $932,832MTS CentreWinnipeg9,201 / 11,868 $686,268Air Canada CentreToronto13,902 / 15,830 $993,0491,300 Smiles StadiumTownsville11,600 / 14,678$217,450Brisbane Entertainment CentreBrisbane14,623 / 18,292 $1,651,720Allphones ArenaSydney19,868 / 21,220 $2,245,750Perth ArenaPerth7,410 / 7,886 $819,653TOTAL134,907 / 152,651$10,546,656

Critical reception Chuck Dauphin of Billboard (magazine) says, Urban "proved why he is held in such high esteem by critics and fans alike. The singer delivered one of the strongest performances of any country artist this year—or the past few years for that matter."

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