The Burn the Ships World Tour was the fifth headlining concert tour by Australian christian rock band For King & Country. The tour was by far their longest, and was their first tour to go outside of the United States and Canada. The band performed over 130 shows in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the Philippines. The first leg of the tour began in fall 2018, and the last leg of the tour concluded in spring 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.
Background For King & Country announced the Burn the Ships Album Release Tour, presented by AEG, to support the album in August 2018. The tour ran from 2 to 27 October 2018 with For King & Country performing in a dozen shows across the United States, commencing the tour at the Shubert Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, and ending the tour at the Moore Theatre in Seattle, Washington.
In November 2018, For King & Country announced that they will be embarking on the Burn the Ships World Tour 2019, also in support of the album, with Josh Baldwin set to perform on select dates. The tour launched on 26 January 2019 at the La Vida Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand and concluded on 20 April 2019 at the Julie Rogers Theatre in Beaumont, Texas, with stops in cities across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, the Philippines and the United States.
On 30 April 2019, the duo announced the fall addition of the Burn the Ships World Tour, which visited arenas in the United States and Canada. The tour began on 26 September 2019 at the CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton, New Jersey, and concluded at on 24 November 2019 the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina.
In December 2019, the band announced a new Canadian leg of the tour, with stops in eight cities, which was set begin at the TD Place Arena in Ottawa on 12 March 2020 and end at the Orpheum in Vancouver on 24 March 2020. This leg was suspended, then cancelled after COVID-19 pandemic in Canada set in after the show at the Meridian Hall in Toronto on 13 March. In 2023, over 3 years and 1,000 days after the Canadian dates were originally scheduled, the band toured back in Canada at the same venues and locations that were originally scheduled, as part of their What Are We Waiting For Tour.
Tour dates +List of 2018 concerts, showing date, venue, city, region and countryDateCityCountryVenue21 September 2018IrvineUnited StatesFivePoint Amphitheatre22 September 2018PalmdalePalmdale Amphitheater23 September 2018SacramentoPapa Murphy's Park2 October 2018BostonShubert Theatre3 October 2018New York CityPlayStation Theater5 October 2018RoanokeBerglund Center7 October 2018ClevelandConn Center8 October 2018NorfolkThe NorVa11 October 2018HoustonThe Ballroom at Warehouse Live12 October 2018DallasThe Bomb Factory14 October 2018NashvilleRyman Auditorium20 October 2018DenverParamount Theatre23 October 2018Los AngelesThe Theatre at Ace Hotel25 October 2018San FranciscoThe Warfield27 October 2018SeattleMoore Theatre3 November 2018St. John'sCanadaMile One Centre
+List of 2019 concerts, showing date, venue, city, region and countryDateCityCountryVenue25 January 2019ChristchurchNew ZealandLa Vida Centre26 January 2019HamiltonMystery Creek Events Centre28 January 2019SydneyAustraliaSydney Opera House29 January 2019NewcastleGrainery Church30 January 2019BrisbaneRiverlife Baptist Church31 January 2019Gold CoastNewlife Church1 February 2019Moreton BayMueller Performing Arts Centre3 February 2019MelbournePalais Theatre6 February 2019AdelaideInfluencers Church7 February 2019PerthRiverview Church9 February 2019MakatiPhilippinesCircuit Makati11 February 2019Singapore7 March 2019Plant CityUnited StatesWish Farms Sound Stage8 March 2019AugustaBell Auditorium9 March 2019FranklinSmoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts10 March 2019SavannahSavannah Civic Center11 March 2019DothanDothan Civic Center15 March 2019KnoxvilleKnoxville Civic Coliseum16 March 2019TroyHobart Arena17 March 2019ChattanoogaTivoli Theatre21 March 2019LafayetteHeymann Performing Arts Center22 March 2019BirminghamWright Center at Samford University23 March 2019PaducahCarson Center24 March 2019WichitaCentury II Performing Arts & Convention Center28 March 2019StamfordStamford Center for the Arts29 March 2019IndianaKovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex30 March 2019WheelingCapitol Theatre31 March 2019SalisburyWicomico Youth and Civic Center4 April 2019SaginawDow Event Center5 April 2019MarionIndiana Wesleyan University6 April 2019MemphisOrpheum Theatre7 April 2019PeoriaPeoria Civic Center11 April 2019Wichita FallsMemorial Auditorium12 April 2019MidlandWagner Noël Performing Arts Center13 April 2019BeltonBell County Expo Center14 April 2019AmarilloAmarillo Civic Center16 April 2019El PasoAbraham Chavez Theatre18 April 2019LongviewBelcher Center19 April 2019AustinFrank Erwin Center20 April 2019BeaumontJulie Rogers Theater5 May 2019ArlingtonGlobe Life Park11 May 2019FlowoodLiberty Park18 May 2019MeansvilleHickory Ridge Golf Club19 May 2019Red DeerCanadaENMAX Centrium1 June 2019CharlotteUnited StatesCarowinds Paladium6 June 2019HendersonCentral Christian Church7 June 2019ConcordConcord Pavilion8 June 2019OntarioToyota Arena9 June 2019Chula VistaNorth Island Credit Union Amphitheatre21 June 2019MasonTimberwolf Amphitheatre22 June 2019DoswellKingswood Amphitheatre27 June 2019GaylordOtsego County Fairgrounds29 June 2019Fort WorthTexas Motor Speedway30 June 2019GreeleyIsland Grove Regional Park6 July 2019MadisonvilleMadisonville City Park11 July 2019OshkoshSunnyview Exposition Center12 July 2019OlatheOlathe Community Park14 July 2019LaGrangeLaGrange County 4-H Fairgrounds19 July 2019Mineral CityAtwood Lake Park20 July 2019Rapid CityMemorial Park27 July 2019Hot SpringsTimberwood Amphitheater28 July 2019SpringfieldOzark Empire Fairgrounds30 July 2019Darien CenterDarien Lake Performing Arts Center1 August 2019GilfordGunstock Mountain Resort2 August 2019HuntsvillePropst Arena5 August 2019MilwaukeeWisconsin State Fair Park8 August 2019Des MoinesIowa State Fairgrounds10 August 2019Oklahoma CityFrontier City15 August 2019SedaliaMissouri State Fairgrounds16 August 2019LincolnLincoln Berean Church17 August 2019GothenburgGothenburg 4Plex19 August 2019LouisvilleKentucky Exposition Center23 August 2019AnaheimAngel Stadium24 August 2019Pigeon ForgeDollywood31 August 2019WilkesboroWilkes Community College13 September 2019PhoenixChase Field14 September 2019ShippensburgShippensburg Fairgrounds26 September 2019TrentonCURE Insurance Arena27 September 2019YpsilantiEastern Michigan University Convocation Center28 September 2019Hoffman EstatesSears Centre Arena29 September 2019NashvilleAscend Amphitheater30 September 2019TulsaOklahoma Stage3 October 2019MuskegonLC Walker Arena4 October 2019IndianapolisBankers Life Field House5 October 2019St. CharlesFamily Arena6 October 2019North Little RockSimmons Bank Arena10 October 2019AtlantaFox Theatre11 October 2019PensacolaPensacola Bay Center12 October 2019OrlandoAddition Financial Arena13 October 2019TampaAmalie Arena17 October 2019Broomfield1stBank Center18 October 2019West Valley CityMaverik Center19 October 2019AlbuquerqueTingley Coliseum20 October 2019TucsonTucson Convention Center22 October 2019RenoReno Events Center24 October 2019San DiegoViejas Arena25 October 2019IrvineBren Events Center26 October 2019SacramentoSacramento Memorial Auditorium27 October 2019SalemThe Pavilion1 November 2019BoiseExtraMile Arena2 November 2019AbbotsfordCanadaAbbotsford Centre3 November 2019EverettUnited StatesAngel of the Winds Arena5 November 2019CasperCasper Events Center7 November 2019MadisonAlliant Energy Center8 November 2019Cedar RapidsAlliant Energy PowerHouse9 November 2019MinneapolisTarget Center10 November 2019OmahaBaxter Arena11 November 2019HidalgoPayne Arena14 November 201915 November 2019ArlingtonCollege Park Center16 November 2019CypressBerry Center of Northwest Houston17 November 2019New OrleansLakefront Arena22 November 2019CatonsvilleUMBC Event Center23 November 2019LouisvilleKFC Yum! Center24 November 2019GreenvilleBon Secours Wellness Arena2 December 2019ColumbusKEMBA Live!28 December 2019GatlinburgGatlinburg Convention Center30 December 201929 January 2020OrlandoIndependence of the Seas
+List of 2020 concerts, showing date, venue, city, region and countryDateCityCountryVenue12 March 2020OttawaCanadaTD Place Arena13 March 2020TorontoMeridian Hall
Cancelled dates +List of 2020 concerts, showing date, venue, city, region and countryDateCityCountryVenueReason14 March 2020MontrealCanadaTheatre St DenisCOVID-19 pandemic18 March 2020WinnipegCentennial Concert Hall19 March 2020SaskatoonElim20 March 2020EdmontonChristcity22 March 2020CalgaryWinSport24 March 2020VancouverThe Orpheum Notes
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