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Try to Shut Me Up Tour

The Try to Shut Me Up Tour was the debut concert tour by Canadian recording artist Avril Lavigne. Beginning in December 2002, the tour supported the singer's debut studio album, Let Go (2002). The trek played 70 dates in North America, Asia, Europe and Australia. The concert was chronicled on the video set My World. Filmed at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York, the DVD features the full-length concert, music videos, a behind the scenes featurette and a live CD.

Try to Shut Me Up Tour
World tour by Avril Lavigne
Promotional poster for the tour
Location
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania
Associated albumLet Go
Start dateDecember 5, 2002 (2002-12-05)
End dateJune 4, 2003 (2003-06-04)
Legs5
No. of shows70
Avril Lavigne concert chronology

Opening acts

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Tour dates

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List of 2002 concerts[1][2]
Date City Country Venue
December 5, 2002[a] Buffalo United States HSBC Arena
December 6, 2002[b] Arlington Music Mill Amphitheater
December 7, 2002 Baltimore Bohager's Nightclub
December 12, 2002[c] New York City Madison Square Garden
December 14, 2002 Atlanta The Tabernacle
December 15, 2002[c] Miami American Airlines Arena
December 17, 2002[d] Denver Pepsi Center
December 19, 2002[c] Anaheim Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
December 20, 2002 Modesto State Theatre
December 21, 2002[e] Tacoma Tacoma Dome
List of 2003 concerts[1][2][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Date City Country Venue
January 6, 2003 Hartford United States Connecticut Expo Center
January 12, 2003[f] Washington, D.C. Nation
January 14, 2003 Columbus Veterans Memorial Auditorium
January 15, 2003 Kansas City Memorial Hall
January 23, 2003 Singapore Suntec Singapore Theatre
January 27, 2003 Seoul South Korea Millennium Hall
March 3, 2003[g] Copenhagen Denmark Vega
March 4, 2003 Oslo Norway Rockefeller Music Hall
March 6, 2003 Stockholm Sweden Annexet
March 8, 2003 Brussels Belgium Ancienne Belgique
March 9, 2003 Berlin Germany Columbiahalle
March 10, 2003 Cologne Palladium
March 12, 2003 Munich Kulturhalle Zenith
March 13, 2003 Milan Italy Discoteca Alcatraz
March 14, 2003 Zürich Switzerland Volkshaus
March 16, 2003 Hamburg Germany CCH Saal 3
March 17, 2003 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall
March 18, 2003 Paris France Zénith de Paris
March 20, 2003 Birmingham England Carling Academy
March 21, 2003 Manchester Carling Apollo
March 22, 2003 Glasgow Scotland Barrowland Ballroom
March 24, 2003[h] Dublin Ireland Point Theatre
March 25, 2003 London England O2 Brixton Academy
March 26, 2003
March 27, 2003
April 9, 2003 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre
April 10, 2003 Ottawa Corel Centre
April 11, 2003 Montreal Bell Centre
April 13, 2003 London John Labatt Centre
April 15, 2003 Cleveland United States CSU Convocation Center
April 16, 2003 Pittsburgh Petersen Events Center
April 17, 2003 Indianapolis Conseco Fieldhouse
April 19, 2003 Chicago UIC Pavilion
April 20, 2003 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center
April 21, 2003 Winnipeg Canada Winnipeg Arena
April 23, 2003 Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome
April 24, 2003 Edmonton Skyreach Centre
April 26, 2003 Vancouver Rogers Arena
April 27, 2003 Portland United States Memorial Coliseum
April 28, 2003 Tacoma Tacoma Dome
April 30, 2003 San Jose HP Pavilion
May 1, 2003 Long Beach Long Beach Arena
May 2, 2003 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
May 4, 2003 Dallas Fair Park Coliseum
May 5, 2003 San Antonio Freeman Coliseum
May 6, 2003 Houston Reliant Arena
May 8, 2003 Duluth Gwinnett Civic Center Arena
May 9, 2003 St. Louis Savvis Center
May 10, 2003 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
May 12, 2003 Fairfax Patriot Center
May 13, 2003 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum
May 15, 2003 Lowell Tsongas Arena
May 16, 2003
May 17, 2003 Philadelphia First Union Spectrum
May 18, 2003 Buffalo HSBC Arena
May 27, 2003 Osaka Japan Zepp Osaka
May 29, 2003 Tokyo Nippon Budokan
June 1, 2003 Melbourne Australia Rod Laver Arena
June 2, 2003 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre
June 3, 2003
June 4, 2003 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre

Box office score data

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Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue
Connecticut Expo Center Hartford 6,058 / 6,058 (100%) $78,523[13]
John Labatt Centre London 9,157 / 9,157 (100%) $221,673[14]
CSU Convocation Center Cleveland 9,954 / 9,954 (100%) $241,545[15]
Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis 9,193 / 12,852 (71%) $255,942[16]
UIC Pavilion Chicago 8,853 / 8,853 (100%) $249,090[17]
Winnipeg Arena Winnipeg 11,511 / 11,511 (100%) $272,141[15]
Pengrowth Saddledome Calgary 13,723 / 13,723 (100%) $324,665[18]
Skyreach Centre Edmonton 13,471 / 13,471 (100%) $319,270[18]
Rogers Arena Vancouver 14,872 / 14,872 (100%) $347,267[19]
Tacoma Dome Tacoma 15,295 / 15,295 (100%) $305,025[16]
HP Pavilion San Jose 13,380 / 13,380 (100%) $399,205[19]
Long Beach Arena Long Beach 12,713 / 12,713 (100%) $412,818[18]
Gwinnett Civic Center Arena Duluth 10,306 / 10,306 (100%) $294,580[20]
Savvis Center St. Louis 13,192 / 14,761 (89%) $352,443[20]
The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills 15,781 / 15,781 (100%) $419,290[19]
Nassau Coliseum Uniondale 14,327 / 14,327 (100%) $388,298[15]
Tsongas Arena Lowell 15,024 / 15,024 (100%) $507,944[21]
First Union Spectrum Philadelphia 13,657 / 13,657 (100%) $382,219[15]
HSBC Arena Buffalo 11,000 / 11,000 (100%) $234,810[15]
Total[14] 231,467 / 236,695 (98%) $6,006,748

Notes

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  1. ^ The December 5, 2002, concert in Buffalo was part of "Kiss 98.5 Kissmas Bash.[3]
  2. ^ The December 6, 2002, concert in Arlington was part of "106.1 KISS-FM KISSMAS Jingle Ball".
  3. ^ a b c The December 12, 15, and 19, 2002 concerts were part of the "Jingle Ball"[4]
  4. ^ The December 17, 2002 concert in Denver was part of "95.7 Kissmas Ball"[5]
  5. ^ The December 21, 2002, concert was part of "Kiss 106.1 Jingle Bell Bash"[6]
  6. ^ The January 12, 2003, in Washington was part of "Hot 99.5 Mess Fest".
  7. ^ The March 3, 2003 concert in Copenhagen was originally scheduled at K.B. Hallen.
  8. ^ The March 24, 2003 concert in Dublin was originally scheduled at Olympia Theatre.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Avril's First Headlining Trek To Begin In Europe". Billboard. December 2, 2002. Archived from the original on June 24, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Lavigne Lays Out U.S. Tour Dates". Billboard. January 8, 2003. Archived from the original on September 20, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  3. ^ Miers, Jeff (November 29, 2002). "Gift for All". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on February 25, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  4. ^ "Despite broken foot, Timberlake danced in annual Jingle Ball concert". The Daily Reporter. Spencer, Iowa. December 17, 2002. p. 9. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  5. ^ Brown, G. (December 17, 2002). "Avril – the anti-Britney? Canadian sensation represents new breed of singer/songwriter, but some doubt their creds". The Denver Post. p. F1.
  6. ^ Kaufman, Gil (November 18, 2002). "Radio Show Roundup: The Biggest Rock, Pop Holiday Concerts". MTV News. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  7. ^ Carmichael, Amy (January 28, 2003). "Our Lady Peace launches latest tour". The Hamilton Spectator. Hamilton, Ontario: Metroland Media Group. p. D08.
  8. ^ Additional sources for Try to Shut Me Up Tour, North America:
  9. ^ Farber, Jim (May 15, 2003). "SURLY & JUST A LITTLE GIRLY AVRIL'S NEWEST FANS: REBELS WITHOUT A CAR". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on October 13, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  10. ^ McQueen, Ann Marie (April 11, 2003). "Corel Centre, Ottawa – April 10, 2003". Ottawa Sun. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  11. ^ Zitz, Michael (May 8, 2003). "Simple Plan: Punk gone nice". The Free Lance–Star. Fredericksburg, Virginia. p. 8. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  12. ^ "Tour Dates". Avril Lavigne's Official Website. Archived from the original on February 6, 2003. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  13. ^ "Billboard Boxscore: Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 5. New York. February 1, 2003. p. 28. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on June 25, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
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  16. ^ a b "Billboard Boxscore: Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 19. New York. May 10, 2003. p. 26. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on July 31, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  17. ^ "Billboard Boxscore: Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 18. New York. May 3, 2003. p. 30. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on August 1, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  18. ^ a b c "Billboard Boxscore: Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 20. New York. May 17, 2003. p. 26. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  19. ^ a b c "Billboard Boxscore: Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 21. New York. May 24, 2003. p. 18. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  20. ^ a b "Billboard Boxscore: Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 23. New York. June 7, 2003. p. 20. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  21. ^ "Billboard Boxscore: Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 25. New York. June 21, 2003. p. 25. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on July 29, 2016. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
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