User blog:BeccaSchmecca/Astrid Gérin-Lajoie concert tours

The following is a description of Astrid Gérin-Lajoie's concert tours.

Just a few years after her participation at Torontokyo 2003, Gérin-Lajoie headlined solo tours to promote each of her albums.

Fire in the Sky Tour
Fire in the Sky Tour was the first headlining concert tour by Canadian singer Astrid Gérin-Lajoie, in support of her debut album Hi, I'm Astrid. The tour began on June 12, 2006 in Vancouver and concluded on August 26 in San Francisco, comprising 32 concerts. Her father traveled with her for this tour.

Background and development
The tour was announced in early October 2005. Tickets went on sale in mid-November of that year. Each tour date started between 6:00 and 8:00 in the evening.

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Green Eyes Tour
Green Eyes Tour was the second headlining concert tour by Canadian singer Astrid Gérin-Lajoie, in support of her second studio album Through My Green Eyes. The tour began on June 10, 2008 in Omaha and concluded on August 17 in Sapporo, comprising 36 concerts. Once again, her father served as the travelling assistant.

Background and development
The tour was announced in early January 2008. Tickets went on sale in mid-February of that year. Each tour date started between 6:00 and 8:00 in the evening.

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Addicted Tour
Addicted Tour was the third headlining concert tour by Canadian singer Astrid Gérin-Lajoie, in support of her third studio album #ADDICTED. This was also her first tour to take place not only in concert halls and arenas, but also amphitheaters and stadiums, as well as her first tour to reach Africa, Oceania, Latin America, and the Middle East. It also served as her first turn-of-the-year tour. The tour began on June 14, 2010 in Winnipeg and concluded on May 20, 2011 in Mexico City, comprising 89 concerts.

Background and development
The tour was announced in January 2010. Tickets went on sale in early February of that year. Each tour date started between 6:00 and 8:00 in the evening.

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Controversies
Before the concert at Berlin's Waldbühne, venue officials were thinking about blasting a recording of "Der Hölle Rache" before the beginning of a future concert. Astrid Gérin-Lajoie, who said she was unaware of this practice until shortly before her concert was to begin, refused to go on if any operatic aria was being played from the speakers, because of how much she hates opera. The authorities acquiesced to her demand and omitted "Der Hölle Rache", and so Gérin-Lajoie and her band got on stage, but then they were forbidden from returning to the Waldbühne until April 2013. Gérin-Lajoie said that she had a policy of not having any operatic aria being played before her tour stops and meant "no disrespect" but that she "will not go on stage after a particular operatic aria which imposes censorship on artists. It's hypocritical and loud!"

Be Above It Tour
Be Above It Tour was the fourth headlining concert tour by Canadian singer Astrid Gérin-Lajoie, in support of her fourth studio album Be Above It. The tour began on April 16, 2013 in Saitama and concluded on April 17, 2014 in Rotorua, comprising 100 concerts.

Background and development
The tour was announced in October 2012. Tickets went on sale in early February of that year. Each tour date started between 6:00 and 8:00 in the evening.

The North American leg was announced in January 2013 and most of the dates were sold out within half-an-hour.

The European leg was announced on March 31, 2013 (Easter).

Stops in the Middle East and South Africa were announced in June 2013.

The final two legs of the tour, featuring shows in Latin America in Oceania, were announced in early October 2013.

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AGL5 Tour
AGL5 Tour was the fifth headlining concert tour by Canadian singer Astrid Gérin-Lajoie, in support of her fifth studio album AGL5. The tour began on January 12, 2017 in Corpus Christi and concluded on ??? in (insert ending location here), comprising (insert number here) concerts.

Background and development
The tour was announced in August 2015. Tickets went on sale in early September of that year. Each tour date started between 6:00 and 8:00 in the evening.

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