With 'In the Lonely Hour' Tour Underway, Sam Smith Tickets Averaging $144 on Secondary Market
July 21, 2015
(UPDATE 7/21/15) Soulful singer Sam Smith officially launched his 2015 North American summer tour over the weekend. The 23-year-old “Lay Me Down” creator has 14 shows remaining through the middle of August, and Sam Smith tickets are now averaging $143.84 on the secondary market.
He’ll make his most expensive stop on August 17 at Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie. His final show of tour, Sam Smith Texas tickets currently own a secondary ticket average of $162.77 and the cheapest available ticket is listed for $62. Other top-priced shows along the way include August 8 at Gorge Amphitheatre ($161.32 avg./$39 get-in), August 11 at Valley View Casino Center ($156.98 avg./$70 get-in) and August 12 at Gila River Arena ($152.71 avg./$48 get-in).
PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina plays host to Smith’s cheapest show on July 23. The average secondary price for Sam Smith Raleigh tickets is now $86.74, down 39% below tour average, and get-in price starts at $34. It will be the only show remaining that owns a secondary ticket average below $100. His second cheapest show comes one day later at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Maryland, where tickets average $107.48 and get-in price is $42.
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Sam Smith Red Rocks Tickets Are Most Expensive of Tour
(UPDATE 4/30/15) Grammy Award-winning vocalist Sam Smith will make a run across North America this summer, and the “Stay With Me” singer’s gig at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado on August 4 is currently the most expensive stop of the tour on the secondary market.
Sam Smith Colorado tickets own a secondary average of $199.86, up 38.5% over the tour average of $144.45. The cheapest available ticket to the show is listed for $90, also the most expensive get-in price along the entire 20-show tour. Smith will tour across the U.S. and Canada from July 17-August 17, ultimately capping his North American road stint at the Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie.
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Below is the typical setlist Sam Smith has played at live dates this year:
- Life Support
- Together
- Leave Your Lover
- I'm Not the Only One
- I've Told You Now
- Nirvana
- Like I Can
- Restart
- Good Thing
- Lay Me Down
- My Funny Valentine
- La La La
- Money on My Mind / Finally :
- Latch
- Make It To Me
- Stay With Me
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Sam Smith To Play 20 U.S. Tour Dates this Summer
(2/23/15) Fresh off a four-win night at the Grammy Awards earlier this month, Sam Smith has given fans in the U.S. another reason to cheer after announcing intentions to play 20 dates this summer. The tour kicks off at the Forecastle Festival in Kentucky on July 17 and concludes at the Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie in Texas on August 17.
The soulful singer added four Grammys to his collection on February 8, taking home hardware for Best Pop Vocal Album and Album of the Year for his release “In the Lonely Hour”, which spawned the hit ballad “Stay With Me”. That song would give Smith another two Grammy wins for Song and Record of the Year.
Most of Smith’s upcoming dates will see tickets go on-sale this Friday, February 27 at 12pm local time. American Express cardholders can access an exclusive pre-sale beginning today and ending at 10pm local time Thursday.
Sam Smith 2015 U.S. Summer Tour Dates –
7/17 – Louisville, KY @ Forecastle Festival
7/18 – Charlotte, NC @ Time Warner Cable Arena
7/20 – Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena
7/21 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
7/23 – Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena
7/24 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
7/26 – Oro-Medonte, ON @ WayHome Music & Arts Festival
7/27 – Cleveland, OH @ Wolstein Center/Cleveland State University
7/29 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center
7/30 – St. Louis, MO Chaifetz Arena
8/4 – Denver, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
8/5 – West Valley City, UT @ Maverik Center
8/7 – Squamish, BC @ Squamish Valley Music Festival
8/8 – Quincy, WA @ Gorge Amphitheatre
8/11- San Diego, CA @ Valley View Casino Center
8/12 – Glendale, AZ @ Gila River Arena
8/14 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
8/15 – Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center
8/17 – Grand Prairie, TX @ Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
