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SZA Announced A Massive Tour Behind Her Stunning Debut ‘CTRL’

SZA is gearing up to hit the road later the summer. After releasing one of the year’s more impressive debut albums in CTRL , the TDE songstress is about to embark on her first tour across North America as a headliner. Joined by blkswn rapper Smino and Ravyn Lenae on select dates, the 44-date CTRL tour kicks off in August in Richmond, Virginia before wrapping up later this winter with a show in SZA and Smino’s birthplace, St. Louis, Missouri.

A TOUR 💚 pic.twitter.com/gD8oye4amh — SZA (@sza) July 5, 2017

It’s been a banner year already for SZA. CTRL landed at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 when it was released in June, only behind Katy Perry’s No. 1 album Witness and fellow TDE label mate Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. The singer has released videos for “ Love Galore ” with Travis Scott, and “ Drew Barrymore ,” which managed to not only show different flavors of life in New York City, but also snagged the titular influence for a cameo. Peep the dates for the tour below.

08/16 — Richmond, VA 08/17 — Washington, DC 08/18 — New Haven, CT 8/20 — Providence, RI 08/22 — Montreal, QC 08/23 — Toronto, ON 08/25 — Boston, MA 08/26 — Brooklyn, NY *^ 08/27 — Philadelphia, PA 08/29 — Grand Rapids, MI 08/30 — Detroit, MI 09/01 — Minneapolis, MN * 09/03 — Lawrence, KS 09/05 — Lincoln, NE 09/06 — Denver, CO 09/08 — Las Vegas, NV ^ 09/10 — Sacramento, CA 09/12 — Santa Clara, CA 09/13 — Eugene, OR 09/14 — Vancouver, BC 09/16 — Portland, OR 09/17 — Seattle, WA 09/19 — San Francisco, CA 09/21 — Phoenix, AZ ^ 09/22 — Tuscon, AZ ^ 09/25 — Los Angeles, CA * 09/28 — New Orleans, LA ^ 09/29 — Dallas, TX 09/30 — San Antonio, TX 10/01 — Austin, TX 10/03 — Houston, TX 10/07 — Miami, FL ^ 10/08 — Tampa, FL 10/09 — Atlanta, GA 10/11 — Greensboro, NC 10/12 — Charlotte, NC 12/08 — Norfolk, VA 12/09 — Baltimore, MD 12/11 — New York, NY 12/13 — Cleveland, OH 12/15 — Indianapolis, IN 12/16 — Louisville, KY 12/17 — St. Louis, MO

* denotes no Ravyn Lenae ^ denotes no Smino

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SZA Announces ‘CTRL’ The Tour

• July 5, 2017

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The moment we all have been waiting for, the lovely songstress from TDE, SZA, is embarking on a tour. ‘CTRL’ The Tour to be exact. To celebrate the release of her well received and long awaited album, ‘CTRL’, many fans alike have been eagerly waiting for the tour dates to drop.

Taking to twitter “A TOUR” as she tweeted was officially revealed featuring Ravyn Lenae and Smino.

Since the release of her lead off single, ‘Drew Barrymore’, it was the release of her Travis Scott assisted ‘Love Galore’ that really increased anticipation. To put the icing on the cake, prior to the release of her studio album, her single with Kendrick Lamar ‘Doves In The Wind’. When you factor in ‘Broken Clocks’, we all should have been excited for the album as well as the tour.

Kicking things off this August 16th in Virginia, the tour will continue on until December 17th in St. Louis. Notable stops are D.C.(8/17), Toronto (8/23), Brooklyn (8/26), Philadelphia (8/27), Las Vegas (9/8), Los Angeles (9/25) and that is really just naming a few.

Check out the dates and make you purchase your tickets.

A TOUR ? pic.twitter.com/gD8oye4amh — SZA (@sza) July 5, 2017

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SZA Announces “Ctrl: The Tour”

Updated on: May 15, 2021

After releasing her debut album “ Ctrl ” last month, TDE’s SZA decided to announce the tour in support of her project. The tour will kick off in August in Richmond and go through major cities like Washington, Montreal, Toronto, Brooklyn, Detroit, Chicago, Las Vegas, Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco, LA, Houston, Miami, Atlanta, New York to end in St. Louis in December. Smino and Ravyn Lenae will be the guest artists on this tour with SZA. Check out the full tour dates below.

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SZA Announces ‘Ctrl: The Tour’ Dates

SZA is going on tour! The Top Dawg Entertainment/RCA Records signee has announced dates for  Ctrl: The Tour  with special guests Smino and Ravyn Lenae.

The 44-city North American tour will begin on August 16 in Richmond, VA and will make stops in Washington, D.C., Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit, Baltimore and New York, to name a few. The tour will come end on December 17 in St. Louis.

Ctrl: The Tour  will support SZA’s debut album,  Ctrl , which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200. The album includes her fan favorite hits “Love Galore” featuring Travis Scott, “Drew Barrymore” and “Broken Clocks.”

Tickets for the tour go on sale this Friday, July 9 at 10 a.m. ET.

See SZA’s  Ctrl: The Tour  Dates below.

A TOUR 💚 pic.twitter.com/gD8oye4amh — SZA (@sza) July 5, 2017

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SZA’s Explosive Touring Growth, From CTRL to SOS, by the Numbers

The the latest trek earned more than $30 million in North America.

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The 18-date stint ran from Feb. 21 through March 23, giving SZA her first taste of headlining arenas on her own. According to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, the SOS Tour grossed $34.5 million and sold 238,000 tickets.

Spread across its month of action, SOS shows averaged $1.9 million and 12,812 tickets per night. Returns were remarkably consistent, only dipping below 11,000 at the (relatively) low-capacity Viejas Arena in San Diego. The SoCal arena sold 8,700 tickets, but fostered the tour’s second-highest ticket price, at $174.69. Otherwise, attendance swung between 11,069 (Atlanta) and 14,383 (Toronto) on a nightly basis.

New York and Los Angeles were the two markets, perhaps unsurprisingly, with double-headers. SZA played two shows at Madison Square Garden on March 4-5, and the run’s final two dates at Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif., on March 22-23. Logically, these were the highest grosses and attendance counts, hitting $4.7 million and 27,000 tickets at the East Coast arena, and $3.9 million and 25,000 on the West.

Reporting is limited for SZA’s pre-pandemic concerts, with a small handful of figures for 2017’s Ctrl the Tour and subsequent 2019 Australian shows. But matching up her shows market-by-market, her growth over the last six years is undeniable.

SZA played at Austin’s Emo’s on Oct. 1, 2017, earning $31,000 from a sold-out audience of 1,550. She returned to the city on March 9 at the newly minted Moody Center. She spun that attendance and its average $20 ticket seven times over, amounting to a show gross 55 times the total of her previous market play ($1.7 million).

In New York, it’s a similar – but bigger – story. SZA grossed $45,000 and sold 1,800 tickets at Brooklyn Steel on Dec. 10, 2017. Returning to Madison Square Garden last month, she earned $4.7 million and sold 27,000 tickets. That represents a jump of 1,376% in attendance and more than 10,000% in revenue.

The caveat in NYC is that SZA also played an un-reported show at Manhattan’s Irving Plaza the night after her Brooklyn date in 2017. But even if the 1,100-capacity club sold out at the same average ticket price, her growth in New York would still be nearly 6,500%.

SZA got some arena experience during her first album cycle, snagging co-headline billing on Top Dawg Entertainment’s Champions Tour in between Kendrick Lamar and Schoolboy Q. But even that stacked bill played only one show in New York, selling fewer tickets (12,500) than SZA did on either of her solo ’23 shows at the same venue.

Much of that upward trajectory can be attributed to the slow-burn success of 2017’s CTRL . While peaking at No. 3 and spending “just” a handful of weeks in the Billboard 200’s top 10, it has accumulated more than 300 weeks on the chart. One of its five frames in the top 10 was in June 2022, after a five-year-anniversary deluxe edition hit streaming services.

After letting that album breathe for more than five years, SZA’s timing was sharp. The SOS Tour was announced days after its namesake album was released, with tickets going on sale a few days after that. The set’s massive opening week backed up the feverish hype surrounding her long-awaited comeback, and its subsequent ticket on-sale capitalized on that momentum without missing a beat.

The SOS Tour helped complete SZA’s transformation from slow-burn R&B wunderkind to genre-bending arena powerhouse. She is represented by Wasserman Music and promoted by Live Nation. The tour featured direct support act Omar Apollo.   

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SZA wrote most of the album's lyrics and collaborated with producers including Craig Balmori, Frank Dukes, Carter Lang, Scum and ThankGod4Cody to achieve its sound. The efforts resulted in a primarily neo-soul and R&B album, with elements of hip-hop, electronic, pop, indie and soul. Lyrically, the album has a confessional theme, which touch upon SZA's personal experiences and complexities of modern love; including desire, competition, jealousy, sexual politics, social media, and low self-esteem.

Ctrl was supported by five singles: " Drew Barrymore ", " Love Galore ", " The Weekend ", " Broken Clocks ", and " Garden (Say It Like Dat) ", all of which are certified Platinum or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Upon release, it received widespread acclaim from music critics, many of whom praised its cohesiveness and production, as well as SZA's vocal delivery. The album debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200, moving 60,000 equivalent-album units in its first week. The album and its songs were nominated for four Grammy Awards , while SZA was nominated for Best New Artist. It was also included in several year-end best music lists by publications. In 2020, the album was ranked at 472 on Rolling Stone 's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.

A deluxe edition featuring seven new songs was released on June 9, 2022, exactly five years after the original release.

• 1 Background
• 2 Writing and recording
• 3 Composition
• 4.1 Singles
• 5 Critical reception
• 6 Commercial performance
• 7.1 Photoshoot
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Background [ ]

After meeting members of Top Dawg Entertainment during the CMJ 2011, a friend attending the show with her foisted early SZA songs onto TDE president Terrence "Punch" Henderson, who liked the material and stayed in touch. Two years later, in June 2013, Top Dawg Entertainment announced they were planning to sign two more artists. On July 14, it was revealed Top Dawg had signed an upcoming female singer named SZA to the label; through this deal, SZA released Z (2014). Following the release of Z , SZA began working on her debut album and writing for other musicians including Beyoncé and Nicki Minaj, and Anti 's opening track "Consideration" for Rihanna, which she featured on. The debut album faced various setbacks, initially promised at the end of 2015, then at the start of 2016. In October 2016, she criticized her label for the delays and stated she would be quitting.

SZA revealed that her debut would be similar to S (2013) and would include trap influences with more aggressive lyrics, she also announced that she began working with James Fauntleroy, Hit-Boy, and long time collaborator Felix Snow. Speaking on the conception of the album, SZA stated that she had spent four years just doing music: "I've been burying friends, burying family members, burying weight, the way I feel about myself, the way I feel about God, the way I process information." The album was also inspired by SZA's view of control in her life. Speaking on this she stated " Ctrl is a concept. I've lacked control my whole life and I think I've craved it my whole life."

Writing and recording [ ]

The album's sessions began in 2014 and took place at the TDE Red Room in Carson, California. The album's recording process was described as being analog and featured the unplugging and re-plugging of wires in order to create the desired sound. During the album's studio sessions, SZA and the album's producers would go into the studio, and filter through the recorded songs and beats to decide if the songs were good or worth experimenting with in order to make better. SZA would search songs that were in the top forty charts during various years including the 1940s and 1980s, she would then listen to their style, beats and synths to gain some inspiration. Throughout the album's recording process, record producer Rick Rubin helped SZA's creative process. "I had this mentality that 'more is more' -- more reverb, more background [vocals]," stating "I played him a bunch of songs, and he would tell me, 'The more you take away from any piece, the more room you create for everything else to be beautiful and grow.' I never felt that before, the editing urge. Once you strip everything down, you're forced to say something."

In 2015, SZA was introduced to Carter Lang by Peter Cottontale in Chicago. After performing together at Lollapalooza that same year, SZA and Lang along with producer Tyron "Scum" Donaldson began to develop a rapport on the road to creating her debut album. The three held studio sessions across the country from Los Angeles to Chicago and even setting up shop in Carter's Michigan home in 2016, where they constructed the Travis Scott-assisted "Love Galore" in Lang's mom's office using studio equipment he brought there. Lang, Tyron Donaldson, ThankGod4Cody and other producers would challenge each other and send each other different music to work on. SZA would then listen the music and want to create from that. During the producers' competition of who could create the better song, they collectively created "Broken Clocks". "Drew Barrymore" was conceived at Lang's studio in Chicago in 2016. Lang ended up notching production credits on eight tracks from the album.

SZA contributed heavily to the album's lyrics, co-writing all fourteen tracks. SZA would freestyle the songs in a hope to "let the moments happen in the studio." Initially she tried to record phone notes and write down ideas in journals in order to help her write. SZA's record label TDE confiscated her hard drive during the album's recording, because SZA could not decide on the songs she wanted on the finished album, from the 150 – 200 she recorded. She also detailed how her anxiety issues affected her songwriting process: "I freestyle everything, all the way down. And I listen back and think, what’s shitty? And if something’s too shitty and I can’t put my finger on it, and I think, wow this sucks to me, then I get way frustrated, and usually scrap the song."

When recording the album, SZA would record from drafts of paper, recording one draft all the way down, before listening back and rephrasing it. However, with the album's opening track "Supermodel", SZA took on a different approach, stating, "Normally if I hear a beat, I hear an idea unfold. I see where it could go. But when I heard “Supermodel,” I couldn't even imagine what the song would sound like. I just wanted. I just wanted to sing. I wanted to think."

SZA recorded "Drew Barrymore" after hearing a production that reminded her of the film Poison Ivy , noting the emotion Ivy felt in film was something SZA connected with, stating her character was "lashing out because she was lonely and pissed that her life was like this".

"The Weekend" was produced by ThankGod4Cody who was given the idea to sample "Set the Mood (Prelude)/Until the End of Time" from a member of his team. After being handed the sample he added chords, a "glittery layer", and bass. After some experimentation with the vocals from the sample, the drums, and some additions in the reverb, he placed the song's snares and hi-hats, and rounded it all out with a cymbal, as he told Genius. The production was made with SZA in mind. SZA said about the sample in an interview with Associated Press, "I didn't even think about anything I was saying. I was just happy to be singing over that Justin Timberlake sample... I was just like, ‘This is for fun. This is crazy."

Composition [ ]

Ctrl is a fourteen track set that departs from traditional R&B leanings. Ctrl 's songs are predominantly alternative R&B, R&B and neo soul. The album tests the borders of traditional R&B, drawing influences from trap and indie rock. The album contains a precise sonic methodology, with a fluent production, containing influences from pop, hip-hop and electronic genres. These influences were compared to a mixture of different artists' work, including Sade, Lauryn Hill, Purity Ring, Yuki, Björk, Arca and Billie Holiday. The production was characterised as predominantly hip-hop-influenced with hints of soul and pop. The album has a confessional theme, which touch upon SZA's personal experiences of love. The album's lyrical content was seen as being "frank" and was noted as an insight into the complexities of modern love; of how desire, competition, jealousy, sexual politics, social media and low self-esteem can derail a relationship. Claire Lobenfeld of Pitchfork described the album's lyrics as being "honest" and "often comically blunt". SZA's vocals were noted for containing echoes that were achieved by turning down the reverb; this was done to give the album an "intimate, confessional tone".

The album opens with "Supermodel", which is built over an electric guitar riff, and reads as an "exposed diary entry" that lyrically talks about relationship betrayal and fallout. The song talks about SZA's ex-partner who left her on Valentine's Day. "Love Galore" is a trap-ballad that features American rapper Travis Scott. Speaking on their collaboration, SZA stated "I think he merges that super-fine line between melody and syncopation and pocket. And I love his pockets, and I love his note choice. He's just gnarly. He's perfect." "Doves in the Wind" features rapper Kendrick Lamar and is built over a "woozy" production. The song's themes revolves around sexual freedom, yet still having a hunger for intimacy. "Doves in the Wind" makes a reference to Forrest Gump, describing the character as the kind of man who sees women as more than sexual objects.

"Drew Barrymore" is a "sluggish" R&B song with introspective lyrics, whilst "Prom" is a pop song, that was noted for being built over muted guitars which were compared to those of the Police, whilst the lyrics discuss teen angst. "The Weekend", features writing from Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, and Danja, who were credited as the song samples "Set the Mood (Prelude)/Until the End of Time" from the 2006 album FutureSex/LoveSounds . "The Weekend" is an R&B and neo soul track. Although some publications call the song's narrator a "side chick", SZA sings from the perspective of a woman who only sees her partner on the weekend, while other girls have him during the week. "Go Gina" is a reference to Tisha Campbell's role of Gina on the '90s sitcom Martin . Lyrically, the song reflects on an environment that dislikes determined women, the song goes on to discuss how people try to simplify her problems in a self-serving way.

"Broken Clocks" enfolds SZA amid blurry keyboard tones and a watery sample of men's voices as she ponders memories of an old romance that still haunts her." Joshua Espinoza of Complex regarded the song as "a mid-tempo cut about optimism and perseverance".

Release and promotion [ ]

SZA premiered "Drew Barrymore" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! . She also announced the title of her debut studio album, initially titled A , but was later renamed to Ctrl . On April 28, 2017, SZA announced she had signed her first major-label recording contract with RCA Records. Following the announcement of Ctrl , SZA releases a promotional video narrated by rapper RZA. RZA opened with a dialogue stating "I’m zoning in with my homegirl, SZA—Self Savior, Zig-Zag-Zig Allah." Followed by a short verse "Yeah, I think you can take that far, Mama. Ya know what I mean? Cut loose the drama, no melodrama. Rise to the top, claim ya karma. And it’s my honor to drop this lesson, it’s my honor to give this blessing." On June 2, 2017, "Broken Clocks" was released as a promotional single, before being sent to urban contemporary radio in January 2018, serving as the album's fourth single. On June 8, 2017, "Doves in the Wind" was released as a promotional single.

On July 5, 2017, SZA announced an official North American headlining concert tour titled Ctrl the Tour to further promote the album. The tour began on August 20, 2017, in Providence, Rhode Island, at Fête Music Hall, and concluded on December 22, 2017, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at The Fillmore Philadelphia. Despite there being no European leg of the tour, on July 10, 2017, American singer and rapper Bryson Tiller announced that SZA would be opening for the European portion of his Set It Off Tour in support of his studio album True to Self from October 17, 2017, to November 30, 2017, separate from Ctrl the Tour. Due to tickets for Ctrl the Tour quickly selling out, this prompted additional dates to be added. Due to health problems, the first three dates of the tour were rescheduled, causing the tour to begin on August 20 instead of August 16 as originally scheduled. On July 31, 2017, SZA released a music video for "Supermodel", exclusively on Apple Music.

On December 9, 2017, SZA appeared on Saturday Night Live making her the third artist from her label to appear on the program following Lamar and Rock. The performance received critical acclaim for its power and a new verse she added to her song "Love Galore" in the absence of Travis Scott.

Singles [ ]

On January 13, 2017, SZA released the album's lead single "Drew Barrymore". It was produced by The Antydote and Carter Lang. On June 20, 2017, SZA released the music video for "Drew Barrymore", which featured a cameo by Drew Barrymore herself. Commercially, the song did not fare well since it was not released to radio, but later earned the certification of Platinum by the RIAA. On April 28, 2017, SZA released the album's second single "Love Galore". It features American rapper Travis Scott and was produced by ThankGod4Cody, Carter Lang, Scum and Punch. The music video for the song, directed by Nabil, premiered on April 27, 2017. It was uploaded to SZA's Vevo channel on April 28, 2017. Commercially, the song fared well in North America, charting on Canadian charts and entering the top forty on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number thirty, later becoming certified 6× platinum by the RIAA.

On September 26, 2017, "The Weekend" was sent to urban contemporary radio as the album's third single. As of the chart dated January 3, 2018 it has peaked at number twenty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her highest charting solo single in that region. A music video for the song directed by Solange Knowles was officially released on December 22, 2017. It has been certified 5× platinum by the RIAA.

"Broken Clocks" was sent to urban contemporary radio on January 9, 2018, as the album's fourth single after being previously released as a promotional single as a part of the album's pre-order. As of October 2020, it has been certified 3× platinum by the RIAA.

"Garden (Say It Like Dat)" was released as the album's fifth and final single on June 19, 2018, and has been 2× platinum by the RIAA.

Critical reception [ ]

Ctrl received widespread critical acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 86, based on 15 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim". The Observer 's Tara Joshi said the songs are "delicious slow jams with delicate yet powerful vocals and intimate insights into femininity, self-esteem and youth". Pitchfork 's Claire Lobenfeld called the album "an opulent, raw R&B album that constantly tests the borders of the genre", and named "Prom" as one of the standout tracks. Siena Yates of The New Zealand Herald described it as "a brutally honest, sonically rich leap down the rabbit hole."

In his review of the album, The New York Times 's Jon Pareles said of SZA: "But now, she fully commands the foreground of her songs. Her voice is upfront, recorded to sound natural and unaffected, with all its grain and conversational quirks." Vibe 's Jessica McKinny said the album "has definitely kick-started her journey in the right direction. It's raw, soulful, rhythmic and uplifting in all the right places and will surely be a summer gift for old and new fans." She also referred to the album as "stripped down perfection". Gerrick D. Kennedy of Los Angeles Times called the album "equal parts aching, brazen and gorgeously honest" and said of the songs, "The records are tender, vulnerable and often defiant."

Ryan B. Patrick of Exclaim! referred to SZA as "the full package in terms of artistry: killer singing and songwriting abilities with a distinct perspective on life, love and destiny". He went on to say that Ctrl "is craft in action, a uniquely excellent album from a uniquely excellent artist." Paste 's Nastia Voynovskaya called the album "strikingly relatable" and likened her vocals to that of Amy Winehouse and Billie Holiday. Jamie Milton of NME said it "effortlessly winds between narratives and genres like it's child's play" and went on to say that the artist "isn't a star in the making, it's a fully-fledged talent who's practically showing off." They also named "Prom" as the standout song of the album.

In July 2022, Rolling Stone ranked Ctrl at number 28 on its list of "100 Best Debut Albums of All Time", claiming that "she came out looking like a hero."

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Ctrl debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 60,000 album-equivalent units (including 20,000 copies as pure album sales) in its first week. This became SZA's first US top-ten debut. The album also accumulated 49.52 million streams for its songs that week. In its second week, the album dropped to #11 on the charts. In August 2022, the album was certified triple platinum by the RIAA for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over three million units in the United States. As of June 2023, the album has spent 311 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart, making it the second longest-charting R&B album by a woman, behind Anti by Rihanna, according to The New York Times .

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• " Doves In The Wind " contains a sample of the recording "Let's Get Dirty (I Can't Get in da Club)", written by Reggie Noble, John Bowman and Dana Stinson and performed by Redman, and an interpolation from "Turn Me Up Some", written by Trevor Smith and James Yancey and performed by Busta Rhymes.
• " The Weekend " contains elements of "Set the Mood (Prelude)", written by Justin Timberlake, Timothy Mosley and Floyd Hills and performed by Justin Timberlake.
• " Broken Clocks " embodies portions of "West", written by Thomas Paxton-Beesley, Adam Feeney and Ashton Simmonds and performed by River Tiber featuring Daniel Caesar.
• " Anything " contains a sample of the recording "Spring Affair", written by Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte and Donna Summer and performed by Donna Summer.
• " Normal Girl " contains an interpolation of "Controlla" by Drake.
• " 2AM " interpolates "Come and See Me" by PartyNextDoor and Drake.

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Ctrl the Tour

Listen to this concert Ctrl the Tour or buy cd/DVDs of this concert on amazon Ctrl the Tour is an official headlining concert tour by American singer-songwriter SZA , in support of her debut studio album, Ctrl . It began on August 20, 2017, in Providence, Rhode Island , at Fête Music Hall, and it is scheduled to conclude on January 31, 2018, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , at The Fillmore Philadelphia .

• 1 Background
• 3.1 Postponed shows
• 4 References

Background [ edit ]

The tour was officially announced on July 5, 2017, with a leg of tour dates across North America . [1] Simultaneously, SZA revealed that Smino and Ravyn Lenae would be supporting the tour. Regular tickets and VIP tickets for the tour both went on sale to the general public on July 7. Despite there being no European leg of the tour, on July 10, 2017, American singer and rapper Bryson Tiller announced that SZA would be opening for the European portion of his Set It Off Tour in support of his studio album True to Self from October 17, 2017, to November 30, 2017, separate from Ctrl the Tour. [2] Due to tickets for Ctrl the Tour quickly selling out, this prompted additional dates to be added. Due to health problems, the first three dates of the tour were rescheduled, causing the tour to begin on August 20 instead of August 16 as originally scheduled. [3] [4]

Set list [ edit ]

This set list is representative of the show on August 20, 2017 in Providence, Rhode Island . It does not represent the set list from all of the shows. It consists of twelve tracks from Ctrl (2017) and three tracks from Z (2014). [5]

• "Supermodel"
• " Broken Clocks "
• "Drew Barrymore"
• "Child's Play"
• "Normal Girl"
• "Garden (Say It Like Dat)"
• "Doves in the Wind"
• " Love Galore "
• " The Weekend "
• "Wavy (Interlude)"

Shows [ edit ]

Postponed shows [ edit ], notes [ edit ].

• A ^ The show on August 26, 2017 in New York City is part of the 2017 Afropunk Festival .
• B ^ The show on September 9, 2017 in Anaheim is part of the 2017 Day N Night Fest.
• B ^ The show on October 5, 2017 in Nashville is part of the 2017 Commodore Quake concert with Migos .

References [ edit ]

• ↑ "Bryson Tiller Announces European Tour With SZA" . thefader.com .
• ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7933965/sza-ctrl-tour-dates-postponed
• ↑ SZA. "1. I didn't postpone the tour . I rescheduled 3 days outta like 100 ! lol my body tried to play me but I beat it's ass n im back n ready!https://twitter.com/lashleyn/status/898630379099140096 …" . twitter.com .
• ↑ "SZA Setlist at Fête Music Hall, Providence" . setlist.fm .

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