# The Listening Sessions

The Listening Sessions was the debut concert tour by American singer Ariana Grande. The tour supported Grande's debut studio album, Yours Truly (2013), which was released September 3, 2013. The tour began on August 11, 2013 and concluded September 22, 2013 and showcased all of the material from Grande's debut studio album, with the exception of "Popular Song". The tour grossed $679,360 from 11 shows across North America. The tour was said to expand after the release of Yours Truly, but failed to materialize due to Grande's filming schedule for Sam & Cat and recording sessions for her second studio album, My Everything.

## Background

On July 15, 2013, the same day that "Baby I" was announced, Grande announced that she would be going on her debut concert tour in August of that year. Grande said she chose the name "The Listening Sessions" because she would only be playing a handful of small intimate venues and fans would be hearing the music from the album before it was released. Pre-sale tickets went on sale on Thursday, July 18. Regular tickets went on sale on Friday, July 19, 2013. Pre-sale tickets had to be taken down early, as they were selling at such a fast rate that the tour was almost sold out before regular tickets were available.

## Set list

This set list is representative of the show on August 17, 2013. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.
* "Baby I"
* "Lovin' It"
* "You'll Never Know"
* "Honeymoon Avenue"
* "Tattooed Heart"
* "Better Left Unsaid"
* "Daydreamin'"
* "Almost Is Never Enough"
* "Piano"
* "Right There"
* "The Way"
* During the performance in Los Angeles, Grande was joined by Big Sean to perform their song "Right There", while Mac Miller also assisted Grande in performing "The Way".
* During the performance in New York City, Grande performed an unreleased song entitled "Higher".
* During the performances in Toronto, Rosemont, and Royal Oak, Grande was joined by Nathan Sykes to perform their duet "Almost Is Never Enough".

## Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets, and gross revenue :
| Date (2013) | City | Country | Venue | Attendance | Revenue |
| August 13 | Silver Spring | United States | The Fillmore Silver Spring | 2,000 / 2,000 (100%) | $59,040 |
| August 14 | New York City | United States | Best Buy Theater | 2,027 / 2,027 (100%) | $71,041 |
| August 16 | Philadelphia | United States | Electric Factory | 2,341 / 2,341 (100%) | $69,195 |
| August 17 | Red Bank | United States | Count Basie Theatre | 1,474 / 1,474 (100%) | $51,590 |
| August 18 | Lowell | United States | Lowell Memorial Auditorium | 2,692 / 2,692 (100%) | $79,414 |
| August 27 | Toronto | Canada | Sound Academy | 2,586 / 2,586 (100%) | $79,960 |
| August 28 | Royal Oak | United States | Royal Oak Music Theatre | 1,694 / 1,694 (100%) | $50,106 |
| August 29 | Rosemont | United States | Rosemont Theatre | 2,291 / 2,291 (100%) | $80,185 |
| August 31 | Kansas City | United States | Midland Theatre | 1,545 / 1,545 (100%) | $50,700 |
| September 9 | Los Angeles | United States | Club Nokia | 2,351 / 2,351 (100%) | $88,736 |
| September 22 | New Albany | United States | New Albany Classic | 4,260 / 4,260 (100%) | $120,033 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 25,261 / 25,261 (100%) | $679,360 |