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All Things Bright and Beautiful Tour

concert tour by Owl City

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ122497361 ↗
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The All Things Bright and Beautiful Tour is the second headlining concert tour by American electronica project Owl City, in support of his third studio album, All Things Bright and Beautiful (2011).

Background

Owl City released his third studio album, All Things Bright and Beautiful on June 14, 2011. In March 2011, Owl City announced the All Things Bright and Beautiful World Tour. Tickets went on sale for the North American leg of the tour in late March and early April. Tickets went on sale in New Zealand and Australia, the UK and Europe and Asia in May 2011. The North American leg of the tour began in June to July 2011 with supporting acts from Unwed Sailor and Mat Kearney. The first leg of the tour hit 29 cities in North America, including two festival appearances.

The second leg of the tour took place in New Zealand and Australia in August 2011 with New Empire joining as the opening act. Owl City toured across Europe from September to October 2011 in the third leg of the tour. The leg featured opening acts from Unicorn Kid, Long Lost Sun and Owl City's touring keyboardist, Breanne Düren.

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