The Play On Tour was Carrie Underwood's second headlining tour in support of her third album, Play On .
Tour dates for the first leg were announced in December 2009, while dates for the second leg were announced in April 2010, the same month tickets went on sale.
Carrie announced that 36 cents from each ticket sale will be donated to the Save the Children program, inspired by a line in her song "Change ".
Opening acts for the tour included Sons of Sylvia , Craig Morgan, and Billy Currington.
In July 2010, Pollstar.com revealed the Top 100 tours of the first half of the year for North American statistics. The "Play On Tour" clocked in at number fifteen, bringing in a total of $18.4 million. It brought in a collective total of more than 375,000 tickets in its first four months. In December 2010, Pollstar.com revealed the Top 50 tours of 2010 for both North American and worldwide statistics. The "Play On Tour" clocked in at number nineteen on the North American raking, and number thirty-one worldwide.
In December 2010, Billboard ranked the Play On Tour at number twenty-four for all tours of 2010. On January 4, 2011, official statistics revealed that Underwood played to over 1 million fans throughout the tour, becoming her largest tour to date.
Carrie won Touring Artist of the Year at the 2010 American Country Awards in December.
Date
City
Country
Venue
North America Leg 1
March 11, 2010
Reading
United States
Sovereign Center
March 12, 2010
Albany
Times Union Center
March 13, 2010
Providence
Dunkin Donuts Center
March 15, 2010
Portland
Cumberland County Civic Center
March 16, 2010
Bridgeport
Arena at Harbor Yard
March 19, 2010
Atlantic City
Boardwalk Hall
March 20, 2010
Mashantucket
MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods
March 21, 2010
Worcester
DCU Center
March 23, 2010
Hamilton
Canada
Copps Coliseum
March 24, 2010
Ottawa
Scotiabank Place
March 26, 2010
Trenton
United States
Sun National Bank Center
March 27, 2010
Amherst
Mullins Center
March 29, 2010
Wilkes-Barre
Wachovia Arena
March 31, 2010
Rochester
Blue Cross Arena
April 1, 2010
Pittsburgh
Petersen Events Center
April 3, 2010
Pikeville
Eastern Kentucky Expo Center
April 6, 2010
Columbus, Ohio
Schottenstein Center
April 7, 2010
Peoria
Peoria Civic Center
April 9, 2010
Indianapolis
Conseco Fieldhouse
April 10, 2010
Rockford
Rockford MetroCentre
April 12, 2010
Fort Wayne
Allen County War Memorial
April 13, 2010
Saginaw
Dow Event Center
April 14, 2010
Lansing
Breslin Student Events Center
April 23, 2010
Grand Rapids
Van Andel Arena
April 24, 2010
Toledo
Lucas County Arena
April 25, 2010
Cincinnati
US Bank Arena
April 27, 2010
Richmond
Richmond Coliseum
April 28, 2010
Charleston
Charleston Civic Center
April 30, 2010
Fayetteville
Crown Coliseum
May 1, 2010
Columbia
Colonial Life Arena
May 2, 2010
Augusta
James Brown Arena
May 4, 2010
Tallahassee
Tallahassee County Civic Center
May 5, 2010
Pensacola
Pensacola Civic Center
May 7, 2010
New Orleans
Lakefront Arena
May 8, 2010
Lafayette
Cajundome
May 10, 2010
Beaumont
Ford Park Events Center
May 12, 2010
Austin
Frank Erwin Center
May 13, 2010
Corpus Christi
American Bank Center
May 15, 2010
Tucson
Tucson Convention Center
May 18, 2010
Fresno
SaveMart Center
May 20, 2010
Sacramento
ARCO Arena
May 21, 2010
Reno
Reno Events Center
May 22, 2010
Las Vegas
Orleans Arena
May 29, 2010
Everett
Comcast Arena at Everett
May 30, 2010
Spokane
Spokane Arena
June 1, 2010
Nampa
Idaho Center
June 3, 2010
Broomfield
Odeum Colorado
June 4, 2010
Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs World Arena
June 12, 2010
Birmingham
BJCC Arena
June 13, 2010
Lexington
Rupp Arena
June 15, 2010
Springfield
JQH Arena
June 17, 2010
Fargo
Fargodome
June 18, 2010
Winnipeg
Canada
MTS Centre
June 20, 2010
Saskatoon
Credit Union Centre
North America Leg 2
September 25, 2010
Portland
United States
Rose Garden
September 27, 2010
San Jose
HP Pavilion at San Jose
September 28, 2010
Stockton
Stockton Arena
September 29, 2010
Bakersfield
Rabobank Arena
October 1, 2010
San Diego
San Diego Sports Arena
October 2, 2010
Los Angeles
Hollywood Bowl
October 3, 2010
Phoenix
Jobing.com Arena
October 6, 2010
Houston
Toyota Center
October 7, 2010
San Antonio
AT&T Center
October 9, 2010
Dallas
American Airlines Center
October 10, 2010
Tulsa
BOK Center
October 12, 2010
North Little Rock
Verizon Arena
October 13, 2010
Nashville
Bridgestone Arena
October 15, 2010
Moline
i Wireless Center
October 16, 2010
Kansas City
Sprint Center
October 17, 2010
Omaha
Qwest Center
October 19, 2010
Wichita
INTRUST Bank Arena
October 20, 2010
Oklahoma City
Ford Center
October 22, 2010
Memphis
FedExForum
October 23, 2010
Mobile
Mobile Civic Center
October 25, 2010
Tampa
St. Pete Times Forum
October 26, 2010
Jacksonville
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
October 27, 2010
Duluth
Arena at Gwinnett Center
October 29, 2010
Greensboro
Greensboro Coliseum
October 30, 2010
Charlotte
Time Warner Cable Arena
November 1, 2010
Cleveland
Wolstein Center
November 3, 2010
Toronto
Canada
Air Canada Centre
November 5, 2010
Uniondale
United States
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
November 6, 2010
Manchester
Verizon Wireless Arena
November 12, 2010
Roanoke
Roanoke Civic Center
November 13, 2010
University Park
Bryce Jordan Center
November 15, 2010
Newark
Prudential Center
November 16, 2010
Baltimore
1st Mariner Arena
December 1, 2010
St. Louis
Chaifetz Arena
December 2, 2010
Evansville
Roberts Stadium
December 4, 2010
Des Moines
Wells Fargo Arena
December 5, 2010
Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls Arena
December 7, 2010
Rapid City
Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
December 8, 2010
Casper
Casper Events Center
December 10, 2010
Bismarck [3 ]
Bismarck Civic Center
[B ], [C ]
December 12, 2010
Bozeman
Worthington Arena
December 14, 2010
Yakima
Yakima SunDome
December 15, 2010
Penticton
Canada
South Okanagan Events Centre
[C ]
December 16, 2010
Vancouver
Rogers Arena
December 18, 2010
Edmonton
Rexall Place
December 19, 2010
Calgary
Scotiabank Saddledome
December 22, 2010
Auburn Hills
United States
The Palace of Auburn Hills
[E ]
December 30, 2010
Mashantucket
MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods
January 1, 2011
Atlantic City
Borgata Events Center