The party’s starting — Kesha’s going on tour!
On Tuesday, the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter announced a 20-city North American tour in support of her new album Gag Order, set to go down this fall with special guest Jake Wesley Rogers.
“GAG ORDER TOUR. WHO’S TURNING UP?” wrote Kesha, 36, alongside the tour’s announcement on Instagram. She also took to the comments section underneath the post, writing, “We gonna burn the house down bby.”
Kicking off Oct. 15 in Dallas, the Gag Order Tour will hit venues throughout North America including New Orleans, Atlanta, Nashville, Philadelphia, Boston, New York City, Toronto, Detroit and Chicago before wrapping on Nov. 18 in Los Angeles.
Presale tickets become available on Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time before the general sale opens to all fans on Friday at 10 a.m. local time. More information is available at Kesha’s website.
Released earlier this month, Gag Order finds the “Tik Tok” performer in an especially introspective space, as she sings about mental health and past romantic relationships. Throughout the record, she also seems to allude to her ongoing legal battle with ex-collaborator Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald.
Kesha first sued the producer in 2014 for sexual, emotional and physical abuse, and he filed a countersuit the same year. Her claims were dismissed by a judge in 2016, but his defamation suit against her is set to go to trial this summer — despite multiple appeals.
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, she referred to the new album as “the most intimate thing I’ve ever created.”
“I really dug into some of my uglier emotions and sides of myself that are less fun,” Kesha told the outlet. “It’s scary being vulnerable. The fact that I have compiled an entire record of these emotions, of anger, of insecurity, of anxiety, of grief, of pain, of regret, all of that is so nerve-racking — but it’s also so healing.”
See the full list of Kesha’s Gag Order Tour dates below.
Oct. 15, 2023 – Dallas, TX – The Factory in Deep Ellum
Oct. 16, 2023 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at The Moody Theater
Oct. 18, 2023 – New Orleans, LA – Orpheum Theater
Oct. 20, 2023 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
Oct. 21, 2023 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
Oct. 23, 2023 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
Oct. 26, 2023 – Newport, KY – MegaCorp Pavilion
Oct. 28, 2023 – Mashantucket, CT – Foxwoods Resort Casino
Oct. 29, 2023 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
Oct. 31, 2023 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met Philadelphia
Nov. 1, 2023 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Nov. 3, 2023 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom
Nov. 6, 2023 – Toronto, ON – HISTORY
Nov. 7, 2023 – Detroit, MI – Masonic Temple Theatre
Nov. 9, 2023 – Chicago, IL – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
Nov. 11, 2023 – Milwaukee, WI – The Eagles Ballroom
Nov. 12, 2023 – Prior Lake, MN – Mystic Showroom
Nov. 14, 2023 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom
Nov. 17, 2023 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
Nov. 18, 2023 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium