User blog:BeccaSchmecca/Fiona Harker in Real Life: Where I Was Before Tour

Where I Was Before Tour was fourth headlining concert tour by British-born American singer Fiona Harker, in support of her fourth studio album 1995. It was also her first to include stadiums rather than arenas.

Background and development
Shortly after releasing "Where I Was Before" - which was the first single off of 1995 - Fiona Harker announced on her official website that she'd be trying her hand at performing in actual stadiums for the first time. Standard tickets went on sale to the general public between late January and early March 2016. There was no minimum age restriction for attending the tour dates, but children needed to be accompanied by an adult at all times. Each show started between 6:45 and 7:30 in the evening.

Controversies
Aram Mp3, who had opened for the show at Yerevan's Hrazdan Stadium, was supposed to sing only four (4) or five (5) songs in his set list, but a number of audience members (mostly teenagers) kept asking for an "encore" when Fiona Harker were supposed to get on stage at 6:45 that evening. Before singing an extra song, a number of bodyguards took Aram out of the venue. It was eventually 6:43 when Aram was removed, thus giving Harker and her band the right to finally take the stage and perform this new material.

Personnel

 * Fiona Harker - lead vocals
 * Kirk Banks - piano, synthesizer
 * Larson Baggio - drums
 * Marybeth Bergstrom - electric guitar
 * Arixandra Breznay - bass guitar
 * Catherine Jankowski - violin
 * Dolores Williams - violin
 * Jacqueline Garcia - cello
 * Sabrina Hijikata - backing vocalist
 * Sophia Higgins - backing vocalist