User blog:BeccaSchmecca/Althea in Real Life: Daydream Tour

The Daydream Tour was the second headlining concert tour by New Zealand jazz crossover singer Althea, in support of her second studio album Daydream. The tour began on 24 June 2014 in Glasgow and concluded on 6 October in Osaka, comprising 60 concerts. Once again, her father served as the travelling assistant, while her cousin Moira Nakos served as accompaniment via piano and synthesizers, as well several live musicians and prerecorded backing tracks.

Background and development
On 16 January 2014 - the week after her 14th birthday - Althea began television promotions for the album with performances on several talk shows in New Zealand, which ended up going viral within that time with over 900,000 views on Dailymotion and Vimeo. Tickets went on sale shortly afterwards.

Stage
The stage design was really unusual for this tour.

Dress design
On 2 March 2014, Althea once again met up with fellow designer Luther Forsman so she could take a look at the dresses that were designed for the tour. Meanwhile, seamstress Alicia Furutani-Saroyan told a newspaper company in Wellington that it took five weeks to make each of the dresses for the tour dates.

Tour dates

 * Cancellations