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John's Paper Towns film promotional tour: New York, Indianapolis, Columbus, Dallas (July 2015)

story · status: told 2×, last update 2015 · last event: update (2015-07-28)

John's week of Paper Towns film tour stops in July 2015: New York, Indianapolis (which declared 14 July 2015 John Green Day), Columbus and Dallas, then Los Angeles. He met many thousands of Nerdfighters along the way.

Part of: Paper Towns movie tour (2015): Europe stops and US states chosen by Tumblr vote

Told alongside: John asks viewers to vote for their state for the Paper Towns US tour at papertownsmovie.com/tour (2015) · John: announce the venues and times of the US Paper Towns tour stops within a week (2015) · John's exhaustion during the Paper Towns film promotion (July 2015)

About: Paper Towns (film), New York City, Indianapolis, Columbus, Ohio, Dallas

date event what video
2015-06-08 told John, Nat and Cara will tour the US in July, visiting the states with the most votes at papertownsmovie.com/tour, where one Tumblr like or reblog counts as one vote, until June 15. Monday Bonus Video! 00:01:10
2015-06-30 update The tour stops are Indianapolis on July 14th, Columbus, Ohio on July 15th and Dallas, Texas on July 16th; all events are free. Some News 00:01:06
2015-07-14 told John is leaving Birmingham for New York City, probably for press, then starts the Paper Towns tour in Indianapolis the next day before Columbus and Dallas. On Exhaustion 00:00:38
2015-07-21 update John met many thousands of Nerdfighters around the country, and many wanted to say hello to Hank, as crowds then do. PAPER TOWNS IS HERE AND JOHN IS A BALL OF ANXIETY 00:00:16
2015-07-28 (happened 2015-07) update John tells how his week-long Paper Towns film tour went: New York, Indianapolis (where July 14, 2015 was declared John Green Day), Columbus and Dallas, then LA; an adventure after two hard months away from family. Paper Towns, Agloe, and Touring: Thoughts from (Many) Places 00:00:00

What is said about it

9 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).

  • 2015-06-30 · Some News — announcement: John says he, Cara Delevingne, Nat Wolff and Halston Sage will tour the US before the Paper Towns film comes out, in the states that won a Tumblr vote: Ohio, Texas and Indiana. — 00:00:41
  • 2015-06-30 · Some News — announcement: John does not know the tour venues and times yet but expects to within the next week and will let viewers know. (hedged) — 00:01:11
  • 2015-07-14 · On Exhaustion — announcement: John: The Dallas stop of the Paper Towns tour at The Bomb Factory features a performance by Saint Motel, whose song 'My Type' is on the film's soundtrack, and is hosted by Allison and Gaby of Just Between Us. — video description
  • 2015-07-14 · On Exhaustion — John is leaving Birmingham for New York City, probably for press, though he doesn't exactly know why. (hedged) — 00:00:38
  • 2015-07-14 · On Exhaustion — announcement: John will be in Indianapolis the next day for the start of the Paper Towns tour with Nat, Cara, Akilah Hughes and Nerdfighters, then Columbus and Dallas; events are free, details in the doobly-doo. — 00:00:45
  • 2015-07-14 · On Exhaustion — John thanks Nerdfighters for worrying, says he is okay, and is excited to meet some of them on tour instead of answering the same 8 questions from press outlets. — 00:02:53
  • 2015-07-28 · Paper Towns, Agloe, and Touring: Thoughts from (Many) Places — John left his vacation hammock and family, drove across Michigan to Lansing listening to The Mountain Goats, and flew to New York City. — 00:00:01
  • 2015-07-28 · Paper Towns, Agloe, and Touring: Thoughts from (Many) Places — John: On stage with host Akilah Hughes, John felt a wave of energy; the mayor of Indianapolis declared July 14, 2015 John Green Day, which John found very weird. — 00:01:50
  • 2015-07-28 · Paper Towns, Agloe, and Touring: Thoughts from (Many) Places — John says the past two months were long and difficult; he missed his family and is glad to be home, but the tour week was an adventure that brought him closer to people he loves. — 00:03:37