 Ocean supported the album with a 14 @-@ date North American tour during July 2012 . Announced on June 8 , the tour had sold out by July 9 . On its number of shows , Ocean explained that he wanted to provide quality over quantity and said that " it 's not about let 's do a million things right now . It 's about let 's just do our best to do the best things right now . " Malay joined him as the tour 's musical director and said that it would expand on the production of Ocean 's previous concerts for Nostalgia , Ultra . Their stage setup featured a guitarist , bassist , drummer , two pianos , and a DJ setup behind television monitor props , which showed ever @-@ changing images . 
