Melodrama World Tour

Melodrama World Tour
Tour by Lorde
Associated album Melodrama
Start date 26 September 2017 (2017-09-26)
End date 17 November 2018 (2018-11-17)
Legs 4
No. of shows
  • 20 in Europe
  • 13 in Oceania
  • 32 in North America
  • 2 in Asia
  • 3 in South America
  • 70 in total
Lorde concert chronology

The Melodrama World Tour is the second concert tour by New Zealand recording artist Lorde, in support of her second studio album, Melodrama (2017). The tour began on 26 September 2017 in Manchester. It will play 70 concerts across North America, Europe, Oceania, Asia and South America. Khalid was the opener for the European leg, George Maple opened for the Australian leg, and the North American leg was supported by Run the Jewels, Tove Styrke and Mitski.[1][2][3]

Set list

This set list is from the show on March 1, 2018 in Milwaukee. It is not intended to represent all tour dates.

  1. "Sober
  2. "Homemade Dynamite"
  3. "Magnets"
  4. "Buzzcut Season
  5. "400 Lux"
  6. "Ribs"
  7. "The Louvre"
  8. "Hard Feelings"
  9. "Yellow Flicker Beat"
  10. "Writer in the Dark"
  11. "Solo" (Frank Ocean cover)
  12. "Liability"
  13. "Sober II (Melodrama)"
  14. "Supercut"
  15. "Royals"
  16. "Perfect Places"
  17. "Green Light"
Encore
  1. "Loveless"
  2. "Precious Metals" (Unreleased song)
  3. "Team"

Controversy

In December 2017, Lorde cancelled her scheduled June concert in Israel following an online campaign by Palestinian solidarity activists supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign.[4][5][6] This online campaign included an open letter published on The Spinoff online magazine by both the Jewish New Zealander activist Justine Sachs and the Palestinian New Zealander activist Nadia Abu-Shanab urging Lorde to cancel her Israel tour, citing "Israeli government's policies of oppression, ethnic cleansing, human rights violations, occupation and apartheid."[4][7] Lorde also issued a statement on Twitter thanking her fans for educating her about Israel-Palestine,[8][5] and saying "I'm not too proud to admit I didn't make the right call [by booking this tour]."[9][10]

Lorde's cancellation of her Israeli tour was welcomed by Palestinian activists and supporters including the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel and the New Zealand Jewish pro-boycott group Dayenu; of which Sachs was a founding member.[11][12] By contrast, Lorde's actions were criticised by pro-Israel groups and supporters including Shalom.Kiwi and the actress Roseanne Barr.[13][14] The Israeli Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev and the Israeli Ambassador to New Zealand Itzhak Gerbeg also issued statements urging Lorde to reconsider her cancellation; with the latter inviting Lorde to meet him.[15][16] American rabbi Shmuley Boteach paid for a full-page advertisement in the Washington Post, with the headline "Lorde and New Zealand ignore Syria to attack Israel", and called her a "bigot", noting that she will be touring Russia despite Putin's support for the Syrian regime.[17]

In response to Boteach's poster, one hundred actors, writers, directors, and musicians including Roger Waters, John Cusack, Angela Davis, Mark Ruffalo, and Viggo Mortensen issued a joint letter on The Guardian defending Lorde's stand.[18][19] On 31 January 2018, three Israeli teenagers sued the activists that wrote the open letter for "emotional damage" resulting from the concert's cancellation.[20][21][22]

Lorde was scheduled to perform in Miami and Tampa Bay in April 2018. Based on anti-BDS legislation in Florida which bars companies that receive state funds from doing business over $1 million with organizations associated with BDS, Floridian law maker Randy Fine called for the cancellation of Lorde's upcoming April 2018 concerts in Florida saying that "When Lorde joined the boycott in December, she and her companies became subject to that statute. The taxpayers of Miami and Tampa should not have to facilitate bigotry and anti-Semitism, and I look forward to the Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority and the Tampa Sports Authority complying with the law and canceling these concerts."[23][24]

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and opening act
Date City Country Venue Opening act(s) Attendance Revenue
Europe[25]
26 September 2017 Manchester England O2 Apollo Manchester Khalid 3,500 / 3,500 $154,761
27 September 2017 London Alexandra Palace 10,250 / 10,250 $453,231
30 September 2017 Brighton Brighton Centre 4,450 / 4,450 $196,768
1 October 2017 Birmingham O2 Academy Birmingham 3,009 / 3,009 $133,051
2 October 2017 Glasgow Scotland O2 Academy Glasgow Anna of the North[26] 2,550 / 2,550 $107,850
4 October 2017 Tilburg Netherlands 013 Khalid 3,000 / 3,000 $132,653
5 October 2017 Paris France Zénith Paris 5,019 / 6,280 $271,490
6 October 2017 Antwerp Belgium Lotto Arena 3,804 / 7,348 $154,145
8 October 2017 Lyon France Le Transbordeur 1,618 / 1,618 $72,855
9 October 2017 Barcelona Spain Sant Jordi Club 4,915 / 5,270 $206,145
11 October 2017 Munich Germany Zenith N/A N/A
12 October 2017 Milan Italy Fabrique 3,000 / 3,000 $118,230
14 October 2017 Cologne Germany Palladium 4,000 / 4,000 $157,687
15 October 2017 Berlin Tempodrom 3,549 / 3,549 $136,711
17 October 2017 Stockholm Sweden Annexet 3,313 / 3,313 $242,585
18 October 2017 Oslo Norway Sentrum Scene 1,750 / 1,750 $117,285
19 October 2017[lower-alpha 1] Trondheim Høyskoledalen N/A N/A
North America
21 October 2017[lower-alpha 2] Los Angeles United States Hollywood Bowl N/A N/A N/A
Oceania[29][30][31]
7 November 2017 Dunedin New Zealand Dunedin Town Hall Mermaidens 2,200 / 2,200 $157,366
8 November 2017 Christchurch Isaac Theatre Royal Yumi Zouma 2,584 / 2,584 $189,252
9 November 2017 French for Rabbits
11 November 2017 Wellington Michael Fowler Centre Tapz 2,209 / 2,209 $158,098
12 November 2017 Auckland Bruce Mason Centre Drax Project 3,150 / 3,150 $218,200
14 November 2017 Powerstation David Dallas
15 November 2017 Matthew Young
18 November 2017 Perth Australia Pioneer Women's Memorial George Maple 6,500 / 6,500 $519,610
21 November 2017 Sydney Sydney Opera House Forecourt 12,000 / 12,000 $1,094,640
22 November 2017
23 November 2017 Brisbane Riverstage 7,920 / 8,029 $720,928
25 November 2017[lower-alpha 3] Canberra Commonwealth Park N/A N/A N/A
26 November 2017 Melbourne Sidney Myer Music Bowl George Maple 11,770 / 12,080 $793,425
North America[33]
1 March 2018 Milwaukee United States BMO Harris Bradley Center Run the Jewels
Tove Styrke		 N/A N/A
2 March 2018 St. Louis Chaifetz Arena 5,306 / 7,192 $329,089
3 March 2018 Kansas City Sprint Center 7,729 / 9,005 $313,582
5 March 2018 Denver Pepsi Center N/A N/A
8 March 2018 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena 7,835 / 8,599 $502,004
9 March 2018 Seattle United States KeyArena 11,790 / 12,623 $937,305
10 March 2018 Portland Moda Center 9,092 / 11,306 $665,954
12 March 2018 Sacramento Golden 1 Center 5,784 / 8,242 $391,821
13 March 2018 Oakland Oracle Arena 7,478 / 12,211 $501,037
14 March 2018 Los Angeles Staples Center Tove Styrke 12,506 / 13,044 $896,730
16 March 2018 Glendale Gila River Arena Run the Jewels
Tove Styrke		 N/A N/A
18 March 2018 Dallas American Airlines Center Tove Styrke
19 March 2018 Houston Toyota Center 6,383 / 7,292 $350,267
21 March 2018 Tulsa BOK Center N/A N/A
23 March 2018 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center
24 March 2018 Lincoln Pinnacle Bank Arena Run the Jewels
Mitski
25 March 2018 Des Moines Wells Fargo Arena
27 March 2018 Rosemont Allstate Arena
28 March 2018 Detroit Little Caesars Arena
29 March 2018 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre
31 March 2018 Columbus United States Schottenstein Center
2 April 2018 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
3 April 2018 Boston TD Garden
4 April 2018 Brooklyn Barclays Center 13,270 / 13,270 $1,017,202
6 April 2018 Newark Prudential Center 9,835 / 10,369 $634,650
7 April 2018 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena 6,066 / 6,726 $505,934
8 April 2018 Washington, D.C. The Anthem 6,000 / 6,000 $624,700
11 April 2018 Tampa Amalie Arena Mitski N/A N/A
12 April 2018 Miami American Airlines Arena Run the Jewels
Mitski
14 April 2018 Duluth Infinite Energy Arena
15 April 2018 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 9,640 / 9,960 $534,253
Europe
26 May 2018[lower-alpha 4] London England Victoria Park N/A N/A N/A
29 May 2018 Saint Petersburg Russia Ice Palace — —
31 May 2018 Moscow Crocus City Hall — —
2 June 2018[lower-alpha 5] Barcelona Spain Parc del Fòrum N/A N/A
7 June 2018[lower-alpha 6] Porto Portugal Parque da Cidade
9 June 2018[lower-alpha 7] Manchester England Heaton Park
North America
13 July 2018[lower-alpha 8] Quebec City Canada Plains of Abraham Milk & Bone, Cyndi Lauper N/A N/A
Oceania
20 July 2018[lower-alpha 9] Byron Bay Australia North Byron Parklands N/A N/A N/A
Asia
21 July 2018[lower-alpha 10] Jakarta Indonesia JIExpo Kemayoran N/A N/A N/A
22 July 2018[lower-alpha 11] Kuala Lumpur Malaysia The Ranch at Gohtong Jaya
Latin America
10 November 2018[lower-alpha 12] Santiago Chile Espacio Broadway N/A N/A N/A
11 November 2018[lower-alpha 13] Buenos Aires Argentina Club Ciudad
15 November 2018[lower-alpha 14] São Paulo Brazil Latin America Memorial
17 November 2018[lower-alpha 15] Mexico City Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Total 222,012 / 264,569 (83.9%) $15,496,883

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation
Date City Country Venue Reason
5 June 2018 Tel Aviv Israel Tel Aviv Convention Center Political protest[41]

Notes

  1. ↑ The concert of 18 October 2017 at the Høyskoledalen in Trondheim is part of the UKA.[27]
  2. ↑ The concert of 21 October 2017 at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood is part of the We Can Survive Festival.[28]
  3. ↑ The concert of 25 November 2017 at the Commonwealth Park in Canberra is part of the Spilt Milk Festival.[32]
  4. ↑ The concert of 26 May 2018 in London is part of the All Points East Festival.[34]
  5. ↑ The concert of 2 June 2018 in Barcelona is part of Primavera Sound.
  6. ↑ The concert of 7 May 2018 in Porto is part of NOS Primavera Sound.[35]
  7. ↑ The concert of 9 June 2018 in Manchester is part of Parklife.
  8. ↑ The concert of 13 July 2018 in Quebec City is part of Festival D'Ete De Quebec.
  9. ↑ The concert of 20 July 2018 in Byron Bay is part of Splendour In The Grass.
  10. ↑ The concert of 21 July 2018 at the JIExpo Kemayoran in Jakarta is part of the We the Fest.[36]
  11. ↑ The concert of 22 July 2018 in Kuala Lumpur is part of Good Vibes Festival.
  12. ↑ The concert of 10 November 2018 in Santiago is part of Festival Fauna Primavera.[37]
  13. ↑ The concert of 11 November 2018 in Buenos Aires is part of Personal Fest.[38]
  14. ↑ The concert of 15 November 2018 at the Latin America Memorial in São Paulo is part of the Popload Festival.[39]
  15. ↑ The concert of 17 November 2018 in Mexico City is part of Corona Capital.[40]

References

  1. ↑ Young, Alex (16 June 2017). "Lorde announces 2018 North American tour in support of Melodrama". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "North American openers". Twitter. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Frontier Touring [@frontiertouring] (16 October 2017). "TOUR UPDATE Joining @Lorde as special guest on her AU tour will be producer-songwriter-singer @GeorgeMaple_!" (Tweet). Retrieved 17 October 2017 – via Twitter.
  4. 1 2 Beaumont, Peter (25 December 2017). "Lorde cancels Israel concert after pro-Palestinian campaign". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Singer Lorde cancels Israel event after backlash". Al Jazeera. 25 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  6. ↑ Bonos, Lisa (25 December 2017). "Lorde canceled her show in Israel over politics. Here's how other celebrities handled it". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  7. ↑ Abu-Shanab, Nadia; Sachs, Justine (21 December 2017). "Dear Lorde, here's why we're urging you not to play Israel". The Spinoff. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  8. ↑ @lorde (20 December 2017). "Noted! Been speaking w many people about this and considering all options. Thank u for educating me i am learning all the time too" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ↑ "Lorde: Cancelling Israel concert was 'right decision'". Arutz Sheva. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "Lorde Cancels Tel Aviv Concert After Calls to Boycott Israel". Rolling Stone. 24 December 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  11. ↑ Barrow-Friedman, Nora. "Lorde cancels Tel Aviv show, calls it "the right decision"". Electronic Intifada. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  12. ↑ "Jewish activist behind Lorde's boycott says she's surprised at success". The Times of Israel. 25 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  13. ↑ "Lorde takes a bow to the bullies". Shalom.Kiwi. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  14. ↑ "Roseanne Barr slams 'bigot' Lorde for cancelling Israel tour, calls for boycott". Newshub. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  15. ↑ Spiro, Amy (24 December 2017). "Lorde caves to BDS pressure, cancels Israel concert". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  16. ↑ "Israel ambassador seeks meeting with Lorde after Tel Aviv concert cancelled". Newshub. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  17. ↑ "Lorde called a bigot over cancelled Israel concert in full-page Washington Post ad". The Guardian. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  18. ↑ "Lorde's artistic right to cancel gig in Tel Aviv". The Guardian. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  19. ↑ "Over 100 artists support Lorde's Israel Cancellation in Open Letter". Haaretz. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  20. ↑ "New Zealanders face legal action for allegedly causing cancellation of Lorde Israel concert". New Zealand Herald. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  21. ↑ "Israelis sue New Zealanders over Lorde boycott". Ynetnews. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  22. ↑ "Israel Boycott Activists Sued Over Lorde Tel Aviv Concert Cancellation". Newsweek. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  23. ↑ Florida Lawmakers Aim to Cancel Lorde Concert, Citing anti-BDS Law, Forward, 9 Feb 2018
  24. ↑ Lawmakers pushing to cancel Lorde's upcoming Florida shows, New Zeeland Herald, 10 Feb 2018
  25. ↑ Barr, Natalia (8 June 2017). "Lorde Announces Melodrama World Tour, New Song Due Out At Midnight". Paste. Wolfgang's Vault. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  26. ↑ Gigs in Scotland [@gigsinscotland] (29 September 2017). "Anna of the North now supports @lorde in Glasgow this Monday!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 October 2017 – via Twitter.
  27. ↑ Enlid, Vegard (20 June 2017). "Til ungdommen" [To the youth]. Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). Polaris Media. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  28. ↑ "We Can Survive 2017 Lineup Announced!". radio.com. radio.com. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
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    • McConnell, Glenn (9 June 2017). "Lorde announces intimate six-date New Zealand tour". Stuff. Fairfax New Zealand. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
    • McCabe, Kathy (9 June 2017). "Lorde will take her Melodrama tour to Australia's great outdoors in November". news.com.au. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
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  31. ↑ Grave, Shahlin (30 October 2017). "LORDE HAS HAND-PICKED HER NZ 'MELODRAMA' TOUR SUPPORT ACTS". Coup de Main. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  32. ↑ Hogan, KJil (8 June 2017). "Spilt Milk 2017 lineup announced with Lorde, Alison Wonderland, and Tash Sultana". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  33. ↑ Holub, Christian (16 June 2017). "Lorde announces 2018 North American tour dates". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  34. ↑ All Points East [@allpointseastuk] (30 October 2017). "Saturday 26th May ❯ @The_xx, @Lorde, @Sampha" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 October 2017 – via Twitter.
  35. ↑ https://www.dn.pt/artes/interior/lorde-aap-rocky-e-nick-cave-no-primavera-sound-do-porto-9107565.html
  36. ↑ Yanuar, Thalia (7 February 2018). "We The Fest 2018: Official line-up announcement for Jakarta's biggest summer music festival". thehoneycombers.com. thehoneycombers.com. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  37. ↑ http://culto.latercera.com/2018/05/15/lorde-vuelve-a-chile-protagonista-fauna-primavera/
  38. ↑ https://www.lanacion.com.ar/2135563-robbie-williams-y-lorde-a-la-cabeza-del-personal-fest
  39. ↑ "Lorde e Blondie são anunciados no Popload Festival em São Paulo". G1 Globo. 19 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  40. ↑ http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/musica/lorde-estara-en-el-corona-capital-2018
  41. ↑ Bonos, Lisa (2017-12-25). "Lorde canceled her show in Israel over politics. Here's how other musicians have handled it". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
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