The Louis Tomlinson World Tour was the first concert tour by the English singer and songwriter Louis Tomlinson in support of his debut studio album Walls (2020). The tour began on 9 March 2020 in Barcelona but was postponed after two shows due to the COVID-19 pandemic until it restarted on 1 February 2022 in Dallas and concluded on 3 September 2022 in Milan.
Background and development On 23 October 2019, Tomlinson announced via Twitter and his official website that he would be embarking on his first ever solo tour in support of his debut album, Walls (2020). Additional dates in New York City and Los Angeles were added on 31 October along with an additional date in London added on 1 November. Dates in Santiago and Mexico City were added on 25 November. Dates in Oakland and Moscow were added on 6 December. Additional date in Milan and dates in Palmanova and Rome were added on 29 January 2020. A date in Kyiv was added on 6 February 2020. A date in Scarborough was added on 10 February 2020. A date in Madrid was added on 4 March 2020. An additional date in Mexico City and dates in Guadalajara and Monterrey were added on 11 March 2020.
On 27 February, Tomlinson announced Only The Poets, whom also opened Tomlinson's performance for BRITs week, as the supporting act for a majority of his first European leg. In March 2020, the 11 March show in Milan was cancelled, with the remaining March shows rescheduled to August and September of the same year, due to increased health concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2020, the remaining dates for the first European leg were postponed, following continued concerns of the pandemic. In May, he postponed the North American dates of the tour. In July, Tomlinson announced that the tour would be postponed to 2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
An additional date in New York was added on 31 July 2020. On 19 October of the same year, an additional date in Melbourne was added to the tour itinerary.
On 15 December 2020, UK and European dates have been rescheduled to August and September 2022, and new dates in Reykjavik, Oslo, Warsaw, Prague, Vienna and Zurich along with an additional date in Paris were added.
Set list The set list is representative of the show on 1 February 2022 in Dallas, Texas.
"We Made It" "Drag Me Down" "Don't Let It Break Your Heart" "Two of Us" "Always You" "Too Young" "7" "Fearless" "Habit" "Copy of a Copy of a Copy" "Just Hold On" "Defenceless" "Beautiful War" "Little Black Dress" "Walls" Encore "Only the Brave" "Through the Dark" "Kill My Mind"
Tour dates + List of European concerts Date City Country Venue Supporting act 9 March 2020 Barcelona Spain Razzmatazz Only the Poets 10 March 2020 Madrid Sala La Riviera
+ List of North American concerts Date City Country Venue Supporting act 1 February 2022 Dallas United States South Side Ballroom Sun Room 2 February 2022 Austin Moody Theater 3 February 2022 Houston Bayou Music Center 5 February 2022 St. Louis The Pageant 7 February 2022 Atlanta Coca-Cola Roxy 8 February 2022 Nashville Ryman Auditorium10 February 2022Washington, D.C.The Anthem 11 February 2022New York CityHammerstein Ballroom 12 February 2022 14 February 2022 Pittsburgh Stage AE 15 February 2022 Philadelphia Metropolitan Opera House 17 February 2022 Boston House of Blues 19 February 2022 Cincinnati Brady Music Center 20 February 2022 Detroit The Fillmore Detroit 21 February 2022 Indianapolis Murat Theatre 23 February 2022 Chicago Chicago Theatre 24 February 2022 Minneapolis The Fillmore 26 February 2022 Kansas City Uptown Theater 28 February 2022 Denver Fillmore Auditorium 1 March 2022 Orem UCCU Center 3 March 2022 Seattle Paramount Theatre 4 March 2022 Portland Roseland Theater 6 March 2022 Vancouver Canada Orpheum Theatre 7 March 2022 Portland United States Roseland Theater 10 March 2022 Oakland Fox Theatre 12 March 2022 Inglewood YouTube Theater13 March 2022 + List of European concerts Date City Country Venue Supporting act 23 March 2022 Reykjavík Iceland Valsheimilið Only the Poets 25 March 2022 Stockholm Sweden Fryshuset 27 March 2022 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum 28 March 2022 Copenhagen Denmark Forum Black Box 30 March 2022 Berlin Germany Mercedes-Benz-Arena 31 March 2022 Prague Czech Republic Forum Karlín 2 April 2022 Amsterdam Netherlands AFAS Live 3 April 2022 Cologne Germany Palladium 5 April 2022ParisFranceL'Olympia 6 April 2022 9 April 2022 Zurich Switzerland Halle 622 10 April 2022 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum 11 April 2022 Vienna Austria Bank Austria Halle 13 April 2022 Łódź Poland Atlas Arena 14 April 2022 Poznań MPT Hall 5 16 April 2022 Antwerp Belgium Lotto Arena 18 April 2022 Glasgow Scotland O2 Academy 19 April 2022 Manchester England O2 Apollo 20 April 2022 22 April 2022 London OVO Arena, Wembley 23 April 2022 Doncaster Dome Leisure Centre Only the PoetsThe Outcharms
+ List of Latin American concerts Date City Country Venue Supporting act 15 May 2022 Santiago Chile Movistar Arena Sun RoomMarineros 16 May 2022 17 May 2022 19 May 2022 Asunción Paraguay SND Arena Sun RoomIvan Zavala 21 May 2022 Buenos Aires Argentina Movistar Arena Sun RoomPaz Carrara 22 May 2022 24 May 2022 Montevideo Uruguay Antel Arena Sun RoomNano Montyear 27 May 2022 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Jeunesse Arena Sun Room 28 May 2022 São Paulo Espaço Unimed 29 May 2022 1 June 2022 Lima Peru Arena Perú Explanada 3 June 2022 Bogotá Colombia Movistar Arena 5 June 2022 Alajuela Costa Rica Parque Viva Sun RoomJosé Capmany 8 June 2022 San Juan Puerto Rico Coca-Cola Music Hall Sun RoomMean Grey Cat 11 June 2022 Monterrey Mexico Auditorio Citibanamex Sun RoomThe Snuts 12 June 2022 Zapopan Auditorio Telmex 14 June 2022 Mexico City Pepsi Center WTC 15 June 2022 17 June 2022 Sun Room
+ List of Asian concerts Date City Country Venue Supporting act 30 June 2022 Istanbul Turkey KüçükÇiftlik Park 2 July 2022 Dubai United Arab Emirates Coca-Cola Arena Greg Pearson 14 July 2022 Jakarta Indonesia Tennis Indoor Senayan rowspan="2" 16 July 2022 Manila Philippines Araneta Coliseum
+ List of Australian concerts Date City Country Venue Supporting act 19 July 2022 Brisbane Australia Fortitude Music Hall Pacific Avenue 20 July 2022 22 July 2022 Sydney Hordern Pavilion 23 July 2022 25 July 2022 Melbourne Margaret Court Arena 26 July 2022 29 July 2022 Perth HBF Stadium
+ List of European concerts Date City Country Venue Supporting act 30 August 2022 Rome Italy Cavea rowspan="3" 1 September 2022 Taormina Teatro Antico di Taormina 3 September 2022 Milan Ippodromo di San Siro
Cancelled shows Date City Country Venue Reason 11 March 2020 Milan Italy Fabrique COVID-19 pandemic 23 April 2020 Auckland New Zealand Shed 10 16 June 2020 New York City United States Pier 17 17 June 2020 14 July 2020 Salt Lake City Sandy Amphitheater 21 July 2020 Portland Keller Auditorium 30 July 2020 Palmanova Italy Piazza Grande - Estate di Stelle 31 July 2020 Rome Rock in Roma 15 August 2020 Scarborough England Scarborough Open Air Theatre27 April 2021Salt Lake CityUnited StatesThe Union Event Center 29 April 2021 Los Angeles The Wiltern 30 April 2021 15 June 2021 Osaka Japan Zepp Namba 16 June 2021 Tokyo Studio Coast 21 June 2021 Melbourne Australia Palais Theatre 22 June 2021 19 February 2022 Toronto Canada Rebel 4 July 2022 Kyiv UkraineStereo Plaza 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 6 July 2022 Moscow Russia Crocus City Hall
Notes
The score data is representative of the two shows at Roseland Theater on 4, 7 March respectively.
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