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8 Letters Tour
Tour by Why Don't We
Associated album8 Letters
Start dateMarch 20, 2019 (2019-03-20)
End dateDecember 21, 2019 (2019-12-21)
Legs6
No. of shows92
Why Don't We concert chronology
  • Invitation Tour
    (2018)
  • 8 Letters Tour
    (2019)
  • The Good Times Only Tour
    (2022)

The 8 Letters Tour was the fourth headlining concert tour by American boy band Why Don't We, in support of their first studio album, 8 Letters (2018). The tour began in Phoenix, Arizona at the Comerica Theatre on March 20, 2019, and concluded in Auckland, New Zealand at Spark Arena on November 29, 2019.

Background and development

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Following the release of 8 Letters, Why Don't We announced they would embark on their fourth headlining concert tour, following the Taking You Tour, (2017),[1] the Something Different Tour (2017),[2] and the "Invitation Tour" (2018).[3] Dates were first announced for North America in September 2018,[4][2] with the tour beginning in March and ending in April. In February 2019, the band announced more North American dates, beginning in July and ending in August.[5] In June, dates in Australia and New Zealand were added.[6] Dates for Asia were announced in July.[7][8]

Eben was announced as the band's opening act for all North American shows as well as the first Asian leg.[9] In June, it was announced he would open on the Oceania leg. Brynn Elliot was an opener for all shows of the first North American leg aside from the Honolulu show.[10][11] Taylor Grey was announced as an opener for some European shows.

Setlist

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This setlist is representative of the show on March 29, 2019, in Sugar Land. It does not represent all the shows from the tour.[12]

  1. "Trust Fund Baby"
  2. "M.I.A"
  3. "Choose"
  4. "Hard"
  5. "Friends"
  6. "In Too Deep"
  7. "Nobody Gotta Know"
  8. "I Depend on You"
  9. "Runner"
  10. "Why Don't We Just"
  11. "Something Different"
  12. "Taste" / "Finesse" / "Lucid Dreams" / "Better Now"
  13. "Taking You"
  14. "These Girls"
  15. "Hooked"
  16. "Talk"
  17. "8 Letters"
  18. "Big Plans"
  19. "Cold in LA"
  20. "I Don't Belong in This Club"
Notes

Notes

  • During the concert in Costa Mesa on July 18, "Come to Brazil" and "Unbelievable" were added to the setlist.
  • During the concert in Baltimore on August 5, "I Still Do" was added to the setlist.
  • During the concert in Cincinnati on August 25, "What Am I" was added to the setlist.

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue Opening act
North America
March 20, 2019 Phoenix United States Comerica Theatre EBEN
Brynn Elliot
March 22, 2019 Los Angeles Microsoft Theatre
March 23, 2019 Las Vegas Pearl Concert Theater
March 24, 2019 San Jose Event Center Arena
March 26, 2019 Orem UCCU Center
March 27, 2019 Broomfield 1stBank Center
March 29, 2019 Sugar Land Smart Financial Centre
March 30, 2019 Grand Prairie The Theatre at Grand Prairie
April 1, 2019 Orlando CFE Arena
April 2, 2019 Atlanta Fox Theatre
April 4, 2019 Fairfax EagleBank Arena
April 5, 2019 New York City Radio City Music Hall
April 6, 2019 Boston Agganis Arena
April 8, 2019 Laval Canada Place Bell
April 9, 2019 Toronto Coca-Cola Coliseum
April 11, 2019 Detroit United States Fox Theatre
April 12, 2019 Rosemont Rosemont Theatre
April 14, 2019 Saint Paul Roy Wilkins Auditorium
April 17, 2019 Portland Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
April 18, 2019 Seattle WaMu Theater
May 18, 2019 Honolulu The Republik EBEN
Asia
May 23, 2019 Nagoya Japan Zepp Nagoya EBEN
May 24, 2019 Osaka Zepp Bayside
May 27, 2019 Tokyo Zepp Tokyo
May 28, 2019
North America
June 7, 2019 Saint Paul United States Myth Live EBEN
June 9, 2019 Memphis Graceland
June 14, 2019 Wantagh Jones Beach Theater
June 16, 2019 Mansfield Xfinity Center
June 20, 2019 Buffalo Canalside
June 21, 2019 Indianapolis Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn
June 22, 2019 Rosemont Allstate Arena
June 23, 2019 Milwaukee The Rave/Eagles Club
July 18, 2019 Costa Mesa Orange County Fair
July 19, 2019 San Diego Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
July 20, 2019 Las Vegas Park Theatre
July 22, 2019 Paso Robles California Mid-State Fair
July 25, 2019 Kansas City Starlight Theatre
July 26, 2019 Rogers Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion
July 27, 2019 St. Louis Fox Theatre
July 28, 2019 Nashville Ascend Amphitheater
July 30, 2019 Louisville The Louisville Palace
August 1, 2019 Boca Raton Mizner Park Amphitheater
August 2, 2019 Jacksonville Daily's Place
August 3, 2019 Raleigh Red Hat Amphitheater
August 5, 2019 Baltimore MECU Pavilion
August 6, 2019 Albany Palace Theatre
August 8, 2019 Gilford Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
August 9, 2019 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
August 10, 2019 Philadelphia The Met Philadelphia
August 11, 2019 Moon UPMC Events Center
August 13, 2019 Springfield Illinois State Fair
August 14, 2019 Lincoln Pinnacle Bank Arena
August 16, 2019 San Antonio The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show Big Summer Blast
August 17, 2019 Tulsa Back to School Bash
August 18, 2019 Park City Hartman Arena
August 20, 2019 Charleston Family Circle Tennis Center
August 21, 2019 Pelham Oak Mountain Amphitheatre
August 23, 2019 Saint Paul Minnesota State Fair
August 25, 2019 Cincinnati PNC Pavilion at Riverbend
August 26, 2019 Grand Rapids DeVos Performance Hall
August 28, 2019 Cleveland Jacobs Pavilion
August 29, 2019 Syracuse Great New York State Fair
August 31, 2019 Allentown Great Allentown Fair
Europe
October 6, 2019 Stockholm Sweden Fryshuset Taylor Grey
EBEN
October 7, 2019 Oslo Norway Sentrum Scene
October 9, 2019 Copenhagen Denmark Lille Vega
October 10, 2019 Hamburg Germany Docks
October 11, 2019 Offenbach Stadthalle Offenbach
October 12, 2019 Dortmund Warsteiner Music Hall
October 14, 2019 Utrecht Netherlands TivoliVredenburg
October 15, 2019 Tilburg Poppodium Tilburg
October 16, 2019 Utrecht TivoliVredenburg
October 18, 2019 Munich Germany Kleine Olympiahalle München
October 20, 2019 London England Eventim Apollo EBEN
Dennis Coleman
October 21, 2019 Birmingham The Alexandra
October 22, 2019 Manchester O2 Apollo Manchester
October 23, 2019
October 26, 2019 Birmingham The Alexander
October 28, 2019 London Eventim Apollo
Asia
November 10, 2019 Seoul South Korea YES 24 Live Hall Halogen Sponsor
November 12, 2019 Beijing China Tango
November 14, 2019 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Plenary Hall, KLCC
November 16, 2019 Singapore Singapore Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Center
November 18, 2019 Quezon City Philippines New Frontier Theater
November 21, 2019 Jakarta Indonesia Kota Kasablanka
Oceania
November 24, 2019 Brisbane Australia Fortitude Music Hall Taylor Grey
EBEN
November 26, 2019 Melbourne Margaret Court Arena
November 28, 2019 Sydney Big Top Sydney
November 29, 2019 Auckland New Zealand Spark Arena

References

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  1. ^ "Why Don't We Announce Headlining Summer Tour: Exclusive". Billboard. 8 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Why Don't We Plot 2019 North American Tour". Rolling Stone. 5 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Why Don't We's Corbyn Besson Talks Upcoming Massive Tour: 'I Think Fans Will be Surprised'". Forbes.
  4. ^ "Why Don't We Announces Letters North American Tour Dates". www.axs. com. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  5. ^ "Why Don't We add even more dates to their 8 Letters tour". 21 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Why Don't We... Come to New Zealand on tour". 29 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Why Don't We expands tour to Asia". 21 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Why Don't We to perform in Singapore this November". 24 July 2019.
  9. ^ "WHY Don't WE Bring Their '8 Letters' Tour to AUS & NZ This November – with Special Guest Eben". 29 June 2019.
  10. ^ Robidoux, Brandy (March 20, 2019). "Brynn Elliott Interview: On Why Don't We Tour, New Music & More". hollywoodlife.com. Archived from the original on July 21, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  11. ^ "Brynn Elliott Gushes About Touring with WDW | TigerBeat". 24 March 2019.
  12. ^ "Why Don't We Are the Champions at Smart Financial Centre".
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