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The Special Tour

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The Special Tour
Tour by Lizzo
Location
  • North America
  • Europe
  • Oceania
  • Asia
Associated albumSpecial
Start dateSeptember 23, 2022
End dateJuly 30, 2023
No. of shows80
Supporting acts
Box office$86.3 million
Lizzo concert chronology

The Special Tour was the third concert tour by American singer and rapper Lizzo, in support of her fourth studio album Special (2022). The tour began at the FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida on September 23, 2022, and concluded at the Fuji Rock Festival on July 30, 2023.

American rappers Latto and Saucy Santana supported all the North American dates on the tour.[1][2] English rapper Bree Runway and English singer-songwriter Joy Crookes supported select dates on the European leg of the tour while Tkay Maidza supported dates in Oceania.

Concert film

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Lizzo: Live in Concert is a concert special directed by Sam Wrench, which was released on December 31, 2022, exclusively via HBO Max. The film follows American singer and rapper Lizzo's performance at Kia Forum in Inglewood, California on November 18 and 19, 2022.[3]

Setlist

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This set list is from the show in Perth, Australia on July 14, 2023. It is not intended to represent all tour dates. [4]

  1. "Cuz I love You"
  2. ”Juice”
  3. "2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)"
  4. "Soulmate"
  5. "Phone" (Interlude)
  6. "Grrrls"
  7. "Boys"
  8. "Tempo"
  9. "Rumors"
  10. "Fitness" (Interlude)
  11. "Jerome"
  12. "Break Up Twice" / "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
  13. "Special"
  14. "Everybody's Gay"
  15. "Truth Hurts"
  16. "Good As Hell"
  17. "About Damn Time"
Notes

Shows

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List of concerts[8]
Date City Country Venue Opening act(s)
North America
September 23, 2022 Sunrise United States FLA Live Arena Latto
Saucy Santana
September 24, 2022 Tampa Amalie Arena Saucy Santana
September 27, 2022 Washington, D.C. Capital One Arena Latto
September 29, 2022 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center Latto
Saucy Santana
September 30, 2022 Boston TD Garden Latto
October 2, 2022 New York City Madison Square Garden
October 3, 2022
October 6, 2022 Detroit Little Caesars Arena Latto
Saucy Santana
October 7, 2022 Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena Latto
October 11, 2022 Saint Paul United States Xcel Energy Center
October 14, 2022 Kansas City T-Mobile Center
October 16, 2022 Chicago United Center
October 18, 2022 Indianapolis Gainbridge Fieldhouse Latto
Saucy Santana
October 20, 2022 Charlotte Spectrum Center Latto
October 22, 2022 Atlanta State Farm Arena
October 23, 2022 Nashville Bridgestone Arena
October 25, 2022 Austin Moody Center
October 26, 2022 Houston Toyota Center Latto
Saucy Santana
October 28, 2022 Dallas American Airlines Center Latto
October 31, 2022 Denver Ball Arena
November 2, 2022 Salt Lake City Vivint Arena
November 4, 2022 Portland Moda Center
November 7, 2022 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena
November 9, 2022 Seattle United States Climate Pledge Arena
November 10, 2022 Portland Moda Center
November 12, 2022 San Francisco Chase Center
November 18, 2022 Inglewood Kia Forum
November 19, 2022
Europe
February 17, 2023 Oslo Norway Spektrum Bree Runway
February 18, 2023 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena
February 20, 2023 Hamburg Germany Barclays Arena
February 23, 2023 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome
February 24, 2023 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis
February 27, 2023 Cologne Germany Lanxess Arena
February 28, 2023 Berlin Mercedes-Benz Arena
March 2, 2023 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum
March 3, 2023 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
March 5, 2023 Paris France Accor Arena
March 8, 2023 Glasgow Scotland OVO Hydro Joy Crookes
March 9, 2023 Birmingham England Utilita Arena
March 11, 2023 Manchester AO Arena
March 13, 2023 Dublin Ireland 3Arena
March 15, 2023 London England The O2 Arena
March 16, 2023
North America
April 21, 2023 Knoxville United States Thompson-Boling Arena Latto
April 22, 2023 Lexington Rupp Arena
April 24, 2023 Memphis FedEx Forum
April 25, 2023 St. Louis Enterprise Center
April 28, 2023[a] New Orleans Fair Grounds Race Course
May 9, 2023 Baltimore CFG Bank Arena Latto
May 10, 2023 Raleigh PNC Arena
May 12, 2023 Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
May 13, 2023 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena
May 16, 2023 Milwaukee Fiserv Forum
May 17, 2023 Chicago United Center
May 19, 2023 Omaha CHI Health Center Omaha
May 20, 2023 Tulsa BOK Center
May 24, 2023 Phoenix Footprint Center
May 25, 2023 San Diego Viejas Arena
May 28, 2023 Sacramento Golden 1 Center
June 2, 2023 Thousand Palms Acrisure Arena
June 11, 2023 Montreal Canada Bell Centre
June 13, 2023 Hartford United States XL Center
Europe
June 22, 2023[b] Belfast Northern Ireland Ormeau Park Tinashe[9]
June 24, 2023[c] Pilton England Worthy Farm
June 28, 2023[d] Gdynia Poland Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport
June 30, 2023[e] Stockholm Sweden Gärdet
July 1, 2023[f] Roskilde Denmark Roskilde Dyrskueplads
July 6, 2023[g] Madrid Spain Espacio Mad Cool Villaverde
July 7, 2023[h] Lisbon Portugal Passeio Marítimo de Algés
July 9, 2023[i] Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy
Oceania
July 14, 2023 Perth Australia RAC Arena Tkay Maidza
July 17, 2023 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
July 18, 2023
July 21, 2023[j] Byron Bay North Byron Parklands
July 23, 2023 Sydney Qudos Bank Arena Tkay Maidza
July 24, 2023
July 26, 2023 Auckland New Zealand Spark Arena
Asia
July 30, 2023[k] Niigata Japan Naeba Ski Resort

Cancelled dates

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List of cancelled concerts
Date City Country Venue Reason
July 3, 2023[l] Luxembourg City Luxembourg LuxExpo The Box Unknown[10]

Notes

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  1. ^ Part of New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
  2. ^ Part of the Belsonic.
  3. ^ Part of the Glastonbury Festival 2023.
  4. ^ Part of the Open'er Festival.
  5. ^ Part of Lollapalooza Stockholm.
  6. ^ Part of the Roskilde Festival.
  7. ^ Part of the Mad Cool festival.
  8. ^ Part of the NOS Live festival.
  9. ^ Part of the North Sea Jazz Festival.
  10. ^ Part of Splendour in the Grass.
  11. ^ Part of Fuji Rock Festival.
  12. ^ Part of Luxexpo Open Air.

References

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  1. ^ Hussey, Allison (April 25, 2022). "Lizzo Announces Fall 2022 North American Tour". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  2. ^ Paul, Larisha (April 25, 2022). "Lizzo Announces North American Headlining Tour in Support of 'Special'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  3. ^ Jackson, Angelique (November 23, 2022). "Lizzo Previews New Year's Concert Special and Revealing 'Love, Lizzo' Documentary: 'I'm Nervous… but I Can't Care Anymore'". Variety.
  4. ^ Sharpe, Scott (May 11, 2023). "Lizzo gives Raleigh an empowering 'Special' night as tour stops at PNC Arena".
  5. ^ Iasimone, Ashley (November 20, 2022). "Lizzo Welcomes Cardi B, Missy Elliott to the Stage in Los Angeles". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  6. ^ "Lizzo brings drag queens on stage, protesting Tennessee law". Associated Press. April 23, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  7. ^ "Lizzo's Tina Turner tribute was an emotional highlight when 2023 Special Tour hit Phoenix". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  8. ^ "Tour | Lizzo Official Website".
  9. ^ "Tinashe announced as special guest for Lizzo at Belsonic". The Irish News. June 21, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  10. ^ "Lizzo concert at LuxExpo cancelled". RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg. June 19, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2023.