Where We Are Tour (One Direction)

The Where We Are Tour was the third headlining concert tour by English-Irish boy band One Direction, in support of their third studio album, Midnight Memories (2013).[2][3] It marks the group's first all-stadium tour with an average attendance of 49,848.[4] The tour began on 25 April 2014 in Bogotá, Colombia and concluded on 5 October 2014 in Miami, Florida.[5] Australian pop rock band, 5 Seconds of Summer, served as the opening act for the European and North American dates.

Where We Are Tour
Tour by One Direction
UK Promotional poster
Associated albumMidnight Memories
Start date25 April 2014 (2014-04-25)
End date5 October 2014 (2014-10-05)
Legs3
No. of shows69
Box office$290.2 million ($313.41 million in 2019 dollars)[1]
One Direction concert chronology

The tour was the highest-grossing tour of 2014[6] and the highest-grossing tour of all time by a vocal group. It is One Direction's most attended and highest-grossing tour to date, mobilising 3,439,560 fans and $290,178,452 in revenue.[4]

Development

On 16 May 2013, the tour was announced by One Direction during a press conference at Wembley Stadium, during which the band revealed their first stadium tour would kickoff in Colombia in April 2014, with dates being announced for South America, UK, and Ireland.[7] At the event, band member Louis Tomlinson described their upcoming album as being "rockier" and "edgier" than the music they have previously released.[8]

One Direction on stage in Santiago, Chile

Tickets for 8 shows in the UK and Ireland went on sale on 25 May 2013, with several dates selling out in minutes, leading to extra shows being announced.[9][10] All tickets from the first show of the tour in Bogotá sold out in one day, nearly a year prior to the concert date.[11] On 19 September, 10 shows for the European leg were announced and additional shows in Dublin, Manchester, and London were added, with tickets going on sale the following week on 28 September.[12]

During an appearance on Good Morning America on 26 November 2013 to promote the release of their third album, the band announced 21 dates for the North American leg of the tour, with tickets going on sale on 7 December.[13]

In March 2014, the Australian pop rock band, 5 Seconds of Summer, was announced as the opening act for the European and North American dates, having previously opened for One Direction during their Take Me Home Tour the year before.[14] In the midst of their tour, the band performed at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Glasgow on 24 May 2014, and flew back to Dublin the same day for their second show at Croke Park that night.[15][16] They also opened the second night of the iHeartRadio Music Festival on 20 September, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.[17] In June 2014, it was reported that One Direction had raised £600,000 for the UK charity Stand Up to Cancer, after donating 50p for each ticket sold from their UK and Ireland tour to the charity.[18][19]

Recording
Main article: One Direction: Where We Are – The Concert Film

The 28 and 29 June 2014 shows at San Siro in Milan, Italy were recorded into a concert film. The film was released on 11 and 12 October 2014 in select theatres worldwide before its home media release.[20] The theatrical version had a runtime of 96 minutes.[21] It was released on DVD in December 2014, and features the entire concert and additional content including backstage footage.[22]

Set list

This set list is representative of the show on 25 April 2014 in Bogotá. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.[23]

  1. "Midnight Memories"
  2. "Little Black Dress"
  3. "Kiss You"
  4. "Why Don't We Go There"
  5. "Rock Me"
  6. "Don't Forget Where You Belong"
  7. "Live While We're Young"
  8. "C'mon, C'mon"
  9. "Right Now"
  10. "Through the Dark"
  11. "Happily"
  12. "Little Things"
  13. "Moments"
  14. "Strong"
  15. "Better Than Words"
  16. "Alive"
  17. "One Thing"
  18. "Diana"
  19. "What Makes You Beautiful"
Encore
  1. "You & I"
  2. "Story of My Life"
  3. "Little White Lies"
  4. "Best Song Ever"
Notes

Shows
List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, amount of available tickets, and gross revenue
Date City Country56 Venue Opening act Attendance Revenue
South America[24][25]
25 April 2014 Bogotá Colombia Estadio El Campín El Freaky 40,935 / 40,935 $4,727,910
27 April 2014 Lima Peru Estadio Nacional Abraham Mateo 32,601 / 32,601 $3,362,870
30 April 2014 Santiago Chile Estadio Nacional 67,324 / 67,324 $7,688,500
1 May 2014
3 May 2014 Buenos Aires Argentina José Amalfitani Stadium Sonus 70,622 / 70,622 $5,682,760
4 May 2014
6 May 2014 Montevideo Uruguay Estadio Centenario 30,958 / 30,958 $2,316,460
8 May 2014 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Parque dos Atletas P9 40,087 / 40,087 $3,826,760
10 May 2014 São Paulo Estádio do Morumbi 102,792 / 102,792 $9,457,730
11 May 2014
Europe[25][26]
23 May 2014 Dublin Ireland Croke Park 5 Seconds of Summer 235,008 / 235,008 $20,115,900
24 May 2014
25 May 2014
28 May 2014 Sunderland England Stadium of Light 51,231 / 51,231 $4,383,490
30 May 2014 Manchester Etihad Stadium 158,579 / 158,579 $12,908,000
31 May 2014
1 June 2014
3 June 2014 Edinburgh Scotland Murrayfield Stadium 64,623 / 64,623 $5,297,750
6 June 2014 London England Wembley Stadium 236,566 / 236,566 $20,017,900
7 June 2014
8 June 2014
13 June 2014 Stockholm Sweden Friends Arena 88,978 / 88,978 $7,358,040
14 June 2014
16 June 2014 Copenhagen Denmark Parken Stadium McBusted 83,577 / 83,577 $8,190,650
17 June 2014
20 June 2014 Paris France Stade de France 5 Seconds of Summer
McBusted		 114,172 / 114,172 $9,775,550
21 June 2014
24 June 2014 Amsterdam Netherlands Amsterdam Arena 5 Seconds of Summer 103,551 / 103,551 $7,859,850
25 June 2014
28 June 2014 Milan Italy San Siro 115,931 / 115,931 $7,779,190
29 June 2014
2 July 2014 Düsseldorf Germany Esprit Arena 44,684 / 44,684 $3,395,490
4 July 2014 Berne Switzerland Stade de Suisse 31,037 / 31,037 $3,150,110
6 July 2014 Turin Italy Stadio Olimpico 38,430 / 38,430 $3,294,610
8 July 2014 Barcelona Spain Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys 5 Seconds of Summer
Abraham Mateo		 40,333 / 40,333 $3,391,560
10 July 2014 Madrid Estadio Vicente Calderón 65,186 / 65,186 $5,409,230
11 July 2014
13 July 2014 Porto Portugal Estádio do Dragão D.A.M.A 45,001 / 45,001 $3,868,070
North America[27]
1 August 2014 Toronto Canada Rogers Centre 5 Seconds of Summer 98,851 / 98,851 $6,634,920
2 August 2014
4 August 2014 East Rutherford United States MetLife Stadium 139,247 / 139,247 $12,345,803
5 August 2014
7 August 2014 Foxborough Gillette Stadium 148,251 / 148,251 $13,475,239
8 August 2014
9 August 2014
11 August 2014 Washington, D.C. Nationals Park 42,834 / 42,834 $4,233,063
13 August 2014 Philadelphia Lincoln Financial Field 101,527 / 101,527 $8,818,556
14 August 2014
16 August 2014 Detroit Ford Field 92,428 / 92,428 $8,304,416
17 August 2014
19 August 2014 Nashville LP Field 53,472 / 53,472 $4,286,308
22 August 2014 Houston Reliant Stadium 55,703 / 55,703 $4,659,939
24 August 2014 Arlington AT&T Stadium Jamie Scott 51,074 / 51,074 $4,517,012
27 August 2014 St. Louis Edward Jones Dome 52,315 / 52,315 $4,281,608
29 August 2014 Chicago Soldier Field 5 Seconds of Summer 104,617 / 104,617 $9,446,247
30 August 2014
11 September 2014 Pasadena Rose Bowl 5 Seconds of Summer
Jamie Scott		 165,170 / 165,170 $12,560,382
12 September 2014
13 September 2014
16 September 2014 Glendale University of Phoenix Stadium 5 Seconds of Summer 56,524 / 56,524 $5,035,880
19 September 2014 El Paso Sun Bowl 44,910 / 44,910 $3,632,097
21 September 2014 San Antonio Alamodome 51,575 / 51,575 $4,237,714
23 September 2014 Tulsa BOK Center 10,100 / 10,100 $1,012,051
25 September 2014 New Orleans Mercedes-Benz Superdome 50,349 / 50,349 $4,258,450
27 September 2014 Charlotte PNC Music Pavilion 37,365 / 37,365 $2,378,580
28 September 2014
1 October 2014 Atlanta Georgia Dome 50,970 / 50,970 $4,438,203
3 October 2014 Tampa Raymond James Stadium 52,158 / 52,158 $4,359,855
5 October 2014 Miami Gardens Sun Life Stadium 53,914 / 53,914 $4,303,749
Total 3,439,560 / 3,439,560 (100%) $290,178,452

Cancelled shows
List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation
Date City Country Venue Reason
29 April 2014 Asunción Paraguay Jockey Club Logistic reasons[28]

See also

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