On the Road Again Tour

The On The Road Again Tour was the fourth headlining concert tour and the second all-stadium tour by English pop group One Direction, in support of their fourth studio album, Four (2014).[3][4] The tour began on 7 February 2015 in Sydney, Australia and ended on 31 October 2015 in Sheffield, England.[5] The tour grossed $208 million from 80 shows, selling over 2.3 million tickets. It became the second highest-grossing concert tour of 2015, only behind Taylor Swift's The 1989 World Tour.

On the Road Again Tour

Tour by One Direction
Promotional poster for the tour used from April 2015[1]
Associated album	Four
Start date	7 February 2015
End date	31 October 2015
Legs	7
No. of shows	50
Box office	$208 million ($224.35 million in 2019 dollars)[2]
One Direction concert chronology
Honda Civic Tour tour chronology 13th Annual Honda Civic Tours (2014) On the Road Again Tour (2015) Future Now Tour (2016)

Less than two months into the tour, Zayn Malik left the band. His last performance with the group was in Hong Kong on 18 March. The group continued touring as a foursome and began recording new material that was released in the second half of the year. This was One Direction's last tour before their hiatus.

Background

The tour was announced on the Australian breakfast television program Today on 18 May 2014.[6] The group will be making their debut performance in some countries on this tour. On 19 January 2015, it was announced that Australian pop singer Samantha Jade would be the opening act for the Australian shows, alongside McBusted.[7]

On 19 March 2015, Zayn Malik announced his decision to exit the tour, citing "stress".[8] Six days later, on 25 March, the band announced Malik's decision to permanently exit the group, citing his desire to live a "normal 22-year old life" and that the remaining members would continue as a four-piece group. In a statement, they said:

We're really sad to see Zayn go, but we totally respect his decision and send him all our love for the future. The past five years have been beyond amazing, we've gone through so much together, so we will always be friends. The four of us will now continue. We're looking forward to recording the new album and seeing all the fans on the next stage of the world tour.[9]

On 1 June 2015, the North American tour was officially announced as a part of 14th Annual Honda Civic Tours.[10]

Set list

This set list is representative of the show on 7 February 2015 in Sydney. It is not intended to represent all shows from the tour.[11]

1. "Clouds"
2. "Steal My Girl"
3. "Where Do Broken Hearts Go"
4. "Midnight Memories"
5. "Kiss You"
6. "Ready to Run"
7. "Happily"
8. "Strong"
9. "Better Than Words"
10. "Don't Forget Where You Belong"
11. "Little Things"
12. "Night Changes"
13. "Alive"
14. "Diana"
15. "One Thing"
16. "What Makes You Beautiful"
17. "Through the Dark"
18. "Girl Almighty"
19. "Story of My Life"
20. "You & I"
21. "Little White Lies"
22. "Little Black Dress"

Encore

23. "Best Song Ever"

Notes

• During the first concert in Sydney and the concert in Perth, the band performed Uptown Funk".
• During the second concert in Osaka, the band performed a cover of "Get Lucky" and "Stockholm Syndrome" were added to the set list.
• During the second concert in Cardiff, the band performed "She Makes Me Wanna".
• Starting with the concert in Brussels, "18" and "No Control" were added to the set list and "One Thing" was removed.
• "Strong" was removed from the set list after the Helsinki concert.
• Starting with the concert in San Diego, "Act My Age" was added to the set list of the tour.
• During the concerts in San Diego and Santa Clara, "Spaces" was performed.
• During the concert in Vancouver, Drake's "Started from the Bottom" was performed.
• During the second concert in Sydney, "Fireproof" was performed. It was added to the set list after the show in Edmonton.
• During the concert in Winnipeg, Liam Payne performed "Hero".
• During the concert in Indianapolis, "Drag Me Down" was added to the set list of the tour, replacing "Alive".
• During the concert in Detroit, Payne performed "22" in celebration of his 22nd birthday. Horan covered it later for his 22nd birthday, during the show in Foxborough.
• During the concert in Philadelphia, the band performed "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air".
• During the first concert in London "Infinity" was performed for the first time.
• During the first concert in Dublin, "Perfect" was added to the set list, replacing "Diana".
• During the second concert in Newcastle, Horan performed an acoustic version of "Home".

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, amount of available tickets, and gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act	Attendance	Revenue
Australia[12]
7 February 2015	Sydney	Australia	Allianz Stadium	Samantha Jade McBusted	62,649 / 62,649	$6,708,090
8 February 2015
11 February 2015	Brisbane		Suncorp Stadium		34,184 / 34,184	$3,000,000
14 February 2015	Melbourne		Etihad Stadium		59,253 / 59,253	$6,216,790
15 February 2015
17 February 2015	Adelaide		AAMI Stadium		27,401 / 27,401	$2,581,990
20 February 2015	Perth		Domain Stadium		28,968 / 28,968	$3,245,290
Asia[12]
24 February 2015	Osaka	Japan	Osaka Dome	N/A	79,674 / 79,674	$9,987,210
25 February 2015
27 February 2015	Saitama		Saitama Super Arena	5 Seconds of Summer	120,328 / 120,328	$17,834,500
28 February 2015
1 March 2015
2 March 2015
11 March 2015	Singapore		National Stadium	DJ Lincey	29,419 / 29,419	$3,571,740
14 March 2015	Bangkok	Thailand	Rajamangala Stadium	DJ Ono	23,078 / 23,078	$2,401,630
18 March 2015[lower-alpha 1]	Hong Kong		AsiaWorld–Arena	DJ Yin	9,673 / 9,673	$2,268,780
21 March 2015	Manila	Philippines	SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds	DJ Nivram	48,194 / 48,194	$6,365,750
22 March 2015
25 March 2015	Jakarta	Indonesia	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium	CDLC	43,032 / 43,032	$3,409,370
Africa[14]
28 March 2015	Johannesburg	South Africa	FNB Stadium	Johnny Apple	131,615 / 131,615	$6,232,220
29 March 2015
1 April 2015	Cape Town		Cape Town Stadium		51,060 / 51,060	$2,467,080
Asia[15]
4 April 2015	Dubai	UAE	The Sevens Stadium	N/A	29,300 / 29,300	$4,263,190
Europe[16]
5 June 2015	Cardiff	Wales	Millennium Stadium	McBusted	112,028 / 112,028	$8,873,170
6 June 2015
10 June 2015	Vienna	Austria	Ernst-Happel-Stadion		43,788 / 43,788	$3,018,700
13 June 2015	Brussels	Belgium	King Baudouin Stadium		56,110 / 56,110	$3,845,810
16 June 2015	Horsens	Denmark	CASA Arena		24,623 / 24,623	$1,876,990
19 June 2015	Oslo	Norway	Ullevaal Stadion		29,512 / 29,512	$2,561,220
23 June 2015	Gothenburg	Sweden	Ullevi Stadion		42,716 / 42,716	$3,091,300
27 June 2015	Helsinki	Finland	Olympiastadion		33,325 / 33,325	$2,612,850
North America[17][18]
9 July 2015	San Diego	United States	Qualcomm Stadium	Icona Pop	52,510 / 52,510	$4,353,534
11 July 2015	Santa Clara		Levi's Stadium		47,617 / 47,617	$4,531,686
15 July 2015	Seattle		CenturyLink Field		35,513 / 35,513	$3,026,394
17 July 2015	Vancouver	Canada	BC Place		28,199 / 28,199	$1,898,542
21 July 2015	Edmonton		Commonwealth Stadium		40,989 / 40,989	$3,188,215
24 July 2015	Winnipeg		Investors Group Field		24,991 / 24,991	$1,872,587
26 July 2015	Minneapolis	United States	TCF Bank Stadium		38,323 / 38,323	$3,064,677
28 July 2015	Kansas City		Arrowhead Stadium		44,801 / 44,801	$3,463,324
31 July 2015	Indianapolis		Lucas Oil Stadium		42,196 / 42,196	$3,426,589
2 August 2015	Pittsburgh		Heinz Field		29,323 / 29,323	$2,527,609
5 August 2015	East Rutherford		MetLife Stadium		56,159 / 56,159	$5,156,858
8 August 2015	Baltimore		M&T Bank Stadium		41,467 / 41,467	$3,690,753
18 August 2015	Columbus		Ohio Stadium		31,626 / 31,626	$2,492,794
20 August 2015	Toronto	Canada	Rogers Centre		47,751 / 47,751	$3,971,540
23 August 2015	Chicago	United States	Soldier Field		41,527 / 41,527	$3,382,655
25 August 2015	Milwaukee		Miller Park		37,887 / 37,887	$3,256,963
27 August 2015	Cleveland		FirstEnergy Stadium		30,282 / 30,282	$2,189,216
29 August 2015	Detroit		Ford Field	Augustana	42,767 / 42,767	$2,700,684
1 September 2015	Philadelphia		Lincoln Financial Field	Icona Pop	47,761 / 47,761	$3,079,651
3 September 2015	Orchard Park		Ralph Wilson Stadium		38,137 / 38,137	$2,700,736
5 September 2015	Montreal	Canada	Olympic Stadium		34,151 / 39,250	$2,133,170
8 September 2015	Ottawa		Canadian Tire Centre		23,422 / 23,422	$1,683,210
9 September 2015
12 September 2015	Foxborough	United States	Gillette Stadium		48,167 / 48,167	$4,493,993
Europe[18][19]
24 September 2015	London	England	The O2 Arena	Jamie Lawson Augustana	90,696 / 90,696	$8,328,894
25 September 2015
26 September 2015
28 September 2015
29 September 2015
30 September 2015
3 October 2015	Manchester		Manchester Arena		28,446 / 28,446	$2,603,660
4 October 2015
7 October 2015	Glasgow	Scotland	SSE Hydro		22,696 / 22,696	$2,235,620
8 October 2015
10 October 2015	Birmingham	England	Barclaycard Arena		38,366 / 38,366	$3,542,340
11 October 2015
12 October 2015
16 October 2015	Dublin	Ireland	3Arena		37,193 / 37,193	$3,188,800
17 October 2015
18 October 2015
21 October 2015	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Arena		29,976 / 29,976	$2,878,210
22 October 2015
23 October 2015[lower-alpha 2]
25 October 2015	Newcastle	England	Metro Radio Arena		28,746 / 28,746	$2,586,400
26 October 2015
27 October 2015
29 October 2015	Sheffield		Motorpoint Arena		36,323 / 36,323	$3,257,230
30 October 2015
31 October 2015
Total					2,337,938 / 2,343,037 (99.8%)	$208,008,704

During the August 18th show in Columbus, Ohio, Liam was accused of homophobia by LGBT fans when he said, before performing "Girl Almighty", "It is about trying to find that number one woman of your life, which none of you can relate to, because most of you are girls. Except for the boys in here, you know what I'm talking about." He later called the backlash disproportionate on Twitter.[20][21][22]

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
28 June 2015	Helsinki	Finland	Olympiastadion	Scheduling conflict[23]

Notes

1. This was the final show that Zayn Malik performed as part of One Direction. He left the band a week later.[13]
2. The concert of 23 October 2015 in Belfast at the Odyssey Arena was originally planned to take place on 20 October, but was rescheduled due to Liam Payne's illness.

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External links

• Tour announcement