The Get Weird Tour

The Get Weird Tour 2016
Tour by Little Mix
Associated album Get Weird
Start date 13 March 2016 (2016-03-13)
End date 27 August 2016 (2016-08-27)
Legs 4
Number of shows
  • 51 in Europe
  • 3 in Oceania
  • 6 in Asia
  • 60 in total
Website Get Weird Tour
Little Mix concert chronology

The Get Weird Tour is the third concert tour by British girl group Little Mix, in support of their third studio album, Get Weird. The tour was announced in July 2015.[1] It began on 13 March 2016 in Cardiff and will end on 27 August 2016 in Cambridge. It is scheduled to take place in Europe, Oceania and Asia with a total of 59 shows. The Get Weird tour holds the record for being the highest selling UK arena tour of 2016 with over 300,000 tickets sold in the UK alone. [2] [3]

Background

After selling over 7 million records worldwide and scoring two number one singles and two platinum albums with DNA (2012) and Salute (2013), Little Mix released "Black Magic" as the lead single of their third studio album Get Weird in May 2015. On 17 July 2015, the group announced an extensive arena tour to commence in March 2016 in the United Kingdom and Ireland.[4] 21 extra shows in the United Kingdom and Ireland were added due to high demand. In October 2015, the group announced dates in Oceania, making this the first time the group would headline a world tour.[5] In December 2015, Asian dates were announced. In February 2016, further European dates were announced, including shows in Sweden, France and Spain. The tour started in March 2016 with Nathan Sykes, Jagmac and Joey Devires supporting in Europe and Jai Waetford supporting in Oceania.[6]

Critical reception

The group received positive reviews for the tour's first concert in the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff. Lewis Corner of Digital Spy gave the concert four out of five stars, writing: "And for all the big spectacle, towering ad libs and swift costume changes, Little Mix never let the energy dip. 'This is a blimmin' hard show, innit?' says Leigh Anne, but you'd never consider it from the way they make it look so effortless." [...] "the only magic here is a combination of their pop brilliance and their ability to give it the big stage show it deserves - and it will most likely be the best one you'll see this year."[6] Rachel Mainwaring of Wales Online was very positive, giving the concert a rating of five-out-of-five-stars, declaring: "These girls can sing and these girls can dance. And everything about the show was loud, brash and positive."[7]

It was announced the DVD of the tour, The news was confirmed by Jesy, who was speaking with the girls on KMFM on Friday 15th April. She revealed that their upcoming date at The SSE Arena, Wembley on Friday 22nd April will be filmed for the DVD, which is likely to be released later this year, with the participation of rapper Lethal Bizzle [8]

Setlist

This setlist was obtained from the concert of 13 March 2016 held at Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff. It does not represent all shows throughout the tour.[9][10]

  1. "Cast the Spell" (Video Introduction) (contains elements of "Black Magic")
  2. "Grown" (contains excerpts of "Drop It Like It's Hot" by Snoop Dogg and "Bang Bang" by Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj)
  3. "Hair"
  4. "Change Your Life"
  5. "A.D.I.D.A.S."
  6. "Wings"
  7. "The Haunted Forest" (Video Interlude) (contains excerpts of "Move", "Secret Love Song", "OMG" and "Lightning")
  8. "Lightning"
  9. "DNA"
  10. "Secret Love Song"
  11. "OMG"
  12. Medley: "Apache (Jump on It)" / "Crazy in Love" / "Fester Skank" / "Ring the Alarm" (contains elements of "Where Are Ü Now" by Jack Ü and Justin Bieber)
  13. "Salute"
  14. "Little Me" (contains elements of "Lightning")
  15. "Club Weird" (Video Interlude) (contains excerpts of "Sissy That Walk" by RuPaul and "Wannabe" by Spice Girls)
  16. "Move"
  17. "How Ya Doin'?" (contains elements of "Hotline Bling" by Drake)
  18. "I Won't"
  19. "Love Me Like You"
  20. "How to Get Weird" (Video Interlude) (contains elements of "Weird People")
  21. "Weird People"
  22. "The Beginning" (Video Interlude) (contains excerpts of "The Beginning")
  23. "The End"
  24. "Black Magic"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and opening act.
Date City Country Venue Opening Acts Capacity Revenue
Europe
13 March 2016 Cardiff Wales Motorpoint Arena Nathan Sykes
Jagmac		 — —
14 March 2016 Brighton England Brighton Centre — —
15 March 2016 Bournemouth Bournemouth International Centre — —
17 March 2016 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena — —
18 March 2016 Birmingham Genting Arena — —
19 March 2016[lower-alpha 1] Glasgow Scotland The SSE Hydro Lawson
Jagmac		 21,700 / 21,700 $1,053,430[11]
22 March 2016 Liverpool England Echo Arena Nathan Sykes
Jagmac 		— —
23 March 2016 Nottingham Capital FM Arena — —
24 March 2016 Manchester Manchester Arena — —
26 March 2016 Leeds First Direct Arena — —
27 March 2016[lower-alpha 2] London The O2 Arena 30,860 / 31,847 $1,621,100[12]
28 March 2016 Cardiff Wales Motorpoint Arena — —
30 March 2016 Dublin Ireland 3Arena — —
2 April 2016 Sheffield England Sheffield Arena — —
3 April 2016[lower-alpha 3] Birmingham Genting Arena Nathan Sykes
Joey Devries 		— —
5 April 2016 Glasgow Scotland The SSE Hydro — —
7 April 2016 Manchester England Manchester Arena — —
8 April 2016 Nottingham Capital FM Arena — —
9 April 2016 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena — —
11 April 2016 Aberdeen Scotland Oil & Gas Arena — —
12 April 2016 — —
14 April 2016 Liverpool England Echo Arena — —
15 April 2016 Leeds First Direct Arena — —
16 April 2016 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena — —
18 April 2016 Dublin Ireland 3Arena — —
19 April 2016 Belfast Northern Ireland SSE Arena — —
21 April 2016 Liverpool England Echo Arena — —
22 April 2016 London SSE Arena, Wembley — —
23 April 2016 Sheffield Sheffield Arena — —
Oceania
12 May 2016 Brisbane Australia Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre Jai Waetford –
13 May 2016 Sydney Allphones Arena
14 May 2016 Melbourne Margaret Court Arena
Asia
16 May 2016 Tokyo Japan Akasaka Blitz - - -
17 May 2016 Osaka Big Cat -
18 May 2016 Nagoya Diamond Hall -
20 May 2016 Manila Philippines Kia Theatre -
21 May 2016 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia KL Live at Life Centre -
23 May 2016 Singapore Star Theatre -
Europe
11 June 2016 London England Wembley Stadium
12 June 2016 Stockholm Sweden Gröna Lund – – –
13 June 2016 Oslo Norway Sentrum Scene
14 June 2016 Copenhagen Denmark Falkoner Center
16 June 2016 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall
17 June 2016 Antwerp Belgium Trix
19 June 2016 Cologne Germany Palladium
20 June 2016[lower-alpha 4] Milan Italy Assago Summer Arena
21 June 2016 Zurich Switzerland Volkshaus
23 June 2016 Paris France Le Grand Rex
24 June 2016 Barcelona Spain Razzmatazz
25 June 2016 Madrid La Riviera
2 July 2016[lower-alpha 5] Belfast Northern Ireland SSE Arena
3 July 2016[lower-alpha 6] Cork Ireland The Marquee
4 July 2016[lower-alpha 7]
20 August 2016[lower-alpha 8] Essex England Hylands Park
21 August 2016[lower-alpha 9] Staffordshire Weston Park
27 August 2016 Cambridge Newmarket Racecourse
Total 52,560 / 53,547 $2,674,530

Notes

  1. ↑ The March 19, 2016 show at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow included a matinee and evening show.
  2. ↑ The March 27, 2016 show at The O2 Arena in London included a matinee and evening show.
  3. ↑ The April 3, 2016 in the Genting Arena in Birmingham includes a matinee and evening show.
  4. ↑ The June 20, 2016 show in the Assago Summer Arena in Milan was originally due to take place in Fabrique but the venue was upgraded due to high demand. It is now part of the Street Music Art Festival
  5. ↑ The July 2, 2016 show at the SSE Arena in Belfast was originally scheduled to take place on March 31, 2016 but was rescheduled due to Jesy being unable to perform. The show includes a matinee and evening show.
  6. ↑ The July 3, 2016 show in Cork is apart of the Live at the Marquee festival.
  7. ↑ The July 4, 2016 show in Cork is apart of the Live at the Marquee festival.
  8. ↑ The August 20, 2016 show in Hylands Park in Essex is apart of V Festival 2016
  9. ↑ The August 21, 2016 show in Weston Park in Staffordshire is apart of V Festival 2016

References

  1. ↑ "Little Mix 2016 UK Tour Dates: Get Ticket Now... PLUS A New London Show Is Added!". Capital. 30 July 2015.
  2. ↑ https://twitter.com/musicfacts_LM/status/723606851858903040
  3. ↑ http://portalpopline.virgula.uol.com.br/little-mix-comemora-300-mil-ingressos-vendidos-para-turne-no-reino-unido/
  4. ↑ "Announcement: Little Mix – Get Weird Tour". Sold Out. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Little Mix to bring Get Weird tour to Australia in May 2016". Press Party. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  6. 1 2 Corner, Lewis (14 March 2016). "Little Mix tour live review: One of the best pop concerts you'll go to this year". Digital Spy. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Mainwaring, Rachel (14 March 2016). "Little Mix kick off their Get Weird tour with a show-stopping Cardiff performance". Wales Online. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  8. ↑ http://www.maximumpop.co.uk/little-mix-tour-dvd/
  9. ↑ Torres, Leonardo (13 March 2016). "Little Mix canta Beyoncé e Justin Bieber na estreia da “Get Weird Tour”: veja fotos, vídeos e setlist". Portal POPLine (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  10. ↑ Davidson, Amy (14 March 2016). "Little Mix pay homage to Beyoncé and Justin Bieber as they storm the opening night of their Get Weird tour". Digital Spy. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  11. ↑ "Billboard Boxscore SSE Hydro". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  12. ↑ "Billboard Boxscore o2". Billboard. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
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