Melodrama World Tour

Melodrama World Tour
General information
Associated album	Melodrama
Start date	September 26, 2017
End date	November 17, 2018
Legs	3
Shows	60
Tours Chronology
The Lorde Tour
Melodrama World Tour
The Solar Power Tour

Melodrama World Tour was Lorde’s second world tour. The tour was based around her sophomore album, Melodrama.

Background

Lorde embarked on this world tour in September, with tickets and tour dates here Khalid is the opener for the European shows, while the North American leg will be supported by Run the Jewels, Tove Styrke and Mitski.

Israel controversy

In December, Lorde announced extra tour dates for Saint Petersburg, Russia, Moscow, Russia and Tel Aviv, Israel. After this, she received backlash from fans for having a concert in Israel. Because of this, she cancelled the show. Even though many of her fans were the ones who pressured her to cancel the show, many of her fans also criticized her for cancelling it.

US sitcom star Roseanne Barr attacked Lorde on twitter saying - "Boycott this bigot: Lorde caves to BDS pressure, cancels Israel concert." Fans also criticized Lorde for "hypocrisy", as she will be playing Russia twice. Soon after, ambassador Yitzhak Gerberg invited Lorde to a "friendly meeting" to discuss the issue. He wrote on Facebook:

"I the Ambassador of @IsraelinNZ invite LordeMusic to meet in person to discuss #israel and its role as the only #democracy in the Middle East. By succumbing to the hateful agenda of the few who support #BDS you encourage animosity in the region. Music should unite not divide. Reactions driven by hatred lead to continued #conflict. But solutions come from engagement and lead to compromise, co-operation, and #peace."

She has not yet publicly responded to his invite.

Set List

This set list is representative of the show on October 1, 2017 in Birmingham. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.

1. Magnets
2. Tennis Court
3. Hard Feelings
4. Buzzcut Season
5. Sober
6. The Louvre
7. Ribs
8. Liability
9. Liability (Reprise)
10. A World Alone
11. In The Air Tonight
12. Supercut
13. Royals
14. Perfect Places
15. Team
16. Green Light
17. Loveless (encore)

Note: "Homemade Dynamite" was not performed the first four dates of the tour.

In September, Lorde revealed live on Instagram that on the tour there would be "new costumes, new content, new songs, some old songs we haven’t played in literally years.”.

In February, she said that she "May or may not" bring back an unreleased song she recorded for Melodrama, which she commented on as one of her favorites.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act
Leg 1 – Europe
26 September 2017	Manchester	England	O2 Apollo Manchester	Khalid
27 September 2017	London		Alexandra Palace
30 September 2017	Brighton		Brighton Centre
1 October 2017	Birmingham		O2 Academy Birmingham
2 October 2017	Glasgow	Scotland	O2 Academy Glasgow	Anna of the North
4 October 2017	Tilburg	Netherlands	013	Khalid
5 October 2017	Paris	France	Zénith Paris
6 October 2017	Antwerp	Belgium	Lotto Arena
8 October 2017	Lyon	France	Le Transbordeur
9 October 2017	Barcelona	Spain	Sant Jordi Club
11 October 2017	Munich	Germany	Zenith
12 October 2017	Milan	Italy	Fabrique
14 October 2017	Cologne	Germany	Palladium
15 October 2017	Berlin		Tempodrom
17 October 2017	Stockholm	Sweden	Annexet
18 October 2017	Oslo	Norway	Sentrum Scene
19 October 2017	Trondheim		Høyskoledalen
North America
21 October 2017	Los Angeles	United States	Hollywood Bowl	N/A
Leg 2 – Oceania
7 November 2017	Dunedin	New Zealand	Dunedin Town Hall	N/A
8 November 2017	Christchurch		Isaac Theatre Royal
9 November 2017
11 November 2017	Wellington		Michael Fowler Centre
12 November 2017	Auckland		Powerstation
14 November 2017
15 November 2017
18 November 2017	Perth	Australia	Pioneer Women's Memorial	George Maple
21 November 2017	Sydney		Sydney Opera House Forecourt
22 November 2017
23 November 2017	Brisbane		Riverstage
25 November 2017}}	Canberra		Commonwealth Park	N/A
26 November 2017	Melbourne		Sidney Myer Music Bowl	George Maple
Leg 3 – North America
1 March 2018	Milwaukee	United States	BMO Harris Bradley Center	Run the Jewels Tove Styrke
2 March 2018	St. Louis		Chaifetz Arena
3 March 2018	Kansas City		Sprint Center
5 March 2018	Denver		Pepsi Center
8 March 2018	Vancouver	Canada	Rogers Arena
9 March 2018	Seattle	United States	KeyArena
10 March 2018	Portland		Moda Center
12 March 2018	Sacramento		Golden 1 Center	Tove Styrke
13 March 2018	Oakland		Oracle Arena	Run the Jewels Tove Styrke
14 March 2018	Los Angeles		Staples Center	Tove Styrke
16 March 2018	Glendale		Gila River Arena
18 March 2018	Dallas		American Airlines Center
19 March 2018	Houston		Toyota Center
21 March 2018	Tulsa		BOK Center
23 March 2018	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center
24 March 2018	Lincoln		Pinnacle Bank Arena	Run the Jewels Mitski
25 March 2018	Des Moines		Wells Fargo Arena
27 March 2018	Rosemont		Allstate Arena
28 March 2018	Detroit		Little Caesars Arena
29 March 2018	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre
31 March 2018	Columbus	United States	Value City Arena
2 April 2018	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center
3 April 2018	Boston		TD Garden
4 April 2018	Brooklyn		Barclays Center
6 April 2018	Newark		Prudential Center
7 April 2018	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena
8 April 2018	Washington, D.C.		The Anthem
11 April 2018	Tampa		Amalie Arena	Mitski
12 April 2018	Miami		American Airlines Arena	Run the Jewels Mitski
14 April 2018	Duluth		Infinite Energy Arena
15 April 2018	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena		Europe
The concert of 26 May 2018 in London is part of the All Points East Festival.	London	England	Victoria Park	n/a
29 May 2018	Saint Petersburg	Russia	Ice Palace
31 May 2018	Moscow		Crocus City Hall

Cancelled Shows

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

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
5 June 2018	Tel Aviv	[[Israel	Tel Aviv Convention Center	Pro-Palestinian campaign