Lorde announces world tour in support of new album ‘Virgin’
Lorde has unveiled her world tour for later this year, which will take her across North America, the UK and Europe.
The extensive set of dates, which will see Lorde spend three months on the road, is in support of her forthcoming fourth album, Virgin, which will be released on June 27th. The New Zealander premiered the record last month with lead single, ‘What Was That’.
The arena tour will begin at the Moody Center in Texas on September 17th, before visiting stops in North America such as Chicago, Nashville, Toronto, Boston, Montreal, New York, Washington, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Portland, Berkeley, Inglewood and Las Vegas.
Following the conclusion of the US and Canadian dates, Lorde will then traverse through mainland Europe with dates in Luxembourg and Paris before arriving in the UK and Ireland. Here, she will play Manchester’s AO Arena, London’s O2 Arena, Glasgow’s OVO Hydro, Birmingham’s Utilita Arena, and Dublin’s RDS Simmonscourt.
The tour will then resume in mainland Europe with destinations including Bologna, Amsterdam, Brussels, Munich, Cologne, and Copenhagen ahead of Lorde concluding the run in Stockholm on December 9th.
Recently, Lorde appeared at the Met Gala and explained on the red carpet how her outfit represents her re-evaluation of gender, which has also shaped Virgin. Telling Emma Chamberlain, Lorde said of her attire, “This is custom Thom Browne. It’s kind of my creation. It’s something of an Easter egg.”
The ‘What Was That‘ singer continued: “All will be revealed. I just love the open back. To me it represents where I’m at gender-wise. I feel like a man and a woman, you know?”
Her latest comments at the Met Gala follow similar remarks she made regarding gender during a conversation with artist Martine Syms for Document Journal last week. In the interview, Lorde revealed that during the recording process of her new album, Virgin, she “was also coming into my masculinity a bit more as well.”
Lorde world tour dates:
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September
17 – Austin, TX – Moody Center !*
19 – Chicago, IL – United Center !*
20 – Nashville, TN – The Pinnacle !*
23 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center !*
24 – Toronto, Ontario – Scotiabank Arena !*
26 – Boston, MA – TD Garden =!
27 – Montreal, Quebec – Bell Centre =!
30 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center =!
October
01 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden !*
03 – Pittsburgh, PA – Petersen Events Center !*
04 – Washington, D.C. – The Anthem !*
07 – Duluth, GA – Gas South Arena !^
09 – St. Louis, MO – Chaifetz Arena !^
10 – Milwaukee, WI – UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena !^
11- Minneapolis, MN – Armory !^
14 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre =!
17 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena =!
18 – Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum =!^
19 – Berkeley, CA – The Greek Theatre !^
21 – Portland, OR – Moda Center !^
22 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena !^
November
09 – Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Rockhal $
10 – Paris, France – Zénith de Paris – La Villette %
15 – Manchester, England – AO Arena =%
16 – London, England – O2 Arena &%
19 – Glasgow, Scotland – OVO Hydro &%
20 – Birmingham, England – Utilita Arena &%
22 – Dublin, Ireland – RDS Simmonscourt &%
24 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – AFAS Live &
27 – Brussels, Belgium – Forest National !
29 – Bologna, Italy – Unipol Arena !
30 – Zurich, Switzerland – Halle 622 !
December
01 – Munich, Germany – Zenith !
03 – Cologne, Germany – Palladium !
05 – Berlin, Germany – Max-Schmeling-Halle !
06 – Lodz, Poland – Atlas Arena !
08 – Copenhagen, Denmark – K.B. Hallen !
09 – Stockholm, Sweden – Annexet !
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