How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Tour

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How Big Tour
How Blue Tour
How Beautiful Tour
Tour by Florence + the Machine
Florence and the Machine's How Beautiful Tour.png
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
Start date9 September 2015
End date3 July 2016
Legs8
No. of shows84
Florence + the Machine concert chronology

The How Big Tour, How Blue Tour and the How Beautiful Tour were a series of three concert tours by English indie band Florence and the Machine, in support of their third studio album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful . The tour began on 9 September 2015 in Belfast, Northern Ireland and concluded on 3 July 2016 in Werchter, Belgium at Rock Werchter.

Contents

Set list

Glastonbury Festival 2015

Adapted from the BBC Music website. [1]

2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and opening act
DateCityCountryVenueOpening act
Leg 1 – Europe [2]
9 September 2015 Belfast Ireland The SSE Arena The Staves
10 September 2015 Dublin 3Arena
12 September 2015 Sheffield England Sheffield Arena
14 September 2015 Glasgow SSE Hydro
15 September 2015 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
17 September 2015 Nottingham Motorpoint Arena Nottingham
18 September 2015 Manchester Manchester Arena
19 September 2015 Birmingham Genting Arena
21 September 2015 London Alexandra Palace
22 September 2015
24 September 2015
25 September 2015
28 September 2015 [lower-alpha 1] The Roundhouse
Leg 2 – North America [3] [4]
9 October 2015 Nashville United States Ascend Amphitheater
11 October 2015 [lower-alpha 2] Austin Zilker Park
13 October 2015 Phoenix Ak-Chin Pavilion
14 October 2015 San Diego Viejas Arena
16 October 2015 Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger
17 October 2015
20 October 2015 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Bowl
21 October 2015 Berkeley Greek Theatre
22 October 2015
24 October 2015 Portland Veterans Memorial Coliseum
25 October 2015 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena
27 October 2015 Seattle United States KeyArena
30 October 2015 [lower-alpha 3] New Orleans City Park
Leg 3 – Oceania [5]
7 November 2015 Perth Australia Perth Arena Jack Ladder and the Dreamlanders
10 November 2015 Melbourne Sidney Myer Music Bowl
11 November 2015
13 November 2015 Sydney Sydney Opera House Forecourt
14 November 2015
15 November 2015
17 November 2015
18 November 2015 Brisbane Riverstage
21 November 2015 Auckland New Zealand Vector Arena
Leg 4 – Middle East [6]
26 November 2015 [lower-alpha 4] Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Du Arena
Leg 5 – Europe [7]
9 December 2015 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis
10 December 2015 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome
12 December 2015 Łódź Poland Atlas Arena
13 December 2015 Berlin Germany Velodrom
14 December 2015 Hamburg Barclaycard Arena
16 December 2015 Munich Olympiahalle
18 December 2015 Düsseldorf Mitsubishi Electric Halle
19 December 2015 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
21 December 2015 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum
22 December 2015 Paris France Zénith Paris
Leg 5 – South America [8]
10 March 2016 [lower-alpha 5] Bogotá Colombia Parque Deportivo 222
12 March 2016 [lower-alpha 6] São Paulo Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace
14 March 2016 [lower-alpha 7] Rio de Janeiro KM de Vantegens Hall
18 March 2016 [lower-alpha 8] Buenos Aires Argentina Hipódromo de San Isidro
19 March 2016 [lower-alpha 9] Santiago Chile O'Higgins Park
Leg 6 – Europe [9] [8]
12 April 2016 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
13 April 2016 Bologna Italy Unipol Arena
14 April 2016 Turin Pala Alpitour
16 April 2016 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi
17 April 2016 Madrid Palacio Vistalegre
18 April 2016 Lisbon Portugal MEO Arena
Leg 7 – North America [8]
12 May 2016 Miami United States American Airlines Arena Anderson Paak
14 May 2016 Orlando Amway Center
15 May 2016 [lower-alpha 10] Atlanta Centennial Olympic Park
17 May 2016 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Grimes
18 May 2016 Dallas American Airlines Center
19 May 2016Austin Austin360 Amphitheater
22 May 2016 [lower-alpha 11] Gulf Shores East Beach Boulevard
24 May 2016 Bonner Springs Cricket Wireless Amphitheater Grimes
26 May 2016 Denver Pepsi Center
28 May 2016 [lower-alpha 12] Napa Napa Valley Expo
30 May 2016 [lower-alpha 13] George The Gorge Amphitheatre
2 June 2016 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center Of Monsters and Men
4 June 2016 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center
5 June 2016 [lower-alpha 14] Cincinnati Sawyer Point & Yeatman's Cove Grimes / Of Monsters and Men
7 June 2016 Mansfield Xfinity Center Of Monsters and Men
8 June 2016 Montreal Canada Bell Centre
10 June 2016 Toronto Budweiser Stage
11 June 2016 Clarkston United States DTE Energy Music Theatre
12 June 2016 Tinley Park Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
14 June 2016 Brooklyn Barclays Center Grimes
15 June 2016
17 June 2016 Camden BB&T Pavilion
18 June 2016 [lower-alpha 15] Dover The Woodlands of Dover International Speedway
Leg 8 – Europe [8]
21 June 2016 [lower-alpha 16] Zagreb Croatia Lake Jarun
29 June 2016 [lower-alpha 17] Gdynia PolandBabie Doły Military Airport
2 July 2016 [lower-alpha 18] LondonEngland Hyde Park
3 July 2016 [lower-alpha 19] Werchter BelgiumWerchter Festival Grounds

Box office score data

VenueCityAttendanceRevenue [10]
SSE Hydro Glasgow 10,329 / 10,806$557,677
Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles29,030 / 35,023$1,867,725
Santa Barbara Bowl Santa Barbara 4,835 / 4,835$414,598
Hearst Greek Theatre Berkeley 15,966 / 15,966$966,222
Perth Arena Perth 10,651 / 11,138$657,295
Sportpaleis Antwerp 19,876 / 19,972$809,820
Barclaycard Arena Hamburg 9,152 / 11,687$397,041
Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 9,460 / 14,000$835,655
KM de Vantagens Hall Rio de Janeiro 6,156 / 8,439$335,797
Amway Center Orlando 8,451 / 10,308$507,164
American Airlines Center Dallas 9,057 / 12,989$547,890
Providence Medical Center Amphitheater Bonner Springs 8,974 / 15,911$344,620
Bell Centre Montreal 9,380 / 10,781$579,477
Total153,857 / 179,855
(85.5%)
$8,820,981

Notes

  1. The 28 September 2015 concert in London, England at The Roundhouse is a part of Apple Music Festival.
  2. The 11 October 2015 concert in Austin, Texas at Zilker Park is a part of Austin City Limits Music Festival.
  3. The 30 October 2015 concert in New Orleans, Louisiana at City Park is a part of Voodoo Experience.
  4. The 26 November 2015 concert in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates at Yas Marina Circuit is a part of 2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
  5. The 10 March 2016 concert in Bogotá, Colombia at Parque Deportivo 222 is a part of Estéreo Picnic Festival.
  6. The 12 March 2016 concert in São Paulo, Brazil at Autódromo José Carlos Pace is a part of Lollapalooza Brazil.
  7. The 14 March 2016 concert in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at KM de Vantegens Hall was co-headlined with Mumford & Sons.
  8. The 18 March 2016 concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina at Hipódromo de San Isidro is a part of Lollapalooza Argentina.
  9. The 19 March 2016 concert in Santiago, Chile at O'Higgins Park is a part of Lollapalooza Chile.
  10. The 15 May 2016 concert in Atlanta, Georgia at Centennial Olympic Park is a part of Shaky Knees Music Festival.
  11. The 22 May 2016 concert in Gulf Shores, Alabama at East Beach Boulevard is a part of Hangout Music Festival.
  12. The 28 May 2016 concert in Napa, California at Napa Valley Expo is a part of BottleRock Napa Valley.
  13. The 30 May 2016 concert in George, Washington at The Gorge Amphitheatre is a part of Sasquatch! Music Festival.
  14. The 5 June 2016 concert in Cincinnati, Ohio at Sawyer Point & Yeatman's Cove is a part of Bunbury Music Festival.
  15. The 18 June 2016 in Dover, Delaware at The Woodlands of Dover International Speedway is a part of Firefly Music Festival.
  16. The 18 June 2016 concert in Zagreb, Croatia at Lake Jarun is a part of InMusic Festival.
  17. The 29 June 2016 concert in Gdynia, Poland at Babie Doły Military Airport is a part of Open'er Festival.
  18. The 2 July 2016 concert in London, England at Hyde Park is a part of British Summer Time (concerts).
  19. The 3 July 2016 in Werchter, Belgium at Werchter Festival Grounds is a part of Rock Werchter.

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