My Universe Tour

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My Universe Tour
Tour by The Shires
Associated album My Universe
Start date18 November 2016
End date2 May 2017
Legs2
No. of shows28 in United Kingdom
The Shires concert chronology

In support of their second studio album, My Universe , the Shires embarked on a seventeen-date UK tour in November and December 2016. [1] In December 2016, the duo announced a second leg of the tour for the spring of 2017. [2]

Contents

Set list

The following is the set list is of the 11 December show in London at O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire [3] and represents the set list for the first leg of the tour:

  1. "Nashville Grey Skies"
  2. "My Universe"
  3. "Drive"
  4. "Naked"
  5. "Angels" (Robbie Williams cover)
  6. "All Over Again"
  7. "Not Even Drunk Right Now"
  8. "Beats to Your Rhythm"
  9. "Save Me"
  10. "Daddy's Little Girl"
  11. "Brave"
  12. "State Lines"
  13. "Friday Night"
  14. "Jekyll and Hyde"
  15. "I Just Wanna Love You"
  16. "Tonight"

Encore:

  1. "Made in England"
  2. "Other People's Things"
  3. "A Thousand Hallelujahs"

The set list of the 2 May show in London at The London Palladium [4] is representative of the second leg of the tour:

  1. "Nashville Grey Skies"
  2. "State Lines"
  3. "Daddy's Little Girl"
  4. "Only Midnight"
  5. "Friday Night"
  6. "Beats to Your Rhythm"
  7. "Made in England"
  8. "My Universe"
  9. "Islands in the Stream" (Bee Gees cover)
  10. "Other People's Things"
  11. "A Thousand Hallelujahs"
  12. "Jekyll and Hyde"
  13. "Black and White"
  14. "Naked"
  15. "Angels" (Robbie Williams cover)
  16. "Save Me"
  17. "All Over Again"
  18. "Drive"

Tour dates

[1] Date [2] CityCountryVenue
First leg
18 November 2016 Oxford England O2 Academy Oxford
20 November 2016 Basingstoke The Anvil, Basingstoke
21 November 2016 Southampton Southampton Guildhall
23 November 2016 Northampton Royal & Derngate
24 November 2016 Cardiff Wales St David's Hall
25 November 2016 Bedford England Corn Exchange, Bedford
27 November 2016 Cambridge Cambridge Corn Exchange
28 November 2016 Bristol Colston Hall
29 November 2016 Brighton Brighton Dome
2 December 2016 Llandudno Wales Venue Cymru
3 December 2016 Birmingham England O2 Academy Birmingham
4 December 2016 Manchester Bridgewater Hall
5 December 2016 Gateshead Sage Gateshead
7 December 2016 Glasgow Scotland O2 ABC Glasgow
8 December 2016 York EnglandBarbican
9 December 2016 Liverpool O2 Academy Liverpool
11 December 2016 London O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
Second leg
18 April 2017 Blackpool England Blackpool Opera House
19 April 2017 Aberdeen Scotland Beach Ballroom
20 April 2017 Edinburgh Usher Hall
23 April 2017 Bournemouth England Pavilion Theatre
24 April 2017 Guildford G Live
25 April 2017 Coventry Warwick Arts Centre
27 April 2017 Southend-on-Sea Cliffs Pavilion
28 April 2017 Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
30 April 2017 Nottingham Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
1 May 2017 Ipswich Regent Theatre
2 May 2017London London Palladium

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