Never Been Better Tour

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Never Been Better Tour
Tour by Olly Murs
OMurs 2015TourPoster.jpg
Associated album Never Been Better
Start date31 March 2015 (2015-03-31)
End date23 August 2015 (2015-08-23)
No. of shows
  • 45 in Europe
  • 5 in Australia
  • 50 total
Olly Murs concert chronology

Never Been Better Tour was a concert tour by English singer Olly Murs. The tour supports his fourth studio album Never Been Better (2014) and was announced in November 2014. Originally, only a leg consisting of 14 shows in UK was planned, but due to high demand, the run was expanded with more dates, also in the rest of Europe. [1]

Contents

Set list

This set list is representative of the two shows in Sheffield on 31 March 2015 and 1 April 2015. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour. [2]

  1. "Did You Miss Me"
  2. "Right Place Right Time"
  3. "Why Do I Love You"
  4. "Hey You Beautiful"
  5. "Hand on Heart"
  6. "Never Been Better"
  7. "Seasons"
  8. Medley: "Thinking of Me" / "Busy" / "Please Don't Let Me Go"
  9. "Oh My Goodness"
  10. "Hope You Got What You Came For"
  11. "Heart Skips a Beat"
  12. "Up" (with Ella Eyre)
  13. "Dance with Me Tonight"
  14. "Let Me In"
  15. "Dear Darlin'"
  16. "Uptown Funk" (Mark Ronson cover)
  17. "Beautiful To Me"
  18. "Troublemaker"

Encore:

  1. "Nothing Without You"
  2. "Wrapped Up"

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
DateCityCountryVenueOpening act
Leg 1 — Europe [3]
31 March 2015 Sheffield England Motorpoint Arena Sheffield Ella Eyre
1 April 2015
3 April 2015 Cardiff Wales Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
4 April 2015
7 April 2015 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena
8 April 2015
10 April 2015 Dublin Ireland 3Arena
11 April 2015
12 April 2015
14 April 2015 Glasgow Scotland The SSE Hydro
15 April 2015
16 April 2015
18 April 2015 Newcastle England Metro Radio Arena
19 April 2015
20 April 2015 Leeds First Direct Arena
22 April 2015 Manchester Manchester Arena
23 April 2015
24 April 2015
26 April 2015 Birmingham Barclaycard Arena
27 April 2015
28 April 2015
30 April 2015 Nottingham Capital FM Arena
1 May 2015
3 May 2015 London O2 Arena
4 May 2015
5 May 2015
7 May 2015
8 May 2015 Liverpool Echo Arena
18 May 2015 Paris France Paris Olympia
20 May 2015 Copenhagen Denmark Falkoner Center
21 May 2015 Oslo Norway Sentrum Scene
22 May 2015 Stockholm Sweden Gröna Lund
26 May 2015 Hamburg Germany O2 World
27 May 2015 Oberhausen König Pilsener Arena
29 May 2015 Hannover Expo Plaza
30 May 2015 Bern Switzerland Festhalle
31 May 2015 Vienna Austria Gasometer
2 June 2015 [lower-alpha 1] Milan Italy Milan La Fabrique
3 June 2015 Munich Germany Olympiahalle
7 June 2015 [lower-alpha 2] Antwerp Belgium Lotto Arena
9 June 2015 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall
10 June 2015CopenhagenDenmarkFalkoner Center
Leg 2 — Australia [4]
4 August 2015 Perth Australia Perth Arena
6 August 2015 Brisbane Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
8 August 2015 Melbourne Margaret Court Arena
9 August 2015 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
11 August 2015 Sydney Enmore Theatre
Leg 3 — Europe
22 August 2015 [lower-alpha 3] Chelmsford England Hylands Park
23 August 2015 [lower-alpha 4] Weston-under-Lizard Weston Park

Notes

  1. The June 2, 2015 show at the Milan La Fabrique in Milan was originally scheduled to take place on June 1, 2015.
  2. The June 7, 2015 show at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp was originally scheduled to take place on May 16, 2015.
  3. The August 22, 2015 show at the Hylands Park in Chelmsford was a part of the 2015 V Festival.
  4. The August 23, 2015 show at the Weston Park in Weston-under-Lizard was a part of the 2015 V Festival.

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