Simili Tour

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Simili Tour
Tour by Laura Pausini
LPausini 2016TourPoster.jpg
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album Simili
Start date25 May 2016 (2016-05-25)
End date25 October 2016 (2016-10-25)
Legs3
No. of shows12 in Europe
12 in North America
9 in South America
33 in total
Laura Pausini concert chronology

The Simili Tour [1] (also known as the Similares Tour [2] and #PausiniStadi [3] ) was the eighth concert tour by Italian singer Laura Pausini. Launched in the spring of 2016, the tour promoted her twelfth studio album Simili (2015). Over the course of five months, the tour visited Europe and the Americas.

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Background

In May 2015, Pausini confirmed on her social medias the album release and forthcoming world tour. [4] In November 2015, Pausini announced during an interview that the tour would come to the Americas [5] then back to Europe in October 2016. That same day, she said that the setlists would differ from place to place and that the show structure would be different as well. 6 June 2015 was declared "Simili Day" in three cities: Milan, Rome and Bari. [6]

Opening acts

Setlist

The following setlist was obtained from the concert held on 4 June 2016, at San Siro in Milan, Italy. It does not present all concerts for the duration of the tour. [9]

  1. "Simili"
  2. "Resta in ascolto"
  3. "Innamorata"
  4. "Non ho mai smesso" / ""Il Nostro Amore Quotidiano" / "Se non te"
  5. "Nella Porta Accanto" / "Bellissimo così" / "Ascolta il tuo cuore"
  6. "Invece no"
  7. "La geografia del mio cammino" / "Chiedilo al Cielo" / "Una storia che vale"
  8. "Sono Solo Nuvole"
  9. "Come se non fosse stato mai amore"
  10. "It's Not Goodbye" / "200 Note"/"it:Seamisai"
  11. "Bom Dia, Tristeza"
  12. "Primavera in anticipo (It Is My Song)"
  13. "Ho Creduto a Me"
  14. "Tra te e il mare"
  15. "Il tuo nome in maiuscolo" / "Nel modo più sincero che c'è" / "Casomai" / "Un fatto ovvio" / "Colpevole" / "La prospettiva di me","Un'emergenza d'amore"
  16. "Celeste" / "È a Lei Che Devo l'Amore"
  17. "Con la musica alla radio" / "Benvenuto" / "Io canto" / "Per la Musica"
  18. "Vivimi"
  19. "E ritorno da te"
  20. "Incancellabile" / "Le cose che vivi" / "Il mondo che vorrei" / "Strani amori" / "La solitudine"
  21. "Limpido" / "Surrender" / "Io C'ero (+ Amore x Favore)" bis
  22. "Lato destro del cuore"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
Europe [10]
25 May 2016 Imola Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
4 June 2016 Milan San Siro
5 June 2016
11 June 2016Rome Stadio Olimpico
18 June 2016 Bari Stadio della Vittoria
North America [10] [11]
26 July 2016 Brampton Canada Powerade Centre
28 July 2016New York CityUnited States Tidal Theater
30 July 2016 Miami Waterfront Theatre
5 August 2016Los Angeles Microsoft Theater
10 August 2016 Monterrey Mexico Arena Monterrey
12 August 2016 Mexico City Auditorio Nacional
14 August 2016 Zapopan Auditorio Telmex
16 August 2016 Querétaro City Auditorio Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez
18 August 2016 Puebla Auditorio Metropolitano
20 August 2016 San José Costa Rica Estadio Nacional
23 August 2016 Panama City Panama Plaza Figali
South America [12]
28 August 2016 Quito Ecuador Coliseo General Rumiñahui
31 August 2016 Lima Peru Explanada Sur del Monumental
2 September 2016 Santiago Chile Movistar Arena
3 September 2016 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio G.E.B.A.
7 September 2016 Luque Paraguay Centro de Convenciones de la Conmebol
9 September 2016 Punta del Este Uruguay Conrad Resort Grounds
11 September 2016 São Paulo Brazil Citibank Hall
12 September 2016
14 September 2016 Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan
North America [13]
17 September 2016 San Juan Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum
Europe [14]
15 October 2016LondonEngland Eventim Apollo
16 October 2016 Brussels Belgium Forest National
18 October 2016 Stuttgart Germany Porsche-Arena
20 October 2016 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
21 October 2016 Geneva SEG Geneva Arena
23 October 2016 Essen Germany Grugahalle
25 October 2016 Munich Olympiahalle
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
25 August 2016 Medellín, Colombia Plaza de Toros La Macarena Cancelled [15]
26 August 2016 Bogotá, Colombia Gran Carpa Américas de Corferias Cancelled [15]
7 October 2016 Madrid, Spain Barclaycard Center Cancelled [16]
8 October 2016 Barcelona, Spain Palau Sant Jordi Cancelled [16]
10 October 2016 Marseille, France Le Dôme de Marseille Cancelled [16]
12 October 2016Paris, France AccorHotels Arena Cancelled [16]
13 October 2016 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg Rockhal Cancelled [16]

Box office score data

VenueCityTickets sold / AvailableGross revenue
Movistar ArenaSantiago10,782 / 11,404 (94%)$595,540 [17]
Citibank HallSão Paulo7,433 / 8,340 (89%)$640,135 [17]
HallenstadionZürich8,350 / 13,000 (64%)$609,724 [18]

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