Stairway to the Sky Tour

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Stairway to the Sky Tour
Tour by Zayn
Zayn - Stairway to the Sky Tour (poster).png
Promotional poster for concerts
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
Associated album Room Under the Stairs
Start date23 November 2024 (2024-11-23)
End date28 March 2025 (2025-03-28)
No. of shows22
Supporting acts
Website www.inzayn.com/tour/
Zayn concert chronology
  • Stairway to the Sky Tour
    (2024–2025)
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The Stairway to the Sky Tour is the ongoing debut concert tour by English singer Zayn, in support of his fourth studio album, Room Under the Stairs (2024). The tour commenced in Leeds, England, on 23 November 2024, and is set to conclude on 28 March 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico, consisting of 22 shows.

Contents

Background

During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on 18 September 2024, Zayn announced the tour, with 11 shows across North America and Europe from October to December 2024. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The following day, additional concerts in New York City, Edinburgh, London, Manchester and Leeds were announced due to demand. [6] On 19 October, following the death of Liam Payne three days prior, Zayn announced the postponement of the concerts in the United States to January 2025. [7] [8] [9] Four days later, the rescheduled concerts were announced. [10] [11] [12] The following month, he announced the two concerts in Edinburgh were rescheduled, citing "unforeseen circumstances". [13] [14] The 3 December concert in Newcastle, England, was cancelled twenty minutes after the singer was due on stage, with Zayn citing that his voice "just isn't there at all tonight." [15] On 10 December 2024, additional concerts in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and San Francisco were announced, due to demand. LAPD and Hope Tala were announced as supporting acts for concerts in the United States, with the latter performing at select dates. [16] On 27 January 2025, a concert in Mexico City was announced. [17] A second concert in Mexico City was added the following day. [18]

Set list

This set list is from the 21 January 2025 concert in Washington, D.C. [19] [ unreliable source? ]

  1. "My Woman"
  2. "Birds on a Cloud"
  3. "Dreamin"
  4. "Lied To"
  5. "In the Bag"
  6. "Ignorance Ain't Bliss"
  7. "Scripted"
  8. "Sweat"
  9. "Bordersz"
  10. "It's You"
  11. "Shoot at Will"
  12. "Last Request"
  13. "Pillowtalk"
  14. "Concrete Kisses"
  15. "What I Am"
  16. "Alienated"
  17. "Gates of Hell"
  18. "Stardust"

Tour dates

List of 2024 concerts [6]
Date (2024)CityCountryVenue
23 November Leeds England O2 Academy Leeds
24 November Manchester O2 Apollo Manchester
26 November London Eventim Apollo
27 November
29 November Wolverhampton Civic Hall
30 NovemberManchesterO2 Apollo Manchester
2 DecemberLeedsO2 Academy Leeds
4 DecemberManchesterO2 Apollo Manchester
8 December [a] Edinburgh Scotland O2 Academy Edinburgh
9 December [a]
List of 2025 concerts [11]
Date (2025)CityCountryVenueSupporting acts
21 January Washington, D.C. United States The Anthem LAPD
22 January
24 January New York City Hammerstein Ballroom LAPD
Hope Tala
25 January
28 January Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium
29 January
31 JanuaryLAPD
1 February Paradise [b] Chelsea Ballroom
3 February San Francisco Bill Graham Civic Auditorium LAPD
Hope Tala
4 FebruaryLAPD
27 March Mexico City Mexico Palacio de los Deportes —
28 March

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts
Date (2024)CityCountryVenueReasonRef.
3 December Newcastle England O2 City Hall Unforeseen circumstances [c] [15]

Personnel

Adapted from an article published by The Independent . [20]

Notes

  1. 1 2 The 8 and 9 December 2024 concerts in Edinburgh, Scotland, were originally scheduled for 20 and 21 November 2024 respectively, but were rescheduled due to "unforeseen circumstances". [13] [14]
  2. ↑ Labelled as Las Vegas in promotion material.
  3. ↑ In a statement on social media, Zayn cited his voice "just isn't there at all tonight", when announcing the cancellation. [15]

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