The So Nice Tour

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So Nice Tour
Tour by Carly Rae Jepsen
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Promotional poster for the tour
Location
  • Asia
  • Australia
  • Europe
  • North America
Associated album The Loneliest Time
Start date21 September 2022 (2022-09-21)
End date13 August 2023 (2023-08-13)
No. of shows
  • 46 in North America
  • 10 in Europe
  • 7 in Asia
  • 6 in Australia
  • 69 total
Carly Rae Jepsen concert chronology

The So Nice Tour [1] was the fourth concert tour by Canadian recording artist Carly Rae Jepsen. Launched in support of her sixth studio album The Loneliest Time (2022), The tour began on 21 September 2022 and concluded on 13 August 2023.

Contents

Background

The tour was announced 7 June 2022, [2] shortly after the release of the album's first single, "Western Wind". [3] American singer/songwriter, Empress Of would be announced alongside and serve as the support act for the entire North American leg of the tour, except for two co-headlining shows announced a month prior, that Jepsen would perform with American rock band, Bleachers in Cleveland and Toronto respectively. [4] The tour commenced in Montreal, Canada on 24 September 2022 [5] and marked as her first set of live performances since 2019. [6]

Jepsen aligned with non-profit, PLUS1 to have one dollar from all shows (in North America) donated to The Ally Coalition. [7] This organization supports homeless and at-risk LGBTQ youth. During Fall 2022, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australian legs of the tour were announced and proceeded between February and March 2023, with the former supported by French singer/songwriter, Lewis OfMan. [8] [9]

Critical reception

Reviews for the concerts in America have been positive. Many critics noted Jepsen's showmanship and exuberant energy during the shows. For the concert in Boston, Abigail A. Golden ( The Harvard Crimson ) writes Jepsen was a "joy to watch". She continues, "With a 27-song setlist, Jepsen's stamina was commendable. In leaping across the stage, trekking up flights of stairs to engage with the members of her band, and coordinating dances with backup vocalists Sophi Bairley and Julia Ross, the singer kept the energy up throughout her entire performance." [10]

Moving to Philadelphia, Maureen Walsh (WXPN) states she enjoyed how the music was the main attraction of the show. She wrote, "All night, I kept looking around seeing people singing along, having a great time and losing themselves dancing to some fun freaking music. Carly's moonlady animation was right: forget your cares and enjoy yourself every once in a while, it will do you a world of good." [11]

For the concert in Los Angeles, Jefferson Lim (Annenberg Media) says the performance "radiated energy". He says, "The nearly 90-minute show was an unforgettable, energetic night of fun. Jepsen performed non-stop with such vigor and passion that it was just too hard not to dance and sing along. If love is a lonely road, then we can rest easy knowing that we have the comfort of Jepsen's music to go along with it." [12]

Setlist

North America

The following setlist was performed during the concert held on 12 October 2022, at the Mission Ballroom, in Denver, Colorado. [13] It is not intended to represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

  1. "This Love Isn't Crazy"
  2. "Let's Sort the Whole Thing Out"
  3. "Run Away With Me"
  4. "Too Much"
  5. "Talking to Yourself"
  6. "Julien"
  7. "Warm Blood"
  8. "Emotion" / "Favourite Colour"
  9. "Call Me Maybe"
  10. "Stay Away"
  11. "Comeback"
  12. "Western Wind"
  13. "I Really Like You"
  14. "Want You in My Room"
  15. "Now That I Found You"
  16. "Your Type"
  17. "For Sure"
  18. "Go Find Yourself or Whatever"
  19. "Beach House"
  20. "Boy Problems" / "Fake Mona Lisa"
  21. "Cry"
  22. "The Loneliest Time"
  23. "When I Needed You"
    Encore
  24. "I Didn't Just Come Here to Dance"
  25. "All That"
  26. "Cut to the Feeling"
Europe

The following setlist was performed during the concert held on 4 February 2023, at the Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland. [14] It is not intended to represent all concerts for the duration of the European leg of the tour.

  1. "Surrender My Heart"
  2. "Summer Love"
  3. "Run Away with Me"
  4. "Talking to Yourself"
  5. "Too Much"
  6. "Julien""
  7. "Bends"
  8. "Western Wind"
  9. "Bad Thing Twice"
  10. "Emotion" / "Favourite Colour"
  11. "Call Me Maybe"
  12. "Stay Away"
  13. "For Sure"
  14. "So Nice"
  15. "I Really Like You"
  16. "Want You in My Room"
  17. "Shooting Star"
  18. "Now That I Found You"
  19. "Move Me" (with Lewis OfMan)
  20. "Go Find Yourself or Whatever"
  21. "Beach House"
  22. "When I Needed You"
    Encore
  23. "I Didn't Just Come Here to Dance"
  24. "The Loneliest Time"
  25. "Cut to the Feeling"
Asia

The following setlist was performed during the concert held on 4 March 2023, at the Filinvest City Event Grounds, Muntinlupa, Philippines. [15] It is not intended to represent all concerts for the duration of the Asian leg of the tour.

  1. "Surrender My Heart"
  2. "Joshua Tree
  3. "Run Away with Me"
  4. "Too Much"
  5. "Julien"
  6. "Talking to Yourself"
  7. "Emotion" / "Favourite Colour"
  8. "Call Me Maybe"
  9. "Stay Away"
  10. "Bad Thing Twice"
  11. "Western Wind"
  12. "So Nice"
  13. "I Really Like You"
  14. "Want You in My Room"
  15. "Your Type"
  16. "Boy Problems"
  17. "Now That I Found You"
  18. "I Didn't Just Come Here To Dance"
  19. "The Loneliest Time"
  20. "When I Needed You"
    Encore
  21. "Go Find Yourself or Whatever"
  22. "Beach House"
  23. "Cut to the Feeling"

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and opening act
DateCityCountryVenueOpening act(s)
North America [16]
21 September 2022 Cleveland United States Jacobs Pavilion Bleachers
22 September 2022 Toronto Canada Budweiser Stage
24 September 2022 Montreal M Telus Empress Of [17]
26 September 2022 Boston United StatesRoadrunner
28 September 2022 New York City Radio City Music Hall
29 September 2022 Washington, D.C. The Anthem
1 October 2022 Philadelphia The Met Philadelphia
2 October 2022 Norfolk The NorVa
4 October 2022 Knoxville Tennessee Theatre
5 October 2022 Atlanta The Eastern
7 October 2022 [lower-alpha 1] Austin Zilker Park
9 October 2022 Houston 713 Music Hall Empress Of [17]
10 October 2022 Dallas South Side Ballroom
12 October 2022 Denver Mission Ballroom
14 October 2022 Salt Lake City The Union Event Center
15 October 2022 Paradise [lower-alpha 2] The Theater at Virgin Hotels
17 October 2022 Phoenix Arizona Financial Theatre
18 October 2022 Los Angeles Greek Theatre
20 October 2022 Santa Barbara Arlington Theatre
21 October 2022 Berkeley Hearst Greek Theatre
23 October 2022 Portland Roseland Theater
24 October 2022
26 October 2022 Seattle Showbox SoDo
27 October 2022
29 October 2022 Vancouver Canada Thunderbird Sports Centre
2 November 2022 Madison United StatesThe Sylvee
4 November 2022 Kansas City Uptown Theater
6 November 2022 Chicago Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
10 January 2023DenverMission Ballroom Belinda Carlisle
They Might Be Giants
Europe [19]
4 February 2023 Dublin Ireland 3Olympia Theatre Lewis OfMan [20]
5 February 2023
7 February 2023 Leeds United Kingdom O2 Academy Leeds
8 February 2023 Glasgow O2 Academy Glasgow
9 February 2023 Manchester O2 Apollo Manchester
11 February 2023 Birmingham O2 Institute
12 February 2023 Bristol O2 Academy
13 February 2023 Brighton Brighton Dome
15 February 2023 London Alexandra Palace
Australasia [21]
4 March 2023 [lower-alpha 3] Muntinlupa Philippines Filinvest City Event Grounds
7 March 2023 Sydney Australia Enmore Theatre
8 March 2023
9 March 2023 Brisbane The Tivoli
12 March 2023 [lower-alpha 4] Meredith Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre
13 March 2023 Melbourne Forum Theatre
14 March 2023
North America
1 April 2023 [lower-alpha 5] BostonUnited States Matthews Arena
2 April 2023 [lower-alpha 6] Pittsburgh Bigelow Boulevard
27 May 2023 [lower-alpha 7] Napa Napa Valley Expo
3 June 2023 Asbury Park Stone Pony Summer Stage
4 June 2023 [lower-alpha 8] West Hollywood West Hollywood Park
Eurasia
23 June 2023 [lower-alpha 9] Pilton United Kingdom Worthy Farm
28 June 2023 Yokohama Japan National Convention Hall
30 June 2023 Nagoya Nagoya Century Hall
2 July 2023 Kanazawa Hondanomori Hall
3 July 2023 Osaka Orix Theater
5 July 2023 Hiroshima Ueno Gakuen Hall
6 July 2023 Fukuoka Fukuoka Sun Palace
North America [23]
18 July 2023 [lower-alpha 10] Blaine United States National Sports Center
1 August 2023 [lower-alpha 11] Chicago Metro Kid Sister
3 August 2023 [lower-alpha 11] Grant Park
5 August 2023 [lower-alpha 12] MontrealCanada Parc Jean-Drapeau
7 August 2023New YorkUnited States Pier 17 Poolside
8 August 2023
11 August 2023Los AngelesThe Bellwether Harvey Sutherland
12 August 2023
13 August 2023

Notes

  1. Part of Austin City Limits Music Festival. [18]
  2. Promoted as Las Vegas
  3. Part of Wanderland Music and Arts Festival.
  4. Part of Golden Plains Festival. [22]
  5. Part of Northeastern University's Springfest.
  6. Part of Bigelow Bash.
  7. Part of BottleRock Napa Valley.
  8. Part of Outloud at WeHo Pride.
  9. Part of Glastonbury Festival.
  10. The 18 July 2023 show in Blaine was presented by Pandora during the Target USA Cup.
  11. 1 2 Part of Lollapalooza aftershow
  12. Part of Osheaga Festival.

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