The Thrill of It All Tour

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The Thrill of It All Tour
World tour by Sam Smith
LocationNorth America • South America • Africa • Europe • Oceania • Asia
Associated album The Thrill of It All
Start date20 March 2018 (2018-03-20)
End date18 April 2019 (2019-04-18)
No. of shows106
Attendance1.083,732
Box office$86,100,000
Sam Smith concert chronology
  • In the Lonely Hour Tour
    (2015)
  • The Thrill of It All Tour
    (2018–19)
  • Gloria the Tour
    (2023)
Smith performing in Pasay, 2018 Sam Smith's The Thrill of It All Tour in Manila.jpg
Smith performing in Pasay, 2018

The Thrill of It All Tour was the second concert tour by English singer Sam Smith, in support of their second album The Thrill of It All (2017). It began on 20 March 2018 in Sheffield, England, and concluded on 18 April 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa. In December 2018, Billboard concluded that after 94 shows, Smith grossed $86.1 million and sold 1.07 million tickets on The Thrill of It All Tour. [1] It pushed their career total gross to $102.7 million from 1.4 million tickets sold. [1]

Contents

Setlist

  1. "Burning"
  2. "One Last Song"
  3. "I'm Not the Only One"
  4. "Lay Me Down"
  5. "I Sing Because I'm Happy"
  6. "Omen"
  7. "Nirvana"
  8. "I've Told You Now"
  9. "Writing's on the Wall"
  10. "Latch"
  11. "Money on My Mind"
  12. "Like I Can"
  13. "Restart"
  14. "Baby, You Make Me Crazy"
  15. "Say It First"
  16. "Midnight Train"
  17. "Him"
  18. "Too Good At Goodbyes"
  19. "Palace"
  20. "Stay With Me"
  21. "Pray"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueAttendanceRevenue
Europe [2]
20 March 2018 Sheffield England Sheffield Arena 11,335 / 11,618$719,740
21 March 2018 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena 9,000 / 9,235$583,442
23 March 2018 Glasgow Scotland SSE Hydro 21,969 / 22,246$1,319,492
24 March 2018
27 March 2018 Manchester England Manchester Arena 32,433 / 32,433$1,992,347
28 March 2018
30 March 2018 Dublin Ireland 3Arena 24,557 / 24,557$1,517,846
31 March 2018
3 April 2018 Birmingham England Genting Arena 26,558 / 26,558$1,673,846
4 April 2018
6 April 2018 London The O2 Arena 65,920 / 65,920$4,746,850
7 April 2018
9 April 2018
10 April 2018
19 April 2018 Stockholm Sweden Globe Arena 12,635 / 12,635$969,765
20 April 2018 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena 13,404 / 13,404$919,146
23 April 2018 Oslo Norway Telenor Arena 13,401 / 13,401$1,056,612
25 April 2018 Berlin Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena 7,646 / 7,646$519,662
27 April 2018 Hamburg Barclaycard Arena 10,986 / 10,986$722,979
28 April 2018 Cologne Lanxess Arena 14,578 / 14,600$918,397
30 April 2018 Paris France AccorHotels Arena 13,116 / 13,535$764,512
2 May 2018 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome 25,548 / 25,548 [a] $1,633,371 [a]
4 May 2018 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis 17,369 / 17,694$1,083,780
5 May 2018AmsterdamNetherlandsZiggo Dome [a] [a]
8 May 2018 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle 10,190 / 10,190$620,512
9 May 2018 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion 11,441 / 11,550$929,980
11 May 2018 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum 11,664 / 11,664$698,769
12 May 2018 Verona Arena di Verona 12,221 / 12,221$704,547
15 May 2018 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi 6,105 / 6,105$388,200
16 May 2018 Madrid WiZink Center 9,347 / 12,635$658,767
18 May 2018 Lisbon Portugal Altice Arena 12,387 / 12,387$765,771
26 May 2018 [b] Swansea Wales Singleton Park
1 June 2018 [c] Warsaw PolandRacetrack Służewiec
North America [3]
18 June 2018 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 15,068 / 15,068$1,336,655
19 June 2018 Montreal Bell Centre 12,294 / 13,098$863,968
22 June 2018 Detroit United States Little Caesars Arena 14,724 / 14,724$1,003,077
23 June 2018 Columbus Nationwide Arena 12,463 / 12,463$877,265
26 June 2018 Boston TD Garden 12,953 / 12,953$1,117,800
27 June 2018 Brooklyn Barclays Center 13,583 / 13,583$1,185,953
29 June 2018 New York City Madison Square Garden 25,635 / 25,635$2,172,209
30 June 2018
3 July 2018 Washington, D.C. Capital One Arena 11,419 / 11,783$1,123,741
4 July 2018 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 9,897 / 13,391$623,152
6 July 2018 Charlotte Spectrum Center 11,910 / 11,910$733,087
7 July 2018 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 13,435 / 13,648$767,222
10 July 2018 Duluth Infinite Energy Center 8,178 / 8,178$541,846
11 July 2018 Orlando Amway Center 10,486 / 10,486$749,982
13 July 2018 Tampa Amalie Arena 8,817 / 8,817$681,431
14 July 2018 Miami American Airlines Arena 11,470 / 11,470$955,880
17 July 2018 New Orleans Smoothie King Center 8,005 / 8,005$572,630
18 July 2018 Houston Toyota Center 8,908 / 8,908$610,123
20 July 2018 Dallas American Airlines Center 13,300 / 13,300$874,597
21 July 2018 Austin Frank Erwin Center 8,316 / 9,118$698,438
25 July 2018 Monterrey Mexico Arena Monterrey 13,500 / 14,320$483,552
27 July 2018 Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes 14,683 / 14,683$964,421
14 August 2018 Saint Paul United States Xcel Energy Center 11,891 / 15,247$721,892
15 August 2018 Chicago United Center 13,319 / 13,319$1,122,824
17 August 2018 St. Louis Chaifetz Arena 5,785 / 7,026$437,473
18 August 2018 Kansas City Sprint Center 8,703 / 8,703$593,530
21 August 2018 Denver Pepsi Center 8,763 / 8,763$650,838
22 August 2018 Salt Lake City Vivint Smart Home Arena 9,960 / 10,506$596,997
24 August 2018 Sacramento Golden 1 Center 13,360 / 13,360$975,394
25 August 2018 Anaheim Honda Center 11,671 / 11,671$931,449
28 August 2018 Los Angeles Staples Center 26,638 / 26,638$2,131,150
29 August 2018
31 August 2018 Glendale Gila River Arena 11,918 / 11,918$809,379
1 September 2018 San Diego Valley View Casino Center 9,779 / 10,074$808,783
4 September 2018 Oakland Oracle Arena 11,511 / 11,511$1,019,328
5 September 2018 San Jose SAP Center 10,602 / 10,602$976,419
7 September 2018 Portland Moda Center 10,193 / 12,820$902,931
8 September 2018 Seattle Key Arena
10 September 2018 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena 13,857 / 13,857$1,135,206
12 September 2018 Edmonton Rogers Place 10,612 / 10,840$732,766
13 September 2018 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome 11,478 / 11,478$808,603
Asia [4]
2 October 2018 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium 16,025 / 16,025$2,720,815
3 October 2018
5 October 2018 Pasay Philippines Mall of Asia Arena 6,751 / 6,751$787,502
9 October 2018 Seoul South Korea Gocheok Sky Dome 17,377 / 17,377$2,042,914
12 October 2018 Saitama Japan Saitama Super Arena 15,533 / 15,533$1,830,166
15 October 2018 Osaka Osaka-Jo Hall 6,455 / 6,455$753,575
19 October 2018 Macau ChinaMGM Theater3,416 / 3,416$684,605
20 October 2018
23 October 2018 Shanghai Mercedes-Benz Arena 9,372 / 9,372$1,363,164
25 October 2018 Beijing Cadillac Arena 6,874 / 6,874$944,105
28 October 2018 Bangkok Thailand Impact Arena 9,965 / 9,965$1,487,896
Oceania [5]
2 November 2018 Auckland New Zealand Spark Arena 21,275 / 21,275$1,721,490
3 November 2018
6 November 2018 Melbourne Australia Rod Laver Arena 26,729 / 26,729$2,272,573
7 November 2018
10 November 2018 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre 16,720 / 16,720$1,516,092
11 November 2018
14 November 2018 Sydney Qudos Bank Arena 36,969 / 36,969$3,453,446
16 November 2018
17 November 2018
20 November 2018 Perth Perth Arena 12,257 / 12,257$1,067,932
Asia [6]
24 November 2018 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Du Arena
South America
30 March 2019 [d] Buenos Aires Argentina Hipódromo de San Isidro
31 March 2019 [e] Santiago Chile O'Higgins Park
4 April 2019 [f] São Paulo Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace
5 April 2019 [g]
7 April 2019 [h] Bogotá ColombiaParque Deportivo
Africa [7]
13 April 2019 Johannesburg South Africa Ticketpro Dome 25,120 / 25,976$1,374,561
14 April 2019
16 April 2019 Cape Town Grand Arena
17 April 2019
18 April 2019
Total1,083,732 / 1,104,336$84,221,160

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Boxscore data is combined for shows on 2 and 5 May 2017.
  2. This concert was a part of the BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend.
  3. This concert was a part of the Orange Warsaw Festival.
  4. This concert is a part of the Lollapalooza Argentina.
  5. This concert is a part of the Lollapalooza Chile.
  6. This concert is a part of Onix Day of Lollapalooza Brazil.
  7. This concert is a part of the Lollapalooza Brazil.
  8. This concert is a part of the Estéreo Picnic Festival.

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