Palo Santo Tour

The Palo Santo Tour^[1] was the 2018-2019 concert tour by English synthpop band Years & Years. It was named after their second studio album, Palo Santo.^[2] The tour began in New York City at the Brooklyn Steel on 24 June 2018, and concluded in Coventry, England, on 15–16 June 2019.

Palo Santo Tour

Tour by Years & Years
Associated album	Palo Santo
Start date	24 June 2018 (2018-06-24)
End date	31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)
Legs	4
No. of shows	30 in Europe 19 in North America 9 in Asia 7 in South America
Years & Years concert chronology

On 15 October 2018, the band announced on Twitter that the last three North American dates were canceled due to "unforeseen scheduling issues", stating they hope to return again at another time.^[3]

On 15 February 2019, the band once again cancelled 4 shows in Asia due to unforeseen circumstances.^[4]

Background and development

Years & Years released their second studio album Palo Santo on 6 July 2018.^[5] A week before the album release, Years & Years embarked on Palo Santo Parties in three cities in the United States.^[6] On 18 June, Years & Years announced the tour via Twitter along with the European tour dates.^[7]

Setlist

North American Set List

1. "Sanctify"
2. "Take Shelter"
3. "Shine"
4. "Eyes Shut"
5. "Karma"
6. "Ties"
7. "Desire"
8. "Palo Santo"
9. "Rendezvous"
10. "Worship"
11. "Hallelujah"
12. "Gold"
13. "If You're Over Me"
14. "All For You"
15. "King"

European, South American and Asian Set List

1. "Sanctify"
2. "Shine"
3. "Karma"
4. "Meteorite"
5. "Eyes Shut"
6. "Lucky Escape"
7. "Gold"
8. "Desire"
9. "Palo Santo"
10. "Ties"
11. "Preacher"
12. "Hallelujah"
13. "No Tears Left to Cry"/"Like a Prayer" (Ariana Grande/Madonna covers) - performed by backing singers
14. "Worship"
15. "Rendezvous"
16. "If You're Over Me"
17. "All For You"
18. "Play"
19. "King"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and opening acts

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts
North America[8]
June 24, 2018	New York City	United States	Brooklyn Steel	—
June 27, 2018	San Francisco		Regency Ballroom
June 28, 2018	Los Angeles		The Belasco Theatre	Jess Kent
Europe[1]
July 22, 2018[a]	Paris	France	Longchamp Racecourse	—
Asia[1]
July 27, 2018[b]	Niigata	Japan	Naeba Ski Resort	—
July 29, 2018	Seoul	South Korea	Yes24 Live Music Hall
Europe[1]
August 11, 2018[c]	Newquay	England	Watergate Bay	—
August 18, 2018[d]	Chelmsford		Hylands Park
August 26, 2018[e]	Portsmouth		Southsea Common
September 2, 2018[f]	Liverpool		Otterspool Promenade
September 8, 2018[g]	Berlin	Germany	Olympiapark
North America[16]
October 5, 2018	Toronto	Canada	Phoenix Concert Theatre	Jess Kent
October 6, 2018	Pittsburgh	United States	Stage AE	CYN Jess Kent
October 8, 2018	New York		Terminal 5	—
October 10, 2018	Philadelphia		The Fillmore	CYN
October 11, 2018	Washington D.C.		Lincoln Theatre
October 12, 2018	Boston		Paradise Rock Club	CYN Jess Kent
October 13, 2018	Montreal	Canada	M Telus
October 15, 2018	Chicago	United States	Vic Theatre
October 16, 2018	Minneapolis		First Avenue	CYN
October 18, 2018	Kansas City		The Truman	CYN Jess Kent
October 19, 2018	Dallas		Canton Hall	CYN
October 20, 2018	Austin		Emo's	Jess Kent
October 22, 2018	Denver		Ogden Theatre	CYN Jess Kent
October 23, 2018	Salt Lake City		Union Event Center	CYN
October 25, 2018	Los Angeles		The Wiltern	CYN Jess Kent
October 26, 2018	San Francisco		Warfield Theatre	Jess Kent
Europe[1]
November 28, 2018	Glasgow	Scotland	SSE Hydro	Astrid S
November 29, 2018	Manchester	England	O2 Apollo
November 30, 2018	Birmingham		Arena Birmingham
December 2, 2018	Manchester		O2 Apollo
December 4, 2018	Brighton		Brighton Centre
December 5, 2018	London		The O2 Arena	Astrid SKiki's House of Tea Rina Sawayama[17]
January 21, 2019	Dublin	Ireland	Olympia Theatre	—
January 22, 2019
January 24, 2019	Paris	France	Pleyel
January 25, 2019	Amsterdam	Netherlands	AFAS Live
January 26, 2019	Hamburg	Germany	Sporthalle
January 28, 2019	Copenhagen	Denmark	K.B. Hallen
January 29, 2019	Oslo	Norway	Sentrum Scene
January 30, 2019	Stockholm	Sweden	Annexet
February 1, 2019	Warsaw	Poland	Torwar Hall
February 2, 2019	Berlin	Germany	Columbiahalle
February 3, 2019	Munich		Zenith
February 4, 2019	Milan	Italy	Fabrique
February 6, 2019	Cologne	Germany	Palladium
February 7, 2019	Antwerp	Belgium	Lotto Arena
February 14, 2019	Kyiv	Ukraine	Stereoplaza
February 16, 2019	Moscow	Russia	Adrenaline Stadium
February 17, 2019	St. Petersburg		A2
Asia[1]
March 5, 2019	Taipei	Taiwan	Legacy Taipei	—
March 7, 2019	Osaka	Japan	Big Cat
March 8, 2019	Tokyo		Toyosu Pit
March 10, 2019	Seoul	South Korea	Bluesquare Market Hall
South America[1]
March 27, 2019	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Niceto Club	Pyura
March 29, 2019[h]			Hipódromo de San Isidro	—
March 30, 2019[i]	Santiago	Chile	Parque O'Higgins
April 1, 2019			Teatro Teletón
April 4, 2019	Bogotá	Colombia	Armando Music Hall	Ximena Sariñana. Guest artists: Juan Pablo Vega and Esteman
April 5, 2019[j]			Parque Deportivo 222	—
April 7, 2019[k]	São Paulo	Brazil	Autódromo de Interlagos
Europe[1]
June 16, 2019[l]	Coventry	England	Ricoh Arena	—
June 28, 2019[m]	Werchter	Belgium	Festival Park Werchter
June 30, 2019[n]	Pilton	England	Worthy Farm
July 6, 2019[o]	Barcelona	Spain	Parc del Fòrum
July 20, 2019[22]	Scarborough	England	Scarborough Open Air Theatre
August 31, 2019[p]	Stradbally	Ireland	Stradbally Hall

Notes

1. The concert on 22 July 2018 at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris was part of Lollapalooza Paris.^[9]
2. The concert on 27 July 2018 at Naeba Ski Resort in Niigata was part of Fuji Rock Festival.^[10]
3. The concert on 11 August 2018 at Watergate Bay in Newquay was part of Boardmasters Festival.^[11]
4. The concert on 18 August 2018 at Hylands Park in Chlemsford was part of RiZE Festival.^[12]
5. The concert on 26 August 2018 at Southsea Common in Portsmouth was part of Victorious Festival.^[13]
6. The concert on 2 September 2018 at Otterspool Promenade in Liverpool was part of Fusion Festival UK.^[14]
7. The concert on 8 September 2018 at Olympiapark in Berlin was part of Lollapalooza Berlin.^[15]
8. The concert on 29 March 2019 at Hipódromo de San Isidro in Buenos Aires was part of Lollapalooza Argentina
9. The concert on 30 March 2019 at Parque O'Higgins in Santiago was part of Lollapalooza Chile
10. The concert on 5 April 2019 at Parque Deportivo 222 in Bogotá was part of Estéreo Picnic Festival.^[18]
11. The concert on 7 April 2019 at Autódromo de Interlagos in São Paulo was part of Lollapalooza Brazil.^[19]
12. The concert on 16 June 2019 at Ricoh Arena in Coventry was part of Midlands Festival.^[20]
13. The concert on 28 June 2019 at Festivalpark Werchter in Werchter was part of Rock Werchter.^[21]
14. The concert on 30 June 2019 at Worthy Farm in Pilton was part of Glastonbury Festival
15. The concert on 6 July 2019 at Parc del Fòrum in Barcelona was part of Festival Cruïlla Barcelona
16. The concert on 31 August 2019 at Stradbally Hall in Stradbally was part of Electric Picnic

Cancelled shows

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
28 October 2018	Portland	United States	Crystal Ballroom	Scheduling conflicts
29 October 2018	Vancouver	Canada	Commodore Ballroom
30 October 2018	Seattle	United States	The Showbox
23 February 2019[a]	Lembang	Indonesia	Orchid Forest	Unforeseen circumstances
25 February 2019	Manila	Philippines	New Frontier Theater
27 February 2019	Singapore	Singapore	Star Theatre
1 March 2019	Bangkok	Thailand	GMM Live Hall, Central World
3 March 2019	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	KITEC Rotunda 3

^[24]

Notes

1. The concert on 23 February 2019 at Orchid Forest in Lembang was going to be part of LaLaLa Festival.^[23]

References

1. "Tour". Years & Years. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
2. Reilly, Nick (18 June 2018). "Years & Years announce massive UK arena tour". NME. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
3. Years & Years [@yearsandyears] (15 October 2018). "Due to unforeseen scheduling issues we regretfully need to cancel the following dates: October 28th Portland - Crystal October 29th Vancouver - Commodore October 30th Seattle - Showbox Tickets can be refunded at point of purchase.... we hope to return again at another time" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
4. Years & Years [@yearsandyears] (15 February 2019). "We are very sorry to announce that due to unforeseen circumstances we have had to cancel the following dates on our Asia tour: Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Manila. We are hoping to reschedule as soon as possible. Shows in Taiwan, Japan and S. Korea will go ahead as planned" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
5. "Palo Santo by Years & Years". iTunes Store (AU). Retrieved 26 April 2018.
6. "Years & Years Announce North American Tour Dates". Broadway World. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
7. Years & Years [@yearsandyears] (18 June 2018). "WE'RE COMING ON TOUR YAY !! ✨UK lovelies, you can get special early access to tickets by pre-ordering our album Palo Santo from our official store before wednesday 3pm BST !! go go go !!! tickets on sale Friday 22 June and US dates coming SOON!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
8. Desk, TV News. "Years & Years Announce North American Tour Dates". Retrieved 2018-07-18. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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13. Mohan-Hickson, Matthew (29 June 2018). "Victorious Festival 2018 headliners and full line up". The News. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
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15. "Lollapalooza Berlin 2018: Das Lineup ist komplett – alle Infos zum Festival". Rolling Stone. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
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17. Hunt, El (2018-12-07). "Years & Years live: an inclusive, tongue-in-cheek pop triumph". NME. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
18. "Sam Smith, Arctic Monkeys y Kendrick Lamar encabezan cartel del Estéreo Picnic 2019". Pulzo. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
19. Young, Alex (22 November 2018). "Lollapalooza reveals 2019 lineups for Brazil, Argentina, and Chile festivals". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
20. Stanley, Rebecca (3 December 2018). "Clean Bandit and Years and Years added to Midlands festival bill". Express & Star. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
21. Mathaiou, Stellos (16 November 2018). "Kylie Minogue, Bring Me the Horizon and more for Rock Werchter 2019". Festileaks. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
22. "Years & Years". Scarborough Open Air Theatre. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
23. "Solois R&B Crush Bakal Meriahkan 'Lalala Festival 2019' di Lembang, Bandung". K-Pop Chart. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
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