Take Me Home Tour (One Direction)

The Take Me Home Tour^[2] was the second headlining concert tour by English-Irish boy band One Direction, in support of their second studio album, Take Me Home (2012).^[3][4] The tour began on 23 February 2013 in London, England, and concluded on 3 November 2013 in Chiba, Japan. It was announced by member Liam Payne at the BRIT Awards in early 2012, originally billed as the UK & Ireland Arena Tour. In mid-2012, the tour expanded to include North America and Australia following the band's international breakthrough. The tour was documented in the film One Direction: This Is Us directed by Morgan Spurlock.^[5]

Take Me Home Tour

Tour by One Direction
Location	Europe Oceania Asia North America
Associated album	Take Me Home
Start date	23 February 2013 (2013-02-23)
End date	3 November 2013 (2013-11-03)
Legs	4
No. of shows	123
Box office	$114 million ($149.11 in 2023 dollars)[1]
One Direction concert chronology

The Take Me Home Tour was commercially successful, with many sold-out shows and overwhelming demand for tickets, prompting organisers to add more dates to the itinerary. In the UK and Ireland, ticket sales reached 300,000 within a day of release, which included a six sell-out dates at the O2 Arena in London. In Australia and New Zealand, ticket sales grossed US$15.7 million, with all 190,000 tickets sold for eighteen shows held in Australia and New Zealand. The tour placed at number 10 on Pollstar's Year-End Top 20 Worldwide Tours list, grossing $114 million from the 123 shows.

Background

One Direction performing in Glasgow on 27 February 2013

On 21 February 2012, One Direction attended the 2012 BRIT Awards at which they received the Best British Single award for their debut single "What Makes You Beautiful".^[6] During One Direction's acceptance speech, member Liam Payne stated that they would embark on their first arena concert tour.^[7] Reports soon followed that the tour would consist of fifteen dates across the UK and Ireland.^[8][9] One Direction's official website confirmed the dates, with tickets to be made available on 25 February.^[10]

On 12 April 2012, the group announced the North American leg as a part of a '2013 World Tour'. The North American leg was set to begin a 25-city run in Sunrise, Florida, on 13 June 2013 and to stop in Toronto, Chicago, Denver, Montreal and Las Vegas before wrapping up in Los Angeles on 7 August. Tickets for the North American leg of the concert series went on sale 21 April 2012, at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com.^[11][12] Group member Niall Horan said in a statement released to MTV News, "Our fans are simply the best in the world. The support they have shown us has been incredible and we're all so grateful to each and every one of them. We can't wait to see everyone this summer, at Madison Square Garden and of course when we play our world tour in 2013."^[12]

On 18 April 2012, the Australian leg was announced.^[13] The leg was set to begin in Brisbane on 13 September 2013 and visit Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide before heading west to Perth. The tour then returned to the east coast for five additional shows before travelling to New Zealand for three shows. Tickets for the Australasian leg went on sale on 28 April 2012, except for the Perth dates, which went on sale on 28 June.^[14]

In June 2012, continental European dates were reported to be in the process of being added and were confirmed on 29 October 2012.^[15][16] The continental European dates compromises of shows in France, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Portugal and Denmark in April and May 2013. Tickets went on sale between 2 and 5 November 2012, depending on the venue.^[16]

Commercial reception

One Direction performing in Glasgow on 27 February 2013

Having initially announced 15 shows across the UK and Ireland, the group added extra shows around the UK and Ireland due to high demand, which included matinée performances at various dates. One Direction announced the extra shows on their Twitter page throughout the morning after the initial dates went on sale. British ticket sales reached 300,000 within a day of release. The original dates sold out within minutes—with 1,000 tickets selling per minute, with two or three extra dates having been added at each city. Notable dates that sold out include six dates at The O2 Arena in London, while four dates at The O2 in Dublin also sold out within an hour—as did four Belfast Odyssey Arena dates.^[17][18] In North America, the group added additional shows due to "overwhelming demand". The tickets for the added shows went on sale in May 2012.^[19] In Australia and New Zealand, tickets also ignited commercial success pulling sales of US$15.7million, with all 190,000 tickets being sold for eighteen shows to be held in Australia and New Zealand from September 2013.^[20] Tickets for the Perth shows, which went on sale later than the rest of Australia, sold out in six minutes.^[21]

In May 2012, as One Direction added more dates to their 2013 World Tour, Andy Greene, associate editor of Rolling Stone magazine, declared that the boy band are "being worked like dogs". The Daily Star Sunday revealed that many of their shows planned for 2013 had sold out and that they were adding an extra 25 performances in 20 US cities, some of which priced at more than £200 for one ticket. The article additionally noted that "One Direction could eclipse the big tour megabucks earned by rock giants U2 and The Rolling Stones". Greene ultimately declared: "I've never known a band announce a second summer tour before a first summer tour is over. It's insane – they're working them like dogs and printing money right now".^[22]

In July 2013, the tour ranked 12th on Pollstar's "Top 100 Mid Year Worldwide Tours", earning $49.6 million from 68 shows.^[23] The tour ranked 10th Pollstar's Year-End Top 20 Worldwide Tours list, grossing $114 million.^[24]

On 29 October 2013, it was announced that the band had sold a record-breaking 81,542 tickets at Sydney's Allphones Arena. The previous record was held by Metallica with 74,244. The executives of the arena unveiled the first entertainer's "Star" in the Sydney Olympic Park precinct to commemorate the achievement.^[25]

Opening acts

• Camryn (Europe)^[26]
• 5 Seconds of Summer (Ireland, United Kingdom, North America, Australia, New Zealand)^[27]
• Olly Murs (Japan)^[28]

Setlist

This set list is representative of the show on 24 February 2013 in London. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.^[29]

1. "Up All Night"
2. "I Would"
3. "Heart Attack"
4. "More than This"
5. "Loved You First"
6. "One Thing"
7. "C'mon, C'mon"
8. "Change My Mind"
9. "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)"
10. "Last First Kiss"
11. "Moments"
12. "Back For You"
13. "Summer Love"
14. "Over Again"
15. "Little Things"
16. "Teenage Dirtbag" (Wheatus cover)
17. "Live While We're Young"
18. "Rock Me"
19. "She's Not Afraid"
20. "Kiss You"

Encore

21. "Best Song Ever"
22. "What Makes You Beautiful"

Notes

• During the show in Dublin, the group performed "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air".
• During the show in Stockholm, the group performed "I Want It That Way".^[30]
• During the show in Berlin, the group performed "My Heart Will Go On".^[31]
• During the show in Lisbon, the group performed "I Will Always Love You".
• During the show in San Jose, and until the end of the tour, the group performed "Best Song Ever".^[32]
• During the last show in Chiba, the group performed an acapella version of "Story of My Life".

Tour dates

List of 2013 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue^{[33][34][35][36]}

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act	Attendance	Revenue
23 February 2013[A]	London	England	The O2 Arena	5 Seconds of Summer	62,868 / 64,288	$3,276,740
24 February 2013[A]
26 February 2013	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre		17,285 / 17,285	$1,037,099
27 February 2013
1 March 2013	Cardiff	Wales	Motorpoint Arena Cardiff		17,622 / 19,976	$1,057,320
2 March 2013[A]
3 March 2013
5 March 2013	Dublin	Ireland	The O2		[e]	[e]
6 March 2013
7 March 2013	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Arena		33,624 / 33,624	$1,711,926
8 March 2013
10 March 2013
11 March 2013
12 March 2013	Dublin	Ireland	The O2		35,241 / 35,260	$1,846,652
13 March 2013
15 March 2013	Manchester	England	Manchester Arena		42,882 / 43,515	$2,080,536
16 March 2013[A]
17 March 2013	Liverpool		Echo Arena Liverpool		9,422 / 9,422	$565,319
19 March 2013	Sheffield		Motorpoint Arena Sheffield		[f]	[f]
20 March 2013	Nottingham		Capital FM Arena		7,554 / 7,554	$453,239
22 March 2013	Birmingham		LG Arena		37,740 / 38,151	$1,843,509
23 March 2013[A]
31 March 2013	Liverpool		Echo Arena Liverpool		9,568 / 9,568	$574,080
1 April 2013	London		The O2 Arena		93,277 / 95,916	$4,667,728
2 April 2013[A]
4 April 2013
5 April 2013
6 April 2013
8 April 2013	Newcastle		Metro Radio Arena		28,320 / 29,469	$1,378,383
9 April 2013
10 April 2013
12 April 2013	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre		8,621 / 8,621	$517,259
13 April 2013	Sheffield	England	Motorpoint Arena Sheffield		33,978 / 34,098	$2,511,197
14 April 2013
16 April 2013	Nottingham		Capital FM Arena		7,513 / 7,513	$450,779
17 April 2013	Birmingham		LG Arena		12,532 / 12,637	$612,596
19 April 2013	Manchester		Manchester Arena		28,582 / 28,736	$893,930
20 April 2013
29 April 2013	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	Camryn	11,222 / 11,222	$830,530
30 April 2013	Metz		Galaxie Amnéville		5,895 / 9,500	$353,699
1 May 2013	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis		15,137 / 15,137	$858,609
3 May 2013	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome		11,870 / 12,000	$661,726
4 May 2013	Oberhausen	Germany	König Pilsener Arena		9,819 / 9,824	$509,565
5 May 2013	Herning	Denmark	Jyske Bank Boxen		12,234 / 12,234	$734,040
7 May 2013	Bærum	Norway	Telenor Arena		18,886 / 18,886	$1,133,160
8 May 2013	Stockholm	Sweden	Friends Arena		29,723 / 29,723	$1,783,380
10 May 2013	Copenhagen	Denmark	Forum Copenhagen		6,735 / 9,500	$404,018
11 May 2013	Berlin	Germany	O2 World Berlin		11,816 / 11,816	$577,298
12 May 2013	Hamburg		O2 World Hamburg		10,724 / 13,693	$542,683
16 May 2013	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion		13,000 / 13,000	$996,075
17 May 2013	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle		10,283 / 10,283	$535,924
19 May 2013	Verona	Italy	Verona Arena		12,248 / 15,000	$734,879
20 May 2013	Milan		Mediolanum Forum		7,953 / 9,500	$477,179
22 May 2013	Barcelona	Spain	Pavelló Olímpic		8,685 / 8,685	$521,099
24 May 2013	Madrid		Palacio Vistalegre		18,680 / 18,680	$1,120,799
25 May 2013
26 May 2013	Lisbon	Portugal	MEO Arena		12,040 / 15,000	$722,399
8 June 2013	Mexico City	Mexico	Foro Sol	JetLag	107,317 / 108,052	$6,244,771
9 June 2013
13 June 2013	Sunrise	United States	BB&T Center	5 Seconds of Summer	12,755 / 12,755	$903,306
14 June 2013	Miami		American Airlines Arena		13,838 / 13,838	$938,729
16 June 2013	Louisville		KFC Yum! Center		15,682 / 16,237	$980,588
18 June 2013	Columbus		Nationwide Arena		14,191 / 19,000	$922,459
19 June 2013	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena		13,422 / 13,422	$1,001,309
21 June 2013	Atlanta		Philips Arena		14,264 / 14,264	$917,424
22 June 2013	Raleigh		PNC Arena		13,494 / 19,000	$877,121
23 June 2013	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center		13,992 / 13,992	$1,020,134
25 June 2013	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center		14,827 / 14,827	$1,072,786
26 June 2013	Mansfield		Comcast Center		16,034 / 18,500	$1,042,250
28 June 2013	Wantagh		Nikon at Jones Beach Theater		27,374 / 28,220	$1,779,343
29 June 2013
2 July 2013	East Rutherford		Izod Center		14,671 / 14,671	$1,021,706
4 July 2013	Montreal	Canada	Bell Centre		14,573 / 14,573	$1,016,760
5 July 2013	Hershey	United States	Hersheypark Stadium		62,722 / 62,722	$2,992,757
6 July 2013
8 July 2013	Pittsburgh		Consol Energy Center		13,565 / 13,565	$866,391
9 July 2013	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre		29,424 / 29,424	$1,094,726
10 July 2013
12 July 2013	Auburn Hills	United States	The Palace of Auburn Hills		16,397 / 16,397	$1,032,838
13 July 2013	Tinley Park		First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre		32,440 / 40,000	$2,108,653
14 July 2013
18 July 2013	Minneapolis		Target Center		13,665 / 13,665	$1,003,558
19 July 2013	Kansas City		Sprint Center		13,532 / 13,532	$868,230
21 July 2013	Houston		Toyota Center		12,715 / 12,715	$961,753
22 July 2013	Dallas		American Airlines Center		14,160 / 14,160	$959,468
24 July 2013	Denver		Pepsi Center		14,244 / 17,500	$925,880
25 July 2013	West Valley City		Maverik Center		10,158 / 10,402	$778,357
27 July 2013	Vancouver	Canada	Rogers Arena		15,187 / 19,000	$937,849
28 July 2013	Seattle	United States	KeyArena		-	—
30 July 2013	San Jose		SAP Center		13,887 / 18,500	$902,659
31 July 2013	Oakland		Oracle Arena		13,934 / 13,934	$987,479
2 August 2013	Las Vegas		Mandalay Bay Events Center		22,329 / 24,000	$1,451,432
3 August 2013
4 August 2013	Chula Vista		Sleep Train Amphitheatre		13,213 / 18,000	$858,846
7 August 2013	Los Angeles		Staples Center		57,363 / 57,363	$3,998,657
8 August 2013
9 August 2013
10 August 2013
23 September 2013	Adelaide	Australia	Adelaide Entertainment Centre	5 Seconds of Summer	23,835 / 24,540	$1,976,100
24 September 2013
25 September 2013
28 September 2013	Perth		Perth Arena		35,166 / 35,366	$2,944,504
29 September 2013[A]
2 October 2013	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena		94,457 / 97,376	$7,218,803
3 October 2013[A]
5 October 2013	Sydney		Allphones Arena		79,914 / 80,532	$6,646,154
6 October 2013
10 October 2013	Christchurch	New Zealand	CBS Canterbury Arena		7,877 / 8,230	$850,789
12 October 2013	Auckland		Vector Arena		19,320 / 19,898	$1,890,767
13 October 2013
16 October 2013	Melbourne	Australia	Rod Laver Arena		[d]	[d]
17 October 2013
19 October 2013	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre		30,405 / 30,831	$2,637,087
20 October 2013
21 October 2013
23 October 2013	Sydney		Allphones Arena		[e]	[e]
24 October 2013
25 October 2013
26 October 2013
28 October 2013	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena		[d]	[d]
29 October 2013
30 October 2013
2 November 2013	Chiba	Japan	Makuhari Messe	Olly Murs	—	—
3 November 2013
Total					824,843 / 835,428 (98.7%)	$52,582,225

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^A Matinee and evening concerts

^d The score data is representative of the seven shows at Rod Laver Arena on 2–3, 16-17, 28–30 October respectively.

^e The score data is representative of the four shows at Dublin 3Arena on 3,5, 12-13 March respectively.

^f The score data is representative of the four shows at Motorpoint Arena Sheffield on 19 March, 13-14 April respectively.

Notes

1.^ Data from study is collected from all worldwide concerts held between 1 January and 30 June 2013. All monetary figures are based in U.S. dollars. All information is based upon extensive research conducted by Pollstar.

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External links

• Official website Archived 27 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine