It Won't Be Soon Before Long Tour

The It Won't Be Soon Before Long Tour was the third concert tour by the American pop rock band Maroon 5, in support of their second studio album, It Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007).^[1][2] The tour began on September 29, 2007 in Auburn Hills, Michigan and concluded on December 17, 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa, comprising 93 concerts.

It Won't Be Soon Before Long Tour

Tour by Maroon 5
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album	It Won't Be Soon Before Long
Start date	September 29, 2007 (2007-09-29)
End date	December 17, 2008 (2008-12-17)
Legs	10
No. of shows	93
Maroon 5 concert chronology

Opening acts

• OneRepublic
• Sara Bareilles
• Brandi Carlile
• Ry Cuming
• Kanye West
• Kevin Michael
• Dashboard Confessional
• Phantom Planet
• Duran Duran
• Martin Solveig
• Los Claxons
• Soft
• The Hives
• Captain Stu^[3]
• Goldfish^[4]
• The Parlotones^[4]

Setlist

2007

1. "If I Never See Your Face Again"
2. "Makes Me Wonder"
3. "Harder to Breathe"
4. "The Sun"
5. "Can't Stop"
6. "Secret"
7. "In the Air Tonight" (Phil Collins cover)
8. "Shiver"
9. "Wake Up Call"
10. "Sunday Morning"
11. "Won't Go Home Without You"
12. "This Love"
13. "Little of Your Time"
14. "She Will Be Loved"
15. "Back at Your Door"

2008

1. "This Love"
2. "If I Never See Your Face Again"
3. "Makes Me Wonder"
4. "Tangled"
5. "Roxanne" (The Police cover) / "The Sun"
6. "Be My Baby" (The Ronettes cover) / "Won't Go Home Without You"
7. "Secret"
8. "Kiwi"
9. "Shiver"
10. "Harder to Breathe"
11. "Wake Up Call"
12. "Sunday Morning"
13. "Wicked Game" (Chris Isaak cover) / "She Will Be Loved"
14. "Sweetest Goodbye"

Music videos

The two music videos was based on the tour are "Story" and "Japan Tour 2008". The first video was "Japan Tour 2008", was released on July 11, 2008 by Amnesty International,^[5] and was used with the original version of the song "If I Never See Your Face Again", where Maroon 5 heading to Japan was part of the tour.^[6] The second video titled "Story" released in 2009, the video was used with a song of the same name, where the band performing during the tour.^[7] The latter video released to raise awareness for the Harlem Children's Zone. Both videos are mainly an animated slideshow, which was created by the animated company Vitamin and directed by Bob Carmichael.

Shows

Date	City	Country	Venue
2007
North America
September 29	Auburn Hills	United States	The Palace of Auburn Hills
October 1	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center
October 2	Rosemont		Allstate Arena
October 4	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre
October 5	Cleveland	United States	Quicken Loans Arena
October 7	Columbus		Nationwide Arena
October 8	Charlottesville		John Paul Jones Arena
October 10	New York City		Madison Square Garden
October 12	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena
October 13	Philadelphia		Wachovia Spectrum
October 15	Boston		TD Banknorth Garden
October 16	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center
October 18	Columbia		Colonial Center
October 20	Sunrise		BankAtlantic Center
October 21	Tampa		St. Pete Times Forum
October 23	Orlando		Amway Arena
October 24	Duluth		The Arena @ Gwinnett Center
October 26	Houston		Toyota Center
October 27	Fort Worth		FWCC Arena
October 29	Denver		Pepsi Center
October 30
November 3	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
November 5	Sacramento	United States	ARCO Arena
November 6	San Jose		HP Pavilion at San Jose
November 8	Los Angeles		Staples Center
November 9	San Diego		Cox Arena
November 10	Las Vegas		The Pearl Concert Theater
Europe
November 25	Nottingham	England	Nottingham Arena
November 27	Glasgow	Scotland	S.E.C.C. Hall 4
November 28	Manchester	England	Manchester Evening News Arena
November 29	Newcastle		Metro Radio Arena
December 1	Birmingham		NEC Arena
December 2	London		Wembley Arena
December 5	Brighton		Brighton Centre
December 7	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports
December 8	Den Bosch	Netherlands	Brabanthallen
December 9	Antwerp	Belgium	Lotto Arena
December 11	Copenhagen	Denmark	KB Hallen
December 12	Hamburg	Germany	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
December 14	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
December 15	Munich	Germany	Zenith
December 16	Milan	Italy	Alcatraz
December 17	Winterthur	Switzerland	Eulachhalle
2008
Asia
March 3	Bangkok	Thailand	Impact Arena
March 5	Quezon City	Philippines	Araneta Coliseum
March 7	Seoul	South Korea	Olympic Gymnastics Arena
March 10	Tokyo	Japan	Nippon Budokan
March 11
March 13	Osaka		Osaka-jō Hall
March 15	Hiroshima		Hiroshima Sun Plaza
March 16	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Bukit Kiara Equestrian Park
March 19	Hong Kong		AsiaWorld–Arena
March 22	Shanghai	China	Shanghai International Gymnastics Center
March 25	Singapore		Singapore Indoor Stadium
Oceania
March 28	Perth	Australia	Burswood Dome
March 30	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena
March 31	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre
April 2	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
April 4	Sydney		Acer Arena
North America
May 10	San Antonio	United States	Sunset Station
May 11	Austin		Austin Music Hall
May 15	Maplewood		The Myth
May 16	Camden		Susquehanna Bank Center
May 18	Boston		Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
Europe
May 24[a]	Madrid	Spain	Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas
May 26	Grenoble	France	Paul Mistral Park
May 28	Marseille		Old Port of Marseille
May 29	Montpellier		Place de I'Europe
May 30	Toulouse		Capitole de Toulouse
June 3	Bordeaux		Place de la Victoire
June 5	Tours		Anatole Place
June 6	Amiens		Parc de La Hotoie
June 7	Vaud	Switzerland	Crans
June 10	Dijon	France	Mail de Laborde
June 12	Besançon		Parking Chamars
June 13	Paris		L'Olympia Bruno Coquatrix
June 14	Saint Germain		Issy Les Moulineaux
North America
June 27[b]	New York	United States	Bryant Park
Latin America
November 2	Monterrey	Mexico	Arena Monterrey
November 3	Guadalajara		Auditorio Telmex
November 4	Mexico City		Palacio de los Deportes
November 7	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	HSBC Arena
November 8[c]	Santa Luzia		Mega Space
November 9	São Paulo		Via Funchal
November 11	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Estadio Luna Park
November 12	Santiago de Chile	Chile	Movistar Arena
November 15	Caracas	Venezuela	Estadio de Fútbol de la USB
November 18	Panama City	Panama	Figali Convention Center
November 20	Bogotá	Colombia	Coliseo Cubierto El Campin
Middle East
December 10	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Dubai Media City Amphitheater
Africa
December 13	Johannesburg	South Africa	Coca-Cola Dome
December 14	Durban		ICC Durban Arena
December 17	Cape Town		Grand West Arena

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
2007
October 30	Salt Lake City	United States	EnergySolutions Arena	Moved to Pepsi Center.
November 2	Portland		Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Scheduling conflict.
December 17	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion	Moved to Eulachhalle.
December 18	Milan	Italy	PalaSharp	Due to unforeseen circumstances.
December 20	Stuttgart	Germany	Porsche-Arena
December 21	Frankfurt		Jahrhunderthalle
December 22	Düsseldorf		Philipshalle
2008
April 6	Auckland	New Zealand	Vector Arena	Scheduling conflict.[10]
April 18	Salt Lake City	United States	Rice-Eccles Stadium	Logistical issues.[11]

Notes

1. The concert on May 24, 2008 in Madrid was part of the MTV Day 2008.
2. The concert on June 27, 2008 in New York was part of Good Morning America's Summer Concert Series.^[8]
3. The concert on November 8, 2008 in Santa Luzia was part of the 2008 Pop Rock Brasil Festival.^[9]