The So Nice Tour

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.

So Nice Tour

Tour by Carly Rae Jepsen
Promotional poster for the tour
Location	Asia Australia Europe North America
Associated album	The Loneliest Time
Start date	21 September 2022 (2022-09-21)
End date	13 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

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

Stage for the Philadelphia concert.

Jepsen performing at The NorVa in October, 2022

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

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening 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 States	Roadrunner
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 States	The Sylvee
4 November 2022	Kansas City		Uptown Theater
6 November 2022	Chicago		Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
10 January 2023	Denver		Mission 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]	Boston	United 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]	Montreal	Canada	Parc Jean-Drapeau
7 August 2023	New York	United States	Pier 17	Poolside
8 August 2023
11 August 2023	Los Angeles		The 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. Part of Lollapalooza aftershow
12. Part of Osheaga Festival.

References

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