The Special Tour

The Special Tour was the third concert tour by American singer and rapper Lizzo, in support of her fourth studio album Special (2022). The tour began at the FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida on September 23, 2022, and concluded at the Fuji Rock Festival on July 30, 2023.

The Special Tour

Tour by Lizzo
Location	North America Europe Oceania Asia
Associated album	Special
Start date	September 23, 2022
End date	July 30, 2023
No. of shows	80
Supporting acts	Latto Saucy Santana Bree Runway Joy Crookes Tkay Maidza
Box office	$86.3 million
Lizzo concert chronology

American rappers Latto and Saucy Santana supported all the North American dates on the tour.^[1][2] English rapper Bree Runway and English singer-songwriter Joy Crookes supported select dates on the European leg of the tour while Tkay Maidza supported dates in Oceania.

Concert film

Lizzo: Live in Concert is a concert special directed by Sam Wrench, which was released on December 31, 2022, exclusively via HBO Max. The film follows American singer and rapper Lizzo's performance at Kia Forum in Inglewood, California on November 18 and 19, 2022.^[3]

Setlist

This set list is from the show in Perth, Australia on July 14, 2023. It is not intended to represent all tour dates. ^[4]

2022

1. "The Sign”
2. ”2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)”
3. ”Soulmate”
4. ”Phone”
5. “Grrrls”
6. ”Boys”
7. ”Tempo”
8. ”Rumours”
9. ”Fitness” (interlude)
10. ”Naked”
11. ”Jerome”
12. ”Break Up Twice”
13. ”Special”
14. I Am Every Woman” (Chaka Khan Cover)
15. ”Like A Girl”
16. ”Birthday Girl”
17. ”Everybody’s G y”
18. ”Water Me”
19. ”Coldplay”
20. ”Truth Hurts”
21. ”I Love You B*tch
22. ”Good As Hell”
23. ”About Damn Time”

2023

1. ”Cuz I Love You”
2. ”Juice”
3. ”2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)”
4. ”Soulmate”
5. ”Phone” / “Grrrls”
6. ”Boys”
7. ”Tempo”
8. ”Rumours”
9. ”Jerome”
10. ”Special”
11. ”Like A Girl”
12. ”Birthday Girl”
13. Flute Interlude
14. ”Yellow” (Coldplay Cover)
15. ”Truth Hurts”
16. ”I Love You B*tch
17. ”Good As Hell”
18. ”About Damn Time”

Notes

• During the first performance in Inglewood, Missy Elliot and Cardi B joined Lizzo on stage to sing "Tempo" and "Rumors", respectively.^[5]
• During the show in Knoxville, several drag queens including Aquaria, Kandy Muse, Asia O'Hara and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo joined Lizzo on-stage to perform "Everybody's Gay", in protest of the controversial Tennessee anti-drag law.^[6]
• During the show in Phoenix, Lizzo performed a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Proud Mary".^[7]

Shows

List of concerts^[8]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act(s)
North America
September 23, 2022	Sunrise	United States	FLA Live Arena	Latto Saucy Santana
September 24, 2022	Tampa		Amalie Arena	Saucy Santana
September 27, 2022	Washington, D.C.		Capital One Arena	Latto
September 29, 2022	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center	Latto Saucy Santana
September 30, 2022	Boston		TD Garden	Latto
October 2, 2022	New York City		Madison Square Garden
October 3, 2022
October 6, 2022	Detroit		Little Caesars Arena	Latto Saucy Santana
October 7, 2022	Toronto	Canada	Scotiabank Arena	Latto
October 11, 2022	Saint Paul	United States	Xcel Energy Center
October 14, 2022	Kansas City		T-Mobile Center
October 16, 2022	Chicago		United Center
October 18, 2022	Indianapolis		Gainbridge Fieldhouse	Latto Saucy Santana
October 20, 2022	Charlotte		Spectrum Center	Latto
October 22, 2022	Atlanta		State Farm Arena
October 23, 2022	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena
October 25, 2022	Austin		Moody Center
October 26, 2022	Houston		Toyota Center	Latto Saucy Santana
October 28, 2022	Dallas		American Airlines Center	Latto
October 31, 2022	Denver		Ball Arena
November 2, 2022	Salt Lake City		Vivint Arena
November 4, 2022	Portland		Moda Center
November 7, 2022	Vancouver	Canada	Rogers Arena
November 9, 2022	Seattle	United States	Climate Pledge Arena
November 10, 2022	Portland		Moda Center
November 12, 2022	San Francisco		Chase Center
November 18, 2022	Inglewood		Kia Forum
November 19, 2022
Europe
February 17, 2023	Oslo	Norway	Spektrum	Bree Runway
February 18, 2023	Copenhagen	Denmark	Royal Arena
February 20, 2023	Hamburg	Germany	Barclays Arena
February 23, 2023	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome
February 24, 2023	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis
February 27, 2023	Cologne	Germany	Lanxess Arena
February 28, 2023	Berlin		Mercedes-Benz Arena
March 2, 2023	Milan	Italy	Mediolanum Forum
March 3, 2023	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
March 5, 2023	Paris	France	Accor Arena
March 8, 2023	Glasgow	Scotland	OVO Hydro	Joy Crookes
March 9, 2023	Birmingham	England	Utilita Arena
March 11, 2023	Manchester		AO Arena
March 13, 2023	Dublin	Ireland	3Arena
March 15, 2023	London	England	The O2 Arena
March 16, 2023
North America
April 21, 2023	Knoxville	United States	Thompson-Boling Arena	Latto
April 22, 2023	Lexington		Rupp Arena
April 24, 2023	Memphis		FedEx Forum
April 25, 2023	St. Louis		Enterprise Center
April 28, 2023[a]	New Orleans		Fair Grounds Race Course	—
May 9, 2023	Baltimore		CFG Bank Arena	Latto
May 10, 2023	Raleigh		PNC Arena
May 12, 2023	Cleveland		Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
May 13, 2023	Pittsburgh		PPG Paints Arena
May 16, 2023	Milwaukee		Fiserv Forum
May 17, 2023	Chicago		United Center
May 19, 2023	Omaha		CHI Health Center Omaha
May 20, 2023	Tulsa		BOK Center
May 24, 2023	Phoenix		Footprint Center
May 25, 2023	San Diego		Viejas Arena
May 28, 2023	Sacramento		Golden 1 Center
June 2, 2023	Thousand Palms		Acrisure Arena
June 11, 2023	Montreal	Canada	Bell Centre
June 13, 2023	Hartford	United States	XL Center
Europe
June 22, 2023[b]	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Ormeau Park	Tinashe[9]
June 24, 2023[c]	Pilton	England	Worthy Farm	—
June 28, 2023[d]	Gdynia	Poland	Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport
June 30, 2023[e]	Stockholm	Sweden	Gärdet
July 1, 2023[f]	Roskilde	Denmark	Roskilde Dyrskueplads
July 6, 2023[g]	Madrid	Spain	Espacio Mad Cool Villaverde
July 7, 2023[h]	Lisbon	Portugal	Passeio Marítimo de Algés
July 9, 2023[i]	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Rotterdam Ahoy
Oceania
July 14, 2023	Perth	Australia	RAC Arena	Tkay Maidza
July 17, 2023	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena
July 18, 2023
July 21, 2023[j]	Byron Bay		North Byron Parklands	—
July 23, 2023	Sydney		Qudos Bank Arena	Tkay Maidza
July 24, 2023
July 26, 2023	Auckland	New Zealand	Spark Arena
Asia
July 30, 2023[k]	Niigata	Japan	Naeba Ski Resort	—

Cancelled dates

List of cancelled concerts

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
July 3, 2023[l]	Luxembourg City	Luxembourg	LuxExpo The Box	Unknown[10]

Notes

1. Part of New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
2. Part of the Belsonic.
3. Part of the Glastonbury Festival 2023.
4. Part of the Open'er Festival.
5. Part of Lollapalooza Stockholm.
6. Part of the Roskilde Festival.
7. Part of the Mad Cool festival.
8. Part of the NOS Live festival.
9. Part of the North Sea Jazz Festival.
10. Part of Splendour in the Grass.
11. Part of Fuji Rock Festival.
12. Part of Luxexpo Open Air.

References

1. Hussey, Allison (April 25, 2022). "Lizzo Announces Fall 2022 North American Tour". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
2. Paul, Larisha (April 25, 2022). "Lizzo Announces North American Headlining Tour in Support of 'Special'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
3. Jackson, Angelique (November 23, 2022). "Lizzo Previews New Year's Concert Special and Revealing 'Love, Lizzo' Documentary: 'I'm Nervous… but I Can't Care Anymore'". Variety.
4. Sharpe, Scott (May 11, 2023). "Lizzo gives Raleigh an empowering 'Special' night as tour stops at PNC Arena".
5. Iasimone, Ashley (November 20, 2022). "Lizzo Welcomes Cardi B, Missy Elliott to the Stage in Los Angeles". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
6. "Lizzo brings drag queens on stage, protesting Tennessee law". Associated Press. April 23, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
7. "Lizzo's Tina Turner tribute was an emotional highlight when 2023 Special Tour hit Phoenix". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
8. "Tour | Lizzo Official Website".
9. "Tinashe announced as special guest for Lizzo at Belsonic". The Irish News. June 21, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
10. "Lizzo concert at LuxExpo cancelled". RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg. June 19, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2023.