The Glory Days Tour was the second worldwide tour and fourth overall by British girl group Little Mix. The tour began on 21 May 2017 in Birkenhead, England, and ended on 25 March 2018 in Kobe, Japan, where the group headlined POPSPRING, in support of their fourth studio album, Glory Days.[2] The tour sold over 810,000 tickets worldwide and consisted of over 70 shows being performed across Oceania, Europe, and Asia.

The Glory Days Tour
Tour by Little Mix
Location
  • Europe
  • Asia
  • Oceania
Associated albumGlory Days
Start date21 May 2017
End date25 March 2018
Legs5
No. of shows72
Attendance810,810
Box office$42 million[1]
Little Mix concert chronology

The Glory Days Tour was met with critical acclaim and grossed over $42 million worldwide, becoming the highest grossing girl group tour of the decade at that time. In 2017, it was ranked as the sixth highest grossing female tour of that year.[3] It remains as the group's highest grossing tour throughout their career, and one of the highest grossing girl group tours.[4]

Background

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The group performing "Black Magic" in Glasgow, Scotland.

On 9 September 2016, Little Mix stated in an interview that they knew when their next tour would be, but fans would have to wait for further details.

On 14 October 2016, Little Mix released the dates for the UK & Ireland leg of the tour, beginning on 27 October 2017 in Sheffield, England. Ticket pre-sales were made available to fans who pre-ordered their new album and began on 19 October 2016 with general sale beginning on 21 October 2016. Due to instant sell outs, extra dates were added in Newcastle, Belfast, Glasgow, Nottingham, Birmingham, and London. After overwhelming demand, the UK & Ireland leg was extended, and began on 9 October 2017 in Aberdeen, Scotland. European tour dates were announced on 21 November 2016, for May and June 2017, while dates in Oceania were added for July 2017 on 4 December 2016.

The Vamps supported the European leg of the tour. Ella Eyre, Sheppard, Louisa Johnson all supported selected dates on the Summer Shout Out shows. Zoe Badwi, Jade Thirlwall's cousin, was the opening act for the shows in Australia and New Zealand. Lina Makhul, Jessarae, and Aleem all supported selected dates on the UK & Ireland leg of the tour, while Lloyd Macey supported at the Manchester Arena show on 21 November 2017 after winning a prize fight on The X Factor.

In November 2017, Little Mix were announced as the headline act for "POPSPRING 2018" in March 2018.[5]

Set list

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Notes

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  • At the June 5th show in Copenhagen, "Nobody Like You" was cut from the setlist.[6]

Tour dates

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List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
Date City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance Revenue
Europe — Glory Days and Summer Shout Out Tour[7][8][9][10]
21 May 2017[a] Birkenhead England Prenton Park 14,690 / 14,690 $745,287
24 May 2017 Berlin Germany Mercedez Benz Arena The Vamps 3,964 / 6,194 $166,371[11]
25 May 2017 Düsseldorf Mitsubishi Electric Halle 5,644 / 7,124 $258,174[12]
27 May 2017 Vienna Austria Gasometer
28 May 2017[b] Hull England Burton Constable Hall
29 May 2017 Zürich Switzerland Samsung Hall The Vamps
30 May 2017 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum
31 May 2017 Munich Germany Olympiahalle 3,596 / 4,764 $163,852[12]
2 June 2017 Antwerp Belgium Lotto Arena 7,321 / 7,348 $292,413[12]
3 June 2017 Amsterdam Netherlands AFAS Live 3,511 / 3,511 $178,067[12]
5 June 2017 Copenhagen Denmark Valby-Hallen
6 June 2017 Stockholm Sweden Annexet 2,348 / 3,000 $99,673[12]
8 June 2017 Paris France Zénith de Paris
23 June 2017 Newmarket England Newmarket Racecourse Ella Eyre
Sheppard
18,732 / 19,610 $897,983
24 June 2017 Gloucester Kingsholm Stadium 19,810 / 20,050 $634,132
25 June 2017 Twickenham Twickenham Stoop 16,492 / 20,000 $680,907
29 June 2017 Dundee Scotland Slessor Gardens 11,122 / 11,148 $570,050
30 June 2017 Edinburgh Royal Highland Centre 15,000 / 15,000 $646,544
1 July 2017 Derby England Donington Park 17,609 / 20,050 $671,608
6 July 2017 Scarborough Scarborough Open Air Theatre Sheppard 7,314 / 7,384 $332,487
7 July 2017[c] London Old Royal Naval College 7,245 / 7,245 $303,039
8 July 2017 Colwyn Bay Wales Eirias Stadium Ella Eyre
Sheppard
14,713 / 14,761 $624,256
9 July 2017 Southampton England Ageas Bowl Sheppard 19,739 / 19,799 $970,077
13 July 2017 Monmouthshire Wales Caldicot Castle Louisa Johnson
Sheppard
11,750 / 11,750 $588,930
14 July 2017 Exeter England Powderham Castle Ella Eyre
Sheppard
14,860 / 14,860 $644,232
15 July 2017 Durham County Cricket Club Emirates Riverside 14,983 / 14,987 $642,954
16 July 2017 Carlisle Bitts Park 17,000 / 17,000 $734,908
Oceania — Glory Days Tour[7][13][14]
20 July 2017 Perth Australia Crown Theatre Zoe Badwi
22 July 2017 Melbourne Margaret Court Arena 10,926 / 11,732 $782,027
23 July 2017
26 July 2017 Adelaide AEC Theatre
28 July 2017 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre 7,403 / 7,403 $526,010
29 July 2017 Sydney Qudos Bank Arena 13,748 / 13,748 $973,512[15]
30 July 2017 Auckland New Zealand Spark Arena
Europe — Summer Shout Out Tour[7][8]
1 September 2017 Ardingly England South of England Showground Ella Eyre
Germein Sisters
14,487 / 19,810 $716,253
2 September 2017[16] Liverpool Otterspool Promenade 24,067 / 28,506 $717,220
3 September 2017 Norwich Earlham Park Nina Nesbitt
Germein Sisters
18,120 / 19,988 $870,706
Europe — Glory Days Tour[7][8][10]
9 October 2017 Aberdeen Scotland GE Oil & Gas Arena Lina Makhul
Jessarae
9,176 / 9,575 $574,518[12]
10 October 2017
11 October 2017 Newcastle England Metro Radio Arena 38,073 / 39,154 $2,211,632[12]
13 October 2017 Birmingham Genting Arena 52,142 / 53,195 $2,870,881[12]
14 October 2017[d] Leeds First Direct Arena 34,346 / 34,386 $1,855,769[12]
16 October 2017 Liverpool Echo Arena 29,351 / 29,351 $1,627,254[12]
17 October 2017 Sheffield Sheffield Arena 36,118 / 36,528 $1,994,038[12]
19 October 2017 Glasgow Scotland SSE Hydro 45,450 / 45,450 $2,479,618[12]
20 October 2017 Manchester England Manchester Arena 43,579 / 43,579 $2,340,889[12]
26 October 2017 London The O2 Arena 63,702 / 67,099 $3,874,974[12]
27 October 2017 Sheffield Sheffield Arena [e] [e]
28 October 2017
30 October 2017 Cardiff Wales Motorpoint Arena Cardiff 9,301 / 9,301 $535,059[12]
31 October 2017
1 November 2017 Liverpool England Echo Arena [f] [f]
3 November 2017[g] Newcastle Metro Radio Arena Aleem [h] [h]
4 November 2017[i]
6 November 2017 Dublin Ireland 3Arena 12,459 / 12,459 $697,796[12]
7 November 2017[j] Belfast Northern Ireland The SSE Arena 17,168 / 17,168 $993,124[12]
8 November 2017
10 November 2017[k] Glasgow Scotland SSE Hydro [l] [l]
11 November 2017[m]
13 November 2017 Leeds England First Direct Arena [n] [n]
14 November 2017 Nottingham Motorpoint Arena Nottingham 15,705 / 15,705 $859,055[12]
15 November 2017
17 November 2017 Birmingham Genting Arena [o] [o]
18 November 2017[p]
20 November 2017 Liverpool Echo Arena [q] [q]
21 November 2017 Manchester Manchester Arena Lloyd Macey
Aleem
[r] [r]
22 November 2017 Aleem
25 November 2017[s][t] London The O2 Arena [u] [u]
26 November 2017
Asia — Glory Days Tour
24 March 2018 Chiba Japan Makuhari Messe
25 March 2018 Kobe World Memorial Hall
Total 810,810[1] $42,000,000[1]

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b c "Year End Top 100 Worldwide Tours 2017" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
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  5. ^ ""POPSPRING 2018" Held in March LITTLE MIX, SUPERFRUIT, PRETTYMUCH Appearance". Archived from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
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  9. ^ "BoxScores – Archive". BCharts. 13 April 2018. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
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  15. ^ "Current Boxscore". Billboard. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
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Notes

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  1. ^ The 21 May 2017 concert in Birkenhead, England is a part of Wirral Live 2017.
  2. ^ The 28 May 2017 concert in Hull, England is a part of Radio 1's Big Weekend.
  3. ^ The 7 July 2017 show at Old Royal Naval College in London is part of the Greenwich Music Time 2017 festival.
  4. ^ The box office score for 14 October is for both the Matinee & Evening shows.
  5. ^ a b The boxscore data for 27–28 October 2017 is combined with the 17 October 2017 data.
  6. ^ a b The boxscore data for 1 November 2017 is combined with the 16 October 2017 data.
  7. ^ The box office score for 3 November is combined with 4 November's Matinee & Evening Show.
  8. ^ a b The boxscore data for 3 November 2017 is combined with the 11 October 2017 data.
  9. ^ The 4 November 2017 show at Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle includes a matinee and evening show.
  10. ^ The box office score for 7 November is combined with 8 November
  11. ^ The box office score for 10 November is combined with 11 November's Matinee & Evening Show.
  12. ^ a b The boxscore data for 8–10 November 2017 is combined with the 19 October 2017 data.
  13. ^ The 11 November 2017 show at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow includes a matinee and evening show.
  14. ^ a b The boxscore data for 13 November 2017 is combined with the 14 October 2017 data.
  15. ^ a b The boxscore data for 15–17 November 2017 is combined with the 13 October 2017 data.
  16. ^ The 18 November 2017 show at Genting Arena in Birmingham includes a matinee and evening show.
  17. ^ a b The boxscore data for 20 November 2017 is combined with the 16 October 2017 data.
  18. ^ a b The boxscore data for 21–22 November 2017 is combined with the 20 October 2017 data.
  19. ^ The 25 November 2017, show at The O2 Arena in London includes a matinee and evening show.
  20. ^ The box office score for 26 November is combined with 25 November's Matinee & Evening Show.
  21. ^ a b The boxscore data for 25–26 November 2017 is combined with the 26 October 2017 data.