This Is Why Tour

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This Is Why Tour
Tour by Paramore
Promotional poster for the 2023 North American leg
Location
  • North America
  • Latin America
  • Europe
  • Oceania
Associated albumThis Is Why
Start dateOctober 2, 2022
End dateNovember 30, 2023
Legs4
No. of shows71
Supporting act(s)
Paramore concert chronology

The This Is Why Tour was the fifth concert tour by American rock band Paramore, in support of their sixth studio album This Is Why (2023). The tour began on October 2, 2022 in Bakersfield, California, before the release of the album, with several shows throughout North America, Europe, and Latin America. Bloc Party, Rozi Plain, Foals, The Linda Lindas, Genesis Owusu and Claud served as supporting acts on the tour. It concluded on November 30, 2023.

Background and development[edit]

In May 2017, Paramore released their fifth studio album After Laughter to critical acclaim. The album saw the return of former drummer Zac Farro, who had left the band in 2010. The band toured in support of the album from June 2017 until September 2018. Following the conclusion of the After Laughter Tour, the members of Paramore took a break from writing and recording music for the band and worked on other endeavors. Hayley Williams featured on the American Football song "Uncomfortably Numb" in 2019 and released two solo albums, Petals for Armor (2020) and Flowers for Vases / Descansos (2021);[1][2] the former produced by Paramore guitarist Taylor York. She also pivoted her attention more towards her hair dye company Good Dye Young and hosted the weekly BBC Sounds series Everything Is Emo. Farro continued his ongoing project HalfNoise, releasing an extended play – Flowerss (2018) – and two albums – Natural Disguise (2019) and Motif (2021).[3] Farro also recorded drums for the songs "Watch Me While I Bloom" and "Crystal Clear" from Williams' Petals for Armor and released an EP under his own name titled Zafari (2020).

Discussion about a sixth Paramore album began in 2020 while Williams was promoting Petals for Armor. Williams hinted that the band's next album would be more guitar-driven, stating, "We've found ourselves listening to a lot of older music that we grew up being inspired by."[4] She further commented on the sound of the album in 2022, likening it to Bloc Party: “From day one, Bloc Party was the number one reference because there was such an urgency to their sound that was different to the fast punk or the pop punk or the like, loud wall of sound emo bands that were happening in the early 2000s.”[5] In January 2022, the band confirmed they had entered the studio work on their sixth album.[6]

In September 2022, Paramore archived all posts on their official Instagram page and unveiled a new design for the website. The site featured a timeline of several dates throughout the month that would be updated each date.[7] These dates saw the launch of the band's official Discord server, the announcement of new tour dates in Los Angeles and New York City, and video snippets of the band working on new material. On September 16, the band announced their first new single in four years, "This Is Why", which was released on September 28.[8] The same day as the single's release, the band announced the album of the same name to be released on February 10, 2023.[9]

Following the release of the lead single off their new album, Paramore announced the first leg of the This Is Why Tour, which would began in October, 2022, a few months before the release of the album. The announced dates included limited U.S. theater performances and headlining slots at the Austin City Limits and When We Were Young festivals.[10][11][12] In October 10, 2022, the band announced a South American leg of the tour, which is set to begin in March 2023.[13][14] A month later, Paramore announced a 26-city arena tour for the United States in 2023, with Bloc Party, Foals, The Linda Lindas and Genesis Owusu joining them as supporting acts.[15]

Critical reception[edit]

Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos gave the tour a positive review, saying it "proved that the best is yet to come" for the band.[16]

Setlists[edit]

North America leg (October 2, 2022 – November 25, 2022)
  1. "This Is Why"
  2. "Brick By Boring Brick"
  3. "Decode"
  4. "Caught in the Middle"
  5. "That's What You Get"
  6. "Ignorance"
  7. "Forgiveness"
  8. "I Caught Myself"
  9. "Pool"
  10. "Misguided Ghosts"
  11. "Simmer" (Hayley Williams song)
  12. "Ain't It Fun"
  13. "Boogie Juice" (HalfNoise song)
  14. "Rose-Colored Boy" (contains elements of "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" by Whitney Houston and "Genius of Love" by Tom Tom Club)
  15. "Told You So"
  16. "Misery Business"
    Encore
  17. "Still Into You"
  18. "Hard Times" (contains elements of "Heart of Glass" by Blondie)
Notes
  • On the concert dated October 23, 2022, "Decode", "Caught In the Middle", "Forgiveness", "Pool", "Misguided Ghosts", "Simmer", "Boogie Juice", "Rose-Colored Boy", "Told You So" and "Still Into You" were not played, whislt "All I Wanted", "Here We Go Again" and "Last Hope" were played instead. The order of the songs within the setlist was changed as well.
  • "Here We Go Again" replaced "Ignorance" on the setlist, starting on October 27, 2022.
  • On the concert dated October 29, 2022, "Caught In the Middle", "Here We Go Again", "I Caught Myself", "Forgiveness", "Pool", "Simmer", "Boogie Juice", "Told You So" and "Still Into You" were not played, whislt "Careful", "Pressure" and "Last Hope" were played instead. The order of the songs within the setlist was changed as well.
North America leg (February, 2023)
  1. "This Is Why"
  2. "C'est Comme Ça"
  3. "That's What You Get"
  4. "Decode"
  5. "Pool"
  6. "Hard Times" (contains elements of "Heart of Glass" by Blondie)
  7. "Still Into You"
  8. "Rose-Colored Boy" (contains elements of "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" by Whitney Houston and "Genius of Love" by Tom Tom Club)
  9. "Brick By Boring Brick"
  10. "I Caught Myself"
  11. "In the Mourning" (contains elements of "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac)
  12. "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)
  13. "Boogie Juice" (HalfNoise song)
  14. "Told You So"
  15. "The News"
  16. "Ain't It Fun"
    Encore
  17. "Caught in the Middle"
  18. "Running Out of Time"
  19. "Misery Business" (contains elements of "WAP" by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion)
Notes
  • "Brick By Boring Brick", "In the Mourning" and "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" were not played on the concert dated February 9, 2023.
South America leg (March, 2023)
  1. "You First"
  2. "Playing God"
  3. "Decode"
  4. "Pool"
  5. "Running Out of Time"
  6. "Rose-Colored Boy" (contains elements of "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" by Whitney Houston and "Genius of Love" by Tom Tom Club)
  7. "Told You So"
  8. "C'est Comme Ça"
  9. "I Caught Myself"
  10. "The Only Exception"
  11. "(One of Those) Crazy Girls"
  12. "The News"
  13. "That's What You Get"
  14. "Scooby's in the Back" (HalfNoise song)
  15. "Hard Times" (contains elements of "Heart of Glass" by Blondie)
  16. "Ain't It Fun"
  17. "All I Wanted"
    Encore
  18. "Still Into You"
  19. "Misery Business"
  20. "This Is Why"
Notes
  • On the concert dated March 5, 2023, "Pool" and "Told You So" were not played, whilst "Caught In the Middle" and a shortened acapella version of "Last Hope" were played instead.
  • On the concerts dated March 7, 2023 and March 9, 2023, "Decode" was not played, whilst "Caught In the Middle" were played instead. The order of the songs within the setlist was changed as well.
  • On the concert dated March 11, 2023, "Decode", "(One of Those) Crazy Girls" and "Told You So" were not played, whilst "Caught In the Middle" was played. The order of the songs within the setlist was changed as well.
  • On the concert dated March 12, 2023, "Still Into You" and "Pool" were not played, whilst "Caught In the Middle" was played. The order of the songs within the setlist was changed as well.
  • On the concert dated March 14, 2023, "C'est Comme Ça", "Pool" and "Scooby's in the Back" were not played, whilst "Caught In the Middle" was played. The order of the songs within the setlist was changed as well. The performance of "Told You So" contained elements of "She Wolf" by Shakira.
UK/Ireland leg (April, 2023)
  1. "You First"
  2. "The News"
  3. "Playing God"
  4. "That's What You Get"
  5. "Running Out of Time"
  6. "Hard Times" (contains elements of "Born Under Punches" by Talking Heads and "Heart of Glass" by Blondie)
  7. "Caught in the Middle"
  8. "Ain't It Fun"
  9. "Liar"
  10. "Crystal Clear" (Hayley Williams song)
  11. "Decode"
  12. "Still Into You"
  13. "Rose-Colored Boy" (contains elements of "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" by Whitney Houston and "Genius of Love" by Tom Tom Club)
  14. "Baby" (HalfNoise song)
  15. "what can you say" (Adrianne Lenker cover)
  16. "Last Hope"
  17. "I Caught Myself"
  18. "All I Wanted"
  19. "Misery Business"
  20. "Crave"
    Encore
  21. "The Only Exception"
  22. "This Is Why"
Notes
  • On the concert dated April 13, 2023, Hayley Williams performed a solo cover of "Dreams" by The Cranberries on acoustic guitar. "All I Wanted" was not played and the order of the songs within the setlist was changed as well.
  • On the concert dated April 15, 2023, Hayley Williams performed a solo cover of "what can you say" by Adrianne Lenker on acoustic guitar.
  • On the concert dated April 17, 2023, Hayley Williams performed a solo cover of "Rip It Up" by Orange Juice on acoustic guitar. "I Caught Myself" was not played.
  • On the concert dated April 18, 2023, "Misguided Ghosts" was played, whilst "I Caught Myself" was not played.
  • On the concert dated April 22, 2023, Hayley Williams and Taylor York performed "26" on acoustic guitar. "I Caught Myself" was not played.
  • On the concert dated April 23, 2023, Paramore was joined onstage by Kele Okereke to perform "Blue Light" by Bloc Party.
North America leg (Summer, 2023)
  1. "You First"
  2. "The News"
  3. "That's What You Get"
  4. "Playing God"
  5. "Caught in the Middle"
  6. "Rose-Colored Boy" (contains elements of "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" by Whitney Houston and "Genius of Love" by Tom Tom Club)
  7. "Running Out of Time"
  8. "Decode"
  9. "Last Hope"
  10. "Big Man, Little Dignity"
  11. "Liar"
  12. "Crystal Clear" (Hayley Williams song)
  13. "Hard Times" (contains elements of "Born Under Punches" by Talking Heads and "Heart of Glass" by Blondie)
  14. "Told You So"
  15. "Figure 8"
  16. "The Only Exception"
  17. "Baby" (HalfNoise song)
  18. "Crave"
  19. "Misery Business"
  20. "Ain't It Fun"
    Encore
  21. "Still Into You"
  22. "This Is Why"
Notes
  • On the concert dated May 31, 2023, Paramore was joined onstage by Lil Uzi Vert to perform "Misery Business".
  • On the concert dated July 19, 2023, Paramore was joined onstage by Billie Eilish to perform "All I Wanted", which was played as the first song of the encore act. "Last Hope" was not played.
  • On the concert dated July 20, 2023, Paramore was joined onstage by Bethany Cosentino to perform "Big Man, Little Dignity" and Rico Nasty to perform "Misery Business".
  • "Told You So" was removed from the setlist on July 29, 2023.
  • On the concert dated August 7, 2023, Paramore was joined onstage by Stephen Curry to perform "Misery Business".

Shows[edit]

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and opening acts. [17]
Date City Country Venue Opening act(s) Attendance Gross
North America
October 2, 2022 Bakersfield United States Mechanics Bank Theater Claud — —
October 4, 2022 Magna The Great SaltAir — —
October 9, 2022[a] Austin Zilker Park — — —
October 11, 2022 Chesterfield The Factory Claud — —
October 14, 2022 Bonner Springs Azura Amphitheater Young the Giant
Japanese Breakfast
Claud 		— —
October 16, 2022[a] Austin Zilker Park — — —
October 23, 2022[b] Las Vegas Las Vegas Festival Grounds — — —
October 27, 2022 Los Angeles Belasco Theatre Faux Real — —
October 29, 2022[b] Las Vegas Las Vegas Festival Grounds — — —
October 31, 2022 Los Angeles The Wiltern Faux Real — —
November 7, 2022 Toronto Canada History Ogi — —
November 9, 2022 Chicago United States Chicago Theatre — —
November 11, 2022 Cincinnati Andrew J. Brady Music Center — —
November 13, 2022 New York City Beacon Theatre — —
November 15, 2022 Atlanta Tabernacle — —
November 16, 2022 St. Augustine St. Augustine Amphitheatre — —
November 19, 2022[c] Mexico City Mexico Foro Sol — — —
November 23, 2022 Oklahoma City United States Criterion Theatre Claud — —
November 25, 2022 Omaha Orpheum Theater — —
February 6, 2023 Nashville Grand Ole Opry House Louis Prince — —
February 9, 2023[d] Phoenix Footprint Center — — —
South America
March 2, 2023 Lima Peru Estadio Universidad San Marcos Elke 21,116 / 24,499 $1,692,474
March 5, 2023 Santiago Chile Movistar Arena 16,594 / 16,594 $1,212,960
March 7, 2023 Buenos Aires Argentina Movistar Arena 10,483 / 12,305 $701,095
March 9, 2023 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Qualistage 8,101 / 8,101 $591,702
March 11, 2023 São Paulo Centro Esportivo Tiete 36,132 / 36,132 $2,894,867
March 12, 2023
March 14, 2023 Bogotá Colombia Movistar Arena 12,315 / 12,315 $653,919
Europe
April 13, 2023 Dublin Ireland 3Arena Bloc Party
Rozi Plain 		12,605 / 12,605 $958,486
April 15, 2023 Cardiff Wales Cardiff International Arena 7,395 / 7,395 $569,605
April 17, 2023 Glasgow Scotland OVO Hydro 14,008 / 14,008 $995,304
April 18, 2023 Manchester England AO Arena 15,316 / 15,316 $1,183,157
April 20, 2023 London The O2 Arena 36,000 / 36,000[e] $3,092,265[f]
April 22, 2023 Birmingham Utilita Arena 14,911 / 14,911 $1,181,520
April 23, 2023 London The O2 Arena [g] [h]
North America
May 20, 2023[i] Gulf Shores United States Hangout Music Festival — — —
May 23, 2023 Charlotte Spectrum Center Bloc Party
Genesis Owusu 		14,679 / 14,679 $1,254,202
May 25, 2023 Atlanta State Farm Arena 11,630 / 11,630 $1,133,447
May 27, 2023[j] Atlantic City Atlantic City Beach — — —
May 28, 2023[k] Boston Harvard Stadium — — —
May 30, 2023 New York City Madison Square Garden Bloc Party
Genesis Owusu 		27,616 / 27,616 $3,102,129
May 31, 2023
June 2, 2023 Washington, D.C. Capital One Arena 13,947 / 13,947 $1,448,355
June 4, 2023 Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 10,888 / 10,888 $1,013,784
June 5, 2023 Indianapolis Gainbridge Fieldhouse 12,006 / 12,006 $981,558
June 7, 2023 Detroit Little Caesars Arena 13,306 / 13,306 $1,290,946
June 8, 2023 Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena 14,500 / 14,500 $1,078,432
June 10, 2023 Columbus United States Schottenstein Center 13,815 / 13,815 $1,096,590
June 11, 2023 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 13,498 / 13,498 $1,136,748
June 13, 2023 Orlando Amway Center 13,512 / 13,512 $1,297,118
June 14, 2023 Hollywood Hard Rock Live 6,705 / 6,705 $745,957
June 18, 2023[l] Manchester Great Stage Park — — —
July 6, 2023 New Orleans Smoothie King Center Foals
The Linda Lindas 		12,618 / 12,618 $994,103
July 8, 2023 Fort Worth Dickies Arena 11,165 / 11,165 $1,160,869
July 9, 2023 Austin Moody Center 12,262 / 12,262 $1,297,850
July 11, 2023 Houston Toyota Center 12,234 / 12,234 $1,155,830
July 13, 2023 Denver Ball Arena 13,324 / 13,324 $1,316,045
July 15, 2023 Thousand Palms Acrisure Arena 9,954 / 9,954 $1,133,420
July 16, 2023 San Diego Viejas Arena 9,447 / 9,447 $1,174,914
July 19, 2023 Inglewood Kia Forum 28,968 / 28,968 $3,345,439
July 20, 2023
July 29, 2023 Tulsa BOK Center 12,003 / 12,003 $1,021,371
July 30, 2023 St. Louis Enterprise Center 12,993 / 12,993 $1,128,722
August 1, 2023 Milwaukee Fiserv Forum 11,914 / 11,914 $1,073,453
August 2, 2023 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center 14,090 / 14,090 $1,125,035
August 7, 2023 San Francisco Chase Center 13,651 / 13,651 $1,485,423
August 9, 2023 Seattle Climate Pledge Arena 14,707 / 14,707 $1,468,932
Oceania
November 18, 2023 Auckland New Zealand Spark Arena Remi Wolf — —
November 22, 2023 Brisbane Australia Brisbane Entertainment Center — —
November 23, 2023 — —
November 25, 2023 Sydney The Domain — —
November 27, 2023 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena — —
November 28, 2023 — —
November 30, 2023 — —
South America
March 24, 2024[m] São Paulo Brazil Autódromo de Interlagos — — —
Total — —

Cancelled shows[edit]

List of cancelled concerts
Date City Country Venue Reason Ref.
October 22, 2022[n] Las Vegas United States Las Vegas Festival Grounds Storm [26]
August 10, 2023 Portland Veterans Memorial Coliseum Illness. Originally rescheduled from July 25, 2023 but canceled again. —
August 13, 2023 Salt Lake City Delta Center Illness. Originally rescheduled from July 27, 2023 but canceled again.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b The concerts on October 9 and 16, 2022 at the Zilker Park in Austin are a part of Austin City Limits Music Festival.[18]
  2. ^ a b The concerts on October 23 and 29 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds in Las Vegas are a part of When We Were Young Festival.[19]
  3. ^ The concert on November 19, 2022 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico is a part of Corona Capital Festival.[20]
  4. ^ The concert on February 9, 2023 at the Footprint Center in Phoenix is a part of Super Bowl LVII Music Fest.[21]
  5. ^ The box office data is representative of the two shows at O2 Arena on 20 and 23 April respectively.
  6. ^ The box office data is representative of the two shows at O2 Arena on 20 and 23 April respectively.
  7. ^ The box office data is representative of the two shows at O2 Arena on 20 and 23 April respectively.
  8. ^ The box office data is representative of the two shows at O2 Arena on 20 and 23 April respectively.
  9. ^ The concert on May 20, 2023 at the East Beach Boulevard in Gulf Shores is a part of Hangout Music Festival.[22]
  10. ^ The concert on May 27, 2023 at the Atlantic City Beach in Atlantic City is a part of Adjacent Festival.[23]
  11. ^ The concert on May 28, 2023 at the Harvard Stadium in Boston is a part of Boston Calling Music Festival.[24]
  12. ^ The concert on June 18, 2023 at the Great Stage Park in Manchester is a part of Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival.[25]
  13. ^ The concert on March 24, 2024 at the Autódromo de Interlagos in São Paulo is a part of Lollapalooza Brazil.
  14. ^ This concert would have been part of When We Were Young Festival.

References[edit]

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  2. ^ Strauss, Matthew (2021-02-05). "Hayley Williams Releases New Album Flowers for Vases / descansos". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
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  19. ^ McCarthy, Lauren (October 25, 2022). "Wind, Tears, and Paramore: How When We Were Young Festival Triumphed Against All Odds". Nylon. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  20. ^ Kaufman, Gil (June 10, 2022). "Miley Cyrus, My Chemical Romance, Paramore & More to Headline Mexico City's 2022 Corona Capital Festival". Billboard. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  21. ^ Masley, Ed (November 15, 2022). "Super Bowl brings Bud Light Music Fest 2023 to Phoenix. Here's what we know so far". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
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