Moon Landing World Tour

Moon Landing World Tour
Tour by James Blunt
Promotional poster for tour
Associated albumMoon Landing
Start date2 February 2014 (2014-02-02)
End date22 March 2015 (2015-03-22)
Legs8
No. of shows8 in Asia
106 in Europe
19 in North America
16 in Australasia
7 in Africa
7 in South America
163 total
James Blunt concert chronology

The Moon Landing World Tour[1] is the fourth concert tour by English recording artist James Blunt. Launched in support of his fourth studio album, Moon Landing (2013), the tour began in January 2014. It continued into 2014 and 2015 with over 150 shows in the Americas, Europe, Australasia, Asia and Africa.

Opening acts

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Setlist

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Blunt performing in Asunción, Paraguay

The following setlist was obtained from the 8 June 2014 concert; held at the Plenary Hall in Melbourne, Australia. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.[15]

  1. "Face the Sun"
  2. "I'll Take Everything"
  3. "Blue on Blue"
  4. "High"
  5. "Billy"
  6. "Wisemen"
  7. "Carry You Home"
  8. "Satellites"
  9. "These Are the Words"
  10. "Miss America"
  11. "Postcards"
  12. "Goodbye My Lover"
  13. "I Really Want You"
  14. "Coz I Luv You"
  15. "Heart to Heart"
  16. "Same Mistake"
  17. "You're Beautiful"
  18. "So Long, Jimmy"
Encore
  1. "Bonfire Heart"
  2. "Stay the Night"
  3. "1973"

Tour dates

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List of 2014 concerts[16][17][18][19][20][21]
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
2 February 2014 Shanghai China Mercedes-Benz Arena
4 February 2014 Beijing MasterCard Center
5 February 2014 Chengdu Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium
7 February 2014 Shenzhen Shenzhen Bay Gymnasium
12 February 2014 Chek Lap Kok Hong Kong AsiaWorld–Arena
27 February 2014 Killarney Ireland INEC Killarney
28 February 2014 Dublin Vicar Street
2 March 2014 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall
3 March 2014 Berlin Germany O2 World 10,228 / 11,902 $511,885
4 March 2014 Hamburg O2 World Hamburg 10,148 / 14,015 $508,320
5 March 2014 Oberhausen König Pilsener Arena 8,563 / 9,264 $442,614
6 March 2014 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt 7,253 / 7,260 $386,645
8 March 2014 Cologne Lanxess Arena 12,507 / 13,146 $636,287
9 March 2014 Lingen EmslandArena 3,110 / 3,110 $204,783
10 March 2014 Hanover TUI Arena 8,393 / 9,276 $429,609
11 March 2014 Leipzig Arena Leipzig 7,539 / 7,539 $364,466
13 March 2014 Munich Olympiahalle 10,315 / 10,756 $550,153
14 March 2014 Kempten Bigbox Allgäu 3,920 / 3,920 $218,128
15 March 2014 Nuremberg Arena Nürnberger Versicherung 6,123 / 6,123 $342,934
17 March 2014 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion 13,000 / 13,000 $1,065,380
18 March 2014 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum
19 March 2014 Salzburg Austria Salzburgarena 4,522 / 4,522 $258,291
20 March 2014 Vienna Wiener Stadthalle 9,778 / 9,800 $547,460
22 March 2014 Stuttgart Germany Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle 9,579 / 9,579 $465,733
23 March 2014 Amnéville France Galaxie d'Amnéville
24 March 2014 Geneva Switzerland SEG Geneva Arena
25 March 2014 Paris France Zénith Paris
28 March 2014 Clermont-Ferrand Zénith d'Auvergne
29 March 2014 Tours Grand Hall de Tours
31 March 2014 La Roche-sur-Yon Vendéspace
1 April 2014 Caen Zénith de Caen
2 April 2014 Brussels Belgium Forest National 7,644 / 8,399 $395,148
4 April 2014 Moscow Russia Ray Just Arena
14 April 2014 Edinburgh Scotland Edinburgh Festival Theatre
15 April 2014 Glasgow Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
17 April 2014 Manchester England O2 Apollo Manchester
18 April 2014 Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Civic Hall
19 April 2014 London Royal Albert Hall
20 April 2014 Bournemouth Windsor Hall
23 April 2014 Montreal Canada Centre Bell 5,489 / 6,382 $331,823
25 April 2014 Quebec City Colisée Pepsi 3,548 / 4,223 $213,705
26 April 2014 La Baie Théâtre du Palais Municipal 2,250 / 2,250 $159,113
27 April 2014 Sherbrooke Salle Maurice-O'Bready 1,599 / 1,599 $93,402
29 April 2014 Toronto Danforth Music Hall
30 April 2014
2 May 2014 Atlantic City United States Borgata Music Box
3 May 2014 Boston House of Blues
5 May 2014 New York City Webster Hall
6 May 2014 Englewood Bergen Performing Arts Center
8 May 2014 Atlanta Center Stage Theater
9 May 2014 Biloxi Hard Rock Live
10 May 2014 Houston House of Blues
12 May 2014 Englewood Gothic Theatre
14 May 2014 San Francisco The Fillmore
16 May 2014 West Wendover Peppermill Concert Hall
17 May 2014 Reno Grand Theatre
18 May 2014 Riverside Fox Performing Arts Center
19 May 2014 Los Angeles Belasco Theatre
22 May 2014 Papeete French Polynesia Place To'ata
25 May 2014 Païta New Caledonia Arène du Sud
27 May 2014 Wellington New Zealand Michael Fowler Centre
28 May 2014 Auckland Auckland Civic Theatre
30 May 2014 Sydney Australia State Theatre
31 May 2014
1 June 2014 Newcastle Newcastle Civic Theatre
2 June 2014 Brisbane BCEC Great Hall
4 June 2014 Darwin DCC Auditorium
6 June 2014 Adelaide AEC Theatre
7 June 2014 Canberra Royal Theatre
8 June 2014 Melbourne Plenary Hall
10 June 2014 Hobart Derwent Entertainment Centre
12 June 2014 Perth Crown Theatre
13 June 2014 Riverside Theatre
22 June 2014[A] Wrocław Poland Stadion Miejski
26 June 2014[B] Pickering England Dalby Forest
27 June 2014[C] Newmarket Newmarket Racecourse
29 June 2014 Cardiff Wales St David's Hall
30 June 2014 Bath England The Forum
1 July 2014 Llandudno Wales Venue Cymru Arena
3 July 2014[D] Epsom England Epsom Downs Racecourse
4 July 2014[E] Hoghton Hoghton Tower
5 July 2014[F] Beltring Hop Farm Country Park
8 July 2014[G] Châteauneuf-les-Martigues France Parc François Mitterrand
10 July 2014 Kufstein Austria Festung Kufstein
11 July 2014 Reifnitz Festplatz Reifnitz
12 July 2014 Klam Burg Clam
14 July 2014 Bolzano Italy PalaOnda
15 July 2014 Piazzola sul Brenta Anfiteatro Camerini
16 July 2014[H] Locarno Switzerland Piazza Grande
19 July 2014[I] Pori Finland Kirjurinluoto Arena
21 July 2014[J] Rome Italy Auditorium Cavea
22 July 2014 Mantua Piazza Sordello
23 July 2014[K] Lucerne Switzerland KKL Konzertsaal
24 July 2014[L] Regensburg Germany Schloss St. Emmeram
26 July 2014[M] Nyon Switzerland Plaine de l'Asse
27 July 2014 Taormina Italy Teatro Antico di Taormina
29 July 2014 Vienne France Théâtre antique de Vienne
30 July 2014[N] Carcassonne Théâtre Jean-Deschamps
1 August 2014 Beaufort Luxembourg Château de Beaufort
2 August 2014[O] Dranouter Belgium Festivalweide Dranouter
3 August 2014[P] Ronquières Plan incliné de Ronquières
5 August 2014[Q] Calella de Palafrugell Spain Auditori Cap Roig
7 August 2014[R] Schwetzingen Germany Schwetzinger Schlossgarten 4,920 / 4,920 $279,306
8 August 2014 Dresden Freilichtbühne Großer Garten 5,800 / 5,800 $302,438
9 August 2014 Sankt Goarshausen Freilichtbühne Loreley 6,800 / 10,000 $369,475
10 August 2014 Halle Gerry Weber Stadion 5,295 / 6,441 $287,234
12 August 2014[S] Colmar France Théâtre de Plein Air de Colmar
14 August 2014[T] Wickham England Wickham Festival Site
16 August 2014[U] Doncaster Doncaster Racecourse
3 October 2014 Warsaw Poland Torwar Hall
5 October 2014 Minsk Belarus Palace of the Republic
6 October 2014 Vilnius Lithuania Siemens Arena
8 October 2014 Stockholm Sweden Hovet 3,039 / 5,000 $169,876
10 October 2014 Linköping Cloetta Center 3,532 / 4,000 $223,679
11 October 2014 Malmö Baltiska hallen 2,214 / 3,000 $124,452
12 October 2014 Flensburg Germany Flens-Arena 3,528 / 3,740 $187,495
14 October 2014 Dortmund Westfalenhallen 5,076 / 8,793 $255,554
15 October 2014 Bamburgh Brose Arena 5,048 / 5,181 $263,620
17 October 2014 Augsburg Schwabenhalle 4,243 / 4,243 $218,464
18 October 2014 Freiburg im Breisgau Rothaus Arena 4,285 / 6,238 $225,848
19 October 2014 Karlsruhe dm Arena 4,221 / 6,248 $244,566
21 October 2014 Bremen ÖVB Arena 4,290 / 8,766 $234,367
22 October 2014 Braunschweig Volkswagen Halle 4,847 / 6,089 $267,872
23 October 2014 Ulm Ratiopharm Arena 3,442 / 5,310 $184,043
26 October 2014 Graz Austria Stadthalle Graz 3,442 / 5,310 $184,043
27 October 2014 Budapest Hungary László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
28 October 2014 Bratislava Slovakia Aegon Arena
29 October 2014 Karlovy Vary Czech Republic KV Arena
31 October 2014[V] Cluj-Napoca Romania Sala Polivalentă
7 November 2014 Monte Carlo Monaco Salle des Étoiles
9 November 2014 Oslo Norway Sentrum Scene
11 November 2014 Aalborg Denmark Aalborghallen
13 November 2014 San Sebastián Spain Auditorio Kursaal Donostia
14 November 2014 Barcelona Palau dels Esports de Barcelona
15 November 2014 Madrid Teatro Circo Price
16 November 2014 Lisbon Portugal Coliseu dos Recreios
20 November 2014 Dublin Ireland The O2
22 November 2014 Nottingham England Capital FM Arena Nottingham
23 November 2014 Birmingham National Indoor Arena
24 November 2014 Leeds First Direct Arena
26 November 2014 Liverpool Echo Arena Liverpool
27 November 2014 Bournemouth Windsor Hall
28 November 2014 Brighton Brighton Centre
29 November 2014[W] Ischgl Austria Silvrettaseilbahn AG
1 December 2014 London England Eventim Apollo
List of 2015 concerts[22][23][24][25]
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
7 February 2015 Tel Aviv Israel Menora Mivtachim Arena
11 February 2015 Cape Town South Africa Grand Arena at GrandWest Casino 7,382 / 7,416 $300,336
12 February 2015
14 February 2015 Boksburg Big Top Arena at Carnival City 6,654 / 6,944 $251,299
15 February 2015
17 February 2015 Harare Zimbabwe HICC Auditorium
20 February 2015 Saint-Denis Réunion Petit Stade de L'Est
22 February 2015 Port Louis Mauritius SVICC Main Hall
25 February 2015[X] Dubai United Arab Emirates Dubai Media City Amphitheatre
27 February 2015 Istanbul Turkey Ülker Sports Arena
11 March 2015 São Paulo Brazil Estádio Rua Javari
13 March 2015 Asunción Paraguay Court Central del Yacht y Golf Club
15 March 2015 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio Luna Park
17 March 2015 Lima Peru Anfiteatro del Parque de la Exposición
19 March 2015 Quito Ecuador Ágora de la Casa de la Cultura
20 March 2015 Bogotá Colombia Teatro Royal Center
22 March 2015 Santiago Chile Movistar Arena
TOTAL 234,042 / 268,690 (87%) $12,741,442
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A wRomantic Festival[26]
B Forest Live[27]
C Adnams Newmarket Night[28]
D Epsom Live[29]
E Symphony at The Tower[30]
F Hop Farm Festival[31]
G Sous les Pins[32]
H Moon and Stars[33]
I Pori Jazz[34]
J Luglio Suona Bene[35]
K Blue Balls Festival[36]
L Thurn-und-Taxis-Schlossfestspiele[37]
M Paléo Festival[38]
N Festival de Carcassonne[39]
O Festival Dranouter[40]
P Ronquières Festival[41]
Q Festival Jardins de Cap Roig[42]
R Musik im Park[43]
S Foire aux vins d'Alsace[44]
T Wickham Festival[45]
U Music Live! Racedays[46]
V Festivalul Internaţional de Muzică şi Artă Transilvania
W Top of the Mountain Concert[47]
X Emirates Airline Dubai Jazz Festival[48]
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
12 May 2014 Denver, Colorado Ogden Theatre Moved to the Gothic Theatre in Englewood, Colorado
17 May 2014 West Wendover, Nevada Peppermill Concert Hall Rescheduled to 16 May 2014
10 July 2014 Wiesen, Austria Ottakringer Arena Cancelled. Was a part of "Two Days a Week"[49]
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References

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