In a World Like This Tour

This article is about the tour. For the album, see In a World Like This. For the song, see In a World Like This (song).

In a World Like This Tour
Tour by Backstreet Boys
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated albumIn a World Like This
Start dateMay 25, 2013 (2013-05-25)
End dateJune 28, 2015 (2015-06-28)
Legs10
No. of shows176
Backstreet Boys concert chronology

The In a World Like This Tour (also known as the 20th Anniversary Tour) was the ninth concert tour by American boy band, the Backstreet Boys. Supporting their eighth studio album, In a World Like This (2013), the tour consisted of over 150 shows in Asia, North America and Europe. It is the band's first tour featuring all five original members as a quintet in seven years, as band member Kevin Richardson left the band in June 2006, and rejoined in 2012. It has become one of the biggest tours in the group's tenure.[1]

The tour was the 44th highest grossing worldwide tour in 2014 with total gross of $32.8 million and ticket sales of 607,407.[2] This does not include the tour's 2013 and 2015 dates. The tour also broke record in China, when over 1,000 tickets were sold within one minute in Guangzhou on June 8, 2013.[3]

Background

News of the tour was first released in January 2013,[4] with stops planned for China (known as the 20th Anniversary Tour).[5] Since the initial announcement, the band received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and released the trailer for their upcoming documentary.[6] In May 2013, band member Nick Carter called in to On Air with Ryan Seacrest to state the band were planning a North American tour, alongside their album release.[7] The band officially announced the tour on Good Morning America.[8] According to band member AJ McLean, the concerts will have a theatrical feel, performed as a mini-movie.[9] They will perform their notable songs and tracks from their new album. Fatima Robinson and Rich+Tone will serve as choreographers.[9]

On March 14, 2014, Backstreet Boys appeared via satellite on Good Morning America from Norway, to announce the second North American leg.[10] Avril Lavigne was opening act for the US dates.[10]

Chicago incident

The sold-out show at the FirstMerit Bank Pavilion was cut short due to the city's curfew. Towards the end of the show, with 5 songs left, the group's microphones were turned off and lights were cut. According to a statement by Live Nation, the concert started late and they hoped to finish by the curfew. However, the show was cut off at 10:55 pm, five minutes short of the curfew.[11] The group promised they would return to Chicago to give their fans a full show,[12] and they announced in 2014 that another show will be held at the same venue on June 11, 2014.[10]

Israel cancellation

In May 2014, the group announced three concert dates in Israel for July 2014. All three were sold out in an hour and a half.[13] However, in July 2014, they were forced to postpone all three shows for safety reasons due to the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict.[14] Shortly afterwards, a photo depicting an Israeli mortar shells with the words "That's for cancelling the Backstreet Boys, you scum!" inscribed on its shaft in Hebrew went viral.[15] A few days later another photo went viral, this time depicting four IDF soldiers holding signs in Hebrew which translate to "The reservists" "demand" "the Backstreet Boys" "In Israel!".[16][17] As of November 2014 the group has not commented on either photo, but they have rescheduled the shows for May 2015 at the same venue.[18]

Broadcasts and recordings

The show on October 11, 2013 in Saitama, Japan was filmed and released on DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on March 28, 2014. There are also special editions including behind-the-scene footage.[19]

Opening acts

Setlist

Typically a show of this tour consists of 22–23 songs, including an acoustic set of 4–5 songs during which the group members play instruments. Kevin Richardson plays keyboard, Brian Littrell and Nick Carter play acoustic guitar, Howie Dorough plays bass guitar, and AJ McLean plays percussion and Cajón.[30] The acoustic set starts with an a cappella rendition of "Safest Place to Hide" (replaced with "Drowning" since May 2014), and includes one wild card song that vary between shows, such as "Back to Your Heart" in Tuscaloosa,[31] "Just Want You to Know" in Amsterdam,[32] "Trust Me" in London,[33] "Siberia" in Manchester,[34] and "Just To Be Close To You" in Kuala Lumpur.[35]

The following setlist is obtained from the concert held at the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre on August 7, 2013. It is not a representation of all shows on the tour.[36]

  1. "The Call"
  2. "Don't Want You Back"
  3. "Incomplete"
  4. "Permanent Stain"
  5. "All I Have to Give"
  6. "As Long as You Love Me"
  7. "Show 'Em (What You're Made Of)"
  8. "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"
  9. "Breathe"
  10. "I'll Never Break Your Heart"
  11. "We've Got it Goin' On"
  12. "Safest Place to Hide" (a cappella)
  13. "10,000 Promises" (acoustic)
  14. "Madeleine" (acoustic)
  15. "Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)" (acoustic)
  16. "The One"
  17. "Love Somebody"
  18. "More than That"
  19. "In a World like This"
  20. "I Want It That Way"
Encore

Beginning from the second Asian leg in October 2013, "More Than That" was replaced with "Shape of My Heart". "Safest Place to Hide" was replaced with "Drowning" starting from the San Diego show in May 2014.

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Opening Act
Asia[37]
May 25, 2013 Beijing China MasterCard Center
May 28, 2013 Shanghai Shanghai Grand Stage
May 31, 2013 Chengdu Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium
June 2, 2013 Fuzhou Fujian Sports Exhibition Hall
June 6, 2013 Nanjing Wutaishan Gymnasium
June 8, 2013 Guangzhou Haixinsha Square
North America[38]
August 2, 2013 Chicago United States FirstMerit Bank Pavilion Jesse McCartney
DJ Pauly D
August 3, 2013 Maryland Heights Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 4, 2013 Toledo Huntington Center Jesse McCartney
DJ Pauly D
Baylee Littrell
August 6, 2013 Montreal Canada Bell Centre
August 7, 2013 Toronto Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
August 8, 2013 Clarkston United States DTE Energy Music Theatre
August 9, 2013 Cincinnati PNC Pavilion
August 10, 2013 Cleveland Jacobs Pavilion
August 12, 2013 Boston Bank of America Pavilion
August 13, 2013 Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
August 15, 2013 Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center
August 16, 2013 Camden Susquehanna Bank Center
August 17, 2013 Virginia Beach Farm Bureau Live
August 18, 2013 Bristow Jiffy Lube Live
August 20, 2013 Raleigh Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
August 21, 2013 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Jesse McCartney
DJ Pauly D
August 22, 2013 Atlanta Chastain Park Amphitheater
August 23, 2013 Tampa MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
August 25, 2013 West Palm Beach Cruzan Amphitheatre
August 26, 2013 Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
August 27, 2013 Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa Amphitheater
August 28, 2013 Tupelo BancorpSouth Arena
August 30, 2013 Grand Prairie Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
August 31, 2013 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Jesse McCartney
DJ Pauly D
B5
September 1, 2013 Cedar Park Cedar Park Center
September 4, 2013 Los Angeles Gibson Amphitheatre
September 5, 2013 Phoenix Comerica Theatre
September 6, 2013 Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
September 7, 2013 Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center Jesse McCartney
DJ Pauly D
Baylee Littrell
September 8, 2013 Concord Sleep Train Pavilion
September 14, 2013[A] Boston Hatch Memorial Shell
Asia (Leg 2)[39]
October 2, 2013 Nagoya Japan Nippon Gaishi Hall
October 3, 2013
October 5, 2013 Hamamatsu Hamamatsu Arena
October 7, 2013 Hiroshima Hiroshima Green Arena
October 8, 2013 Fukuoka FICC Main Hall
October 11, 2013 Saitama Saitama Super Arena
October 12, 2013
October 13, 2013
October 15, 2013 Kobe World Memorial Hall
October 16, 2013
October 17, 2013 Tokyo Tokyo International Forum
North America (Leg 2)[40]
December 4, 2013[B] Sacramento United States Ace of Spades
December 6, 2013[C] Chicago Chicago Theatre
December 8, 2013[D] St. Charles Family Arena
December 9, 2013[E] Cleveland House of Blues
December 10, 2013[F] Pittsburgh Petersen Events Center
December 13, 2013[G] Towson SECU Arena
December 14, 2013[H] Wallingford Toyota Oakdale Theatre
December 16, 2013[I] Duluth Arena at Gwinnett Center
December 17, 2013[J] Lake Buena Vista House of Blues
December 18, 2013[K] Houston Bayou Music Center
Europe[40]
February 18, 2014 Lisbon Portugal Campo Pequeno
February 19, 2014 Madrid Spain Palacio Vistalegre
February 20, 2014 Barcelona Sant Jordi Club
February 22, 2014 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum
February 23, 2014 Warsaw Poland Torwar Hall
February 24, 2014 Minsk Belarus Minsk Arena
February 26, 2014 Moscow Russia Crocus City Hall
February 27, 2014 Saint Petersburg A2 Arena
March 3, 2014 Munich Germany Olympiahalle
March 4, 2014 Berlin O2 World
March 7, 2014 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Areena
March 8, 2014 Stavanger Norway DNB Arena The Exchange
Sandra
March 9, 2014 Oslo Oslo Spektrum
March 10, 2014 Trondheim Trondheim Spektrum
March 13, 2014 Stockholm Sweden Hovet
March 14, 2014 Gothenburg Scandinavium
March 15, 2014 Copenhagen Denmark Forum Copenhagen
March 17, 2014 Oberhausen Germany König Pilsener Arena
March 18, 2014 Paris France Zénith de Paris
March 19, 2014 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
March 20, 2014 Mannheim Germany SAP Arena
March 22, 2014 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis
March 23, 2014 Hanover Germany TUI Arena
March 24, 2014 Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis
March 26, 2014 Birmingham England LG Arena
March 28, 2014 Düsseldorf Germany ISS Dome
March 29, 2014 Hamburg O2 World Hamburg
March 30, 2014 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall
April 1, 2014 Dublin Ireland The O2 The Exchange
All Saints
April 3, 2014 Glasgow Scotland SSE Hydro
April 4, 2014 London England The O2 Arena
April 5, 2014 Manchester Phones 4u Arena
North America (Leg 3)[41]
May 3, 2014 Moncton Canada Moncton Coliseum Victoria Duffield
May 4, 2014 Halifax Halifax Metro Centre
May 6, 2014 Kingston Rogers K-Rock Centre
May 7, 2014 London Budweiser Gardens
May 8, 2014 Hamilton FirstOntario Centre
May 11, 2014 Winnipeg MTS Centre
May 13, 2014 Moose Jaw Mosaic Place
May 14, 2014 Lethbridge Enmax Centre
May 16, 2014 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
May 17, 2014 Edmonton Rexall Place
May 18, 2014 Dawson Creek EnCana Events Centre
May 20, 2014 Vancouver Rogers Arena
May 22, 2014 Seattle United States WaMu Theater Avril Lavigne
May 24, 2014 Wheatland Sleep Train Amphitheatre
May 25, 2014 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre
May 28, 2014 San Diego Viejas Arena
May 29, 2014 Inglewood The Forum
May 30, 2014 Las Vegas The AXIS
May 31, 2014
June 2, 2014 Albuquerque Isleta Amphitheater
June 4, 2014 Corpus Christi American Bank Center Arena
June 5, 2014 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
June 6, 2014 Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena
June 7, 2014 Kansas City Starlight Theatre
June 9, 2014 Omaha CenturyLink Center
June 10, 2014 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center
June 11, 2014 Chicago FirstMerit Bank Pavilion
June 13, 2014 Noblesville Klipsch Music Center
June 14, 2014 Burgettstown First Niagara Pavilion
June 15, 2014 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
June 17, 2014 Clarkston DTE Energy Music Theatre
June 18, 2014 Darien Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
June 20, 2014 Mansfield Xfinity Center
June 21, 2014 Camden Susquehana Bank Center
June 22, 2014 Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Europe (Leg 2)[42]
June 29, 2014[L] Ipswich England Chantry Park
July 6, 2014[M] London Hyde Park
July 9, 2014[N] Aalborg Denmark Skovdalen
July 10, 2014 Ballerup Ballerup Super Arena
July 11, 2014[O] Kristiansand Norway Bendiksbukta
July 12, 2014[P] Fredrikstad Kongsten Fort
July 15, 2014 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
July 17, 2014[Q] Zürich Switzerland Dolder Grand
July 18, 2014[R] Locarno Piazza Grande
July 20, 2014 Ostend Belgium Ostend Beach
July 22, 2014 Cattolica Italy Arena della Regina
July 23, 2014[T] Lucca Piazza Napoleone
July 27, 2014 Gdańsk Poland Ergo Arena
Asia (Leg 3)[43]
April 16, 2015 Wuhan China Hongshan Gymnasium
April 18, 2015 Beijing MasterCard Center
April 19, 2015 Dalian Zhongsheng Center
April 22, 2015 Kowloon Hong Kong Star Hall
April 23, 2015
April 24, 2015 Cotai Macau Cotai Arena
April 26, 2015 Chongqing China International Convention & Exhibition Center
April 28, 2015 Shanghai Shanghai Indoor Stadium
April 30, 2015 Taipei Taiwan University of Taipei Gymnasium
May 2, 2015 Singapore The Star Performing Arts Centre
May 3, 2015 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Stadium Negara
May 5, 2015 Pasay Philippines Mall of Asia Arena
May 6, 2015 Bangkok Thailand Impact Arena
Oceania[44]
May 8, 2015 Melbourne Australia Rod Laver Arena
May 9, 2015 Sydney Allphones Arena
May 10, 2015 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre
May 12, 2015 Auckland New Zealand Vector Arena
May 15, 2015 Perth Australia Perth Arena
Middle East[45]
May 19, 2015 Ra'anana Israel Ra'anana Amphitheater
May 20, 2015
May 21, 2015
Latin America[46]
June 6, 2015 Recife Brazil Chevrolet Hall
June 8, 2015 Rio de Janeiro Citibank Hall
June 9, 2015 Belo Horizonte Chevrolet Hall
June 11, 2015 Rio de Janeiro Citibank Hall
June 12, 2015 São Paulo Citibank Hall
June 13, 2015
June 14, 2015
June 15, 2015 Porto Alegre Pepsi on Stage
June 17, 2015 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio Luna Park
June 19, 2015 Santiago Chile Movistar Arena
June 22, 2015 Mexico City Mexico Auditorio Nacional
June 23, 2015
June 24, 2015
June 25, 2015
June 27, 2015 Zapopan Telmex Auditorium
June 28, 2015 Monterrey Auditorio Banamex
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A This concert was a part of "Mixfest"[47]
B This concert was a part of the "Santa Slam"
C This concert was a part of the "Miracle on State Street"[48]
D This concert was a part of the "Mistletoe Show"[49]
E This concert was a part of the "Holiday Ho Show"[50]
F This concert was a part of "O Starry Night"[51]
G This concert was a part of the "Mistletoe Meltdown"
H This concert was a part of the "All Star Christmas"
I This concert was a part of "Jingle Jam"[52]
J This concert was a part of "All I Want for Christmas"
K This concert was a part of "T'was the Week before Christmas"[53]
L This concert was a part of the "East Coast Live"[54]
M This concert was a part of the "Barclaycard British Summer Time Festival"[55]
N This concert was a part of the "Skovrock"[56]
O This concert was a part of the "Odderøya Live"[57]
P This concert was a part of the "Tall Ships Races"[58]
Q This concert was a part of the "Live at Sunset"[59]
R This concert was a part of the "Moon and Stars"[60]
S This concert was a part of the "Lucca Summer Festival"[61]
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
May 26, 2013 Shenzhen, China Shenzhen Bay Sports Center Gymnasium Cancelled
August 4, 2013 Toledo Toledo Zoo Amphitheater Moved to the Huntington Center[62]
June 27, 2014 Liverpool, England Echo Arena Liverpool Cancelled.[citation needed] This concert was set to be a part of a live event titled "Pop Across the Mersey" featuring also Blue, Westlife’s Kian Egan, and Czech girl group 5Angels.[63]
June 28, 2014 Weston-super-Mare, England Weston-super-Mare Beach Cancelled. This concert was a part of the "South West Live"[64]
July 19, 2014 Essen, Germany Stadion Essen Cancelled[65]
July 25, 2014 Berlin, Germany Waldbühne Cancelled[65]
July 26, 2014 Leipzig, Germany Völkerschlachtdenkmal Cancelled[65]
July 29, 2014 Ra'anana, Israel Ra'anana Amphitheater Rescheduled to May 19, 2015[66]
July 30, 2014 Ra'anana, Israel Ra'anana Amphitheater Rescheduled to May 20, 2015[66]
July 31, 2014 Ra'anana, Israel Ra'anana Amphitheater Rescheduled to May 21, 2015[66]

Box office score data

Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue
Bell Centre Montreal 18,000 / 18,000 (100%) $837,911[67]
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville 6,717 / 6,717 (100%) $217,507[68]
Tuscaloosa Amphitheater Tuscaloosa 6,484 / 6,484 (100%) $264,289[69]
Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie Grand Prairie 5,402 / 6,157 (88%) $309,423[70]
O2 World Berlin 10,059 / 12,575 (80%) $640,162[71]
Hallenstadion Zürich 10,059 / 13,000 (77%) $686,695[72]
Sportpaleis Antwerp 12,466 / 14,129 (88%) $829,556[73]
O2 World Hamburg Hamburg 8,152 / 8,152 (100%) $503,925[74]
The O2 Arena London 15,096 / 15,504 (97%) $877,687[71]
Phones 4u Arena Manchester 10,814 / 10,814 (100%) $552,924[75]
Moncton Coliseum Moncton 4,770 / 4,770 (100%) $254,490[76]
Halifax Metro Centre Halifax 7,340 / 7,340 (100%) $378,819[76]
Rogers K-Rock Centre Kingston 4,346 / 4,346 (100%) $290,565[77]
Budweiser Gardens London 5,321 / 6,293 (84%) $361,503[78]
FirstOntario Centre Hamilton 7,722 / 9,295 (83%) $502,815[79]
The Forum Inglewood 9,310 / 10,287 (90%) $422,260[75]
The AXIS Las Vegas 5,976 / 9,594 (62%) $474,874[80]
DTE Energy Music Theatre Clarkston 13,708 / 14,530 (94%) $419,043[79]
Rod Laver Arena Melbourne 11,149 / 11,149 (100%) $878,745
Allphones Arena Sydney 12,960 / 12,960 (100%) $1,034,270[79]
Brisbane Entertainment Centre Brisbane 6,708 / 6,708 (100%) $521,933
Auditorio Nacional Mexico City 37,786 / 38,378 (98%) $1,958,071
Auditorio Telmex Guadalajara 7,800 / 8,135 (96%) $436,565
Auditorio Banamex Monterrey 6,190 / 6,770 (91%) $423,148
TOTAL 244,335 / 262,535 (93%) $14,077,177

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