The Special Tour

The Special Tour was the third concert tour and first arena 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. ”Rumors”
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 Gay”
18. ”Water Me”
19. ”Coldplay”
20. ”Truth Hurts”
21. ”I Love You Bitch
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. ”Rumors”
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 Bitch
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 Atlanta, Stacey Abrams joined Latto on-stage in support of her 2022 gubernatorial campaign.^[6]
• During the show in Knoxville, several drag queens including Aquaria, Kandy Muse, Asia O'Hara and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo joined Lizzo onstage to perform "Everybody's Gay", in protest of the controversial Tennessee anti-drag law.^[7]
• During the show in Phoenix, Lizzo performed a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Proud Mary".^[8]

Shows

List of concerts^[9]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act(s)	Attendance	Revenue
September 23, 2022	Sunrise	United States	FLA Live Arena	Latto Saucy Santana	8,020 / 8,020	$819,088
September 24, 2022	Tampa		Amalie Arena	Saucy Santana	11,434 / 11,434	$1,125,873
September 27, 2022	Washington, D.C.		Capital One Arena	Latto	13,163 / 13,163	$1,629,345
September 29, 2022	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center	Latto Saucy Santana	12,023 / 12,023	$1,383,197
September 30, 2022	Boston		TD Garden	Latto	12,787 / 12,787	$1,658,272
October 2, 2022	New York City		Madison Square Garden		23,875 / 23,875	$2,996,293
October 3, 2022
October 6, 2022	Detroit		Little Caesars Arena	Latto Saucy Santana	11,444 / 11,444	$1,435,945
October 7, 2022	Toronto	Canada	Scotiabank Arena	Latto	12,249 / 12,249	$1,308,924
October 11, 2022	Saint Paul	United States	Xcel Energy Center		14,389 / 14,389	$1,600,312
October 14, 2022	Kansas City		T-Mobile Center		13,152 / 13,152	$1,408,931
October 16, 2022	Chicago		United Center		14,598 / 14,598	$1,846,297
October 18, 2022	Indianapolis		Gainbridge Fieldhouse	Latto Saucy Santana	10,779 / 10,779	$1,048,144
October 20, 2022	Charlotte		Spectrum Center	Latto	13,246 / 13,246	$1,385,470
October 22, 2022	Atlanta		State Farm Arena		11,650 / 11,650	$1,359,408
October 23, 2022	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena		13,449 / 13,449	$1,308,849
October 25, 2022	Austin		Moody Center		11,435 / 11,435	$1,427,279
October 26, 2022	Houston		Toyota Center	Latto Saucy Santana	10,363 / 10,363	$1,052,961
October 28, 2022	Dallas		American Airlines Center	Latto	12,799 / 12,799	$1,468,801
October 31, 2022	Denver		Ball Arena		12,785 / 12,785	$1,394,224
November 2, 2022	Salt Lake City		Vivint Arena		11,560 / 11,560	$1,242,619
November 4, 2022	Portland		Moda Center		27,228 / 27,228[a]	$2,901,684[a]
November 7, 2022	Vancouver	Canada	Rogers Arena		11,700 / 11,700	$1,128,998
November 9, 2022	Seattle	United States	Climate Pledge Arena		14,669 / 14,669	$1,806,437
November 10, 2022	Portland		Moda Center		—[a]	—[a]
November 12, 2022	San Francisco		Chase Center		13,357 / 13,357	$1,590,387
November 18, 2022	Inglewood[b]		Kia Forum		26,350 / 26,350	$3,154,782
November 19, 2022
February 17, 2023	Oslo	Norway	Spektrum	Bree Runway	8,957 / 8,957	$505,414
February 18, 2023	Copenhagen	Denmark	Royal Arena		12,194 / 12,194	$782,080
February 20, 2023	Hamburg	Germany	Barclays Arena		4,856 / 7,167	$325,003
February 23, 2023	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome		16,069 / 16,069	$1,044,946
February 24, 2023	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis		10,677 / 11,305	$626,180
February 27, 2023	Cologne	Germany	Lanxess Arena		6,881 / 8,779	$479,918
February 28, 2023	Berlin		Mercedes-Benz Arena		8,864 / 10,081	$558,338
March 2, 2023	Assago[c]	Italy	Mediolanum Forum		9,008 / 10,299	$553,141
March 3, 2023	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion		7,236 / 9,678	$544,830
March 5, 2023	Paris	France	Accor Arena		12,000 / 13,619	$793,445
March 8, 2023	Glasgow	Scotland	OVO Hydro	Joy Crookes	13,851 / 13,851	$1,192,414
March 9, 2023	Birmingham	England	Utilita Arena		14,457 / 14,457	$1,192,074
March 11, 2023	Manchester		AO Arena		15,545 / 15,545	$1,230,558
March 13, 2023	Dublin	Ireland	3Arena		12,264 / 12,264	$913,469
March 15, 2023	London	England	The O2 Arena		34,765 / 34,765	$2,767,434
March 16, 2023
April 21, 2023	Knoxville	United States	Thompson-Boling Arena	Latto	13,700 / 13,700	$1,336,022
April 22, 2023	Lexington		Rupp Arena		13,891 / 13,891	$1,487,420
April 24, 2023	Memphis		FedEx Forum		9,063 / 10,708	$841,371
April 25, 2023	St. Louis		Enterprise Center		11,628 / 11,628	$1,215,789
April 28, 2023[d]	New Orleans		Fair Grounds Race Course	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
May 9, 2023	Baltimore		CFG Bank Arena	Latto	12,153 / 12,153	$1,287,412
May 10, 2023	Raleigh		PNC Arena		13,416 / 13,416	$1,611,440
May 12, 2023	Cleveland		Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse		12,953 / 14,419	$1,378,779
May 13, 2023	Pittsburgh		PPG Paints Arena		13,931 / 13,931	$1,585,622
May 16, 2023	Milwaukee		Fiserv Forum		12,210 / 12,210	$1,238,629
May 17, 2023	Chicago		United Center		13,614 / 13,614	$1,550,660
May 19, 2023	Omaha		CHI Health Center Omaha		13,385 / 13,385	$1,408,975
May 20, 2023	Tulsa		BOK Center		12,010 / 12,010	$1,324,392
May 24, 2023	Phoenix		Footprint Center		11,699 / 11,699	$1,328,452
May 25, 2023	San Diego		Viejas Arena		8,879 / 8,879	$1,090,577
May 28, 2023	Sacramento		Golden 1 Center		12,078 / 12,078	$1,540,120
June 2, 2023	Thousand Palms[e]		Acrisure Arena		9,522 / 9,522	$1,144,192
June 11, 2023	Montreal	Canada	Bell Centre		11,359 / 11,359	$1,039,301
June 13, 2023	Hartford	United States	XL Center		10,944 / 11,893	$1,181,899
June 22, 2023[f]	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Ormeau Park	Tinashe[10]	—N/a	—N/a
June 24, 2023[g]	Pilton	England	Worthy Farm	—N/a
June 28, 2023[h]	Gdynia	Poland	Gdynia-Kosakowo Airport
June 30, 2023[i]	Stockholm	Sweden	Gärdet
July 1, 2023[j]	Roskilde	Denmark	Roskilde Dyrskueplads
July 6, 2023[k]	Madrid	Spain	Espacio Mad Cool Villaverde
July 7, 2023[l]	Lisbon	Portugal	Passeio Marítimo de Algés
July 9, 2023[m]	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Rotterdam Ahoy
July 14, 2023	Perth	Australia	RAC Arena	Tkay Maidza	14,592 / 15,441	$1,490,180
July 17, 2023	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena		26,146 / 26,146	$1,899,204
July 18, 2023
July 21, 2023[n]	Byron Bay		North Byron Parklands	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
July 23, 2023	Sydney		Qudos Bank Arena	Tkay Maidza	29,067 / 31,450	$3,031,143
July 24, 2023
July 26, 2023	Auckland	New Zealand	Spark Arena		11,511 / 11,511	$674,981
July 30, 2023[o]	Niigata	Japan	Naeba Ski Resort	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
Total					796,222 / 814,920 (97%)	$83,678,324

Cancelled dates

List of cancelled concerts

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
July 3, 2023[p]	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Luxexpo The Box	Unknown[11]

Notes

1. Attendance and box score combined for both Portland concerts.
2. Billed as Los Angeles.
3. Billed as Milan.
4. Part of New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
5. Billed as Palm Springs.
6. Part of the Belsonic.
7. Part of the Glastonbury Festival 2023.
8. Part of the Open'er Festival.
9. Part of Lollapalooza Stockholm.
10. Part of the Roskilde Festival.
11. Part of the Mad Cool festival.
12. Part of the NOS Live festival.
13. Part of the North Sea Jazz Festival.
14. Part of Splendour in the Grass.
15. Part of Fuji Rock Festival.
16. Part of Luxexpo Open Air concert series.