This Is Why Tour

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 March 2, 2023, in Lima, Peru, and concluded on November 30, 2023, in Melbourne, Australia; comprising 49 dates. Elke, Bloc Party, Rozi Plain, Foals, The Linda Lindas, Genesis Owusu and Remi Wolf served as supporting acts on the tour.

This Is Why Tour

World tour by Paramore
Promotional poster for the 2023 North American leg
Location	North America South America Europe Oceania
Associated album	This Is Why
Start date	October 2, 2022
End date	November 30, 2023
Legs	4
No. of shows	49
Supporting acts	Bloc Party Rozi Plain Foals The Linda Lindas Genesis Owusu Remi Wolf
Paramore concert chronology

Background and development

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 "This Is Why", Paramore promoted the upcoming album with theater performances across the United States and headlining slots at the Austin City Limits and When We Were Young festivals.^[10][11][12] On October 10, 2022, the band announced they would go on tour, starting in March 2023, with shows in South America and Europe.^[13][14] A month later, Paramore announced a North American leg, supported by various acts such as Bloc Party, Foals, The Linda Lindas and Genesis Owusu.^[15] An Oceanic leg was announced on June 26, 2023.^[16]

Critical reception

Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos gave the tour a positive review, saying it "proved that the best is yet to come" for the band.^[17]

Set list

South America

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"

Europe

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 (The Heat Goes On)" and "Heart of Glass")
7. "Caught in the Middle"
8. "Ain't It Fun"
9. "Liar"
10. "Crystal Clear"
11. "Decode"
12. "Still Into You"
13. "Rose-Colored Boy" (contains elements of "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)]]" and "Genius of Love")
14. "Baby"
15. "Last Hope"
16. "I Caught Myself"
17. "All I Wanted"
18. "Misery Business"
19. "Crave"

    Encore

20. "The Only Exception"
21. "This Is Why"

North America

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)" and "Genius of Love")
7. "Running Out of Time"
8. "Decode"
9. "Last Hope"
10. "Big Man, Little Dignity"
11. "Liar"
12. "Crystal Clear"
13. "Hard Times" (contains elements of "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" and "Heart of Glass")
14. "Told You So"
15. "Figure 8"
16. "The Only Exception"
17. "Baby"
18. "Crave"
19. "Misery Business"
20. "Ain't It Fun"

    Encore

21. "Still Into You"
22. "This Is Why"

Oceania

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)" and "Genius of Love")
7. "Running Out of Time"
8. "Decode"
9. "Last Hope"
10. "Thick Skull"
11. "Hard Times" (contains elements of "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" and "Heart of Glass")
12. "Crystal Clear"
13. "Figure 8"
14. "The Only Exception"
15. "Crave"
16. "Baby"
17. "Misery Business"
18. "Ain't It Fun"

    Encore

19. "Still Into You"
20. "This Is Why"

Notes

• "Caught in the Middle" was added to the set list on March 5.
• During the concert in Bogotá, elements of Shakira's "She Wolf" were incorporated into the performed of "Told You So".
• Starting on April 13, elements of "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" by Talking Heads were incorporated in the performance of "Hard Times".
• During the concert in Dublin, Hayley Williams covered "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac.
• During the concert in Cardiff, Williams covered "what can you say" by Adrianne Lenker.
• During the concert in Glasgow, Williams covered "Rip It Up" by Orange Juice.
• "Misguided Ghosts" was performed in Manchester.
• "26" was performed in Birmingham.
• During the second London concert, Paramore was joined onstage by Kele Okereke to perform "Blue Light".
• During the second New York City concert, Paramore was joined onstage by Lil Uzi Vert to perform "Misery Business".
• During the encore of the first Inglewood concert, Paramore was joined onstage by Billie Eilish to perform "All I Wanted".
• During the second Inglewood concert, Paramore was joined onstage by Bethany Cosentino and Rico Nasty to perform "Big Man, Little Dignity" and "Misery Business", respectively.
• "Told You So" was cut from the set list on July 29.

Shows

List of 2023 concerts

Date (2023)	City	Country	Venue	Opening act(s)	Attendance[citation needed]	Gross[citation needed]
March 2	Lima	Peru	Estadio Universidad San Marcos	Elke	21,116 / 24,499	$1,692,474
March 5	Santiago	Chile	Movistar Arena		16,594 / 16,594	$1,212,960
March 7	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Movistar Arena		10,483 / 12,305	$701,095
March 9	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Qualistage		8,101 / 8,101	$591,702
March 11	São Paulo		Centro Esportivo Tiete		36,132 / 36,132	$2,894,867
March 12
March 14	Bogotá	Colombia	Movistar Arena		12,315 / 12,315	$653,919
April 13	Dublin	Ireland	3Arena	Bloc Party Rozi Plain	12,605 / 12,605	$958,486
April 15	Cardiff	Wales	Cardiff International Arena		7,395 / 7,395	$569,605
April 17	Glasgow	Scotland	OVO Hydro		14,008 / 14,008	$995,304
April 18	Manchester	England	AO Arena		15,316 / 15,316	$1,183,157
April 20	London		The O2 Arena		36,000 / 36,000[a]	$3,092,265[b]
April 22	Birmingham		Utilita Arena		14,911 / 14,911	$1,181,520
April 23	London		The O2 Arena		[c]	[d]
May 20[e]	Gulf Shores	United States	Hangout Music Festival	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
May 23	Charlotte		Spectrum Center	Bloc Party Genesis Owusu	14,679 / 14,679	$1,254,202
May 25	Atlanta		State Farm Arena		11,630 / 11,630	$1,133,447
May 27[f]	Atlantic City		Atlantic City Beach	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
May 28[g]	Boston		Harvard Stadium
May 30	New York City		Madison Square Garden	Bloc Party Genesis Owusu	27,616 / 27,616	$3,102,129
May 31
June 2	Washington, D.C.		Capital One Arena		13,947 / 13,947	$1,448,355
June 4	Cleveland		Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse		10,888 / 10,888	$1,013,784
June 5	Indianapolis		Gainbridge Fieldhouse		12,006 / 12,006	$981,558
June 7	Detroit		Little Caesars Arena		13,306 / 13,306	$1,290,946
June 8	Toronto	Canada	Scotiabank Arena		14,500 / 14,500	$1,078,432
June 10	Columbus	United States	Schottenstein Center		13,185 / 13,185	$1,096,590
June 11	Pittsburgh		PPG Paints Arena		13,498 / 13,498	$1,136,748
June 13	Orlando		Amway Center		13,512 / 13,512	$1,297,118
June 14	Hollywood		Hard Rock Live		6,705 / 6,705	$745,957
June 18[h]	Manchester		Great Stage Park	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
July 6	New Orleans		Smoothie King Center	Foals The Linda Lindas	12,618 / 12,618	$994,103
July 8	Fort Worth		Dickies Arena		11,165 / 11,165	$1,160,869
July 9	Austin		Moody Center		12,262 / 12,262	$1,297,850
July 11	Houston		Toyota Center		12,234 / 12,234	$1,155,830
July 13	Denver		Ball Arena		13,324 / 13,324	$1,316,045
July 15	Thousand Palms		Acrisure Arena		9,954 / 9,954	$1,133,420
July 16	San Diego		Viejas Arena		9,447 / 9,447	$1,174,914
July 19	Inglewood[i]		Kia Forum		28,968 / 28,968	$3,345,439
July 20
July 29	Tulsa		BOK Center		12,003 / 12,003	$1,021,371
July 30	St. Louis		Enterprise Center		12,993 / 12,993	$1,128,722
August 1	Milwaukee		Fiserv Forum		11,914 / 11,914	$1,073,453
August 2	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center		14,090 / 14,090	$1,125,035
August 7[j]	San Francisco		Chase Center		13,651 / 13,651	$1,485,423
August 9[k]	Seattle		Climate Pledge Arena		14,707 / 14,707	$1,468,932
November 18	Auckland	New Zealand	Spark Arena	Remi Wolf	10,309 / 10,745	$779,999
November 22	Brisbane	Australia	Brisbane Entertainment Center		22,148 / 22,148	$1,856,876
November 23
November 25	Sydney		The Domain		26,283 / 26,283	$2,243,828
November 27	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena		41,079 / 41,079	$3,717,120
November 28
November 30
Total					654,586 / 660,227 (100%)	$58,785,849

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
August 10, 2023[l]	Portland	United States	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Illness
August 13, 2023[m]	Salt Lake City		Delta Center
January 13, 2024	Anaheim		Honda Center	Unforeseen circumstances[22]
March 17, 2024[n]	Mexico City	Mexico	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
March 21, 2024[o]	Bogotá	Colombia	Simón Bolívar Park
March 24, 2024[p]	São Paulo	Brazil	Autódromo de Interlagos

Notes

1. The box office data is representative of the two shows at O2 Arena on 20 and 23 April respectively.
2. The box office data is representative of the two shows at O2 Arena on 20 and 23 April respectively.
3. The box office data is representative of the two shows at O2 Arena on 20 and 23 April respectively.
4. The box office data is representative of the two shows at O2 Arena on 20 and 23 April respectively.
5. The concert on May 20, 2023 at the East Beach Boulevard in Gulf Shores is a part of Hangout Music Festival.^[18]
6. The concert on May 27, 2023 at the Atlantic City Beach in Atlantic City is a part of Adjacent Festival.^[19]
7. The concert on May 28, 2023 at the Harvard Stadium in Boston is a part of Boston Calling Music Festival.^[20]
8. The concert on June 18, 2023 at the Great Stage Park in Manchester is a part of Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival.^[21]
9. Billed as Los Angeles.
10. Rescheduled from July 22, due to illness.
11. Rescheduled from July 24, due to illness.
12. Originally July 25, 2023.
13. Originally July 27, 2023.
14. Part of Vive Latino.
15. Intended to be part of Festival Estéreo Picnic.
16. Intended to be part of Lollapalooza.