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 October 2, 2022 in Bakersfield, California, before the release of the album, with several shows throughout North America, Europe, and Latin America. Elke, 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.

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	71
Supporting act(s)	Bloc Party Rozi Plain Foals The Linda Lindas Genesis Owusu Claud 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 the lead single off their new album, Paramore announced the first leg of the This Is Why Tour, which would begin 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] On 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

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

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

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and opening acts.

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act(s)	Attendance[citation needed]	Gross[citation needed]
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					—	—
Total					—	—

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason	Ref.
October 22, 2022[m]	Las Vegas	United States	Las Vegas Festival Grounds	Storm	[25]
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.	—
January 13, 2024	Anaheim		Honda Center	Unforeseen circumstances	[26]
March 17, 2024	Mexico City	Mexico	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
March 21, 2024	Bogotá	Colombia	Simón Bolívar Park
March 24, 2024	São Paulo	Brazil	Autódromo de Interlagos

Notes

1. The concerts on October 9 and 16, 2022 at the Zilker Park in Austin are a part of Austin City Limits Music Festival.^[17]
2. 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.^[18]
3. The concert on November 19, 2022 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico is a part of Corona Capital Festival.^[19]
4. The concert on February 9, 2023 at the Footprint Center in Phoenix is a part of Super Bowl LVII Music Fest.^[20]
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.^[21]
10. The concert on May 27, 2023 at the Atlantic City Beach in Atlantic City is a part of Adjacent Festival.^[22]
11. The concert on May 28, 2023 at the Harvard Stadium in Boston is a part of Boston Calling Music Festival.^[23]
12. The concert on June 18, 2023 at the Great Stage Park in Manchester is a part of Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival.^[24]
13. This concert would have been part of When We Were Young Festival.