The Brightside World Tour
was the fourth concert tour by American folk rock band
The Lumineers
The Lumineers are an American alternative folk band based in Denver, Colorado. The founding members are Wesley Schultz (lead vocals, guitar) and Jeremiah Fraites (drums, percussion, piano). Schultz and Fraites began writing and performing toge ...
, in support of their fourth studio album, ''
Brightside'' (2022). The tour began on February 24, 2022, in Nottingham, and concluded on September 3, 2022, in Chicago.
Background
On May 20, 2021, the band first announced tour dates in Europe for early 2022. These dates were originally announced as a standalone leg before ''Brightside'' was first announced. On February 8, 2022, the band then officially announced the Brightside World Tour, making the European leg now part of the tour, along with announcing North American dates for summer 2022. The tour was set to begin on February 1, 2022, in Prague, but instead began on February 24, 2022, in Nottingham due to ongoing concerns of the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. Several shows from this tour were rescheduled from
III: The World Tour back in 2020. Tickets from the postponed III: The World Tour dates were honored at the new dates for this tour.
Tour dates
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References
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2022 concert tours
The Lumineers