The On The Road Again Tour was the fourth headlining

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and second all-stadium tour by English-Irish boy band

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, in support of their fourth studio album, ''

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'' (2014). The tour began on 7 February 2015 in

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and ended on 31 October 2015 in

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. The tour grossed $208 million from 77 shows, selling over 2.3 million tickets. It became the second highest-grossing concert tour of 2015, only behind

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. Less than two months into the tour,

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left the band. His last performance with the group was in

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on 18 March. The group continued touring as a foursome and began recording new material that was released in the second half of the year. This was One Direction's last tour before a hiatus began in 2016.

Background

The tour was announced on the Australian

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program ''

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'' on 18 May 2014. The group made their debut performance in some countries on this tour. On 19 January 2015, it was announced that Australian pop singer

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would be the opening act for the Australian shows, alongside

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. On 19 March 2015,

announced his decision to exit the tour, citing "stress". Six days later, on 25 March, the band announced Malik's decision to permanently exit the group, citing his desire to live a "normal 22-year old life" and that the remaining members would continue as a four-piece group. In a statement, they said: On 1 June 2015, the North American tour was officially announced as a part of 14th Annual

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Set list

This set list is representative of the show on 7 February 2015 in

. All the Way to

on 31 October 2015 It is not intended to represent all shows from the tour. #"Clouds" #"

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" #"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" #"

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" #" Kiss You" #"Fireproof" #"Ready to Run" #"Happily" #" Strong" #"Better Than Words" #"Don't Forget Where You Belong" #" Little Things" #" Night Changes" #"18" #"Alive" #"Drag Me Down" #" Diana" #" One Thing" #"No Control" #"

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" #"Through the Dark" #"Girl Almighty" #"Perfect" #" Story of My Life" #" You & I" #"Act My Age" #"Little White Lies" #"Little Black Dress" #"Stockholm Syndrome" ;Encore #

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Shows

Cancelled shows

Notes

References

External links

Tour announcement
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