The Salute Tour was the second concert tour held by British girl group Little Mix, in support of their second studio album, Salute. The tour began on 16 May 2014, in Birmingham, England, and ended on 27 July 2014 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.

Salute Tour
Continental tour by Little Mix
Promotional poster for the tour
LocationEurope and United States
Associated albumSalute
Start date16 May 2014 (2014-05-16)
End date27 July 2014 (2014-07-27)
Legs1
No. of shows20
Box office$10.6 million
Little Mix concert chronology

The Salute Tour marked the first time that the group would headlined arenas on selected dates. The tour consisted of 20 sold-out shows across the United Kingdom and Ireland and grossed over $10.6 million. The group was also scheduled to expand their tour in North America starting in Boca Raton, Florida and would conclude in Toronto, Canada. However, in July 2014, the North American leg of the tour was later cancelled so the group could work on their third album.

Background

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The tour was officially announced on 2 December 2013 through the band's Twitter and tickets were available starting 6 December 2013.[1][2]

Due to overwhelming demand, second dates were added at the Glasgow Clyde Auditorium and the Cardiff Motorpoint Arena in December 2013.[3] Also, due to exceptional public demand, the Manchester venue was upgraded from the O2 Apollo Manchester to the Manchester Arena. The Nottingham show was also relocated from the Nottingham Royal Concert Hall on 5 June, to the Capital FM Arena on 28 May.[3]

A North America leg of the tour was announced on 21 April 2014, with general public tickets going on sale 26 April 2014 and pre sale beginning 23 April 2014.[4]

On 4 July 2014, Little Mix released a statement on their website, indicating the cancellation of the then-upcoming North American leg of the tour, due to wanting to be in the process of the creation of their third album.[5]

Supporting acts

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  • M.O[6][7] (UK and Ireland)
  • HRVY (UK and Ireland)
  • NVS (UK and Ireland)

Setlist

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Act 1
  1. "Salute"
  2. "Nothing Feels Like You"
  3. "About The Boy"
  4. "Change Your Life"
  5. "Dark Horse" (Katy Perry cover)
Act 2
  1. "A Different Beat"
  2. "How Ya Doin'?"
  3. "Mr Loverboy"
  4. "Boy"
  5. "Towers"
  6. "Competition"
  7. "Word Up!"
Act 3
  1. "DNA"
  2. "Stand Down"
  3. "Talk Dirty / Can't Hold Us" (contains excerpts of "Niggas in Paris" and "Run the World (Girls)")
  4. "Little Me"
  5. "Move"
Encore
  1. "Good Enough"
  2. "Wings"

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue Attendance Box Office
United Kingdom and Ireland[8]
16 May 2014 Birmingham England LG Arena 15,700 / 15,700 $589,514
17 May 2014 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena 11,000 / 11,000 $373,874
19 May 2014 Edinburgh Scotland Usher Hall 2,200 / 2,200 $171,031
20 May 2014 Glasgow Clyde Auditorium 6,600 / 6,600 $753,824
21 May 2014
23 May 2014 Liverpool England Echo Arena Liverpool 11,000 / 11,000 $370,043
24 May 2014 Sheffield Motorpoint Arena Sheffield 13,500 / 13,500 $986,660
25 May 2014 London The O2 Arena 20,000 / 20,000 $1,772,257
27 May 2014 Manchester Phones 4u Arena 14,060 / 14,060 $1,549,746
28 May 2014 Nottingham Capital FM Arena 10,000 / 10,000 $887,302
30 May 2014 Plymouth Plymouth Pavilions 4,000 / 4,000 $201,113
31 May 2014 Cardiff Wales Motorpoint Arena Cardiff 7,500 / 7,500 $388,488
2 June 2014 Blackpool England Blackpool Opera House 2,920/ 2,920 $109,560
4 June 2014 Bournemouth Windsor Hall 6,500 / 6,500 $254,150
5 June 2014 Cardiff Wales Motorpoint Arena Cardiff 7,500 / 7,500 $403,787
6 June 2014 Brighton England Brighton Centre 3,762 / 3,762 $147,094
8 June 2014 Dublin Ireland The O2, Dublin 9,500 / 9,500 $684,934
9 June 2014 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena 11,058 / 11,058 $1,379,001
26 July 2014 Isle of Wight England Osborne House
27 July 2014 Scarborough Scarborough Open Air Theatre
TOTAL 370,058 /370,058 (100%) $8,625,466

Cancelled shows

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List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation
Date City Country Venue Reason
10 September 2014 Boca Raton United States Mizner Park Amphitheater Recording third studio album, Get Weird[5]
12 September 2014 Orlando House of Blues
13 September 2014 Atlanta Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood
14 September 2014 Nashville Ryman Auditorium
16 September 2014 Grand Prairie Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
17 September 2014 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
19 September 2014 Phoenix Ak-Chin Pavilion
22 September 2014 Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl
23 September 2014 San Jose City National Civic
26 September 2014 St. Louis The Muny
27 September 2014 Rosemont Rosemont Theatre
28 September 2014 Detroit The Fillmore Detroit
30 September 2014 Charlotte PNC Music Pavilion
2 October 2014 Montclair Wellmont Theatre
3 October 2014 New York City JBL Live at Pier 97
4 October 2014 Wallingford Toyota Oakdale Theatre
6 October 2014 Boston Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
8 October 2014 Upper Darby Township Tower Theater
9 October 2014 Silver Spring The Fillmore Silver Spring
11 October 2014 Toronto Canada Sound Academy

References

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  1. ^ Nassim, Mayer (2 December 2013). "Little Mix announce UK arena tour for May, June". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Little Mix announce 'Salute' UK tour for 2014". Sugarscape. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  3. ^ a b "LITTLE MIX ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL DATES PLUS VENUE CHANGES DUE TO DEMAND!". Gigs and Tours. Archived from the original on 28 April 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Little Mix To Headline North American 'Salute' Tour — Get All The Details Here!". TeenInfoNet. 22 April 2014. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Important Message For Our US Mixers – Little Mix – News". Little-Mix.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  6. ^ "Little Mix announce M.O as UK Salute Tour Support Act". Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  7. ^ "M.O confirmed as Little Mix tour support & Perrie Edwards gets X Factor nostalgia". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  8. ^ "Events". Little-mix.com. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2013.