Take Me Home Tour (One Direction)
2013 concert tour by One Direction / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Take Me Home Tour[2] was the second headlining concert tour by English-Irish boy band One Direction, in support of their second studio album, Take Me Home (2012).[3][4] The tour began on 23 February 2013 in London, England, and concluded on 3 November 2013 in Chiba, Japan. It was announced by member Liam Payne at the BRIT Awards in early 2012, originally billed as the UK & Ireland Arena Tour. In mid-2012, the tour expanded to include North America and Australia following the band's international breakthrough. The tour was documented in the film One Direction: This Is Us directed by Morgan Spurlock.[5]
Tour by One Direction | |
Associated album | Take Me Home |
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Start date | 23 February 2013 (2013-02-23) |
End date | 3 November 2013 (2013-11-03) |
Legs | 4 |
No. of shows | 123 |
Box office | $114 million ($149.11 in 2023 dollars)[1] |
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The Take Me Home Tour was commercially successful, with many sold-out shows and overwhelming demand for tickets, prompting organisers to add more dates to the itinerary. In the UK and Ireland, ticket sales reached 300,000 within a day of release, which included a six sell-out dates at the O2 Arena in London. In Australia and New Zealand, ticket sales grossed US$15.7 million, with all 190,000 tickets sold for eighteen shows held in Australia and New Zealand. The tour placed at number 10 on Pollstar's Year-End Top 20 Worldwide Tours list, grossing $114 million from the 123 shows.