Melodrama World Tour

**Melodrama World Tour** was Lorde’s second world tour. The tour was based around her sophomore album, *Melodrama*.

## Background

Lorde embarked on this world tour in September, with tickets and tour dates here Khalid is the opener for the European shows, while the North American leg will be supported by Run the Jewels, Tove Styrke and Mitski.

## Israel controversy

 In December, Lorde announced extra tour dates for Saint Petersburg, Russia, Moscow, Russia and Tel Aviv, Israel. After this, she received backlash from fans for having a concert in Israel. Because of this, she cancelled the show. Even though many of her fans were the ones who pressured her to cancel the show, many of her fans also criticized her for cancelling it.

US sitcom star Roseanne Barr attacked Lorde on twitter saying - "Boycott this bigot: Lorde caves to BDS pressure, cancels Israel concert." Fans also criticized Lorde for "hypocrisy", as she will be playing Russia twice.
Soon after, ambassador Yitzhak Gerberg invited Lorde to a "friendly meeting" to discuss the issue. He wrote on Facebook:

> "I the Ambassador of @IsraelinNZ invite LordeMusic to meet in person to discuss #israel and its role as the only #democracy in the Middle East. By succumbing to the hateful agenda of the few who support #BDS you encourage animosity in the region. Music should unite not divide. Reactions driven by hatred lead to continued #conflict. But solutions come from engagement and lead to compromise, co-operation, and #peace."
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She has not yet publicly responded to his invite.

## Set List

This set list is representative of the show on October 1, 2017 in Birmingham. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour.

1. Magnets
2. Tennis Court
3. Hard Feelings
4. Buzzcut Season
5. Sober
6. The Louvre
7. Ribs
8. Liability
9. Liability (Reprise)
10. A World Alone
11. In The Air Tonight
12. Supercut
13. Royals
14. Perfect Places
15. Team
16. Green Light
17. Loveless (encore)

***Note:** "Homemade Dynamite" was not performed the first four dates of the tour.*

In September, Lorde revealed live on Instagram that on the tour there would be "new costumes, new content, new songs, some old songs we haven’t played in literally years.”.

In February, she said that she "May or may not" bring back an unreleased song she recorded for Melodrama, which she commented on as one of her favorites.

## Tour dates

### Cancelled Shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation

## References

1. ↑ "soooo pleased to announce that @runjewels @mitskileaks @tovestyrke are joining us for NORTH AMERICA DANCE http://lorde.co.nz/tour"
2. ↑ Lorde Cancels Tel Aviv Concert Amidst Criticism of Israel's Treatment of the Palestinians - Newsweek
3. ↑ Roseanne Barr slams "bigot" Lorde for nixing Israel concert under BDS pressure - Fox News
4. ↑ After Lorde nixes Israel gig, envoy to N. Zealand asks to meet with her - Jerusalem Post
5. ↑ Lorde Live on Instagram - September 16th, 2017
6. ↑ Spilt Milk 2017 lineup announced with Lorde, Alison Wonderland, and Tash Sultana - The Canberra Times
7. ↑ Lorde announces 2018 North American tour dates - Entertainment Weekly
8. ↑ Lorde cancels Israel concert date amid protests - Billboard