The Big Return

## The Big ReturnTour by Declan McKenna

* Leg 3
* Leg 2
* Leg 1

**The Big Return** is a tour by Declan McKenna. The name refers to his return to music, as the tour promotes and includes a selection of songs from his upcoming third album, *What Happened to the Beach?*.

Declan announced the tour on 9 March 2023, with dates beginning on 25 May 2023 in Montreal, Quebec and ending on 4 November 2023 in Pomona, California. Supporting acts for the tour include Oracle Sisters, Eli Smart and Allie Crow Buckley. Over Twitter, Declan has jokingly compared the tour to Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour.

The tour presents a major shift in Declan's backup band—Henry Pearce, Ben Limmer and Linus Fenton are now touring members in replacement of Nathan Cox, Will Bishop and Gabi King. Nathan chose to leave the group, though still assisting with rehearsals via FaceTime. Will seemingly could not participate due to his obligations performing with CMAT, and the same goes for Gabi with The 1975.

## Set list

The following set list is representative of the opening date in Montreal. Not all songs were performed on all dates, and the exact order was not the same for all dates.

1. "You Better Believe!!!"
2. "Paracetamol"
3. "Why Do You Feel So Down"
4. "Listen to Your Friends"
5. "Sympathy"
6. "Twice Your Size"
7. "The Key to Life on Earth"
8. "Rapture"
9. "My House"
10. "Make Me Your Queen"
11. "Humongous"
12. "Beautiful Faces"
13. "The Kids Don't Wanna Come Home"
14. "Be an Astronaut"
15. "Brazil"
16. "Isombard"
**Encore**
17. "All Things Must Pass"
18. "British Bombs"

### Notes

* "Sagittarius A\*" was rehearsed, though it has yet to be performed.

#### Additions

* "Eventually, Darling" was performed in Albany, Buffalo, Philadelphia, St. Petersburg, Portland and Harrisburg.
* "Mulholland's Dinner and Wine" was performed in Syracuse and Washington. It also appeared on the set list for Toronto, but was not performed.
* "Emily" was performed in Buffalo and Philadelphia.
* "Daniel, You're Still a Child" was performed in Carrboro, Asheville, Knoxville, Orlando, St. Petersburg, Birmingham, Atlanta, Louisville, South Burlington, New York, Harrisburg, Detroit and Nashville.
* "Twist & Shout" was performed in St. Petersburg, Birmingham and Louisville.
* "I'm the Man" was performed in New York.
* "Fred Finn's Reel" was performed in Nashville.
* "Nothing Works" was performed in St. Louis and all subsequent cities.

#### Removals

* "Twice Your Size" was not performed in Albany.
* "My House" was not performed in Syracuse, Carrboro or Detroit.
* "Be an Astronaut" was not performed in Buffalo, Philadelphia, Asheville, St. Petersburg, Birmingham, South Burlington or Portland.
* "Humongous" was not performed in Pittsburgh or Philadelphia.
* "Listen to Your Friends" was not performed in Providence, Harrisburg, Indianapolis, Nashville or St. Louis.
* "All Things Must Pass" was not performed in New York.
* "Paracetamol" was not performed in Harrisburg or New Haven.
* "The Kids Don't Wanna Come Home" was not performed in New Haven.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/DeclanMcKenna/status/1633890651312930856
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