Up All Night Tour
| Tour by One Direction | |
Promotional image for the tour in North America
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| Associated album | Up All Night |
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| Start date | 18 December 2011 |
| End date | 1 July 2012 |
| Legs | 3 |
| No. of shows | 24 in Europe 5 in Oceania 25 in North America 53 in total |
| One Direction concert chronology | |
The Up All Night Tour was the first headlining concert tour by English-Irish boy band One Direction, showcasing their debut album, Up All Night (2011). It began in December 2011 and was One Direction's first solo tour after being formed in the seventh series of The X Factor and being signed to Syco Records. The concert tour was announced in September 2011 by concert producer Nik Tzimas Hatziefstathiou, with the initial British and Irish dates being revealed. The concert tour was managed by Modest! Management, the shows were backed by a five-piece musical band, and the creative assessments were handled by Caroline Watson and Lou Teasdale, among others. After the initial concert tour concluded in January 2012, shortly afterwards, the concert tour expanded with legs in Oceania and North America. They ultimately played over 60 shows in Europe, Oceania and North America.
The setlist encompassed songs from One Direction's debut album and five covers. Commentators commended One Direction's singing abilities and stage presence, and the production of the show. The Up All Night Tour was a commercial success, with additional matinée and evening shows being performed at several venues. A recording of the Up All Night Tour was filmed during One Direction's January 2012 show at the International Centre in Bournemouth. Documenting the whole concert with intersperses of backstage footage, a video album, Up All Night: The Live Tour, was released on DVD in May 2012. The video concert DVD was a global success, topping the charts in twenty-five countries and setting an unprecedented US chart record. By August 2012, the video album had sold in excess of one million copies worldwide.
After being formed and finishing third in the seventh series of The X Factor in 2010, One Direction were signed to Syco Music. The group and nine other contestants from the series participated in The X Factor Live Tour 2011 from February 2011 to April 2011. The tour saw the group performing for 500,000 people throughout the UK. While touring on The X Factor Live Tour 2011 in April 2011, the group disclosed that they would be embarking on a solo tour "soon".
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