Justice World Tour Explained

Concert Tour Name:	Justice World Tour
Location:	North America • Europe • South America
Artist:	Justin Bieber
Number Of Legs:	3
Number Of Shows:	49
Last Tour:	Purpose World Tour (2016–2017)
This Tour:	Justice World Tour (2022)

The Justice World Tour was the fourth concert tour by Canadian singer Justin Bieber. The tour was in support of his fifth and sixth studio albums, Changes (2020) and Justice (2021).^{[1] [2]}

Promoted by T-Mobile, the tour was originally set to begin on May 14, 2020, in Seattle and to conclude on September 26, 2020, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all of the original planned dates were postponed to 2021, and later to 2022. The tour officially began on February 18, 2022, in San Diego and was scheduled to end on March 25, 2023, in Kraków.^{[3] [4]} However, the tour ended in Rio de Janeiro on September 4, 2022, due to Bieber prioritizing his health, after 49 shows in three continents, with the remaining shows being cancelled in February 2023.^[5]

The remainder of tour dates were cancelled in late 2022 after Bieber was diagnosed with Type 2 Ramsay Hunt syndrome.^[6]

Background

During the last quarter of 2019, especially in December, Bieber started teasing his musical comeback via his social media.^[7] On December 20, Bieber tweeted that something was going to happen on the December 24, December 31, 2019, as well as on January 3 and 4, 2020. On December 24, he released a video on YouTube where he announced that he would release his fifth album during 2020, on December 31 was released trailer for , the first single of his fifth studio album "Yummy" was released on January 3, and on January 13 he announced the first round of dates for his new world tour, releasing North American dates.^{[8] [9]} Jaden Smith and Kehlani were originally set to be opening acts. On March 6, 2020, several stadium dates were downsized to arena dates, with shows moved to arena venues adjacent to the stadiums. Bieber's team cited "unforeseen circumstances" and low ticket sales.^[10]

On April 1, 2020, it was announced the tour was postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.^[11] On July 23, Bieber released rescheduled tour dates set to be played in 2021.^[12] However, on April 30, 2021, Bieber announced that the tour was to be postponed to 2022.^[13] The new tour dates were announced on May 6, 2021.^[14] Jaden Smith, Eddie Benjamin, ¿Téo?, and Harry Hudson were announced as opening acts for North American dates.^[15] On November 15, 2021, Bieber announced an additional 98 dates, spanning into late 2022 and early 2023 with shows across North America, Europe, South America, Africa, Israel and Oceania.^[16] On March 9, 2022, Bieber announced 4 shows in Japan. On March 24, 2022, Bieber announced 2 shows in Malaysia, a show in Indonesia and added an additional date in Japan. Additional dates have also been announced in Bahrain, the Philippines, Dubai, New Delhi, Sydney, Amsterdam, Dublin, and London.^[17]

On September 6, 2022, two days after the first concert in Latin America as part of the Rock in Rio festival, it was announced that all remaining dates of the tour would be postponed due to Bieber prioritizing his health. In a statement shared on social media, the singer said that "After getting off stage, the exhaustion overtook me and I realized that I need to make my health the priority right now. So I'm going to take a break from touring for the time being. I'm going to be OK, but I need time to rest and get better."^[18] On September 15, 2022, an announcement posted on the official page for the tour clarified that only the dates until October 18 had been cancelled, with "all other shows remaining as scheduled unless otherwise advised".^{[19] [20]} However, on October 6, it was announced that the concert in Rio de Janeiro was the final performance of the tour, with the period of mass postponement extended to all the following shows, which have yet to be rescheduled.^[21]

Set list

This set list is representative of the show on February 18, 2022, in San Diego. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.^[22]

1. "Somebody"
2. "Hold On"
3. "Deserve You"
4. "Holy"
5. "Where Are Ü Now"
6. "What Do You Mean?"
7. "Yummy"
8. "Changes" / "Swap It Out" / "At Least For Now" / "Hold Tight"
9. "Love Yourself"
10. "Off My Face"
11. "Confident"
12. "All That Matters"
13. "Don't Go" / "Second Emotion" / "No Sense" / "Honest"
14. "Sorry"
15. "Love You Different"
16. "As I Am"
17. "Ghost"
18. "Lonely"
19. "2 Much"
20. "Intentions"
21. "Boyfriend"
22. "Baby"

Encore

23. "Peaches"
24. "Anyone"

Additional notes

• During the show in Los Angeles on March 7, Bieber welcomed Leon Bridges on stage to perform "River" and also performed "Don't Go" with Don Toliver, and "Intentions" with Quavo.^[23]
• During the show in Los Angeles on March 8, Bieber performed "Stay" with the Kid Laroi.^[24]
• Starting on April 29 with the show in Houston, Bieber performed "Honest" with Don Toliver in place of "Don't Go".^[25]
• During the show in Brooklyn on June 3, Bieber performed "Attention" with Omah Lay.^[26]
• During the show in Rio de Janeiro on September 4, "Love You Different" and "Boyfriend" were not performed.^[27]

Tour dates

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City	Country	Venue
North America
February 18, 2022	San Diego	United States	Pechanga Arena
February 28, 2022	San Jose		SAP Center at San Jose
March 2, 2022
March 4, 2022	Sacramento		Golden 1 Center
March 7, 2022	Los Angeles		Crypto.com Arena
March 8, 2022
March 11, 2022	Portland		Moda Center
March 13, 2022	Salt Lake City		Vivint Arena
March 16, 2022	Denver		Ball Arena
March 18, 2022	Tulsa		BOK Center
March 21, 2022	Atlanta		State Farm Arena
March 22, 2022
March 25, 2022	Toronto	Canada	Scotiabank Arena
March 27, 2022	Ottawa		Canadian Tire Centre
March 29, 2022	Montreal		Bell Centre
March 31, 2022	Newark	United States	Prudential Center
April 2, 2022	Pittsburgh		PPG Paints Arena
April 5, 2022	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum
April 7, 2022	Jacksonville		VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
April 9, 2022	Tampa		Amalie Arena
April 11, 2022	Orlando		Amway Center
April 13, 2022	Miami		FTX Arena
April 19, 2022	Cincinnati		Heritage Bank Center
April 21, 2022	Indianapolis		Gainbridge Fieldhouse
April 24, 2022	Des Moines		Wells Fargo Arena
April 27, 2022	Austin		Moody Center
April 29, 2022	Houston		Toyota Center
May 1, 2022	Dallas		American Airlines Center
May 4, 2022	Kansas City		T-Mobile Center
May 6, 2022	Minneapolis		Target Center
May 9, 2022	Chicago		United Center
May 10, 2022
May 12, 2022	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena
May 14, 2022	Buffalo		KeyBank Center
May 16, 2022	Columbus		Schottenstein Center
May 18, 2022	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena
May 22, 2022	Monterrey	Mexico	Estadio Mobil Super
May 25, 2022	Mexico City		Foro Sol
May 26, 2022
May 28, 2022	Guadalajara		Estadio Tres de Marzo
June 3, 2022	Brooklyn	United States	Barclays Center
June 5, 2022	Detroit		Little Caesars Arena
Europe
July 31, 2022	Lucca	Italy	Piazza Napoleon
August 3, 2022	Skanderborg	Denmark	Dyrehaven
August 5, 2022	Malmö	Sweden	Nyhamnen
August 7, 2022	Trondheim	Norway	Leangen Travbane
August 9, 2022	Helsinki	Finland	Kaisaniemi Park
August 12, 2022	Budapest	Hungary	Óbudai-sziget
South America
September 4, 2022	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Barra Olympic Park

Cancelled shows

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

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
February 26, 2022	Tacoma	United States	Tacoma Dome	Cancelled due to COVID-19 cases
June 7, 2022	Toronto	Canada	Scotiabank Arena	Complications concerning Ramsay Hunt syndrome type 2^[28] ^[29] ^[30]
June 8, 2022
June 10, 2022	Washington, D.C.	United States	Capital One Arena
June 13, 2022			Madison Square Garden
June 14, 2022
June 16, 2022	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center
June 18, 2022	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena
June 20, 2022	Boston		TD Garden
June 23, 2022	St. Louis		Enterprise Center
June 24, 2022	Milwaukee		American Family Insurance Amphitheater
June 28, 2022	Las Vegas		T-Mobile Arena
June 30, 2022	Glendale		Gila River Arena
July 2, 2022	Inglewood<		--Do not change to Los Angeles. The venue's address is in Inglewood.-->		Kia Forum<	--Do not change to The Forum-->
July 3, 2022
September 7, 2022	Santiago	Chile	Estadio Nacional de Chile	Health issues
September 10, 2022	La Plata	Argentina	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata
September 11, 2022
September 14, 2022	São Paulo	Brazil	Allianz Parque
September 15, 2022
September 28, 2022	Cape Town	South Africa	Cape Town Stadium
October 1, 2022	Johannesburg		FNB Stadium
October 5, 2022	Sakhir	Bahrain	Al Dana Amphitheatre
October 8, 2022	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Coca-Cola Arena
October 9, 2022
October 13, 2022	Tel Aviv	Israel	Yarkon Park
October 18, 2022	New Delhi	India	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
October 22, 2022	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Bukit Jalil National Stadium
October 25, 2022	Singapore		National Stadium Singapore
October 29, 2022	Manila	Philippines	Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex
November 2, 2022	Jakarta	Indonesia	Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium
November 3, 2022
November 6, 2022	Bangkok	Thailand	Rajamangala National Stadium
November 9, 2022	Nagoya	Japan	Vantelin Dome Nagoya
November 12, 2022	Osaka		Kyocera Dome Osaka
November 13, 2022
November 16, 2022	Tokyo		Tokyo Dome
November 17, 2022
November 22, 2022	Perth	Australia	HBF Park
November 26, 2022	Melbourne		Marvel Stadium
November 29, 2022	Sydney		Allianz Stadium
November 30, 2022
December 3, 2022	Brisbane		Suncorp Stadium
December 7, 2022	Auckland	New Zealand	Mount Smart Stadium
January 11, 2023	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome
January 13, 2023
January 14, 2023
January 16, 2023	Hamburg	Germany	Barclays Arena
January 18, 2023	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
January 21, 2023	Lisbon	Portugal	Altice Arena
January 23, 2023	Madrid	Spain	WiZink Center
January 25, 2023	Barcelona		Palau Sant Jordi
January 27, 2023	Bologna	Italy	Unipol Arena
January 28, 2023
January 31, 2023	Cologne	Germany	Lanxess Arena
February 2, 2023	Frankfurt		Festhalle Frankfurt
February 4, 2023	Berlin		Mercedes-Benz Arena
February 8, 2023	Glasgow	Scotland	OVO Hydro
February 11, 2023	Aberdeen		P&J Live
February 13, 2023	London	England	The O2 Arena
February 14, 2023
February 16, 2023
February 17, 2023
February 22, 2023	Birmingham		Resorts World Arena
February 23, 2023
February 25, 2023	Manchester		AO Arena
February 26, 2023	Sheffield		Utilita Arena Sheffield
February 28, 2023	Dublin	Ireland	3Arena
March 2, 2023
March 4, 2023	Manchester	England	AO Arena
March 6, 2023	Paris	France	Accor Arena
March 7, 2023
March 9, 2023	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle
March 11, 2023	Budapest	Hungary	Budapest Sports Arena
March 12, 2023	Prague	Czech Republic	O2 Arena
March 15, 2023	Stockholm	Sweden	Tele2 Arena
March 17, 2023	Copenhagen	Denmark	Royal Arena
March 18, 2023
March 20, 2023	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis
March 21, 2023
March 24, 2023	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
March 25, 2023	Kraków	Poland	Tauron Arena

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