The Illuminate World Tour was the third concert tour by Canadian singer Shawn Mendes, in support of his second studio album Illuminate (2016). The tour began in SSE Hydro, Glasgow, April 27, 2017, and concluded in Tokyo at the Tokyo International Forum on December 18, 2017.

Background and development After huge success from the Shawn Mendes World Tour, Mendes headlined his first all-arena tour. Mendes kicked off his tour in Europe for 21 shows, and North-America was set for 29 shows.

On February 22, 2017, Charlie Puth was announced as the opening act for the North American leg of the tour, and Rock in Rio announced Mendes as a performer of the festival in Rio de Janeiro.

Critical reception In a concert review from London Evening Standard, Matilda Egere-Cooper praised his vocals and his ability to make the concert enjoyable and meaningful at the same time, while writing, "he's got a lovely, soulful voice, reminiscent of Justin Timberlake, with a few dashes of Ed Sheeran. Then there is his musicianship, not only strumming along with a four-piece band, but twice on the piano. The second came at the end of the show on Treat You Better, which eventually descended into the hand-clapping slab of pop brilliance it's known for." The review rewarded the concert 4 out of 5 stars. Ryan Potter from Toronto Star wrote, "Mendes really did perform like this was an all-or-nothing show for him, not just month four on a nine-month world tour," while also noting how Mendes is still the same eager crowd-pleaser he was the last time he played the Air Canada Centre, while giving the show 3 out of 4 stars. Sadie Bell from Billboard praised his "seamless transitions from acoustic and electric guitars to piano, along with his impressively consistent vocals and high energy." Bell ends off by saying it was clear that Mendes was "destined to be far more than an internet phenomenon."

Set list This set list is representative of the show on August 17, 2017, in Newark. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.

"There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" "Lights On" "I Don't Even Know Your Name" / "Aftertaste" / "Kid in Love" "I Want You Back" "The Weight" "A Little Too Much" "Stitches" "Bad Reputation" "Ruin" "Castle on the Hill" / "Life of the Party" "Three Empty Words" "Patience" "Roses" "No Promises" "Understand" "Don't Be a Fool" "Mercy" "Never Be Alone" Encore "Treat You Better"

Tour dates

+ List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue Date City Country Venue Opening act Attendance Revenue EuropeEurope box score: April 27, 2017 Glasgow Scotland SSE HydroJames TW 11,143 / 11,143 $573,111 April 28, 2017 Manchester England Manchester Arena 14,899 / 14,899 $749,022 April 30, 2017 Oberhausen Germany König Pilsener Arena 10,271 / 10,271 $534,232 May 1, 2017 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome 12,376 / 12,376 $568,762 May 3, 2017 Berlin Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena 11,817 / 11,817 $590,190 May 4, 2017 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle 10,725 / 10,725 $557,400 May 6, 2017 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum 9,531 / 9,531 $512,040 May 9, 2017 Madrid Spain WiZink Center 7,982 / 7,982 $474,788 May 10, 2017 Lisbon Portugal MEO Arena 12,474 / 12,474 $606,913 May 12, 2017 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi 11,202 / 11,202 $644,300 May 14, 2017 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion 12,063 / 13,000 $799,372 May 15, 2017 Munich Germany Olympiahalle 10,990 / 10,990 $568,347 May 17, 2017 Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe 11,342 / 11,342 $624,676 May 19, 2017 Oslo Norway Telenor Arena 8,007 / 8,007 $700,236 May 21, 2017 Copenhagen Denmark Forum Copenhagen 7,038 / 7,038 $444,581 May 22, 2017 Hamburg Germany Barclaycard Arena 11,985 / 12,988 $633,485 May 24, 2017 Paris France AccorHotels Arena 11,037 / 11,037 $722,458 May 27, 2017 Brussels Belgium Palais 12 9,242 / 9,242 $452,694 May 30, 2017 Dublin Ireland 3Arena 8,674 / 8,674 $641,209 June 1, 2017 London England The O2 Arena 31,942 / 32,228 $1,535,870 June 2, 2017 North AmericaNorth America box score:

July 6, 2017 Portland United States Moda CenterCharlie Puth 12,718 / 12,718 $563,506 July 8, 2017 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena 11,944 / 12,578 $658,946 July 9, 2017 Seattle United States KeyArena 11,655 / 11,827 $571,611 July 11, 2017 Oakland Oracle Arena 13,798 / 13,798 $797,363 July 12, 2017 Los Angeles Staples Center 13,445 / 13,610 $812,975 July 14, 2017 San Diego Valley View Casino Center 10,354 / 10,486 $507,726 July 15, 2017 Glendale Gila River Arena 13,310 / 13,310 $584,916 July 17, 2017 Denver Pepsi Center 11,958 / 12,286 $532,151 July 19, 2017 Dallas American Airlines Center 12,996 / 13,434 $680,395 July 21, 2017 San Antonio AT&T Center 13,310 / 13,310 $573,043 July 22, 2017 Houston Toyota Center 11,748 / 11,748 $580,149 July 25, 2017 Tampa Amalie Arena 12,479 / 12,479 $552,602 July 26, 2017 Miami American Airlines Arena 13,177 / 13,177 $629,472 July 28, 2017 Orlando Amway Center 12,233 / 12,233 $619,430 July 29, 2017 Duluth Infinite Energy Arena 10,319 / 10,319 $582,086 July 31, 2017 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 13,558 / 13,558 $718,875 August 2, 2017 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena 12,811 / 12,811 $636,823 August 3, 2017 Rosemont Allstate Arena 13,000 / 13,000 $761,528 August 5, 2017 Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha 12,456 / 12,456 $571,515 August 6, 2017 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center 14,105 / 14,105 $766,872 August 11, 2017 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 27,972 / 27,972 $1,579,750 August 12, 2017 August 14, 2017 Montreal Bell Centre 15,427 / 15,427 $963,863 August 16, 2017 Brooklyn United States Barclays Center 13,687 / 13,687 $741,191 August 17, 2017 Newark Prudential Center 12,541 / 12,541 $663,481 August 19, 2017 Washington, D.C. Capital One Arena 13,531 / 13,531 $741,522 August 20, 2017 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 12,989 / 12,989 $627,641 August 22, 2017 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 14,028 / 14,028 $731,611 August 23, 2017 Boston TD Garden 13,065 / 13,065 $771,325 South America September 16, 2017 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Barra Olympic Park Oceania November 25, 2017 Auckland New Zealand Spark ArenaJulia Michaels November 29, 2017 Brisbane Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre 8,526 / 8,526 $558,964 December 1, 2017 Sydney Qudos Bank Arena 12,747 / 12,931 $805,283 December 3, 2017 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena 11,277 / 11,277 $764,253 December 6, 2017 Perth Perth Arena 7,219 / 7,380 $456,597 Asia December 9, 2017 Singapore The Star Performing Arts Centre rowspan="4" rowspan="4" rowspan="4" December 11, 2017 Bangkok Thailand IMPACT Arena December 13, 2017 Hong Kong AsiaWorld–Arena December 18, 2017 Tokyo Japan Tokyo International Forum Total 750,463 / 754,903 (99.39%) $35,041,151

Cancelled shows + List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation Date City Country Venue Reason September 20, 2017 Mexico City Mexico Auditorio Nacional 2017 Central Mexico earthquake

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