By David Farrell
The greater majority of show dates for Shawn Mendes' 2022 'Wonder' world tour spanning 21 countries have now been announced with the opening date at Copenhagen’s 16K-capacity Royal Arena, on March 14, and a final show at Newark, NJ’s 19.5K-capacity Prudential Center on Oct. 26.
Canadian dates include Vancouver–July 2 (venue TBA), Edmonton’s Rogers Place–July 5, Montreal’s Centre Bell–Aug 15, and an unconfirmed date at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena–Aug. 11.
King Princess and Tate McRae have been announced as supporting acts for Mendes’ Wonder: The World Tour in Europe and Irish singer Dermot Kennedy in North America. So far the itinerary shows 65 shows across Europe and North America.
Prior to this, Mendes is scheduled to perform at the 8th annual 'We Can Survive' breast cancer awareness fundraiser bill with Black Eyed Peas, Coldplay, Doja Cat, and the Kid Laroi at the Hollywood Bowl on Oct. 22 of this year.
The Wonder: World Tour will be the 23-year-old Canadian singer’s fourth.
So far the ‘Wonder’ expedition includes more than 50 concerts; however, additional dates, including Mexican stops, are still being added.
Wonder is Mendes’ fourth album for Island Records, released in Dec. of 2020, preceded by a Netflix doc exploring the singer’s off-stage life. The album debuted in Canada and the US at No. 1 and included Monster–the hit collaboration co-written with Canadians’ Justin Bieber, Daniel Caesar producer Frank Dukes, and Mustafa the Poet (born Mustafa Ahmed).
In Aug. 2021, Mendes released Summer of Love, a song co-written with Puerto Rican record producer Tainy (Marco Masis). These two first performed it a month later on the MTV Video Awards.
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