{"id":128419,"date":"2025-01-22T15:18:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T20:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/01\/22\/kygo-once-considered-quitting-touring-now-his-biggest-run-to-date-is-quietly-winning-2\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T15:18:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T20:18:51","slug":"kygo-once-considered-quitting-touring-now-his-biggest-run-to-date-is-quietly-winning-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/01\/22\/kygo-once-considered-quitting-touring-now-his-biggest-run-to-date-is-quietly-winning-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kygo Once Considered Quitting Touring \u2014 Now, His Biggest Run to Date Is \u2018Quietly\u00a0Winning\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn the earlier days of his career, touring wasn\u2019t necessarily <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kygo\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kygo\/\">Kygo<\/a>\u2018s favorite thing to do.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cIt was like every show was life or death,\u201d says the Norwegian producer. \u201cI was always very nervous. It was like, \u2018This is the most important [thing ever], and if I mess up tonight, my career is over.&rsquo;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWith this extreme self-imposed pressure, the artist \u201cwasn\u2019t really able to enjoy the shows that much. At one point I was like, \u2018I\u2019m probably never going to tour again,\u2019 because it was just so exhausting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFlash forward to the present moment and Kygo \u2014 whose real name is Kyrre G\u00f8rvell-Dahll \u2014 has a fresh approach and attendant attitude, calling his current world tour \u201cdefinitely my favorite that I\u2019ve done so far.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-padding-t-050 lrv-u-padding-b-075 lrv-u-border-color-grey\">\n<div class=\"a-heading-border a-heading-border-background-color-grey a-heading-border-height-075 lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-050@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-brand-primary a-font-primary-bold-s lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-padding-r-1 a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/kygo-meets-ill-dog-kygo-palm-tree-music-fest-photos-video-1235716359\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-flex-basis-144 u-flex-basis-96@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-3x2 a-crop-1x1@mobile-max lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/01-Kygo-the-DJ-Kygo-the-dog-crJohannes-Lovund.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/01-Kygo-the-DJ-Kygo-the-dog-crJohannes-Lovund.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Kygo the DJ &amp; Kygo\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-justify-content-center lrv-u-padding-lr-1 lrv-u-padding-lr-075@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-primary-medium-m lrv-u-padding-b-050 u-letter-spacing-0028@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tKygo Meets Terminally Ill Dog Also Named Kygo at Palm Tree Music Fest: See the Photos\u2026\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  a-font-primary-medium-xxs lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-order-100\" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><br \/>\n\t06\/24\/2024<br \/>\n<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tStarting last September, the 35-date tour has hit arenas and amphitheaters in North America, Europe and Central America, averaging slightly over 10,000 tickets and $838,000 in revenue per show, according to numbers reported to Billboard Boxscore. The run is continuing into 2025, with shows in Asia and Australia. Additionally, the producer plays this Thursday (Jan. 23) in Toronto and Saturday (Jan. 25) in Mexico City, where Kygo will play what he calls \u201cthe biggest show of the tour by far.\u201d See exclusive behind the scenes footage of this tour below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kygo World Tour - North America + Europe\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k1EsSJKNn3E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDespite this success, Shear acknowledges that the run hasn\u2019t made the same headlines as other recent marquee dance tours, such as Charli XCX and Troye Sivan\u2019s 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/charli-xcx-troye-sivan-sweat-28-million\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/charli-xcx-troye-sivan-sweat-28-million\/\">Sweat Tour<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019ve quietly been doing this unbelievable tour that\u2019s sold over a half a million tickets,\u201d he says. \u201cThere are a lot of tours out there. There\u2019s a lot of stuff going on, and there\u2019s a lot of new artists. But we\u2019re going out there and doing the business. Kygo is just quietly winning in the dance music world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThis current run is behind Kygo\u2019s 2024 eponymous album, the artist\u2019s fifth studio project that hit No. 97 on the Billboard 200 after its release last June. The tour is also his first in six years, since the run behind 2017\u2019s <em>Kids in Love<\/em>. (<em>Golden Hour <\/em>and <em>Thrill of the Chase <\/em>came out in 2020 and 2022, respectively, although Kygo wasn\u2019t able to tour behind them because of the pandemic.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhile the <em>Kids in Love <\/em>tour required 12 trucks to move it from city to city, this current tour requires 17 trucks and a crew of 58. When brainstorming the production, Kygo and Shear decided the music and visuals would lean into the fact that Kygo has been making music for a decade, with this kind of looking back approach inspired, Shear says, by Dead &amp; Co.\u2019s <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/dead-and-company-sphere-r\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/dead-and-company-sphere-r\">nostalgia-laced run<\/a> at Sphere in Las Vegas last summer. As such, set lists featured visuals that nod to entirety of Kygo\u2019s career thus far, while the setlist spans albums and hits. Vocalists including Justin Jesso, Zak Abel and Parson James are on the tour to sing their parts on \u201cFirestone,\u201d \u201cFreedom\u201d and \u201cStole the Show,\u201d respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cKyrre told me that doing a tour was extremely important to him,\u201d says Shear. \u201cIt\u2019s not like every dance artist goes out there like a rock band or a pop star and does hard tickets in arenas or stadiums. \u201cHe was like, \u2018The fact that I\u2019m able to do it, I want to do whatever it takes to make this tour happen.&rsquo;\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-padding-t-050 lrv-u-padding-b-075 lrv-u-border-color-grey\">\n<div class=\"a-heading-border a-heading-border-background-color-grey a-heading-border-height-075 lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-050@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-brand-primary a-font-primary-bold-s lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-padding-r-1 a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/features\/kygo-billboard-sxsw-cover-story-2022-interview-1235041989\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-flex-basis-144 u-flex-basis-96@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-3x2 a-crop-1x1@mobile-max lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/feature-kygo-billboard-2022-bb03-meredith-jenks-1-1260.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/feature-kygo-billboard-2022-bb03-meredith-jenks-1-1260.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Kygo\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-justify-content-center lrv-u-padding-lr-1 lrv-u-padding-lr-075@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-primary-medium-m lrv-u-padding-b-050 u-letter-spacing-0028@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tCan Kygo Build Music&rsquo;s Next\u00a0Margaritaville?\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  a-font-primary-medium-xxs lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-order-100\" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><br \/>\n\t03\/10\/2022<br \/>\n<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tKygo himself credits his ability to tour such big rooms \u2014 an option available to only a handful of dance acts including Illenium and Odesza \u2014 is a function of he and his team \u201cnot skipping any steps\u201d while he was building his career. (Kygo is represented by Rob Markus at WME.) His earliest U.S. tour had him playing 200-700 capacity rooms, with each run getting progressively larger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWe were living with my parents at the time, and Kyrre was staying in my brother\u2019s room,\u201d Shear says of these early days. \u201cI went in my brother\u2019s room, and was like, \u2018Hey man, we found this guy who used to work with Disclosure and other big artists. He knows how to build live shows, and I think we should build one. We emptied the bank account making that show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThis groundwork and investment has paid off, with Shear citing \u201cthe most tickets we\u2019ve ever sold\u201d on this current run. \u201cI know so many people focusing on streams or on this or that, but the fans follow you as long as you do them right, take care of them and keep bringing an elevated show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSometimes, this elevation requires some extra effort. The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles doesn\u2019t have the space to erect a B stage where Kygo typically performs his encore. As such, the team improvised for the Oct. 17 show, setting up a riser in the middle of the amphitheater amid the seats. Getting there from the stage just meant, Kygo says, \u201cthat we just had to run a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1548\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/03-Kygo-Credit-Johannes-Lovund-tour-billboard-1548.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Kygo\" class=\"wp-image-1235880716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/03-Kygo-Credit-Johannes-Lovund-tour-billboard-1548.jpg 1548w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/03-Kygo-Credit-Johannes-Lovund-tour-billboard-1548.jpg?resize=300,198 300w, https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/03-Kygo-Credit-Johannes-Lovund-tour-billboard-1548.jpg?resize=942,623 942w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 100vw\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> Kygo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOutside the tour, Kygo and Shear\u2019s multi-faceted Palm Tree Crew brand continues expanding. Its first brick and mortar space, the 115-room hotel and restaurant Palm Tree Club Miami, <a data-id=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/lifestyle\/kgyo-hotel-miami-palm-tree-club-resygo-1235860316\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/lifestyle\/kgyo-hotel-miami-palm-tree-club-resygo-1235860316\/\">opened<\/a> last December. Meanwhile, Palm Tree Festival has happened in Aspen, The Hamptons, Southern California and beyond over the last several years. Some of these festivals feature Kygo on the lineup, and some don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI was with him in Paris a few weeks ago when he was playing Accor Arena, one of the biggest shows on tour,\u201d says Shear. \u201cAt the same time, we opened a restaurant and club in Miami the night before and we were also throwing a music festival in Australia with 30,000 people and The Chainsmokers, and Kyrre isn\u2019t even at either of them. I think that\u2019s a true testament to a great brand we\u2019ve brought to the world, and one that just sort of feeds off his demeanor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThis demeanor is one that\u2019s also changed as Kygo has become more experienced, and over time more relaxed, about touring. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThere\u2019s definitely been some f\u2013k-ups on the on the road and some songs where I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh, that did not sound good at all,&rsquo;\u201d he says with a laugh. \u201cBut I think that\u2019s just part of it being live. Knowing that, I\u2019m more confident and better able to enjoy myself on stage and not always just nervous about everything that could go wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/concerts\/kygo-world-tour-myles-shear-palm-tree-club-1235880664\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the earlier days of his career, touring wasn\u2019t necessarily Kygo\u2018s favorite thing to do. \u201cIt was like every show was life or death,\u201d says the Norwegian producer. \u201cI was always very nervous. It was like, \u2018This is the most important [thing ever], and if I mess up tonight, my career is over.&rsquo;\u201d With this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}