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, in support of his fifth studio album ''

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''. The tour included shows in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Trinidad. It began on November 14, 2012 in Denmark and ended on December 30, 2012 in Africa.

Background

In May 2012,

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revealed to Capital FM that Brown was planning to launch a tour in the United States in July of the same year to support his fifth studio album, ''

'', and that there was a possibility they could be one of the supporting acts for the tour. Tom Parker, a member of the band, stated: "There's talk about us, he's got his American tour coming up in July, maybe we'll go on that for a few shows which will be cool". However, details for a tour were not announced until September 25, 2012, when twelve dates for European venues were revealed. An extra date for the European leg was announced on September 26, 2012. The African tour dates were announced on September 28, 2012.

Setlist

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" # " Take You Down" # "Biggest Fan" # "

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" # " Don't Wake Me Up" # " Turn Up The Music"

Dates

Personnel

* Choreography – Anwar "Flii Stylz" Burton, Christopher Brown, Richmond "Rich" Talauega and Anthony "Tone" Talauega * Creative direction – Anwar "Flii Stylz" Burton, Josh Thomas and Christopher Brown * Art direction – Shaun Harrison * Graphic Designer – Cooper Sebastian * Stage director – Steven Bryson * Production manager – Michael "Huggy" Carter * Stylist – Seth Chernoff * Dancers – Kento Mori, Mona Berntsen, Hefa Leone Tuita, J.D Rainey, Jack Fletcher, Roi Chen, Devon Perri, Timor Steffens, Taja Riley, Randi Kemper, Eyal (Pipo) Layani, Ragon Miller and Alexandria Kaye-Upshur * DJ – DJ Babey Drew Source:

References

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