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Hope Tour

2023–24 concert tour by NF

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ138606209
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The Hope Tour was the headlining concert tour by American rapper NF in support of his fifth studio album, Hope (2023) which debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart. The tour was produced by Live Nation and included shows across North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. The initial itinerary was announced in March 2023 as a 47-date run, but extended the tour when over 250,000 tickets were sold for the first leg.

In year-end reporting based on figures submitted to Billboard Boxscore, the tour was listed as number 6 on Billboard's top 10 grossing rap tours of 2023.

Background

On March 30, 2023, NF announced the tour as a 47-show route across the United States, Canada, Europe and the United Kingdom. The North American leg was billed with Cordae as special guest.

On September 21, 2023, NF announced a second leg of the tour, adding dates in Australia and New Zealand followed by a further U.S. arena run in 2024.

Set list

This set list is representative of the performance on October 15, 2023, at Eventim Apollo in London, England. It does not represent all shows throughout the tour.

Notes

Interlude was played over the venue speakers and was not performed live by NF.

During "Running", the performance was restarted due to a medical emergency in the crowd.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Hope Tour” is 2023–24 concert tour by NF. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Hope, Tour and concert, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2023, 2024—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Hope, Tour and concert is the immediate research focus.
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