#AFHF Spain

[sunshineandlyrics]

ℹ️ ​🧂 as we now know, AFHF 2022 was eventually held in Malaga, Spain 🇪🇸

[dreamings-free]

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[thoughtsonlou]

I just got back to my hotel after the Away From Home Festival and I needed to document my thoughts! This is the third festival in a row that I have attended and so far, this was my personal best experience. In Spain, I had planned poorly and ended up feeling dehydrated and sick, Italy was a travel nightmare (and the worst merch stand experience I have ever had), but Mexico was organized so well. Starting off, I actually got my bracelet this time (unlike Italy where most of them got thrown in the trash??). The merch line was short and efficient (I got a beautiful t-shirt—Louis’ merch never misses). The entire area was lively with colorful food stands, banners, lights, a giant AFHF sign in front of some stone. There was plenty of space, but it still felt like there were a lot of people there. The atmosphere was so chill, I loved it. Surprisingly, I never felt hot, the sun went down quickly and there was a gusty breeze most of the night.

Now for the music…

I completely missed Rodrigo Leal. I could hear Gibby while I went through the line outside (and I saw him later getting photos with fans). I thought he sounded great. I listen to some of his songs sometimes. Reverend and the Makers were better than I thought they would be. The lead singer fumbling with the Mexican flag was a bit comical, but they sounded tight as a group. Honestly, Dylan was kind of my favorite (of the openers). I didn’t really vibe with her music before the concert, but she was great on stage, and I respect that she cut all the Harry stuff. She added a rock edge to her more pop-y songs, and it changed them for the better. I don’t know she was just so charismatic on stage I dug it. Kevin Kaarl was clearly adored by the audience. Unfortunately, I don’t speak a word of Spanish, so I did not understand anything (and may have taken a bit of a snooze on the ground during his set). However, that is not to say I thought he was bad, quite the opposite. It was a nice change of pace, and his voice was moving. I love the DMA’s and were stoked that they were performing this year. They did not disappoint. I was a little distracted because Oli was like fifteen feet away from me singing along and dancing it was really cute 😊. It was so cool to have such a big band there at Louis’ festival. Ooooh the lineup was certainly my favorite of all the AFHFs I have been to so far. Spain is a close second, but I truly loved every act here, and in the case of Dylan, found her way more compelling in person.

Now for Louis…

He is pretty isn’t he. I can’t believe he essentially wore the poster as his outfit. His hair was perfect, and his skin glistening.

My top five songs from the night (in order of the setlist) were: MEGAMIX—All this time is the perfect song argue with the wall, and the live album made me appreciate the intro and transition between att and sibwawc even more than before, I though all of those sounds were prerecorded track, but I saw Steve messing with one of those sound board thingies in real time… neat! WALLS—this song just makes me emotional, especially when the crowd is so into it like they were tonight. BACK TO YOU—as much as I love a sappy moment, a festival set should be energetic and fun, and that’s what back to you is, she had me jumpin’. SATURDAYS—I admire that he has the confidence to sing alone at the microphone with hardly any backing instrumental for that long, it is so pretty, but when that build up pays off it is soooo good, the wall of sound was really taking the pain away on this Saturday. SILVER TONGUES—trust I meant it when I said, ‘I don’t feel like going home,’ what a jovial song I’m smiling just thinking about it, this song fills me with warmth!!

The instrumental outro is sick, and I can never remember what it sounds like, so that was fun to hear. I was trying not to be a grouch about the 1d songs, but why is night changes there for real? If he replaced it with We Made It, or HEADLINE?!?!?! this would be a darn good setlist. Drag me down is actually pretty good in my opinion. Where do Broken Hearts Go is fine live, but I dislike it in principle (if you’re going to sing a 1d cover, at least pick one you wrote on?).

The worst part of the night was when Chris walked right in front of me during night changes.

The best part of the night was going balls to the walls during Silver Tongues.

Truly the night (especially Louis’ set) flew by! I had a great time and cannot wait to see what is in store for next year :)

[dailytomlinson]

FAITH IN THE FUTURE WORLD TOUR: EUROPE & UK LEG

August 19th (AFHF): Lido di Camaiore, Italy

August 29th: Hamburg, Germany

August 31st: Copenhagen, Denmark

September 1st: Oslo, Norway

September 2nd: Stockholm, Sweden

September 4th: Helsinki, Finland

September 5th: Tallinn, Estonia

September 7th: Riga, Latvia

September 8th: Kaunas, Lithuania

September 10th: Krakow, Poland

September 11th: Lodz, Poland

September 13th: Vienna, Austria

September 14th: Ljubljana, Slovenia

September 15th: Budapest, Hungary

September 17th: Bucharest, Romania

September 18th: Sofia, Bulgaria

September 20th: Athens, Greece

October 1st: Bilbao (Vizcaya), Spain

October 3rd: Lisbon, Portugal

October 5th: Madrid, Spain

October 6th: Barcelona, Spain

October 8th: Turin, Italy

October 9th: Bologna, Italy

October 11th: Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

October 12th: Antwerp, Belgium

October 14th: Paris, France

October 15th: Amsterdam, Netherlands

October 17th: Cologne, Germany

October 19th: Prague, Czech Republic

October 20th: Berlin, Germany

October 22nd: Munich, Germany

October 23rd: Zurich, Switzerland

November 8th: Dublin, Ireland

November 10th: Sheffield, UK

November 11th: Manchester, UK

November 12th: Glasgow, UK

November 14th: Brighton, UK

November 15th: Cardiff, UK

November 17th: London, UK

November 18th: Birmingham, UK

The Europe & UK Leg has officially ended and Louis successfully finished the 2023 dates of the Faith In The Future Tour.

As we wait for Louis to come back in 2024 for his single date in Asia and the Australia leg in January, you can reminisce all the amazing moments of every tour date so far on our recap tag, revisit all the outfit looks on our fitfwt fashion tag and check out each concert's setlist as well.

For all the incredible posters, we made two compilations posts that you can check out here & here, or you can find it on our tag for all posters, including future ones, here.

You can also check out our posts with all the portrait pictures from this leg: Europe / Ireland & UK

See you in January 2024!

91 days, 40 shows, 27 countries: DONE ✅

[sunkissedlouis]

afhf 2022 / 08.27.22 📍malaga, spain 🔜 afhf 2023 / 08.19.23 📍lido di camaiore, italy

[louisupdates]

FITFWT24: MASTERPOST

FASHION [x]

LITHOGRAPHS [x]

SELFIES & PORTRAITS [x]

OUTRO SONGS [x]

TWITTER SPREE 23.1.2024

John Delf/ Sennheiser interview: FITFWT Sound Engineering

FESTIVALS

FITFWT23

LOUIS TOMLINSON LIVE - 24.4.2024: Fan videos vs Spotify canvas

ASIA

24 Jan - Bengkel Space SCBD, JAKARTA: video 1, video 2, video 3

AUSTRALIA

28 Jan - Sidney Myer Music Bowl, MELBOURNE (fitfwt24: melbourne)

30 Jan - Riverstage, BRISBANE (#fitfwt24: brisbane)

2 Feb - Qudos Bank Arena, SYDNEY (#fitfwt24: sydney)

TEKATE PAL NORTE FESTIVAL

30 Mar - MONTERREY, MEXICO (cap. 80k) (#fitfwt24: tecate) (PRESS CONFERENCE) MTY 360, Tiempo, El Ambiente, Reforma

IHEART RADIO AWARDS - 1 APR 2023: Joshua Halling wins Best Tour Photographer

PRE-TOUR PRESS RUN, LATAM

2 Apr - SÃO PAULO, Brazil: Radio Mix FM, Foquinha, MTV Brazil, CNN Brazil, Capricho, POPLine Brazil, g1, Nickelodeon, Billboard Br

4 Apr - SANTIAGO, Chile: Los 40 Chile, CNN Chile, Canal 13, Bio Bio Chile, La Cuarta, Radio Disney Chile, Radio Planeta

6 Apr - BUENOS AIRES, Argentina: Los 40 Argentina, TN La Viola, HeinowPY, MTV Sur, Clarín, Sergio Aguero, TELESHOW, #velez sarafield stadium, Esto es Datta, Tu Musica Hoy, Telenoche, Canal 13, Billboard Argentina, Algos De Musica, Radio Disney LA

NORTHERN MUSIC AWARDS - 23 APR 2023: raffle (#northern music awards)

LOUIS IGTV - 27.4.2024

LATAM - IGTV with transcription 27.6.2024

2 May - Centro de Convenciones Amador, PANAMA CITY (#fitfwt24: panama)

5 May - Coliseo de Puerto Rico, SAN JUAN (#fitfwt24: san juan)

8 May - Jeunesse Arena, RIO DE JANEIRO (#fitfwt24: rio de janeiro)

11 May - Allianz Parque, SÃO PAULO (#fitfwt24: são paulo)

12 May - Ligga Arena Cap, CURITIBA (#fitfwt24: curitiba)

15 May - Antel Arena, MONTEVIDEO: (#fitfwt24: montevideo)

18 May - Velez Sarsfield, BUENOS AIRES: (#fitfwt24: buenos aires)

21 May - Jockey Club del Paraguay, ASUNCIÓN: (#fitfwt24: asuncion)

24 May - Bicentenario Stadium, SANTIAGO (#fitfwt24: santiago)

26 May - Arena 1, LIMA: (#fitfwt24: lima)

28 May - Coliseo Medplus, BOGOTÁ: (#fitfwt24: bogota)

30 May - Parque Viva, SAN JOSE: (#fitfwt24: san jose)

1 Jun - Autodrómo Hermanos Rodriguez - Curva 4, MEXICO CITY: (#fitfwt24: mexico city)

4 Jun - Auditorio Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, QUERETARO: (#fitfwt24: queretaro)

6 Jun - Arena VFG, GUADALAJARA: (#fitfwt24: guadalajara)

AWAY FROM HOME FESTIVAL

8 JUN - MERIDA, Mexico (cap. 10k+): (#afhf 2024)

EUROS 2024 (#louiseuros24)

PINKPOP FESTIVAL

22 Jun - LANDGRAAF, Netherlands (cap. 70k): 17:55 to 18:55 (#louispinkpop24)

GLASTONBURY 2024 (#louisglasto24)

MAIN SQUARE FEST

4 Jul - ARRAS, France (cap. 40k): 18:15 to 19:15 (#louismainsq24)

RUISROCK FESTIVAL

7 Jul - Ruissalo Island, TURKU, Finland (cap. 35k): 19:15 (#louisruisrock24)

MEO MARES VIVAS FESTIVAL

21 Jul - VILA NOVA DE GAIA, Portugal (cap. 30k): 21:45 (#louismaresvivas24)

MORRIÑA FESTIVAL

26 Jul- PORTO DE A CORUÑA, Spain (cap. 20k): 23:50 (#louismorrina24)

ARENAL SOUND FESTIVAL

2 Aug - BURRIANA, CASTELLO, Spain (cap. 50k): 23:20 - 00:40 (#louisarenalsound24)

SANTANDER FESTIVAL

3 Aug - SANTANDER, Spain (cap. 15k): 1:30 - 2:30 AM (#louissantander24)

UNTOLD FESTIVAL

8 Aug - CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania (main stage cap. 30k, 2023 attendance 400k): 21:45 - 23:00 (#louisuntold24)

SZIGET FESTIVAL

10 Aug - BUDAPEST, Hungary (cap. 92k): 19:15 to 20:30 (#louissziget24)

FREQUENCY FESTIVAL

16 Aug - ST. PÖLTEN, Austria (cap. 140k) (#louisfrequency24)

CABARET VERT FESTIVAL

18 AUG - CHARLEVILLE-MÉZIÈRES, France (cap. 90k): 19:10 - 20:10 (#louiscabaretvert24)

VICTORIOUS FESTIVAL

23 Aug - PORTSMOUTH, UK (cap. 65k): 16:45 - 17:30 (#louisvictorious24)

ZURICH OPENAIR FESTIVAL

24 AUG - ZURICH, Switzerland (cap. 80k): 19:40 - 20:40 (#louiszurichopenair24)

FESTNINGEN FESTIVAL

30 Aug - TRONDHEIM, Norway: 17:30 - 18:30 (#louisfestningen24)

ITALIAN GRAND PRIX

31 Aug - 1 Sep - MONZA, Italy (#louismonza24)

LIVE FROM FEST ISTANBUL

6 Sep - Festival Park Yenikapı, ISTANBUL, Turkey (cap. 10k): 21:30 - (#louisfestistanbul24)

LOLLAPALOOZA BERLIN

7 Sep - Olympiastadion & Olympiapark, BERLIN, Germany (cap. 100k): 18:15 - 19:10 (#louislolla24)

SUPERBLOOM FESTIVAL

8 Sep - Olympiapark and Olympiastadion, MUNICH, Germany (cap. 50k): 17:35 - 18:35 (#louissuperbloom24)

Louis’ FAREWELL REEL

[caralara]

has something happened, Cara? did i miss something? sofia stunt as in sofia the scandinavian girl everybody forgot about? is she back? what has asia to do with that stunt? totally agree that louis' career would only benefit if there were some women in his team but i'm really confused about what exactly you're talking about now. have a lovely weekend!

Hi!

Oh my comment was set off by the AFHF announcement, and the subsequent detective rabbithole everyone went down trying to figure out where it will be this year, and loads of people saying Mexico bc of the cacti in the picture plus that Mexican promoter account tweeting and deleting AFHF recently. I got riled up about how badly they failed last year for AFHF, how we could tell right from when they announced it (quite late) to then being there and seeing how they only sold 2/3 of tickets and not even everyone showed up. They had to cut back massively on staff (one of the reasons why entry was handled so badly and why they didn’t have enough staff to hand out the wristbands), and how they absolutely need to have a (financial) success with this year‘s AFHF in order to not have the whole festival get jeopardised and maybe cancelled. And that led to me talking about the root problem of the team being just men, and then listing examples of their recent fuck ups that very likely wouldn’t have happened that way if they had a woman on their team they‘d listen to once in a while, like for example the Sofia stunt. I guarantee you that no man on that team even thought about the fact that in 2023, with a majorly queer, feminist female fanbase that huge age gap could be problematic for Louis‘ image with his fans, because men in general don’t think about much younger women being with older men as problematic at all. They dropped her like hot iron *after* the backlash from all sides. Then they didn’t handle communication well when they cancelled Asia at all. Like. At all.

For AFHF, I understand that Mexican fans are super passionate but I already gotten many messages by latam fans saying even though living in Mexico City they wouldn’t be able to afford it. I don’t think it’ll be in Mexico, they really need to be in the black numbers for this year‘s AFHF, so they need it to be accessible to fans with strong financial powers. Europe has the majority of louis‘ fandom with strong financial power, and logistically it would be crazy to fly back and forth about 16-18 hours between European festivals for AFHF, if he could do it in Europe again.

If he keeps it in a similar time frame (august) as the past (although he’s already had the first announcement two months earlier than usually), there’s only the last July or last August weekend (going into September) available.

A friend actually sent me the Ponte de Segura bridge that looks a lot like the viaduct used in the picture, and it’s right at the border of Portugal to Spain. End of July he’s got two festivals in Portugal and Spain, and he could easily oversee the set up during the week between those two.

There’s also huge festival grounds 20 minutes from that bridge, that usually hosts the BOOM festival, but only every other year - meaning that July weekend is free for 2024 and the infrastructure for the festival has been well established (since 1997) with shuttles, vendors, camp sites, stage infrastructures… it looks really great.

The thing that still got me entertaining Mexico as a possibility is the cacti that have been edited in, that mostly only grow in South America, and the Mexican promoter.

Anyways, tell me louis wouldn’t go for this?? The shore, the lake, the rocks, the surroundings, the heat??

Anyways the real clowning begins if you imagine louis launches AFHF to be TWO days by having Niall headline the first day… that would certainly draw the necessary crowds and they’re already doing a bit of the festival run together this summer 🤡🤪

[awesomefringey]

Wasn’t it such a big deal last year when the AFHF location was leaked? And now it’s all over twitter and instagram again😭 I know we don’t know the exact location yet or date but like where’s the line then?? It’s okay to reveal the country but anything else is too much?

Ugh… I remember.

I will never understand the secrecy around it all and the repercussions HLD for instance, had to endure because they reported about a website mentioning the AFHF was going to be in Spain. I wasn’t even surprised because we had known for months that it was going to be in Spain. (one of the bands (I can’t remember who) added the Spanish flag to their celebratory post about playing at AFHF)

And didn’t that all lead to Louis blocking @hldailyupdate as punishment? That was such a stupid move of him. I still don’t get why he did that. In the meantime @lthqofficial utilizes @hldailyupdate as if nothing has happened. 🤦🏼‍♀️

It reminds me of how my post with a screenshot and amazon link of the leaked FITF album got flagged by Tumblr - like what’s the point going after fans who did nothing wrong but comment on a leak that was never their fault to begin with…

Sorry I kinda fell into a rabbit hole of emotions there hahaha.

[different-names-on-the-gates]

Thank you @noraincsl for tagging me! questions abt louis for his BIRTHDAY (!!)

when did you become a louie?

Summer 2017 when my friend introduced me to 1D and I realized I pretty much just liked Louis.

your earliest fandom memory?

When Just Like You came out and everyone was weighing in on it. It's not one of my fav songs but its a nice memory of mine.

your favourite song (one off walls, one off fitf)?

For Walls its def Fearless and OTB. For fitf its so hard to choose. Maybe Headline and All This Time.

your favourite music video?

I'm not that big into music videos but I love that Back To You was filmed in Doncaster.

favourite gig?

fitfwt: Laval, my first time seeing Louis live. It was amazing and I got to go with my best friend who introduced me to Louis in the first place.

favourite louis hair?

I really like his current hair or the style he had during AFHF 2021.

favourite louis interview?

The one he did in Spain on La Resistencia. The interviewer is hilarious and Louis seemed to be enjoying himself.

suit louis or tank top louis?

I love the tank tops. My jaw dropped when I was watching the live of Cuyahoga Falls.

favourite louis tattoo?

So hard to pick.... I love it is what it is and his new finger tattoos.

favourite louis bodypart? (c'mon we all have one!)

The scar cuz it looks bad ass (unless you know how he got it hahahaha).

tagging (no pressure!): @melancholouie @tiredeyeslouis @poekitty2020 @odds-on-lou @faithinthefuture447 @10ucie @louisrosepetal

[terrortriplets]

I wanna hear everyone’s fav. piece of merch!! Mine has to be my pink walls crewneck!!

[silverfoxlou]

Just got home from work and caught up and glad Louis is finally free ❤️ but I just want to say the reasoning for the breakup is so weak ‘A source said it out pressure on their relationship, Louis being away for so long’ because she was frequently on holiday throughout the year so she could have easily joined Louis on tour for a few days and then gone on holiday with her friends or whatever, but instead she decided to leave Spain when he arrived for the AFHF and leave the country when he finished his first solo world tour.. so she could have made an effort to go see him but didn’t it’s not like she has a job

It’s just the easiest narrative. The truth would be… harder to explain in a tabloid puff piece lmfao

[sunshineandlyrics]

Louies go hard for Copy of a Copy of a Copy at ​AFHF Malaga, Spain, 27 August 2022 🌈 x

[savebylou]

i don’t know if you saw but the latam fandom on twitter, specifically the mexican fanbase, is on shambles over this story reaching everyone else because it was translated to english, and likely seen by louis and god i’ve never seen rows and rows of people saying how embarrassed they feel, but also i’m 100% sure the person who wrote that het wattpad fanfic wasn’t latine. they claim to be mexican but they’re from spain, because their slang IS from spain and not from mexico or any other latam country. that was a dead giveaway for many people to see that it’s all bullshit

Hi Logan. I saw a few reactions but I haven't been on twitter that much. I saw the funny ones like what the fan smoke or things like that. Honestly I don't blame them feeling that way, I completely understand the feeling especially after how special and meaningful it was having Louis in México for us, ending those memories with this fake rumour that reach internationally and that people will associated with our country again is really sad.

Personally I feel more annoyed and disappointed that this happened again and that some many people shared and translated it, the story sounded super fake in Spanish what was the need to translated it and giving more traction and attention? As you said the slang is from Spain and is so obvious from someone that knows how we speak in México that is super fake, beacause that is not how a mexican speaks/writes.

I don't doubt that rumour reach Louis, his selfie for me was a response in part to that, is just a shame we were on a high with the festival and it ends with this fake rumour and association with this fake"mexican" fan.

For me this person wasn't even a fan and was just trying to make Louis look bad or something, I think your theory is a good possibility. Anyway I hope anyone that reads that just see the memes and we can move on from that.

I hope when people think of México, think of the wonderful things that had happened when Louis was here, like him: visiting México and writing music during the pandemic in 2021, the LTWT, him visiting Teotihuacán, his vacations in Los Cabos when we saw his tank top and the scar 👀, the premiere in Mexico City of AOTV that was like 4,000 people and it was more people they were expecting, or the Tecate Pa'l Norte that was his first festival with a huge crowd, the last show in Mexico City with 67k fans and a livestream worldwide, him holding the Mexican flag for the 3rd time in Querétaro, the show in Guadalajara with the fan that took the photo of the crew, his first AFHF in a LATAM country. That is what I hope people associated with my country, the good people, the loud fans, the warm energy, great food and a good mariachi.

Sorry that was a long response, I just had been in my feelings about the topic.

Thanks for sharing this with me.

[zot3-flopped]

Louis was able to sell out festivals before? If so then his fans have decreased more than I thought since he can’t even sell out 5k arenas now.

The AFHF has only been a maximum of 15k up until now and the first one was free. Lots of Larries in Spain and Italy.

[twelvedaysinaugust]

it's still pretty open-ended, but i do tend to lean towards thinking their next move will be to do something to solidify a breakup narrative, rather than re-solidify that they're together. i just think there were a lot of opportunities to keep that door more realistically open that they've chosen not to take - eleanor very publicly being in spain a week or so before afhf and also publicly leaving (when they could have left it ambiguous as to whether she was there), her not posting at all about any of louis' singles, the new album, or the #1 (again, if they broke up, they could easily write that off as still being on friendly enough terms that she wanted to congratulate him), and now not including louis at all in her 2022 wrap up, not even in one of the glastonbury pictures (when people already know they went together). then again, i don't think the majority of people, maybe even the majority of fans, would notice or care about the timeline awkwardness, but it does just feel like a lot of chances to make the ambiguity a little more plausibly lean toward them being together, instead of relying on the dogs and the house, and it would be strange to me if they kept themselves so deliberately separate in all those ways only just to reaffirm they're still together in the end.

Yeah. If they don’t end up saying or implying that they’ve been broken up for awhile then I’ll always wonder what the blocking situation was about.

We’ll have to wait and see.

[twopoppies]

Sorry but Louis wanted him to DJ at the festival just for his name. I'm sure he's a great DJ but this is something Louis would do just because he finds it funny

MCHKDKSHFJJGSL okay that’s really too funny.