the tour was first announced in january 2018, and due to demand additional dates were released soon after. on february 5, 2018, the day following timberlake's super bowl lii halftime show, timberlake announced european tour dates, as well as second and third north american tour dates. timberlake toured europe after the first north american leg, then toured north america again starting in the fall. the third north american leg began in january 2019.