following the successful release of away from the world, the band kicked off their 15 show, 2012 winter tour with a two-night show in east rutherford, new jersey on november 30 and december 1, 2012. the show that took place on november 30, featured the band playing every song off "away from the world". this marks the first time that the band has played an album in its entirety at a single show. shows from november 30 to december 9 were opened by jimmy cliff while the second half of the shows on the tour (from december 11 to 22), were opened by the lumineers. they concluded the tour at the wells fargo center in philadelphia on december 22, 2012 where he still played 6 songs from his new album, away from the world.