Conan Gray Opens 3Arena with Wishbone Tour EU/UK Debut
Conan Gray opened the EU/UK leg of his Wishbone World Tour at Dublin’s 3Arena with a theatrical set built around his Wishbone era. The show turned the first regional date into a full production, with fans dressing to match the album’s sailor hats, blue and red hues, and clown makeup motifs.
3Arena starts the run
Esha Tewari opened before Gray appeared, and a quiz about his career filled the screens after her set. That sequence gave the night a clear structure before the headliner took over, and it also separated the warm-up from the main show instead of treating the opening slot as background noise.
Gray entered Act I in a sailor outfit and performed “My World,” then moved through Act II with “Eleven Eleven” and “The Cut That Always Bleeds.” The set design leaned into the Wishbone world rather than a stripped-back pop format, which made the Dublin stop feel like a tour opening built to establish the visual language for the rest of the EU and UK dates.
Wishbone details in Dublin
Gray also delivered an acoustic version of “Moths” from Wishbone (Deluxe), then carried Act III through “Romeo” and “Connell” after offering “Door” as the surprise song option following a wishbone split with a fan. Act IV kept the pace moving with “Maniac” and “Vodka Cranberry,” so the concert never settled into a single mood for long.
The preshow playlist included Olivia Rodrigo’s “bad idea right?”, which fit the night’s younger-pop ecosystem without changing the fact that Gray’s own narrative drove the room. He started on YouTube making lifestyle videos before launching his music career in 2018, and the Dublin set showed how far that path has carried him: from screen-based personality to a touring act with a four-song opening and a plotted stage show.
Encore at Dublin 3Arena
Gray returned for the encore in a bedazzled military suit with little wishbone details, then played “Memories” before ending the evening with “Caramel.” That close made the 3Arena date feel less like a single concert than a template for the leg now underway, because the opening night already had the album’s imagery, the surprise-song mechanic, and the crowd dress code locked in.
For anyone following the Wishbone World Tour from here, Dublin set the tone: Gray is not just playing the songs, he is selling a full-stage concept around them. The EU and UK stretch now begins from that standard, and the rest of the run has to clear the bar he set in the first room.
