Demi Lovato opened her ‘It’s Not That Deep’ tour with exactly the kind of chaos millennial Disney fans live for. Joe Jonas came out. Selena Gomez showed up. And by the end of the night, opening night in Orlando had turned into a full nostalgia rush with old co-stars, old songs, and just enough emotional fallout to make the whole thing hit harder.
Lovato brought Jonas onstage for a performance of ‘This Is Me’ from ‘Camp Rock’, then followed it with ‘On the Line’, the duet tied to her 2008 debut album ‘Don’t Forget’. For anyone raised on Disney Channel in the late 2000s, that alone would have been enough. But the bigger surprise may have been Gomez turning up in the crowd and later posting about it like a fan who knew exactly what the moment meant.
“I am in tears,” Gomez wrote. “This was hands down one of the best shows. Oh and the VOCALS? Blown away.”
Joe Jonas Helped Demi Lovato Turn Back the Clock
Lovato and Jonas have a lot of history, both on and off stage. They starred together in ‘Camp Rock’ and ‘Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam’, briefly dated in 2010, and have since managed the rare ex situation that does not seem completely scorched. Their Orlando duet played straight into that shared past, and fans got even more fuel afterward when the two posted playful backstage videos online.
The timing also made sense. Less than a year ago, Lovato reunited with the Jonas Brothers during their own tour and later called that experience “really healing.” She said at the time, “We’ve been through so much together,” which gave this latest reunion a little more emotional weight than a random throwback cameo.
Selena Gomez’s Appearance Made It Bigger
Then there was Gomez. Fans spotted her in the audience, then she confirmed it herself with Instagram Stories showing support for Lovato’s first night back on tour. One post showed Gomez and Lovato embracing backstage. Another showed Gomez in tour merch, dancing along in the crowd.
That image is what will stick with a lot of people. Lovato and Gomez go back to ‘Barney & Friends’, long before ‘Princess Protection Program’, long before Disney made both of them household names, and long before their friendship became one of those former-child-star relationships people kept wondering about. They drifted, reconnected, and mostly kept things private. So seeing them together again gave the night a second emotional hook.
Lovato also used the setlist to remind people she is not abandoning any version of herself. Alongside newer tracks like ‘Fast’ and ‘Kiss’, she worked in older fan favorites including ‘Heart Attack’, ‘Give Your Heart a Break’, ‘Sorry Not Sorry’, and ‘Cool for the Summer’.
So yes, it was a tour opener. It was also a Disney-era reunion, an ex-duet, a backstage best-friend moment, and the kind of fan-service-heavy night that knows exactly what its audience came for.
