Anti World Tour

Anti World Tour

Tour by Rihanna
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album	Anti
Start date	March 12, 2016
End date	November 27, 2016
Legs	3
No. of shows	43 in North America 31 in Europe 1 in Asia 75 in total
Rihanna concert chronology

The Anti World Tour^[1] is the seventh concert tour by Barbadian singer Rihanna in support of her eighth studio album Anti. The tour was announced in November 2015 and began on March 12, 2016, in Jacksonville and ended on November 27, 2016, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It took place in North America, Europe and Asia with a total of 75 shows.

Background

Following the release of her seventh studio album, Unapologetic, (2012) and her fifth concert tour, the Diamonds World Tour, Rihanna went on a hiatus. Between 2005 and 2012, Rihanna released or re-released at least one album a year. However, in 2013, Rihanna took a step back from music and did not release a new album that year or the following.^[2] Instead Rihanna opted to take part in other endeavors, starring in a 3D animated film entitled Home, alongside Jim Parsons, Steve Martin and Jennifer Lopez, as well as executively producing its accompanying soundtrack.^[3]

In November 2015, it was announced that Rihanna had signed a $25 million contract with Samsung to not only promote Samsung's Galaxy line of products, but to also sponsor the release of Anti and its supporting tour.^[4] On November 23, 2015, Rihanna announced she would be embarking on "The Anti World Tour".^[5] The Samsung-sponsored tour will start in March 2016, with Travis Scott supporting in North America, and Big Sean and DJ Mustard supporting at selected European dates.^[6]

Set list

This set list is representative of the show in Jacksonville on March 12, 2016. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.^[7]

1. "Stay"
2. "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)"
3. "Woo"
4. "Sex with Me"
5. "Birthday Cake"
6. "Pour It Up"
7. "Numb"
8. "Bitch Better Have My Money"
9. "Pose"
10. "Consideration"
11. "Live Your Life" / "Run This Town" / "All of the Lights"
12. "Umbrella"
13. "Desperado"
14. "Man Down"
15. "Rude Boy"
16. "Work"
17. "Take Care"
18. "How Deep Is Your Love" / "We Found Love"
19. "Where Have You Been"
20. "Needed Me"
21. "Same Ol' Mistakes"
22. "Diamonds"
23. "FourFiveSeconds"
24. "Love on the Brain"
25. "Kiss It Better"

Notes

• During the show in Miami, the second show in Toronto, the second show in Los Angeles and the show in Manchester, UK, Canadian rapper Drake joined Rihanna on stage to perform "Work".^[8][9]

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, amount of available tickets and gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts[lower-alpha 1]	Attendance	Revenue
North America[1][11][12][13]
March 12, 2016	Jacksonville	United States	Jacksonville Arena	Travis Scott	9,916 / 11,253	$780,516
March 13, 2016	Tampa		Amalie Arena		10,079 / 12,905	$773,994
March 15, 2016	Miami		American Airlines Arena		11,792 / 12,301	$1,196,069
March 18, 2016	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena		14,254 / 15,287	$990,047
March 19, 2016	Cincinnati		U.S. Bank Arena		10,773 / 11,089	$890,872
March 20, 2016	Charlotte		Time Warner Cable Arena		12,411 / 14,174	$848,212
March 22, 2016	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center		12,713 / 13,287	$1,239,808
March 23, 2016	Buffalo		First Niagara Center		10,388 / 13,215	$783,393
March 24, 2016	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills		10,748 / 12,482	$944,183
March 26, 2016	Hartford		XL Center		9,962 / 11,104	$753,354
March 27, 2016	Brooklyn		Barclays Center		26,100 / 28,010	$2,906,512
March 30, 2016
April 2, 2016	Newark		Prudential Center		12,992 / 12,992	$1,471,474
April 3, 2016	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center		12,934 / 13,361	$1,152,596
April 5, 2016	Quebec City	Canada	Videotron Centre		N/A	N/A
April 6, 2016	Montreal		Bell Centre		20,737 / 22,296	$1,432,620
April 7, 2016
April 9, 2016	Baltimore	United States	Royal Farms Arena		11,356 / 11,356	$938,768
April 10, 2016	Boston		TD Garden		12,295 / 12,589	$1,180,615
April 13, 2016	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre		26,287 / 26,287	$2,120,090
April 14, 2016
April 15, 2016	Chicago	United States	United Center		13,515 / 19,625	$1,330,995
April 18, 2016	Winnipeg	Canada	MTS Centre		N/A	N/A
April 20, 2016	Edmonton		Rexall Place
April 21, 2016	Calgary		Scotiabank Saddledome
April 23, 2016	Vancouver		Rogers Arena
April 24, 2016	Seattle	United States	KeyArena		9,641 / 10,620	$900,660
April 27, 2016	Salt Lake City		Vivint Smart Home Arena		N/A	N/A
April 29, 2016	Las Vegas		Mandalay Bay Events Center		16,220 / 16,419	$1,673,817
April 30, 2016
May 1, 2016[lower-alpha 2]	Phoenix		Talking Stick Resort Arena		9,503 / 11,692	$833,279
May 3, 2016	Inglewood		The Forum		25,111 / 25,111	$2,488,465
May 4, 2016
May 6, 2016[lower-alpha 3]	San Jose		SAP Center		10,285 / 11,392	$1,050,724
May 7, 2016	Oakland		Oracle Arena		10,494 / 11,859	$1,087,119
May 9, 2016[lower-alpha 4]	San Diego		Viejas Arena		8,461 / 10,304	$812,817
May 13, 2016[lower-alpha 5]	Dallas		American Airlines Center		13,257 / 13,257	$1,134,952
May 14, 2016[lower-alpha 6]	Austin		Frank Erwin Center		10,422 / 10,422	$917,707
May 15, 2016[lower-alpha 7]	Houston		Toyota Center		10,427 / 11,105	$1,136,742
May 17, 2016[lower-alpha 8]	New Orleans		Smoothie King Center		10,247 / 12,088	$829,499
May 18, 2016[lower-alpha 9]	Atlanta		Philips Arena		14,397 / 14,397	$1,249,535
Europe[1][11][14][15]
June 17, 2016[lower-alpha 10]	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Amsterdam Arena	Big Sean DJ Mustard	N/A	N/A
June 21, 2016	Dublin	Ireland	Aviva Stadium
June 24, 2016	London	England	Wembley Stadium
June 25, 2016[lower-alpha 11]	Coventry		Ricoh Arena
June 27, 2016	Glasgow	Scotland	Hampden Park	Big Sean Alan Walker
June 29, 2016	Manchester	England	Emirates Old Trafford	Big Sean DJ Mustard
July 2, 2016	Oslo	Norway	Telenor Arena
July 4, 2016	Stockholm	Sweden	Tele2 Arena
July 7, 2016	Copenhagen	Denmark	Refshaleøen Island
July 9, 2016	Hamburg	Germany	Volksparkstadion	Big Sean DJ Mustard Bibi Bourelly
July 11, 2016	Turin	Italy	Pala Alpitour	Big Sean DJ Mustard
July 13, 2016	Milan		San Siro
July 17, 2016	Frankfurt	Germany	Commerzbank-Arena	Big Sean DJ Mustard Bibi Bourelly
July 19, 2016	Lyon	France	Stade des Lumières	Big Sean DJ Mustard
July 21, 2016	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi
July 23, 2016	Lille	France	Stade Pierre-Mauroy
July 26, 2016[lower-alpha 12]	Prague	Czech Republic	O2 Arena
July 28, 2016	Cologne	Germany	RheinEnergieStadion	Big Sean DJ Mustard Bibi Bourelly
July 30, 2016	Paris	France	Stade de France	Big Sean DJ Mustard
August 2, 2016	Malmö	Sweden	Malmö Arena
August 3, 2016[lower-alpha 13]	Skanderborg	Denmark	Smukkeste Festival Grounds	Kim Larsen
August 5, 2016	Warsaw	Poland	PGE Narodowy	Big Sean Mo Beatz
August 7, 2016	Munich	Germany	Olympiastadion	Big Sean Alan Walker Bibi Bourelly
August 9, 2016[lower-alpha 14]	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle	Big Sean R3hab
August 11, 2016[lower-alpha 15]	Budapest	Hungary	Sziget Festival	Parov Stelar
August 12, 2016	Zürich	Switzerland	Letzigrund	Big Sean DJ Mustard
August 14, 2016[lower-alpha 16]	Bucharest	Romania	Piața Constituției	Nick Yume Delia Matache
August 16, 2016[lower-alpha 17]	Berlin	Germany	Mercedes-Benz Arena	Big Sean R3hab Bibi Bourelly
August 18, 2016[lower-alpha 18]	Hasselt	Belgium	Pukkelpop	Big Sean
August 20, 2016[lower-alpha 19]	Weston-under-Lizard	England	Weston Park	David Guetta	—	—
August 21, 2016[lower-alpha 20]	Chelmsford		Hylands Park
North America[1]
September 3, 2016[lower-alpha 21]	Philadelphia	United States	Benjamin Franklin Parkway	N/A	—	—
September 24, 2016[lower-alpha 22]	New York City		Central Park	N/A	—
Asia[1]
November 27, 2016[lower-alpha 23]	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	du Arena	N/A	—	—
Total					397,717 / 442,279 (90%)	$35,848,355

Cancelled shows

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
June 17, 2016	Cardiff	Wales	Principality Stadium	Unknown[17]
June 18, 2016	Sunderland	England	Stadium of Light
July 15, 2016	Nice	France	Allianz Riviera	2016 Nice attack[29]

References

Notes

1. Canadian singer The Weeknd was scheduled to be an opening act for the European dates too, however, he cancelled his appearance "Due to some unforeseen changes with upcoming projects"^[10]
2. The concert of May 1, 2016 at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix was originally scheduled to take place on March 1, but was postponed due to "production delays".^[12]
3. The concert of May 6, 2016 at the SAP Center in San Jose was originally scheduled to take place on February 28, but was postponed due to "production delays".^[12]
4. The concert of May 9, 2016 at the Viejas Arena in San Diego was originally scheduled to take place on February 26, but was postponed due to "production delays".^[12]
5. The concert of May 13, 2016 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas was originally scheduled to take place on March 6, but was postponed due to "production delays".^[12]
6. The concert of May 14, 2016 at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin was originally scheduled to take place on March 4, but was postponed due to "production delays".^[12]
7. The concert of May 15, 2016 at the Toyota Center in Houston was originally scheduled to take place on March 5, but was postponed due to "production delays".^[12]
8. The concert of May 17, 2016 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans was originally scheduled to take place on March 8, but was postponed due to "production delays".^[12]
9. The concert of May 18, 2016 at the Philips Arena in Atlanta was originally scheduled to take place on March 9, but was postponed due to "production delays".^[12]
10. The concert of June 17, 2016 at the Amsterdam Arena in Amsterdam was originally scheduled to take place on June 11.^[16]
11. The concert of June 25, 2016 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry was originally scheduled to take place on June 14.^[17]
12. The concert of July 26, 2016 at the O₂ Arena in Prague was originally scheduled to take place on July 26 at the Eden Arena and then July 25, 2016 at O₂ Arena^[18]
13. The concert of August 3, 2016 in Skanderborg, Denmark at Smukkeste Festival Grounds is a part of the Skanderborg Festival.^[19]
14. The concert of August 9, 2016 at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna was originally scheduled to take place on August 10 at the Ernst Happel Stadium.^[20]
15. The concert of August 11, 2016 in Budapest, Hungary at Sziget Festival.^[21]
16. The concert of August 14, 2016 in Bucharest, Romania at Piața Constituției is the opening concert of the Zutopia Music Festival. However, it will not be considered part of the festival. ^[22]
17. The concert of August 16, 2016 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin was originally scheduled to take place on August 2 at the Olympiastadion.^[23]
18. The concert of August 18, 2016 in Hasselt, Belgium at Kempische Steenweg is a part of the Pukkelpop Festival. The concert was originally scheduled to take place on July 21 in Werchter, Belgium at Werchter Festival Park as a part of the Werchter Boutique Festival, but was postponed due to security issues.^[24]
19. The concert on August 20, 2016 in Weston-under-Lizard, United Kingdom at Weston Park is part of the V Festival.^[25]
20. The concert on August 21, 2016 in Chelmsford, United Kingdom at Hylands Park is part of the V Festival.^[25]
21. The concert on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, United States at Benjamin Franklin Parkway is a part of the Made in America Music Festival.^[26]
22. The concert on September 24, 2016 in New York City, United States at Central Park is a part of the Global Citizen Festival.^[27]
23. The concert on November 27, 2016 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates at du Arena is part of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.^[28]

Citations

1. Rihanna. "Tour". rihannanow.com. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
2. "Rihanna Exclusive: I Break the Rules Even When I Don't Intend To". NME. October 7, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
3. Graser, Marc (February 25, 2014). "Rihanna to Make Concept Album for Upcoming Animated Movie". Variety. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
4. "Rihanna inks $25M sponsorship deal with Samsung". New York Post. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
5. Kreps, Daniel (November 23, 2015). "Rihanna Details Massive 'Anti' World Tour". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
6. Rihanna (November 23, 2015). "Rihanna: Anti World Tour" (Tweet). Retrieved November 26, 2015 – via Twitter.
7. "Rihanna Kicks Off 'Anti World Tour'". Rap-Up. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
8. Sonawane, Vishakha (March 16, 2016). "Rihanna Performs Raunchy Moves With Drake At 'Anti' Tour Amid Dating Rumors". International Business Times. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
9. Thompson, Avery (April 15, 2016). "Rihanna Brings Drake On Stage At Toronto Concert & Grinds On Him — Sexy Video". Hollywood Life. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
10. Holub, Christian (March 23, 2016). "The Weeknd drops out of Rihanna's Anti tour". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
11. Platon, Adelle (November 23, 2015). "Rihanna Announces 2016 Tour with Travi$ Scott, Big Sean & The Weeknd". Billboard. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
12. Platon, Adelle (February 18, 2016). "Rihanna Postpones 'Anti' Tour Dates". Billboard. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
13. Box score:
    • "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. March 22, 2016. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
    • "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. April 20, 2016. Archived from the original on April 20, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
    • "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. May 17, 2016. Archived from the original on May 17, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
    • "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. May 24, 2016. Archived from the original on May 24, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
    • "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. June 14, 2016. Archived from the original on June 15, 2016. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
    • "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. October 15, 2016. Archived from the original on October 15, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
14. Further tour dates:
    • Aandahl, Trine (December 8, 2015). "Rihanna og The Weeknd til Norge". p3.no (in Norwegian). Opphavsrett NRK. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
    • "Rihanna raddoppia i concerti in Italia: 11 luglio nuova data a Torino" (in Italian). February 19, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
    • "Rihanna ofrecerá un concierto en Barcelona el 21 de julio" (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. February 19, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
    • "Rihanna kommer till Malmö i sommar" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. February 18, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
15. Opening acts:
    • "Rihanna's support acts in Manchester - who are Big Sean and DJ Mustard?". Manchester Evening News. 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
    • Jaime Sanz (2016-06-23). "Alan Walker será el artista invitado de Rihanna en el "Anti World Tour"". Noticiaspress.es. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
    • "BIBI BOURELLY | Bibi Bourelly gemeinsam mit Rihanna auf Deutschlandtour | News". Universal-music.de. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
    • "Spilleplan for Smukfest 2016". Smukfest.dk. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
16. "Rihanna verplaatst concert in Amsterdam" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. February 19, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
17. Bannister, Antonia (February 19, 2016). "Rihanna postpones Anti tour - with Coventry gig put back 11 days". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
18. "Pražský koncert Rihanny se přesouvá do O2 areny a mění datum konání". musicserver.cz/ (in Czech). February 19, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
19. "Rihanna". February 8, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
20. "Rihanna verschiebt Wien-Konzert". oe24.at (in German). February 19, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
21. McKinney, Jessica (March 16, 2016). "Rihanna Will Headline Sziget Festival In Budapest". Vibe. SpinMedia. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
22. Popescu, Irina (March 22, 2016). "Rihanna, Steve Aoki and Sia come to music festival in Romania this summer". Romania-Insider.com. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
23. "Neuer Termin und neue Location: Rihanna-Konzert in Berlin verlegt" (in German). BZ Berlin. February 18, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
24. "Rihanna not at Werchter Boutique. The Anti World Tour to halt at the Pukkelpop festival!". February 19, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
25. "Justin Bieber and Rihanna to Headline U.K.'s V Festival". Billboard. February 22, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
26. Platon, Adelle (20 June 2016). "Rihanna & Coldplay To Headline Budweiser's 2016 Made In America Lineup". Billboard. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
27. Craddock, Lauren (26 July 2016). "Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Selena Gomez, Major Lazer & Metallica to Headline Global Citizen Festival". Billboard. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
28. Garratt, Rob (3 May 2016). "Rihanna and The Chemical Brothers to perform Abu Dhabi F1 After-Race Concerts". The National. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
29. Nessif, Bruna (14 July 2016). "Rihanna Is Safe, Concert Cancelled Following Truck Attack in Nice". E! News. Retrieved 14 July 2016.

External links

• Anti World Tour: Live Nation concerts