Anti World Tour

The Anti World Tour[3] (stylized as ANTI World Tour) was the seventh concert tour by Barbadian singer Rihanna, in support of her eighth studio album, Anti (2016). The tour was announced on November 15, 2015, and began on March 12, 2016, in Jacksonville and ended on November 27, 2016, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Not to be confused with Anti Tour.

Anti World Tour
Tour by Rihanna
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated albumAnti
Start dateMarch 12, 2016 (2016-03-12)
End dateNovember 27, 2016 (2016-11-27)
Legs3
No. of shows75
Box office$110 million[1] ($134.13 million in 2022 dollars)[2]
Rihanna concert chronology

It was the twenty-second-highest-grossing tour of 2016 in North America, according to Pollstar's annual Year End Top 200 North American Tours chart, grossing $40.3 million. The tour in the US sold 454,955 tickets in 41 shows. The tour earned a total of $110 million worldwide.[1]

Background

After 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.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6] On November 23, 2015, Rihanna announced she would be embarking on "The Anti World Tour".[7] The Samsung-sponsored tour began in March 2016, with Travis Scott supporting in North America, and Big Sean and DJ Mustard supporting at selected European dates.[8]

Critical reception
Rihanna in Warsaw on August 5, 2016

North America

In a review for The New York Times, Jon Caramanica stated that Rihanna was at her "most confident" and "the most present she's ever been onstage", calling her dancing "casual" and that she "appeared to be finding joy in singing — when she was doing it."[9] Reviewing the Los Angeles concert, Latifah Muhammad from VIBE described the tour as a "randomly epic road trip."[10]

Europe

Ed Power from The Telegraph gave Dublin concert four stars, writing that the tour "didn't waste time on embellishments and instead delivered full-strength shots of sass and escapism."[11] The London concert also received four stars from The Guardian, where Michael Cragg praised the singer's "unshakeable Rihanna-ness; that perfect pop voice, the undeniable presence, that couldn't-give-a-shit attitude."[12]

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.[13]

  1. "Stay"
  2. "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)"
  3. "Woo"
  4. "Sex with Me"
  5. "Birthday Cake" / "Pour It Up" / "Numb"
  6. "Bitch Better Have My Money"
  7. "Pose"
  8. "Goodnight Gotham" (interlude)
  9. "Consideration"
  10. "Live Your Life" / "Run This Town" / "All of the Lights"
  11. "Umbrella"
  12. "Desperado"
  13. "Man Down" (remix)
  14. "Rude Boy"
  15. "Work"
  16. "Take Care" / "We Found Love" / "How Deep is Your Love"
  17. "Where Have You Been"
  18. "Needed Me"
  19. "Same Ol' Mistakes"
Encore
  1. "Diamonds"
  2. "FourFiveSeconds"
  3. "Love on the Brain"
  4. "Kiss It Better"
Notes
  • During the shows in Miami and Manchester, and the second shows in Toronto and Inglewood, Drake joined Rihanna on stage during "Work".[14][15]
  • During the show in Milan, Rihanna did not perform "FourFiveSeconds" and "Kiss It Better", due to a summer storm which caused a late start of the concert.[16]

Tour dates
North America
Date (2016) City Country Venue
March 12 Jacksonville United States Veterans Memorial Arena
March 13 Tampa Amalie Arena
March 15 Miami American Airlines Arena
March 18 Nashville Bridgestone Arena
March 19 Cincinnati U.S. Bank Arena
March 20 Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena
March 22 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center
March 23 Buffalo First Niagara Center
March 24 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
March 26 Hartford XL Center
March 27 New York City Barclays Center
March 30
April 2 Newark Prudential Center
April 3 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
April 5 Quebec City Canada Videotron Centre
April 6 Montreal Bell Centre
April 7
April 9 Baltimore United States Royal Farms Arena
April 10 Boston TD Garden
April 13 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre
April 14
April 15 Chicago United States United Center
April 18 Winnipeg Canada MTS Centre
April 20 Edmonton Northlands Coliseum
April 21 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
April 23 Vancouver Rogers Arena
April 24 Seattle United States KeyArena
April 27 Salt Lake City Vivint Smart Home Arena
April 29 Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center
April 30
May 1[lower-alpha 1] Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena
May 3 Inglewood The Forum
May 4
May 6[lower-alpha 2] San Jose SAP Center
May 7 Oakland Oracle Arena
May 9[lower-alpha 3] San Diego Viejas Arena
May 13[lower-alpha 4] Dallas American Airlines Center
May 14[lower-alpha 5] Austin Frank Erwin Center
May 15[lower-alpha 6] Houston Toyota Center
May 17[lower-alpha 7] New Orleans Smoothie King Center
May 18[lower-alpha 8] Atlanta Philips Arena
Europe
June 17[lower-alpha 9] Amsterdam Netherlands Amsterdam Arena
June 21 Dublin Ireland Aviva Stadium
June 24 London England Wembley Stadium
June 25[lower-alpha 10] Coventry Ricoh Arena
June 27 Glasgow Scotland Hampden Park
June 29 Manchester England Emirates Old Trafford
July 2 Oslo Norway Telenor Arena
July 4 Stockholm Sweden Tele2 Arena
July 7 Copenhagen Denmark Refshale Island
July 9 Hamburg Germany Volksparkstadion
July 11 Turin Italy Pala Alpitour
July 13 Milan Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
July 17 Frankfurt Germany Commerzbank-Arena
July 19 Lyon France Stade des Lumières
July 21 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi
July 23 Lille France Stade Pierre-Mauroy
July 26[lower-alpha 11] Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena
July 28 Cologne Germany RheinEnergieStadion
July 30 Saint-Denis France Stade de France
August 2 Malmö Sweden Malmö Arena
August 3[lower-alpha 12] Skanderborg Denmark Smukkeste Festival Grounds
August 5 Warsaw Poland PGE Narodowy
August 7 Munich Germany Olympiastadion
August 9[lower-alpha 13] Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
August 11[lower-alpha 14] Budapest Hungary Sziget Festival
August 12 Zürich Switzerland Letzigrund
August 14[lower-alpha 15] Bucharest Romania Piața Constituției
August 16[lower-alpha 16] Berlin Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena
August 18[lower-alpha 17] Hasselt Belgium Pukkelpop
August 20[lower-alpha 18] Staffordshire England Weston Park
August 21[lower-alpha 19] Chelmsford Hylands Park
North America
September 3[lower-alpha 20] Philadelphia United States Benjamin Franklin Parkway
September 24[lower-alpha 21] New York City Central Park
Middle East
November 27[lower-alpha 22] Abu Dhabi UAE du Arena

Cancelled shows
Date (2016) City Country Venue Reason
June 17 Cardiff Wales Principality Stadium Unknown[19]
June 18 Sunderland England Stadium of Light
July 15 Nice France Allianz Riviera 2016 Nice truck attack[31]

Box office score data
Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville 10,916 / 11,253 $880,516
Amalie Arena Tampa 12,079 / 12,905 $973,994
American Airlines Arena Miami 11,792 / 12,301 $1,196,069
Bridgestone Arena Nashville 15,254 / 15,287 $1,590,047
U.S. Bank Arena Cincinnati 10,773 / 11,089 $890,872
Time Warner Cable Arena Charlotte 13,811 / 14,174 $948,212
Verizon Center Washington, D.C. 12,913 / 13,287 $1,539,808
First Niagara Center Buffalo 12,788 / 13,215 $983,393
Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 11,748 / 12,482 $944,183
XL Center Hartford 10,962 / 11,104 $853,354
Barclays Center Brooklyn 28,010 / 28,010 $2,906,512
Prudential Center Newark 12,992 / 12,992 $1,471,474
Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia 12,994 / 13,361 $1,652,596
Bell Centre Montreal 21,737 / 22,296 $2,432,620
Royal Farms Arena Baltimore 11,356 / 11,810 $848,704
TD Garden Boston 12,295 / 12,589 $1,180,615
Air Canada Centre Toronto 26,288 / 26,288 $2,102,944
United Center Chicago 13,515 / 19,625 $1,330,995
Northlands Coliseum Edmonton 10,200 / 10,835 $730,774
Rogers Arena Vancouver 14,220 / 14,220 $1,080,064
KeyArena Seattle 9,641 / 10,620 $900,660
Vivint Smart Home Arena Salt Lake City 9,086 / 21,049 $584,709
Mandalay Bay Events Center Las Vegas 15,109 / 15,862 $1,648,489
Talking Stick Resort Arena Phoenix 9,503 / 11,692 $833,279
The Forum Inglewood 25,111 / 25,111 $2,488,465
Amsterdam Arena Amsterdam 50,513 / 50,932 $3,525,469
Aviva Stadium Dublin 29,017 / 30,000 $2,718,888
Hampden Park Glasgow 22,496 / 23,058 $1,874,229
Tele2 Arena Stockholm 34,956 / 35,987 $2,543,042
Mercedes-Benz Arena Berlin 13,480 / 13,480 $973,632

Notes
  1. 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".[17]
  2. 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".[17]
  3. 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".[17]
  4. 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".[17]
  5. 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".[17]
  6. 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".[17]
  7. 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".[17]
  8. 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".[17]
  9. The concert of June 17, 2016 at the Amsterdam Arena in Amsterdam was originally scheduled to take place on June 11.[18]
  10. The concert of June 25, 2016 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry was originally scheduled to take place on June 14.[19]
  11. 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.[20]
  12. The concert of August 3, 2016 in Skanderborg, Denmark at Smukkeste Festival Grounds is a part of the Skanderborg Festival.[21]
  13. 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 Stadion in Vienna.[22]
  14. The concert of August 11, 2016 in Budapest, Hungary at Sziget Festival.[23]
  15. 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.[24]
  16. 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.[25]
  17. 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.[26]
  18. The concert on August 20, 2016 in Weston-under-Lizard, United Kingdom at Weston Park is part of the V Festival.[27]
  19. The concert on August 21, 2016 in Chelmsford, United Kingdom at Hylands Park is part of the V Festival.[27]
  20. The concert on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia at Benjamin Franklin Parkway is a part of the Made in America Music Festival.[28]
  21. The concert on September 24, 2016 in New York City at Central Park is a part of the Global Citizen Festival.[29]
  22. The concert on November 27, 2016 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates at du Arena is part of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.[30]

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