Anti World Tour

The Anti World Tour[1] (stylized as ANTI World Tour) was the seventh concert tour by Barbadian singer Rihanna, in support of her eighth studio album, Anti. The tour was announced on 15th 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.

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
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 with 454,955 tickets sold in 41 shows.

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.[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 began in March 2016, with Travis Scott supporting in North America, and Big Sean and DJ Mustard supporting at selected European dates.[6]

Critical reception
Rihanna performing during the Anti World Tour

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."[7] Reviewing the Los Angeles concert, Latifah Muhammad from VIBE described the tour as a "randomly epic road trip."[8]

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."[9] 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."[10]

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.[11]

  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 shows in Miami and Manchester, and the second shows in Toronto and Inglewood, Drake joined Rihanna on stage during "Work".[12][13]
  • 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.[14]

Tour dates
List of North American concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, amount of available tickets and gross revenue[1][15][16][17]
Date City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance Revenue
March 12, 2016 Jacksonville United States Jacksonville Arena Travis Scott
 10,916 / 11,253 $880,516
March 13, 2016 Tampa Amalie Arena 12,079 / 12,905 $973,994
March 15, 2016 Miami American Airlines Arena 11,792 / 12,301 $1,196,069
March 18, 2016 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 15,254 / 15,287 $1,590,047
March 19, 2016 Cincinnati U.S. Bank Arena 10,773 / 11,089 $890,872
March 20, 2016 Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena 13,811 / 14,174 $948,212
March 22, 2016 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center 12,913 / 13,287 $1,539,808
March 23, 2016 Buffalo First Niagara Center 12,788 / 13,215 $983,393
March 24, 2016 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 11,748 / 12,482 $944,183
March 26, 2016 Hartford XL Center 10,962 / 11,104 $853,354
March 27, 2016 Brooklyn Barclays Center 28,010 / 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 12,994 / 13.361 $1,652,596
April 5, 2016 Quebec City Canada Videotron Centre N/A N/A
April 6, 2016 Montreal Bell Centre 21,737 / 22,296 $2,432,620
April 7, 2016
April 9, 2016 Baltimore United States Royal Farms Arena N/A N/A
April 10, 2016 Boston TD Garden
April 13, 2016 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre
April 14, 2016
April 15, 2016 Chicago United States United Center
April 18, 2016 Winnipeg Canada MTS Centre
April 20, 2016 Edmonton Northlands Coliseum
April 21, 2016 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
April 23, 2016 Vancouver Rogers Arena
April 24, 2016 Seattle United States KeyArena
April 27, 2016 Salt Lake City Vivint Smart Home Arena
April 29, 2016 Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center
April 30, 2016
May 1, 2016[lower-alpha 1] Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena
May 3, 2016 Inglewood The Forum 25,111 / 25,111 $2,488,465
May 4, 2016
May 6, 2016[lower-alpha 2] San Jose SAP Center N/A N/A
May 7, 2016 Oakland Oracle Arena 11,409 / 11,440 $1,263,414
May 9, 2016[lower-alpha 3] San Diego Viejas Arena N/A N/A
May 13, 2016[lower-alpha 4] Dallas American Airlines Center 13,257 / 13,257 $1,134,952
May 14, 2016[lower-alpha 5] Austin Frank Erwin Center 10,422 / 10,422 $917,707
May 15, 2016[lower-alpha 6] Houston Toyota Center 10,927 / 11,105 $1,436,742
May 17, 2016[lower-alpha 7] New Orleans Smoothie King Center N/A N/A
May 18, 2016[lower-alpha 8] Atlanta Philips Arena 14,397 / 14,397 $1,249,535
List of European concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, amount of available tickets and gross revenue[1][15][18][19]
Date City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance Revenue
June 17, 2016[lower-alpha 9] 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 10] Coventry Ricoh Arena
June 27, 2016 Glasgow Scotland Hampden Park N/A
June 29, 2016 Manchester England Emirates Old Trafford
July 2, 2016 Oslo Norway Telenor Arena
July 4, 2016 Stockholm Sweden Tele2 Arena
July 7, 2016 Copenhagen Denmark Refshale Island
July 9, 2016 Hamburg Germany Volksparkstadion Big Sean
DJ Mustard
Bibi Bourelly
July 11, 2016 Turin Italy Pala Alpitour N/A
July 13, 2016 Milan San Siro
July 17, 2016 Frankfurt Germany Commerzbank-Arena
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 11] 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 12] Skanderborg Denmark Smukkeste Festival Grounds N/A
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 13] Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle Big Sean
R3hab
August 11, 2016[lower-alpha 14] Budapest Hungary Sziget Festival N/A
August 12, 2016 Zürich Switzerland Letzigrund Big Sean
DJ Mustard
August 14, 2016[lower-alpha 15] Bucharest Romania Piața Constituției Delia
August 16, 2016[lower-alpha 16] Berlin Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena Big Sean
R3hab
Bibi Bourelly
August 18, 2016[lower-alpha 17] Hasselt Belgium Pukkelpop N/A
August 20, 2016[lower-alpha 18] Staffordshire England Weston Park
August 21, 2016[lower-alpha 19] Chelmsford Hylands Park
List of North American and Asian concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, amount of available tickets and gross revenue[1]
Date City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance Revenue
September 3, 2016[lower-alpha 20] Philadelphia United States Benjamin Franklin Parkway N/A N/A N/A
September 24, 2016[lower-alpha 21] New York City Central Park
November 27, 2016[lower-alpha 22] Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates du Arena

Cancelled shows
Date City Country Venue Reason
June 17, 2016 Cardiff Wales Principality Stadium Unknown[21]
June 18, 2016 Sunderland England Stadium of Light
July 15, 2016 Nice France Allianz Riviera 2016 Nice truck attack[33]

References

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".[16]
  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".[16]
  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".[16]
  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".[16]
  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".[16]
  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".[16]
  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".[16]
  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".[16]
  9. The concert of June 17, 2016 at the Amsterdam Arena in Amsterdam was originally scheduled to take place on June 11.[20]
  10. The concert of June 25, 2016 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry was originally scheduled to take place on June 14.[21]
  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.[22]
  12. The concert of August 3, 2016 in Skanderborg, Denmark at Smukkeste Festival Grounds is a part of the Skanderborg Festival.[23]
  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.[24]
  14. The concert of August 11, 2016 in Budapest, Hungary at Sziget Festival.[25]
  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.[26]
  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.[27]
  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.[28]
  18. The concert on August 20, 2016 in Weston-under-Lizard, United Kingdom at Weston Park is part of the V Festival.[29]
  19. The concert on August 21, 2016 in Chelmsford, United Kingdom at Hylands Park is part of the V Festival.[29]
  20. The concert on September 3, 2016 in Philadelphia, United States at Benjamin Franklin Parkway is a part of the Made in America Music Festival.[30]
  21. The concert on September 24, 2016 in New York City, United States at Central Park is a part of the Global Citizen Festival.[31]
  22. The concert on November 27, 2016 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates at du Arena is part of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.[32]

Citations
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  7. Caramanica, Jon (March 28, 2016). "Review: Rihanna on Tour, Part Preacher, Part Dominatrix, All Human". The New York Times. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  8. Muhammad, Latifah (May 5, 2016). "Review: Rihanna's 'ANTI' World Tour Is Something You Have To See To Believe". VIBE. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  9. Power, Ed (June 22, 2016). "Rihanna, Anti World Tour, Dublin, review: 'A slick, sleek arena blockbuster delivered full-strength shots of sass and escapism'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved April 1, 2017.
  10. "Rihanna review – like watching a different artist".
  11. "Rihanna Kicks Off 'Anti World Tour'". Rap-Up. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  12. Sonawane, Vishakha (March 16, 2016). "Rihanna Performs Raunchy Moves With Drake At 'Anti' Tour Amid Dating Rumors". International Business Times. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  13. Thompson, Avery (April 15, 2016). "Rihanna Brings Drake On Stage At Toronto Concert & Grinds On Him — Sexy Video". Hollywood Life. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  14. Francesca Vuotto (July 14, 2016). "Scaletta leggermente più corta per Rihanna a San Siro" [Setlist slightly shortened for Rihanna in San Siro]. OnStage. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
  15. Platon, Adelle (November 23, 2015). "Rihanna Announces 2016 Tour with Travi$ Scott, Big Sean & The Weeknd". Billboard. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  16. Platon, Adelle (February 18, 2016). "Rihanna Postpones 'Anti' Tour Dates". Billboard. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  17. Box score:
  18. Further tour dates:
  19. Opening acts:
  20. "Rihanna verplaatst concert in Amsterdam" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. February 19, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  21. Bannister, Antonia (February 19, 2016). "Rihanna postpones Anti tour - with Coventry gig put back 11 days". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
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  24. "Rihanna verschiebt Wien-Konzert". oe24.at (in German). February 19, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  25. McKinney, Jessica (March 16, 2016). "Rihanna Will Headline Sziget Festival In Budapest". Vibe. SpinMedia. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
  26. Popescu, Irina (March 22, 2016). "Rihanna, Steve Aoki and Sia come to music festival in Romania this summer". Romania-Insider.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  27. "Neuer Termin und neue Location: Rihanna-Konzert in Berlin verlegt" (in German). BZ Berlin. February 18, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  28. "Rihanna not at Werchter Boutique. The Anti World Tour to halt at the Pukkelpop festival!". February 19, 2016. Archived from the original on February 21, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  29. "Justin Bieber and Rihanna to Headline U.K.'s V Festival". Billboard. February 22, 2016. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  30. Platon, Adelle (June 20, 2016). "Rihanna & Coldplay To Headline Budweiser's 2016 Made In America Lineup". Billboard. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  31. Craddock, Lauren (July 26, 2016). "Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Selena Gomez, Major Lazer & Metallica to Headline Global Citizen Festival". Billboard. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  32. Garratt, Rob (May 3, 2016). "Rihanna and The Chemical Brothers to perform Abu Dhabi F1 After-Race Concerts". The National. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  33. Nessif, Bruna (July 14, 2016). "Rihanna Is Safe, Concert Cancelled Following Truck Attack in Nice". E! News. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
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