Anti World Tour

Not to be confused with Anti 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.

Anti World Tour

Tour by Rihanna
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album	Anti
Start date	March 12, 2016 (2016-03-12)
End date	November 27, 2016 (2016-11-27)
Legs	3
No. of shows	75
Supporting acts	Travis Scott Big Sean DJ Mustard Bibi Bourelly R3hab Delia
Box office	$110 million ($144.12 in 2024 dollars)[1] [2]
Rihanna concert chronology

The show was met with acclaim from music critics who praised Rihanna's stage presence and confidence. Commercially, the tour grossed more than $110 million (USD) according to Billboard Boxscore.^[4]

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.^[5] 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.^[6]

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.^[7] On November 23, 2015, Rihanna announced she would be embarking on "The Anti World Tour".^[8] 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.^[9]

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."^[10] Reviewing the Los Angeles concert, Latifah Muhammad from VIBE described the tour as a "randomly epic road trip."^[11]

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."^[12] 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."^[13]

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.^[14]

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. "Talk That Talk" (interlude)
19. "Needed Me"
20. "Same Ol' Mistakes"
21. "Diamonds"
22. "FourFiveSeconds"

Encore

22. "Love on the Brain"
23. "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".^[15][16]
• 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.^[17]
• Due to technical difficulties in LA, Rihanna performed “Stay”, “Love The Way You Lie (Pt. II), “Woo” and “Sex With Me” on the main stage instead of the normal B-stage and bridge.

Tour dates

List of concerts^{[3][18][19][20][21]}

Date (2016)	City	Country	Venue	Opening acts	Attendance	Revenue
March 12	Jacksonville	United States	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena	Travis Scott	10,916 / 11,253 (97%)	$880,516
March 13	Tampa		Amalie Arena		12,079 / 12,905 (94%)	$973,994
March 15	Miami		American Airlines Arena		11,792 / 12,301 (96%)	$1,196,069
March 18	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena		14,254 / 15,287 (93%)	$990,047
March 19	Cincinnati		U.S. Bank Arena		10,773 / 11,089 (97%)	$890,872
March 20	Charlotte		Time Warner Cable Arena		13,811 / 14,174 (97%)	$948,212
March 22	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center		12,913 / 13,287 (97%)	$1,539,808
March 23	Buffalo		First Niagara Center		12,788 / 13,215 (97%)	$983,393
March 24	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills		11,748 / 12,482 (94%)	$944,183
March 26	Hartford		XL Center		10,962 / 11,104 (99%)	$853,354
March 27	Brooklyn		Barclays Center		28,010 / 28,010 (100%)	$2,906,512
March 30
April 2	Newark		Prudential Center		12,992 / 12,992 (100%)	$1,471,474
April 3	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center		12,994 / 13,361 (97%)	$1,652,596
April 5	Quebec City	Canada	Videotron Centre		—	—
April 6	Montreal		Bell Centre		20,737 / 22,296 (93%)	$1,432,620
April 7
April 9	Baltimore	United States	Royal Farms Arena		11,356 / 11,810 (96%)	$848,704
April 10	Boston		TD Garden		12,295 / 12,589 (98%)	$1,180,615
April 13	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre		26,288 / 26,288 (100%)	$2,102,944
April 14
April 15	Chicago	United States	United Center		13,515 / 19,625 (69%)	$1,330,995
April 18	Winnipeg	Canada	MTS Centre		—	—
April 20	Edmonton		Northlands Coliseum		10,200 / 10,835 (94%)	$730,774
April 21	Calgary		Scotiabank Saddledome		—	—
April 23	Vancouver		Rogers Arena		14,220 / 14,220 (100%)	$1,080,064
April 24	Seattle	United States	KeyArena		9,641 / 10,620 (91%)	$900,660
April 27	Salt Lake City		Vivint Smart Home Arena		9,086 / 21,049 (43%)	$584,709
April 29	Las Vegas		Mandalay Bay Events Center		15,109 / 15,862 (99%)	$1,648,489
April 30					—	—
May 1[a]	Phoenix		Talking Stick Resort Arena		9,503 / 11,692 (81%)	$833,279
May 3	Inglewood		The Forum		25,111 / 25,111 (100%)	$2,488,465
May 4
May 6[b]	San Jose		SAP Center		10,285 / 11,392 (90%)	$1,050,724
May 7	Oakland		Oracle Arena		11,409 / 11,440 (99%)	$1,263,414
May 9[c]	San Diego		Viejas Arena		8,461 / 10,304 (82%)	$812,817
May 13[d]	Dallas		American Airlines Center		13,257 / 13,257 (100%)	$1,134,952
May 14[e]	Austin		Frank Erwin Center		10,422 / 10,422 (100%)	$917,707
May 15[f]	Houston		Toyota Center		10,927 / 11,105 (98%)	$1,436,742
May 17[g]	New Orleans		Smoothie King Center		10,247 / 12,088 (85%)	$829,499
May 18[h]	Atlanta		Philips Arena		14,397 / 14,397 (100%)	$1,249,535
June 17[i]	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Amsterdam Arena	Big Sean DJ Mustard	50,513 / 50,932 (99%)	$3,525,469
June 21	Dublin	Ireland	Aviva Stadium		29,017 / 30,000 (97%)	$2,718,888
June 24	London	England	Wembley Stadium		—	—
June 25[j]	Coventry		Ricoh Arena
June 27	Glasgow	Scotland	Hampden Park	—	22,496 / 23,058 (98%)	$1,874,229
June 29	Manchester	England	Emirates Old Trafford		—	—
July 2	Oslo	Norway	Telenor Arena
July 4	Stockholm	Sweden	Tele2 Arena		34,956 / 35,987 (97%)	$2,543,042
July 7	Copenhagen	Denmark	Refshale Island		—	—
July 9	Hamburg	Germany	Volksparkstadion	Big Sean DJ Mustard Bibi Bourelly
July 11	Turin	Italy	Pala Alpitour	—
July 13	Milan		San Siro
July 17	Frankfurt	Germany	Commerzbank-Arena
July 19	Lyon	France	Stade des Lumières	Big Sean DJ Mustard
July 21	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi
July 23	Lille	France	Stade Pierre-Mauroy
July 26[k]	Prague	Czech Republic	O2 Arena
July 28	Cologne	Germany	RheinEnergieStadion	Big Sean DJ Mustard Bibi Bourelly
July 30	Saint-Denis	France	Stade de France	Big Sean DJ Mustard
August 2	Malmö	Sweden	Malmö Arena
August 3[l]	Skanderborg	Denmark	Smukkeste Festival Grounds	—
August 5	Warsaw	Poland	PGE Narodowy	Big Sean Mo Beatz
August 7	Munich	Germany	Olympiastadion	Big Sean Alan Walker Bibi Bourelly
August 9[m]	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle	Big Sean R3hab
August 11[n]	Budapest	Hungary	Sziget Festival	—
August 12	Zürich	Switzerland	Letzigrund	Big Sean DJ Mustard
August 14[o]	Bucharest	Romania	Piața Constituției	Delia
August 16[p]	Berlin	Germany	Mercedes-Benz Arena	Big Sean R3hab Bibi Bourelly	13,480 / 13,480 (100%)	$973,632
August 18[q]	Hasselt	Belgium	Pukkelpop	—	—	—
August 20[r]	Staffordshire	England	Weston Park
August 21[s]	Chelmsford		Hylands Park
September 3[t]	Philadelphia	United States	Benjamin Franklin Parkway
September 24[u]	New York City		Central Park
November 27[v]	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	du Arena
TOTAL					592,960 / 631,319 (93.9%)	$51,723,998

Cancelled shows

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
June 17, 2016	Cardiff	Wales	Principality Stadium	Logistical reasons beyond the tour's control [35]
June 18, 2016	Sunderland	England	Stadium of Light
July 15, 2016	Nice	France	Allianz Riviera	2016 Nice truck attack[36]