Diamonds World Tour

Diamonds World Tour

by Rihanna

Presentation album	Unapologetic
Beginning of the tour	March 8, 2013
End of the tour	November 14, 2013
Total concerts (by continent)	38 in North America 39 in Europe 10 in Oceania 0 6 in Asia 0 3 in Africa
Concerts in total	96
revenue	$ 140,118,252

Rihanna Tour Chronology

Loud Tour (2011)	Diamonds World Tour (2013)	Anti World Tour (2016)

The Diamonds World Tour is the fifth concert tour from which Barbados coming R & B - singer Rihanna . The tour ran from March to November 2013; Rihanna advertised her seventh studio album Unapologetic (2012).

The tour began on March 8, 2013 in Buffalo ( United States ) and ended on November 15, 2013 in New Orleans (United States). 38 concerts were to be played in North America , 39 in Europe , 10 in Oceania , 6 in Asia and 3 in Africa ; 6 of them at music festivals .

Background and development

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In March 2012, Rihanna said in an interview that she has not yet started recording her next album, but has already started “working on new sounds”. On September 7, 2012, following Rihanna's performance at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards , it was announced that she was working on her fourth global tour, entitled Diamonds World Tour , to promote her future album. Live Nation released a video on YouTube announcing the first North American tour dates. The tickets for the first shows could be purchased a week later on September 14, 2012. On October 11, 2012, Rihanna announced via Twitter both the name and the official cover of her seventh studio album Unapologetic , which was released worldwide on November 19, 2012. Five days before the release date, on November 14, 2012, while Rihanna started her 777 tour , during which Rihanna gave seven concerts in seven different countries within seven days, Live Nation announced the first European dates. At first 21 concerts in 13 different countries were known, which began in Bilbao ( Spain ) on May 26, 2013. In the course of time a total of 11 additional concerts and one concert each in two other countries became known. In addition, a total of six concerts were announced as part of various music festivals . Among other things, Rihanna gave a concert in Morocco , Africa as part of the Mawazine Festival . The other five festival appearances took place in Europe at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark , the Open'er Festival in Poland , the Monte-Carlo Sporting Summer Festival in Monaco and the T in the Park Festival in Scotland . Excerpts from the appearance on T in the Park were broadcast on the BBC . The first six concerts in Australia and New Zealand were announced on March 13, 2013, while Rihanna was already on tour in North America, for September and October 2013. Four additional concerts were added. On April 8, 2013, two concerts in South Africa were announced for mid-October 2013. Three weeks later, on April 28, 2013, a concert date for the Philippines , which took place in September of the same year, was published. On May 2, 2013, a concert was announced for October 2013 in the United Arab Emirates . On May 21, 2013, another date was announced for a performance in Israel .

Rihanna sings during her Diamonds World Tour .

The tour started as planned in Buffalo ( United States ) on March 8, 2013. But the next two dates in Boston (United States) on March 10, 2013 and in Baltimore (United States) on March 12, 2013 had to be canceled. because Rihanna had a laryngitis . The tour could then be continued as planned. In addition, the canceled concerts in Baltimore were postponed to April 24, 2013 and in Boston to May 6, 2013. On April 15 and 16, 2013 two concerts, this time in Houston (United States) and Dallas (United States), had to be canceled due to illness. Rihanna announced on Instagram that she had been sick since the concert in San Diego (United States) and hoped that the two days off between the Las Vegas (United States) and Houston concerts would be enough for recovery. At the end of April, two new dates were set in November of the same year.

Commercial win

Rihanna sings Phresh Out the Runway in Toronto.

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After the North American part of the tour was announced, additional dates were scheduled in Montreal ( Canada ), New York City ( United States ) and Toronto (Canada) due to the high demand . After the dates for the UK part of the tour were published, searches for pre-sale tickets on Viagogo.co.uk increased by 700%. Experts thought it possible that all concerts in Europe could sell out in less than six minutes. Due to the great demand in Europe, additional concerts were held in Amsterdam ( Netherlands ), Antwerp ( Belgium ), Birmingham ( England ), Cologne ( Germany ), Hanover (Germany), Lille ( France ), London (England), Manchester (England) and Zurich ( Switzerland ) announced. In Oceania, additional concerts were added in Auckland ( New Zealand ), Melbourne ( Australia ) and Sydney (Australia) due to high demand .

Setlist

The setlist is from Oklahoma City , USA . It does not represent all concerts on the tour.

Intro

1. "Mother Mary"

Act I.

2. "Phresh Out the Runway" (contains elements from "Jump", " Birthday Cake " and " S&M ")
3. " Birthday Cake (Remix)"
4. " Talk That Talk "
5. "Pour It Up"
6. "Cockiness (Love It)"
7. "Numb"

Act II

8. " You da One "
9. " Man Down "
10. "No Love Allowed" (contains elements from "World A Music" by " Ini Kamoze ")
11. " Rude Boy "
12. " What's My Name? "

Act III

13. "Jump"
14. " Umbrella "
15. " All of the Lights " (from " My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy " by " Kanye West ")
16. " Rockstar 101 "
17. "What Now"

Act IV

18. "Loveeeeeee Song"
19. " Love the Way You Lie (Part II) "
20. " Take a Bow "
21. "Cold Case Love"
22. " Hate That I Love You " (contains elements from "Get It Over With")

Act V

23. " We Found Love "
24. " S&M "
25. " Only Girl (In the World) "
26. " Don't Stop the Music "
27. "Where Have You Been"

Encore

28. " Stay "
29. " Diamonds "

particularities

• In the opening concert in Buffalo ( United States ) Act III was played before Act II .
• In the first three concerts in Buffalo, Philadelphia and Hartford (United States) "You da One" has not yet been played.
• Mother Mary, Cockiness (Love It), No Love Allowed, Loveeeeeee Song, and Love the Way You Lie (Part II) were not played regularly.
• “Red Lipstick” was played as an interlude in selected concerts before Act III or Act V began .

Tour dates

date	city	country	Venue	Opening act	Tickets sold / available	Gross sales
North America
0March 8, 2013	Buffalo	United States	First Niagara Center	ASAP Rocky	15,614 / 15,614 (100%)	$ 1,117,147
March 14, 2013	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center		15,095 / 15,095 (100%)	$ 1,080,298
15 March 2013	Hartford		XL Center		10,985 / 10,985 (100%)	$ 842,941
17th March 2013	Montreal	Canada	Bell Center		16,054 / 16,054 (100%)	$ 1,278,497
March 18, 2013	Toronto		Air Canada Center		32,038 / 32,038 (100%)	$ 2,498,532
March 19, 2013
21st March 2013	Detroit	United States	Joe Louis Arena		15,349 / 15,349 (100%)	$ 937,674
22th of March 2013	Chicago		United Center		15.902 / 15.902 (100%)	$ 1,234,380
March 24, 2013	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center		10,929 / 10,929 (100%)	$ 780,143
March 25.2013	Winnipeg	Canada	MTS Center		10,649 / 10,649 (100%)	$ 880,893
March 27, 2013	Edmonton		Rexall Place		13,133 / 13,133 (100%)	$ 1,008,532
March 30, 2013	Calgary		Scotiabank Saddledome		13,495 / 13,495 (100%)	$ 1,012,286
0April 1, 2013	Vancouver		Rogers Arena		14,879 / 14,879 (100%)	$ 1,153,688
0April 3, 2013	Seattle	United States	KeyArena		10.906 / 10.906 (100%)	$ 782,027
0April 6, 2013	San Jose		HP Pavilion		14,027 / 14,027 (100%)	$ 1,047,778
0April 8, 2013	los Angeles		Staples Center		14,882 / 14,882 (100%)	$ 1,297,755
0April 9, 2013	Anaheim		Honda Center		11,050 / 11,050 (100%)	$ 950,442
April 11, 2013	San Diego		Valley View Casino Center		11,831 / 11,831 (100%)	$ 899,782
April 12th, 2013	Las Vegas		Mandalay Bay Events Center		8,861 / 8,861 (100%)	$ 1,047,675
April 19, 2013	Tampa		Tampa Bay Times Forum		11,705 / 11,705 (100%)	$ 901,024
April 20, 2013	Fort Lauderdale		BB&T Center		13,959 / 13,959 (100%)	$ 1,042,363
April 22, 2013	Atlanta		Philips Arena		13,233 / 13,233 (100%)	$ 924,581
April 24, 2013	Baltimore		1st Mariner Arena		11.002 / 11.002 (100%)	$ 788,340
April 26, 2013	Atlantic City		Revel Atlantic City		4,391 / 4,391 (100%)	$ 515,641
April 28, 2013	Newark		Prudential Center		13,999 / 13,999 (100%)	$ 1,215,879
April 29, 2013	Washington, DC		Verizon Center		14,339 / 14,339 (100%)	$ 1,185,020
01st of May 2013	Montreal	Canada	Bell Center		14,028 / 14,028 (100%)	$ 1,190,028
0May 2, 2013	Ottawa		Scotiabank Place		11,990 / 11,990 (100%)	$ 852,724
0May 5, 2013 (1)	New York City	United States	Barclays Center		29,072 / 29,072 (100%)	$ 2,465,993
0May 6, 2013	Boston		TD Garden		14,083 / 14,083 (100%)	$ 1,061,548
0May 7, 2013 (1)	New York City		Barclays Center		29,072 / 29,072 (100%)	$ 2,465,993
Africa
May 24, 2013 (A)	Rabat	Morocco	OLM Souissi	-	-	-
Europe
May 26, 2013	Bilbao	Spain	Bizkaia Arena	GTA	13,770 / 13,770 (100%)	$ 995,676
May 28, 2013	Lisbon	Portugal	Pavilhão Atlântico		18.006 / 18.006 (100%)	$ 1,151,120
May 30, 2013	Istanbul	Turkey	Inönü Stadium		33,483 / 33,483 (100%)	$ 3,547,707
01st June 2013	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi		17,761 / 17,761 (100%)	$ 1,339,319
02nd June 2013	Montpellier	France	Park & ​​Suites Arena		12,627 / 12,627 (100%)	$ 915,172
03rd June 2013	Lyon		Hall Tony Garnier	GTA Haim	15,339 / 15,339 (100%)	$ 994,578
05th June 2013	Antwerp	Belgium	Sports paleis		39,436 / 39,436 (100%)	$ 2,881,499
06th June 2013
0June 8, 2013	Paris	France	Stade de France	David Guetta GTA	75,841 / 75,841 (100%)	$ 6,488,029
June 10, 2013	Cardiff	Wales	Millennium Stadium		60.307 / 60.307 (100%)	$ 4,647,267
June 12, 2013 (2)	Manchester	England	Manchester arena	GTA	55,687 / 55,687 (100%)	$ 4,677,878
June 13, 2013 (2)
June 15, 2013	London		Twickenham Stadium	David Guetta GTA	95,971 / 95,971 (100%)	$ 8,656,858
June 16, 2013
June 17, 2013 (3)	Birmingham		LG Arena	GTA	28,160 / 28,160 (100%)	$ 2,446,331
June 20, 2013	Sunderland		Stage of light	David Guetta GTA	54,259 / 54,259 (100%)	$ 4,413,716
June 21th 2013	Dublin	Ireland	Aviva Stadium	GTA	48,482 / 48,482 (100%)	$ 4,956,284
June 23, 2013	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome		33,369 / 33,369 (100%)	$ 2,354,542
June 24, 2013
June 26, 2013	Cologne	Germany	Lanxess Arena		31,507 / 31,507 (100%)	$ 2,560,136
June 27, 2013
June 29, 2013	Zurich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion		27,122 / 27,122 (100%)	$ 2,380,749
30th of June 2013
02nd of July 2013	Berlin	Germany	O2 World Berlin		13,649 / 13,649 (100%)	$ 1,079,422
03rd July 2013	Hanover		TUI Arena		10,888 / 10,888 (100%)	$ 917,312
0July 5, 2013 (B)	Roskilde	Denmark	orange	-	-	-
0July 7, 2013 (C)	Gdynia	Poland	Babie Doły Military Airport	-	-	-
0July 9, 2013	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle	GTA Haim	15,990 / 15,990 (100%)	$ 1,306,615
July 10, 2013 (D)	Monte Carlo	Monaco	Salle des Etoiles	-	-	-
July 11, 2013 (D)
July 13, 2013 (E)	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	Balado	-	-	-
July 15, 2013 (2)	Manchester	England	Manchester arena	GTA	55,687 / 55,687 (100%)	$ 4,677,878
16 July 2013 (2)
July 18, 2013 (3)	Birmingham		LG Arena		28,160 / 28,160 (100%)	$ 2,446,331
20th July 2013	Villeneuve d'Ascq	France	Grand Stade Lille Métropole	-	27,294 / 27,294 (100%)	$ 2,188,620
22. July 2013	Stockholm	Sweden	Ericsson Globe	GTA	13,929 / 13,929 (100%)	$ 1,226,039
July 25, 2013	Oslo	Norway	Telenor Arena		17,832 / 17,832 (100%)	$ 2,250,403
July 26, 2013	Mountains		Koengen		20,125 / 20,125 (100%)	$ 2,516,799
July 28, 2013	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Arena		12,111 / 12,111 (100%)	$ 1,198,861
Asia
September 13, 2013	Macau	China	CotaiArena	GTA	24,872 / 24,872 (100%)	$ 2,909,479
September 14, 2013
19th September 2013	Manila	Philippines	Mall of Asia Arena		8,118 / 9,743 (83%)	$ 810,543
September 22, 2013 (F)	Singapore	Singapore	Marina Bay Street Circuit		-	-
Oceania
September 24, 2013	Perth	Australia	Perth Arena	GTA	13,222 / 13,222 (100%)	$ 1,535,953
26th September 2013	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Center		9.281 / 9.281 (100%)	$ 1,037,041
September 28, 2013	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Center		12,116 / 12,116 (100%)	$ 1,341,098
September 30th, 2013	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena		24,017 / 24,017 (100%)	$ 2,749,982
0October 1, 2013
03rd October 2013	Sydney		Allphones arena		30,361 / 30,361 (100%)	$ 3,449,021
04th October 2013
0October 6, 2013	Auckland	New Zealand	Vector arena		33,565 / 33,565 (100%)	$ 3,377,624
0October 7, 2013
0October 8, 2013
Africa
October 13, 2013	Johannesburg	South Africa	Soccer City	GTA	67,291 / 67,291 (100%)	$ 3.0732.307
October 16, 2013	Cape Town		Cape Town Stadium		39,616 / 39,616 (100%)	$ 1,872,570
Asia
19th October 2013	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	you arena	GTA	23,757 / 24,470 (97%)	$ 3,717,513
22nd October, 2013	Tel Aviv	Israel	Jarkon Afek National Park		50,554 / 50,554 (100%)	$ 6,121,631
North America
October 26, 2013	Punta Cana	Dominican Republic	Hard Rock Hotel & Casino	ASAP Rocky	13,974 / 17,326 (81%)	$ 1,695,810
October 29, 2013	San Juan	Puerto Rico	Estadio Hiram Bithorn		16,074 / 16,074 (100%)	$ 1,569,910
0November 9, 2013	Denver	United States	Pepsi Center	2 chainz	10,180 / 10,180 (100%)	$ 710,749
11th. November.2013	Dallas		American Airlines Center		11,182 / 11,182 (100%)	$ 765,281
November 12, 2013	Oklahoma City		Chesapeake Energy Arena		6,556 / 6,556 (100%)	$ 501,475
November 14, 2013	Houston		Toyota Center	ASAP Rocky	12.610 / 12.610	$ 1,013,001
15th November 2013	New Orleans		New Orleans Arena		10.974 / 10.974	$ 865,010
TOTAL					1,627,935 / 1,633,625 (100%)	$ 140,118,252

Remarks

• (1) The sales data are combined from all concerts in New York City on May 5 and 7, 2013.
• (2) The sales dates are combined from all concerts in Manchester on June 12th and 13th and July 15th and 16th, 2013.
• (3) The sales data are combined from all concerts in Birmingham on June 17th and July 18th 2013.

Festivals and various other shows

• (A) This concert is part of the “Mawazine Festival”.
• (B) This concert is part of the “ Roskilde Festival ”.
• (C) This concert is part of the "Heineken Open'er Festival".
• (D) This concert is part of the "Monte-Carlo Sporting Summer Festival".
• (E) This concert is part of the " T in the Park Festival ".
• (F) This concert is part of the " Singapore Grand Prix 2013 "

Canceled and postponed shows

March 10, 2013	Boston , United States	TD Garden	Postponed to May 6, 2013 due to a larynx infection .
12th March 2013	Baltimore , United States	1st Mariner Arena	Postponed to April 24, 2013 due to a laryngitis .
April 15, 2013	Houston , United States	Toyota Center	Postponed to November 14, 2013 due to illness.
April 16, 2013	Dallas , United States	American Airlines Center	Postponed to November 11, 2013 due to illness.
04th May 2013	New York City , United States	Barclays Center	Postponed to May 7, 2013 due to the NBA play-offs .
20th July 2013	Helsinki , Finland	Hartwall Arena	Postponed to July 28, 2013.
01. November 2013	Bridgetown , Barbados	Kensington oval	Postponed to 2014 due to technical difficulties with transporting the equipment.

Individual evidence

1. ↑
   • Billboard Biz: Current Box Score . In: Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. April 3, 2013. Archived from the original on April 3, 2013. Retrieved on November 7, 2013.
   • Billboard Biz: Current Box Score . In: Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. May 22, 2013. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved on November 7, 2013.
2. ↑ Current box score . In: Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Current box score . In: Billboard . Archived from the original on November 20, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
4. ↑ Current box score . In: Billboard . Archived from the original on November 27, 2013. Retrieved November 27, 2013.