Purpose World Tour

Purpose World Tour

by Justin Bieber

Presentation album	Purpose
Beginning of the tour	March 9, 2016
End of the tour	2nd July 2017
Concerts in total	71 in North America 60 in Europe 5 in Oceania 5 in Asia 7 in South America 6 in Central America 2 in Africa 158 in total
revenue	$ 256,384,056

Justin Bieber Tour Chronology

Believe Tour (2012-13)		-

The Purpose World Tour was Canadian singer Justin Bieber's third world tour . During the tour, songs from his fourth studio album Purpose were mostly sung. The tour began on March 9, 2016 in Seattle, Washington . The tour ended in London on July 2, 2017 after the remaining concerts were canceled on July 24, 2017.

background

The tour was announced on November 11, 2015 on The Ellen DeGeneres Show . On the same day, 58 concert dates for the US and Canada were posted on the singer's website. Due to the very high demand, more concerts were added in Los Angeles , Atlanta , Philadelphia , Boston , Miami and New York , bringing the total to 66 concerts in North America.

On December 9th, 2015 the first concert dates for Europe were announced, to which further concerts in Iceland , Croatia , England , Scotland , Ireland , Paris , Oslo and Stockholm were added later due to high demand .

In January 2016, rehearsals began in Los Angeles .

On October 3, 2016, in addition to the announcement of five more concerts in Australia and New Zealand, Martin Garrix was announced as a special guest.

In November and December 2016, the Purpose Tour was announced as part of some festivals in Europe in the summer of 2017.

On December 5, 2016, Bieber announced on The Ellen DeGeneres Show a stadium tour for the summer of 2017 in the United States . First, a concert was confirmed on August 5, 2017 at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena . On July 24, 2017, the remaining concerts, including the stadium tour in the United States announced in December, were canceled.

Set list

The order and selection of the songs can sometimes differ at different concerts. The following list corresponds to that of the concert in Seattle on March 9, 2016.

Setlist
Setlist Mark My Words Where Are Ü Now I'll show you The feeling Get Used to It Cold water Love yourself Home to mom Been you Company No sense Boyfriend Hold tight As Long As You Love Me No pressure Children Life is worth living What do you mean? infant Purpose Sorry

Concerts

date	city	country	Venue	Opening act	Number of visitors	revenue
North America
March 9, 2016	Seattle	United States	KeyArena	Corey Harper Moxie Raia	12.227 / 12.227	$ 1,316,780
March 11, 2016	Vancouver	Canada	Rogers Arena		14.648 / 14.648	$ 1,337,020
March 13, 2016	Portland	United States	Moda Center	Corey Harper Post Malone Moxie Raia	14.146 / 14.146	$ 1,336,071
15th March 2016	Sacramento		Sleep Train Arena	Post Malone Moxie Raia	13.786 / 13.786	$ 1,311,567
17th March 2016	San Jose		SAP Center		13.508 / 13.508	$ 1,427,847
March 18, 2016	Oakland		Oracle Arena		14.828 / 14.828	$ 1,548,782
March 20, 2016	los Angeles		Staples Center		41.445 / 41.445	$ 4,365,483
March 21, 2016
March 23, 2016
March 25, 2016	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena		13.483 / 13.483	$ 1,411,304
March 26, 2016	Fresno		Save Mart Center		11.874 / 11.874	$ 1,154,574
March 29, 2016	San Diego		Valley View Casino Center		11,571 / 11,571	$ 1,120,203
March 30, 2016	Glendale		Gila River Arena		13,550 / 13,550	$ 1,319,238
2nd April 2016	Salt Lake City		Vivint Smart Home Arena		15.115 / 15.115	$ 1,400,612
April 4, 2016	Denver		Pepsi Center		13.910 / 13.910	$ 1,457,492
April 6, 2016	Kansas City		Sprint Center		13.701 / 13.701	$ 1,277,252
April 7, 2016	Tulsa		BOK Center		13.231 / 13.231	$ 1,222,177
April 9, 2016	Houston		Toyota Center		12.868 / 12.868	$ 1,407,652
April 10, 2016	Dallas		American Airlines Center		14.764 / 14.764	$ 1,563,920
April 12, 2016	Atlanta		Philips Arena		25.717 / 25.717	$ 2,726,349
April 13, 2016
April 19, 2016	St. Louis		Scottrade Center		15,450 / 15,450	$ 1,433,791
April 20, 2016	Louisville		KFC Yum! center		16.496 / 16.496	$ 1,513,138
April 22, 2016	Rosemont		Allstate Arena		28,519 / 28,519	$ 2,952,529
April 23, 2016
April 25, 2016	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills		14.795 / 14.795	$ 1,538,259
April 26, 2016	Cleveland		Quicken Loans Arena		16.028 / 16.028	$ 1,480,206
April 28, 2016	Columbus		Schottenstein Center		13.919 / 13.919	$ 1,331,983
April 29, 2016	Washington, DC		Verizon Center		14.917 / 14.917	$ 1,551,880
4th May 2016	Brooklyn		Barclays Center		29.470 / 29.470	$ 3,075,262
5th May 2016
May 7, 2016	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center		30.535 / 30.535	$ 3,131,498
May 8, 2016
May 10, 2016	Boston		TD Garden		28.406 / 28.406	$ 2,962,651
May 11, 2016
May 13, 2016	Ottawa	Canada	Canadian Tire Center	The Knocks Moxie Raia	13.697 / 13.697	$ 1,297,390
May 14, 2016	Quebec		Videotron Center		14,014 / 14,014	$ 1,284,730
May 16, 2016	Montreal		Bell Center	Post Malone Moxie Raia	15.956 / 15.956	$ 1,473,300
May 18, 2016	Toronto		Air Canada Center		31.482 / 31.482	$ 2,906,010
19th May 2016
June 11, 2016	Winnipeg		MTS Center	Moxie Raia	12.228 / 12.228	$ 1,210,850
June 13, 2016	Calgary		Scotiabank Saddledome	Post Malone Moxie Raia	12.944 / 12.944	$ 1,269,300
June 14, 2016	Edmonton		Rexall Place		13.802 / 13.802	$ 1,319,790
June 16, 2016	Saskatoon		SaskTel Center		12.741 / 12.741	$ 1,179,080
June 18, 2016	Fargo	United States	Fargodome		12.451 / 12.451	$ 1,177,819
19th June 2016	Minneapolis		Target Center		14.498 / 14.498	$ 1,514,540
June 21, 2016	Lincoln		Pinnacle Bank Arena		13.048 / 13.048	$ 1,244,748
June 22, 2016	Des Moines		Wells Fargo Arena		13.086 / 13.086	$ 1,251,093
June 24, 2016	Cincinnati		US Bank Arena		12.522 / 12.522	$ 1,193,105
June 25, 2016	Indianapolis		Bankers Life Fieldhouse		14.403 / 14.403	$ 1,363,344
June 27, 2016	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena		14.051 / 14.051	$ 1,368,341
June 29, 2016	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Arena		11,590 / 11,590	$ 1,116,384
June 30, 2016	Orlando		Amway Center		13.282 / 13.282	$ 1,273,025
2nd July 2016	Miami		American Airlines Arena		27.019 / 27.019	$ 2,836,286
3rd July, 2016
July 6, 2016	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum		14.832 / 14.832	$ 1,421,008
July 7, 2016	Baltimore		Royal Farms Arena		13.325 / 13.325	$ 1,199,139
July 9, 2016	Newark		Prudential Center		13.739 / 13.739	$ 1,475,513
July 10, 2016	Hartford		XL Center		11.930 / 11.930	$ 1,169,815
July 12, 2016	Buffalo		First Niagara Center		14.424 / 14.424	$ 1,376,691
July 13, 2016	Pittsburgh		Consol Energy Center		14.508 / 14.508	$ 1,353,964
15th July 2016	Atlantic City		Boardwalk Hall		12.829 / 12.829	$ 1,241,152
18th July 2016	New York City		Madison Square Garden		29.425 / 29.425	$ 3,340,025
19th July 2016
Asia
August 13, 2016	Chiba	Japan	Makuhari fair	-
August 14, 2016
Europe
September 8, 2016	Kópavogur	Iceland	Kórinn	...	-	-
September 9, 2016
September 14, 2016	Berlin	Germany	Mercedes-Benz Arena		-	-
16th September 2016	Munich		Olympia Hall		-	-
18th September 2016	Cologne		Lanxess Arena		-	-
20th September 2016	Paris	France	AccorHotels Arena		-	-
September 21, 2016
23rd September 2016	Oslo	Norway	Telenor Arena		-	-
September 24, 2016
26th September 2016	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Arena		-	-
September 27, 2016
29th September 2016	Stockholm	Sweden	Tele2 Arena		-	-
September 30, 2016
October 2nd, 2016	Copenhagen	Denmark	Telia parking		-	-
5th October 2016	Antwerp	Belgium	Sports paleis		-	-
October 6, 2016
October 8, 2016	Arnhem	Netherlands	GelreDome		-	-
October 9, 2016
October 11, 2016	London	England	The O 2 arena		-	-
October 12, 2016
October 14, 2016
15th October 2016
17th October 2016	Birmingham		Barclaycard Arena		-	-
October 18, 2016
20th October 2016	Manchester		Manchester arena		-	-
October 21, 2016
October 23, 2016
October 24, 2016	Birmingham		Genting Arena		-	-
October 26, 2016	Sheffield		Sheffield Arena		-	-
October 28, 2016	Glasgow	Scotland	The SSE Hydro		-	-
October 29, 2016
October 30, 2016
November 1, 2016	Dublin	Ireland	3Arena		-	-
November 2, 2016
November 8, 2016	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle		-	-
November 9, 2016	Zagreb	Croatia	Arena Zagreb		-	-
November 11, 2016	Krakow	Poland	Tauron Arena		-	-
November 12, 2016	Prague	Czech Republic	O 2 arena		-	-
November 14, 2016	Hamburg	Germany	Barclaycard Arena		-	-
November 16, 2016	Frankfurt		Festival hall		-	-
17th November 2016	Zurich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion		-	-
19th November 2016	Bologna	Italy	Unipol Arena		-	-
20th November 2016
22nd November 2016	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi		-	-
23rd November 2016	Madrid		Barclaycard Center		-	-
November 25, 2016	Lisbon	Portugal	MEO Arena		-	-
November 28, 2016	London	England	The O 2 arena		-	-
29th November 2016
North America
15th February 2017	Monterrey	Mexico	Estadio BBVA Bancomer	-	-	-
18th February 2017	Mexico city		Foro Sol
19th February 2017
February 21, 2017
Oceania
March 6, 2017	Perth	Australia	nib stage	Martin Garrix	-	-
March 10, 2017	Melbourne		Etihad Stadium
March 13, 2017	Brisbane		Suncorp Stadium
15th March 2017	Sydney		ANZ stadium
18th March 2017	Auckland	New Zealand	Mt Smart Stadium
South America
23rd March 2017	Santiago de Chile	Chile	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos	-	-	-
29th March 2017	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Praça da Apoteose
April 1, 2017	São Paulo		Allianz Parque
2nd April 2017
5th April 2017	Lima	Peru	Estadio Nacional de Lima
April 8, 2017	Quito	Ecuador	Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa
April 12, 2017	Bogotá	Colombia	Estadio El Campín
Central America
April 15, 2017	Punta Cana	Dominican Republic	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
April 18, 2017	San Juan	Puerto Rico	José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum
April 21, 2017	Panama City	Panama	Plaza Figali
April 24, 2017	San Jose	Costa Rica	Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica
Asia
May 3, 2017	Tel Aviv	Israel	Yarkon Park	-	-	-
May 6, 2017	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Autism Rocks Arena
May 10, 2017	Mumbai	India	DY Patil Stadium
Africa
May 14, 2017	Johannesburg	South Africa	Soccer City
17th May 2017	Cape Town		Cape Town Stadium
Europe
3rd June 2017	Landgraaf	Netherlands	Megaland	-
5th June 2017	Aarhus	Denmark	Jutland Racecourse	Rudimental Gnash Adam Daniel	-
June 7, 2017	Stavanger	Norway	Forus Travbane	-
June 10, 2017	Stockholm	Sweden	Gärdet
15th June 2017	Bern	Switzerland	Stade de Suisse	Halsey	32.108 / 40.236	$ 3,128,564
18th June 2017	Monza	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	-
June 21, 2017	Dublin	Ireland	RDS arena	-	30,000	-
June 24, 2017	Villeneuve-d'Ascq	France	Stade Pierre Mauroy	-
June 25, 2017	Frankfurt	Germany	Commerzbank Arena
June 30, 2017	Cardiff	Wales	Principality Stadium	Halsey	38.434 / 45.201	$ 2,653,174
2nd July 2017	London	England	Hyde Park	Martin Garrix Tove Lo Anne-Marie	-
All in all					2,782,885 / 2,841,589	$ 256,384,056

Canceled concerts

The following concerts were canceled on July 24, 2017:

date	city	country	Venue
North America
5th August 2017	Pasadena	United States	Rose Bowl Stadium
August 12, 2017	Denver		Sports Authority Field at Mile High
18th August 2017	Minneapolis		US Bank Stadium
23rd August 2017	East Rutherford		MetLife Stadium
29th August 2017	Foxborough		Gillette Stadium
5th September 2017	Toronto	Canada	Rogers Center
6th September 2017
Asia
23 September 2017	Tokyo	Japan	Ajinomoto Stadium
September 24, 2017
27th September 2017	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	AsiaWorld arena
September 30, 2017	Santa Maria	Philippines	Philippine Arena
October 7, 2017	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore National Stadium
October 10, 2017	Jakarta	Indonesia	Ancol Park

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Joe Coscarelli: Justin Bieber Cancels 'Purpose' Tour Dates for His 'Soul and Well-Being' . In: The New York Times . July 25, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
2. ↑ Caitlin O'Toole: Anyone, get ready! Justin Bieber to move on from tantrums and drama with 58-show world tour to promote comeback album Purpose. In: Dailymail.com. Associated Newspapers Ltd, November 12, 2015, accessed December 2, 2015 . 
3. ^ Remainder of Purpose World Tour Concerts Canceled - Justin Bieber. Retrieved July 24, 2017 (American English). 
4. ↑ Kelly Lawler: Justin Bieber announces 'Purpose' world tour. In: USA Today. Gannett Company, November 11, 2015, accessed December 2, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Francesco Marano: Justin Bieber Adds 2016 “Purpose World Tour” Dates for Europe: Ticket Presale Info. zumic.com. December 9, 2015, accessed March 17, 2016.
6. ↑ Justin Bieber Purpose World Tour. justinbiebervip.com, accessed December 5, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Justin Bieber Reveals 2017 US Stadium Tour on 'Ellen,' Says He's Happy Being Single. Billboard, December 5, 2015, accessed December 5, 2016 . 
8. ^ Remainder of Purpose World Tour Concerts Canceled - Justin Bieber. Retrieved July 24, 2017 (American English). 
9. ↑ 99.7 Now: ?? Spoiler Alert! ?? #PurposeTour setlist is here! What song (s) are you most excited to see @justinbieber do LIVE? Twitter, March 10, 2016, accessed March 10, 2016 . 
10. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} Justin Bieber Official Website. In: JustinBieberMusic.com. 2015 DEFJAM RECORDS, November 11, 2015, accessed December 2, 2015 . 
11. ↑ Box scores:
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    • Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores . In: Billboard . April 20, 2016. Archived from the original on April 20, 2016. Retrieved on November 2, 2017.
    • Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores . In: Billboard . May 11, 2016. Archived from the original on May 11, 2016. Retrieved on November 2, 2017.
    • Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores . In: Billboard . May 24, 2016. Archived from the original on May 24, 2016. Retrieved on November 2, 2017.
    • Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores . In: Billboard . July 5, 2016. Archived from the original on July 5, 2016. Retrieved on November 2, 2017.
12. ^ Billboard Boxscore: Current Scores . In: Prometheus Global Media . Billboard. Archived from the original on August 8, 2017.