Rihanna / concerts and tours
This page is a list of the tours of Barbadian- born R&B singer Rihanna . Rihanna's first tour consisted of nine concerts in the United States . Rihanna's Secret Body Spray Tour served to promote her album Music of the Sun . Then the Harajuku Lovers Tour took place in North America together with Gwen Stefani . Rihanna's first major solo tour was the Rihanna: Live in Concert Tour in North America in 2006, where she gave a total of 36 concerts. In 2006 she was also on tour with the Pussycat Dolls on the PCD World Tour, which consisted of 22 appearances, in Europe and with Jay-Z and Ne-Yo on the Rock the Block Tour, which consisted of three appearances, in Australia . The next year started her first world tour, the Good Girl Gone Bad Tour, where she gave a total of 79 concerts. The tour lasted until January 2009. In 2007 she also gave the A Girl's Night Out Tour, which consisted of three concerts in the United States. This was free for viewers and was designed as a benefit concert series to promote the "Believe Foundation", which is supported by Rihanna. In 2008 she started the Glow in the Dark Tour with Kanye West . It consisted of 61 concerts worldwide. Rihanna interrupted her Good Girl Gone Bad Tour for this tour, which she only continued after the tour with Kanye West. In 2010 Rihanna's second world tour started. The Last Girl on Earth Tour started in Europe and continued in the United States and Canada. In early 2011 it was continued in Australia. It consisted of a total of 71 concerts. In the summer of 2011 Rihanna's Loud Tour started in North America and then continued in South America and Europe. It consisted of 99 concerts.
Tours
Concert tours
| year | title | Presentation album | Period | Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Rihanna: Live in Concert Tour | A girl like me | June 30, 2006 - September 29, 2006 (North America) | 36 |
| This tour began on June 30, 2006 in San Francisco , United States . The tour was continued in 2006 with the "PCD World Tour" together with the Pussycat Dolls in Europe . The setlist contained mostly songs from the album A Girl like Me , as well as songs from her debut album Music of the Sun . The last song of every concert was the song "SOS", which was Rihanna's most successful single and first number one hit. | ||||
| 2007-2009 | Good Girl Gone Bad Tour | Good Girl Gone Bad | September 15, 2007 - January 24, 2009 (Worldwide) | 79 |
| The tour started in Vancouver , Canada . It found appearances in North America, Europe, Asia , Africa and Oceania . It was advertised for the album of the same name, Good Girl Gone Bad . On June 17th, 2008 Rihanna's first live DVD was released. It contains the concert on December 6, 2007 in Manchester , United Kingdom . | ||||
| 2010-2011 | Last Girl on Earth Tour | Rated R | April 16, 2010 - March 12, 2011 (Worldwide) | 71 |
| The tour started in Antwerp , Belgium . It went from Europe to the United States. It continued in Australia in February and March 2011. The tour was promotion for Rihanna's fourth studio album Rated R . On this tour, Rihannas performed for the first time in Greece , Spain and Israel . | ||||
| 2011 | Loud tour | Loud | June 4, 2011 - December 22, 2011 (Worldwide) | 99 |
| The tour kicked off June 4th in Baltimore , United States , before continuing in Brazil and Europe. She presents Rihanna's fifth studio album Loud . The four concerts in Brazil were the first Rihanna gave in South America. She also visited her home country Barbados for a concert for the first time . | ||||
| 2013 | Diamonds World Tour | Unapologetic | March 8, 2013 - October 6, 2013 (Worldwide) | 75 |
| The tour to promote the seventh studio album Unapologetic began on March 8 in Buffalo , USA and took Rihanna to North America, Africa, Europe and Oceania. | ||||
| 2016 | Anti World Tour | ANTI | March 12, 2016 - August 18, 2016 (North America, Europe) | 67 |
| The tour to promote the eighth studio album ANTI begins on March 12, 2016 in Jacksonville , USA and takes Rihanna to North America and Europe. | ||||
Promotional tours
| year | title | Promotional album | Period | Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Rihanna's Secret Body Spray Tour | Music of the Sun | October 26, 2005 - December 7, 2005 (United States) | 9 |
| The nine-day tour - Rihanna's first tour - was a campaign to sell Secret Body Spray's new collection . It took place in various malls in major US cities. Rihanna has six songs from her debut album Music of the Sun played. | ||||
| 2008 | A Girl's Night Out Tour | Good Girl Gone Bad | March 26, 2008 - April 9, 2008 (United States) | 3 |
| The tour was a series of benefit concerts that benefited the Believe Foundation. The concerts were free to the public. Funds from sponsors and advertisers were donated to provide medical supplies, school supplies and toys for children in need. | ||||
| 2012 | 2012 Festival Tour | Talk that talk | June 24, 2012 - October 6, 2012 (Asia, Europe and North America) | 8th |
| Took place in summer 2012. | ||||
| 2012 | 777 tour | Unapologetic | November 14, 2012 - November 20, 2012 (Europe and North America) | 7th |
| Took place in 7 countries, in 7 days and on 7 shows. | ||||
As a guest musician
| year | title | Headliners | Period | Number of appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Harajuku Lovers Tour | Gwen Stefani | October 15, 2005 - December 21, 2005 (North America) | 42 |
| The tour began on October 15, 2005 in Las Vegas , United States . With Gwen Stefani as the headliner, Rihanna advertised her first album, Music of the Sun , in the opening act of the tour parallel to the work on the second album . | ||||
| 2006-2007 | PCD World Tour | Pussycat Dolls | November 12, 2006 - February 6, 2007 (Europe) | 22nd |
| This tour in the opening act of the Pussycat Dolls was the continuation of the Rihanna: Live in Concert Tour . It started in Munich , Germany . The tour included the songs from her second album, A Girl like Me . | ||||
| 2006 | Rock the Block Tour | Jay-Z | October 25, 2006 - October 28, 2006 (Australia) | 3 |
| Jay-Z headlined this tour . Rihanna had performed as a guest musician in Australia with Ne-Yo . She sang songs from her album A Girl Like Me . The first gig took place in Sydney . | ||||
| 2008 | Glow in the Dark Tour | Kanye West | April 16, 2008 - August 7, 2008 (North America) | 34 |
| The tour was a world tour by Kanye West , Rihanna, Lupe Fiasco , NERD and Nas . It began in Seattle on April 16, 2008 . There were concerts all over the world, but Rihanna was only on the North American tour. The tour had some surprise guests including Gnarls Barkley and Jay-Z . Chris Brown also appeared at a few concerts and sang a remix of the song Umbrella with Rihanna. He also attended the tour as a dancer for NERD, for the New Zealand and Australian leg of the tour. Rihanna sang the songs from her album Good Girl Gone Bad . | ||||
Solo appearances for charity
| year | show | genre | title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | " Stand Up To Cancer " | Telethon | Just stand up |
| 2010 | " The Oprah Winfrey Show " for "Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief" | Telethon | Redemption Song (cover by Bob Marley ) |
| 2010 | "Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief" | Telethon | Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) ( Jay-Z feat. Bono , The Edge and Rihanna) |
Individual evidence
- ↑ billboard.com: Information on "SOS" (accessed on February 3, 2011)
- ↑ Rihanna kicks off series of charity shows . In: NME . IPC Media. March 27, 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
- ↑ Buzz Briefs: Remy Ma, Rihanna . In: CBS News . CBS Interactive Inc. March 27, 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
- ^ Rihanna Plans Charity Concerts . In: The Insider . March 30, 2008. Archived from the original on February 15, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
