The Dangerous Woman Tour was Ariana Grande's third concert tour in support of her third studio album Dangerous Woman, which was released on May 20, 2016.
Background
On July 7, 2016, Grande replied to a Twitter post that she's working on the tour dates.[1] On July 31, Grande replied to a Twitter post that she will likely to announce the tour dates at the end of August.[2] The two opening acts were announced to be Little Mix and Victoria Monét.
The DW Tour Instagram account was created at the end of October 2016 to document the tour. Rehearsals fully began after the completion of Hairspray Live! in December and throughout January. Grande worked with Alfredo Flores, Hannah Lux Davis, and Jones Crow to create visuals for the tour.[3][4][5]
On February 27, 2017, Live Nation announced that BIA will be joining the tour as the opening act for the UK dates during the European leg of the tour. She is also opening in Scandinavia and Amsterdam.[6]
Trivia
- Toulouse and Pignoli accompanied Ariana on the tour.
- Grande changed her hairstyle throughout the tour. She had her normal ponytail in various shows, her buns in a few others, and she wore her bangs for the last time in Tulsa.
- When the first leg finished, Grande post a gratitude on Instagram.[7] One day later, the hashtag "#ThankYouAriana" was trending topic on Twitter.
- Mac Miller came to several of the shows, and performed "The Way" and "Dang!" on stage.
- In Manchester, England (May 22, 2017; second leg) all people were evacuated from the show, due to reports of an explosion inside of the arena.[8][9][10][11] (see 2017 Manchester Arena Bombing)
- Initially, people thought it was gas balloons or a speaker exploding, but on May 23 it was confirmed that it was a bomb.
- Ariana did a benefit concert, One Love Manchester where many singers performed.
- On August 24, 2017, Grande posted on Instagram the first minute of the visual used in "Be Alright".
- Hannah Lux Davis directed the visual as throughout the whole Dangerous Woman Tour.
- On September 17, Lady Cultura was fired after using a racial slur[12]
- Grande and Flores worked together and created a YouTube Docuseries titled The Dangerous Woman Diaries that was released on November 29, 2018 which acts as the concert film for the Dangerous Woman Tour and contains behind the scenes footage of the Dangerous Woman Tour and her fourth studio album, Sweetener.
Setlist
In her interview with Ryan Seacrest, Grande said that she would perform every song from Dangerous Woman. She said she would also sing some old songs as well as covers.[13] She also expressed her desire to perform "Focus"[14] (although she did end up doing this) and to extend "Knew Better" for the tour.[15] She expressed wanting to use the Mi.Mu Gloves on the tour originally[16] but eventually decided not to use them on tour.
Opening acts
Little Mix
- "Salute"
- "Hair/Whip My Hair"
- "Move" (only 3 & 4 Feb.)
- "Wings"
- "Secret Love Song" (not on March 1 or April 3)
- "Touch"
- "Shout Out To My Ex"
- "Black Magic"
Victoria Monét
- "New Love"
- "Freak"
- "Made In China"
- "More Of You"
- "Better Days" (Solo version)
- "Ready"
- "That's What I Like" (cover)
- "Bad And Boujee" (dancing)
- "High Luv"
- "Do You Like It"
BIA
Note: BIA opened in place of Little Mix on February 19 and 21.
- "All Around The World"
- "Whip It"
- "Gucci Comin Home"
- "Safari"
- "Esta Noche" (Solo version) (only 21 Feb.)
Sabrina Carpenter
- "Smoke And Fire"
- "Feels Like Loneliness"
- "No Words"
- "Hands"
- "Wildside"
- "All We Have Is Love"
- "Eyes Wide Open"
- "On Purpose"
- "Thumbs"
Oriana Sabatini
- "Love Me Down Easy"
CNCO
- "Reggaeton Lento"
Ariana Grande
Set 1: Intro
Interlude: Ariana with Brian and Scott Nicholson and a 10 minute countdown
Set 2
Interlude: Unreleased song from Dangerous Woman
- "Knew Better"
- "Forever Boy"
- "One Last Time (Remix)"
- "Touch It"
- "Leave Me Lonely"
Set 3
Interlude: Female video
- "Side To Side"
- "Bang Bang" (Remix)
- "Greedy"
- "Focus" (starting second leg; May 2017)
- "I Don't Care"
Band interlude: Ending of I Don't Care
Set 4
- "Moonlight"
- "Love Me Harder"
- "Break Free" (Remix)
- "Sometimes"
- "Thinking Bout You"
- "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" (starting June 7)
- *Interchangeable*
- "Problem" (Remix)
- "Into You"
Set 5: Encore
Interchangeable slot
- "Pink + White" (Frank Ocean Cover) - February 4 and 7
- "Honeymoon Avenue" (Original version) - February 9
- "Better Days" (with Victoria Monet) - February 17 and 23
- "Esta Noche" (with BIA) - February 19 and 21
- "Jason's Song (Gave It Away)" (with Jason Robert Brown) - February 24
- "The Way" (with Mac Miller) - March 31 and June 7 and August 13
- "Quit" - May 8, 14, 16 & 20
- "Dang!" (with Mac Miller) - June 7
Gallery
“deep breaths, tight chest, life, death” To view the Dangerous Woman Tour gallery, click here.
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Videos
Tour dates
The tour dates for the first leg were released on Dangerous Woman site after her guesting on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on September 8, 2016. The European leg was released on October 20, 2016. The Brazilian leg was released on April 3, 2017.
Cancelled dates
Date | City | Country | Venue | Reason/Additional Info |
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May 25, 2017[17] | London | England | O2 Arena | Manchester Arena bombing |
May 26, 2017[17] | ||||
May 28, 2017[17] | Antwerp | Belgium | Sportpaleis | |
May 31, 2017[17] | Lodz | Poland | Atlas Arena | |
June 1, 2017[17] | ||||
June 3, 2017[17] | Frankfurt | Germany | Festhalle | |
June 5, 2017[17] | Zurich | Switzerland | Hallenstadion | |
July 18, 2017 | Monterrey
guadalajara |
Mexico | Arena Monterrey | Unknown |
July 19, 2017 | ||||
August 23, 2017 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | Quân khu 7 Stadium | Sickness[18] |
Personnel
Performers
- Ariana Grande
- Little Mix (Opening act, first leg)
- Victoria Monét (Opening act)
- BIA (Opening act)
- Sabrina Carpenter (Opening act, third leg for 2 dates)
- Oriana Sabatini (Opening act, third leg for a date)
- CNCO (Opening act, third leg for a date)
- Jason Robert Brown (Interchangeable, a date)
- Mac Miller (Interchangeable, 2 dates)
- KnowleDJ
- DJ Ronaldinho
- Échele Miel
- Fátima Pinto
- Beverly
- Little Glee Monster
Dancers
- Brian Nicholson
- Scott Nicholson
- Jose "Boy Boi" Tena
- Devyck Bull
- Kristopher Terry
- Jason Glover
- Max Pham Nguyen
- Cory Graves
- Matt Peacock
- Lady Cultura (fired on September 17)
Technical
- Hannah Lux Davis – visual director
External links
References
- ↑ Twitter - July 7, 2016
- ↑ Twitter - July 31, 2016
- ↑ Instagram - Hannah's post
- ↑ Instagram - BTS picture
- ↑ Instagram - Alredo's post
- ↑ https://twitter.com/LiveNationUK/status/836270435767549952
- ↑ Instagram - Ariana's gratitude
- ↑ 'Explosions' heard at Ariana Grande concert in Manchester – police on scene
- ↑ Twitter - Ariana Grande arg
- ↑ Twitter - BIA's Status
- ↑ Twitter - ArianaGrandeToday
- ↑ Twitter - Lady Cultura fired
- ↑ On Air with Ryan Seacrest - Ariana Grande Talks New Music, Teases Forthcoming 'Dangerous Woman' Tour
- ↑ Twitter - July 31, 2016 - Grande liked a tweet post
- ↑ Twitter - July 31, 2016 - Grande confirms extended version of Knew Better
- ↑ Twitter - September 20, 2016 - Ariana confirms Mi.Mu Gloves
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/05/24/ariana-grande-cancels-multiple-concerts-following-manchester-attack-reports-say.html
- ↑ Twitter - ArianaTodayNet - Cancelled date in Vietnam
Dangerous Woman | |
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May 20, 2016 • 39:31 • Republic Records | |
Songs | |
Released | Bad Decisions • Be Alright • Dangerous Woman • Everyday • Focus • Greedy • I Don't Care • Into You • Jason's Song (Gave It Away) • Knew Better / Forever Boy • Leave Me Lonely • Let Me Love You • Moonlight • Side To Side • Sometimes • Step On Up • Thinking Bout You • Touch It |
Unreleased | 1st Unknown Dangerous Woman Outtake • All That • Ariana Beat • Baby Loves • Control • Got Her Own • Hi • Hourglass • How You Feel • Knew Better Part Two • Leave Me Lonely (Reprise) • Monster • Oh, Yeah • On & On • Xanadu |
Artists | |
Ariana Grande • Future • Jamie Foxx • Lil Wayne • Macy Gray • Nicki Minaj • Quavo • Takeoff • Tayla Parx • Victoria Monét | |
Tour | |
Dangerous Woman Tour |