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== Setlist ==
  
== Setlist ==

Revision as of 00:21, 4 June 2020

The Sweetener World Tour[1] was Ariana Grande's fourth concert tour, in support of her fourth studio album, Sweetener, which was released on August 17, 2018, and her fifth studio album, Thank U, Next, which was released on February 8, 2019.[2] The tour began on March 18, 2019 in Albany, New York, and concluded on December 22, 2019 in Inglewood, California.[1][3]

Background

Following the release of Grande's fourth studio album, Sweetener, Grande embarked to a promotional concert tour, The Sweetener Sessions, which concluded after 4 dates.[4] On October 1, 2018, Grande started recording her fifth studio album, Thank U, Next. She later confirmed that the tour would be for both Sweetener and Thank U, Next.[5]

The Sweetener World Tour dates for North America were announced on October 25, 2018.[1] Pre-sale for the tickets for the first leg of the tour took place between November 1 and November 3, 2018.[6] On November 5, 2018, tickets went on sale to the general public, and Grande announced Normani and Social House as her opening acts.[7] On December 10, 2018, due to popular demand, second shows were added in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Brooklyn, New York City, Washington, D.C., Boston, Philadelphia and Toronto.[8] On January 14, 2019, the shows in Chicago, Indianapolis, Columbus, Milwaukee, Saint Louis, Saint Paul, Denver and Salt Lake City were rescheduled and the shows in Omaha and Raleigh were canceled due to Grande headlining the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 14 and April 21, 2019, and a new show was added in Las Vegas due to her cancellation when she was supposed to performed for a New Years party.[9] On May 28, 2019, the shows in Tampa and Orlando were rescheduled due to illness.[3]

On December 14, 2018, the European dates for the tour were announced. The second leg visited 19 cities across Europe, beginning on August 17, 2019 in London at The O2 Arena and concluding on October 16, 2019 in London at The O2 Arena.[10] Pre-sale for the tickets for the second leg of the tour took place between December 19 and December 21, 2018 for the United Kingdom, and between December 18 and December 20, 2018 for all other dates.[11] On December 20, 2018, tickets went on sale to the general public (excluding the United Kingdom), and due to popular demand, additional shows were added in Amsterdam, Paris and Dublin.[12][13] On December 21, 2018, tickets went on sale to the general public in the United Kingdom, and due to popular demand, additional shows were added in London and Birmingham.[14] On February 25, 2019, due to popular demand, additional shows were added in Hamburg and Dublin.[15] On March 5, 2019, Grande announced that Ella Mai would be one of the opening acts for the European leg of the tour, replacing Normani.[16] On June 11, 2019, due to popular demand, additional shows were added in London.[17] On August 9, 2019, the first show in Hamburg and the show in Prague were rescheduled, and the show in Kraków was canceled.[18]

December 19 - Entire Sweetener World Tour Crew (1)

Grande with the entire Sweetener World Tour Crew on December 19, 2019

On June 20, 2019, instead of the tour going to more countries, Grande announced another North American leg of the tour. It visited 18 cities across the United States, including the rescheduled Tampa and Orlando shows, beginning on November 9, 2019 in Uniondale at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum and concluding on December 21, 2019 in Inglewood at The Forum. Pre-sale for the tickets for the third leg of the tour took place between June 26 and June 30, 2019. On July 1, 2019, tickets were opened to the general public.[19] On November 17, 2019, the show in Lexington was canceled due to illness.

Trivia

  • "Imagine" was supposed to be on the setlist, but it was removed.[20]

Live album

Main article: K Bye For Now (SWT Live)

A live album of the tour, K Bye For Now (SWT Live), was released on December 23, 2019. It was recorded over the course of the first and second legs of the tour.

Setlist

Opening Acts

Social House

  1. "At Least We Can Say That We Tried"
  2. "Love Me Back"
  3. "Why You Always Got To Start Something"
  4. "Tropical Rain"
  5. "Magic in the Hamptons"
  6. "Haunt You"

Normani

  1. "Band Instrumental" (introduction)
  2. "Checklist"
  3. "Waves"
  4. "One in a Million"
  5. "Diamonds" (contains elements of "We Found Love" and "Run This Town")
  6. "All In My Head (Flex)" / "He Like That" / "Down" (interlude)
  7. "Work From Home"
  • "Worth It"
  • "BO$$"
  • "Going Bad" / "Lose Control" / "1 Thing" / "I'm A Slave 4 U" / "Freakum Dress" (dancers interlude)
  • "Dancing With a Stranger"
  • "Love Lies"

    • Ella Mai

    1. "Love Me Like That (Champion Love)"
    2. "Cheap Shot"
    3. "Shot Clock"
    4. "Put It All On Me"
    5. "10,000 Hours"
    6. "Boo'd Up"
    7. "Naked"
    8. "Trip"

    Ariana Grande

    Set 1: intro

    1. "Raindrops (An Angel Cried)"
    2. "God Is A Woman"
    3. "Bad Idea"
    4. "Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored"

    Set 2: childhood
    Interlude: "Childhood" (Young Ariana recreating a scene from Bruce Almighty)

    1. "R.E.M"
    2. "Be Alright"
    3. "Sweetener"
    4. "Successful"
    5. "Side To Side"
    6. "Bloodline"
    7. "7 Rings"

    Set 3: close to you
    Interlude: Cover of "Close To You" by Frank Ocean

    1. "Love Me Harder"
    2. "Breathin"
    3. "Needy"
    4. "Fake Smile"
    5. "Make Up"
    6. "Right There"
    7. "You'll Never Know"
    8. "Break Your Heart Right Back"
    9. "NASA"
    10. "Goodnight N Go"

    Set 4: in my head
    Interlude: "In My Head" video

    1. "Everytime"
    2. "One Last Time"
    3. "The Light Is Coming"
    4. "Into You"

    Set 5: my heart belongs to daddy
    Interlude: Cover of "My Heart Belongs To Daddy" by Marilyn Monroe

    1. "Dangerous Woman"
    2. "Break Free"
    3. "No Tears Left To Cry"

    Set 6: encore
    Interlude: "Thank U, Next" montage

    1. "Thank U, Next"

    Notes

    • During the first show in Boston, Grande performed "Rule The World" with 2 Chainz.
    • During the first show in Washington, D.C., Grande performed "Got Her Own" with Victoria Monét.
    • During the shows in Montréal and the second show in Los Angeles, the first shows in Inglewood, the first show in Las Vegas and Anaheim, Grande performed "Monopoly" with Victoria Monét.
    • During the first show at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Grande performed "Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" and "Tearin' Up My Heart" with NSYNC, "Side to Side" and "Bang Bang" with Nicki Minaj, and "Mo Money Mo Problems" with Diddy and Mase. "Successful", "Bloodline", "Fake Smile", "Make Up", "You'll Never Know", "Everytime", and "One Last Time" were not performed.
    • During the second show at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Grande performed "Bang Bang", and "Sorry" with Justin Bieber. "Successful", "Bloodline", "Fake Smile", "Make Up", "You’ll Never Know", "Goodnight N Go", "Everytime", and "One Last Time" was not performed.
    • Starting with the show in Edmonton, "One Last Time" was removed from the set list.
    • Starting with the show in Phoenix, "Goodnight N Go" was removed from the set list and replaced with "Get Well Soon".
    • During the show in Charlotte, Grande performed "Tattooed Heart" and "Piano".
    • Starting with the second show in Washington, D.C., "Bloodline" was removed from the set list.
    • During the show at Lollapalooza, Grande performed "Boyfriend" with Social House. "Raindrops (An Angel Cried)", "Successful", "Fake Smile", "Make Up", "Right There", "You'll Never Know", "Break Your Heart Right Back", and "Everytime" were not performed.
    • Starting with the first show in London, "Get Well Soon" was removed from the set list and replaced with "Only 1", "Boyfriend" was added to the setlist, and the "Close To You" interlude was changed to "Adore".
    • During the show at Manchester Pride, Grande only performed "No Tears Left To Cry", "Be Alright", "Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored", "Side To Side", "7 Rings", "Break Free", "Breathin", "Love Me Harder", "Thank U, Next", and "One Last Time".
    • Starting with the show in Vienna, "Boyfriend" was removed from the set list.
    • Starting with the third show in Dublin, "Successful" was not performed along with "Only 1".
    • Starting with the show in Oslo, "Only 1" was removed from the set list and replaced with "Tattooed Heart".
    • The last 2 shows in London were filmed for a possible movie.
    • Starting with the show in Uniondale, "Successful" was re-added to the setlist, "Right There", "You'll Never Know", "Break Your Heart Right Back", and "Tattooed Heart" were removed from the set list, and "December", "True Love", "Wit It This Christmas", "Santa Tell Me", and "Winter Things" were added to the set list.
    • During the show in Uniondale, "Into You" and "Love Me Harder" were not performed.
    • During the third show in Brooklyn, Grande performed "Tattooed Heart". "Winter Things" was not performed.
    • During the second show in Atlanta, Grande performed "I Think You're Swell" with Matt Bennett and "Give It Up" with Elizabeth Gillies. "Successful" and "Break Free" were not performed. Grande also gave the original God is a woman falsetto whereas during other shows, it was changed to a whistle tone
    • Starting with the show in Raleigh, "Winter Things" was removed from the set list and replaced with "Get Well Soon".
    • During the second show in Dallas, Grande performed "Moonlight". "Get Well Soon" was not performed.
    • During the second show in Phoenix, Grande performed "Tattooed Heart". "Get Well Soon" was not performed.
    • Starting with the show in Anaheim, "Get Well Soon" was removed from the set list and replaced with "Honeymoon Avenue".
    • In the last five shows, "Successful" was not performed.

    Gallery

    “deep breaths, tight chest, life, death”

    To view the Sweetener World Tour gallery, click here.

    Videos

    Shows

    Date City Country Venue Opening act(s)
    North America
    March 18, 2019 Albany United States Times Union Center Normani[7]
    Social House[7]
    March 20, 2019 Boston TD Garden
    March 22, 2019 Buffalo KeyBank Center
    March 25, 2019 Washington, D.C. Capitol One Arena
    March 26, 2019 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
    March 28, 2019 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena
    March 30, 2019 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
    April 1, 2019 Montréal Canada Bell Centre
    April 3, 2019 Toronto Scotiabank Arena
    April 5, 2019 Detroit United States Little Caesars Arena
    April 14, 2019 Indio Empire Polo Club N/A
    April 21, 2019
    April 25, 2019 Edmonton Canada Rogers Place Normani
    Social House
    April 27, 2019 Vancouver Rogers Arena
    April 30, 2019 Portland United States Moda Center
    May 2, 2019 San Jose SAP Center
    May 3, 2019 Sacramento Golden 1 Center
    May 6, 2019 Los Angeles STAPLES Center
    May 7, 2019
    May 10, 2019 Inglewood The Forum
    May 11, 2019 Las Vegas T-Mobile Arena
    May 14, 2019 Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena
    May 17, 2019 San Antonio AT&T Center
    May 19, 2019 Houston Toyota Center
    May 21, 2019 Dallas American Airlines Center
    May 23, 2019 Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena
    May 25, 2019 New Orleans Smoothie King Center
    May 31, 2019 Miami American Airlines Arena
    June 1, 2019
    June 4, 2019 Chicago United Center
    June 5, 2019
    June 7, 2019 Nashville Bridgestone Arena
    June 8, 2019 Atlanta State Farm Arena
    June 10, 2019 Charlotte Spectrum Center
    June 12, 2019 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena Social House
    June 14, 2019 Brooklyn Barclays Center Normani
    Social House
    June 15, 2019
    June 18, 2019 New York City Madison Square Garden
    June 19, 2019
    June 21, 2019 Washington, D.C. Capital One Arena
    June 22, 2019 Boston TD Garden
    June 24, 2019 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
    June 26, 2019 Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena
    June 29, 2019 Indianapolis United States Bankers Life Fieldhouse
    July 1, 2019 Columbus The Schottenstein Center
    July 5, 2019 Milwaukee Fiserv Forum
    July 6, 2019 Saint Louis Enterprise Center
    July 8, 2019 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center
    July 11, 2019 Denver Pepsi Center
    July 13, 2019 Salt Lake City Vivint Smart Home Arena
    August 4, 2019 Chicago Grant Park N/A

    Date City Country Venue Opening act(s)
    Europe[21]
    August 17, 2019 London England The O2 Arena Ella Mai
    Social House
    August 19, 2019
    August 20, 2019
    August 23, 2019 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome
    August 24, 2019
    August 25, 2019 Manchester England Mayfield N/A
    August 27, 2019 Paris France AccorHotels Arena Ella Mai
    Social House
    August 28, 2019
    August 30, 2019 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis
    September 1, 2019 Cologne Germany Lanxess Arena
    September 3, 2019 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
    September 4, 2019 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena
    September 11, 2019 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome
    September 14, 2019 Birmingham England Arena Birmingham
    September 15, 2019
    September 17, 2019 Glasgow Scotland SSE Hydro
    September 19, 2019 Sheffield England FlyDSA Arena
    September 22, 2019 Dublin Ireland 3Arena
    September 23, 2019
    September 25, 2019
    September 28, 2019 Hamburg Germany Barclaycard Arena
    October 1, 2019 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena
    October 3, 2019 Oslo Norway Telenor Arena
    October 5, 2019 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Arena
    October 7, 2019 Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe
    October 9, 2019 Hamburg Germany Barclaycard Arena
    October 10, 2019 Berlin Mercedes-Benz Arena
    October 13, 2019 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
    October 15, 2019 London England The O2 Arena
    October 16, 2019

    Date City Country Venue Opening act(s)
    North America[19][3]
    November 9, 2019 Uniondale United States Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Social House
    November 12, 2019 Brooklyn Barclays Center
    November 15, 2019 Charlottesville John Paul Jones Arena
    November 19, 2019 Atlanta State Farm Arena
    November 22, 2019 Raleigh PNC Arena
    November 24, 2019 Tampa Amalie Arena
    November 25, 2019 Orlando Amway Center
    November 27, 2019 Miami American Airlines Arena
    December 1, 2019 Jacksonville VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
    December 3, 2019 Columbia Colonial Life Arena
    December 5, 2019 Nashville Bridgestone Arena
    December 7, 2019 Memphis FedExForum
    December 9, 2019 Dallas American Airlines Center
    December 12, 2019 Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena
    December 13, 2019 Anaheim Honda Center
    December 15, 2019 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
    December 17, 2019 San Francisco Chase Center
    December 18, 2019
    December 21, 2019 Inglewood The Forum
    December 22, 2019

    Cancelled shows

    List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation
    Date City Country Venue Reason/Additional Info
    April 18, 2019 Omaha United States CHI Health Center Omaha Schedules changes due to Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival[9]
    June 4, 2019 Raleigh PNC Arena
    September 9, 2019 Kraków Poland Tauron Arena Personal issues
    November 17, 2019 Lexington United States Rupp Arena Illness[22]

    Personnel

    Performers

    Sweetener World Tour – Dancers

    The Sweetener World Tour dancers with Grande during rehearsals.[23]

    Dancers

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Twitter - Grande confirming the tour dates
    2. ↑ Twitter - Grande confirming the tour is promoting both albums
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Tampa Bay Times - Ariana Grande postpones Tampa and Orlando concerts
    4. ↑ Billboard - Ariana Grande Announces Intimate 'Sweetener Sessions' in New York City, Los Angeles & Chicago
    5. ↑ Capital FM - Ariana Grande Seemingly Confirms One Tour Combining 'Sweetener' And AG5
    6. ↑ Rolling Stone - Ariana Grande Plots ‘Sweetener’ World Tour
    7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Twitter - Grande announcing leg 1 opening acts
    8. ↑ Billboard - Ariana Grande Adds More Dates to Sweetener World Tour
    9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Consequence of Sound - Ariana Grande adjusts 2019 tour to accomodate Coachella appearance
    10. ↑ Twitter - Ariana Grande - EUROPE 🖤
    11. ↑ Twitter - Ariana Grande - pre-sale for Europe, UK starts at 10 am 19.12, all others start at 10 am 18.12
    12. ↑ Twitter - Live Nation France - Extra date August 28th
    13. ↑ RTÉ - Ariana Grande announces extra Irish date
    14. ↑ Mirror - Ariana Grande tickets for 2019 UK tour now on sale - extra dates added
    15. ↑ Irish Examiner - Ariana Grande adds third Dublin date to tour
    16. ↑ Twitter - Ariana Grande On Ella Mai
    17. ↑ Twitter - Ariana Grande - london 🖤 added 2 more shows to the 02 oct 15 & 16.
    18. ↑ Twitter - Grande Tour News - Tour Date Changes
    19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 [1]
    20. ↑ Twitter - "During her #SweetenerTour Q&A, @ArianaGrande confirmed that tracks “Only 1” and “imagine” didn’t make the final cut for the setlist"
    21. ↑ Ariana Grande - Events
    22. ↑ Courier Journal - Ariana Grande cancels Sunday night Lexington show because of illness
    23. ↑ Instagram: "sweetener kiiDs ready for mohegan sun arena! which shows you comin to? ☁️" — @sweetenerkiids
    Sweetener
    August 17, 2018 • 47:25 • Republic Records
    Songs
    Released Better Off • Blazed • Borderline • Breathin • Everytime • Get Well Soon • God Is A Woman • Goodnight N Go • No Tears Left To Cry • Pete Davidson • Raindrops (An Angel Cried) • R.E.M. • Successful • Sweetener • The Light Is Coming
    Unreleased 1st Unknown Sweetener Outtake • 100 • Bad To You • Clarity • Clouds • Cocoon • Daydream On Occasion • End Up With You • Ever Been • Got Her Own • Hate That You Made Me Love You • I Don't Wanna Lie • I Love Me • Keep It Cute • Man Of Steel • More • My Way • Nobody • Ok Now • On Top Of Everything • Pretty Girls Like Trap Music • Rush Delivery • Sex • Shnack • Sober • South Africa • Strong Enough • Treadmill • Wifee • You
    Artists
    Ariana Grande • Ali Tamposi • Bia • Beyoncé • Chaka Khan • Dua Lipa • Camila Cabello • Charlie Puth • Imogen Heap • Jennifer Hudson • Kelly Rowland • Lucky Daye • Missy Elliott • N.E.R.D. • Nicki Minaj • Normani • Pharrell Williams • Quavo • Rita Ora • Skepta • Starrah • SZA • T-Pain • Victoria Monét
    Tour
    Sweetener World Tour • The Sweetener Sessions
    Thank U, Next
    February 8, 2019 • 41:04 • Republic Records
    Songs
    Released 7 Rings • Bad Idea • Bloodline • Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored • Fake Smile • Ghostin • Imagine • In My Head • Make Up • Monopoly • NASA • Needy • Thank U, Next
    Unreleased Brittle • Close Friends • Confused • Could Be Us • Dr Nick • Don't Waste My Time • Hell Yea • Indica • In The Moment • Italliano • Juice • La La Lie • Like That • Made Of These • My Hair • Not Ok • Remember • Something Different • Still On Ur Mind • Tommy P • What Would You
    Artists
    Ariana Grande • Victoria Monét • 2 Chainz
    Tour
    Sweetener World Tour
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