Sweetener World Tour

Sweetener World Tour
General information
Associated album	Sweetener Thank U, Next
Start date	March 18, 2019
End date	October 13, 2019
Legs	2
Opening acts	Ella Mai Normani Social House
Tours Chronology
The Sweetener Sessions
Sweetener World Tour

The Sweetener World Tour is 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. The tour began on March 18, 2019 in Albany, New York, and is set to end on October 13, 2019 in Zürich, Switzerland.

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. 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.

The Sweetener World Tour dates for North America were announced on October 25, 2018. Pre-sale for the tickets for the first leg of the tour took place between November 1 and November 3, 2018. On November 5, 2018, tickets went on sale to the general public, and Grande announced Normani and Social House as her opening acts. 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. On January 14, 2019, the shows in Chicago, Indianapolis, Columbus, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Saint Paul, Denver and Salt Lake City were rescheduled and the shows in Omaha and Raleigh were cancelled 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.

On December 14, 2018, the European dates for the tour were announced. The second leg is set to visit 19 cities across Europe, beginning on August 17, 2019 in London at The O₂ Arena and concluding on October 13, 2019 in Zürich at Hallenstadion. 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. On December 20, 2018, tickets went on sale to the general public (excluding the Unted Kingdom), and due to popular demand, additional shows were added in Amsterdam, Paris and Dublin. 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 an Birmingham. On February 25, 2019, due to popular demand, additional shows were added in Hamburg and Dublin. On March 5, 2019, Grande announced that Ella Mai would be the opening act for the European leg of the tour.

Trivia

• "Only 1" and "Imagine" were supposed to be on the setlist, but they were removed.

Setlist

Opening Acts

Social House

1. "At Least We Can Say That We Tried" – Unreleased
2. Unreleased
3. Unreleased
4. Unreleased
5. "Magic in the Hamptons"
6. "Haunt You" – Unreleased

Normani

Intro: Band Instrumental

1. "Checklist"
2. "Waves"
3. "One in a Million" (Aaliyah cover)
4. "Diamonds" / "We Found Love" / "Run This Town" Medley (Rihanna covers)

Interlude: "All In My Head (Flex)" / "He Like That" / "Down"

5. "Work From Home" / "Worth It" / "BO$$" Medley
6. "Going Bad" / "Lose Control" / "1 Thing" / "I'm A Slave 4 U" / "Freakum Dress" Medley (Dance Break)
7. "Dancing With a Stranger"
8. "Love Lies"

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
Interlude: Young Ariana recreating a scene from Bruce Almighty

5. "R.E.M"
6. "Be Alright"
7. "Sweetener"
8. "Successful"
9. "Side To Side"
10. "Bloodline"
11. "7 Rings"

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

12. "Love Me Harder"
13. "Breathin"
14. "Needy"
15. "Fake Smile"
16. "Make Up"
17. "Right There"
18. "You'll Never Know"
19. "Break Your Heart Right Back"
20. "NASA"
21. "Goodnight N Go"

Set 4
Interlude: "In My Head" video

22. "Everytime"
23. "One Last Time"
24. "The Light Is Coming"
25. "Into You"

Set 5
Interlude: Cover of "My Heart Belongs To Daddy" by Marilyn Monroe

26. "Dangerous Woman"
27. "Break Free"
28. "No Tears Left To Cry"

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

29. "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" (Also known as "She Got Her Own") with Victoria Monét.
• During the show in Montréal, 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" were not performed.
• Starting with the show in Edmonton, "One Last Time" was removed from the setlist.
• During the second show in Los Angeles, Grande performed "Monopoly" with Victoria Monét.

Gallery

“deep breaths, tight chest, life, death” To view the Sweetener World Tour gallery, click here.

Videos

Ariana Grande - "Be Alright" Sweetener Tour 2019 at the BBMAs T-Mobile

Ariana Grande - 7 rings (Live From The Billboard Music Awards 2019)

Tour dates

• First leg
• Second leg

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act(s)
North America
March 18, 2019	Albany	United States	Times Union Center	Normani Social House
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 28, 2019	Tampa		Amalie Arena
May 29, 2019	Orlando		Amway 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
June 14, 2019	Brooklyn		Barclays Center
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	St. 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

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act(s)
Europe
August 17, 2019	London	England	The O2 Arena	Ella Mai
August 19, 2019
August 20, 2019
August 23, 2019	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome
August 24, 2019
August 27, 2019	Paris	France	AccorHotels Arena
August 28, 2019
August 30, 2019	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis
September 1, 2019	Cologne	Germany	Lanxess Arena
September 3, 2019	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
September 5, 2019	Hamburg	Germany	Barclaycard Arena
September 8, 2019	Prague	Czech Republic	O2 Arena
September 9, 2019	Kraków	Poland	Tauron 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 10, 2019	Berlin	Germany	Mercedes-Benz Arena
October 13, 2019	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion

Cancelled dates

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
June 4, 2019	Raleigh		PNC Arena

Personnel

Performers

• Ariana Grande
• Normani (opening act for American leg)
• Social House (opening act for American leg)
• Ella Mai (opening act for European leg)
• 2 Chainz (Special guest)
• Nicki Minaj (Special guest)
• Victoria Monét (Special guest)
• NSYNC (Special guest)
• Justin Bieber (Special guest)

Dancers

The Sweetener World Tour dancers with Grande during rehearsals.

• Joesar Alva
• Bong Buño
• Darrion
• Igor Faria
• Cory Graves
• Mao Kawakami
• Brian Nicholson
• Scott Nicholson
• Luz Remigio
• Tiley Strozewski
• Rim Taya Shawki
• Kristopher Terry