Rihanna has announced 2016 tour dates to support her long-awaited Anti album, which kicks off February 26 at San Diego, California’s Viejas Arena, and will spend three months in North America before arriving in the U.K. in June. Supporting the Bajan beauty for the American leg will be Travi$ Scott, with Big Sean & The Weeknd joining her in London, Manchester, Glasgow, Coventry, Cardiff, Sunderland, and Dublin, NME reports.
#ANTIWorldTour starts Feb 2016! Bringing along @trvisXX in N. America & @theweeknd @bigsean in EU! pic.twitter.com/AwfUdqZivS
— Rihanna (@rihanna) November 23, 2015
Samsung is financing the tour and marketing for all of Rihanna’s Anti promo efforts. She secured an unprecedented deal with the company that industry insiders say is worth $25 million. Her 8th studio album will be available across Samsung platforms – which has created an enriching mobile app experience for her fans. It’s a deal similar to the one Jay Z signed with the company for $5 million when he dropped his Magna Carta Holy Grail album. He went platinum in a week thanks to Samsung’s pre-purchases of the album.
The diva has been slowly releasing teasers for her highly anticipated Anti , which Consequence Of Sound (via Teen Vogue ) reports will drop Friday, November 27, via Tidal, with a wider release across other formats available December 4. Rihanna explained the delay of the album to NME in a September interview.
“To me it’s never done until it’s done. Until the final moment. I have so many songs I love – and they’re so different – that it’s hard to actually put them all on the same album.”
Last week, Rihanna posted a new teaser video on Instagram along with a link to mobile app AntiDiary.com. The site’s homepage features the phrase “Patience. You’ll hear her voice when it’s time,” and links to an Instagram account called “ iamthekeyholder ” – where users are prompted to explore and find hidden keys that unlock “Rihanna’s memories” and other gems. According to a statement , the mobile app marks “just the beginning of an unforgettable exclusive journey through Rihanna’s life story.”
Now she has debuted another Samsung collaboration, in partnership with theatre company Punchdrunk, which finds an angelic Rihanna playing with children and uncovering a key that unlocks her Anti album cover art, peep the video teaser below, and follow along at AntiDiary.com.
This is just incredible ?? @rihanna #ANTIdiaRy https://t.co/4fr089OhAP
— Rihanna (@RihannaNaviDE) November 23, 2015
Tidal members will have access to an exclusive tour pre-sale beginning at 10am on November 30 until 10 p.m. on December 2. Tickets for all North American and European shows hits www.livenation.com on Thursday, December 3. In addition to prepping the new album and tour logistics, Rihanna has been busy launching her new accessories line as well as a beauty & styling agency called Fr8me. “Hair, makeup and styling play an important role in creativity,” Rihanna tells THR (of her Fr8me venture). “I am very involved with that part of my process, so this agency was an organic thing for me to do.”
We don’t even have words for how amazing @rihanna looks #ANTIdiaRy pic.twitter.com/0StsmwZ6Bo
— Vevo (@Vevo) November 23, 2015
Back in October she told the NY Times that the one thing she doesn’t have time for is dating.
“Guys need attention,” she explained. ‘”They need that nourishment, that little stroke of the ego that gets them by every now and then. I’ll give it to my family, I’ll give it to my work — but I will not give it to a man right now.”
She also told the publication what impresses her mother the most about her stellar career.
“She’s always impressed when she sees me being a little sassy or sharp, when she sees me defending myself. It makes her feel safe, like she doesn’t have to worry about me.”
Rolling Stone posted Rihanna’s full Anti World Tour dates – see below, along with the latest teaser for her ANTIdiaRy.
Rihanna Anti World Tour – U.S. Dates
February 26 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena February 28 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center March 1 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Arena March 4 – Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center March 5 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center March 6 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center March 8 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center March 9 – Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena March 12 – Jacksonville @ Jacksonville Arena March 13 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena March 15 – Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena March 18 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena March 19 – Cincinnati, OH @ U.S. Bank Arena March 20 – Charlotte, NC @ The Time Warner Cable Arena March 22 – Washington, DC @ Verizon Center March 23 – Buffalo, NY @ First Niagara Center March 24 – Auburn Hills, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills March 26 – Hartford, CT @ XL Center March 27 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center April 2 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center April 3 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo April 5 – Quebec City, QC @ Centre Videotron April 6 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre April 9 – Baltimore, MD @ Royal Farms Arena April 10 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden April 13 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Center April 15 – Chicago, IL @ United Center April 18 – Winnipeg, MS @ MTS Centre April 20 – Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place April 21 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome April 23 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena April 24 – Seattle, WA @ KeyArena April 27 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena April 29 – Las Vegas, NV @ Mandalay Bay May 3 – Los Angeles, CA @ Forum May 7 – Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena
Rihanna Anti World Tour – European Dates
June 11 – Amsterdam, Holland @ Amsterdam Arena June 14 – Coventry, United Kingdom @ Ricoh Arena June 16 – Cardiff, United Kingdom @ Cardiff Stadium June 18 – Sunderland, United Kingdom @ Stadium Of Light June 21 – Dublin, Ireland @ Aviva Stadium June 24 – London, United Kingdom @ Wembley Stadium June 27 – Glasgow, United Kingdom @ Hampden Park June 29 – Manchester, United Kingdom @ Emirates Old Park July 4 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Tele2 Arena July 7 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Refshale Island July 9 – Hamburg, Germany @ Volkspark Stadion July 13 – Milan, Italy @ San Siro July 15 – Nice, France @ Allianz Stadium July 17 – Frankfurt, Germany @ Commerzbank Arena July 19 – Lyon, France @ Grande Stade July 23 – Lille, France @ Stade Lille July 26 – Prague, Czech Republic @ Synotip Arena July 28 – Cologne, Germany @ Rhein Energie Stadion July 30 – Paris, France @ Stade de France August 2 – Berlin, Germany @ Olympiastadion August 5 – Warsaw, Poland @ PGE Narodowy August 7 – Munich, Germany @ Olympiastadion August 10 – Vienna, Austria @ Ernst Happel Stadium August 12 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Letzigrund Stadion
[Images courtesy Kevin Winter/Getty Images/ Rihanna Twitter / Twitter / Vevo ]
