The Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour Explained

Concert Tour Name:The Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour
Border:yes
Artist:Mariah Carey
Number Of Legs:4
Gross:$6,768,754 (10 Reported Shows)
Last Tour:
  1. 1 to Infinity

(2015–17)
This Tour:The Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour
(2016)
Next Tour:All the Hits Tour
(2017)

The Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour was the ninth concert tour by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. The tour was featured prominently in the singer's docu-series Mariah's World.[1]

The tour kicked off with a show at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, on March 15, 2016, and concluded with a show at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, on November 26, 2016.[2] The tour saw Carey play six venues across Great Britain and various others across Europe, as well as several dates in Africa. The Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour is Carey's first tour to visit the European region in 13 years, the last being the Charmbracelet World Tour in 2003.[3] It is also her first tour to visit Hawaii in almost two decades.

The tour's set list was noted by fans for including songs rarely or never before performed by Carey, such as "Loverboy", "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" and "When You Believe".

Set list

  1. "Fantasy" (contains elements of the Def Club Mix and Bad Boy Fantasy remix)
  2. "Emotions"
  3. "My All"
  4. "Always Be My Baby"
  5. "I'll Be There"
  6. "Rock With You"
  7. "Touch My Body"
  8. "I Know What You Want" / "Obsessed" / "It's Like That" / "Shake It Off" / "Loverboy" (dubbed the Car Ride Medley)
  9. "Heartbreaker" (Desert Storm Remix)
  10. "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"
  11. "One Sweet Day"
  12. "When You Believe"
  13. "Hero"
  14. "We Belong Together"
  15. "Without You"
  16. "Butterfly Reprise"

Shows

Date! scope="col"
CityCountryVenue
Leg 1 — Europe[4] [5]
March 15, 2016GlasgowScotlandSSE Hydro
March 17, 2016LeedsEnglandFirst Direct Arena
March 18, 2016ManchesterManchester Arena
March 20, 2016BirminghamBarclaycard Arena
March 21, 2016CardiffWalesMotorpoint Arena
March 23, 2016LondonEnglandThe O2 Arena
March 26, 2016Esch-sur-AlzetteLuxembourgRockhal
March 29, 2016CopenhagenDenmarkForum Copenhagen
March 31, 2016OsloNorwayOslo Spektrum
April 2, 2016StockholmSwedenEricsson Globe
April 4, 2016HelsinkiFinlandHartwall Arena
April 6, 2016TallinnEstoniaSaku Suurhall
April 7, 2016RigaLatviaArēna Rīga
April 9, 2016KaunasLithuaniaŽalgiris Arena
April 11, 2016KrakówPolandTauron Arena
April 13, 2016CologneGermanyLanxess Arena
April 14, 2016MunichOlympiahalle
April 16, 2016MilanItalyMediolanum Forum
April 18, 2016ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadion
April 19, 2016ViennaAustriaWiener Stadthalle
April 21, 2016ParisFranceAccorHotels Arena
April 23, 2016AmsterdamNetherlandsZiggo Dome
Leg 2 — Africa
April 26, 2016Cape TownSouth AfricaCape Town Stadium
April 29, 2016DurbanMoses Mabhida Stadium
May 1, 2016JohannesburgTicketpro Dome
May 2, 2016
Leg 3 — North America[6]
November 8, 2016Mexico CityMexicoArena Ciudad de Mexico
November 9, 2016MonterreyArena Monterrey
November 23, 2016HonoluluUnited StatesNeal S. Blaisdell Arena
November 25, 2016
November 26, 2016

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason of cancellation
DateCityCountryVenueReason
March 27, 2016BrusselsBelgiumForest National2016 Brussels bombings[7]
October 28, 2016Buenos AiresArgentinaGEBA Jorge Newbery"Promoter negligence"[8]
October 30, 2016SantiagoChileMovistar Arena
November 1, 2016São PauloBrazilAllianz Parque
November 4, 2016CuritibaPedreira Paulo Leminski
November 5, 2016Porto AlegreEstádio Beira-Rio

Box office score data

Venue! scope="col" style="width:12em;"
CityAttendance / CapacityRevenue
SSE HydroGlasgow3,506 / 3,835$311,091
Manchester ArenaManchester9,055 / 9,960$843,966
Barclaycard ArenaBirmingham8,470 / 9,458$764,454
The O2 ArenaLondon15,189 / 16,076$1,412,500
RockhalEsch-sur-Alzette4,500 / 6,500
Mediolanum ForumMilan5,393 / 5,393$471,929
HallenstadionZürich4,007 / 9,500$284,757
AccorHotels ArenaParis9,458 / 11,612$866,591
Cape Town StadiumCape Town14,420 / 15,817$518,723
Moses Mabhida StadiumDurban18,403 / 19,135$570,866
Ticketpro DomeJohannesburg20,014 / 21,203$1,195,806
Arena Ciudad de MexicoMexico City11,054 / 11,054$331,489
Total130,469 / 147,543 (88%)$7,572,172

Personnel

Source:[9]

Notes and References

  1. Pollstar 2016 Mid Year Special Features
  2. Web site: MARIAH ANNOUNCES TOUR OF LATIN AMERICA.
  3. Mariah Carey Announces Sweet Sweet Fantasy 2016 European Tour. Billboard. 14 December 2015. December 14, 2015.
  4. Web site: Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour. MariahCarey.com. December 14, 2015.
  5. Box score:
  6. Web site: Mariah Carey confirma shows no Brasil, em novembro. O Estado de S. Paulo. June 24, 2016.
  7. Mariah Carey Cancels Brussels Show Due to Safety Concerns. Colin Stutz. March 25, 2016. Billboard. March 25, 2016.
  8. Mariah Carey Cancels Most of Her Latin America Tour. Billboard. 26 October 2016.
  9. Web site: The Mariah Network.