The Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour

The Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour

Tour by Mariah Carey
Start date	March 15, 2016
End date	November 26, 2016
Legs	4
No. of shows	22 in Europe 4 in Africa 2 in Latin America 3 in North America 31 total
Mariah Carey concert chronology

The Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour is the ninth concert tour by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey. According to Pollstar's 2016 Mid Year Special Features, the tour grossed $15.3 million from 26 shows with total of 204,767 tickets sold in Europe and Africa.^[1]

Summary

The tour kicked off with a show at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland on March 15, 2016 and will conclude 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". "I Know What You Want", "Obsessed", "It's Like That", "Shake It Off" and "Loverboy" are one continuous medley.

Set list

European/African Leg 

1. "Fantasy (Def Club Mix)"
2. "Emotions"
3. "My All"
4. "Always Be My Baby"
5. "I'll Be There"
6. "Rock with You" Performed by Trey Lorenz
7. "Touch My Body"
8. Car Ride Medley:
   1. "I Know What You Want"
   2. "Obsessed"
   3. "It's Like That"
   4. "Shake It Off"
   5. "Loverboy"
9. "Heartbreaker"
10. "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"
11. "One Sweet Day"
12. "When You Believe" (with Whitney Houston on screen)
13. "Hero"
14. "We Belong Together"
15. "Without You"
16. "Butterfly" (Outro)

Latin American Leg 

1. "Fantasy (Def Club Mix)"
2. "Emotions"
3. "Always Be My Baby"
4. "Without You"
5. "My All"
6. "I'll Be There"
7. "Rock with You" Performed by Trey Lorenz
8. "Touch My Body"
9. Car Ride Medley:
   1. "I Know What You Want"
   2. "Honey"
   3. "Breakdown"
   4. "Obsessed"
   5. "It's Like That"
   6. "Loverboy"
10. "Heartbreaker"
11. "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"
12. "I Still Believe"
13. "Babydoll"
14. "We Belong Together"
15. "Hero"
16. "Butterfly" (Outro)

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, amount of available tickets, and gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue
Leg 1 — Europe[4][5]
March 15, 2016	Glasgow	Scotland	The SSE Hydro	3,506 / 3,835 (91%)	$311,091
March 17, 2016	Leeds	England	First Direct Arena		—
March 18, 2016	Manchester		Manchester Arena	9,055 / 9,960 (91%)	$843,966
March 20, 2016	Birmingham		Barclaycard Arena	—	—
March 21, 2016	Cardiff	Wales	Motorpoint Arena	—	—
March 23, 2016	London	England	The O2 Arena	15,189 / 16,076 (94%)	$1,412,500
March 26, 2016	Esch-sur-Alzette	Luxembourg	Rockhal	—	—
March 29, 2016	Copenhagen	Denmark	Forum Copenhagen	—	—
March 31, 2016	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum	—	—
April 2, 2016	Stockholm	Sweden	Ericsson Globe	—	—
April 4, 2016	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Arena	—	—
April 6, 2016	Tallinn	Estonia	Saku Suurhall Arena	—	—
April 7, 2016	Riga	Latvia	Arena Riga	—	—
April 9, 2016	Kaunas	Lithuania	Žalgiris Arena	—	—
April 11, 2016	Kraków	Poland	Tauron Arena	—	—
April 13, 2016	Cologne	Germany	Lanxess Arena	—	—
April 14, 2016	Munich		Olympiahalle	—	—
April 16, 2016	Milan	Italy	Mediolanum Forum	—	—
April 18, 2016	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion	4,007 / 9,500 (42%)	$284,757
April 19, 2016	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle	—	—
April 21, 2016	Paris	France	AccorHotels Arena	—	—
April 23, 2016	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome	—	—
Leg 2 — Africa[4]
April 26, 2016	Cape Town	South Africa	Cape Town Stadium	—	—
April 29, 2016	Durban		Moses Mabhida Stadium	—	—
May 1, 2016	Johannesburg		Ticketpro Dome	—	—
May 2, 2016
Leg 3 — Latin America[4][6]
November 8, 2016	Mexico City	Mexico	Arena Ciudad de Mexico	—	—
November 9, 2016	Monterrey		Arena Monterrey	—	—
Leg 4 — North America
November 23, 2016	Honolulu	United States	Neal S. Blaisdell Center	—	—
November 25, 2016
November 26, 2016
Total				—	—

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason of cancellation

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
March 27, 2016	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National	2016 Brussels bombings[7]
October 28, 2016	Buenos Aires	Argentina	GEBA Jorge Newbery	"Promoter negligence"[8]
October 30, 2016	Santiago	Chile	Movistar Arena
November 1, 2016	São Paulo	Brazil	Allianz Parque
November 4, 2016	Curitiba		Pedreira Paulo Leminski
November 5, 2016	Porto Alegre		Estádio Beira-Rio

References

1. Pollstar 2016 Mid Year Special Features
   • "MID YEAR TOP 100 North American Tours 2016" (PDF). Pollstar. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
   • "MID YEAR TOP 100 Worldwide Tours 2016" (PDF). Pollstar. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
2. MARIAH ANNOUNCES TOUR OF LATIN AMERICA
3. "Mariah Carey Announces Sweet Sweet Fantasy 2016 European Tour". Billboard. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
4. "Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour". MariahCarey.com. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
5. Box score:
   • "Billboard Boxscore for Glasgow". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 30, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
   • "Billboard Boxscore for Manchester". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 23, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
   • "Billboard Boxscore for London". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 7, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
   • "Billboard Boxscore for Zürich". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 7, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
6. "Mariah Carey confirma shows no Brasil, em novembro". O Estado de S. Paulo. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
7. Colin Stutz (March 25, 2016). "Mariah Carey Cancels Brussels Show Due to Safety Concerns". Billboard. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
8. http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7556816/mariah-carey-cancels-latin-america-tour-brazil-argentina-chile