Loud Tour

Loud Tour
Promotional poster for 2011 tour
Tour by Rihanna
Associated album	Loud
Start date	June 4, 2011 (2011-06-04)
End date	December 22, 2011 (2011-12-22)
Legs	4
Shows	61 in Europe 33 in North America 4 in South America 98 Total
Rihanna tour chronology
Last Girl on Earth Tour (2010–11) Loud Tour (2011)

Loud Tour was the fourth concert tour by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna. Performing in over twenty countries in the Americas and Europe, the tour supports Rihanna’s fifth studio album, Loud.^[1] The singer will play at Bergen Calling, V Festival and Rock in Rio as part of the tour.^[2]

Contents 1 Background 2 Show incidents 3 Critical reception 4 Opening acts 5 Broadcasts and recordings 6 Setlist 7 Tour dates 7.1 Box office score data 8 References

Background

Rihanna announced on February 9, 2011, that she would embark on a worldwide tour, the "Loud" tour, in support of the album of the same name. The tour kicked off on June 4 in Baltimore and finished on December 22 in London. The Barbadian artist said about the tour: "We're creating an incredible ride with this tour. I'm excited to get out on the road and share my new music from this album. We are going to have an amazing time and I know my fans are ready to get LOUD!". While on American Idol, Rihanna was interviewed by Ryan Seacrest where she talked about the design of the stage stating: "We've just designed the stage and we have a section that we are building... where the fans can actually be in the show and in the stage and be closer than they've ever been. It's real VIP."^[3] Although planned to open all dates on the North American leg of the tour, Neo soul singer Cee Lo Green left the tour citing schedule conflicts for his reasoning.^[4] In September, Rihanna will headline four concerts in Brazil, giving the singer her first performances in South America. The tour also marked the first time that Rihanna performed in her home country of Barbados.

Show incidents

After a late start to her July 8, 2011, Dallas show, a fire broke out following Rihanna's performance of "California King Bed." For safety reasons, the audience was evacuated and the concert was forced to end early.^[5]

Critical reception

The tour has gained critical acclaim from music critics citing it as "Rihanna's best tour yet". Jane Stevenson of the Toronto Sun commented that "the two-hour, larger-than-life show lived up to the billing. And then some."^[6] Bernard Perusse of the Montreal Gazette stated that the tour was a visual spectacle saying, "Pods, dry ice, sparklers, plumes of smoke, a platform raising her from below stage and back down when needed, a moving section of the floor to convey her from one side of the stage to another, videos, writhing dancers, a cannon, arena-rock guitar solos, umpteen costume changes and maybe a record for the amount of times a performer has screamed 'Montreal!' in the centre. The fans ate it up."^[7] Jon Brean of the Minneapolis Star Tribune remarked, "The Barbadian singer is more visually and vocally dynamic than she has ever been before."^[8] Amanda Ash of the Vancouver Sun stated, "Rihanna knows how to throw a party -a sexy, steamy, tightand-bright bash where yesterday's troubles are crushed beneath mile-high stilettos and drowned by intoxicating club beats", and added, "Rihanna turned Rogers Arena into a giant dance club on Friday night."^[9]

Nation News Barbados commented, "The name of Rihanna's world tour adequately described the experience at the biggest show to come to Barbados to date. It took a long time in coming, but Rihanna's first major showing in her hometown was definitely well worth the wait. From the endless hits including 'S&M', 'Man Down', 'Hard', 'Pon De Replay' and 'Unfaithful'; the spectacular stage and props to her playing a solo piece on drums, the girl who grew up in nearby Westbury Road was awesome."^[10]

Irish Independent concluded that, "Strutting across the stage surrounded by backing dancers, the 23-year-old seemed at home singing in Ireland. 14,000, mostly female, fans enjoyed the set which kicked off at 9.15pm when the singer emerged to thunderous sound effects and a "blitzkreig" of video from a silver shell wearing a luminous blue jacket."^[11] Scottish tabloid Daily Record remarked, "R&B superstar Rihanna blew the roof off Glasgow's SECC last night with her aptly-titled Loud tour. Exploding on stage in a neon-tuned bubble, the Barbadian singer delivered an enthralling performance that never let up."^[12]

Opening acts

• J.Cole (North America)^[13][14]
• B.o.B (North America) (select dates)^[15]
• Cee Lo Green (North America) (select dates)^[16]
• DJ Dummy (North America) (select dates) ^[17]
• Calvin Harris (Europe) (select dates)^[18]

Broadcasts and recordings

Rihanna's performance during Rock In Rio was broadcast live in Brazil on Multishow, Globo.com and Rede Globo, and aired internationally on YouTube. A clip of Rihanna performing "We Found Love" on tour was aired on the Grammy Nominations Concert.

Rihanna filmed the last three London shows (the final three shows of the tour) in December 2011 for a DVD release. This announcement had already surfaced during the first week of December, though Rihanna officially confirmed it through her Facebook page on December 19. The DVD will be released in 2012, as Rihanna stated through her official Facebook page the release of the "concert DVD coming out in 2012".^[19]

Setlist

1. "Only Girl (In the World)"
2. "Disturbia"
3. "Shut Up and Drive"
4. "Man Down"
5. "Darling Nikki" (contains excerpts from "S&M") (Selected dates only)
6. "S&M"
7. "Let Me" (Selected dates only)
8. "Skin" (Selected dates only)
9. "Raining Men"
10. "Hard"
11. "Breakin' Dishes" (Selected dates only)
12. "The Glamorous Life" (Selected dates only)
13. Medley: "Run This Town" / "Live Your Life"
14. "Unfaithful"
15. "Te Amo" (Selected dates only)
16. "Hate That I Love You" (Selected dates only)
17. "California King Bed"
18. "What's My Name?" (contains elements from "Pon de Replay" and "Touch Me, Tease Me")
19. "Rude Boy"
20. "Cheers (Drink to That)" (Replaced by "Fading" at some shows)
21. "Don't Stop the Music"
22. "Take a Bow" (Selected dates only)
23. "Redemption Song" (Selected dates only)

Encore

24. "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)"
25. "Umbrella"
26. "We Found Love" (added November 13, 2011)

• Sources:^{[20][21][22][22]}

Notes

• During the concerts at the Air Canada Centre, Bell Centre, Honda Center, Wells Fargo Center and MTS Centre, Rihanna performed "Fading" instead of "Cheers (Drink to That)".^[21]
• During the second concerts at the Air Canada Centre and Bell Centre in Montreal, Rihanna was joined by Drake for "What's My Name?"^[23]
• During the concert at the BJCC Arena, Rihanna performed "Sweet Home Alabama"^[24]
• During the concert at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Rihanna was joined onstage by Kanye West to perform "Run This Town". They also performed "All of the Lights".^[25]
• During the concert at the Izod Center, Rihanna was joined onstage by Jay-Z during the performances of "Run This Town" and "Umbrella".^[26]
• During the Bergen, Norway, shows Rihanna performed "Redemption Song" in a tribute to victims of the 2011 Norway attacks.^[27]
• During concerts at Weston Park and Hylands Park, Rihanna did not perform "Darling Nikki", "Let Me", "Skin", "Breakin' Dishes", "Hate That I Love You" and "California King Bed".
• For concerts in Brazil, Rihanna did not perform "Skin", "Darling Nikki" and "Take a Bow". For the Rock in Rio Festival, "Let Me", "Breakin' Dishes", "Hate That I Love You" and "The Glamorous Life" were not performed also.
• During the concert at Nilson Nelson Gymnasium and Rock in Rio, Rihanna performed "Te Amo".
• During the concert at The O2 Arena in November 13, Rihanna performed "We Found Love" Rihanna did not perform "Take a Bow" or "Let Me" .
• During the concert at The O2 Arena in November 15, Rihanna performed "We Found Love" Rihanna did not perform "Let Me", however, "Take a Bow" was re-added to the set list.
• During the concert at Birmingham on the 18th November, "Let Me" was not performed and "We Found Love" was added as the final encore song.
• During the performance of "What's My Name" in Lisbon on the 17th December, Rihanna left the stage to throw up, then came back for the performance of "Rude Boy".^[28]
• During the concert at The O2 Arena on the 21st December, "Let Me" was not performed.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America[2][29][30][30][31][31][32][33]
June 4, 2011	Baltimore	United States	1st Mariner Arena
June 6, 2011	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre
June 7, 2011
June 8, 2011	Ottawa		Scotiabank Place
June 10, 2011	Montreal		Bell Centre
June 11, 2011
June 14, 2011	Auburn Hills	United States	Palace of Auburn Hills
June 15, 2011	Chicago		United Center
June 16, 2011	Minneapolis		Target Center
June 18, 2011	Winnipeg	Canada	MTS Centre
June 19, 2011	Saskatoon		Credit Union Centre
June 21, 2011	Calgary		Scotiabank Saddledome
June 22, 2011	Edmonton		Rexall Place
June 24, 2011	Vancouver		Rogers Arena
June 25, 2011
June 28, 2011	Los Angeles	United States	Staples Center
June 29, 2011	Anaheim		Honda Center
June 30, 2011	Oakland		Oracle Arena
July 2, 2011	Las Vegas		Mandalay Bay Events Center
July 4, 2011	Albuquerque		The Pavilion
July 8, 2011	Dallas		American Airlines Center
July 9, 2011	Houston		Toyota Center
July 11, 2011	Birmingham		BJCC Arena
July 12, 2011	Atlanta		Chastain Park Amphitheatre
July 14, 2011	Sunrise		BankAtlantic Center
July 16, 2011	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum
July 17, 2011	Atlantic City		Borgata Event Center
July 19, 2011	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
July 21, 2011	East Rutherford		Izod Center
July 22, 2011	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena
July 23, 2011	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center
July 24, 2011	Boston		TD Garden
August 5, 2011	Bridgetown	Barbados	Kensington Oval
Europe[29][30][31]
August 15, 2011[A]	Helsinki	Finland	Hietaranta Beach
August 17, 2011[B]	Bergen	Norway	Koengen
August 18, 2011[B]
August 20, 2011[C]	Weston	United Kingdom	Weston Park
August 21, 2011[C]	Chelmsford		Hylands Park
South America[2][34][35][36]
September 17, 2011	Sao Paulo	Brazil	Arena Anhembi
September 18, 2011	Belo Horizonte		Mineirinho
September 21, 2011	Brasília		Nilson Nelson Gymnasium
September 23, 2011[D]	Rio de Janeiro		Parque Olímpico Cidade do Rock
Europe[2][29][30][31][32][37]
September 29, 2011	Belfast	United Kingdom	Odyssey Arena
September 30, 2011
October 1, 2011
October 3, 2011	Dublin	Ireland	The O2
October 5, 2011	London	United Kingdom	The O2 Arena
October 6, 2011
October 7, 2011	Liverpool		Echo Arena Liverpool
October 9, 2011	Manchester		Manchester Evening News Arena
October 10, 2011	Glasgow		Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
October 11, 2011
October 13, 2011	London		The O2 Arena
October 15, 2011	Birmingham		LG Arena
October 16, 2011	Newcastle		Metro Radio Arena
October 19, 2011	Lyon	France	Halle Tony Garnier
October 20, 2011	Paris		Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
October 21, 2011
October 22, 2011	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis
October 25, 2011	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle
October 26, 2011	Frankfurt		Festhalle Frankfurt
October 28, 2011	Herning	Denmark	Jyske Bank Boxen
October 30, 2011	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
November 1, 2011	Stockholm	Sweden	Ericsson Globe
November 4, 2011	Hannover	Germany	TUI Arena
November 5, 2011	Leipzig		Arena Leipzig
November 7, 2011	Zurich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
November 8, 2011	Cologne	Germany	Lanxess Arena
November 9, 2011	Arnhem	Netherlands	GelreDome
November 11, 2011	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis
November 13, 2011	London	United Kingdom	The O2 Arena
November 14, 2011
November 15, 2011
November 18, 2011	Birmingham		LG Arena
November 19, 2011	Sheffield		Motorpoint Arena Sheffield
November 21, 2011	Manchester		Manchester Evening News Arena
November 22, 2011	Nottingham		Capital FM Arena Nottingham
November 23, 2011	Glasgow		Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
November 25, 2011	Dublin	Ireland	The O2
November 27, 2011	Newcastle	United Kingdom	Metro Radio Arena
November 28, 2011	Manchester		Manchester Evening News Arena
November 29, 2011	Birmingham		National Indoor Arena
December 1, 2011	London		The O2 Arena
December 2, 2011	Manchester		Manchester Evening News Arena
December 3, 2011[E]	London		The O2 Arena
December 4, 2011	Hamburg	Germany	O2 World Hamburg
December 6, 2011	Łódź	Poland	Atlas Arena
December 7, 2011	Prague	Czech Republic	O2 Arena
December 8, 2011	Budapest	Hungary	Budapest Sports Arena
December 10, 2011	Zurich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
December 11, 2011	Turin	Italy	Torino Palasport Olimpico
December 12, 2011	Milan		Mediolanum Forum
December 14, 2011	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi
December 15, 2011	Madrid		Palacio de Deportes
December 17, 2011	Lisbon	Portugal	Pavilhão Atlântico
December 20, 2011[F]	London	United Kingdom	The O2 Arena
December 21, 2011[F]
December 22, 2011[F]

Music festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^A This concert is a part of On the Beach^[38]

^B These concerts are a part of Bergen Calling^[39]

^C These concerts are a part of V Festival^[40]

^D This concert is a part of Rock in Rio^[41]

^E This concert is a part of Jingle Bell Ball

^F These concerts are to be filmed for a DVD release of the tour.^[19]

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

October 31, 2011	Malmö, Sweden	Malmö Arena	Cancelled due to illness.[42]
November 2, 2011	Stockholm, Sweden	Ericsson Globe	Cancelled due to illness.[43]

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets Sold / Available	Gross Revenue
Air Canada Centre	Toronto	27,270 / 27,270 (100%)	$2,076,020[44]
Bell Centre	Montreal	26,452 / 26,452 (100%)	$2,269,580[45]
Palace of Auburn Hills	Auburn Hills	10,639 / 11,135 (96%)	$474,198[46]
Rexall Place	Edmonton	11,634 / 13,127 (89%)	$855,923[47]
Staples Center	Los Angeles	14,148 / 14,148 (100%)	$1,045,114[48]
Oracle Arena	Oakland	9,348 / 11,488 (81%)	$659,387[49]
American Airlines Center	Dallas	10,736 / 11,443 (94%)	$600,374[44]
BankAtlantic Center	Sunrise	11,136 / 13,361 (83%)	$659,244[44]
Mohegan Sun Arena	Uncasville	4,096 / 4,386 (93%)	$356,751[50]
The O2 Arena	London	50,300 / 51,615 (97%)	$3,543,350[51]
Manchester Evening News Arena	Manchester	16,396 / 16,396 (100%)	$1,037,200[52]
Sportpaleis	Antwerp	17,604 / 17,622 (~100%)	$1,035,630[51]
TOTAL		209,759 / 218,443 (96%)	$14,612,771

References

Rihanna Discography Awards and nominations Tours Songs Studio albums Music of the Sun A Girl like Me Good Girl Gone Bad Rated R Loud Talk That Talk Compilations Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes Rated R: Remixed Video releases Good Girl Gone Bad Live Music videos "We Found Love" Films Bring It On: All or Nothing Battleship Concert tours Headlining tours Rihanna: Live in Concert Tour Good Girl Gone Bad Tour Last Girl on Earth Tour Loud Tour Promotional tours Rihanna's Secret Body Spray Tour A Girl's Night Out Supporting tours Harajuku Lovers Tour (with Gwen Stefani) Roc Tha Block Tour (with Jay-Z and Ne-Yo) PCD World Tour (with The Pussycat Dolls) Glow in the Dark Tour (with Kanye West) Related Rihanna Reb'l Fleur Book Category Portal Template WikiProject