Sweetener World Tour

The **Sweetener World Tour** (abbreviated as "**SWT**") was Ariana Grande's fourth concert tour and Y/N’s first debut concert tour, in support of Ariana’s fourth studio album,  *Sweetener*, which was released on August 17, 2018, and their 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 concluded on December 22, 2019 in Inglewood, California. During the tour, her London concert was filmed and made into a movie called *Excuse Me, I Love You* exclusively for Netflix that was released on December 21, 2020.

The tour was sponsored by T-Mobile and American Express.

## Background

Following the release of Grande's fourth studio album, *Sweetener*, Grande embarked on a promotional concert tour, The Sweetener Sessions, which concluded after 4 dates. On October 1, 2018, Grande and Y/N started recording their studio album, *Thank U, Next*. She later confirmed that a longer tour, the Sweetener World 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, Saint 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 due to her cancellation when she was supposed to performed for a New Years party. On May 28, 2019, the shows in Tampa and Orlando were rescheduled due to her getting an illness.

On December 14, 2018, the European dates for the tour were announced. The second leg visited 19 cities across Europe, beginning on August 17, 2019 in London at The O2 Arena and concluding on October 16, 2019 in London at The O2 Arena. 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 United 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 and Birmingham. On February 25, 2019, due to popular demand, additional shows were added in Hamburg and Dublin. On March 5, 2019, Y/N announced that Ella Mai would be one of the opening acts for the European leg of the tour, replacing Normani. On June 11, 2019, due to popular demand, additional shows were added in London. On August 9, 2019, the first show in Hamburg and the show in Prague were rescheduled, and the show in Kraków was canceled.

On June 20, 2019, instead of the tour going to more countries, Grande and Y/N announced another North American leg of the tour. It visited 18 cities across the United States, including the rescheduled Tampa and Orlando shows, beginning on November 9, 2019 in Uniondale at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum and concluding on December 21, 2019 in Inglewood at The Forum. Pre-sale for the tickets for the third leg of the tour took place between June 26 and June 30, 2019. On July 1, 2019, tickets were opened to the general public. On November 17, 2019, the show in Lexington was cancelled due to illness.

## Trivia

* + "Imagine" was supposed to be on the setlist, but it was removed.
	+ Uncomfortable to perform the song, "ghostin" was removed from the setlist.
	+ It was later learned that Ariana had angina while on tour, but it didn't impact her vocals, and she only had to cancel a few shows.
	+ This is the only world tour not to have any shows in Asia and Latin America.
	+ This is Grande's longest tour spanning over 9 months.
	+ This is Grande's most popular tour raising over $146.6 million dollars (or 155.38 million in 2021 dollars) and having an attendance of over 1.3 million.
	+ Celebrities like Harry Styles, Millie Bobby Brown, Shangela, Billie Eilish, Jungkook, Justin Bieber and more attended the tour.
	+ In total, more than 1.3M tickets were sold.

## Live album

Main article: K Bye For Now (SWT Live)
A live album of the tour, *K Bye For Now (SWT Live)*, was released on December 23, 2019. It was recorded over the course of the first and second legs of the tour.

## Setlist

### Opening Acts

* Social House
* Normani
* Ella Mai

### Setlist

* Leg 1
* Leg 2
* Leg 3

#### **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" with Victoria Monét.
* During the shows in Montréal and the second show in Los Angeles, the first shows in Inglewood, the first show in Las Vegas and Anaheim, Grande performed "Monopoly" with Victoria Monét.
* During the first show at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Y/N 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, Y/N 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 set list.
* Starting with the show in Phoenix, "Goodnight N Go" was removed from the set list and replaced with "Get Well Soon".
* During the show in Charlotte, Y/N performed "Tattooed Heart" and Grande performed "Piano".
* Starting with the second show in Washington, D.C., "Bloodline" was removed from the set list.
* During the show at Lollapalooza, Grande performed "Boyfriend" with Social House. "Raindrops (An Angel Cried)", "Successful", "Fake Smile", "Make Up", "Right There", "You'll Never Know", "Break Your Heart Right Back", and "Everytime" were not performed.
* Starting with the first show in London, "Get Well Soon" was removed from the set list and replaced with "Only 1" and "Boyfriend" were added to the setlist, and the "Close To You" interlude was changed to "Adore".
* During the show at Manchester Pride, Grande and Y/N only performed "No Tears Left To Cry", "Be Alright", "Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored", "Side To Side", "7 Rings", "Break Free", "Breathin", "Love Me Harder", "Thank U, Next", and "One Last Time".
* Starting with the show in Vienna, "Boyfriend" was removed from the set list.
* Starting with the third show in Dublin, "Successful" was not performed along with "Only 1".
* Starting with the show in Oslo, "Only 1" was removed from the set list and replaced with "Tattooed Heart".
* The last 2 shows in London were filmed for the *Excuse Me, I Love You* documentary.
* Starting with the show in Uniondale, "Successful" was re-added to the setlist, "Right There", "You'll Never Know", "Break Your Heart Right Back", and "Tattooed Heart" were removed from the set list, and "December", "True Love", "Wit It This Christmas", "Santa Tell Me", and "Winter Things" were added to the set list.
* During the show in Uniondale, "Into You" and "Love Me Harder" were not performed.
* During the third show in Brooklyn, Y/N performed "Tattooed Heart". "Winter Things", meanwhile, was not performed.
* During the second show in Atlanta, Grande performed "I Think You're Swell" with Matt Bennett and "Give It Up" with Elizabeth Gillies. "Successful" and "Break Free" were not performed. Grande also gave the original God is a woman falsetto whereas during other shows, it was changed to a whistle tone.
* Starting with the show in Raleigh, "Winter Things" was removed from the set list and replaced with "Get Well Soon".
* During the second show in Dallas, Grande performed "Moonlight". "Get Well Soon" was also not performed.
* During the second show in Phoenix, Y/N performed "Tattooed Heart". "Get Well Soon" was also not performed.
* Starting with the show in Anaheim, "Get Well Soon" was removed from the set list and replaced with "Honeymoon Avenue".
* During the second show in Las Vegas, "Successful" was not performed.

## Shows

* First leg
* Second leg
* Third leg

## Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation
 June 4, 2019
 September 9, 2019
 November 17, 2019

## Personnel

### Performers

* Ariana Grande
* Y/N
* Normani (opening act for North American leg)
* Social House (opening act)
* 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)
* Elizabeth Gillies (special guest)
* Matt Bennett (special guest)

### Band

* Natural
* Aaron Spears
* Eric Ingram
* Nelson Jackson III

### Dancers

* Joesar Alva
* Bong Buño
* Darrion Gallegos
* Igor Faria
* Taya Shawki
* Cory Graves
* Mao Kawakami
* Brian Nicholson
* Scott Nicholson
* Luz Remigio
* Tiley Strozewski
* Kristopher Terry
* Nekai Johnson