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.Pollstar 2016 Mid Year Special Features
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. 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. 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
"Fantasy" (contains elements of the Def Club Mix and Bad Boy Fantasy remix) "Emotions" "My All" "Always Be My Baby" "I'll Be There" "Rock With You" "Touch My Body" "I Know What You Want" / "Obsessed" / "It's Like That" / "Shake It Off" / "Loverboy" (dubbed the Car Ride Medley) "Heartbreaker" (Desert Storm Remix) "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" "One Sweet Day" "When You Believe" "Hero" "We Belong Together" "Without You" "Butterfly Reprise"
Notes
"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" was not performed on select dates. "One Sweet Day" was not performed in Luxembourg and Munich. It was eventually cut from the set list on November 8. "Rainbow" was performed in Oslo. "Can't Let Go" was performed in Kraków. In Cape Town, Carey performed "Fly Like a Bird" in place of "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)". During shows in Durban and Johannesburg, "Don't Forget About Us" replaced "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)". It was later permanently done for shows in Honolulu. On November 8, "Breakdown" and "Honey" were added to the set list. During shows in Mexico, "Babydoll" and "I Still Believe" were performed. Starting on November 23, "Vision of Love", "Infamous", and "#Beautiful" were added to the set list; the latter two being performed with Jussie Smollett. Additionally, "I'll Be There" and "Without You" were no longer performed. During the final show in Honolulu, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" was played as the outro.
Shows + Date City Country Venue Leg 1 — EuropeBox score: 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, 2016Cologne GermanyLanxess 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 Town South AfricaCape Town Stadium April 29, 2016DurbanMoses Mabhida Stadium May 1, 2016JohannesburgTicketpro Dome May 2, 2016Leg 3 — North America November 8, 2016 Mexico CityMexico Mexico City Arena November 9, 2016 Monterrey Arena Monterrey November 23, 2016 Honolulu United States Neal S. Blaisdell Arena November 25, 2016 November 26, 2016
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 October 28, 2016 Buenos Aires Argentina GEBA Jorge Newbery "Promoter negligence" 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
Box office score data +List of concerts, showing venue, city, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenueVenueCityAttendance / CapacityRevenueSSE HydroGlasgow3,506 / 3,835$311,091Manchester ArenaManchester9,055 / 9,960$843,966Barclaycard ArenaBirmingham8,470 / 9,458$764,454The O2 ArenaLondon15,189 / 16,076$1,412,500RockhalEsch-sur-Alzette4,500 / 6,500Mediolanum ForumMilan5,393 / 5,393$471,929HallenstadionZürich4,007 / 9,500$284,757AccorHotels ArenaParis9,458 / 11,612$866,591Cape Town StadiumCape Town14,420 / 15,817$518,723Moses Mabhida StadiumDurban18,403 / 19,135$570,866Ticketpro DomeJohannesburg20,014 / 21,203$1,195,806Arena Ciudad de MexicoMexico City11,054 / 11,054$331,489Total130,469 / 147,543 (88%)$7,572,172
Personnel James "Big Jim" Wright – musical director Daniel Moore II – keyboards Derrieuz Edgecombe – keyboards Lance Tolbert – bass Joshua Baker – drums Trey Lorenz – background vocals Mary Ann Tatum – background vocals Takeytha Johnson – background vocals
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