RIHANNA DIAMONDS WORLD TOUR ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN DATES
Sep 7, 2012
XL CENTER – HARTFORD / FRIDAY MARCH 15
Tickets on sale Friday, Sept 21 at 10AM
Hartford, CT (September 7, 2012) - Today it was officially announced by Live Nation, the tour’s international promoter that the RIHANNA DIAMONDS WORLD TOUR begins March 8th 2013 in Buffalo, New York. The tour is scheduled to stop in more than 27 cities across North America with additional dates to be announced.
The Rihanna Diamonds North American leg includes performances at arenas in Los Angeles, Toronto, Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, and more. The tour will make a stop in Hartford at the XL Center on Friday March 15. Tickets go on sale Fri Sept 21 at 10am. A complete itinerary follows this release.
Rihanna’s previous tour, the extremely successful “LOUD” Tour solidified Rihanna’s status as one of the top female solo artists of this century. The LOUD tour grossed 90 million worldwide to become the 7th highest grossing tour of 2011 and included a historic 10 Sold Out concerts at London’s O2 Arena – a first by a female solo artist.
The announcement of Rihanna’s Diamonds World Tour follows an epic headlining performance at last night’s MTV Video Music Awards.
As the recipient of a phenomenal 6 Grammy Awards, Rihanna has sold over 37 million albums and 146 million digital tracks worldwide, and currently holds the record for top-selling digital artist of all time. In 2012, Forbes crowned Rihanna as the #1 social networking superstar with more than 60 million fans on Facebook and 25 million followers on Twitter in addition to owning over 2.7 billion views on YouTube/VEVO – the most for any female artist. Rihanna’s impressive catalogue of hits includes 11 #1 singles, including “We Found Love” which spent 10 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, 18 #1 singles on the Billboard Dance Club Song Charts, and 22 top 10 singles.
Citi® is the official credit card of the US leg of Rihanna’s upcoming world tour. Citi® cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Monday, Sept. 10th at 10am through Citi's Private Pass® Program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com.
RIHANNA DIAMONDS WORLD TOUR North American Itinerary 2013
DATE CITY VENUE ON-SALE
Mar. 8 Buffalo, NY First Niagara Center Sept. 21
Mar. 10 Boston, MA TD Garden Sept. 14
Mar. 12 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena Sept. 14
Mar. 14 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center Sept. 15
Mar. 15 Hartford, CT XL Center Sept. 21
Mar. 17 Montreal, QC Bell Centre Sept. 15
Mar. 18 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre Sept. 17
Mar. 21 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena Sept. 21
Mar. 22 Chicago, IL United Center Sept. 14
Mar. 24 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center Sept. 21
Mar. 25 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre Sept. 14
Mar. 27 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place Sept. 15
Mar. 30 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome Sept. 14
Apr. 1 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena Sept. 15
Apr. 3 Seattle, WA Key Arena Sept. 21
Apr. 6 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion Sept. 14
Apr. 8 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center Sept. 14
Apr. 11 San Diego, CA Valley View Casino Center Sept. 21
Apr. 12 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Sept. 14
Apr. 15 Houston, TX Toyota Center Sept. 21
Apr. 16 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center Sept. 21
Apr. 19 Tampa, FL Tampa Bay Times Forum Sept. 21
Apr. 20 Ft. Lauderdale, FL BankAtlantic Center Sept. 21
Apr. 22 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena Sept. 21
Apr. 29 Washington, D.C Verizon Center Sept. 14
May 2 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place Sept. 17
May 4 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center Sept. 21
Itinerary subject to change. More dates to be announced!
For complete tour and ticket information, visit:
www.rihanna.com and www.livenation.com
About Live Nation Entertainment:
Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment and ecommerce company, comprised of four market leaders: Ticketmaster.com, Live Nation Concerts, Front Line Management Group and Live Nation Network. Ticketmaster.com is the global event ticketing leader and one of the world’s top five ecommerce sites, with almost 27 million monthly unique visitors. Live Nation Concerts produces over 22,000 shows annually for more than 2,300 artists globally. Front Line is the world’s top artist management company, representing over 250 artists. These businesses power Live Nation Network, the leading provider of entertainment marketing solutions, enabling nearly 800 advertisers to tap into the 200 million consumers Live Nation delivers annually through its live event and digital platforms. For additional information, visit www.livenation.com/investors.
Contact Information:
Rihanna:
Gabriel Tesoriero
Island Def Jam Music Group
212-445-3632
Gabriel.Tesoriero@umusic.com
Live Nation Entertainment:
Liz Morentin
310-975-6860
lizmorentin@livenation.com
