Pentatonix World Tour

Pentatonix World Tour
Tour by Pentatonix
Associated albumPentatonix
PTX, Vol. IV - Classics
Start dateApril 2, 2016 (2016-04-02)
End dateSeptember 3, 2017 (2017-09-03)
Legs7
No. of shows106
Box office$11,641,644
Pentatonix concert chronology

Pentatonix World Tour was the fifth headlining concert tour by American a cappella group Pentatonix to promote their eponymous album. The tour began in Chiba on April 2, 2016, and concluded in Essex Junction on September 3, 2017.

Background and development

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On February 9, 2016, Pentatonix announced the tour. The group announced the first leg taking place in the United States and Canada[1] with Us The Duo and AJ Lehrman as the opening acts. The leg ran from April 13, 2016, until May 12, 2016. On February 23, 2016, Popspring 2016 announced the group as a headliner of the festival in Chiba, Kobe, and Nagoya. The second leg took place across Europe. The leg ran from May 23, 2016, until June 26, 2016. Us The Duo stayed on the road, in addition to Erato who opened in just Birmingham and London. On April 2, 2016, Summer Sonic Festival announced the group as a headliner of the festival in Chiba and Osaka. The third leg took place across Oceania. The leg ran from September 3, 2016, until September 10, 2016. The fourth leg took place across Asia. The leg ran from September 13, 2016, until September 27, 2016. The fifth leg took place back in the United States and Canada with Us The Duo returning as the opening act, and newly added, Abi Ann, who was a fellow opening act when they opened Kelly Clarkson's Piece by Piece Tour. The leg ran from October 17, 2016, until November 22, 2016. Continuing the tour, the group announced a number of special performances for the summer of 2017. They kicked off their 2017 shows with another Asian leg with five shows in Japan. They also toured North America starting with three shows in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Bowl for the venue's July 4 Firework Spectacular, and a number of shows at fairs and festivals in Columbus, West Allis, Des Moines, Grand Island, Highland Park, Saint Paul, Allentown, and Essex Junction.

Set list

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This set list is representative of the show on November 10, 2016, in Newark, New Jersey. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.[2]

  1. "Cracked"
  2. "Na Na Na"
  3. "Cheerleader" (OMI cover)
  4. "Can't Sleep Love"
  5. "Evolution of Michael Jackson"
  6. "Love Yourself" / "Where Are Ü Now" (Justin Bieber and Skrillex & Diplo cover medley)
  7. "Jolene" (Dolly Parton cover; duet with Us The Duo)
  8. "Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1" (Bach cello cover from Kevin)
  9. "Radioactive" / "Say Something" / "Papaoutai" (Imagine Dragons, A Great Big World, and Stromae cover medley)
  10. "No" (Meghan Trainor cover)
  11. "Gold" (Kiiara cover)
  12. "Misbehavin'"
  13. "Water"
  14. "Christus factus est" (by Anton Bruckner)
  15. "Aha!" (Imogen Heap cover)
  16. "Daft Punk"
  17. "Rose Gold"
  18. "Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen cover)
Encore
  1. "Light In The Hallway"
  2. "Sing"

Tour dates

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List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
Date City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance Revenue
Asia
April 2, 2016[a] Chiba Japan Makuhari Messe
April 3, 2016[a] Kobe World Memorial Hall
April 4, 2016[a] Nagoya Zepp Nagoya
Leg 1 - North America[3]
April 13, 2016 Sunrise United States BB&T Center Us The Duo
AJ Lehrman
4,609 / 7,008 $250,805
April 14, 2016 Orlando CFE Arena 6,961 / 7,470 $388,055
April 16, 2016 Birmingham Legacy Arena 6,314 / 6,314 $337,160
April 17, 2016 St. Louis Chaifetz Arena 6,341 / 7,569 $342,511
April 19, 2016 Kansas City Sprint Center 6,657 / 6,657 $375,094
April 21, 2016 Broomfield 1stBank Center 5,698 / 5,930 $336,596
April 23, 2016 Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center
April 24, 2016 Berkeley Hearst Greek Theatre 7,340 / 7,340 $343,160
April 26, 2016 Portland Theater of the Clouds 6,447 / 6,715 $326,727
April 27, 2016 Seattle WaMu Theater 4,518 / 4,606 $278,530
April 28, 2016 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum
April 30, 2016 Santa Barbara United States Santa Barbara Bowl 4,072 / 4,563 $206,909
May 1, 2016 Los Angeles Microsoft Theater 6,505 / 6,505 $389,308
May 3, 2016 San Diego Cal Coast Credit Union
Open Air Theatre
May 4, 2016 Phoenix Comerica Theatre
May 5, 2016 Las Cruces Pan American Center
May 7, 2016 Tulsa BOK Center 10,066 / 10,066 $396,030
May 8, 2016 Austin Frank Erwin Center 6,183 / 6,973 $366,908
May 10, 2016 Nashville Bridgestone Arena
May 11, 2016[b] Raleigh Red Hat Amphitheater
May 12, 2016 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion 8,244 / 14,780 $452,995
May 15, 2016[c] Rocklin Amphitheater At Quarry Park
Leg 2 - Europe[4]
May 23, 2016 Dublin Ireland Olympia Theatre Us The Duo
May 25, 2016 Birmingham England O2 Academy Birmingham Us The Duo
Erato
May 26, 2016 London O2 Academy Brixton
May 28, 2016 Manchester Albert Hall Us The Duo
May 30, 2016 Paris France Zénith Paris
June 1, 2016 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall
June 2, 2016 Antwerp Belgium Lotto Arena 2,922 / 5,628 $104,177
June 4, 2016 Cologne Germany Cologne Palladium
June 5, 2016 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg Rockhal
June 6, 2016 Hamburg Germany Stadtpark
June 8, 2016 Berlin Zitadelle Spandau
June 9, 2016 Prague Czech Republic Forum Karlin
June 11, 2016 Munich Germany Zenith Kulturhalle
June 12, 2016 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
June 14, 2016 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion 3,559 / 4,500 $228,003
June 15, 2016 Linz Austria TipsArena Linz
June 16, 2016 Frankfurt Germany Jahrhunderthalle
June 18, 2016 Rome Italy Atlántico
June 19, 2016 Milan Alcatraz
June 22, 2016 Barcelona Spain Sant Jordi Club
June 23, 2016 Madrid Palacio Vistalegre
June 25, 2016 Lisbon Portugal Coliseu dos Recreios
June 26, 2016 Porto Coliseu do Porto
Asia
August 20, 2016[d] Chiba Japan Chiba Marine Stadium
August 21, 2016[d] Osaka Maishima Sports Island
Leg 3 - Oceania
September 3, 2016 Sydney Australia Enmore Theatre
September 4, 2016 Brisbane Brisbane City Hall
September 7, 2016 Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre
September 8, 2016 Melbourne Palais Theatre
September 10, 2016 Auckland New Zealand Vector Arena
Leg 4 - Asia
September 13, 2016 Bangkok Thailand GMM Live Hall
September 17, 2016[e] Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit
September 18, 2016[e]
September 20, 2016 Taipei Taiwan National Taiwan University Auditorium
September 22, 2016 Hong Kong AsiaWorld–Arena
September 24, 2016 Quezon City Philippines Smart Araneta Coliseum
September 27, 2016 Seoul South Korea Jamsil Arena
Leg 5 - North America[5]
October 17, 2016 San Jose United States SAP Center Us The Duo
Abi Ann
5,950 / 7,000 $335,630
October 19, 2016 Sacramento Golden 1 Center
October 20, 2016 Anaheim Honda Center
October 22, 2016 West Valley City Maverik Center
October 24, 2016 Sioux Falls Denny Sanford Premier Center
October 26, 2016 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center 9,323 / 10,081 $526,259
October 27, 2016 Rosemont Allstate Arena 7,683 / 11,870 $511,688
October 29, 2016 Champaign State Farm Center
October 30, 2016 Columbus Schottenstein Center 8,241 / 12,191 $463,801
November 3, 2016 Memphis FedExForum 4,329 / 6,200 $236,225
November 6, 2016 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 6,218 / 6,622 $391,398
November 7, 2016 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 8,726 / 12,597 $405,949
November 9, 2016 Boston United States TD Garden
November 10, 2016 Newark Prudential Center 6,636 / 11,750 $374,792
November 12, 2016 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena 6,885 / 7,331 $380,555
November 13, 2016 Philadelphia Liacouras Center 5,897 / 8,174 $374,490
November 15, 2016 Greenville Bon Secours Wellness Arena 6,656 / 7,257 $405,276
November 16, 2016 Duluth Infinite Energy Arena 7,381 / 7,652 $453,210
November 17, 2016 New Orleans Lakefront Arena 3,458 / 4,800 $213,111
November 19, 2016 Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena
November 20, 2016 Dallas American Airlines Center 11,995 / 11,995 $694,410
November 22, 2016 Houston Toyota Center 7,129 / 7,508 $438,889
Leg 6 - Asia
May 25, 2017 Fukuoka Japan Fukuoka Sun Palace
May 27, 2017 Tokyo Tokyo International Forum
May 29, 2017 Nagoya Nagoya Century Hall
May 30, 2017 Osaka Osaka Festival Hall
May 31, 2017 Tokyo Tokyo International Forum
Leg 7 - North America[6]
July 2, 2017 Los Angeles United States Hollywood Bowl
July 3, 2017
July 4, 2017
August 5, 2017 Columbus Celeste Center Us The Duo
August 6, 2017 Cincinnati PNC Pavilion
August 8, 2017 West Allis Wisconsin State Fair Park
August 9, 2017 Rochester Hills Meadow Brook Amphitheatre 7,596 / 7,738 $309,625
August 10, 2017 Indianapolis White River State Park 6,137 / 6,484 $235,568
August 12, 2017 Springfield Illinois State Fair
August 13, 2017 Des Moines Iowa State Fairgrounds
August 26, 2017 Grand Island Nebraska State Fair Park
August 27, 2017 Bonner Springs Providence Medical Center Amphitheater
August 28, 2017 Highland Park Ravinia Pavilion
August 30, 2017 Saint Paul Minnesota State Fair Grandstand
August 31, 2017 St. Louis Fox Theatre
September 2, 2017 Allentown Great Allentown Fair Grandstand
September 3, 2017 [f] Essex Junction Champlain Valley Exposition

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c The concerts on April 2–4, 2016 are part of Popspring 2016.
  2. ^ The concert on May 11, 2016 at the Red Hat Amphitheater in Raleigh, North Carolina was live streamed through Yahoo Screen.
  3. ^ The concert on May 15, 2016 at Amphitheater At Quarry Park in Rocklin is part of KDND Wake Up Call Birthday Bash.
  4. ^ a b The concerts on August 20 & 21, 2016 are part of Summer Sonic Festival.
  5. ^ a b The concert on September 17 & 18, 2016 in Singapore are part of the Formula 1 2016 Singapore Grand Prix.
  6. ^ The concert on September 3, 2017 in Vermont was Avi Kaplan’s last show with Pentatonix before his departure from the group.

References

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  1. ^ Holub, Christian. "Pentatonix announce 2016 world tour dates". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  2. ^ Oliver, Bobby (November 11, 2016). "A cappella supergroup Pentatonix unleashes harmonized magic at Newark concert (PHOTOS)". nj.com. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  3. ^ North America Box score:
  4. ^ Europe Box score:
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