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The Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour

The Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour

2016 concert tour by Mariah Carey

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.[1]

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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.[2] 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.[3] 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

  1. "Fantasy" (contains elements of the Def Club Mix and Bad Boy Fantasy remix)
  2. "Emotions"
  3. "My All" (Classic Club Mix)
  4. "Always Be My Baby"
  5. "I'll Be There" (with Trey Lorenz)
  6. "Rock With You" (Interlude) (performed by Trey Lorenz)
  7. "Touch My Body"
  8. "I Know What You Want" / "Obsessed" / "It's Like That" / "Shake It Off" / "Loverboy" (dubbed the Car Ride Medley)
  9. "Heartbreaker" (Desert Storm Remix)
  10. "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"
  11. "One Sweet Day" (with Daniel Moore II and Trey Lorenz)
  12. "When You Believe"
  13. "Hero"
  14. "We Belong Together"
  15. "Without You"
  16. "Butterfly Reprise" (Outro)
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

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Cancelled shows

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Box office score data

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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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References

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    Pollstar 2016 Mid Year Special Features
    • "MID YEAR TOP 100 North American Tours 2016" (PDF). Pollstar. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
    • "MID YEAR TOP 100 Worldwide Tours 2016" (PDF). Pollstar. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
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    "MARIAH ANNOUNCES TOUR OF LATIN AMERICA".
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    "Mariah Carey Announces Sweet Sweet Fantasy 2016 European Tour". Billboard. 14 December 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
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    "Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour". MariahCarey.com. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
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    Box score:
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    "Mariah Carey confirma shows no Brasil, em novembro". O Estado de S. Paulo. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
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    Colin Stutz (March 25, 2016). "Mariah Carey Cancels Brussels Show Due to Safety Concerns". Billboard. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
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    "Mariah Carey Cancels Most of Her Latin America Tour". Billboard. 26 October 2016.
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    "Mariah Carey en retard à la Rockhal: voici pourquoi". L'essentiel. 14 December 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
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    "Mariah on the road..." mariah-charts-and-saless Webseite! (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-11.
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    "The Mariah Network".
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