Ariana Grande Rearranges 'Sweetener World Tour' Dates Due To Coachella
By Hayden Brooks
January 14, 2019
Ariana Grande stepped in to replace Kanye West after his last-minute dropout at this year's 20th anniversary of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, and because of that, the pop star has been forced to shuffle 10 of the dates on "The Sweetener World Tour."
On Monday (January 14), it was announced that the North American dates, which were originally scheduled to wrap up on June 26, will now extend to July 13 in order to accommodate for rescheduled shows in Chicago, Columbus, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Denver and Salt Lake City. Meanwhile, concerts planned in Omaha and Raleigh have been canceled entirely. As of now, the trek will start on March 18 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York, before hitting markets like Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit and Palm Springs for the highly-anticipated music festival on April 14 and 21. Scroll on below to see the newly-tweaked tour dates in bold.
Grande was called to replace 'Ye after the rapper went head-to-head with Coachella organizers because he wanted a non-traditional stage. As per Billboard, the hip-hop heavyweight originally wanted the music festival to "erect a giant dome in the middle of the festival grounds." Sources close to the outlet revealed that the structure was impossible to create in such a short time span and would require some major rearrangement of the grounds.
March 18 - Albany, NY @ Times Union Center
March 20 - Boston, MA @ TD Garden
March 22 - Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center
March 25 - Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
March 26 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
March 28 - Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
March 30 - Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
April 1 - Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
April 3 - Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
April 5 - Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
April 14 - Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
April 21 - Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
April 25 - Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
April 27 - Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
April 30 - Portland, OR @ Moda Center
May 2 - San Jose, CA @ SAP Center
May 3 - Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
May 6 - Los Angeles, CA @ STAPLES Center
May 7 - Los Angeles, CA @ STAPLES Center
May 10 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum
May 11 - Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena
May 14 - Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Arena
May 17 - San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
May 19 - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
May 21 - Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
May 23 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Chesapeake Energy Arena
May 25 - New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center
May 28 - Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
May 29 - Orlando, FL @ Amway Center
May 31 - Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena
June 1 - Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena
June 4 - Chicago, IL @ United Center
June 5 - Chicago, IL @ United Center
June 7 - Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
June 8 - Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
June 10 - Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center
June 12 - Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
June 14 - Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
June 15 - Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
June 18 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
June 19 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
June 21 - Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
June 22 - Boston, MA @ TD Garden
June 24 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
June 26 - Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
June 29 - Indianapolis, IN @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse
July 1 - Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center
July 5 - Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum
July 6 - St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center
July 8 - St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
July 11 - Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
July 13 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena
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