The Nicki Wrld Tour

The Nicki Wrld Tour was the fourth concert tour by Trinidadian-born American recording artist Nicki Minaj, with American rapper Juice Wrld. The European trek supported of Minaj's fourth studio album, Queen (2018), and Juice Wrld's second studio album, Death Race for Love (2019). The tour began on February 21, 2019 in Munich, Germany at Olympiahalle and concluded on March 28, 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland at SEG Geneva Arena, consisting of 19 shows. Three out of the original 40 shows were cancelled because of technical and weather issues. The tour was originally titled the NickiHndrxx Tour with Future and include a North American leg which was set to kick off in 2018. Juice Wrld was later announced as the replacement for Future as the co-headliner. In her initial statement on the postponed tour, Minaj stated that the North American tour would be postponed until May 2019, but rescheduled dates were never announced.

The Nicki Wrld Tour
Tour by Nicki Minaj with Juice Wrld
Promotional poster for the European leg
Associated albumsQueen
Death Race for Love
Start dateFebruary 21, 2019 (2019-02-21)
End dateMarch 28, 2019 (2019-03-28)
Legs1
No. of shows19
Box office$50 Million USD
Nicki Minaj tour chronology
The Pinkprint Tour
(2015)		 The Nicki Wrld Tour
(2019)
Juice Wrld tour chronology
The Nicki Wrld Tour
(2019)

Background

During an interview on Beats 1 Radio in April 2018, Minaj announced the release date of her fourth studio album Queen, as well as touring plans.[1][2] The NICKIHNDRXX Tour was officially announced in June of the same year, with co-headliner Future. The tour was set to begin in early September, but the North American leg was later postponed as Minaj "decided to re-evaluate elements of production".[3][4] In December 2018, Minaj announced that co-headliner Future withdrew, and was replaced by American rapper Juice Wrld, and that the tour could commence in Europe.[5]

Set list

This set list is representative of the show in Munich, on February 21, 2019. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.[6]

  1. "Majesty"
  2. "Hard White"
  3. "Feeling Myself"
  4. "Only"
  5. "Truffle Butter"
  6. "Did It On'em"
  7. "Beez in the Trap"
  8. "Rake It Up"
  9. "Dance (Ass)"
  10. "Big Bank"
  11. "Anaconda"
  12. "Roman's Revenge"
  13. "Up All Night"
  14. "Throw Sum Mo"
  15. "Plain Jane"
  16. "Itty Bitty Piggy"
  17. "Your Love"
  18. "Make Me Proud"
  19. "Monster"
  20. "Armed and Dangerous"
  21. "Black & White"
  22. "Lean wit Me"
  23. "All Girls Are the Same"
  24. "Fine China"
  25. "Wasted"
  26. "Robbery"
  27. "Lucid Dreams"
  28. "Turn Me On"
  29. "Whip It"
  30. "Pound the Alarm"
  31. "Starships"
  32. "Where Them Girls At"
  33. "All Things Go"
  34. "Save Me"
  35. "Right Thru Me"
  36. "Come See About Me"
  37. "Grand Piano"
  38. "Bed" / "Side to Side"
  39. "Swalla"
  40. "Chun-Li"
  41. "Moment 4 Life"
Encore
  1. "Super Bass"

Notes
  • Starting with the show in Paris, "Bust Down Barbiana" was added to the setlist.[7]
  • During the shows in London, Birmingham and Manchester, Stylo G, Ms Banks and Lisa Mercedez joined Minaj on stage for performances, respectively.[8][9][10]
  • During the show in London, Minaj performed "Coco Chanel" and Yxng Bane joined her on stage to perform "Rihanna".[7][8]
  • During the Birmingham and Manchester shows, Lady Leshurr joined Minaj on stage to perform "Queen's Speech".[9]

Shows
List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, amount of available tickets, and gross revenue
Date City Country Venue Opening act Attendance Revenue
Europe[11][12][13]
February 21, 2019 Munich Germany Olympiahalle Zuna & Azet
Miami Yacine		 — —
February 24, 2019 Łódź Poland Atlas Arena Smolasty — —
February 25, 2019 Budapest Hungary László Papp Budapest Sports Arena N/A — —
February 28, 2019 Berlin Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena Zuna & Azet
Miami Yacine		 — —
March 1, 2019 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena Vild Smith — —
March 3, 2019 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum Kjartan Lauritzen — —
March 4, 2019 Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe Lil Xan — —
March 6, 2019 Brussels Belgium Palais 12 Lord Gasmique 4,560 / 6,162 — —
March 7, 2019 Paris France AccorHotels Arena Koba LaD — —
March 11, 2019 London United Kingdom The O2 Arena Ray BLK — —
March 14, 2019 Birmingham Arena Birmingham 7,626 / 11,142 $601,518
March 17, 2019 Glasgow SSE Hydro — —
March 18, 2019 Manchester Manchester Arena — —
March 20, 2019 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg Rockhal N/A 3,904 / 4,941 — —
March 22, 2019 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle Zuna & Azet
Miami Yacine		 — —
March 23, 2019 Cologne Lanxess Arena 10,360 / 11,908 — —
March 25, 2019 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome Josylvio — —
March 27, 2019 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion N/A 5,724 / 13,000 — —
March 28, 2019 Geneva SEG Geneva Arena — —
Total — $4,001,424

Cancelled shows
List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation
Date City Country Venue Reason
September 21, 2018 Baltimore United States Royal Farms Arena Production delays
September 23, 2018 Washington, D.C. Capital One Arena
September 26, 2018 Detroit Little Caesars Arena
September 28, 2018 Chicago United Center
September 29, 2018 Cincinnati U.S. Bank Arena
October 1, 2018 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre
October 2, 2018 Buffalo United States KeyBank Center
October 4, 2018 Boston TD Garden
October 5, 2018 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
October 7, 2018 Newark Prudential Center
October 11, 2018 Brooklyn Barclays Center
October 14, 2018 Raleigh PNC Arena
October 16, 2018 Charlotte Spectrum Center
October 19, 2018 Miami American Airlines Arena
October 20, 2018 Orlando Amway Center
October 23, 2018 Memphis FedEx Forum
October 25, 2018 Atlanta Philips Arena
October 28, 2018 Nashville Bridgestone Arena
October 30, 2018 New Orleans Smoothie King Center
November 1, 2018 Dallas American Airlines Center
November 2, 2018 Houston Toyota Center
November 4, 2018 Kansas City Sprint Center
November 6, 2018 Denver Pepsi Center
November 9, 2018 Portland Moda Center
November 10, 2018 Tacoma Tacoma Dome
November 16, 2018 San Jose SAP Center
November 17, 2018 Sacramento Golden 1 Center
November 20, 2018 Inglewood The Forum
November 24, 2018 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
February 22, 2019 Bratislava Slovakia Ondrej Nepela Arena Technical difficulties[14][15]
March 9, 2019 Bordeaux France Arkéa Arena
March 15, 2019 Dublin Ireland 3Arena Adverse weather conditions[16]

References
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  4. "Nicki Minaj and Future Cancel North American "NICKIHNDRXX Tour"". exclaim.ca. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  5. Renshaw, David. "Nicki Minaj confirms Juice WRLD will replace Future on her European tour". Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  6. Feb 21, Admin |; 2019 | 1 |. "Nicki Minaj Tour - Queen Setlist - Tickets - Dates - Merch - Live Videos". Stadium Help. Retrieved February 21, 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  8. Hann, Michael (March 13, 2019). "Nicki Minaj at London's O2 Arena — boundless good humour in a bog-standard show". Financial Times. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
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  10. Roper, Danielle (March 19, 2019). "Review: Nicki Minaj at Manchester Arena". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
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  14. Majzon, Marek (February 25, 2019). "Koncert sa nestal: Nicki Minaj cúvla pre techniku. Organizátor hovorí o lži". SME (in Slovak). Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  15. Shepherd, Jack (March 10, 2019). "Nicki Minaj defends cancelling show in Bordeaux as fans wait outside venue". The Independent. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  16. Farrell, Rachel (March 15, 2019). "Nicki Minaj cancels Dublin concert due to none of the equipment trucks not arriving during 'adverse weather conditions'". The Irish Independent. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
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