Pink Friday 2 World Tour

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The Pink Friday 2 World Tour
Tour by Nicki Minaj
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Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album Pink Friday 2
Start dateMarch 1, 2024
End dateOctober 11, 2024
Legs2
No. of shows79
Supporting acts
Attendance787,000 (70 shows)
Box office$108.8 million (70 shows)
Nicki Minaj concert chronology

The Pink Friday 2 World Tour (also known as the Gag City World Tour) [1] [2] was the fourth solo, and fifth overall, concert tour by Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj, in support of her fifth studio album Pink Friday 2 (2023). With a gross of over $108.8 million based on 70 shows, it is the highest-grossing concert tour by a female rapper and the fourth-highest-grossing tour by a rapper or hip hop artist in history. [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Consisting of 79 shows across three continents, the Pink Friday 2 World Tour was the most extensive tour of Minaj's career. It began on March 1, 2024, in Oakland, California, and concluded on October 11, 2024, in Elmont, New York. It was her first concert tour in over five years, following The Nicki Wrld Tour (2019), and her first tour within North America in over nine years, with her previous being The Pinkprint Tour (2015). Monica was the supporting act for the first North American leg of the tour, while Bia, Tyga, and Skillibeng supported the second leg.

Background

On June 29, 2023, Nicki Minaj announced her fifth studio album Pink Friday 2. [6] The album was originally slated for release on October 20, 2023, but was eventually delayed to November 17. [7] In her announcement, Minaj revealed that a concert tour supporting the album would begin "around the first quarter of 2024". During an Instagram live stream on October 11, she stated that the "approach" and "feel" of the tour would be "very different". She said: "This will be a very different feeling tour, even if you've been to every Nicki Minaj tour that's ever existed". [8] In late October, she announced that the album's release was ultimately delayed to December 8, 2023; [9] and that details of the tour would be revealed on November 17 – the previously iterated release date of the album. [10]

On November 17, 2023, Minaj announced the Pink Friday 2 Tour and released a roster of 40 cities in the United States, Canada, and Europe that the tour would visit in 2024. [11] A webpage on her website and Laylo, a fan engagement online platform, was made available for fans to sign up for the ticket presale. [12] Minaj's website crashed for a short time, minutes after her announcement. She stated that "about [thirty thousand] [users]" were on the virtual queue of the sign-up page. [13] Alec Ellin, CEO of Laylo, revealed via his social media that it "drove the single most site traffic we've ever seen at once" and "hundreds of thousands of fans" signed up within the first hour of the announcement. [14] The rapper revealed that dates, venues, and the ticket sale for the tour would be announced in December. [15]

On December 7, Minaj announced the European tour dates via her Twitter account, beginning in May 2024 in Manchester. [16] Presale for the European dates commenced exclusively to fans who signed up, on December 8, 2023. [17] Tickets went on general public sale on December 15, 2023. [18]

On December 11, 2023, Minaj announced the US and Canada dates. The North American leg includes her headlining slots at the Rolling Loud California and Dreamville festivals in March and April 2024. [19] Citi cardholders were granted presale access on December 12, followed by a Live Nation presale which was held on December 14. [20] [21] On December 14, second dates were added in Boston, Chicago, Amsterdam, and Manchester due to high demand. [22] Public on-sale for the North America leg began on December 15 via Minaj's website and Ticketmaster. [18] A second Paris date was added on December 18; it went on sale the day after. [23] 13 more shows were announced on January 16, 2024. [24]

A Citi presale for the North American dates and a website presale for the European dates were held on January 16 and 17, before the general sale on January 19. [1] In the following weeks, Minaj was announced as a headliner at nine festivals across Europe and North Africa. [note 1] The nine slots were added as dates to the Europe and North African leg. On February 8, 2024, Monica announced on The Jennifer Hudson Show that she would serve as the opening act on the North American leg of the tour. [34] On February 26, a date in Dublin was announced. Tickets for the show went on sale via Minaj's website on March 1, 2024. [35] On May 24, 2024, Minaj announced a second US leg, including 22 additional dates in the country, beginning in September. Fans were provided access to sign up for the ticket presale, [36] which took place on May 30, before the general sale the day after. [37] On May 25, Minaj was arrested in Amsterdam for suspicion of marijuana possession as she was about to board a plane for a concert in Manchester. [38] [39] The Amsterdam arrest and brief detainment resulted in the tour's concert in Manchester's Co-op Live arena being rescheduled to June 3. [38] [40] On May 31, Dutch concert organizer and promoter Mojo announced that the tour's second Amsterdam show—scheduled for June 2—had been canceled "due to the events of [the previous week]". [41]

On July 7, 2024, hours prior to her Saga Festival slot in Bucharest, Minaj announced its cancellation after having "been advised by [her security team] [not to travel to the city] due to safety concerns regarding protests in the area". [42] Her decision to cancel the performance was heavily lampooned on social media, as no protest was scheduled for that day. Instead, a protest of accountants against the government's fiscal policies was to take place the next day, following her departure from the country. [43] Minaj was also criticized for the reason given which suggested Eastern Europe as a dangerous place. [44] [45]

On August 16, Minaj announced rappers Tyga, Bia, and Skillibeng as the supporting acts for the second US leg of the tour, subtitled "Gag City Reloaded". The leg contained an updated setlist and new wardrobe. [46] Minaj also debuted music from the third and final deluxe version of Pink Friday 2, titled The Hiatus, released on December 13, 2024, [47] which was originally announced as Gag City Reloaded, during the trek. [48]

Critical reception

The tour received highly positive reviews from critics, who praised the spectacle of the show and Minaj's overall dominance.

Reviewing the tour's opening night in Oakland, California, Gabe Meline wrote that "Nicki's resurrected herself," praising the rapper's performance after a period of controversy in the lead-up to the tour. The review highlighted the setlist's inclusion of both "smash hits and deep cuts" and Minaj's showcasing of the various sides of her persona, including "inspirational Nicki" and "sex-positive Nicki". [49] Shawn Grant of The Source highlighted that "Minaj mesmerized over 25,000 fans at the Oakland Arena, setting a new record as the venue's second-highest-grossing single night by a hip-hop artist." [50] Melissa Ruggieri of USA Today reviewed her tour stop in Monday's Capital One Arena in Washington D.C., writing "Nicki Minaj delivers spectacle backed up by skill on biggest tour of her career," and stated that "Pink Friday 2 tour offers fans everything: Hits, deep cuts, attitude and lots of pink" and that "Still, Minaj is the Queen of Rap for a reason." [51]

Reggie Mathalone of the Houston Press claimed that the "production value under-promised and over-delivered," with the stage being a spectacle fit for Minaj and her promise of Gag City during the Houston, Texas show on May 9. Mathalone described that where the album truly delivers is "live stage with the incredible performance and production value" and that despite some hiccups, "Pink Friday 2, and all its special guests, are well worth the trouble." [52]

Hip-hop reporter Armon Sadler of Vibe reviewed Minaj's show in her hometown of New York City at Madison Square Garden, sharing "[she] gave her native New York crowd a night to remember", and that for Minaj, "there's no place like home". Sadler went on to claim that "There wasn't a single dry eye in the arena when Minaj belted "Save Me". You could not find a single silent person when she claimed her destiny on "Moment 4 Life", and later concluded that "[Nicki] has an undeniable love for her fans and a knack for putting on a fantastic concert". [53] Evening Standard 's Emma Loffhagen reviewed Minaj's London tour stop at The O2 Arena, sharing that when the show started, "[Nicki] was the slick image of confident professionalism". Loffhagen also stated that, "At times, the energy in the almost two-and-half hour show did sag slightly – some of the deeper and slower cuts felt a little lackluster in their delivery", and included the fact that "a whopping eight costume (and wig) changes to accommodate Minaj's famous alter egos interrupted the flow a little". However, Loffhagen concluded that when it comes to Minaj, "the Pink Friday 2 tour has proved she needn't worry about her crown shifting. No doubt the London Barbz were left sufficiently gagged". [54] Dallas Observer 's Vanessa Quilantan reviewed the Dallas, Texas show during the second leg of the tour, stating that throughout the show "the mood was high, the excitement was palpable and the vibe was convivial." Quilantan concluded that despite the late start "[Nicki] proved without a doubt last night at [ American Airlines Center ] that pop culture absolutely needs entertainers like her." [55]

Set list

This set list is representative of the show in Oakland, on March 1, 2024. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour. [56]

  1. "I'm the Best"
  2. "Barbie Dangerous"
  3. "FTCU"
  4. "Beep Beep"
  5. "Hard White"
  6. "Press Play"
  7. "Win Again"
  8. "We Go Up"
  9. "Big Difference" (contains elements of "Beez in the Trap")
  10. "Pink Birthday"
  11. "Feeling Myself"
  12. "Favorite"
  13. "Cowgirl"
  14. "RNB"
  15. "High School"
  16. "Needle" (contains elements of "Hold You")
  17. "Ganja Burn" (Interlude)
  18. "Chun-Li" (contains elements of "Bahm Bahm" and "Darling Nikki")
  19. "Red Ruby da Sleeze" (contains elements of "Freaks")
  20. "Forward From Trini" / "Black Barbies" (Dancers Interlude)
  21. "Barbie World"
  22. "Roman's Revenge"
  23. "Monster"
  24. "Are You Gone Already" (Interlude)
  25. "Fallin 4 U"
  26. "Right Thru Me"
  27. "Save Me"
  28. "Here I Am"
  29. "Let Me Calm Down"
  30. "Nicki Hendrix"
  31. "Super Freaky Girl"
  32. "Anaconda"
  33. "Pink Friday Girls"
  34. "Super Bass"
  35. "The Night Is Still Young"
  36. "Moment 4 Life"
  37. "Starships"
  38. "Everybody"

Notes

Tour dates

List of 2024 shows [71] [72] [73]
Date (2024)CityCountryVenueOpening actsAttendanceRevenue
March 1 Oakland United States Oakland Arena Monica 13,907 / 13,907$2,340,673
March 3 Denver Ball Arena 12,731 / 12,731$1,971,813
March 8 Paradise [a] T-Mobile Arena 14,644 / 14,644$2,078,871
March 10 Seattle Climate Pledge Arena 14,344 / 14,344$2,078,906
March 13 Phoenix Footprint Center 12,354 / 12,354$1,890,824
March 15 [b] Inglewood Hollywood Park —
March 20 Atlanta State Farm Arena Monica22,117 / 22,117$3,586,119
March 21
March 22 Orlando Kia Center 12,689 / 12,689$2,139,338
March 24 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 10,295 / 10,295$1,255,627
March 26 Charlotte Spectrum Center 14,704 / 14,704$2,278,267
March 28 Newark Prudential Center 12,960 / 12,960$2,153,537
March 29 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 14,173 / 14,173$2,337,474
March 30 New York City Madison Square Garden 13,702 / 13,702$2,857,908
April 1 Washington, D.C. Capital One Arena 14,418 / 14,418$2,396,682
April 2 Baltimore CFG Bank Arena 11,660 / 11,660$1,681,718
April 4 Brooklyn Barclays Center 13,977 / 13,977$2,219,596
April 5 Hartford XL Center 11,527 / 11,527$1,630,643
April 7 [c] Raleigh Dorothea Dix Park —
April 8 Boston TD Garden Monica25,463 / 25,463$3,802,582
April 10
April 12 Columbus Value City Arena 13,103 / 13,103$2,108,931
April 13 Milwaukee Fiserv Forum 11,761 / 11,761$1,700,144
April 17 Montreal Canada Bell Centre 14,145 / 14,145$1,710,239
April 18 Toronto Scotiabank Arena 13,671 / 13,671$1,893,557
April 20 Detroit United States Little Caesars Arena 13,534 /13,534$2,259,691
April 24 Chicago United Center 27,857 / 27,857$4,250,318
April 25
April 27 Minneapolis Target Center 13,392 / 13,392$1,870,634
April 30TorontoCanadaScotiabank Arena14,088 / 14,088$1,703,497
May 1BrooklynUnited StatesBarclays Center14,120 / 14,120$2,066,232
May 8 [d] New Orleans Smoothie King Center 12,342 / 12,342$1,474,519
May 9 Houston Toyota Center 11,666 / 11,666$2,025,277
May 10 [e] Dallas American Airlines Center 12,764 / 12,764$2,119,572
May 12 Austin Moody Center 11,495 / 11,495$1,859,375
May 13 Oklahoma City Paycom Center 9,656 / 9,656$1,298,320
May 23 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome —11,608 / 11,608$1,346,907
May 26 Birmingham England Resorts World Arena 10,859 / 10,859$1,428,110
May 28 London The O2 Arena 15,590 / 15,590$2,306,260
May 29 Glasgow Scotland OVO Hydro 9,940 / 10,262$1,166,038
May 30 Manchester England Co-op Live 11,290 / 11,290$1,358,602
June 1 Paris France Accor Arena 13,748 / 13,748$1,429,138
June 3 [f] ManchesterEnglandCo-op Live——
June 5 Cologne Germany Lanxess Arena 14,522 / 14,522$1,447,333
June 7 Berlin Uber Arena 11,587 / 11,635$1,365,966
June 8 [g] Warsaw Poland Sluzewiec Horse Racing Track —
June 9ParisFranceAccor Arena13,585 / 13,585$1,429,135
June 11 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena 6,693 / 9,127$701,383
June 12 Stockholm Sweden Tele2 Arena 7,951 / 9,420$738,452
June 27 [h] Portimão Portugal Praia da Rocha —
June 28 [i] Rabat Morocco OLM Souissi
July 3 [j] Milan Italy Fiera Milano Rho
July 5 [k] Ebreichsdorf Austria Magna Racino
July 6 Dublin Ireland Malahide Castle 16,879 / 20,000$1,706,544
July 12 [l] LondonEngland Finsbury Park —
July 13 [m] Frauenfeld Switzerland Grosse Allmend
July 14 [n] Liège Belgium Astrid Park
September 4PhiladelphiaUnited StatesWells Fargo Center Bia
Skillibeng 		10,376 / 10,376$1,126,526
September 6 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 8,588 / 11,030$873,548
September 7New York CityMadison Square Garden10,512 / 11,866$1,587,182
September 9Washington, D.C.Capital One Arena Tyga
Bia
Skillibeng		9,848 / 9,848$1,188,358
September 12 Buffalo KeyBank Center 7,414 / 7,414$867,922
September 13 Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 8,480 / 9,506$1,108,597
September 15 Birmingham Legacy Arena 6,748 / 8,000$803,407
September 17DallasAmerican Airlines Center6,156 / 6,902$850,128
September 18 San Antonio Frost Bank Center 7,007 / 8,427$923,003
September 21 Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 9,784 / 11,537$1,476,648
September 22Inglewood [o] Kia Forum 7,700 / 8,250$1,093,642
September 23 San Francisco Chase Center 7,648 / 9,516$984,757
September 26 San Diego Viejas Arena 6,038 / 7,434$770,140
September 28Paradise [p] MGM Grand Garden Arena 5,891 / 7,776$886,430
October 1 Kansas City T-Mobile Center 7,799 / 9,572$823,364
October 2 St. Louis Enterprise Center 8,103 / 10,742$895,972
October 4 Jacksonville VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena 8,613 / 10,155$969,819
October 5 Tampa Amalie Arena 10,123 / 10,123$1,251,715
October 6 Miami Kaseya Center 11,253 / 11,253$1,482,409
October 8Raleigh Lenovo Center 8,026 / 11,105$909,679
October 9 Columbia Colonial Life Arena 7,092 / 8,569$834,755
October 11 Elmont [q] UBS Arena 13,505 / 13,505$1,866,590
Total786,840$108,801,334 (70 shows)

Cancelled concerts

List of cancelled concerts showing date, city, country, venue and reason
Date (2024)CityCountryVenueReason
June 2AmsterdamNetherlandsZiggo DomeArrested in Amsterdam [77] [41]
June 4CologneGermanyLanxess ArenaScheduling problems [78]
July 7 [r] Bucharest Romania Romaero Baneasa Protest in Bucharest [42]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Labeled as Las Vegas in promotional material.
  2. ↑ This concert is part of Rolling Loud California.
  3. ↑ This concert is part of Dreamville Festival.
  4. ↑ Rescheduled from March 18, 2024.
  5. ↑ Rescheduled from May 11, 2024.
  6. ↑ Rescheduled from May 25, 2024, following Minaj's arrest for alleged drug possession. [74]
  7. ↑ This concert is a part of the Orange Warsaw Festival. [75]
  8. ↑ This concert is a part of the Afro Nation festival. [76]
  9. ↑ This concert is a part of the Mawazine festival.
  10. ↑ This concert is a part of Fiera Milano Live.
  11. ↑ This concert is a part of Rolling Loud Europe. [29]
  12. ↑ This concert is a part of the Wireless Festival.
  13. ↑ This concert is a part of the Openair Frauenfeld.
  14. ↑ This concert is a part of the Les Ardentes.
  15. ↑ Labeled as Los Angeles in promotional material.
  16. ↑ Labeled as Las Vegas in promotional material.
  17. ↑ Labeled as Queens in promotional material.
  18. ↑ This concert was set to be a part of Saga Festival.
  1. ↑ The nine festivals in the Europe and North Africa legs of the tour were:
    The Orange Warsaw Festival in Warsaw, Poland, [25] Afro Nation festival in Portimão, Portugal, [26] Mawazine Festival in Rabat, [27] Fiera Milano Live in Milan, Italy, [28] Rolling Loud Europe in Ebreichsdorf, Austria, [29] Openair Frauenfeld in Frauenfeld, Switzerland, [30] Saga Festival in Bucharest, Romania, [31] Wireless Festival in London, England, [32] and Les Ardentes in Liège, Belgium. [33]

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