The Big Tour (Chance the Rapper)

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The Big Tour
Tour by Chance the Rapper
Associated album The Big Day
Start dateSeptember 20, 2019 (2019-09-20)
End dateDecember 14, 2019 (2019-12-14)
Legs1
No. of shows5
Chance the Rapper concert chronology

The Big Tour [1] (stylized THE BIG TOUR!) was the third concert tour by American recording artist, Chance the Rapper, in support of his debut album, The Big Day (2019). The tour began on September 20, 2019 in Las Vegas. The tour was cancelled in December 2019 after just five shows.

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Background

On July 29, 2019, the rapper originally announced a 35-date tour starting in North America to promote his first album, The Big Day. [2] [3] However, on September 9, 2019, the rapper announced most tour dates would be postponed to spend more time with his family. Tickets bought for the original dates will be honored for the rescheduled dates. Festival appearances in Las Vegas & Miami Beach, and the first tour date in Chicago remained as scheduled. [4] [5] On September 25, 2019, Lil Yachty and Taylor Bennett were announced as the opening acts. [6] The entire tour was cancelled on December 15, 2019. [7]

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
DateCityCountryVenueOpening actsAttendanceRevenue
Leg 1 - North America [1] [6] [8]
September 20, 2019 [lower-alpha 1] Las Vegas United States Downtown Las Vegas
September 21, 2019 [lower-alpha 2] T-Mobile Arena
September 28, 2019 Chicago United Center Lil Yachty
Taylor Bennett
13,760 / 13,760$1,248,302
November 10, 2019 [lower-alpha 3] Miami Beach South Beach
December 14, 2019 [lower-alpha 4] Los Angeles Banc of California Stadium

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation
DateCityCountryVenueReason
October 14, 2019 Tampa United States Amalie Arena Originally postponed for paternity leave in 2019;
Cancelled due to venue unavailability in 2020 [10] [11]
October 29, 2019 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center
January 15, 2020 San Diego Pechanga Arena Taking time to be with family and develop new music
January 16, 2020 Inglewood The Forum Radius clause due to performing at Rolling Loud Festival [9]
January 17, 2020 San Francisco Chase Center Taking time to be with family and develop new music
January 19, 2020 Glendale Gila River Arena
January 21, 2020 Denver Pepsi Center
January 23, 2020 Austin Frank Erwin Center
January 25, 2020 Dallas American Airlines Center
January 26, 2020 Houston Toyota Center
January 28, 2020 Nashville Bridgestone Arena
January 29, 2020 Atlanta State Farm Arena
January 30, 2020 Charlotte Spectrum Center
February 1, 2020 Louisville KFC Yum! Center
February 4, 2020 Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
February 6, 2020 Detroit Little Caesars Arena
February 8, 2020 New York City Madison Square Garden
February 10, 2020 Buffalo KeyBank Center
February 12, 2020 Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena
February 13, 2020 Montreal Bell Centre
February 14, 2020 Boston United States TD Garden
February 18, 2020 Washington, D.C. Capital One Arena
February 19, 2020 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
February 20, 2020 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena
February 22, 2020 Kansas City Sprint Center
February 24, 2020 Milwaukee Fiserv Forum
Date never finalizedChicagoUnited Center
Newark Prudential Center
St. Louis Enterprise Center
Tulsa BOK Center
Omaha CHI Health Center Omaha
Ottawa Canada Canadian Tire Centre

Notes

  1. The concert on September 20, 2019 at Downtown Las Vegas was part of Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Festival. [6]
  2. The concert on September 21, 2019 at T-Mobile Arena was part of iHeartRadio Music Festival. [6]
  3. The concert on November 10, 2019 at South Beach is part of Miami Beach Pop Festival. [6]
  4. The concert on December 14, 2019 at Banc of California Stadium is part of Rolling Loud Festival. [9]

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