What Now? Tour

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What Now? Tour
Tour by Kevin Hart
Start dateApril 9, 2015 (2015-04-09)
End dateAugust 27, 2016 (2016-08-27)
Legs5
No. of shows
  • 143 in North America
  • 16 in Europe
  • 7 in Australasia
  • 3 in Africa
  • 169 in total
Attendance216,655
Box office$16 M

The What Now? Tour [1] was a comedy tour by American comedian Kevin Hart. The tour began in San Antonio at the AT&T Center on April 9, 2015, and concluded on August 7, 2016, in Columbus at the Columbus Civic Center.

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Background and development

Billboard's Ray Waddel wrote on March 6, 2015, that the What Now? Tour was on track for the biggest comedy tour of all time. Hart toured a total of 168 shows across North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and Africa. [2] Some cities like Buffalo, Orlando, and Jacksonville, Baltimore, Miami, and Tampa, Hart held two shows on the same day.

Tour dates

List of shows, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
DateCityCountryVenueNumber of shows
North America [1] [3]
April 9, 2015 San Antonio United States AT&T Center 1
April 10, 2015 North Little Rock Verizon Arena 1
April 11, 2015 Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena 1
April 17, 2015 Buffalo First Niagara Center 2
April 18, 2015 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena 1
April 19, 2015 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 2
April 20, 2015 Knoxville Thompson–Boling Arena 1
April 21, 2015 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum 1
April 22, 2015 North Charleston North Charleston Coliseum 1
April 24, 2015 Orlando Amway Center 2
April 25, 2015 Jacksonville Jacksonville Arena 2
April 26, 2015 Birmingham Legacy Arena 1
April 28, 2015 Worcester DCU Center 1
April 29, 2015 Amherst William D. Mullins Memorial Center 1
April 30, 2015 Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena 1
May 1, 2015 Raleigh PNC Arena 1
May 2, 2015 Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena 1
May 3, 2015 Richmond Richmond Coliseum 1
May 8, 2015 Tampa Amalie Arena 2
May 9, 2015 Miami American Airlines Arena 2
May 10, 20151
May 15, 2015 Minneapolis Target Center 1
May 16, 2015 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 2
May 17, 2015 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena 1
May 23, 2015 Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center 1
May 24, 20151
June 5, 2015 Boston TD Garden 1
June 6, 2015 Baltimore Royal Farms Arena 2
June 7, 2015BostonTD Garden2
June 12, 2015 Atlanta Philips Arena 2
June 13, 20151
June 14, 2015 Augusta James Brown Arena 1
June 19, 2015 Indianapolis Bankers Life Fieldhouse 1
June 20, 2015 Cincinnati U.S. Bank Arena 1
June 21, 2015 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena 2
June 25, 2015 Los Angeles Staples Center 1
July 2, 2015 New Orleans Mercedes-Benz Superdome 1
July 3, 2015 Memphis FedExForum 1
July 7, 2015 New York City Madison Square Garden 1
July 8, 20152
July 9, 2015 Brooklyn Barclays Center 2
July 10, 2015 Bridgeport Webster Bank Arena 1
July 11, 2015 Newark Prudential Center 2
July 16, 2015 San Jose SAP Center 1
July 17, 2015 Sacramento Sleep Train Arena 2
July 18, 2015 Oakland Oracle Arena 2
July 24, 2015 Montreal Canada Bell Centre 1
July 30, 2015 Chicago United States United Center 2
July 31, 20151
August 1, 2015 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 2
August 2, 20151
August 6, 2015 Washington, D.C. United States Verizon Center 1
August 7, 20151
August 14, 2015 Dallas American Airlines Center 1
August 15, 2015 Houston Toyota Center 2
August 16, 20151
August 20, 2015 Louisville KFC Yum! Center 1
August 21, 2015 St. Louis Scottrade Center 1
August 22, 2015 Kansas City Sprint Center 2
August 26, 2015 Syracuse Oncenter War Memorial Arena 2
August 27, 2015 Albany Times Union Center 1
August 28, 2015 Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach Theater 1
August 30, 2015 [lower-alpha 1] Philadelphia Lincoln Financial Field 1
September 5, 2015Las Vegas The Chelsea 2
September 7, 2015 Denver Pepsi Center 1
September 8, 2015 West Valley City Maverik Center 1
September 9, 2015 Spokane McCarthey Athletic Center 1
September 10, 2015 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena 1
September 11, 2015 Portland United States Moda Center 1
September 12, 2015 Seattle KeyArena 2
September 17, 2015 Anaheim Honda Center 1
September 18, 2015 Inglewood The Forum 1
September 19, 2015 San Diego Viejas Arena 1
October 2, 2015 Columbia Mizzou Arena 1
October 3, 2015 Iowa City Carver–Hawkeye Arena 1
October 4, 2015 Ames Hilton Coliseum 1
October 6, 2015 Madison Kohl Center 1
October 7, 2015 Green Bay Resch Center 1
October 8, 2015 Windsor Canada The Colosseum
at Caesars Windsor 		1
October 9, 2015 Lexington United States Rupp Arena 1
October 10, 2015 Columbus Nationwide Arena 1
October 11, 2015 Dayton Nutter Center 1
October 12, 2015 Port Chester Capitol Theatre 2
October 13, 2015 Poughkeepsie Mid-Hudson Civic Center 1
October 14, 2015 Halifax Canada Scotiabank Centre 1
October 15, 20151
October 16, 2015 Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre 1
October 17, 2015 Providence United States Dunkin' Donuts Center 1
October 18, 2015 New Brunswick State Theatre 2
October 19, 2015 Huntington Paramount Theatre2
October 27, 2015 Anchorage Sullivan Arena 1
October 28, 2015 Fresno Save Mart Center 1
October 29, 2015 Bakersfield Rabobank Arena 1
October 30, 2015 Reno Reno Events Center 1
November 17, 2015 Saskatoon Canada SaskTel Centre 1
November 18, 2015 Regina Brandt Centre 1
November 19, 2015 Winnipeg MTS Centre 1
November 20, 2015 Fargo United States Fargodome 1
November 21, 2015 Boise Taco Bell Arena 1
November 22, 2015 Edmonton Canada Rexall Place 1
November 23, 2015 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome 1
November 24, 2015 East Lansing United States Breslin Student Events Center 1
December 26, 2015 Hollywood Hard Rock Live 1
December 27, 2015 Thackerville WinStar Global Event Center 1
December 29, 2015 Allentown PPL Center 1
December 30, 2015 Wilkes-Barre Mohegan Sun Arena
at Casey Plaza 		1
December 31, 2015 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall 1
January 1, 2016 Hershey Giant Center 1
Europe [1]
January 15, 2016 Birmingham England Barclaycard Arena 1
January 16, 2016 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome 1
January 17, 2016 London England The O2 Arena 1
January 20, 2016 Manchester Manchester Arena 1
January 22, 2016 Dublin Ireland 3Arena 2
January 23, 2016LondonEngland Wembley Arena 2
January 24, 2016The O2 Arena1
January 25, 2016 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum 2
January 26, 2016 Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe 2
January 27, 2016 Berlin Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena 1
January 28, 2016 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Arena 1
January 29, 2016 Malmö Sweden Malmö Arena 1
January 30, 2016AmsterdamNetherlandsZiggo Dome1
January 31, 2016 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis 1
Australasia [1]
February 2, 2016Singapore Suntec Singapore Convention
and Exhibition Centre 		1
February 3, 2016 Perth Australia Perth Arena 1
February 4, 2016 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena 1
February 5, 20161
February 6, 2016 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre 1
February 7, 2016 Sydney Allphones Arena 1
February 8, 20161
Africa [1]
March 26, 2016 Cape Town South AfricaGrandWest Arena1
March 28, 2016 Durban Durban ICC Arena 1
March 30, 2016 Johannesburg Ticketpro Dome 1
North America [1]
July 31, 2016 Concord United States Concord Pavilion 1
August 1, 2016 Saratoga Mountain Winery 1
August 2, 2016 Stockton Stockton Arena 1
August 3, 2016 Paso Robles Vina Robles Amphitheatre 1
August 4, 2016 Corpus Christi American Bank Center 1
August 5, 2016 Biloxi Mississippi Coast Coliseum 1
August 6, 2016 Rogers Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion 1
August 7, 2016 Columbus Columbus Civic Center 1
Total168

Box office score data

VenueCityTickets sold / availableGross revenue
Mohegan Sun ArenaUncasville7,256 / 7,256 (100%)$694,364
Bridgestone ArenaNashville26,999 / 26,999 (100%)$1,546,825
Amway CenterOrlando23,044 / 24,208 (95%)$1,719,382
Amalie ArenaTampa22,853 / 23,707 (96%)$1,688,822
Staples CenterLos Angeles14,031 / 15,161 (92%)$1,418,355
Barclays CenterBrooklyn25,768 / 25,768 (100%)$2,186,425
Air Canada CentreToronto40,437 / 40,437 (100%)$2,692,200
Capitol One CenterWashington, D.C.26,218 / 26,218 (100%)$2,350,218
Times Union CenterAlbany10,191 / 10,492 (97%)$561,854
The ChelseaLas Vegas3,719 / 5,020 (74%)$325,805
Maverik CenterWest Valley City6,633 / 10,078 (65%)$483,411
Save Mart CenterFresno9,506 / 10,647 (89%)$602,912
Total216,655 / 225,991 (95%)$16,270,573

Feature film

A film about the tour, entitled Kevin Hart: What Now? , was released on October 14, 2016.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Tour Dates". whatnowtour.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  2. ↑ Waddell, Ray (March 6, 2015). "Kevin Hart Is On Track for the Biggest Comedy Tour of All Time". Billboard . Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  3. ↑ Box score:
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