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Rihanna Announces ‘ANTI’ World Tour w/ Travi$ Scott, Big Sean & The Weeknd

blame it on Patrick Glynn November 23, 2015
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Rihanna last dropped an album (Unapologetic) three-and-a-half years ago, but it seems her next LP, ANTI, is set to drop on Black Friday. The album, according to HITS Daily Double, will premiere exclusively on TIDAL for a week and then drop in stores worldwide December 4.

On Thursday, Rihanna and her marketing team unveiled the ANTIdiaRy.com website, sponsored by Samsung (who will sponsor her upcoming world tour). Though you have to view from your mobile phone to get the details, it eventually takes you to an interactive map of a room you can navigate. In that room, there are different “clues,” which featuring ominous clips of music and a story, which I’m sure we’ll find the plot to soon. Eventually, more rooms will unlock and feature more clips of music and storyline. Teen Vogue (yes, I had to visit Teen Vogue to research this) describes the first room in detail.

This is similar to when Jay Z paired with Samsung to drop Magna Carta Holy Grail. It was announced in the middle of June of 2013, and less than three weeks later, the album dropped exclusively on an app on the phone. This Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year, and while I think it’d make more sense to drop the album that day instead of a week later, there’s probably marketing research out there to suggest otherwise.

If I had any guess, “Bitch Better Have My Money,” “FourFive Seconds” and “American Oxygen” will make an appearance on the album, seeing as they’re her three biggest releases in 2014. I guess we’ll have to wait until Friday and see.

UPDATE: Curiouser and curiouser, it appears: Rihanna has now announced her ANTI World Tour, with special guest Travi$ Scott (during the US stops) and Big Sean and The Weeknd for the European stops:

Convenience? Highly unlikely. Anyways, peep the dates below…

US Dates w/ Travi$ Scott

February 26 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena
February 28 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center
March 1 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Arena
March 4 – Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center
March 5 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
March 6 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
March 8 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center
March 9 – Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
March 12 – Jacksonville @ Jacksonville Arena
March 13 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
March 15 – Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena
March 18 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
March 19 – Cincinnati, OH @ U.S. Bank Arena
March 20 – Charlotte, NC @ The Time Warner Cable Arena
March 22 – Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
March 23 – Buffalo, NY @ First Niagara Center
March 24 – Auburn Hills, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills
March 26 – Hartford, CT @ XL Center
March 27 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
April 2 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
April 3 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo
April 5 – Quebec City, QC @ Centre Videotron
April 6 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
April 9 – Baltimore, MD @ Royal Farms Arena
April 10 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
April 13 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Center
April 15 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
April 18 – Winnipeg, MS @ MTS Centre
April 20 – Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
April 21 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome
April 23 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
April 24 – Seattle, WA @ KeyArena
April 27 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena
April 29 – Las Vegas, NV @ Mandalay Bay
May 3 – Los Angeles, CA @ Forum
May 7 – Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena

European Dates w/ Big Sean & The Weeknd

June 11 – Amsterdam, Holland @ Amsterdam Arena
June 14 – Coventry, United Kingdom @ Ricoh Arena
June 16 – Cardiff, United Kingdom @ Cardiff Stadium
June 18 – Sunderland, United Kingdom @ Stadium Of Light
June 21 – Dublin, Ireland @ Aviva Stadium
June 24 – London, United Kingdom @ Wembley Stadium
June 27 – Glasgow, United Kingdom @ Hampden Park
June 29 – Manchester, United Kingdom @ Emirates Old Park
July 4 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Tele2 Arena
July 7 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Refshale Island
July 9 – Hamburg, Germany @ Volkspark Stadion
July 13 – Milan, Italy @ San Siro
July 15 – Nice, France @ Allianz Stadium
July 17 – Frankfurt, Germany @ Commerzbank Arena
July 19 – Lyon, France @ Grande Stade
July 23 – Lille, France @ Stade Lille
July 26 – Prague, Czech Republic @ Synotip Arena
July 28 – Cologne, Germany @ Rhein Energie Stadion
July 30 – Paris, France @ Stade de France
August 2 – Berlin, Germany @ Olympiastadion
August 5 – Warsaw, Poland @ PGE Narodowy
August 7 – Munich, Germany @ Olympiastadion
August 10 – Vienna, Austria @ Ernst Happel Stadium
August 12 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Letzigrund Stadion

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