Future Now Tour
Concert tour nameFuture Now Tour
ArtistDemi Lovato and Nick Jonas
Albums
Start dateJune 29, 2016
End dateOctober 19, 2016
Number of legs3
Number of shows47
Support actsRich Homie Quan · Migos · Marshmello · DJ JayR · Mike Posner · Chord Overstreet
GrossUS $17.4 million[1]
Attendance280,045[2]
Websitefuturenowtour.com

The Future Now Tour was a co-headlining concert tour by American singers Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas.[3] It was Lovato's fifth headlining tour, in support of her fifth studio album Confident (2015), and Jonas' third concert tour, in support of his third studio album Last Year Was Complicated (2016).[4][5] The co-headlining tour started on June 29, 2016, in Atlanta and ended on September 17, 2016, in Inglewood.[6] Lovato continued the tour as a solo headlining act on September 24, 2016, in New York City,[7] and the tour concluded in Monterrey on October 19, 2016.

Background and development

On October 26, 2015, Lovato and Jonas announced on the Elvis Duran Show after days of rumors that they would go on tour together.[8] On the same day, she talked about the tour on Good Morning America.[9] It was also announced that the tickets would go on sale on November 7, 2015.[10] The poster for the tour was revealed as well and it has been described as very "Hunger Games tributes representing District 1.″[11]

On March 22, 2016, the tour was officially announced as a part of the 15th Annual Honda Civic Tour. Fans were given the chance to enter the 2016 Honda Civic Tour Sweepstakes for a chance to win one of three grand prizes: a 2016 Honda Civic Sedan automobile customized by Lovato, a Honda Grom motorcycle customized by Jonas, and a trip for two to Los Angeles to see Lovato and Jonas live in concert at The Forum.[12] On June 28, 2016, it was announced that Tidal would livestream the first date of the tour.[13] On June 29, 2016, Lovato announced that CAST Centers would join her on tour to promote open dialogue about mental health and wellness, also to inspire fans and erase the stigma around asking for help.[14]

The Honda Civic Tour of the Future Now Tour took place in North America across the United States and Canada from June 29, 2016 until September 17, 2016. Mike Posner served as the main opening act with the exceptions of Atlanta, Sunrise, Orlando, San Jose, Portland, and Seattle.[15] Rich Homie Quan and Migos opened in Atlanta, Marshmello opened in Sunrise, DJ JayR opened in Orlando, and Chord Overstreet opened in Chula Vista, San Jose, Nashville, and Inglewood. Lovato and Jonas were scheduled to perform Charlotte and Raleigh, but cancelled over the HB2 law in North Carolina.[16] Lovato and Jonas was also scheduled to perform in Virginia Beach, but cancelled due to a scheduling conflict with the Boston Pops Firework Spectacular July 4.[17]

Lovato continued the Future Now Tour without Jonas in New York City, Turkey, and Mexico. On September 7, 2016, Global Citizen Festival 2016 announced Lovato as a headliner of the festival in New York City. Selena Gomez was an original headliner, but cancelled due to anxiety and depression caused by lupus.[18] On September 21, 2016, Expo 2016 announced Lovato as a headliner of the festival in Antalya.[19] The tour concluded in Mexico with three shows in Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey.

Critical reception

Monique Melendez, reviewing the tour's Brooklyn stop for Billboard, praised Jonas and Lovato for putting their voices "front and center" in the show rather than focusing on showmanship as many pop concerts tend to do. Melendez noted that there was "no knife-sharp choreography, no flocks of strapping dancers, no impractical props cluttering the stage and only one wardrobe change for Lovato". She critiqued both headliners' sets for being "beleaguered by corny imagery" but complimented Jonas's setlist as a "quality selection of tracks" and Lovato for her vocals. Melendez picked out Lovato's performance of "Stone Cold" as a highlight, in which she sounded "better in the arena than she did on the studio version".

One area of the tour which Melendez criticized was the lack of collaborations between Jonas and Lovato. During their one duet in the show, Jonas's "Close" where Lovato took on Tove Lo's lines, Lovato "struggled at times to get her voice to match Lo’s softer, huskier tone". An additional collaboration, for Melendez, "could have turned this into a true Jonas and Lovato tour". The review concluded appealing to the tour's organizers to "please have Lovato and Jonas perform with each other, so they may bounce off each other’s energy rather than simply coexisting in the same arena".

Melendez also commended opener Mike Posner's set as "refreshing" and "raw", highlighting the "monologue on the tumultuous last few years of his life" he interpolated into his performance of "I Took a Pill in Ibiza". Melendez said that his "unusually serious closing moment" stood out in the tour's otherwise "glossy setting".[20]

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and gross revenue[3][21][22][23][a][24][25][7] [26] [b][27][28]
DateCityCountryVenueOpening actsAttendanceRevenue
June 29, 2016AtlantaUnited StatesPhilips ArenaRich Homie Quan
Migos		7,112 / 7,372$410,165
July 1, 2016[c]SunriseBB&T CenterMarshmello7,251 / 10,314$400,809
July 2, 2016[d]OrlandoAmway CenterDJ JayR8,114 / 9,880$489,752
July 6, 2016UncasvilleMohegan Sun ArenaMike Posner6,492 / 6,492$552,988
July 8, 2016New York CityBarclays Center11,456 / 12,556$845,851
July 9, 2016PortlandCross Insurance Arena7,643 / 7,643$586,452
July 12, 2016NewarkPrudential Center10,756 / 11,555$710,619
July 14, 2016CamdenBB&T Pavilion26,274 / 26,274$2,174,655
July 16, 2016HersheyHersheypark Stadium11,756 / 19,611$557,299
July 17, 2016BuffaloFirst Niagara Center12,473 / 12,473$783,644
July 20, 2016BostonTD Garden10,357 / 11,290$675,598
July 22, 2016MontrealCanadaBell Centre6,124 / 7,226$332,563
July 23, 2016TorontoAir Canada Centrerowspan="2"rowspan="2"
July 26, 2016Washington, D.C.United StatesVerizon Center
July 27, 2016ColumbusSchottenstein Center7,203 / 12,761$433,830
July 29, 2016LouisvilleKFC Yum! Center17,499 / 17,499$1,263,922
July 30, 2016Auburn HillsThe Palace of Auburn Hills8,468 / 10,433$474,116
August 2, 2016RosemontAllstate Arenarowspan="6"rowspan="6"
August 3, 2016IndianapolisBankers Life Fieldhouse
August 5, 2016St. LouisScottrade Center
August 6, 2016Kansas CitySprint Center
August 9, 2016DenverPepsi Center
August 11, 2016Salt Lake CityVivint Smart Home Arena
August 13, 2016Las VegasMGM Grand Garden Arena6,823 / 7,112$404,492
August 14, 2016Chula VistaSleep Train AmphitheatreMike Posner
Chord Overstreet		rowspan="14"rowspan="14"
August 17, 2016AnaheimHonda CenterMike Posner
August 18, 2016San JoseSAP CenterChord Overstreet
August 20, 2016PortlandModa Centerrowspan="2"
August 21, 2016SeattleKeyArena
August 24, 2016VancouverCanadaRogers ArenaMike Posner
August 26, 2016EdmontonRexall Place
August 27, 2016CalgaryScotiabank Saddledome
August 29, 2016WinnipegMTS Centre
August 31, 2016[e]Saint PaulUnited StatesMinnesota State Fair Grandstand
September 2, 2016ClevelandQuicken Loans Arena
September 7, 2016NashvilleBridgestone ArenaMike Posner
Chord Overstreet
September 9, 2016HoustonToyota CenterMike Posner
September 10, 2016San AntonioAT&T Center
September 12, 2016DallasAmerican Airlines Center10,560 / 11,810$449,186
September 14, 2016AlbuquerqueIsleta Amphitheater23,866 / 23,866$2,544,385
September 16, 2016PhoenixTalking Stick Resort Arena6,986 / 11,448$385,877
September 17, 2016InglewoodThe ForumMike Posner
Chord Overstreet		13,753 / 14,328$1,024,941
September 24, 2016[f]New York CityCentral Parkrowspan="5"57,433 / 57,433$4,269,577
October 1, 2016[g]AntalyaTurkeyExpo 201622,480 / 22,480$2,244,731
October 16, 2016Mexico CityMexicoPalacio de los Deportes12,834 / 15,553$334,498
October 18, 2016ZapopanAuditorio Telmex3,146 / 7,055$203,031
October 19, 2016MonterreyAuditorio Banamex3,183 / 5,129$227,069
Total320,042 / 359,593 (89%)$22,780,050

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation
DateCityCountryVenueReason for Cancellation
June 30, 2016CharlotteUnited StatesTime Warner Cable ArenaProtest of the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act[16]
July 2, 2016RaleighPNC Arena
July 3, 2016Virginia BeachVeterans United Home Loans AmphitheaterScheduling conflict[17]

Notes

  1. ^ All American dates, save the Saint Paul concert and second New York City show, were part of the 2016 Honda Civic Tour.
  2. ^ Headlined by only Lovato.[27]
  3. ^ Originally planned to take place on June 24, but was rescheduled.[29]
  4. ^ Originally planned to take place on June 25, but was rescheduled.[30]
  5. ^ The concert on August 31, 2016 at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand in St. Paul was part of the Minnesota State Fair.[31]
  6. ^ The concert on September 24, 2016 in New York City, United States at Central Park was a part of the Global Citizen Festival with Demi Lovato as solo headliner.[7]
  7. ^ The concert on October 1, 2016 in Antalya, Turkey was a part of Expo 2016 with Demi Lovato as solo headliner.[26][19]

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