| Concert Tour Name: | Magnificent Coloring World Tour |
| Border: | yes |
| Artist: | Chance the Rapper |
| Album: | Coloring Book |
| Number Of Legs: | 2 |
| Number Of Shows: | 27 in North America 10 in Europe 37 total |
| Last Tour: | Family Matters Tour (2015) |
| This Tour: | Magnificent Coloring World Tour (2016) |
| Next Tour: | Be Encouraged Tour (2017) |
Magnificent Coloring World Tour was a headlining concert tour by American recording artist, Chance the Rapper, starting at the CalCoast Credit Union Open Air Theatre in San Diego on September 15, 2016, and ending on November 26, 2016, in Manchester, England. Francis and the Lights served as the opening act.[1]
| Date | City | Country | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America[2] | ||||
| September 15, 2016 | San Diego | United States | CalCoast Credit Union Open Air Theatre | |
| September 17, 2016 | Los Angeles | Greek Theatre | ||
| September 18, 2016 | Las Vegas | Brooklyn Bowl | ||
| September 20, 2016 | Denver | Fillmore Auditorium | ||
| September 21, 2016 | Kansas City | Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland | ||
| September 25, 2016 | Detroit | Fox Theatre | ||
| September 27, 2016 | Toronto | Canada | Canada Echo Beach | |
| September 29, 2016 | Boston | United States | Leader Bank Pavilion | |
| October 2, 2016 | New York City | The Meadows | ||
| October 6, 2016 | Fairfax | EagleBank Arena | ||
| October 7, 2016 | Raleigh | Red Hat Amphitheater | ||
| October 8, 2016 | Atlanta | Fox Theatre | ||
| October 10, 2016 | Miami | The Fillmore Miami Beach | ||
| October 11, 2016 | ||||
| October 12, 2016 | Tallahassee | Warchant | ||
| October 13, 2016 | New Orleans | Mardi Gras World Ballroom | ||
| October 15, 2016 | Houston | Revention Music Center | ||
| October 16, 2016 | Dallas | The Bomb Factory | ||
| October 21, 2016 | San Francisco | Bill Graham Civic Auditorium | ||
| October 22, 2016 | Berkeley | Hearst Greek Theatre | ||
| October 24, 2016 | Seattle | WaMu Theatre | ||
| October 25, 2016 | Vancouver | Canada | U of British Columbia | |
| October 26, 2016 | ||||
| October 28, 2016 | Portland | United States | Veterans Memorial Coliseum | |
| October 30, 2016 | Davis | UC Davis | ||
| November 11, 2016 | Mesa | Mesa Amphitheatre | ||
| November 13, 2016 | Los Angeles | Camp Flog Gnaw | ||
| Europe[3] | ||||
| November 15, 2016 | Frederiksberg | Denmark | Falconersalen | |
| November 16, 2016 | Berlin | Germany | Columbiahalle | |
| November 17, 2016 | Tilburg | Netherlands | 013 | |
| November 19, 2016 | Manchester | England | Academy | |
| November 20, 2016 | London | O2 Academy Brixton | ||
| November 21, 2016 | Paris | France | Zenith | |
| November 22, 2016 | London | England | O2 Academy Brixton | |
| November 23, 2016 | Dublin | Ireland | Dublin Helix | |
| November 25, 2016 | ||||
| November 26, 2016 | Manchester | England | O2 Apollo | |
| Magnificent Coloring World | |
| Director: | Jake Schreier |
| Based On: | Magnificent Coloring World Tour |
| Music: | Chance the Rapper |
| Editing: | Ariana DeSimone |
| Studio: | House of Kicks |
| Runtime: | 64 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Magnificent Coloring World is a 2021 American concert film produced by singer-songwriter Chance the Rapper. Directed by Jake Schreier, the film documents a special performance of Magnificent Coloring World, Bennett's 2016 concert tour in support of Coloring Book. Through his content production company House of Kicks, Bennett signed a trailblazing international distribution agreement with AMC Theatres for the film, marking the first time an individual recording artist has distributed a film through AMC.[4]
Filming occurred in secret with an audience of Bennett's 1500 closest fans at Cinescape Studios in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois, but was shelved due to other projects he was working on at the time.[5] The COVID-19 pandemic gave Bennett an opportunity to retreat to House of Kicks — his one-stop-shop office, content production house, movie set and recording studio — to spend the required time to fully complete the editing of the project alongside his team.[5] [6] The unconventional move to bypass studios and directly partner with theaters was the result of Bennett's vision of a "community" experience that only a movie theater could accomplish, coinciding with cinemas reopening to partial capacity.[5] [4]
The film premiered in Los Angeles, California, on August 13, 2021 and New York City on August 14, 2021, with a simultaneous release to select theaters worldwide on August 13.[7] The film was also released to select Odeon Theaters in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Canada on Friday, September 10, 2021.[8]
Bennett released Coloring Book in 2016, which was credited for modifying the music industry’s view of streaming and the hip-hop landscape at a time when a physical release of a project was required to add legitimacy.[5] The project topped multiple year-end lists, debuted in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart without a single “sale”, and became the first streaming-only album to win a Grammy.[5] Bennett also embarked on an international concert tour to promote the project.
On May 21, 2016, Bennett surprised a portion of his earliest fans to a day of secret activities in celebration of the success of the project (including a giant Chance-themed carnival, choir performance, and exclusive merchandise), which concluded with a free concert at a secret hometown location, and fans’ phones were confiscated during the event to mitigate spoilers.[9] [10] He was inspired by the Ed Sullivan Show and American Bandstand stage shows of the Motown era, which influenced a final design centered around numerous semi-circular stages with various themes tied together with bleachers.[6] Bennett shelved the footage as new music was imminent, and continued to produce, direct, and storyboard short-form videos of his concerts. These projects culminated in 2020 virtual Concert Film Chi-Town Christmas - his largest production to-date - being filmed at Cinescape Studios, the same soundstage as the 2016 concert footage, but without an audience as the result of the pandemic.[11] Upon completion of the editing for Chi-Town Christmas, Bennett and his team realized that the virtual concert production would have been "a cool holiday [theater] experience”, and he suddenly remembered the Jake Schreier-directed footage from the secret 2016 concert.[5]
Richard Roeper of Chicago Sun-Times awarded the film a three-point-five out of four-star rating, praising its "captivating" energy and "coolness".[12] Carla Hay from Culture Mix described the film as "[no]thing groundbreaking in its production and staging, but... a lively showcase for Chance the Rapper and his charismatic showmanship."[13]
Bennett's 2021 move to partner directly with AMC Theatres, who agreed to serve as both worldwide distributor and exhibitor, has been echoed in similar deals for several subsequent concert films, including (2023), and hybrid concert-film/documentary (2023).