Slayana World Tour Explained

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Artist:	Brandy
Number Of Legs:	1
Last Tour:	Human World Tour (2009)
This Tour:	Slayana World Tour (2016)
Next Tour:	...

The Slayana World Tour (sometimes referred to as the Slayana In These Streets Tour) was the third headlining concert tour by American singer Brandy. The tour was announced on February 23, 2016, and started on June 15, 2016 in Auckland, New Zealand, visiting Europe and Oceania, while performing in twelve cities in June and July.^[1] The tour's title is in reference to Norwood's fan nickname — itself a pun on the word "slay" and her middle name Rayana — as well as her own label Slayana Records, which she launched and released her first single "Beggin & Pleadin" on in 2016.^[2]

Background

In early 2016, Brandy released "Beggin & Pleadin" for free on the music streaming service SoundCloud, with an accompanying music video on her official YouTube. Soon after, the tour was announced via Musicalize and Norwood's website. Four shows were announced in the United Kingdom, and on April 25, four more shows were added in New Zealand and Australia. An additional four shows were announced for Germany later on. Rehearsals took place in Los Angeles, California, under the direction of Frank Gatson^[3] The July 1, 2, and 3 tour dates were postponed due to Norwood's hospitalization.^[4]

Setlist

1. "Chicago Intro"
2. "Afrodisiac"
3. "I Thought"
4. "What About Us?
5. "Full Moon"
6. "Who Is She 2 U"
7. "Top of the World"
8. "Sittin' Up In My Room"
9. "In These Streets (Interlude)"
10. "Baby"
11. "Best Friend"
12. "I Wanna Be Down" (contains elements of "I Wanna Be Down (Remix)")
13. "The Boy Is Mine"
14. "Angel in Disguise"
15. "Without You"
16. "Necessary"
17. "Almost Doesn't Count"
18. "Have You Ever?"
19. "Magic"/"Human Nature"
20. "Focus (Dance Interlude)"
21. Whitney Houston Tribute
    1. "How Will I Know"
    2. "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
    3. "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
22. "Wildest Dreams"
23. "Put It Down"

Encore

24. "Beggin & Pleadin"

Notes

• "Without You" was only performed during the London show.
• "I'm Your Baby Tonight" was performed as the first song in the Whitney Houston tribute during the Stuttgart show.
• "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" was excluded during the Stuttgart show.

Shows

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City	Country	Venue
Oceania
June 15, 2016	Auckland	New Zealand	The Civic
June 17, 2016	Perth	Australia	Metro City Concert Club
June 20, 2016	Sydney		Enmore Theatre
June 21, 2016	Melbourne		Hamer Hall
Europe
June 24, 2016	Manchester	United Kingdom	O2 Apollo Manchester
June 25, 2016	Birmingham		O2 Academy Birmingham
June 27, 2016	Bristol		O2 Academy Bristol
June 28, 2016	London		indigo at The O2
June 30, 2016	Stuttgart	Germany	LKA-Longhorn

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country,

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
July 1, 2016	Cologne	Germany	Live Music Hall	Hospitalization
July 2, 2016	Hamburg		Große Freiheit 36
July 3, 2016	Berlin		Huxley's Neue Welt

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brandy Announces 2016 Slayana U.K. Tour - Music News - ABC News Radio .
2. Web site: Cameron. Adams. Face of triumph': Brandy returns to music after battle with depression. News Corp Australia Network. 2016-06-08. 2016-06-23.
3. https://www.facebook.com/foreverbrandy/videos/10154905557780410/?v=10154905557780410
4. Web site: Zusammenbruch nach Konzert – Brandy sagt Tourtermine in Köln, Hamburg und Berlin ab.