What Now? Tour Explained

Concert Tour Name:	What Now? Tour
Border:	yes
Artist:	Kevin Hart
Number Of Legs:	5
This Tour:	What Now? Tour (2015–16)
Gross:	$16 M
Attendance:	216,655

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.

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
Date	City	Country	Venue	Number of shows
North America^[3]					--Nashville--> Web site: Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores . April 28, 2015. Billboard . https://web.archive.org/web/20150430124153/https://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore. April 30, 2015. September 29, 2016. Web site: Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores . May 12, 2015. Billboard . https://web.archive.org/web/20150514183445/https://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore. May 14, 2015. September 29, 2016. Web site: Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores . June 30, 2015. Billboard . https://web.archive.org/web/20150703140352/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore. July 3, 2015. September 29, 2016. <	--Los Angeles--> Web site: Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores . August 4, 2015. Billboard . https://web.archive.org/web/20150807032828/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore. August 7, 2015. September 29, 2016. Web site: Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores . September 22, 2015. Billboard . https://web.archive.org/web/20150927143941/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore. September 27, 2015. September 29, 2016. Web site: Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores . October 27, 2015. Billboard . https://web.archive.org/web/20151029025532/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore. October 29, 2015. September 29, 2016. <	--Washington, D.C.--> Web site: Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores . September 22, 2015. Billboard . https://web.archive.org/web/20151112102751/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore. November 12, 2015. September 29, 2016. Web site: Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores . September 22, 2015. Billboard . https://web.archive.org/web/20151118163349/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore. November 18, 2015. September 29, 2016. Web site: Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores . January 5, 2016. Billboard . https://web.archive.org/web/20160106030035/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore. January 6, 2016. October 9, 2016. <	--Atlantic City--> Web site: Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores . January 21, 2016. Billboard . https://web.archive.org/web/20160121044133/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore. January 21, 2016. October 9, 2016.
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, 2015	Miami		American Airlines Arena	1
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, 2015	Las Vegas		Mandalay Bay Events Center	1
June 5, 2015	Boston		TD Garden	1
June 6, 2015	Baltimore		Royal Farms Arena	2
June 7, 2015	Boston		TD Garden	2
June 12, 2015	Atlanta		Philips Arena	2
June 13, 2015	Atlanta		Philips Arena	1
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, 2015	New York City		Madison Square Garden	2
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, 2015	Chicago	United States	United Center	1
August 1, 2015	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre	2
August 2, 2015	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre	1
August 6, 2015	Washington, D.C.	United States	Verizon Center	1
August 7, 2015	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center	1
August 14, 2015	Dallas		American Airlines Center	1
August 15, 2015	Houston		Toyota Center	2
August 16, 2015	Houston		Toyota Center	1
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	Philadelphia		Lincoln Financial Field	1
September 5, 2015	Las 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, 2015	Halifax		Scotiabank Centre	1
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 Theatre	2
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	United States	Taco Bell Arena	1
November 22, 2015	Edmonton	Canada	Rexall Place	1
November 23, 2015	Calgary	Canada	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
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	England	Manchester Arena	1
January 22, 2016	Dublin	Ireland	3Arena	2
January 23, 2016	London	England	Wembley Arena	2
January 24, 2016	London	England	The O₂ Arena	1
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, 2016	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome	1
January 31, 2016	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis	1
Australasia
February 2, 2016	Singapore		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, 2016	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena	1
February 6, 2016	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre	1
February 7, 2016	Sydney		Allphones Arena	1
February 8, 2016	Sydney		Allphones Arena	1
Africa
March 26, 2016	Cape Town	South Africa	GrandWest Arena	1
March 28, 2016	Durban		Durban ICC Arena	1
March 30, 2016	Johannesburg		Ticketpro Dome	1
North America
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
Total				168

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets sold / available	Gross revenue
Mohegan Sun Arena	Uncasville	7,256 / 7,256 (100%)	$694,364
Bridgestone Arena	Nashville	26,999 / 26,999 (100%)	$1,546,825
Amway Center	Orlando	23,044 / 24,208 (95%)	$1,719,382
Amalie Arena	Tampa	22,853 / 23,707 (96%)	$1,688,822
Staples Center	Los Angeles	14,031 / 15,161 (92%)	$1,418,355
Barclays Center	Brooklyn	25,768 / 25,768 (100%)	$2,186,425
Air Canada Centre	Toronto	40,437 / 40,437 (100%)	$2,692,200
Capitol One Center	Washington, D.C.	26,218 / 26,218 (100%)	$2,350,218
Times Union Center	Albany	10,191 / 10,492 (97%)	$561,854
The Chelsea	Las Vegas	3,719 / 5,020 (74%)	$325,805
Maverik Center	West Valley City	6,633 / 10,078 (65%)	$483,411
Save Mart Center	Fresno	9,506 / 10,647 (89%)	$602,912
Total		216,655 / 225,991 (95%)	$16,270,573

Feature film

A film about the tour, entitled , was released on October 14, 2016.

Notes and References

Web site: Tour Dates. whatnowtour.com. September 28, 2016.
Web site: Kevin Hart Is On Track for the Biggest Comedy Tour of All Time. Waddell. Ray. Billboard. March 6, 2015. September 28, 2016.
Box score:
- Web site: Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores . April 21, 2015. Billboard . https://web.archive.org/web/20150423200026/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore. April 23, 2015. September 29, 2016. <