Purpose World Tour

Purpose World Tour
World tour by Justin Bieber
Promotional poster for the Purpose World Tour
LocationNorth America • Europe • Africa • South America • Oceania • Asia
Associated albumPurpose
Start dateMarch 9, 2016 (2016-03-09)
End dateJuly 2, 2017 (2017-07-02)
Legs6
No. of shows
  • 74 in North America
  • 5 in Asia
  • 61 in Europe
  • 5 in Oceania
  • 15 in South America
  • 2 in Africa
  • 162 total
Attendance2.8 million
Box office$256 million ($318.21 million in 2023 dollars)[1]
Justin Bieber concert chronology

The Purpose World Tour was the third concert tour by Canadian singer Justin Bieber, in support of his fourth studio album Purpose (2015).[2] The tour started on March 9, 2016, in Seattle, Washington, and concluded on July 2, 2017, in London, United Kingdom. After that, the remaining 14 shows of the tour were cancelled due to Bieber's mental health issues.

According to Pollstar, Purpose World Tour grossed $163.3 million and sold 1,761,642 tickets in 2016 and the 29 shows in 2017 grossed $93.7 million with 1,043,839 tickets sold. Overall, the tour had a total gross of $257 million and 2,805,481 in attendance in 141 shows, becoming one of the highest-grossing concert tours of both 2016 and 2017.[3][4]

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  3. ^ "2016 Year End Top 100 Worldwide Tours" (PDF). pollstar.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 13, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  4. ^ "2017 Year End Top 20 Worldwide Tours" (PDF). pollstar.com. Retrieved December 29, 2017.