Drowned World Tour

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Drowned World Tour 2001
Tour by Madonna
Supporting album Bedtime Stories, Ray of Light and Music
Start date June 9, 2001
End date September 15, 2001
Legs 2
Shows 19 in Europe
28 in North America
47 in Total
Madonna tour chronology
Don't Tell Me Promo Tour
(2000)		 Drowned World Tour
(2001)		 American Life Promo Tour
(2003)

The Drowned World Tour 2001 was the fourth world concert tour by American singer-songwriter Madonna and was her first world tour in eight years, following her 1993 The Girlie Show. It was one of the most successful and highest-grossing concert tours of the year 2001 by selling out all concert dates throughout North America and Europe. [1] She grossed more than U$75 million with summer sold-out shows and eventually played in front of 730,000 people throughout North America and Europe. [2]

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[edit] Tour Information

The tour was in support of, and contained most material from Madonna's last two studio albums: Music in 2000 and Ray of Light previously in 1998 although her 1994 album Bedtime Stories from which she had previously never performed songs on tour was represented twice on the setlist. The title of the tour comes from single "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" from Ray of Light.

The tour was originally scheduled to begin in the Kölnarena in Cologne, Germany but had to be canceled due to technical difficulties. As a result, 35,000 tickets were refunded. Her August 3rd show at the Continental Airlines Arena in New Jersey was also canceled, this time due to illness. Therefore, total tour dates numbered 47 instead of 50.

Tour dates were limited to cities in Europe and North America. This decision caused some controversy among fans in other parts of the world. The same setup was repeated with Madonna's 2004 Re-Invention Tour. In particular, this was the first Madonna tour to skip over Canada completely. For many weeks prior to the launch of the tour dates, Arthur Fogel from Live Nation himself attempted to book dates in Toronto at the Air Canada Centre between the Fort Lauderdale, Atlanta, and Detroit dates, though no free bookings were available. In the end no dates were scheduled in Toronto, to the disappointment of many Canadian fans.

Ticket sales were swift in London on April 25th, as Madonna sold out her dates at Earl's Court in record time - six shows in six hours. Madonna made history with the fastest-selling show ever at Earl's Court, as 97,000 tickets were sold. The first show sold out in just 15 minutes, and the online ticket site took 1 million hits in the first 10 minutes while 30 million attempts were made to phone Madonna hotlines. All dates of Madonna's Drowned World Tour sold out within minutes of going on sale.

On Billboard's year-end Top 25 Concert Grosses of 2001, Madonna placed six entries, including:
03. - New York, New York
04. - London, England
05. - Los Angeles, California
08. - Las Vegas, Nevada
22. - Paris, France
24. - Detroit, Michigan

[edit] The Show

The show was divided into 5 themes: Punk, Geisha, Country/Western, Latin/Gypsy and Urban.

Punk: The show with a calm performance of "Drowned World/Substitute For Love", turning into a chaotic energized performance of Impressive Instant. She then shows off her guitar skills with Candy Perfume Girl, leading into a humorous performance of "Beautiful Stranger". The Punk section finished with a highly energetic version of "Ray of Light", the second half of which the dancer joined in a full-on party atmosphere. Once Madonna's vocals were done, she descended the front stage to let the lead guitarist and dancers finish the number.

Geisha: The segment starts with a video interlude of "Paradise (Not for Me)", and Madonna comes out to sing "Frozen". A short swell of "Open Your Heart" then leads to Nobody's Perfect. She then sings the first part of "Mer Girl", and turning into the fast-action paced performance of "Sky Fits Heaven", transforming back into the slow-tempo "Mer Girl". She then exits the stage, and dancers come out for the hardcore, sexual, violent Japananime video interlude of "What It Feels Like for a Girl".

Country/Western: Madonna comes out for a acoustic performance of "I Deserve It", and sings "Don't Tell Me" and "Human Nature". She then sings the macabre cannibalism-themed "The Funny Song", which was removed after the September 11 terrorist attacks. She finishes off with a acoustic version of "Secret", and sings Gone, but replaced the song with "You'll See" on some select U.S. venues.

Latin/Gypsy: Dancers starts the Latin-themed interlude of "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina". Madonna then appears on the stage and performs "Lo Que Siente La Mujer", the Spanish version of "What It Feels Like for a Girl". She finishes the segment with the slow, acoustic, Latin style of "La Isla Bonita".

Urban: Madonna appears on stage sings a urban style version of "Holiday" with her backup singers Niki and Donna. Madonna and her dancers finishes the show with a ghetto themed "Music".

Due to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the September 11 date at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California was postponed until September 15, becoming the final show of the tour. Several million dollars, all profits from the final three shows in Los Angeles, were donated to the children and family of the victims of the attacks.

Several changes were made to this final show: Madonna wore an American flag kilt during the show's opening segment as a display of patriotism, the closing of "Mer Girl" (part II) was altered to remove the staged shooting of a character (Madonna instead put the gun down, hugged him and they left the stage together), and the macabre cannibalism-themed "Funny Song" was removed. Additionally, as a surprise for Madonna at the final concert date, her husband, Guy Ritchie, appeared as the lost technician at the end of "Beautiful Stranger," the Samurai during "Sky Fits Heaven" wore Los Angeles Lakers jerseys, all of the dancers joined in for the final dance section of "Holiday," which usually only featured Madonna and her two background singers, and, later, the dancers comically refused to join Madonna in the final 16 deep knee bends at the end of "Music", leaving Madonna to do them one last time all by herself.

The show used 100 tons of equipment, two 747 jumbo jets (to fly in the equipment), eight trucks (to take the equipment from venue to venue), and 88 traveling production people.

Madonna took guitar lessons from Monte Pittman so she could play guitar live during the show.

No free tickets were given out to celebrities. Anyone who wished to see the show was required to purchase a ticket.

The stage was 70 x 70 square feet. Four large video screens were placed on the stage, with two screens for close-up viewing.

[edit] Personnel

Director: Jamie King
Costumes: Jean-Paul Gaultier, Dean and Dan Caten of D-Squared, Dolce & Gabbana, Donatella Versace, Catherine Malandrino
Choreographer: Alex Magno
Video Director: Dago Gonzalez
Musical Direction, keyboards, bass-guitar: Stuart Price
Keyboards: Marcus Brown
Guitar: Monte Pittman
Percussion: Ron Powell
Drums: Steve Sidelnyk
Head Dancer: Christian Vincent
Vocals/Backup Singer: Niki Haris, Donna De Lory
Dancers: Ruthy Inchaustegui, Nito Larioza, Tamara Levinson, Anthony Jay Rodriguez, Jamal Story, Kemba Shannon, Eko Supriyanto, Jull Weber, Addie Yungmee.

[edit] Setlist

This is the official setlist: [3] [4]

  1. "Drowned World/Substitute for Love"
  2. "Impressive Instant"
  3. "Candy Perfume Girl"
  4. "Beautiful Stranger"
  5. "Ray of Light"
  6. Video-Dancers Interlude: "Paradise (Not for Me)"
  7. "Frozen"
  8. Nobody's Perfect
  9. Mer Girl I
  10. Sky Fits Heaven
  11. Mer Girl II
  12. Video/Dancers Interlude: "What It Feels Like for a Girl" (Remix)
  13. "I Deserve It"
  14. "Don't Tell Me"
  15. "Human Nature"
  16. "The Funny Song" 1
  17. "Secret"
  18. "Gone" 2
  19. "You'll See" 3
  20. Dancers Interlude: "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" (Instrumental)
  21. "Lo Que Siente La Mujer"
  22. "La Isla Bonita"
  23. "Holiday"
  24. "Music"

1 Performed after "Human Nature" during all shows except during the final date, due to 9/11 attacks
2 Performed after "Secret" during all shows performed In Europe and selected shows in North America, replaced with "You'll See" during selected shows in North America
3 Performed after "Secret" during selected shows in North America instead of "Gone"

[edit] HBO Airing and DVD Release

The concert was broadcast live on HBO from The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan on August 26, 2001.

"Gone" was performed for the television broadcast and DVD release.

The Drowned World Tour 2001 DVD was released in all regions on November 13, 2001. Three audio tracks were made available: a DTS track, a Dolby Digital 5.1 track, and a Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo track. A photo gallery was included as a bonus feature. Like the original airing of the show, the DVD received very good reviews.

The photographs used on the DVD packaging were taken by Madonna's friend Rosie O'Donnell.

[edit] Tour Dates

Cancellations:

  1. June 5, 2001 - Kölnarena, Cologne, Germany
  2. June 6, 2001 - Kölnarena, Cologne, Germany
  3. August 3, 2001 - Continental Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey
  4. September 11, 2001 - Staples Center, Los Angeles (rescheduled September 15 due to terrorist attacks in New York)
Date City Country Venue
Europe
June 9, 2001 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi
June 10, 2001 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi
June 13, 2001 Milan Italy Fila Forum
June 14, 2001 Milan Italy Fila Forum
June 15, 2001 Milan Italy Fila Forum
June 19, 2001 Berlin Germany Max-Schmeling-Halle
June 20, 2001 Berlin Germany Max-Schmeling-Halle
June 22, 2001 Berlin Germany Max-Schmeling-Halle
June 23, 2001 Berlin Germany Max-Schmeling-Halle
June 26, 2001 Paris France Bercy
June 27, 2001 Paris France Bercy
June 29, 2001 Paris France Bercy
June 30, 2001 Paris France Bercy
July 4, 2001 London England Earls Court
July 6, 2001 London England Earls Court
July 7, 2001 London England Earls Court
July 9, 2001 London England Earls Court
July 10, 2001 London England Earls Court
July 12, 2001 London England Earls Court
United States
July 21, 2001 Philadelphia United States First Union Center
July 22, 2001 Philadelphia United States First Union Center
July 25, 2001 New York United States Madison Square Garden
July 26, 2001 New York United States Madison Square Garden
July 28, 2001 New York United States Madison Square Garden
July 30, 2001 New York United States Madison Square Garden
July 31, 2001 New York United States Madison Square Garden
August 2, 2001 East Rutherford United States Continental Airlines Arena
August 7, 2001 Boston United States Fleet Center
August 8, 2001 Boston United States Fleet Center
August 10, 2001 Washington, D.C. United States MCI Center
August 11, 2001 Washington, D.C. United States MCI Center
August 14, 2001 Fort Lauderdale United States National Car Rental Center
August 15, 2001 Fort Lauderdale United States National Car Rental Center
August 19, 2001 Atlanta United States Philips Arena
August 20, 2001 Atlanta United States Philips Arena
August 25, 2001 Auburn Hills United States The Palace of Auburn Hills
August 26, 2001 Auburn Hills United States The Palace of Auburn Hills
August 28, 2001 Chicago United States United Center
August 29, 2001 Chicago United States United Center
September 1, 2001 Las Vegas United States MGM Grand Garden Arena
September 2, 2001 Las Vegas United States MGM Grand Garden Arena
September 5, 2001 Oakland United States Oakland Arena
September 6, 2001 Oakland United States Oakland Arena
September 9, 2001 Los Angeles United States Staples Center
September 13, 2001 Los Angeles United States Staples Center
September 14, 2001 Los Angeles United States Staples Center
September 15, 2001 Los Angeles United States Staples Center
Boxscore Data
Barcelona Palau Sant Jordi 36,136 2/2 $2,039,112
Berlin Schmeling-Halle 43,455 4/4 $2,864,786
Paris Bercy 68,000 4/4 $4,443,155
London Earls Court 107,415 6/6 $8,734,149
Philadelphia First Union Center 31,128 2/2 $3,382,485
New York Madison Square Garden 79,401 5/5 $9,297,105
East Rutherford Continental Arena 16,457 1/1 $1,842,155
Boston Fleet Center 29,886 2/2 $3,503,520
Washington MCI Center 32,061 2/2 $3,472,148
Miami NCR Center 31,572 2/2 $3,603,573
Atlanta Philips Arena 29,617 2/2 $3,553,444
Auburn Hills, Michigan The Palace 34,407 2/2 $4,127,533
Chicago United Center 33,725 2/2 $3,743,830
Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden 29,587 2/2 $6,503,950
Oakland Oakland Arena 31,195 2/2 $3,351,320
Los Angeles Staples Center 61,464 4/4 $8,303,165

Note: data for Milan unavailable.

  1. ^ Pollstar - The Concert Hotwire
  2. ^ Pollstar - The Concert Hotwire
  3. ^ Mad-Eyes - Madonna Tours - Drowned World Tour
  4. ^ hmv.com: DVD: Drowned World Tour: Live From Detroit: 2001 (2001)
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