The Beyoncé Experience
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| The Beyoncé Experience | ||
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| Tour by Beyoncé | ||
| Supporting album | B'Day | |
| Start date | April 10, 2007 | |
| End date | December 30, 2007 | |
| Legs | 6 | |
| Shows | 91 | |
| Beyoncé tour chronology | ||
| Dangerously in Love World Tour (2003-2004) |
The Beyoncé Experience (2007) |
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The Beyoncé Experience was a worldwide 2007 concert tour by American singer-songwriter Beyoncé in support to her second solo album B'Day. The tour commenced seven months after the release of B'Day and coincided with the re-release of the album, B'Day Deluxe Edition. The tour included venues in Asia, Australia, Europe and North America, and concluded in December.
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[edit] Background
In support of her second solo album, B'Day, Beyoncé prepared for the tour, following the Verizon Ladies First Tour, a joint concert tour with American R&B-soul singers Beyoncé and Alicia Keys and American rapper Missy Elliott. Early before the album was released, Beyoncé held an nationwide audition for female musicians which finally ended in Sony Music Studios.[1] Rehearsals for the tour began in March 2007.
[edit] Production
[edit] Setlist
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- Set List (Los Angeles Show)
- Crazy In Love (Crazy Mix)
- Freakum Dress
- Green Light
- Costume Change
- Baby Boy
- Beautiful Liar
- Naughty Girl
- Me Myself & I
- Costume Change
- Dangerously In Love
- Flaws And All
- Costume Change
- Destiny's Child Medley: Independent Women/Bootylicious/No No No/Bug A Boo/Bills Bills Bills/Cater 2 U/Say My Name/Jumpin' Jumpin'/Soldier (Crank That Remix)/Survivor (With Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams)
- Speechless
- Ring The Alarm Intro Skit (jailhouse Confessions)
- Suga Mama
- Upgrade U (with Jay-Z)
- 03' Bonnie & Clyde (Beyonce's Prince Mix)
- Check On It (Special Tour Version)
- Déjà Vu
- Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix)
- Welcome To Hollywood (Video Streaming)
- Deena / Dreamgirls
- Listen
- Irreplaceable
- Beyonce Experience B'Day Surprise
While on tour, the set list was varied in some venues.
- In the first week of shows in the United States, and all shows prior to, "Get Me Bodied" was performed immediately after "Déjà Vu." Beginning with her San Antonio show, Beyoncé performed a "bumble-bee" version of "Get Me Bodied."
- In Asia, Australia, Europe and the first week of shows in the United States, "Déjà Vu" was the last song performed. Beyoncé performed the song in an orange mini dress.
- During most concerts of the Africa/Europe/Asia leg of the tour, there was no break between "Green Light" and "Baby Boy/Murder He Wrote." There was no costume change at all until before "Flaws and All."
- In the Asia leg of the tour, "Flaws and All," "Suga Mama," and "Get Me Bodied" were not performed.
- In her concerts in Spain and Mexico --Madrid, Barcelona and Monterrey--Beyoncé sang a few lines of the Spanish version of her #1 hit, "Irreplaceable," aka "Irreemplazable."
- On the album version of "Suga Mama," Beyoncé begins the song by saying, "Damn that was so good, I wanna buy him a short set." However, Beyoncé changed that line several times during her tour. Most often, it was changed to "Damn that was so good, I wanna make him some Hamburger Helper."
- During several shows early on in the tour, "Speechless" was not performed.
- During the final show, many songs were omitted, and all outfits were changed to a more Vegas, Show-Girl style.
[edit] Personnel and crew
Besides from her all-female band, Beyoncé included four male dancers. The tour also had three backing singers for the tour, known as The Mamas. Several singers were included as supporting acts for the show, such as Chris Brown during the Australian venues, Lemar in Europe, Katy Shotter for the United Kingdom, Ireland and North America shows, Robin Thicke and Sean Kingston for North America, Ludacris in the Middle East and Pekaso during her visit in the Philippines.
The conception and staging for the concert was done by Beyoncé Knowles, Kim Burse and Frank Gatson Jr. Gatson, Jovon Pavielle and Danielle Polanco choreographed the dance routines, and Tina Knowles, House of Deréon, Giorgio Armani, Versace, Elie Saab, Herve Leger shouldered the tour's wardrobe. The tour was managed by Alan Floyd.
[edit] Tour Dates
The tour kicked off on April 10 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, and ended with two dates at The Point in Dublin. The US leg of the tour began on July 6 at the Superdome in New Orleans, as part of the 2007 New Orleans Essence Music Festival, where Beyoncé headlined. She then embarked on a final leg of the tour in East Asia/Korea. The final concert of the tour took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Centre in Las Vegas on 31st December 2007. The tour, whose sponsors were Samsung and L'Oréal Paris.
A slated tour in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia was canceled due to conflict in dress coding of the country. However, a concert in Jakarta, Indonesia was replaced in Kuala Lumpur. Same in Istanbul, Turkey, the show was cancelled by the organizer, Fenerbahçe, due to the terrorist attacks of PKK in Hakkari on September 21, 2007.
[edit] Recording/DVD
The DVD for the tour was shot on September 2, 2007, 2 days before Beyoncé's 26th birthday, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California and it was released on November 20, 2007. The DVD was released in Spain on November 27, 2007.[2] It was released under the title The Beyoncé Experience Live!.
[edit] Tour dates
[edit] Notes
- ^ Reid, Shaheem. "Beyonce Asks Women To Battle Over Her For Backing-Band Roles", MTV News, (2006-06-19). Retrieved on 2008-03-28.
- ^ Hillary Crosley. "Billboard Bits: Beyonce, Bob Marley, Bragg/Brad", Billboard.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-27.
- ^ R&B singer Beyonce to play Taco Bell Arena | Entertainment Top | Idaho Statesman
- ^ Korea Concer Tour
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Press release - New international tour dates and location
- Press release - North American tour dates
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