Out of Control Tour
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 (L-R) Sarah Harding, Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts, Cheryl Cole, and Kimberley Walsh. |
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| Arena tour by Girls Aloud | ||||
| Location | United Kingdom, Ireland | |||
| Associated album | Out of Control | |||
| Start date | April 24, 2009 | |||
| End date | June 6, 2009 | |||
| Shows | 32 | |||
| Box office | US$14million+ | |||
| Girls Aloud tour chronology | ||||
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The Out of Control Tour is Girls Aloud's fourth arena-based concert tour and their fifth tour overall. The tour started on 24 April 2009 in Manchester's MEN Arena, with the final show on 6 June 2009 in Newcastle's Metro Radio Arena. Thirty-two dates were announced for the arena tour.
Their final date at London's The O2 Arena, on the 24th May 2009, marked the band performing to over 100,000 fans at the venue (in total) in the space of 18 months, since performing at the venue for the first time the previous year during the Tangled Up Tour, making them one of the only girls bands to ever achieve this. They share this record with The Spice Girls.
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[edit] History
Girls Aloud announced their plans to tour in support of Out of Control in mid-November 2008. Initially, just ten tour dates in bigger arenas across the United Kingdom and Ireland were announced, with tickets going on sale on 14 November.[1] Nadine Coyle said, "We can't wait to get back out on the road to see our fans. We'll play the music that we love from the past albums. And it'll be great doing the new songs in those arenas, too."[2] The girl group began rehearsals "straight after Christmas."[3] Emma Deigman was confirmed as the supporting act during the tour.[4]
Due to arenas selling out, Girls Aloud had to add a number of live shows to the tour. Cheryl Cole's hometown of Newcastle sold particularly well, with the girl group scheduled to play a record-breaking four nights. Girls Aloud were also scheduled to play three dates in Belfast, Birmingham,[5] Glasgow,[6] Liverpool, and four dates in London and Manchester. The group performed three nights in O2 Arena and two at Wembley Arena.[7]
In addition to their own dates, Girls Aloud have been confirmed as the support act for Coldplay's Viva la Vida Tour at Wembley Stadium on 18 September 2009.[8]
According to The Sun on 17 April 2009, the group have included "Biology", "Love Machine", "Call the Shots", "The Promise", "The Loving Kind", "Fix Me Up" and a cover of Britney Spears' "Womanizer" in the show's setlist. The show opens with "The Promise" and also closes with a reprise of the same song. The same article revealed that "...at one point in the show they will fly from the main stage to a specially constructed smaller stage in the middle of the arena to perform two songs." They also performed a pole-dancing routine during "Fix Me Up".[9]
All dates were sold out
One of the support acts for the tour included Julian Perretta, Girls Can't Catch and Absent Elk
[edit] Set list
First Section - Silver Glittery Dresses
- "The Promise"
- "Love Is The Key"
- "Biology"
- "Miss You Bow Wow"
Second Section - Slick Black & White Mini Dressing Gowns
- "The Loving Kind"
- "Waiting"
- "Love Machine"
- "Rolling Back The Rivers in Time"
Third Section - Scifi Outfits
- "Untouchable"
- "Sexy! No No No... (contains elements of Disturbia)
- "Broken Strings (James Morrison cover)
- "Love is Pain"
- "Call the Shots
Fourth Section - Silver & Black Dance/Tracksuit Outfits
- "Revolution in the Head"
- "Sound of the Underground"
- "Fix Me Up"
- "Womanizer" (Britney Spears Cover)
- "Something Kinda Ooooh"
Encore - Showgirl style blue leotards
- "Out of Control Tour Megamix" (The Show, Wake Me Up, Jump, No Good Advice, Can't Speak French, The Promise (reprise))[10][11]
[edit] Tour dates
| Date | City | Country | Venue
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| 24 April 2009 | Manchester | England | Manchester Arena 21,000 |
| 25 April 2009 | Sheffield | Sheffield Arena 13,500 | |
| 26 April 2009 | London | O2 Arena 20,000 | |
| 28 April 2009 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | Odyssey Arena 14,000 |
| 29 April 2009 | |||
| 30 April 2009 | |||
| 2 May 2009 | Dublin | Ireland | The O21 14,500 |
| 3 May 2009 | |||
| 5 May 2009 | Newcastle | England | Metro Radio Arena 11,000 |
| 6 May 2009 | |||
| 8 May 2009 | Glasgow | Scotland | SECC 12,500 |
| 9 May 2009 | |||
| 11 May 2009 | Nottingham | England | Trent FM Arena 10,000 |
| 12 May 2009 | |||
| 13 May 2009 | Sheffield | Sheffield Arena 13,500 | |
| 15 May 2009 | |||
| 16 May 2009 | Manchester | Manchester Arena 21,000 | |
| 17 May 2009 | |||
| 19 May 2009 | Liverpool | Echo Arena 11,000 | |
| 20 May 2009 | Birmingham | National Indoor Arena 16,000 | |
| 21 May 2009 | |||
| 23 May 2009 | London | The O2 Arena 20,000 | |
| 24 May 2009 | |||
| 26 May 2009 | Wembley Arena suppoting Clodplay | ||
| 27 May 2009 | |||
| 29 May 2009 | Manchester | Manchester Arena 21,000 | |
| 30 May 2009 | Glasgow | Scotland | SECC 12,500 |
| 1 June 2009 | Birmingham | England | National Indoor Arena 16,000 |
| 2 June 2009 | Liverpool | Echo Arena 11,000 | |
| 3 June 2009 | |||
| 5 June 2009 | Newcastle | Metro Radio Arena 11,000 | |
| 6 June 2009 |
Footnotes:
- ^1 Due to size of arena B stage could not be included and the setlist of the show was slightly changed. For the start of Section 3 the girls flew out and performed Untouchable. and levitated over the crowd for Broken Strings. They flew back to the A stage and performed Sexy No No No, Love is Pain and Call The Shots
[edit] Box office score data
| Venue | City | Tickets Sold / Available | Gross Revenue |
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| Manchester Evening News Arena | Manchester | 57,820 / 57,820 (100%) | $2,523,635[14] |
| Sheffield Arena | Sheffield | 34,104 / 34,104 (100%) | $1,501,418[14] |
| O2 Arena | London | 46,947 / 46,947 (100%) | $2,416,425[14] |
| Metro Radio Arena | Newcastle | 37,624 / 37,624 (100%) | $1,686,251[14] |
| Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre | Glasgow | 26,616 / 26,616 (100%) | $1,203,341[14] |
| Trent FM Arena | Nottingham | 15,368 / 15,368 (100%) | $702,441[14] |
| Echo Arena | Liverpool | 28,428 / 28,428 (100%) | $1,298,747[14] |
| National Indoor Arena | Birmingham | 34,923 / 34,923 (100%) | $1,615,685[14] |
| Wembley Arena | London | 22,118 / 22,118 (100%) | $1,230,874[14] |
| 303,948 / 303,948 (100%) | $14,178,817 |
[edit] Broadcast and recordings
On 15 June 2009, The Sun announced that the show would be broadcast on Sky1 in August,[15] and later announced that it as airing on 8 August at 8pm.[16] The show was called "Out Of Control Live From O2 2009".[citation needed] DVD information; Out Of Control Live from The O2 Arena
[edit] References
- ^ Tom Thorogood (2008-11-11). "Girls Aloud announce tour". MTV News. MTV. http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/459966-girls-aloud-announce-tour. Retrieved 2008-11-11.[dead link]
- ^ Kim Dawson (2008-11-11). "Girls line up big gigs". Daily Star. Northern and Shell. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/playlist/view/58173/Girls-line-up-big-gigs/. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- ^ "Girls Aloud announce arena tour". Newsbeat. BBC Radio 1. 2008-11-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7719000/7719923.stm. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- ^ "Emma Deigman on the road with the Girls!". 2009-03-19. http://www.girlsaloud.com/site.php. Retrieved 2009-03-29.[dead link]
- ^ "Girls Aloud announce third concert". Shropshire Star. Midland News Association. 2008-11-19. http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/11/19/girls-aloud-announce-third-concert/. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
- ^ "Girls Aloud add third city gig". Evening Times. Newsquest. 2008-11-20. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.2469472.0.girls_aloud_add_third_city_gig.php. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
- ^ Tom Thorogood (2008-11-24). "Girls Aloud announce next single". MTV News. MTV. http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/462732-girls-aloud-announce-next-single. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ^ "Girls Aloud to support Coldplay". Newsbeat (BBC Radio 1). 2008-12-03. http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/entertainment/newsid_7762000/7762708.stm. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
- ^ "Girls Aloud's pole-dancing performance". Myparkmag.co.uk. 2009-04-17. http://www.myparkmag.co.uk/articles/girls-alouds-pole-dancing-performance.html. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGvnM3UMCgo
- ^ Out Of Control Live from The O2 2009 liner notes
- ^ "A Girls Aloud live report". Popjustice. 2009-04-27. http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3626&Itemid=9. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
- ^ "Girls Aloud tear off their skirts in a tribute to Bucks Fizz at Manchester Gig". The Sun. 2009-04-25. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article2395372.ece. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard (New York City: Nielsen Business Media, Inc.). 2009-09-12. ISSN 0006-2510. http://www.billboard.biz. Retrieved 2010-04-24
- ^ "Madonna lands Sky deal | The Sun |Showbiz|TV". The Sun. 2009-06-15. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/2481174/Madonna-lands-Sky-deal.html. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
- ^ "Girls Aloud light up the Sky | The Sun |Showbiz|Bizarre". The Sun. 2009-08-01. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/2566771/Girls-Aloud-light-up-the-Sky.html. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
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