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Not to be confused with As I Am Tour.
I Am… Tour
Tour by Beyoncé Knowles
Official poster for one of the tour stops
Associated albumI Am… Sasha Fierce
Start dateMarch 26, 2009
End dateNovember 15, 2009
Legs3
No. of shows34 in Europe
29 in North America
7 in Australia
70 Total
Beyoncé Knowles concert chronology

I Am… Tour is the third concert tour by American singer Beyoncé Knowles in support to her third studio album I Am… Sasha Fierce. The tour will visit North America, Europe and Australia.[1][2][3]

Background

Designer Thierry Mugler will serve as the main costume designer for the tour after Knowles fell in love with his work at a recent fashion exhibition, he has conducted a 72-piece wardrobe for Knowles and her dancers and band for the tour. However, Knowles' own clothing lines House of Deréon and Deréon will also contribute to the wardrobe. It has also been announced that Mugler's input will extend to a creative advisor role, as he will contribute to designing the whole show, from lighting to choreography and will even direct three of the many section of the production entitled Dangerously in Love, Ave Maria and the finale. [4]

During an interview with Entertainment Weekly magazine, Knowles stated: "I've been working on this tour for eight months [...] I've been rehearsing and trying to make sure I put my set list together. Right now I'm anxious and I can't sleep -- I'll be wanting to be at rehearsal. That's the only thing I can think about. But I can't wait."[5] Beyonce stated that the setlist will change in each leg. It will feature the same songs and some will be added or taken away.

Opening Acts

Setlist

Main Stage
Band Fanfare Introduction

"Work It Out" (Sax skit)

Piano Solo

  • "Smash Into You"
  • "Ave Maria" (contains excerpts from "Angel")
  • "Broken-Hearted Girl"

"If I Were a Boy" Intro (contains excerpts from the official video)

Fierce Cheetah Diva (Video Interlude, contains excerpts from "Sweet Dreams")

"Radio" Intro (contains excerpts from "Ring The Alarm", "Suga Mama", and "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)")

Divinity Roxx Bass Jam/The Mama's Medley
Heads or Tails (Beyoncé vs. Sasha Fierce) (Video Interlude)
Sasha Prevails/African Drums Medley (Band Skit)
Main Stage to B-Stage

B-Stage

B-Stage to Main Stage

Main Stage
"The History of Destiny's Child" (Dance Interlude, contains excerpts from T-Shirt, "Independent Women Part 1", "Bills, Bills, Bills", "No, No, No (Part 2)", "Beautiful Liar", "Survivor")
"Survivor" (Video Interlude)

"Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)" (YouTube Video Interlude)

Notes

  • During the tour’s premiere at Rexall Place, Knowles performed "Sweet Dreams" as the opener while "Déjà Vu" was performed later in the show.
  • During her performances at Rexall Place and Credit Union Centre, Knowles performed "Flaws and All" as the final number.
  • During her performace at the MTS Centre she sang Happy Birthday to two of her dancers instead of "Flaws and All".
  • For the first leg of the tour, the set list for the show changed every night. Also, some songs were cut from the set list.
  • On the European leg Beyonce doesn't perform "Sweet Dreams", "Flaws and All", "Dangerously in Love" and "Ring the Alarm".
  • During her concert in Budapest, Knowles did not perform "Scared of Lonely" and there was a one-hour delay due to technical problems.
  • During the first six dates of the European leg dancer Ashley Everret did not make an appearance. It was said that she streched a ligament in her ankle, and needed time to recover.
  • At her concert in Rotterdam on May 2, Knowles walked off the stage right before "Naughty Girl" because something was wrong with her hair and needed to be fixed. Later she came back on stage and continued performing. At the same concert something went wrong with the lights, during her performance of "Diva" and in the videos of that show you can hear Beyonce say "Lights! Somebody's gettin' fired!." [16]
  • At the concert in Rotterdam on May 3, the video segues during "If I Were A Boy" and "Smash Into You" didn't work.

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
North America [17]
March 26, 2009 Edmonton Canada Rexall Place
March 27, 2009 Saskatoon Credit Union Centre
March 28, 2009 Winnipeg MTS Centre
March 31, 2009 Vancouver General Motors Place
April 1, 2009 Seattle United States KeyArena
Europe[18][19][20]
April 26, 2009 Zagreb Croatia Arena Zagreb
April 28, 2009 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
April 29, 2009 Budapest Hungary Budapest Sports Arena
April 30, 2009 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena
May 2, 2009 Rotterdam Netherlands The Ahoy
May 3, 2009
May 5, 2009 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
May 6, 2009 Strasbourg Le Zénith
May 7, 2009 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis
May 8, 2009 Berlin Germany O2 World
May 10, 2009 Herning Denmark MCH Herning Kongrescenter
May 11, 2009 Gothenburg Sweden Scandinavium
May 13, 2009 Stockholm Ericsson Globe
May 15, 2009 Oberhausen Germany König-Pilsener Arena
May 16, 2009 Zurich Switzerland Hallenstadion
May 18, 2009 Lisbon Portugal Pavilhão Atlântico
May 19, 2009 Madrid Spain Palacio de Deportes
May 20, 2009 Barcelona Palau Sant Jordi
May 22, 2009 Newcastle United Kingdom Metro Radio Arena
May 23, 2009 Birmingham National Indoor Arena
May 25, 2009 London The O2
May 26, 2009
May 27, 2009 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena
May 29, 2009 Dublin Ireland The O2
May 30, 2009
May 31, 2009 Belfast United Kingdom Odyssey Arena
June 1, 2009
June 3, 2009 Dublin Ireland The O2
June 4, 2009
June 6, 2009 Liverpool United Kingdom Echo Arena
June 7, 2009 Sheffield Sheffield Arena
June 8, 2009 London The O2
June 9, 2009
North America [21]
June 21, 2009 New York United States Madison Square Garden
June 22, 2009
June 24, 2009 Washington, DC Verizon Center
June 26, 2009 Philadelphia Wachovia Center
June 27, 2009 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum Complex
June 29, 2009 Sunrise Bank Atlantic Center
July 1, 2009 Atlanta Philips Arena
July 3, 2009 New Orleans Louisiana Superdome [a]
July 4, 2009 Houston Toyota Center
July 5, 2009 Dallas American Airlines Center
July 7, 2009 Phoenix US Airways Center
July 9, 2009 Sacramento Arco Arena
July 10, 2009 Oakland Oracle Arena
July 11, 2009 Anaheim Honda Center
July 13, 2009 Los Angeles Staples Center
July 16, 2009 Minneapolis Target Center
July 17, 2009 Chicago United Center
July 18, 2009 Detroit The Palace of Auburn Hills
July 20, 2009 Toronto Canada Molson Amphitheatre [22][23]
July 23, 2009 Uncasville United States Mohegan Sun Arena
July 30, 2009 Las Vegas Encore Las Vegas
July 31, 2009
August 1, 2009
August 2, 2009
Australia [24]
September 12, 2009 Brisbane Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre
September 15, 2009 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
September 16, 2009
September 18, 2009 Sydney Acer Arena
September 19, 2009
September 22, 2009 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
September 24, 2009 Perth Burswood Dome
Europe
November 15, 2009 London United Kingdom The O2 [b]

^ a This concert is a part of the Essence Music Festival. [25]
^ b This concert is for winner of a UK competition held by Cadbury's and Trident, the UK tour sponsors. The competition consisted of buying special packs of chewing gum and entering a draw with 1,000 ticket winners been given away every week. A total of 13,000 tickets will be up for winners.

Recording

The DVD for the tour will be recorded at the Encore Las Vegas. It will be a special 4 date concert and will be called "I AM... YOURS". As a part of this occasion, Beyonce's *I AM... YOURS* Performances will be recorded and produced as an exclusive DVD compilation, Set for Release Fall 2009.[26]

Critical Response

The opening leg of Knowles' third tour was positively received by critics. Mike Ross of the Edmonton Sun gave her performance at Rexall Place 4.5 out of 5 stars stating, "Beyonce can sing traditional R&B if she wants. She proved it late last night - wailing on the Etta James classic At Last, which she performed for the inauguration of U.S president Barack Obama". [27] Stephanie Classen of The Star Phoenix remarked, "Beyonce doesn't really need the bells and whistles of a big stadium show, but it sure makes for an unforgettable concert. And as she says in the song Ego, "I walk like this 'cuz I can back it up." [6] Additional praise was received from Randall King of the Winnipeg Free Press. He gave a 4 out 5 to Knowles performance at the MTS Centre, saying, "In Sasha-mode for songs such as Radio, Sweet Dreams, and Single Ladies (the latter performed, alas, after press time), Knowles is raw energy convincingly expressing a live hard/work hard ethos with every shimmy and nimble vocal trill." [28]. Francois Marchand of the Edmonton Journal was not impressed with the performance, stating, "If Beyonce's first outing on her I Am tour was no major disappointment, it was still a somewhat muddled affair, one that didn't clear up where the line between Beyonce and her "alter ego" Sasha Fierce is drawn." [29]

Personnel

Suga Mama Band:

  • Bibi McGill - musical director/guitar
  • Divinity Walker Roxx - musical director/bass
  • Marcie Chapa - percussion
  • Crystal Torres - trumpet
  • Tia Fuller - alto saxophone
  • Katty Rodriguez-Harrold - tenor saxophone
  • Nikki Glaspie - drums
  • Kim Thompson - drums
  • Rie Tsuji - keyboards
  • Brittani Washington - keyboards

The Mamas (background vocalists):

  • Montina Cooper
  • Crystal Collins
  • Tiffany Riddick

Dancers

  • Khasan Brailsord
  • Ashley Everett (Female Dance Director, Choreographer)
  • Saidah Fishenden
  • Kimberly Gipson
  • Tanee McCall
  • Cassidy Noblett
  • Ashley Seldon
  • Bryan Tanaka (Male Dance Director, Choreographer)
  • Shaun Walker

References

  1. ^ Cohen, Jonathan (2008-10-03). "Beyonce Eyeing 2009 Tour". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
  2. ^ Willman, Chris (2008-10-15). "Split personality for new Beyoncé album". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
  3. ^ MacDONALD, Patrick (2009-04-05). "I Am coming to Adelaide". AdelaideNow. News Limited, Inc. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  4. ^ "Thierry Mugler to design Beyonce tour". Marie Claire. United Kingdom: IPC Media. 2008-12-04.
  5. ^ Vozick-Levinson, Simon. "2009-03-10". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  6. ^ a b Classen (2009-03-28). "Beyonce no ordinary performer". The Star Phoenix. Canwest Publishing Inc. Retrieved 2009-03-31. {{cite web}}: Text "first-Stephanie" ignored (help)
  7. ^ "Karmatronic on I Am... Tour". Retrieved 2009-04-15.
  8. ^ "Linda Teodosiu on I Am... Tour". Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  9. ^ [www.xfactor.nl "X Factor on Beyoncé"]. Retrieved 2009-04-16. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  10. ^ http://humphreyofficiel.skyrock.com/
  11. ^ "DJ Lester ft. Abdou in voorprogramma Beyoncé".
  12. ^ "ZARIF TO SUPPORT BEYONCE'S UK TOUR". Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  13. ^ Ireland Support act
  14. ^ "Flo Rida announced as support for Beyoncé Australian Tour!". Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  15. ^ "Beyonce With special guest Solange". Retrieved 2009-05-03.
  16. ^ "Beyonce I am...Tour @ Ahoy Rotterdam 2-5-'09 - Diva".
  17. ^ Kilgore, Kym (2009-02-18). "Beyonce takes 'Sasha Fierce' on world tour". liveDaily. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  18. ^ "European Dates Announced for Beyonce's I Am… World Tour" (Press release). PR Newswire. 2008-12-10. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
  19. ^ Thorogood, Tom (2008-12-12). "Beyonce Announces UK Tour". MTV News. United Kingdom: MTV Networks. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
  20. ^ "Events". Knowles Official Website. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
  21. ^ "North American dates announced for Beyoncé's I Am... World Tour!". Retrieved 2009-02-10.
  22. ^ Toronto date
  23. ^ Toronto date July 20
  24. ^ "Beyonce 'I", Live Guide {{citation}}: Text "Am... ' Tour" ignored (help); Text "web" ignored (help)
  25. ^ "09 Artists//Schedule-Main Stage". The Essence Music Festival 2009. Essence Communications Inc. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
  26. ^ http://beyonceworld.net/main.htm
  27. ^ Ross, Mike (2009-03-27). "Beyonce puts s ring on Rexall". Edmonton Sun. Canoe Inc. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
  28. ^ King, Randall (2009-03-29). "Part vamp, part demure -- all Beyoncé". Winnipeg Free Press. FP Canadian Newspapers. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
  29. ^ Marchand, Francois (2009-03-27). "Beyonce and Sasha Fierce blow off Rexall doors". Edmonton Journal. Canwest Publishing Inc. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
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