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Not to be confused with As I Am Tour.
I Am… Tour
Tour by Beyoncé Knowles
Official logo for Knowles' I Am… Tour
Associated albumI Am… Sasha Fierce
Start dateMarch 26, 2009
End dateNovember 24, 2009
Legs6
No. of shows44 in Europe
32 in North America
9 in Australia
2 in Asia
87 in Total
Beyoncé Knowles concert chronology

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

The tour has been a commercial success across the world

Background

On October 3, 2008, Billboard magazine reported that Knowles would go on tour in the spring of 2009 to support her third studio album, I Am… Sasha Fierce.[4] The tour dates for the European leg were released on December 11, 2008. 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]

The tour kicked off on March 26 at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Canada with the first leg ending in Seattle. The second leg was in Europe beginning in Zagreb, Croatia, before going through countries such as France, Germany, Spain ending the leg with fifteen shows in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

The North American leg started on June 21 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

It was confirmed by a UK ticketing website on May 28, 2009 that Knowles will extend her UK and Ireland tour into November 2009 due to demand for tickets, this leg will include shows in Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Newcastle, Birmingham, Dublin, London and Belfast. These extra dates went on sale on June 5th 2009.[6]

Costumes and Thierry Mugler

After several years of retirement from the fashion industry, french designer Thierry Mugler will serve as the main costume designer for the tour. Knowles was attracted with his work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala 2008, "Superheroes, Fashion and Fantasy", where several of his haute couture pieces were on display. He has conducted a 72-piece wardrobe for Knowles and her dancers and band for the tour. It was 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.[7]

Mugler wanted to capture the "duality between being a woman and a warrior" and "understand these two sides with [his] own perception of both aspects" while creating the costumes for Knowles and using the words "Feminine. Free. Warrior. Fierce" as inspiration.[8] He felt "Sasha Fierce is another aspect of Beyoncé's personality, she is Fierce on stage and Beyoncé in real life", stating, "Beyoncé is a very sophisticated 'stage animal', which means that she is truly instinctive. Beyoncé expresses herself through the two aspects of her personality. On stage, there is Sasha Fierce and there is Beyoncé in her truest self."

Several of the costumes both in the stage show and the video interludes include a few vintage couture pieces by Mugler as well as new ones made speciffically for the young diva.

As his role as creative advisor, Mugler stated "It was my responsibility to make Beyoncé's vision come true. There will be a lot of dramatization and metamorphosis on stage. Some very strong effects have been inspired directly by Beyoncé, and only she could make (them) happen on stage. I also was the AD (assistant director) for the Diva video shot especially for the show. I also gave input for various visual and creative aspects of the show." and wanted to send the message that, "The sense of mise-en-scène or using everything we get, like technology, lights, sets and costumes in order to sublimate the emotions and energy that we share and want to share with others."

Concert synopsis

"There will be a lot of dramatization and metamorphosis on stage. Some very strong effects have been inspired directly by Beyoncé, and only she could make (them) happen on stage" said lead costume provider and a creative advisor Thierry Mugler. [9] The main stage is a simple stage, with a pop up set of stairs, a big LED background screen and glass risers for Knowles' band "Suga Mama" and her backup singers "The Mamas". There is also a smaller stage (The B-Stage) in the middle of the crowd where Knowles later performs.

The show starts with Knowles' silhouette appearing in the middle of the main stage with a gold leotard singing the first verse of "Déjà Vu", the main stage is flooded in light revealing Beyoncé in a half gold, half silver costume with a bow at the back. She then sings "Crazy in Love". She then perfroms "Naughty Girl", "Freakum Dress" and "Get Me Bodied". During the dance break of "Get Me Bodied" Knowles leaves the stage for a costume change.

She then appears at the top of the flight of stairs with a white leotard and a white robe singing "Smash Into You". Later she performs "Ave Maria", at the climax of the song, her backup dancers transform her costume into a bridal complete with a veil. She then sings an excerpt from "Angel" and part of the classical "Ave Maria" by Schubert in the corresponding soprano range. She is taken out of her bridal skirt and continues on to sing "Broken-Hearted Girl". A video interlude with unreleased scenes from her video "If I Were A Boy" are shown on the large screen behind her. She then appears with a black rubber robot jacket, matching armband and a black leather skirt to perform the single. In the middle of the song she sings excerpts from Alanis Morrisette's "You Oughta Know".

Knowles performing "Single Ladies" in Berlin

After the rock influenced excerpt, a video interlude directed by Thierry Mugler is shown as excerpts from Knowles "Sweet Dreams" play in the background. Beyoncé is seen wearing the designer's silver and plexiglass "Robot Body" costume, and she confronts a cheetah. This is a short introduction before Beyoncé performs "Diva", Beyoncé appears at the top of the flight of stairs with her backup dancers behind her. Knowles wears a bikini fitted with lights over a cheetah-print body suit and a long black cape; during the song she takes off the black cape. This is followed by another video interlude showing Beyoncé singing and dancing at the age of 5. Beyoncé then sings "Radio" and "Me, Myself and I". Before Beyoncé sings "Ego" and "Hello" she has a quick costume change in which the light-up bikini is exchanged for a black waistcoat.

The show goes on with a short medley perfromed by her backup singers, The Mamas followed by another video interlude featuring a coin toss between Beyoncé and Sasha Fierce. Knowles then appears from under the stage in a gold dress. She is wrapped in a harness and taken up and over the audience where she performs "Baby Boy" during which she performs some acrobatic flips. She is then lowered to the B-Stage where she finishes the "Baby Boy" number with an excerpt from Dawn Penn's "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" then continues with "Irreplaceable", "Check On It" and a medley of Destiny's Child hits. She then performs "Upgrade U" and "Video Phone". This is followed by a rendition of "Say My Name" where she interacts with one member of the audience, asking that person what his or her name is and then asks that person what her, Beyoncé's name is. As the song ends she runs through the audience to the main stage. Her backup dancers dance to excerpts from songs from Destiny's Child as well as "Beautiful Liar".

In the penultimate section of the show, Knowles appears in the middle of the stage in a floor length beaded gown. She then sings "At Last", "Listen" and "Scared of Lonely" (only at certain venues). This is followed by a Youtube video interlude featuring imitations of the choreography for "Single Ladies" performed by fans. Beyoncé then sings "Single Ladies" in a black jewel encrusted mini-dress. For the finale, she performs "Halo". At some venues Beyoncé chooses a member of the audience to sing Happy Birthday to. She then goes to the top of her stairs and repeatedly says 'I am', awaiting the crowd to say it back, she then says 'I am... yours' and exits the stage.

Opening acts

Set list

Act 1: I Am...

"The Fierce Showdown" (Video Introduction) (contains excerpts from "Feedback", "Crazy", "Get The Party Started", and "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)")

"Inflaming Hotness" (Dance Interlude) (contains excerpts from "T-Shirt", "Disturbia", "The Pink Panther Theme", and "Fever")

Act 2: Ave Maria (Angels)

"The Hero" (Video Interlude) (contains excerpts from "If", "Save The Hero", "That's Why You're Beautiful", and "Ave Maria")

  • "Smash Into You"
  • "Satellites" (contains excerpts from "Disappear")
  • "That's Why You're Beautiful" (Featuring The Choir) (contains excerpts from "Speechless")

Piano Solo (Instrumental Interlude)

Act 3: Sasha Fierce (The Definition Of A Diva)

" Dance Floor Repair" (Dance Interlude) (contains excerpts from "Whatever U Like", "Blame It", "Boom Boom Pow", "Low", and "A Milli")

"Fierce Cheetah Diva" (Video Interlude) (contains excerpts from "World Wide Woman, "A Woman Like Me", and "Welcome To Hollywood")

"Baby Beyoncé (Performance Interlude) (contains excerpts from "Ring The Alarm", "Suga Mama", "Check On It", and "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)")

Jazz Throwdown (Instrumental Interlude)

Divinity Roxx Bass Jam/Bibi Rocks Guitar Jam/The Mama's Medley (Instrumental Interlude) (contains excerpts from "Billie Jean", "Bad", and "Smooth Criminal")

"Heads Or Tails (Beyoncé vs. Sasha Fierce)" (Video Interlude)
Sasha Fierce Prevails/African & Arabian Drums Medley (Band Interlude) (contains excerpts from "Muder She Wrote")

Act 4: Queen Bee/B'Day: (The Remixes)

"Meeting Of The Minds" (Video Interlude)

"Robotic Motions" (Dance Interlude) (contains excerpts from "Party Like a Rockstar", "A Bay Bay", "Throw Some D's", "Wipe Me Down", "Crank That (Soulja Boy)", and "In The Ayer")

"Sexy Ladies" (Dance Interlude) (contains excerpts from "Milkshake", "What Have You Done For Me Lately", "Touch My Body", "Love Sex Magic", "Dilemma", and "Music")
"Survivor" (Video Interlude)

Act 5: Dangerously In Love

"The First Dance" (Dance Interlude) (contains excerpts from "He Loves Me (Lyzel in E Flat)")

Act 6: World Class Finale/Encore

"The History Of Destiny's Child" (Dance Interlude) (contains excerpts from "T-Shirt", "Independent Women Part I", "Bills, Bills, Bills", "No, No, No", "Suga Mama", "Survivor", and "Lose My Breath")

Encore:

"All The Single Ladies" (Video Interlude) (contains footage from YouTube)

Additional notes

  • During her performance in Winnipeg she sang Happy Birthday to two of her band members (Kim Thompson and Tia Fuller) instead of "Flaws and All".[25]
  • At most concerts of the tour Knowles chooses a person to sing Happy Birthday to at the end of the concert.
  • There was a one-hour delay due to technical problems in Budapest and Lisbon.
  • During the first six dates of the European leg dancer Ashley Everett 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 her hair needed to be fixed. Later she came back on stage and continued performing. At the same concert the lights went wrong during her performance of "Diva". Knowles shouted "Lights!" while dancing. After a few seconds she then said "Somebody's gettin' fired" along the beat of the song.[26].
  • At the concert in Rotterdam on May 3, the video segues during "If I Were A Boy" and "Smash Into You" didn't work.
  • At the concert on Mother's Day in Denmark, May 10, Knowles sang the final part of "Halo" for her mother as well as dedicating a rendition of "Wind Beneath My Wings" to her. At the same concert Knowles did not fly during "Baby Boy" due to the venues restrictions.
  • At the concert in Gothenburg on May 11, Knowles sang Happy Birthday to one of her background vocalists (Tiffany Riddick) during the finale after "Halo".
  • During her concert in Zurich on May 16, Knowles performed "Flaws and All" after "Video Phone" to a boy named Tim.
  • At her concert in Barcelona Knowles performed "Smash Into You" on the ground instead of stairs.
  • In Spain, Knowles performed parts of "Irreplaceable" in Spanish. While in Madrid, when performing "Hello", she said "bueno" and "hola" during the chorus sometimes in lieu of "hello" per the song's normal lyrics.
  • At the concerts in Paris, Birmingham and Manchester children joined Knowles on stage whilst she performed "Halo".
  • During the show in Manchester, England Knowles asked about the UEFA Champions League final's score as Manchester United were playing. As people told her, she first shouted out "TWO-ZERO!?" When she found out they had lost she quickly said "Oh!" and moved on.
  • During the show in Dublin on May 29, water was spilled on the sound desk from the balcony right before Knowles was due on stage. As a result, Knowles didn't take to the stage for a further thirty minutes.
  • During the show in Dublin May 30, one of Knowles's gold shoes fell to the ground during the flying part of Baby Boy. She then kicked off her other shoe and flew across the O2 Arena barefoot.
  • At the last UK show on June the 9th, after singing "Broken-Hearted Girl", Beyonce said she wanted to sing a bit of one of her favourite songs, and sang a bit of "One More Try" by George Michael. For the next song, "If I Were A Boy", Knowles was joined on stage by George Michael.
  • During the first two North American shows in New York City on June 21 and 22, Jay Z performed with Knowles during "Crazy in Love" a part of his song I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me).
  • During the show in Philadelphia on June 26, Knowles made a special tribute to Michael Jackson's passing by singing "I Can't Help It", where she named him as one of her musical "heroes".
  • Knowles surprised the crowd by bringing Cubby (the guy who danced to her hit "Single Ladies" on YouTube) on stage to dance on 1 July in Atlanta.
  • Due to the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans on July 3, the whole show was changed. There was no B-Stage, and some of the songs were cut from the setlist. Also the main stage was different. Knowles made a special tribute to Michael Jackson again.
  • On 7 July in Phoenix, Knowles got emotional and had to start over again the rendition for Michael Jackson. At the end of it she cried and said: "I love you Michael".

Alterations

  • During the tour’s premiere in Edmonton, Knowles performed "Sweet Dreams" as the opener while "Déjà Vu" was performed later in the show.
  • During her performances in Edmonton and Saskatoon, Knowles performed "Flaws and All" as the final number and then performed "Halo" before "If I Were A Boy".
  • After the first leg of the tour "Sweet Dreams", "Flaws and All", "Dangerously in Love" and "Ring the Alarm" were cut from the setlist. "Scared of Lonely" is occasionally not performed. Also, Knowles performs parts of "Ave Maria" in Latin.
  • The background video during "Crazy in Love" was replaced with a different one after the shows in Rotterdam.
  • From the second show in Rotterdam, Knowles performs a new version of "Get Me Bodied".
  • From the show in Dublin on May 30, before Knowles exits the stage, "I Am... Yours" is seen in the background, and the band plays an excerpt from "Kitty Kat" after " Halo".
  • From the United Kingdom shows when Knowles flies into the air she has a long gold foil skirt that matches outfit, drape down to the stage and with the music rips it off. Knowles also wears gold ballet heels that matches her dress, but when she arrives at the B-Stage, her two male dancers takes them off and put on her black heels.
  • From the show in Atlanta on 1 July, Knowles performs an emotional rendition of her song " Halo" to Michael Jackson just before the end of the show.

Attendances

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
North America [28]
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[29][30][31]
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 England Metro Radio Arena
May 23, 2009 Birmingham National Indoor Arena
May 25, 2009 London The O2 Arena
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 Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena
June 1, 2009
June 3, 2009 Dublin Ireland The O2
June 4, 2009
June 6, 2009 Liverpool England Echo Arena
June 7, 2009 Sheffield Sheffield Arena
June 8, 2009 London The O2 Arena
June 9, 2009
North America [32][33]
June 21, 2009 New York City United States Madison Square Garden
June 22, 2009
June 23, 2009 Baltimore 1st Mariner Arena
June 24, 2009 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center
June 26, 2009 Philadelphia Wachovia Center
June 27, 2009 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
June 29, 2009 Ft. Lauderdale 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 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
July 20, 2009 Toronto Canada Molson Amphitheatre
July 21, 2009 Montreal Bell Centre
July 23, 2009 Uncasville United States Mohegan Sun Arena
July 24, 2009 East Rutherford IZOD Center
July 30, 2009 Las Vegas Encore Theater [34]
July 31, 2009
August 1, 2009
August 2, 2009
Asia [35]
August 7, 2009 Osaka Japan Maishima Arena [b]
August 9, 2009 Tokyo Chiba Marine Stadium [b]
Australia [36][37][38]
September 12, 2009 Brisbane Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre
September 13, 2009
September 15, 2009 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
September 16, 2009
September 18, 2009 Sydney Acer Arena
September 19, 2009
September 20, 2009
September 22, 2009 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
September 24, 2009 Perth Burswood Dome
Europe[39][40][41][42]
November 11, 2009 Liverpool England Echo Arena
November 12, 2009 Birmingham National Indoor Arena
November 14, 2009 London The O2 Arena
November 15, 2009 [c]
November 16, 2009
November 18, 2009 Manchester MEN Arena
November 19, 2009 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
November 20, 2009 Nottingham Trent FM Arena
November 22, 2009 Dublin Ireland The O2
November 23, 2009
November 24, 2009 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena

^ a This concert is a part of the Essence Music Festival. [43]
^ b This concert is a part of the Summer Sonic Festival.
^ c This concert is for winner of a UK competition held by Cadbury's Trident, the UK tour sponsor. 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.

Critical response

The opening leg of Knowles' third tour received generally positive reviews from 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".[44] 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."[10] 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".[45]

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."[46]

Box office score data

Venue City Tickets Sold / Available Gross Revenue
General Motors Place Vancouver 10,685 / 12,595 (85%) $888,305
The Ahoy Rotterdam 20,297 / 20,297 (100%) $1,329,275
Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy Paris 16,149 / 16,149 (100%) $1,142,061
Le Zénith Strasbourg 5,869 / 10,300 (57%) $353,644
Sportpaleis Antwerp 15,780 /15,836 (99%) $1,033,927
Madison Square Garden New York 27,580 / 27,710 (99%) $3,526,375
TOTAL 96,360 / 102,887 (93%) $8,273,587

Source: [1]

Broadcasts and recordings

The show is planned to be filmed at Encore Theater in Las Vegas between July 30 - August 2. The DVD entitled I Am... Yours will be released in the fall of 2009. [47]

Personnel

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