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Good Girl Gone Bad Tour

The Good Girl Gone Bad Tour was the second overall and first world concert tour by Barbadian singer Rihanna, in support of her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007). The setlist was composed of songs mostly from Good Girl Gone Bad but also included some songs from her first two albums. Akon was selected as the opening act for the Canadian dates of the North American leg, while Ciara and David Jordan supported the UK dates of the European leg. Chris Brown joined the tour during the Oceanian leg.

Good Girl Gone Bad Tour
Tour by Rihanna
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated albumGood Girl Gone Bad
Start dateSeptember 15, 2007
End dateJanuary 24, 2009
Legs9
No. of shows80
Rihanna concert chronology

The show featured Rihanna wearing revealing leather costumes during each show. Many changes were made to the set list throughout the tour. The original set list features a cover of Bob Marley's "Is This Love" and during the European leg of the tour, the set list was shortened to fifteen songs. In the third set list of the Oceanian and Asian leg, the show ended with an encore. A DVD of the Manchester concert at the Manchester Arena titled Good Girl Gone Bad Live was released on June 17, 2008.

Background and development

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Rihanna performing during the tour.
 
Rihanna performing "SOS".

The tour, directed and choreographed by Tina Landon, was the first tour headlined by Rihanna.[1] It presented a whole new image as she wore very provocative and revealing leather costumes during each show.[2] The stage was elaborate, consisting of a large set of stairs; two large LCD screens which showed images of Rihanna and special-made clips during the concert; and six slim LCD screens which were evenly spaced out, with three on the left and three on the right. The stage also consisted of thousands of lights which flashed in different colors, there was also a huge LCD screen in the middle of the stage which was mainly focused on Rihanna performing. The stage was packed with pyrotechnics and different on-stage props which Rihanna and the dancers used during their performances. Her back-up singers and band were on either side on the stage. During the Australia leg of the tour the stage also featured a small rising platform at the front center of the stage. For "Disturbia" she started high in the air on the platform, and rose on it again during "Unfaithful".

Akon was selected as the opening act for the tour in Canada during North America leg. The rest of the shows during the North American leg didn't have a supporting act. Ciara opened shows for Rihanna on all UK dates in December and David Jordan opened for her on all March UK dates. Adam Tensta joined Rihanna on her March 2008 European dates. Chris Brown joined Rihanna and performed a full set list at the Australia, New Zealand and Philippines leg of the tour. In Mexico City Mexican pop star María José opened the show with a four-song set: her first three singles and her then brand-new single, "No Soy Una Señora", and the Spanish Singer, David Bisbal sing with Rihanna the Spanish remix of "Hate That I Love You" in Mexico City. In December 2007, Rihanna cancelled the Good Girl Gone Bad concert in Nottingham, Birmingham and Bournemouth at very short notice under doctors orders.[3] The Birmingham and Nottingham concerts were eventually rescheduled.[2] During the Sydney, Australia concert on November 7, 2008, Rihanna ran off stage while performing "Umbrella" along with tourmate Chris Brown.[4] TMZ reported that Rihanna may have felt ill due to air conditioning problem in the arena.[5] The shows for February 12 and 13 in Asia were cancelled following Brown's assault on Rihanna.[6]

Critical reception

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Mike Usinger, of The Georgia Straight, gave a mixed review of the concert at Vancouver, BC’s GM Place saying, "the Barbados-born knockout has plenty to learn about keeping an audience engaged."[7] However, Usinger commented that the "kindest thing you can say about Rihanna is that she's shown some improvement since her last visit. For a start, she no longer seems tone-deaf."[7] Jason MacNeil of Canadian Online Explorer gave a positive review of the concert’s intro and style, from Toronto’s Molson Amphitheatre, saying "the singer made a rather eye-popping impression, opening with ‘Pon de Replay’ and clad in a sexy, dominatrix-like studded black leather ensemble."[8]

Regarding a cancelled Asian show, originally scheduled for February 13 in Malaysia’s capital city of Kuala Lumpur, the conservative Malaysian Islamic Party recommended that Rihanna's tour be barred from performing in the country due to her ‘skimpy’ outfits; ultimately, the show was cancelled due to the rising media coverage of Rihanna’s then-partner Chris Brown’s physical assault against her, with leaked police photos of Rihanna’s face appearing bruised and battered widely circulating in the media.[9][10][11] Within the Asian market, the tour received mixed to positive reviews, with praise mainly being given for the live vocals by Rihanna and the overall theming, concept and fashions. Cheryl Leong, of MTV Southeast Asia, gave an average review of the show, commenting, "I did enjoy myself a whole lot at the concert. It just wasn't the most mindblowing. Nevertheless, she did what she does best, which is to bring out an entire collection of #1 singles 'live'."[1]

Broadcast and recordings

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Main article: Good Girl Gone Bad Live

The 24 September 2007 show at Montréal's Bell Centre was recorded and broadcast via MSN Music, where it was also made available for download. It quickly became popular and broke several records, as it was viewed over one million times within the first week. Rihanna's concert was the most-streamed show by a single artist on MSN Music in 2007.[12] Rihanna's concert in Ischgl, Austria, on 1 December 2007, was taped and aired on Austrian national television (ORF). The concert itself was free. The show at the Manchester Arena (in Manchester, UK) on 6 December 2007 was recorded and later released on June 17, 2008, as a live DVD titled Good Girl Gone Bad Live. The DVD also includes a behind-the-scenes documentary, featuring interviews with Rihanna, her band and crew, and their experiences on tour. The Manchester show would later air on Channel 4's Christmas Day programming for 2008. On November 16, 2008, the concert in Fort Bonifacio in Manila, Philippines, reached an at-home audience of more than 70k viewers. The concert was sponsored by MTV Philippines and Globe Telecom.[13]

Opening acts

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Set list

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Original

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The following set list is from the show on 15 September 2007 in Vancouver, BC. It is not intended to represent all dates throughout the tour.

  1. "Pon de Replay"
  2. "Break It Off"
  3. "Let Me"
  4. "Rehab"
  5. "Breakin' Dishes"
  6. "Is This Love"
  7. "Kisses Don't Lie"
  8. "Scratch"
  9. "SOS"
  10. "Good Girl Gone Bad"
  11. "Hate That I Love You"
  12. "Unfaithful"
  13. "Sell Me Candy"
  14. "Don't Stop the Music"
  15. "Shut Up and Drive"
  16. "Umbrella"

Revamped

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Starting on October 27, 2008, a new set list was used for the concert.

  1. "Disturbia" (contains samples from "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" and excerpts from "Seven Nation Army")
  2. "Breakin' Dishes"
  3. "Break It Off"
  4. "Let Me"
  5. "Rehab"
  6. "Pon de Replay"
  7. "Paper Planes" (M.I.A cover)
  8. "Doo Wop (That Thing)" (Lauryn Hill cover)
  9. "Live Your Life"
  10. "Scratch"
  11. "SOS"
  12. "Good Girl Gone Bad"
  13. "Hate That I Love You"
  14. "Unfaithful"
  15. "Don't Stop the Music"
  16. "Push Up On Me"
  17. "Shut Up and Drive"
  18. "Take a Bow"
  19. "Umbrella"

Notes

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  • “Question Existing” was performed in Europe.
  • Starting on November 11, 2007, “Push Up on Me” was added to the set list.
  • ”Is This Love”, “Kisses Don’t Lie”, and “Sell Me Candy” were permanently cut on February 26, 2008.
  • During shows in Mexico, David Bisbal performed “Hate That I Love You” with Rihanna.
  • On select dates in Oceania, Asia, and Mexico, Chris Brown performed “Umbrella” with Rihanna.

Shows

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List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
Date City Country Venue
North America[16]
September 15, 2007[a] Vancouver Canada General Motors Place
September 17, 2007 Grande Prairie Canada Games Arena
September 18, 2007 Calgary Stampede Corral
September 19, 2007 Saskatoon Credit Union Centre
September 22, 2007 Toronto Molson Amphitheatre
September 23, 2007 London John Labatt Centre
September 24, 2007 Montréal Bell Centre
September 25, 2007 Québec City Pavillon de la Jeunesse
September 27, 2007 Moncton Moncton Coliseum
September 28, 2007 Saint John Harbour Station
September 30, 2007 Halifax Halifax Metro Centre
October 2, 2007 Arlington United States Texas Hall
October 5, 2007 Rochester RIT Gordon Field House
October 11, 2007 New York City Nokia Theatre
October 13, 2007 Lincroft Robert J. Collins Arena
October 18, 2007 University Park Bryce Jordan Center
October 19, 2007[b] Philadelphia Wachovia Center
October 20, 2007 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
October 23, 2007 Anaheim House of Blues
Europe[17]
November 11, 2007 Paris France Zénith de Paris
November 13, 2007 Munich Germany Zenith
November 14, 2007 Basel Switzerland St. Jakobshalle
November 20, 2007 Cologne Germany Palladium
November 21, 2007 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall
November 22, 2007 Brussels Belgium Forest National
November 23, 2007 Frankfurt Germany Jahrhunderthalle
November 24, 2007 Belgrade Serbia Belgrade Arena
November 26, 2007 Berlin Germany Columbiahalle
November 27, 2007 Bratislava Slovakia Sibamac Arena
November 30, 2007 Sofia Bulgaria Prince Alexander of Battenberg Square
December 1, 2007[c] Ischgl Austria Top of the Mountain Venue
December 2, 2007 Dublin Ireland RDS Simmonscourt
December 3, 2007 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena
December 6, 2007 Manchester England Manchester Evening News Arena
December 7, 2007 Sheffield Sheffield Arena
December 13, 2007 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
December 14, 2007 Glasgow Scotland SEC Hall 4
December 16, 2007 London England Wembley Arena
December 17, 2007 Brighton Brighton Centre
December 18, 2007[d] Birmingham National Indoor Arena
December 19, 2007 Cardiff Wales Cardiff International Arena
December 20, 2007[e] Nottingham England Trent FM Arena
February 26, 2008 Dublin Ireland RDS Simmonscourt
February 27, 2008
March 2, 2008 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena
March 3, 2008 Aberdeen Scotland Press and Journal Arena
March 5, 2008 Liverpool England Echo Arena
March 6, 2008[f] Bournemouth Windsor Hall
March 7, 2008 London The O2 Arena
March 10, 2008 Ballerup Denmark Ballerup Super Arena
March 12, 2008 Stockholm Sweden Hovet
March 14, 2008 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Areena
March 16, 2008 Tallinn Estonia Saku Suurhall
March 17, 2008 Riga Latvia Arena Riga
March 19, 2008 Warsaw Poland Torwar Hall
March 20, 2008 Prague Czech Republic T-Mobile Arena
March 22, 2008 Düsseldorf Germany Philipshalle
March 23, 2008[g] Moscow Russia Olimpiysky
Asia
April 5, 2008 Chiba Japan Makuhari Messe
North America
July 4, 2008[h] New Orleans United States Louisiana Superdome
Africa
July 12, 2008 Casablanca Morocco Stade Mohammed V
Europe
July 15, 2008[i] Milan Italy Piazza Repubblica
Oceania[18]
October 27, 2008 Auckland New Zealand Vector Arena
October 28, 2008
October 29, 2008 Wellington TSB Bank Arena
October 31, 2008 Brisbane Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre
November 1, 2008
November 3, 2008 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Arena
November 4, 2008 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
November 5, 2008
November 7, 2008 Sydney Acer Arena
November 8, 2008
November 9, 2008
November 11, 2008 Perth Burswood Dome
Asia[19]
November 13, 2008 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium
November 16, 2008 Taguig Philippines The Fort Bonifacio Open Field
North America[20]
January 22, 2009[j] Monterrey Mexico Arena Monterrey
January 24, 2009[k] Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes

Cancelled shows

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Date City Country Venue Reason
November 14, 2008 Jakarta Indonesia Istora Gelora Bung Karno Enforcement of travel warning to Indonesia as a result of death excecution of 2002 Bali bombings convict
February 12, 2009 Chris Brown's assault on Rihanna
February 13, 2009 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Axiata Arena
General protest by conservative Malaysian Islamic Party.

Box office score data

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Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue
Credit Union Centre Saskatoon 6,997 / 7,282 (96%) $289,319
Molson Amphitheatre Toronto 8,337 / 8,337 (100%) $416,759
Bell Centre Montreal 10,427 / 10,427 (100%) $634,982
Pavilion de la Jeuness Quebec City 4,885 / 4,885 (100%) $280,977
Moncton Coliseum Moncton 5,512 / 5,512 (100%) $298,782
Harbour Station St. John 4,829 / 4,829 (100%) $262,515
Halifax Metro Centre Halifax 7,259 / 7,259 (100%) $362,981
Bryce Jordan Center University Park 6,984 / 10,400 (67%) $174,550
Evening News Arena Manchester 14,060 / 14,060 (100%) $549,746
Sheffield Arena Sheffield 9,889 / 11,369 (87%) $386,660
Metro Radio Arena Newcastle 10,562 / 10,673 (99%) $373,874
Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre Glasgow 9,108 / 9,108 (100%) $356,123
Wembley Arena London 10,932 / 10,932 (100%) $427,441
Brighton Centre Brighton 3,762 / 3,762 (100%) $147,094
National Indoor Arena Birmingham 9,962 / 10,420 (96%) $389,514
Cardiff International Arena Cardiff 4,813 / 4,813 (100%) $188,188
Trent FM Arena Nottingham 7,518 / 7,527 (99%) $293,954
Odyssey Arena Belfast 11,654 / 13,846 (84%) $455,671
Aberdeen Press & Journal Arena Aberdeen 4,617 / 4,617 (100%) $180,525
Echo Arena Liverpool 9,630 / 9,630 (100%) $370,043
Bournemouth International Centre Bournemouth 6,500 / 6,500 (100%) $254,150
The O2 Arena London 13,570 / 16,100 (84%) $530,587
Vector Arena Auckland 19,757 / 23,928 (83%) $333,763
TSB Bank Arena Wellington 5,538 / 5,763 (96%) $388,267
Brisbane Entertainment Centre Brisbane 21,488 / 25,106 (86%) $804,122
Adelaide Entertainment Centre Adelaide 9,082 / 9,494 (96%) $692,589
Rod Laver Arena Melbourne Park 26,399 / 33,344 (79%) $227,337
Burswood Dome Perth 18,784 / 19,924 (94%) $527,256
Fort Bonifacio Open Field Taguig 70,000 / 70,000 (100%)[13] —
Total 355,617 / 378,847 (93%) $10,547,789

Personnel

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Crew on the road

  • Tina Landon (director & choreographer)
  • Antony Randall (Tour Director, Production director)
  • JP Firmin (tour manager)
  • Mark Dawson (security)
  • Fankie Fuccile (stage manager)
  • Alex MacLeod (tour accountant)
  • Dave Berrera (stage tech)
  • Alex Skowron (lighting director)
  • TJ Thompson (rigger)
  • Simon James (carpenter)
  • David Kirkwood (front-of-house engineer)
  • Ricky 'Bongos' Galecki (monitor engineer)
  • Elizabeth Springer (wardrobe)

Band

  • Rihanna (lead vocals)
  • Kevin Hastings (keyboards)
  • Eric Smith (bass)
  • David Haddon (drums)
  • Adam Ross (lead guitar)
  • Richard Fortus (rhythm guitar September 2008–February 2009)
  • Ashleigh Haney (backing vocals)
  • Erica King (backing vocals)

Dancers

  • Victoria Parsons (dance captain)
  • Rachel Markarian
  • Bryan Tanaka
  • Julius Law

Styling

  • Ursula Stephen (hair)
  • Mylah Morales (makeup)
  • Lysa Cooper (stylist)
  • Mariel Haenn (stylist)
  • Hollywood (stylist)

Notes

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  1. ^ This concert is part of the Beat Bash.
  2. ^ This concert is part of the 2007 Power House Concert.
  3. ^ This concert is part of Ischgl Open Season.
  4. ^ The concert on 10 December 2007 at the NEC, Birmingham, was originally scheduled to take place on 18 December 2007.
  5. ^ The concert of December 8, 2007 at the Trent FM Arena in Nottingham was originally scheduled to take place on December 20, 2007.
  6. ^ The concert of March 6, 2008 at the Windsor Hall in Bournemouth was originally scheduled to take place on December 4, 2007.
  7. ^ The concert of March 23, 2008 at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow was originally scheduled to take place on December 21, 2007.
  8. ^ This show is part of the 2008 Essence Music Festival.
  9. ^ This concert is part of MTV Mobile Bang Concert.
  10. ^ The concert of January 22, 2009 at the Arena Monterrey in Monterrey was originally scheduled to take place on December 1, 2008.
  11. ^ The concert of January 24, 2009 at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City was originally scheduled to take place on December 3, 2008.

References

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  1. ^ a b Leong, Cheryl (November 13, 2008). "Rihanna's Good Girl Gone Bad Tour". MTV. Archived from the original on December 10, 2008. Retrieved May 31, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Sinclair, David (December 18, 2007). "Rihanna Live Reviews". The Times. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  3. ^ Vena, Jocelyn (December 10, 2007). "Rihanna Cancels Concerts". MTV UK. Archived from the original on November 25, 2009. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  4. ^ Vena, Jocelyn (November 7, 2008). "Rihanna 'Perfectly Healthy' After Apparently Collapsing Onstage During Duet With Chris Brown". MTV. Archived from the original on November 10, 2008. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  5. ^ TMZ Staff (November 7, 2008). "Rihanna Can't Stomach Her Own Performance". TMZ.com. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  6. ^ Schmidt, Veronica (February 11, 2009). "Rihanna cancels Indonesian concert after alleged assault by Chris Brown". The Times. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  7. ^ a b c Usinger, Mike (September 20, 2007). "Akon shows Rihanna how it's done". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
  8. ^ Macneil, Jason (September 22, 2007). "Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto - September 22, 2007". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on July 11, 2012. Retrieved June 4, 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ^ "Malaysia Muslims want Rihanna concert banned because 'she is too sexy'". The Daily Telegraph. January 22, 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2009.
  10. ^ "Rihanna 'Too Sexy' For Malaysia". Sky News. January 22, 2009. Archived from the original on January 26, 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2009.
  11. ^ "Rihanna to tone it down for Malaysian concert". CBC.ca. January 6, 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2009.
  12. ^ "Grammy-Nominated Rihanna Named Most-Streamed Artist on MSN Music in Concert for 2007". Microsoft News Center, Microsoft Web site. Microsoft. December 18, 2007. Archived from the original on January 8, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2010.
  13. ^ a b "Fans party with Chris Brown and Rihanna – Lifestyle – GMA News Online – The go-to site for Filipinos everywhere – Latest Philippine News". Gmanews.tv. November 17, 2008. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
  14. ^ a b c News Desk (January 7, 2009). "Rihanna 'Live' In Kuala Lumpur!". MTV Southeast Asia. Archived from the original on May 2, 2009. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
  15. ^ "Journal Frankfurt Nachrichten - Turnstunde in der Jahrhunderthalle mit Sistanova und Rihanna -". journal-frankfurt.de (in German). November 24, 2007.
  16. ^ "Umusic.ca ::Rihanna". umusic.ca. Archived from the original on July 10, 2008.
  17. ^ "Rihanna heads out on UK arena tour". NME Web site. IPC MEDIA. July 11, 2007. Retrieved March 13, 2010.
  18. ^ Melinda (September 4, 2008). "Rihanna Chris Brown Australia & New Zealand Tour Dates". RnB Music Blog. Archived from the original on September 10, 2008.
  19. ^ TicketWorld Web site Information expired by March 13, 2010.
  20. ^ Martínez, Laura Celia Ángeles (October 21, 2008). "'No parará la música' con Rihanna en México" ['Don't Stop the Music' with Rihanna in Mexico]. esmas Web site (in Spanish). Archived from the original on January 22, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2010.
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