I am ... tour

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I am ... tour
Cover
by Beyoncé
Presentation album I am ... Sasha Fierce
Beginning of the tour March 26, 2009
End of the tour February 18, 2010
Total concerts
(by continent)
* 47 in Europe
Concerts in total 108
Beyoncé Tour Chronology
The Beyoncé Experience
(2007)
I Am ... Tour
(2009-2010)
The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour
(2013)
Beyoncé on her I Am… tour

The I Am… Tour was the third world tour by the US R&B singer Beyoncé , which was started for the purpose of promoting her third studio album I Am… Sasha Fierce . The tour included appearances in America , Europe , Asia , Africa and Australia .

In 2009 the tour was nominated for the Billboard Awards as the most successful world tour . Beyoncé raised over $ 86 million from the tour.

background

The I Am ... World Tour by Beyoncé began on March 26, 2009 in Edmonton , Canada . The European part of the I Am… Tour started on April 26th, 2009 in Zagreb , Croatia and ended on June 9th, 2009 in London , Great Britain . On June 21, Beyoncé began the third part of her tour in the US and ended it with a four-day performance at Encore Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip . The fourth part of the tour began on September 15, 2009 in Melbourne , Australia and ended on September 24 in Perth , Australia. Beyoncé then traveled to Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa and the UK to perform further concerts before ending the tour on November 24, 2009 in Belfast , Ireland . The last part took Beyoncé to Central America in spring 2010, where the tour ended on February 18, 2010 in Trinidad .

Tour dates

Beyoncé sings "Single Ladies" in Berlin.
Beyoncé sings "Ave Maria".
Beyoncé sings Crazy in Love in Zurich
Beyoncé sings Smash Into You in Newcastle
Beyoncé sings Irreplaceable
Beyoncé sings If I Were a Boy
Beyoncé sings in Antwerp
Beyoncé sings Naughty Girl
Beyoncé sings Freakum Dress
Beyoncé sings Broken-Hearted Girl in Antwerp
Beyoncé in Barcelona
Beyoncé has been promoting the tour and album on numerous occasions
date city country Stadion
North America
March 26, 2009 Edmonton Canada Rexall Place
March 27, 2009 Saskatoon Credit Union Center
March 28, 2009 Winnipeg MTS Center
March 31, 2009 Vancouver General Motors Place
April 1, 2009 Seattle United States KeyArena
Europe
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 (Prague)
May 2, 2009 Rotterdam Netherlands The Ahoy
May 3, 2009
May 5, 2009 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
May 6, 2009 Strasbourg Zénith Strasbourg
May 7, 2009 Antwerp Belgium Sports paleis
May 8, 2009 Berlin Germany O 2 World
May 10, 2009 Herning Denmark MCH Herning Congress Center
May 11, 2009 Gothenburg Sweden Scandinavium
May 13, 2009 Stockholm Ericsson Globe
May 15, 2009 Oberhausen Germany Koenig-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 Great Britain Metro Radio Arena
May 23, 2009 Birmingham National Indoor Arena
May 25, 2009 London The O 2
May 26, 2009
May 27, 2009 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena
May 29, 2009 Dublin Ireland The O 2
May 30, 2009
May 31, 2009 Belfast Great Britain Odyssey Arena
June 1, 2009
June 3, 2009 Dublin Ireland The O 2
June 4, 2009
June 6, 2009 Liverpool Great Britain Echo Arena
June 7, 2009 Sheffield Sheffield Arena
June 8, 2009 London The O 2
June 9, 2009
North America
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, DC Verizon Center
June 26, 2009 Philadelphia Wachovia Center
June 27, 2009 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
June 29, 2009 Fort Lauderdale BankAtlantic Center
July 1, 2009 Atlanta Philips Arena
July 3, 2009 New Orleans Louisiana Superdome
4th July 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 Palace of Auburn Hills
July 20, 2009 Toronto Canada Molson Amphitheater
July 21, 2009 Montreal Bell Center
July 23, 2009 Uncasville United States Mohegan Sun Arena
July 24, 2009 East Rutherford Izod Center
Asia
August 7, 2009 Osaka Japan Maishima Arena
August 9, 2009 Tokyo Chiba Marine Stadium
Europe
August 29, 2009 Donetsk Ukraine Donbass Arena
Australia
September 15, 2009 Melbourne Australia Rod Laver Arena
September 16, 2009
September 18, 2009 Sydney Acer Arena
September 19, 2009
September 20, 2009 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Center
September 22, 2009 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Center
September 24, 2009 Perth Burswood Dome
Asia
September 26, 2009 Central Area Singapore Fort Canning Park
October 12, 2009 Kobe Japan Kobe World Kinen Hall
October 13, 2009 Osaka Osaka-jō Hall
October 15, 2009 Nagoya Nippon Gaishi Hall
October 17, 2009 Tokyo Saitama Super Arena
October 18, 2009
October 20, 2009 Seoul South Korea Olympic Gymnastics Arena
October 21, 2009
October 23, 2009 Beijing China Wukesong Indoor Stadium
October 29, 2009 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Ferrari World
Europe
November 2, 2009 Moscow Russia Olimpijski
Africa
November 6, 2009 Port Ghalib Egypt The Island
Europe
November 8, 2009 Athens Greece Olympic Indoor Hall
November 11, 2009 Liverpool United Kingdom Echo Arena
November 12, 2009 Birmingham National Indoor Arena
November 14, 2009 London The O 2
November 15, 2009
November 16, 2009
November 18, 2009 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena
November 19, 2009 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
November 20, 2009 Nottingham Trent FM Arena Nottingham
November 22, 2009 Dublin Ireland The O 2
November 23, 2009
November 24, 2009 Belfast United Kingdom Odyssey Arena
South America
February 4, 2010 Florianópolis Brazil Parque do Planeta Atlântida
February 6, 2010 São Paulo Morumbi Stadium
February 7, 2010 Rio de Janeiro HSBC Arena
February 8, 2010
February 10, 2010 Salvador Parque de Exposições de Salvador
February 12, 2010 Buenos Aires Argentina Hipódromo de San Isidro
February 14, 2010 Santiago de Chile Chile Movistar Arena
February 16, 2010 Lima Peru Explanda del Estadio Monumental
February 18 Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago Queen's Park Oval

revenue

venue city Number of visitors revenue
General Motors Place Vancouver 10,685 / 12,595 (84%) $ 888,305
Arena Zagreb Zagreb 16,599 / 17,190 (96%) $ 810,754
O 2 arena Prague 10.615 / 10.951 (97%) $ 624,987
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
Sports paleis Antwerp 15,780 / 15,836 (99%) $ 1,033,927
O 2 World Berlin 12,477 / 12,477 (100%) $ 609,712
Scandinavium Gothenburg 8,271 / 8,500 (97%) $ 611,707
Ericsson Globe Stockholm 10,640 / 10,640 (100%) $ 728,113
King Pilsener Arena Oberhausen 9.832 / 10.037 (98%) $ 514,196
Hallenstadion Zurich 12,180 / 12,240 (99%) $ 900,936
Pavilhão Atlantico Lisbon 17.944 / 18.649 (96%) $ 890,173
Palacio de Deportes Madrid 15,061 / 15,061 (100%) $ 917,996
Palau Sant Jordi Barcelona 10,560 / 11,650 (90%) $ 673,865
Metro Radio Arena Newcastle 21.938 / 21.962 (99%) $ 2,331,923
National Indoor Arena Birmingham 22,384 / 22,420 (99%) $ 2,437,695
The O 2 London 90.746 / 91.746 (99%) $ 9,061,819
Manchester Evening News Arena Manchester 29,310 / 29,754 (98%) $ 3,266,557
The O 2 Dublin 75.660 / 75.660 (100%) $ 8,491,788
Odyssey Arena Belfast 29,356 / 29,356 (100%) $ 2,794,877
Echo Arena Liverpool 21,590 / 21,605 (99%) $ 2,469,029
Sheffield Arena Sheffield 11,049 / 11,049 (100%) $ 889,562
Madison Square Garden New York City 27,710 / 27,710 (100%) $ 3,526,375
1st Mariner Arena Baltimore 8,619 / 11,726 (74%) $ 683,904
Verizon Center Washington, DC 13,736 / 13,736 (100%) $ 1,390,421
Wachovia Center Philadelphia 14.971 / 14.971 (100%) $ 1,377,995
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro 10,600 / 10,600 (100%) $ 779,424
BankAtlantic Center Ft. Lauderdale 12.629 / 13.209 (95%) $ 1,015,893
Philips Arena Atlanta 13,949 / 13,949 (100%) $ 1,281,632
Toyota Center Houston 13,130 / 13,130 (100%) $ 1,158,361
American Airlines Center Dallas 11,319 / 11,906 (95%) $ 981,124
US Airways Center Phoenix 8,831 / 12,727 (69%) $ 483,805
ARCO arena Sacramento 7.770 / 11.214 (69%) $ 583,801
Oracle Arena Oakland 11,121 / 12,524 (88%) $ 1,016,012
Honda Center Anaheim 9.924 / 12.287 (80%) $ 937,185
Staples Center los Angeles 12.738 / 14.217 (89%) $ 1,437,146
Target Center Minneapolis 6.856 / 8.404 (81%) $ 633,501
United Center Chicago 13,852 / 14,773 (93%) $ 1,359,250
The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills 13,540 / 13,540 (100%) $ 860,250
Molson Amphitheater Toronto 14,427 / 16,000 (90%) $ 1,085,943
Bell Center Montreal 6.732 / 8.630 (78%) $ 640,294
Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville 6.729 / 7.222 (93%) $ 572,150
Izod Center East Rutherford 10,435 / 13,702 (76%) $ 968,245
Rod Laver Arena Melbourne 23,448 / 24,548 (96%) $ 2,686,497
Acer Arena Sydney 29,584 / 29,584 (100%) $ 3,679,733
Trent FM Arena Nottingham Nottingham 8,492 / 9,670 (88%) $ 1,252,080
total 806.013 / 845.759 (95%) $ 75,763,922

staff

Creative Direction

  • Beyoncé & Frank Gatson (Show Direction / Staging / Choreography)
  • Thierry Mugler (Creative Advisor / Costume Designer)
  • Kim Burse (Creative Director)
  • Tina Knowles (Creative Consultant / Stylist)
  • Ty Hunter (Stylist)

Suga Mama Band:

  • Bibi McGill (Musical Director, Guitar)
  • Divinity Walker Roxx (Musical Director, Bass)
  • Rie Tsuji (Assistant Musical Director, Keyboards)
  • Brittani Washington (keyboard)
  • Marcie Chapa (percussion)
  • Nikki Glaspie (drums)
  • Kim Thompson (drums)
  • Crystal Torres (trumpet)
  • Tia Fuller (saxophone)
  • Katty Rodriguez-Harrold (saxophone)

The Mamas (background singers) :

  • Montina Cooper
  • Crystal A. Collins
  • Tiffany Riddick

choreographer

  • Beyoncé
  • Frank Gatson Jr.
  • Jaquel Knight

Assistant choreographer

  • Dana Foglia (Chef)
  • Christopher Grant
  • Rosero McCoy
  • Kobi Rozenfeld
  • Tony Michales
  • Derrel Bullock
  • Bryan Tanaka
  • Sheryl Murakami
  • Rhapsody James
  • Cliff McGhee
  • Benny Andrews
  • Jonte Moaning
  • Ramon Baynes

dancer

  • Ashley Everett (Female Dance Chef)
  • Do Tanee McCall
  • Ashley Seldon
  • Saidah Fishenden
  • Kimberly Gipson
  • Melissa-Rose Ramirez
  • Bryan Tanaka (Male Dance Chief)
  • Cassidy Noblett
  • Khasan Brailsford
  • Shaun Walker

Security guards

  • Julius DeBoer (Head Security For Beyoncé)
  • Colin McNish (Security For Beyoncé)
  • Terrill Eastman (Head Of Venue Security)
  • Bob Fontenot (Venue Security)

Tour management

  • Alan Floyd (tour manager)
  • Marlon Bowers (Assistant Tour Manager)
  • Larry Beyince (Tour Assistant)
  • Daniel Kernan (Tour Accountant)
  • Josh Katzman (Tour Accountant)

Tour sponsors

Tour promoter

  • AEG Live - UK
  • Live Nation & Haymon Concerts - North America & Europe
  • Michael Coppel Presents - Australia
  • Music World Entertainment - Worldwide

Web links

Commons : I Am ... Tour  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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