The Good Girl Gone Bad Tour

Infobox concert tour
concert_tour_name = Good Girl Gone Bad Tour


image_caption= Rihanna performing during the London stop of the tour on March 7, 2008 at the O2 Arena
artist = Rihanna
album= "Good Girl Gone Bad"
start_date = September 15 2007
end_date = November 11 2008
number_of_legs = 4
number_of_shows = 40 in Europe
19 in North America
1 in South America
1 in Japan
3 in New Zealand
8 in Australia
1 in Asia
73 in Total
last_tour = Rock Tha Block Tour
(2006)
this_tour = Good Girl Gone Bad Tour
(2007/2008)
next_tour = Glow in the Dark Tour
(2008)

The Good Girl Gone Bad Tour was the second world concert tour by Barbadian singer Rihanna to support her album "Good Girl Gone Bad". It consisted of three legs with 61 shows and ran for over 6 months, starting in Vancouver, Canada and finishing in Tokyo, Japan. Supporting acts throughout the tour included Akon, Ciara, David Jordan, Chris Brown and various local European acts during the second European leg. Chris Brown and Rihanna will be performing 11 shows in New Zealand Australia starting from October 27 to November 12.

About the tour

The tour was the first tour headlined by Rihanna alone. It presented a whole new image of the singer, as Rihanna was wearing very provocative and revealing S&M leather costumes during each show. Also many live versions of the songs differed from the ones on Rihanna's records. They were given a total makeover and became more rocky and guitar-driven. It was intentional, as Rihanna wanted to embrace her 'bad girl' image.

The stage which was very elaborate consisted of a large set of stairs, 2 large LCD screens which showed images of Rihanna and special made clips during the concert. 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 the mainly focused on Rihanna performing. The stage was packed with pyrotechnics and different on stage props which Rihanna and the dancers used during there performances, her back up singers and band were on either side on the stage.

upporting acts

Supporting acts differed throughout the tour. Akon opened shows for Rihanna on all Canadian dates. 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. Chris Brown is going to join Rihanna and perform a full setlist at the Australia and New Zealand leg of the tour.

etlist

# Intro
# "Pon de Replay"
# "Break It Off" (version without Sean Paul)
# "Let Me"
# "Rehab"
# "Breakin' Dishes"
# "Is This Love" (Bob Marley cover)
# "Kisses Don't Lie"
# Scratch
# "SOS"
# "Good Girl Gone Bad"
# "Hate That I Love You"
# "Unfaithful"
# "Sell Me Candy"
# "Don't Stop the Music"
# "Push Up on Me"
# "Shut Up and Drive"
# "Question Existing"
# "Umbrella"
# Outro

Australia/New Zealand/Asia Setlist

Chris Brown performs his setlist prior to rihanna.

# Intro
# "Pon de Replay"
# "Break It Off" (version without Sean Paul)
# "Let Me"
# "Rehab"
# "Breakin' Dishes"
# "Kisses Don't Lie"
# "Take a Bow"
# DJ Scratch (Interlude)
# "SOS"
# "Good Girl Gone Bad"
# "Hate That I Love You"
# "Unfaithful"
# "Cry"
# "Sell Me Candy"
# "Don't Stop the Music"
# "Push Up on Me"
# "Shut Up and Drive"
# "Question Existing"
# "Disturbia"
# "Umbrella"
# Outro

Tour dates

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colspan=6 align=center | Asia [ [www.ticketworld.com.ph] ]
align="center"|November 16, 2008
align="center"|Taguig
align="center"|Philippines
align="center"|The Fort Bonifacio Open Field
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Broadcasts and recordings

On September 24, 2007 the show from Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada was recorded and made available for online broadcast on MSN Music. It quickly became popular and broke records, as it was viewed over 1 million times online in the first week only. Rihanna was then named 'most-streamed artist on MSN Music of 2007'. [ [http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2007/dec07/12-19RihannaPR.mspx] ]

Rihanna's concert in Ischgl, Austria on December 1, 2007 was taped and aired on national Austrian television.The Concert was free.

The show from Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England on December 6, 2007 was recorded and later released on June 17, 2008 as a live DVD titled "Good Girl Gone Bad Live". The DVD also included the documentary of Rihanna and her band's journey and life on tour.

References