Out of Control Tour

Out of Control Tour
(L-R) Sarah Harding, Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts, Cheryl Cole, and Kimberley Walsh.
Arena tour by Girls Aloud
Location	United Kingdom, Ireland
Associated album	Out of Control
Start date	April 24, 2009 (2009-04-24)
End date	June 6, 2009 (2009-06-06)
Shows	32
Box office	US$14million+
Girls Aloud tour chronology
Tangled Up Tour (2008) Out of Control Tour (2009)

The Out of Control Tour is Girls Aloud's fourth arena-based concert tour and their fifth tour overall. The tour started on 24 April 2009 in Manchester's MEN Arena, with the final show on 6 June 2009 in Newcastle's Metro Radio Arena. Thirty-two dates were announced for the arena tour.

History

Nicola Roberts performing.

Girls Aloud announced their plans to tour in support of Out of Control in mid-November 2008. Initially, just ten tour dates in bigger arenas across the United Kingdom and Ireland were announced, with tickets going on sale on 14 November.^[1] Nadine Coyle said, "We can't wait to get back out on the road to see our fans. We'll play the music that we love from the past albums. And it'll be great doing the new songs in those arenas, too."^[2] The girl group began rehearsals "straight after Christmas."^[3] Emma Deigman was confirmed as the supporting act during the tour.^[4]

Due to arenas selling out, Girls Aloud had to add a number of live shows to the tour. Cheryl Cole's hometown of Newcastle sold particularly well, with the girl group scheduled to play a record-breaking four nights. Girls Aloud were also scheduled to play three dates in Belfast, Birmingham,^[5] Glasgow,^[6] Liverpool, and four dates in London and Manchester. The group performed three nights in O2 Arena and two at Wembley Arena.^[7]

In addition to their own dates, Girls Aloud have been confirmed as the support act for Coldplay's Viva la Vida Tour at Wembley Stadium on 18 September 2009.^[8]

According to The Sun on 17 April 2009, the group have included "Biology", "Love Machine", "Call the Shots", "The Promise", "The Loving Kind", "Fix Me Up" and a cover of Britney Spears' "Womanizer" in the show's setlist. The show opens with "The Promise" and also closes with a reprise of the same song. The same article revealed that "...at one point in the show they will fly from the main stage to a specially constructed smaller stage in the middle of the arena to perform two songs." They also performed a pole-dancing routine during "Fix Me Up".^[9]

One of the support acts for the tour included Julian Perretta, Girls Can't Catch and Absent Elk

Set list

First Section - Silver Glittery Dresses

• "The Promise"
• "Love Is The Key"
• "Biology"
• "Miss You Bow Wow"
• "Dance Interlude"

Second Section - Slick Black & White Mini Dressing Gowns

• "The Loving Kind"
• "Waiting"
• "Love Machine"
• "Rolling Back The Rivers in Time"

Third Section - Scifi Outfits

• "Untouchable"
• "Sexy! No No No... (contains elements of Disturbia)
• "Broken Strings (James Morrison cover)
• "Love is Pain"
• "Call the Shots

Fourth Section - Silver & Black Dance/Tracksuit Outfits

• "Revolution in the Head"
• "Sound of the Underground"
• "Fix Me Up"
• "Womanizer" (Britney Spears Cover)
• "Something Kinda Ooooh"

Encore - Showgirl style blue leotards

• "Out of Control Tour Megamix" (The Show, Wake Me Up, Jump, No Good Advice, Can't Speak French, The Promise (reprise))^[10][11]

Source:^[12][13]

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
24 April 2009	Manchester	England	Manchester Evening News Arena
25 April 2009	Sheffield		Sheffield Arena
26 April 2009	London		O2 Arena
28 April 2009	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Arena
29 April 2009
30 April 2009
2 May 2009	Dublin	Ireland	The O21
3 May 2009
5 May 2009	Newcastle	England	Metro Radio Arena
6 May 2009
8 May 2009	Glasgow	Scotland	SECC
9 May 2009
11 May 2009	Nottingham	England	Trent FM Arena
12 May 2009
13 May 2009	Sheffield		Sheffield Arena
15 May 2009
16 May 2009	Manchester		MEN Arena
17 May 2009
19 May 2009	Liverpool		Echo Arena
20 May 2009	Birmingham		National Indoor Arena
21 May 2009
23 May 2009	London		The O2 Arena
24 May 2009
26 May 2009			Wembley Arena
27 May 2009
29 May 2009	Manchester		MEN Arena
30 May 2009	Glasgow	Scotland	SECC
1 June 2009	Birmingham	England	National Indoor Arena
2 June 2009	Liverpool		Echo Arena
3 June 2009
5 June 2009	Newcastle		Metro Radio Arena
6 June 2009

Footnotes:

• ^1 Due to size of arena B stage could not be included and the setlist of the show was slightly changed. For the start of Section 3 the girls flew out and performed Untouchable. and levitated over the crowd for Broken Strings. They flew back to the A stage and performed Sexy No No No, Love is Pain and Call The Shots

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets Sold / Available	Gross Revenue
Manchester Evening News Arena	Manchester	57,820 / 57,820 (100%)	$2,523,635[14]
Sheffield Arena	Sheffield	34,104 / 34,104 (100%)	$1,501,418[14]
O2 Arena	London	46,947 / 46,947 (100%)	$2,416,425[14]
Metro Radio Arena	Newcastle	37,624 / 37,624 (100%)	$1,686,251[14]
Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre	Glasgow	26,616 / 26,616 (100%)	$1,203,341[14]
Trent FM Arena	Nottingham	15,368 / 15,368 (100%)	$702,441[14]
Echo Arena	Liverpool	28,428 / 28,428 (100%)	$1,298,747[14]
National Indoor Arena	Birmingham	34,923 / 34,923 (100%)	$1,615,685[14]
Wembley Arena	London	22,118 / 22,118 (100%)	$1,230,874[14]
		303,948 / 303,948 (100%)	$14,178,817

Broadcast and recordings

On 15 June 2009, The Sun announced that the show would be broadcast on Sky1 in August,^[15] and later announced that it as airing on 8 August at 8pm.^[16] The show was called "Out Of Control Live From O2 2009".^{[citation needed]} DVD information; Out Of Control Live from The O2 Arena

References

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10. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGvnM3UMCgo
11. ^ Out Of Control Live from The O2 2009 liner notes
12. ^ "A Girls Aloud live report". Popjustice. 2009-04-27. http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3626&Itemid=9. Retrieved 2009-08-11. 
13. ^ "Girls Aloud tear off their skirts in a tribute to Bucks Fizz at Manchester Gig". The Sun. 2009-04-25. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article2395372.ece. Retrieved 2009-04-25. 
14. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} "Billboard Boxscore", Billboard (New York City: Nielsen Business Media, Inc.), 2009-09-12, ISSN 0006-2510, http://www.billboard.biz, retrieved 2010-04-24 
15. ^ "Madonna lands Sky deal | The Sun |Showbiz|TV". The Sun. 2009-06-15. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/2481174/Madonna-lands-Sky-deal.html. Retrieved 2009-07-30. 
16. ^ "Girls Aloud light up the Sky | The Sun |Showbiz|Bizarre". The Sun. 2009-08-01. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/2566771/Girls-Aloud-light-up-the-Sky.html. Retrieved 2009-08-11.