Drowned World Tour

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Drowned World Tour
Tour by Madonna
Start date	June 9, 2001
End date	September 15, 2001
Legs	2
Shows	19 in Europe 28 in North America 47 in Total
Madonna tour chronology
The Girlie Show Tour (1993)	Drowned World Tour (2001)	The Re-Invention Tour (2004)

The 2001 Drowned World Tour was Madonna's first world-tour in eight years, following her 1993 The Girlie Show Tour. It was one of the most successful and highest grossing concert tours of the year 2001 by selling out all concert dates throughout North America and Europe. [1] She grossed more than $74 million with summer sold-out shows and eventually played in front of 730,000 people throughout North America and Europe. [2] Her elaborate and theatrical stage sets and performances got praised by critics and fans, although she included few old hits in the setlist.

[edit] Tour information

Tour dates were limited to cities in Europe and the United States. This decision caused some controversy among fans in other parts of the world. The same setup was repeated with Madonna's 2004 Re-Invention Tour.

The bulk of the setlist consited of track from the singer's two previous albums, 1998's Ray of Light and 2000's Music. The 1999 track "Beautiful Stanger" from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me was included, as well as two songs from the 1994 album Bedtime Stories ("Secret" and "Human Nature"). Only two of the singer's numerous 1980's hits ("La Isla Bonita" and "Holiday") were included, as well as a brief musical interlude from "Open Your Heart".

The concert was broadcasted live on HBO during the stop in Auburn Hills, Michigan at The Palace on August 26, 2001.

Due to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the September 11 date at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California (which was the final show of the tour) was postponed until September 15. Several million dollars, all profits from the final three shows in Los Angeles, were donated to the children and family of the victims of the attacks.

Several changes were made to this final show: Madonna wore an American flag kilt during the show's opening segment as a display of patriotism, the closing of "Mer Girl" (part II) was altered to remove the staged shooting of a character (Madonna instead put the gun down, hugged him and they left the stage together), and the macabre cannibalism-themed "Funny Song" was removed. Additionally as a surprise for Madonna at the final concert date, her husband, Guy Ritchie, appeared as the lost technician at the end of "Beautiful Stranger".

The song "Gone" was replaced by "You'll See" on a number of U.S. dates, the only time in her career that she has modified her setlist during the course of a tour. "Gone" was performed for the DVD release and television broadcast.

Madonna took guitar lessons so she could play guitar live during the show.

No free tickets were given out to celebrities. Anyone who wished to see the show was required to purchase a ticket.

Madonna fever swept London on April 25th, as Madonna sold out her dates at Earl's Court in record time - six shows in six hours. Madonna made history with the fastest selling show ever at Earl's Court, as 97,000 tickets were sold. The first show sold out in just 15 minutes, and the online ticket site took one million hits in the first ten minutes while 30 million attempts were made to phone Madonna hotlines. The same goes for the rest of the tour. All dates of Madonna's Drowned World Tour sold out within minutes of going on sale.

The photographs used on the DVD packaging were taken by Madonna's friend Rosie O'Donnell.

The tour was originally scheduled to begin in the Kölnarena in Cologne, Germany but had to be cancelled due to technical difficulties, as a result 35,000 tickets were refunded. Her August 3rd show at the Continental Airlines Arena in New Jersey was also cancelled due to illness. Therefore total tour dates lowered from 50 to 47.

On Billboard's year-end Top 25 Concert Grosses of 2001, Madonna placed six entries, including: New York #3, London #4, Los Angeles #5, Las Vegas #8, Paris #22, and Detroit #24.

[edit] Set List

1. Drowned World/Substitute for Love
2. Impressive Instant
3. Candy Perfume Girl
4. Beautiful Stranger
5. Ray of Light
6. Video Interlude:Paradise (Not for Me)
7. Frozen
8. Swell from Open Your Heart
9. Nobody's Perfect
10. Mer Girl (Part I)
11. Sky Fits Heaven
12. Mer Girl (Part II)
13. Video Interlude:What It Feels Like For A Girl (Remix)
14. I Deserve It
15. Don't Tell Me
16. Human Nature
17. The Funny Song
18. Secret
19. Gone (You'll See on some US dates)
20. Interlude:Don't Cry for Me Argentina (Instrumental)
21. Lo Que Siente La Mujer
22. La Isla Bonita
23. Holiday
24. Music

[edit] Tour Dates

Cancellations (3): June 6-7 Kölnarena, Cologne, Germany; August 3 Continental Arena, E. Rutherford, New Jersey.

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
June 9, 2001	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi
June 10, 2001	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi
June 13, 2001	Milan	Italy	Fila Forum
June 14, 2001	Milan	Italy	Fila Forum
June 15, 2001	Milan	Italy	Fila Forum
June 19, 2001	Berlin	Germany	Max Schmeling-Halle
June 20, 2001	Berlin	Germany	Max Schmeling-Halle
June 22, 2001	Berlin	Germany	Max Schmeling-Halle
June 23, 2001	Berlin	Germany	Max Schmeling-Halle
June 25, 2001	Paris	France	Bercy
June 27, 2001	Paris	France	Bercy
June 28, 2001	Paris	France	Bercy
June 30, 2001	Paris	France	Bercy
July 4, 2001	London	England	Earls Court
July 6, 2001	London	England	Earls Court
July 7, 2001	London	England	Earls Court
July 9, 2001	London	England	Earls Court
July 10, 2001	London	England	Earls Court
July 12, 2001	London	England	Earls Court
United States
July 21, 2001	Philadelphia	United States	First Union Center
July 22, 2001	Philadelphia	United States	First Union Center
July 25, 2001	New York	United States	Madison Square Garden
July 26, 2001	New York	United States	Madison Square Garden
July 28, 2001	New York	United States	Madison Square Garden
July 30, 2001	New York	United States	Madison Square Garden
July 31, 2001	New York	United States	Madison Square Garden
August 2, 2001	East Rutherford	United States	Continental Arena
August 7 2001	Boston	United States	Fleet Center
August 8, 2001	Boston	United States	Fleet Center
August 10, 2001	Washington, DC	United States	MCI Center
August 11, 2001	Washington, DC	United States	MCI Center
August 14, 2001	Fort Lauderdale	United States	National Car Rental Center
August 15, 2001	Fort Lauderdale	United States	National Car Rental Center
August 19, 2001	Atlanta	United States	Philips Arena
August 20, 2001	Atlanta	United States	Philips Arena
August 25, 2001	Detroit	United States	The Palace of Auburn Hills
August 26, 2001	Detroit	United States	The Palace of Auburn Hills
August 28, 2001	Chicago	United States	United Center
August 29, 2001	Chicago	United States	United Center
September 1, 2001	Las Vegas	United States	MGM Grand Garden
September 2, 2001	Las Vegas	United States	MGM Grand Garden
September 5, 2001	Oakland	United States	Oakland Arena
September 6, 2001	Oakland	United States	Oakland Arena
September 9, 2001	Los Angeles	United States	Staples Center
September 13, 2001	Los Angeles	United States	Staples Center
September 14, 2001	Los Angeles	United States	Staples Center
September 15, 2001	Los Angeles	United States	Staples Center
Boxscore Data
Barcelona	Palau Sant Jordi	36,136 2/2	$2,039,112
Berlin	Schmeling-Halle	43,455 4/4	$2,864,786
Paris	Bercy	68,000 4/4	$4,443,155
London	Earls Court	107,415 6/6	$8,734,149
Philadelphia	First Union Center	31,128 2/2	$3,382,485
New York	Madison Square Garden	79,401 5/5	$9,297,105
East Rutherford	Continental Arena	16,457 1/1	$1,842,155
Boston	Fleet Center	29,886 2/2	$3,503,520
Washington	MCI Center	32,061 2/2	$3,472,148
Miami	NCR Center	31,572 2/2	$3,603,573
Atlanta	Philips Arena	29,617 2/2	$3,553,444
Detroit	The Palace	34,407 2/2	$4,127,533
Chicago	United Center	33,725 2/2	$3,743,830
Las Vegas	MGM Grand Garden	29,587 2/2	$6,503,950
Oakland	Oakland Arena	31,195 2/2	$3,351,320
Los Angeles	Staples Center	61,464 4/4	$8,303,165

Note: data for Milan unavailable.