Arular Tour
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| Arular Tour | ||
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| M.I.A. performing in Los Angeles, USA 2005 | ||
| Tour by M.I.A. | ||
| Supporting album | Arular | |
| Start date | February 2, 2005 - Toronto, Ontario | |
| End date | February 2006 - Japan | |
| Legs | 4 | |
| M.I.A. tour chronology | ||
| Arular Tour (2005) |
KALA Back to P.O.W.A. Tour (2007) |
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The Arular Tour is a global concert tour by M.I.A. performed in support of her first studio album Arular (2005). It took place from 2005 to 2006.
The tour featured dates across North America, South America, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australasia. M.I.A. performed sporadically near the end of 2004. One of M.I.A.’s first live performances in London took place in November 2004.[1] She also performed at an event in Puerto Rico and minor gigs in places such as Philadelphia and New York City in the U.S., as well as Hamburg and Berlin in Germany in 2004.[2] Her 2005 tour began with her North American debut performance at the Drake Hotel in Toronto, Ontario on February 2, 2005.[3]
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The Arular Tour setlist featured songs from her debut album Arular. Some mixes from her mixtape Piracy Funds Terrorism were also performed. M.I.A. did not follow the same setlist at every show. Concerts took place at club venues and music festivals. M.I.A. spoke in 2005 of wanting to make her live set “minimal,” inspired by gigs of acts such as electroclash musician Peaches which she attended whilst travelling and filming a documentary on her.[4] M.I.A. performed with backup singer Cherry and DJs on many dates.
The stage featured coloured drapes, canvasses and flags she created with prints of her graffiti stencils, paintings, and her album and singles artwork. These featured pictures of anonymous rebel soldiers, tigers, tanks and guns amid jagged colourful patterns. Her stage attire featured similar prints. She wore many contrasting outfits, nearly every item of clothing hand made.[1] In some shows, a video screen displayed images of tigers, looping fighter jets, maps of London and oil rigs.
Additionally, M.I.A. co-headlined tours with Roots Manuva and LCD Soundsystem during 2005.[5] She joined Gwen Stefani on her 2005 tour and ended the Arular tour with performances in Japan in February 2006.
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- ”Pull Up The People”
- ”Fire Fire”
- ”Sunshowers”
- “Hombre”
- ”M.I.A.”
- ”Amazon”
- ”10 Dollar”
- ”Bucky Done Gun”
- ”Galang”
- ”URAQT”
- ”Bingo”
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Frere Jones, Sasha (2004-11-22). Bingo in Swansea: Maya Arulpragsam’s world. The New Yorker. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.
- ^ Are you lesbian? No I’m making music. pop (all love) (2005-02-01). Retrieved on 2008-05-30.
- ^ Peters, Mitchell (2005-09-05). M.I.A.. Pollstar. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.
- ^ Moayeri, Lily. “And Interview with Maya Arul a.k.a. M.I.A. – Arul on recording Arular “. Remixmag. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.
- ^ Chekuru, Kavitha (2005-07-25). M.I.A. Announces Headlining Tour. Pitchforkmedia. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.
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