Who's That Girl Tour

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Who's That Girl World Tour 1987
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Tour by Madonna
Start date June 14, 1987
End date September 6, 1987
Legs 3
Shows 4 in Japan
22 in North America
11 in Europe
37 in Total
Madonna tour chronology
The Virgin Tour
(1985)
Who's That Girl Tour
(1987)
Blond Ambition Tour
(1990)

The Who's That Girl World Tour 1987 was the debut world concert tour by American singer-songwriter Madonna, visiting cities in Japan, North America and Europe from June 14, 1987 to September 6, 1987. [1]

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[edit] Tour history

Upon completion, the tour was considered the largest and highest-grossing musical concert tour ever (at the time). The tour grossed $20 million, grossing over a half-million dollars for every date she played. It is notable, however, that the Madison Square Garden show in New York City was an AIDS benefit, with all proceeds from the show going toward the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR). The first two shows at Wembley Stadium in London sold-out at a then record-breaking time of 18 hours and 9 minutes for 144,000 tickets. However around 10,000 concert tickets were still left unsold for her Leeds concert. A concert was also planned in Basel, Switzerland for the 31st of August, but negotiatons between Madonna's management and local organisers failed due to the high fee (1 million US Dollars) that Madonna's camp demanded. As a result Nice, France was booked in the itinerary. Her first-ever Italian concert in Turin, was presented by the italian state broadcaster RaiUno and broadcast around the world. Just in Italy, the show was watched by around 13 million households. [2]

[edit] Opening Act

[edit] Setlist

This is the official setlist: [3]

  1. "Open Your Heart"
  2. "Lucky Star"
  3. "True Blue"
  4. "Papa Don't Preach"
  5. "White Heat"
  6. "Causing a Commotion"
  7. "The Look of Love"
  8. Medley: "Dress You Up"/"Material Girl"/"Like a Virgin" 1
  9. "Where's the Party"
  10. "Live to Tell"
  11. "Into the Groove"
  12. "La Isla Bonita"
  13. "Who's That Girl"
  14. "Holiday"

1 "Like a Virgin" sung with a few lines of "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"

[edit] Broadcasts and recordings

Who's That Girl - Live In Japan was released in Japan only in 1987 it includes a show from Tokyo, Japan. In 1988 an international VHS, Ciao, Italia! - Live from Italy was released. Later it was available on Laserdisc and DVD.

[edit] Tour dates

Cancellation: June 20 (Tokyo, Japan) due to heavy rain [4]

Date City Country Venue
Japan
June 14, 1987 Osaka Japan Osaka Stadium
June 15, 1987 Osaka Japan Osaka Stadium
June 21, 1987 Tokyo Japan Korakuen Stadium
June 22, 1987 Tokyo Japan Korakuen Stadium
North America
Date City Country Venue
June 27, 1987 Miami United States Orange Bowl
June 29, 1987 Atlanta United States The Omni
July 2, 1987 Washington, D.C. United States RFK Stadium
July 4, 1987 Toronto Canada CNE Stadium
July 6, 1987 Montreal Canada The Forum
July 7, 1987 Montreal Canada The Forum
July 9, 1987 Foxboro United States Sullivan Stadium
July 11, 1987 Philadelphia United States Veteran's Stadium
July 13, 1987 New York United States Madison Square Garden
July 15, 1987 Seattle United States Kingdome
July 18, 1987 Anaheim United States Anaheim Stadium
July 20, 1987 Mountain View United States Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 21, 1987 Mountain View United States Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 24, 1987 Houston United States Astrodome
July 26, 1987 Irving United States Texas Stadium
July 29, 1987 St. Paul United States St. Paul Civic Center
July 31, 1987 Chicago United States Soldier Field
August 2, 1987 East Troy United States Alpine Valley Music Theatre
August 4, 1987 Richfield United States Richfield Coliseum
August 5, 1987 Richfield United States Richfield Coliseum
August 7, 1987 Pontiac United States Pontiac Silverdome
August 9, 1987 East Rutherford United States Giants Stadium
Europe
Date City Country Venue
August 15, 1987 Leeds England Roundhay Park
August 18, 1987 London England Wembley Stadium
August 19, 1987 London England Wembley Stadium
August 20, 1987 London England Wembley Stadium
August 22, 1987 Frankfurt Germany Waldstadion
August 25, 1987 Rotterdam Netherlands Feyenoord Stadium
August 26, 1987 Rotterdam Netherlands Feyenoord Stadium
August 29, 1987 Paris France Parc de Sceaux
August 31, 1987 Nice France Stade de l'Ouest
September 4, 1987 Turin Italy Stadio Comunale
September 6, 1987 Florence Italy Stadio Comunale

[edit] Personnel

  • Vocals: Madonna
  • Tour Manager: Eric Barnett
  • Musical Director: Patrick Leonard
  • Directed and Staged: Jeffrey Hornaday
  • Set Designer: Jerome Sirlin
  • Choreography: Shabba Doo
  • Keyboards: Patrick Leonard and Jai Winding
  • Guitar: James Harrah and David Williams
  • Bass: Kerry Hatch
  • Drums: Jonathan Moffet
  • Percussion: Luis Conte
  • Background Singers: Donna DeLory (a.k.a. Donna de Lory), Niki Haris (credited as Nadirah Shakoor on Japanese video recording), and Debra Parson (a.k.a. Debra Parsons)
  • Dancers: Shabba Doo, Angel Ferreira, and Christopher Finch
  • Publicity: Liz Rosenberg
  • Assistant to Madonna: Melissa Crow
  • Assistant to Jeffrey Hornaday: Michelle Johnson
  • Wardrobe: Christopher Ciccone & Rob Saduski
  • Make-Up & Hair: Debi Mazar (credited as Debi M.)
  • Masseuse: Julie Chertow
  • Trainer: Robert Parr
  • Cook: Peter Chaplin
  • Props & Ambiance: Mario Ciccone
  • Lighting Design & Direction: Peter Morse
  • 'Papa Don't Preach' video-segment by: John Perry III
  • Tour Book-Design: John Coulter
  • Costumes designed by: Marlene Stewart

[edit] References