Who's That Girl World Tour

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Who's That Girl World Tour 1987
Tour by Madonna
Supporting album	True Blue, Who's That Girl and You Can Dance
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 World Tour (1987)	Blond Ambition World 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]

[edit] Tour history

Upon completion, the tour was considered the largest and highest-grossing musical concert tour ever, even though some shows failed to sell-out, like her concert at the Orange Bowl. Despite this, 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

• Level 42

[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]

[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