| The Adventures of Mimi | ||||
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| Tour by Mariah Carey | ||||
| Associated album | The Emancipation of Mimi | |||
| Start date | July 22, 2006 | |||
| End date | October 28, 2006 | |||
| Legs | 3 | |||
| Shows | 2 in Africa 32 in North America 6 in Asia 40 in total |
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The Adventures of Mimi (subtitled The Voice, The Hits, The Tour) was a 2006 concert tour of arenas by American R&B singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. It was one of a few tours in her then-sixteen year career and was named after a fan's "Carey-centric" diary of the same name.[1] The bus tour started in late July and ended in October, with two stops in Africa, twenty-five stops in the United States, seven in Canada, and seven in Asia.
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Unlike her previous tour, three years prior, Carey started this tour 16 months after the release of her latest album, the successful The Emancipation of Mimi. She had initially not wanted to tour, dreading the long travel times and not needing one to promote Mimi. But after requests from fans to appear in concert, she decided to do so to celebrate one of the best times in her career.[2]
Similar to the past tour, Carey gave her fans the chance to submit their ideas for set lists and for the title of the tour. Her long-time musical partner and American Idol judge Randy Jackson joined her tour as the musical director, although he did not often appear at shows due to concurrent Idol auditions.
During the tour, Carey revamped her image as a performer, performing remixes of her songs, dancing along a bit with her dancers, having guests onstage, and going into the middle of each arena onto a checkerboard B-stage to perform "Fantasy," "Always Be My Baby" and "Don't Forget About Us." (The B stage had become an increasing popular way for large-venue performers to get closer to their audience ever since U2 introduced it on their 1992 Zoo TV Tour.) The main stage was a two-level affair, with the band situated on the lower level, backed by strands of glittering material, and a staircase between the two. Carey's "MC" logo was present in several places.
Once again, Carey invited her long-time friend and back-up singer Trey Lorenz to sing "I'll Be There" and "One Sweet Day" with her and perform several songs on his own during one of her costume changes. Except for an occasional guest appearance, raps on her songs were the pre-recorded originals, with the rapper shown on the video screens.
During breaks in the tour, Carey reportedly was continuing to write and develop concept ideas, and possibly record, for a new album. At her August 15 show in Montreal, Carey reportedly had a wardrobe malfunction. She was singing on the B-stage and suddenly, in her own words, "the twins" almost came out of her top.
Throughout the tour, there were some canceled dates due to poor ticket sales, including one such show that was canceled for Hong Kong.[3] In regards to the Hong Kong incident, tour manager Benny Medina stated 8,000 tickets had been sold and blamed the cancellation on the promoter's failure to pay Carey the money that was due to her. "If there were only 10 people in this venue, and this particular promoter ... had fulfilled his contractual obligations, we would be there. Mariah Carey loves her fans in Southeast Asia," Medina said. "He has defaulted several times, right up into the last 48 hours. Literally we tried to hang in there with this guy." The promoter, however, stated the show had to be canceled as 4,000 tickets were actually sold, and "unreasonable demands" were being made by Carey.[4]
Sean Paul or Busta Rhymes were the main opening acts for the show. Sean Paul did most of the first shows with a set that lasted approxiamtely 40 minutes. Busta Rhymes opened most of the latter half of the shows with his sidekick Spliff Star. R&B singer Ne-Yo opened the show in San Diego, while rapper Chingy opened the show in Anaheim. The show at Mohegan Sun and Tokyo's Nippon Budokan had no opening act at all.
1cut at the show in Uncasville and first show in Saitama
2replaced with "Stay the Night" at the first few US shows, in Verona, Uncasville, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and first show in Saitama
3cut at some shows
4full version sung with Boyz II Men in Anaheim
5cut after second Toronto show but sung in Anaheim
6only performed in Japan
Other songs performed at individual shows included "Without You" (performed in Tunisia), "Breakdown" (performed in Tunisia and Miami), and snippets of "I Know What You Want," "Can't Let Go," "Melt Away" (Auburn Hills), "Close My Eyes", "My Saving Grace," "Joyride" (Tampa), "Love Takes Time" and "Your Girl" (first verse and chorus performed at a few U.S. shows on second stage). The setlist was often tweaked, sometimes changing snippets to a full treatment, cutting out Spike Lee's video skits (which were completely cut after the first few shows), or even foregoing construction of the B-stage (most of the time in the smaller casino venues and at the Jones Beach show). Even once she sang incomplete some songs that were on full length elsewhere on the tour, such as "Make It Happen," and in some cities she omitted the encore and directly performed "We Belong Together" and the close of the main set. At certain shows, DJ Suss One appeared as the DJ instead of DJ Clue.
Of note is that Carey never schedules shows in two consecutive nights, as she "actually [has] to have a full day and a half off between shows, whereas most touring artists do it every night," and she spends her down time preserving her voice by not talking and "sitting in a humidified room, sleeping."[2]
Also of note Carey performed a show at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on July 29, 2006 as part of the Pepsi Smash concert series. These tickets were not available to the public. Only winners selected through an online contest. The show featured the same stage setting but a shortened setlist with some different costumes.
| Venue | City | Tickets sold / Available | Gross sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stade El Menzah | Tunis | 42,525 / 42,525 (100%) | $5,626,738[5] |
| American Airlines Arena | Miami | 13,156 / 13,156 (100%) | $1,074,620[5] |
| St. Pete Times Forum | Tampa | 13,354 / 13,542 (99%) | $714,455[5] |
| Philips Arena | Atlanta | 11,226 / 13,288 (84%) | $660,595[5] |
| Wachovia Center | Philadelphia | 15,160 / 15,160 (100%) | $1,516,136[6] |
| Air Canada Centre | Toronto | 27,064 / 27,064 (100%) | $2,039,161[7] |
| Bell Centre | Montreal | 13,200 / 14,161 (93%) | $810,980[7] |
| Trump Taj | Atlantic City | 5,000 / 5,000 (100%) | $750,046[7] |
| Trump Taj | Atlantic City | 5,000 / 5,000 (100%) | $1,046,560[7] |
| TD Garden | Boston | 11,993 / 14,922 (80%) | $1,034,794[7] |
| Madison Square Garden | New York City | 13,930 / 13,930 (100%) | $1,300,400[7] |
| Continental Airlines Arena | East Rutherford | 12,697 / 13,525 (94%) | $1,076,790[7] |
| Pepsi Arena | Albany | 6,519 / 6,519 (100%) | $4,511,211[8] |
| Nikon at Jones Beach Theater | Wantagh | 11,725 / 13,855 (85%) | $654,534[8] |
| Verizon Center | Washington, D.C. | 12,121 / 14,199 (85%) | $839,643[9] |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills | Auburn Hills | 12,804 / 12,804 (100%) | $894,399[9] |
| United Center | Chicago | 12,958 / 13,930 (93%) | $919,268[9] |
| Toyota Center | Houston | 11,252 / 11,830 (95%) | $828,293[10] |
| American Airlines Center | Dallas | 10,521 / 11,494 (91%) | $806,096[10] |
| MTS Centre | Winnipeg | 8,915 / 9,557 (93%) | $611,223[10] |
| Rexall Place | Edmonton | 12,013 / 12,578 (95%) | $880,306[11] |
| General Motors Place | Vancouver | 14,189 / 14,652 (97%) | $1,223,100[12] |
| Pengrowth Saddledome | Calgary | 11,984 / 11,984 (100%) | $815,242[11] |
| ARCO Center | Sacramento | 12,353 / 12,510 (99%) | $938,106[11] |
| MGM Grand Garden Arena | Paradise | 13,730 / 13,730 (100%) | $1,844,530[11] |
| Oakland Arena | Oakland | 12,510 / 13,585 (92%) | $960,369[11] |
| San Diego Sports Arena | San Diego | 9,480 / 10,000 (95%) | $765,431[13] |
| Staples Center | Los Angeles | 12,844 / 13,882 (92%) | $1,230,397[14] |
| Honda Center | Anaheim | 11,475 / 12,024 (95%) | $918,283[14] |
| US Airways Arena | Phoenix | 12,049 / 13,136 (92%) | $880,739[14] |
| Nippon Budokan | Tokyo | 13,509 / 13,509 (100%) | $1,853,702[14] |
| Nagoya Rainbow Hall | Nagoya | 9,853 / 9,853 (100%) | $1,425,184[14] |
| Saitama Super Arena | Tokyo | 35,227 / 35,227 (100%) | $5,814,781[14] |
| Saitama Super Arena | Tokyo | 35,227 / 35,227 (100%) | $5,530,412[14] |
| Osaka-jō Hall | Osaka | 13,105 / 13,105 (100%) | $1,965,010[14] |
Total: $49,134,796.00
Note: Shows in Hershey, Denver, and Seattle were originally scheduled, but cancelled due to low ticket sales.[15] A planned second Madison Square Garden date was also scrapped.[15] At least thirteen shows on the North American tour sold out, while dates were added in Canada.[15] Canada offered her fast ticket sales and a favorable financial conditions.[16] The final show in Hong Kong was cancelled due to conflicts with the concert promotor, 8,000 tickets were sold for the show.[17][4]
Reviews of the tour were mixed. Most critics celebrated Carey's transformation from a pop star to a full-fledged hip hop artist. They also praised her vocal performances saying that was the main attraction of the spectacle.[15][18]
Other critics commented on the short length of the show, especially given that she was offstage for several breaks while undergoing costume changes,[19][20] while others felt Carey was trying too hard to make the public like her, especially in terms of the "rollercoaster" metaphor she used to begin the show.[21]
According to Carey's musical director Randy Jackson, the show at Honda Center in Anaheim on October 8, 2006 was intended as the basis for a concert filming and subsequent DVD release. Indeed, Carey held a pre-concert taping there, in order to include fans, regulate the lighting, and review other technical aspects in preparation for the night's actual concert recording.
The resulting DVD, called The Adventures of Mimi, was released over a year later, beginning in Europe on November 19, 2007, with releases in other regions of the world coming over the following two weeks.
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