Good Girl Gone Bad Tour

The Good Girl Gone Bad Tour was the second overall and first world concert tour by Barbadian singer Rihanna, in support of her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007). The setlist was composed of songs mostly from Good Girl Gone Bad but also included some songs from her first two albums. Akon was selected as the opening act for the Canadian dates of the North American leg, while Ciara and David Jordan supported the UK dates of the European leg. Chris Brown joined the tour during the Oceanian leg.

Good Girl Gone Bad Tour

Tour by Rihanna
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album	Good Girl Gone Bad
Start date	September 15, 2007
End date	January 24, 2009
Legs	9
No. of shows	80
Supporting acts	Akon Kardinal Offishall Ray Lavender Kat DeLuna Ciara DanceX David Jordan Chris Brown María José Sistanova
Rihanna concert chronology

The show featured Rihanna wearing revealing leather costumes during each show. Many changes were made to the set list throughout the tour. The original set list features a cover of Bob Marley's "Is This Love" and during the European leg of the tour, the set list was shortened to fifteen songs. In the third set list of the Oceanian and Asian leg, the show ended with an encore. A DVD of the Manchester concert at the Manchester Arena titled Good Girl Gone Bad Live was released on June 17, 2008.

Background and development

Rihanna performing during the tour

Rihanna performing "SOS"

The tour, directed and choreographed by Tina Landon, was the first tour headlined by Rihanna.^[1] It presented a whole new image as she wore very provocative and revealing leather costumes during each show.^[2] The stage was elaborate, consisting of a large set of stairs; two large LCD screens which showed images of Rihanna and special-made clips during the concert; and six slim LCD screens which were evenly spaced out, with three on the left and three on the right. The stage also consisted of thousands of lights which flashed in different colors, there was also a huge LCD screen in the middle of the stage which was mainly focused on Rihanna performing. The stage was packed with pyrotechnics and different on-stage props which Rihanna and the dancers used during their performances. Her back-up singers and band were on either side on the stage. During the Australia leg of the tour the stage also featured a small rising platform at the front center of the stage. For "Disturbia" she started high in the air on the platform, and rose on it again during "Unfaithful".

Akon was selected as the opening act for the tour in Canada during North America leg. The rest of the shows during the North American leg didn't have a supporting act. Ciara opened shows for Rihanna on all UK dates in December and David Jordan opened for her on all March UK dates. Adam Tensta joined Rihanna on her March 2008 European dates. Chris Brown joined Rihanna and performed a full set list at the Australia, New Zealand and Philippines leg of the tour. In Mexico City Mexican pop star María José opened the show with a four-song set: her first three singles and her then brand-new single, "No Soy Una Señora", and the Spanish Singer, David Bisbal sing with Rihanna the Spanish remix of "Hate That I Love You" in Mexico City. In December 2007, Rihanna cancelled the Good Girl Gone Bad concert in Nottingham, Birmingham and Bournemouth at very short notice under doctors orders.^[3] The Birmingham and Nottingham concerts were eventually rescheduled.^[2] During the Sydney, Australia concert on November 7, 2008, Rihanna ran off stage while performing "Umbrella" along with tourmate Chris Brown.^[4] TMZ reported that Rihanna may have felt ill due to air conditioning problem in the arena.^[5] The shows for February 12 and 13 in Asia were cancelled following Brown's assault on Rihanna.^[6]

Critical reception

Mike Usinger, of The Georgia Straight, gave a mixed review of the concert at Vancouver, BC’s GM Place saying, "the Barbados-born knockout has plenty to learn about keeping an audience engaged."^[7] However, Usinger commented that the "kindest thing you can say about Rihanna is that she's shown some improvement since her last visit. For a start, she no longer seems tone-deaf."^[7] Jason MacNeil of Canadian Online Explorer gave a positive review of the concert’s intro and style, from Toronto’s Molson Amphitheatre, saying "the singer made a rather eye-popping impression, opening with ‘Pon de Replay’ and clad in a sexy, dominatrix-like studded black leather ensemble."^[8]

Regarding a cancelled Asian show, originally scheduled for February 13 in Malaysia’s capital city of Kuala Lumpur, the conservative Malaysian Islamic Party recommended that Rihanna's tour be barred from performing in the country due to her ‘skimpy’ outfits; ultimately, the show was cancelled due to the rising media coverage of Rihanna’s then-partner Chris Brown’s physical assault against her, with leaked police photos of Rihanna’s face appearing bruised and battered widely circulating in the media.^[9][10][11] Within the Asian market, the tour received mixed to positive reviews, with praise mainly being given for the live vocals by Rihanna and the overall theming, concept and fashions. Cheryl Leong, of MTV Southeast Asia, gave an average review of the show, commenting, "I did enjoy myself a whole lot at the concert. It just wasn't the most mindblowing. Nevertheless, she did what she does best, which is to bring out an entire collection of #1 singles 'live'."^[1]

Broadcast and recordings

Main article: Good Girl Gone Bad Live

The 24 September 2007 show at Montréal's Bell Centre was recorded and broadcast via MSN Music, where it was also made available for download. It quickly became popular and broke several records, as it was viewed over one million times within the first week. Rihanna's concert was the most-streamed show by a single artist on MSN Music in 2007.^[12] Rihanna's concert in Ischgl, Austria, on 1 December 2007, was taped and aired on Austrian national television (ORF). The concert itself was free. The show at the Manchester Arena (in Manchester, UK) on 6 December 2007 was recorded and later released on June 17, 2008, as a live DVD titled Good Girl Gone Bad Live. The DVD also includes a behind-the-scenes documentary, featuring interviews with Rihanna, her band and crew, and their experiences on tour. The Manchester show would later air on Channel 4's Christmas Day programming for 2008. On November 16, 2008, the concert in Fort Bonifacio in Manila, Philippines, reached an at-home audience of more than 70k viewers. The concert was sponsored by MTV Philippines and Globe Telecom.^[13]

Opening acts

• Akon (North America only)^[7]
• Kardinal Offishall (Canada only)
• Ray Lavender (London, Ontario, Canada)
• Kat DeLuna (Lincroft)
• Ciara (Europe only)^[14]
• DanceX (Selected Dates)
• David Jordan (Europe only)^[14]
• Chris Brown (the Philippines, Oceania)^[14]
• María José (Mexico)
• Sistanova (Germany)^[15]

Set list

Original

The following set list is from the show on 15 September 2007 in Vancouver, BC. It is not intended to represent all dates throughout the tour.

1. "Pon de Replay"
2. "Break It Off"
3. "Let Me"
4. "Rehab"
5. "Breakin' Dishes"
6. "Is This Love"
7. "Kisses Don't Lie"
8. "Scratch"
9. "SOS"
10. "Good Girl Gone Bad"
11. "Hate That I Love You"
12. "Unfaithful"
13. "Sell Me Candy"
14. "Don't Stop the Music"
15. "Shut Up and Drive"
16. "Umbrella"

Revamped

Starting on October 27, 2008, a new set list was used for the concert.

1. "Disturbia" (contains samples from "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" and excerpts from "Seven Nation Army")
2. "Breakin' Dishes"
3. "Break It Off"
4. "Let Me"
5. "Rehab"
6. "Pon de Replay"
7. "Paper Planes" (M.I.A cover)
8. "Doo Wop (That Thing)" (Lauryn Hill cover)
9. "Live Your Life"
10. "Scratch"
11. "SOS"
12. "Good Girl Gone Bad"
13. "Hate That I Love You"
14. "Unfaithful"
15. "Don't Stop the Music"
16. "Push Up On Me"
17. "Shut Up and Drive"
18. "Take a Bow"
19. "Umbrella"

Notes

• “Question Existing” was performed in Europe.
• Starting on November 11, 2007, “Push Up on Me” was added to the set list.
• ”Is This Love”, “Kisses Don’t Lie”, and “Sell Me Candy” were permanently cut on February 26, 2008.
• During shows in Mexico, David Bisbal performed “Hate That I Love You” with Rihanna.
• On select dates in Oceania, Asia, and Mexico, Chris Brown performed “Umbrella” with Rihanna.

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America[16]
September 15, 2007[a]	Vancouver	Canada	General Motors Place
September 17, 2007	Grande Prairie		Canada Games Arena
September 18, 2007	Calgary		Stampede Corral
September 19, 2007	Saskatoon		Credit Union Centre
September 22, 2007	Toronto		Molson Amphitheatre
September 23, 2007	London		John Labatt Centre
September 24, 2007	Montréal		Bell Centre
September 25, 2007	Québec City		Pavillon de la Jeunesse
September 27, 2007	Moncton		Moncton Coliseum
September 28, 2007	Saint John		Harbour Station
September 30, 2007	Halifax		Halifax Metro Centre
October 2, 2007	Arlington	United States	Texas Hall
October 5, 2007	Rochester		RIT Gordon Field House
October 11, 2007	New York City		Nokia Theatre
October 13, 2007	Lincroft		Robert J. Collins Arena
October 18, 2007	University Park		Bryce Jordan Center
October 19, 2007[b]	Philadelphia		Wachovia Center
October 20, 2007	Phoenix		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
October 23, 2007	Anaheim		House of Blues
Europe[17]
November 11, 2007	Paris	France	Zénith de Paris
November 13, 2007	Munich	Germany	Zenith
November 14, 2007	Basel	Switzerland	St. Jakobshalle
November 20, 2007	Cologne	Germany	Palladium
November 21, 2007	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall
November 22, 2007	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
November 23, 2007	Frankfurt	Germany	Jahrhunderthalle
November 24, 2007	Belgrade	Serbia	Belgrade Arena
November 26, 2007	Berlin	Germany	Columbiahalle
November 27, 2007	Bratislava	Slovakia	Sibamac Arena
November 30, 2007	Sofia	Bulgaria	Prince Alexander of Battenberg Square
December 1, 2007[c]	Ischgl	Austria	Top of the Mountain Venue
December 2, 2007	Dublin	Ireland	RDS Simmonscourt
December 3, 2007	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Arena
December 6, 2007	Manchester	England	Manchester Evening News Arena
December 7, 2007	Sheffield		Sheffield Arena
December 13, 2007	Newcastle		Metro Radio Arena
December 14, 2007	Glasgow	Scotland	SEC Hall 4
December 16, 2007	London	England	Wembley Arena
December 17, 2007	Brighton		Brighton Centre
December 18, 2007[d]	Birmingham		National Indoor Arena
December 19, 2007	Cardiff	Wales	Cardiff International Arena
December 20, 2007[e]	Nottingham	England	Trent FM Arena
February 26, 2008	Dublin	Ireland	RDS Simmonscourt
February 27, 2008
March 2, 2008	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Arena
March 3, 2008	Aberdeen	Scotland	Press and Journal Arena
March 5, 2008	Liverpool	England	Echo Arena
March 6, 2008[f]	Bournemouth		Windsor Hall
March 7, 2008	London		The O2 Arena
March 10, 2008	Ballerup	Denmark	Ballerup Super Arena
March 12, 2008	Stockholm	Sweden	Hovet
March 14, 2008	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Areena
March 16, 2008	Tallinn	Estonia	Saku Suurhall
March 17, 2008	Riga	Latvia	Arena Riga
March 19, 2008	Warsaw	Poland	Torwar Hall
March 20, 2008	Prague	Czech Republic	T-Mobile Arena
March 22, 2008	Düsseldorf	Germany	Philipshalle
March 23, 2008[g]	Moscow	Russia	Olimpiysky
Asia
April 5, 2008	Chiba	Japan	Makuhari Messe
North America
July 4, 2008[h]	New Orleans	United States	Louisiana Superdome
Africa
July 12, 2008	Casablanca	Morocco	Stade Mohammed V
Europe
July 15, 2008[i]	Milan	Italy	Piazza Repubblica
Oceania[18]
October 27, 2008	Auckland	New Zealand	Vector Arena
October 28, 2008
October 29, 2008	Wellington		TSB Bank Arena
October 31, 2008	Brisbane	Australia	Brisbane Entertainment Centre
November 1, 2008
November 3, 2008	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Arena
November 4, 2008	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena
November 5, 2008
November 7, 2008	Sydney		Acer Arena
November 8, 2008
November 9, 2008
November 11, 2008	Perth		Burswood Dome
Asia[19]
November 13, 2008	Singapore		Singapore Indoor Stadium
November 16, 2008	Taguig	Philippines	The Fort Bonifacio Open Field
North America[20]
January 22, 2009[j]	Monterrey	Mexico	Arena Monterrey
January 24, 2009[k]	Mexico City		Palacio de los Deportes

Cancelled shows

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
November 14, 2008	Jakarta	Indonesia	Istora Gelora Bung Karno	Enforcement of travel warning to Indonesia as a result of the execution of 2002 Bali bombings convict
February 12, 2009				Chris Brown's assault on Rihanna
February 13, 2009	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Axiata Arena
				General protest by conservative Malaysian Islamic Party.

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets sold / available	Gross revenue
Credit Union Centre	Saskatoon	6,997 / 7,282 (96%)	$289,319
Molson Amphitheatre	Toronto	8,337 / 8,337 (100%)	$416,759
Bell Centre	Montreal	10,427 / 10,427 (100%)	$634,982
Pavilion de la Jeuness	Quebec City	4,885 / 4,885 (100%)	$280,977
Moncton Coliseum	Moncton	5,512 / 5,512 (100%)	$298,782
Harbour Station	St. John	4,829 / 4,829 (100%)	$262,515
Halifax Metro Centre	Halifax	7,259 / 7,259 (100%)	$362,981
Bryce Jordan Center	University Park	6,984 / 10,400 (67%)	$174,550
Evening News Arena	Manchester	14,060 / 14,060 (100%)	$549,746
Sheffield Arena	Sheffield	9,889 / 11,369 (87%)	$386,660
Metro Radio Arena	Newcastle	10,562 / 10,673 (99%)	$373,874
Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre	Glasgow	9,108 / 9,108 (100%)	$356,123
Wembley Arena	London	10,932 / 10,932 (100%)	$427,441
Brighton Centre	Brighton	3,762 / 3,762 (100%)	$147,094
National Indoor Arena	Birmingham	9,962 / 10,420 (96%)	$389,514
Cardiff International Arena	Cardiff	4,813 / 4,813 (100%)	$188,188
Trent FM Arena	Nottingham	7,518 / 7,527 (99%)	$293,954
Odyssey Arena	Belfast	11,654 / 13,846 (84%)	$455,671
Aberdeen Press & Journal Arena	Aberdeen	4,617 / 4,617 (100%)	$180,525
Echo Arena	Liverpool	9,630 / 9,630 (100%)	$370,043
Bournemouth International Centre	Bournemouth	6,500 / 6,500 (100%)	$254,150
The O2 Arena	London	13,570 / 16,100 (84%)	$530,587
Vector Arena	Auckland	19,757 / 23,928 (83%)	$333,763
TSB Bank Arena	Wellington	5,538 / 5,763 (96%)	$388,267
Brisbane Entertainment Centre	Brisbane	21,488 / 25,106 (86%)	$804,122
Adelaide Entertainment Centre	Adelaide	9,082 / 9,494 (96%)	$692,589
Rod Laver Arena	Melbourne Park	26,399 / 33,344 (79%)	$227,337
Burswood Dome	Perth	18,784 / 19,924 (94%)	$527,256
Fort Bonifacio Open Field	Taguig	70,000 / 70,000 (100%)[13]	—
Total		352,855 / 379,847 (93%)	$10,597,769

Personnel

Crew on the road

• Tina Landon (director & choreographer)
• Antony Randall (Tour Director, Production director)
• JP Firmin (tour manager)
• Mark Dawson (security)
• Fankie Fuccile (stage manager)
• Alex MacLeod (tour accountant)
• Dave Berrera (stage tech)
• Alex Skowron (lighting director)
• TJ Thompson (rigger)
• Simon James (carpenter)
• David Kirkwood (front-of-house engineer)
• Ricky 'Bongos' Galecki (monitor engineer)
• Elizabeth Springer (wardrobe)

Band

• Rihanna (lead vocals)
• Kevin Hastings (keyboards)
• Eric Smith (bass)
• David Haddon (drums)
• Adam Ross (lead guitar)
• Richard Fortus (rhythm guitar September 2008–February 2009)
• Ashleigh Haney (backing vocals)
• Erica King (backing vocals)

Dancers

• Victoria Parsons (dance captain)
• Rachel Markarian
• Bryan Tanaka
• Julius Law

Styling

• Ursula Stephen (hair)
• Mylah Morales (makeup)
• Lysa Cooper (stylist)
• Mariel Haenn (stylist)
• Hollywood (stylist)

Notes

1. This concert is part of the Beat Bash.
2. This concert is part of the 2007 Power House Concert.
3. This concert is part of Ischgl Open Season.
4. The concert on 10 December 2007 at the NEC, Birmingham, was originally scheduled to take place on 18 December 2007.
5. The concert of December 8, 2007 at the Trent FM Arena in Nottingham was originally scheduled to take place on December 20, 2007.
6. The concert of March 6, 2008 at the Windsor Hall in Bournemouth was originally scheduled to take place on December 4, 2007.
7. The concert of March 23, 2008 at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow was originally scheduled to take place on December 21, 2007.
8. This show is part of the 2008 Essence Music Festival.
9. This concert is part of MTV Mobile Bang Concert.
10. The concert of January 22, 2009 at the Arena Monterrey in Monterrey was originally scheduled to take place on December 1, 2008.
11. The concert of January 24, 2009 at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City was originally scheduled to take place on December 3, 2008.