Oral Fixation Tour

Oral Fixation Tour
Shakira performing during her 2006 world tour
Tour by Shakira
Supporting album	Fijación Oral Vol. 1 Oral Fixation Vol. 2
Start date	June 14, 2006
End date	July 9, 2007
Legs	5
Shows	44 in Europe 55 in North America 3 in Central America 11 in South America 2 in Asia 1 in Africa 116 Total
Shakira tour chronology
Tour of the Mongoose (2003-2004)	Oral Fixation Tour (2006-2007)

Oral Fixation Tour (known as Tour Fijación Oral in hispanophone countries) is the concert tour by Colombian singer-songwriter, Shakira, in support of her fourth and fifth studio albums, Fijación Oral Vol. 1 and Oral Fixation Vol. 2. The tour was the 15th most successful tour of 2006 grossing over $38 million dollars, although this figure does not include the gross for 2007 during which 44 shows from the tour took place. It was her largest and most extensive tour to date.^[1][2]

Background

The tour began its first European leg on June 14, 2006 in Zaragoza, Spain, moving through 10 more cities in Spain, as well as featuring stops in Croatia, Romania, Greece, Russia, Serbia, and Macedonia.

The North American leg of the tour commenced August 9, 2006 at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas and moved across the United States, with a stop in Toronto, Canada.

On September 30, 2006 the tour began its Latin American leg in Mexico City with 8 sold out concerts at the Palacio de los Deportes, and swept through Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Puerto Rico and ended in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Before ending the Latin American leg, Shakira returned to Miami in early December for 3 concerts at the American Airlines Arena, where the DVD footage of the concert was filmed.

A second European leg began on January 25, 2007 in Hamburg, Germany, where Shakira performed in 9 cities. Shakira performed in Belgium, The Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and culminated the tour's the 100th show in the UK at London's Wembley Arena on March 18, 2007. A date in Torrevieja, Spain immediately followed the London show.

On February 3, 2007, just a day after her 30th birthday, Shakira was scheduled to appear in the Netherlands. While a full stadium - 39,000 people - was waiting for Shakira, her official management announced that the show had to be rescheduled to March 17, 2007. Shakira was ill and had been advised to rest her voice. Shakira gave her manager the following letter to pass out to the crowd:

"I am very sad I cannot perform tonight. Holland is one of my favorite places on earth and I have been looking forward to doing this show for a long time. I promise I will make it up to you when I come back in March to give you the concert that the Dutch people deserve. Thanks for your understanding. All my love, Shakira."

Next day, Shakira's management cancelled the shows in Germany on February 5 and February 6, 2007, rescheduling them for dates in March and April, which she was able to keep.

After recovering from bronchitis and performing at the 2007 Grammy Awards, Shakira continued the tour from Paris on February 16, 2007 with no further cancellations to date.

At the February 19, 2007 show in Munich, Germany, a live webcam at the arena allowed the fans to watch the show for free from home.

A tour stop in Dubai took place on March 23, 2007. It was her first performance in the Middle East.

Shakira also played in Mumbai, India, on March 25, 2007. Around 20,000 people attended the concert. It was one of the biggest concerts in India by an international artist.

Over 2 million spectators are reported to have attended the Oral Fixation Tour.

In May 2007, Shakira returned to Mexico again and kicked off her final leg of the tour with a handful of concerts in Mexico. 60,000 fans attended the May 13 concert in Mexico City, including Mexican president Felipe Calderón, who attended with his wife and daughter. It was Shakira's ninth show in the Mexican capital this tour. Shakira traveled from one side to other in Mexico She gave many concerts along the country (Culiacán, Aguascalientes, Queretaro, Veracruz, Puebla, Chihuahua, San Luis Potosí ) A tenth date was added for May 27, where Shakira performed in Mexico City's in the Zocalo. The concert was the only FREE concert in the Tour and a huge crowd was in attendance; the attendance record for the Zocalo was held by iconic Mexican rock group Café Tacuba, who brought 170,000 fans to their free concert in June 2005. Shakira broke the record with her concert on May 27; 210,000 fans showed up to see her making it the biggest concert ever by a national and international artist in México. Mexico City was the city that got the most dates of the tour Concerts with 10th dates, and Miami was the second city that received 5 dates. The Oral Fixation Tour 2006-2007 finished in Mexico in the city of Monterrey at the north of Mexico on May 30, All the second tour leg in Mexico was sponsored by SEAT with "Las de la Intuición" (although SEAT sponsored one last show in Istanbul, Turkey.)

Set list

U.K. & USA

1. "Estoy Aquí"
2. "Te Dejo Madrid"
3. "Don't Bother"
4. "Antología"
5. "Hey You"
6. "Inevitable"
7. "Si Te Vas"
8. "Obtener Un Sí" (Except on the 2nd Night in Miami)
9. "La Tortura"
10. "No"
11. "Whenever, Wherever"
12. "La Pared"
13. "Underneath Your Clothes"
14. "Pies Descalzos, Sueños Blancos"
15. "Ciega, Sordomuda"
16. "Ojos Así"
17. "Hips Don't Lie"

Latin America & Spain

1. "Estoy Aquí"
2. "Te Dejo Madrid"
3. "Don't Bother"
4. "Antología"
5. "Inevitable"
6. "Si Te Vas"
7. "Obtener Un Sí"
8. "Las De La Intuición" (Only In Mexico & Spain)
9. "La Tortura"
10. "No"
11. "Whenever, Wherever"
12. "La Pared"
13. "Día De Enero"
14. "Pies Descalzos, Sueños Blancos"
15. "Ciega, Sordomuda"
16. "Ojos Así"
17. "Hips Don't Lie"

Europe

1. "Estoy Aquí"
2. "Don't Bother"
3. "Te Dejo Madrid"
4. "Illegal"
5. "Moscas En La Casa"
6. "Inevitable"
7. "Si Te Vas"
8. "La Tortura"
9. "No"
10. "Whenever, Wherever"
11. "La Pared"
12. "Underneath Your Clothes"
13. "Pies Descalzos, Sueños Blancos"
14. "Ciega, Sordomuda"
15. "Ojos Así"
16. "Hips Don't Lie"

Turkey & Croatia

1. "Estoy Aquí"
2. "Don't Bother"
3. "Te Dejo Madrid"
4. "Animal City"
5. "Antología"
6. "Hey You"
7. "Inevitable"
8. "Si Te Vas"
9. "La Tortura"
10. "No"
11. "Whenever, Wherever"
12. "La Pared"
13. "Día Especial"
14. "Pies Descalzos, Sueños Blancos"
15. "Ciega, Sordomuda"
16. "Ojos Así"
17. "Hips Don't Lie"

Tour dates

The Oral Fixation Tour has gone through five continents and 39 countries.

Notes

External links

• Oral Fixation Tour Official website