Oops!... I Did It Again Tour

Oops!... I Did It Again Tour
Tour by Britney Spears
Image of a blond woman. She is wearing a brown top and brown pants. Her hair seems to be moving. The woman is looking directly into the camera. Her hands are against curtains of transparent jewels. The background is composed of dark yellow figures. In the upper left above the woman, the words 'BRITNEY SPEARS' are written in grey and violet handwriting with circles around. In the lower right of the image, the words "OOPS! I DID IT AGAIN TOUR 2000" are written in similar style.
Associated album Oops!... I Did It Again
Start date June 20, 2000 (2000-06-20)
End date January 18, 2001 (2001-01-18)
Legs 2
Number of shows
  • 27 in Europe
  • 57 in North America
  • 1 in South America
  • 85 total
Box office $40.5 million ($55.65 in 2016 dollars)[1]
Britney Spears concert chronology

Oops!... I Did It Again Tour was the third concert tour by American recording artist Britney Spears. It supported her second studio album Oops!... I Did It Again (2000) and visited North America, Europe and Brazil. It marked the first time Spears toured outside North America. The tour was announced in February 2000, while Spears was in the midst of the (You Drive Me) Crazy Tour. The stage was much more elaborate than her previous tours and featured video screens, pyrotechnics and moving platforms. The setlist was composed by songs from her first two studio albums, ...Baby One More Time and Oops!... I Did It Again. Showco was the sound company, who used the PRISM system to adapt the show to each venue. Spears used a handheld microphone and a headset during the shows, while an ADAT was used to replace her voice during energetic dance routines. All of the equipment came from the United States.

The show consisted of four segments with each segment being followed by an interlude to the next segment, and it ended with an encore. The show began with Spears descending from a giant orb. Most of the songs displayed energetic dance routines with the exception of the second segment, which featured mostly ballads. The encore consisted of a performance with pyrotechnics. The Oops!... I Did It Again Tour received positive reviews from critics, who praised Spears's energy onstage as well as the band. It was also a commercial success, grossing $40.5 million and becoming one of the highest grossing tours of 2000. The Oops!... I Did It Again Tour was broadcast by many channels around the world.

Background

On February 22, 2000, Spears announced a summer tour in support of her second studio album, Oops!... I Did It Again (2000).[2] The tour marked the first time Spears toured Europe. She commented, "I'm going to go to Europe, and just basically go everywhere for six months, [...] I've never toured outside of the U.S. I've never experienced other fans in other places, and performing in front of them is going to be so exciting."[3] Before the tour began, Forbes reported that concert promoter SFX Entertainment guaranteed her a minimum of $200,000 per show.[4] Tour sponsors from the 2000 leg of the ...Baby One More Time Tour, Got Milk?, and Polaroid, remained. Clairol's Herbal Essences was also added as a sponsor.[5] Spears recorded a song for the latter called "I've Got the Urge to Herbal" to be used on their radio campaign, though she chose to not attend a photoshoot for the product when she decided to support an 86-day strike by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). She later donated $1 from each ticket sold from her Inglewood, California show on July 28, 2000 to the union.[6]

For the European Leg of the Tour, Spears originally was going joint with 'N Sync following their No Strings Attached Tour, as a co-headlining tour.[7]

Development

Jamie King was chosen as tour director.[8] Tim Miller and Kevin Antunes served as director of production and musical director, respectively.[9] Mark Foffano was chosen as the lightning director.[10] Spears described the tour as "like a Broadway show".[6] The setlist included material from her first studio album ...Baby One More Time (1999) as well as seven songs from Oops!... I Did It Again. Spears explained, "I've been singing the same material for so long now. It'll be nice to change it up a little bit."[11] She also talked about her expectations for the tour, saying, "I can't wait. I'll have a world tour. I'm going to have more dancers, a bigger stage, more pyro... just a lot bigger".[12] The proscenium stage was much more elaborate than the stage of her previous tour and included video screens, movable platforms and different props.[13] It cost $2.2 million to build. The tone of the show variated from the beginning: for the performance of "Born to Make You Happy", Spears sang in a set resembling a children's bedroom, complete with large toys and a pillow fight routine. On the contrary, she unveiled a more sophisticated image for "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know", and followed it with raunchy performances for "...Baby One More Time" and "Oops!... I Did It Again".[6]

The sound equipment was provided by Showco who used the PRISM system, which adapted the show for each venue according to its height, width and the coverage required. The sound was mixed by Front of house engineer Monty Lee Wilkes on a combination of Yamaha PM4000 and PM3000 consoles, an unusual choice for Spears's shows. He used dbx 903 compressors for kick and snare drums. The compressors were also used on Spears's microphones, a Shure Beta 58A handheld and a Crown CM-311AE headset-mounted capsule. Spears's vocals were mostly live—pre-recorded vocals ran in parallel on an ADAT machine during the shows, and were used to replace her live microphone when the dance routines became too energetic for good voice control.[14] Spears's band, backline technicians and monitor engineer Raza Sufi were all fitted with in-ear monitors and headset mics, enabling rapid and clear communications around the stage area. Spears did not use them, preferring the ambient sound of a battery of eight Showco SRM wedges spread across the downstage area. These were augmented by Showco SS full-range sidefills and a pair of one-by-18-inch subs on each side of the stage. Sufi also used a dbx 160A to limit Spears's louder moments, while backing vocalists were controlled by a duo of BSS DPR901 dynamic equalizers. Effects were limited to vocal and drum reverbs. Amplification for the wedges and the FOH system were all Crown-based, with a pair of drum stool shakers completing the line-up. All the cables used during the tour were brought from the US, even in Europe, something unusual in audio production.[14]

Concert synopsis

The show began with the video introduction "The Britney Spears Experience", in which three images of Spears welcomed spectators to the show.[15] Then, a giant metal orb was lowered onstage and lifted again to reveal Spears standing behind it, wearing a pink halter top (some shows she wore an orange halter-top), a side silver jacket, and glittery jeans.[16] Spears started with two dance-oriented performances of "(You Drive Me) Crazy" and "Stronger". This was followed by "What U See (Is What U Get)" in which she removed her silver side jacket and she danced in a stripper pole wearing a pink cowboy hat.[17] The act ended with Spears talking to the audience and sitting on a stool to perform "From The Bottom of My Broken Heart" with her guitarist Skip.

After she left the stage, there was a video interlude hosted by *NSYNC (via screen) and Spears' 2 background singers (2 female background dancers in Europe) in which contestants did different games in order to meet Spears. She appeared onstage to meet the chosen fan and then welcomed the audience into her bedroom. Wearing white pajamas and slippers, she performed "Born to Make You Happy", which included a dance segment near the end. She then continued with "Lucky" featuring her 2 background singers (2 female background dancers during all the European show) helping Spears getting ready for a typical day. Halfway through the song during the dance break, her male dancers all dressed in navy sailor costumes do a routine before Spears continues the remainder of the song dressed as a ship captain. "Sometimes", in which changed back into her white pajamas and slippers (coincidentally an outfit similar to the one she wore in the music video of the song) and featured Spears' and her dancers throwing teddy bears, beach balls, and squirting the audience with water guns. At the end, she climbed the staircase and briefly spoke to the audience before moving into a performance of "Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know", for which she wore a long white dress trimmed with boa feathers (pretty much dressed up like in the music video as Lucky).[6][15]

A band interlude showcasing a mix of funk and progressive rock from her band followed, and Spears reappeared to perform her cover of Sonny & Cher's "The Beat Goes On." During the performance, she was lifted into the air wearing a kimono that covered most of the stage. She continued with "Don't Go Knockin' On My Door" (loosing the kimono wearing a full purple jumpsuit) and her cover of The Rolling Stones's "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", which ended with a dance sequence set to the original version.

Next, there was a dance interlude in which the dancers showed their individual moves while their names appeared on the screens. Spears took the stage again in a conservative schoolgirl outfit to perform "...Baby One More Time." She ripped it off halfway through the song to reveal a cheerleader ensemble.[6][15] Spears then thanked the audience and left the stage. She returned shortly after (wearing a black 2 piece jumpsuit imprinted with orange flames) to perform "Oops!... I Did It Again", that included an extended dance break after the 2nd chorus, pyrotechnics and other special effects.[15] She ended the performance disappearing through a tunnel of fire.[6]

Reception

The show received generally positive reviews from critics. Andrew Miller of The Pitch stated "[the concert] at Sandstone proved that many [of Spears's] criticisms are off-base observations from people who have never actually attended one of these stars' shows. The music came from a talented band, not a DAT, and the bass lines to such songs as "... Baby One More Time" and "The Beat Goes On" rose to a funky growl in the live setting. For another, Spears' vocals were the real thing, as she sang in an alluringly low tone [...] but capably hit the high notes [...], however, she left the upper-octave duties to her background singers [...] during Spears' most strenuous dance routines".[15] Richard Leiby of The Washington Post believed that the show "[was] great".[18] Dan Aquilante of the New York Post said that Spears "seemed to be enjoying the show as much as her fans. Maybe it was the Mariah-like cowboy hat pushed back on her noggin or possibly the stripper's pole borrowed from Madonna's prop closet, [...] Spears was in her element and having a ball".[19] Letta Tayler of Newsday said "For half the show, she remained the old Britney, the budding teen who dreamed of romance. But the rest of the time, she was a full-throttle tease, with sprayed- on clothes, a hard-edged attitude and a harder edge to her techno and hip-hop- coated pop to match".[20]

Jon Pareles of The New York Times stated "What you get from this 18-year-old singer is a big smile, a little voice, gushes of sincerity, hardworking dance routines, shameless advertising and a determination to play both sides of pubescence for all they're worth".[16] Jim Farber of Daily News commented that "Despite such spicy bits, the core of Britney's concert suffered from the familiarity and cheesiness of all teen road shows these days. The sparklers, explosions and mandatory flying dancers conformed to the corniness of theme park entertainment".[17] The ticket prices were set at $32 in North America. The reported dates averaged $507,786 in grosses and 15,841 in attendance. Susanne Ault of Billboard also reported that many of the shows sold out in one day.[21] The tour had a total gross of $40.5 million.[22] It became the tenth highest-grossing tour of the year in North America, as well as the second highest grossing tour by a solo artist, only behind Tina Turner's Twenty Four Seven Tour.[23] Roger Moore of The Orlando Sentinel analyzed Spears to emulate "a lot of Janet Jackson's old concert act and cleaned it up for a younger audience," also noting choreography resembling "Rhythm Nation" precision."[24]

Broadcasts

On November 30, 2000, the September 20 concert at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans aired on Fox. The special was titled There's No Place Like Home.[25] The show at London Arena was filmed and broadcast by Sky1.[26] The show at Rock In Rio was broadcast on DirecTV.[27]

Setlist

  1. "(You Drive Me) Crazy"
  2. "Stronger"
  3. "What U See (Is What U Get)"
  4. "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart"
  5. "Born to Make You Happy"
  6. "Lucky"
  7. "Sometimes"
  8. "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know"
  9. "The Beat Goes On"
  10. "Don't Go Knockin' on My Door"
  11. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
  12. "...Baby One More Time"
  13. "Oops!... I Did It Again"

Source:[15]

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and opening act
Date City Country Venue Opening act
North America[28]
June 20, 2000 Columbia United States Merriweather Post Pavilion BBMak
Innosense
No Authority
June 21, 2000 Hartford Meadows Music Theatre
June 23, 2000 Darien Center Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
June 24, 2000 Hershey Hersheypark Stadium
June 25, 2000 Scranton Montage Mountain
June 27, 2000 Wantagh Jones Beach Amphitheatre
June 28, 2000
June 29, 2000
June 30, 2000
July 2, 2000 Holmdel P.N.C. Bank Arts Center
July 3, 2000
July 4, 2000 Bristow Nissan Pavilion
July 5, 2000 Camden Blockbuster-Sony Entertainment Center
July 7, 2000 Tinley Park World Music Theater
July 8, 2000 Milwaukee Marcus Amphitheatre
July 9, 2000 Clarkston Pine Knob Music Theatre
July 10, 2000
July 16, 2000 Maryland Heights Riverport Amphitheatre Mikaila
C-Note
Nobody's Angel
July 17, 2000 Bonner Springs Sandstone Amphitheatre
July 19, 2000 Dallas Starplex Mikaila
C-Note
A-Teens
Nobody's Angel
July 20, 2000 San Antonio Alamodome
July 21, 2000 Woodlands C.W. Mitchell Pavilion
July 22, 2000
July 27, 2000 Albuquerque Mesa Del Sol
July 28, 2000 Phoenix Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavilion
July 29, 2000 Irvine Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre 2Gether
Mikaila
C-Note
A-Teens
Nobody's Angel
July 30, 2000 Los Angeles The Forum 2Gether
Mikaila
Aaron Carter
A-Teens
July 31, 2000[lower-alpha 1]
August 1, 2000 Concord Concord Pavilion Mikaila
Aaron Carter
A-Teens
August 3, 2000 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena 2Gether
Aaron Carter
Mikaila
A-Teens
August 4, 2000 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Mikaila
Josh Keaton
Aaron Carter
A-Teens
August 5, 2000 San Bernardino Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion
August 6, 2000 Marysville Sacramento Valley Amphitheatre
August 8, 2000 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre
August 10, 2000 Portland Rose Garden
August 11, 2000 George George Amphitheatre
August 12, 2000 Vancouver Canada General Motors Place 2Gether
Mikaila
Josh Keaton
Aaron Carter
A-Teens
August 14, 2000 Salt Lake City United States Delta Center Mikaila
Josh Keaton
Aaron Carter
A-Teens
August 21, 2000 Burgettstown Post-Gazette Pavilion Sister 2 Sister
Josh Keaton
Take 5
August 22, 2000 Toronto Canada Molson Amphitheatre
August 23, 2000 Montreal Centre Molson
August 24, 2000[lower-alpha 2] Syracuse United States Empire Expo Center
August 25, 2000 Atlantic City Trump Taj Mahal
August 28, 2000 Mansfield Tweeter Sister 2 Sister
PYT
2Gether
August 30, 2000 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center Sister 2 Sister
PYT
Take 5
Innocense
BBMak
2Gether
August 31, 2000 Cleveland Gund Arena Sister 2 Sister
PYT
Take 5
Innocense
BBMak
September 1, 2000 Knoxville Thompson-Boling Arena
September 2, 2000 Noblesville Deer Creek Music Center Sister 2 Sister
PYT
Take 5
Innocense
BBMak
2Gether
September 3, 2000 Columbus Polaris Amphitheatre Sister 2 Sister
PYT
2Gether
September 9, 2000 Orlando TD Waterhouse Centre Don Phillips
PYT
BBMak
September 10, 2000 West Palm Beach Coral Sky Amphitheatre Don Phillips
Innosense
PYT
Take 5
September 12, 2000 Raleigh Alltel Pavilion Don Phillips
Innosense
BBMak
PYT
Take 5
September 13, 2000 Charlotte Blockbuster Pavilion Don Phillips
Innosense
PYT
Take 5
September 14, 2000 Virginia Beach GTE-Virginia Beach Amphitheater Don Phillips
Innosense
BBMak
PYT
Take 5
September 15, 2000 Burgettstown Post-Gazette Pavilion Don Phillips
Innosense
PYT
Take 5
September 17, 2000 Antioch First American Music Center Don Phillips
Innosense
BBMak
PYT
Take 5
September 18, 2000 Atlanta Coca Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre
September 20, 2000 New Orleans New Orleans Superdome BBMak
Europe[29]
October 10, 2000 London England Wembley Arena N/A
October 11, 2000
October 12, 2000
October 13, 2000 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena
October 14, 2000
October 17, 2000 Bielefeld Germany Stadhalle
October 18, 2000 Ghent Belgium Flanders Expo N.V.
October 19, 2000 Dortmund Germany Westfalenhallen Dortmund Gmbh
October 20, 2000 Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
October 22, 2000 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi
October 24, 2000 Milan Italy Forum Milano Fiori
October 25, 2000 Zurich Switzerland Hallenstadion Zurich
October 26, 2000 Munich Germany Munich Ger Olympiahalle
October 28, 2000 Kiel Ostseehalle Kiel
October 29, 2000 Berlin MS Halle
October 30, 2000 Hannover Preussag Arena
November 1, 2000 Leipzig Mesehalle
November 2, 2000 Frankfurt Festhalle
November 4, 2000 Arnhem Netherlands Gelredome
November 7, 2000 Gothenburg Sweden Scandinavium
November 8, 2000 Oslo Norway Spektrum
November 9, 2000 Stockholm Sweden The Globe
November 10, 2000 Copenhagen Denmark Valby Halle
November 13, 2000 Cologne Germany Koln Arena
November 14, 2000 Paris France Zenith
November 20, 2000 Birmingham England U.K. National Exhibition Centre
November 21, 2000
South America[30][31]
January 18, 2001[lower-alpha 3] Rio de Janeiro Brazil City of Rock N/A

Box office score data

City Venue Attendance Revenue[32]
Hershey Hersheypark Stadium 28,701 / 28,701 $1,014,096
Wantagh Jones Beach Amphitheatre 56,550 / 56,550 $2,055,861
Woodlands C.W. Mitchell Pavilion 25,916 / 25,972 $912,149
Los Angeles The Forum 25,756 / 29,000 $977,849
George George Amphitheatre 20,000 / 20,000 $814,630
Atlanta Coca Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre 18,254 / 18,954 $596,110

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, and venue
Date City Country Venue Reason
July 26, 2000[28] Denver United States Red Rocks Amphitheatre Production difficulties[33]

Notes

  1. The July 31, 2000 concert at The Forum in Los Angeles was originally scheduled to take place at the Hollywood Bowl.
  2. The August 24, 2000 concert at the Empire Expo Center in Syracuse was part of the Great New York State Fair.
  3. The January 18, 2001 concert at the City of Rock in Rio de Janeiro was part of the Rock in Rio.

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