Oral Fixation Tour

Oral Fixation Tour

Tour by Shakira
Promotional poster for the 2006 tour
Associated album	Fijación Oral Vol. 1 Oral Fixation Vol. 2
Start date	June 14, 2006
End date	July 9, 2007
Legs	11
Number of shows	44 in Europe 55 in North America 3 in Central America 11 in South America 2 in Asia 2 in Africa 117 in Total
Shakira concert chronology

Oral Fixation Tour (known as Tour Fijación Oral in hispanophone countries) was the fourth concert tour by Colombian singer-songwriter, Shakira, in support of her sixth and seventh studio albums Fijación Oral Vol. 1 and Oral Fixation Vol. 2. The tour was the 15th most successful tour of 2006 grossing over $58.6 million, although this figure does not include the gross for 2007 during which 44 shows from the tour took place. The total tour grossed over $20 million in 2007. It's her most extensive tour to date.^[1][2]

Background

Shakira performing Suerte (Whenever, Wherever) in La Coruña (2006).

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 and Greece.

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 the tour reached 100 shows when Shakira performed at London's Wembley Arena on March 18, 2007.

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 - were 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.

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 Mexico City this tour. Shakira then toured Mexico, visiting many cities. A tenth date was added for Mexico City, taking place on May 27, where Shakira performed in Mexico City's Zocalo. The concert was the only FREE concert of the tour. 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. The previous record was held by Mexican rock group Café Tacuba.

Shakira performing during the recording in Miami.

Mexico City was the city that got the most dates of the tour with 10 dates, and Miami was the second, with 5 dates. The Oral Fixation Tour 2006-2007 formally ended in Mexico in the city of Monterrey on May 30. All the shows in the second Mexican leg was sponsored by SEAT with "Las de la Intuición" (although SEAT sponsored one last show in Istanbul, Turkey.)

Broadcast and recordings

On this concert Shakira had Alejandro Sanz as a guest and they performed together their 2005 smash hit La Tortura. Wyclef Jean was also a guest and performed the 2006 worldwide hit Hips Don't Lie with Shakira. Shakira shows off her abilities as a musician playing the guitar during "Don't Bother" and "Inevitable", as well as the harmonica during "Te Dejo Madrid". The wardrobe Shakira wore on the concert was designed by Shakira and the prestigious designer Roberto Cavalli. The stage was designed by Shakira and Spanish visual artist Jaume de Laiguana. The Blu-ray edition was released December 12, 2007. The audio was recorded and mixed in stereo and 5.1 by Gustavo Celis. The live album quickly shot up the Mexican charts, peaking at number 1 for two non-consecutive weeks, and remained in the top 10 for over 11 weeks. Contrary to "Live & Off the Record", which was successful in Australia, certifying Gold, this release has not been promoted and has yet to chart there.

Set list

USA & U.K. 

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

Latin America & Spain 

1. "El Nay A'atini Nay"
2. "Estoy Aquí"
3. "Te Dejo Madrid"
4. "Don't Bother"
5. "Antología"
6. "Hey You"
7. "Inevitable"
8. "Si Te Vas"
9. "Obtener Un Sí"
10. "La Tortura"
11. "No"
12. "Suerte"
13. "La Pared"
14. "Día De Enero"
15. "Pies Descalzos, Sueños Blancos"
16. "Ciega, Sordomuda"
17. "Ojos Así"
18. "Hips Don't Lie"

Europe 

1. "El Nay A'atini Nay"
2. "Estoy Aquí"
3. "Don't Bother"
4. "Te Dejo Madrid"
5. "Illegal"
6. "Hey You"
7. "Inevitable"
8. "Si Te Vas"
9. "La Tortura"
10. "No"
11. "Whenever, Wherever"
12. "La Pared"
13. "Dia de Enero"
14. "Underneath Your Clothes"
15. "Pies Descalzos, Sueños Blancos"
16. "Ciega, Sordomuda"
17. "Ojos Así"
18. "Hips Don't Lie"

Turkey & Croatia 

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

Tour dates

The Oral Fixation Tour visited 5 continents and 40 countries.

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
June 14, 2006	Zaragoza	Spain	Feria De Muestras
June 16, 2006	A Coruña		Instituto Municipal Coruña Espectáculos
June 18, 2006	Gijón		Las Mestas Sports Complex
June 20, 2006	León		Campo de Fútbol Antonio Amilivia
June 22, 2006	Madrid		Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas
June 23, 2006
June 25, 2006	Pamplona		Plaza de Toros de Pamplona
June 28, 2006	Barcelona		Palau Sant Jordi
June 30, 2006	Málaga		La Rosaleda Stadium
July 1, 2006	Elche		Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero
July 3, 2006	Las Palmas		Estadio Gran Canaria
July 5, 2006	Santa Cruz de Tenerife		Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López
July 14, 2006	Zagreb	Croatia	Radnik Stadium
July 17, 2006	Timișoara	Romania	Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu
July 20, 2006	Athens	Greece	Olympic Stadium
July 22, 2006	Moscow	Russia	Red Square
North America
August 9, 2006	El Paso	United States	Don Haskins Center
August 11, 2006	Phoenix		US Airways Center
August 12, 2006	Las Vegas		Mandalay Bay Events Center
August 15, 2006	Los Angeles		Staples Center
August 16, 2006	San Diego		iPayOne Center
August 18, 2006	Anaheim		Arrowhead Pond
August 19, 2006	San Jose		HP Pavilion at San Jose
August 21, 2006
August 25, 2006	Chicago		United Center
August 27, 2006	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre
August 29, 2006	Washington, D.C.	United States	Verizon Center
September 1, 2006	Atlantic City		Mark G. Etess Arena
September 2, 2006
September 4, 2006	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena
September 5, 2006	Boston		TD Banknorth Garden
September 7, 2006	New York City		Madison Square Garden
September 8, 2006
September 12, 2006	Atlanta		Philips Arena
September 13, 2006	Orlando		TD Waterhouse Centre
September 15, 2006	Miami		American Airlines Arena
September 16, 2006
September 19, 2006	Houston		Toyota Center
September 20, 2006	Corpus Christi		American Bank Center
September 22, 2006	San Antonio		AT&T Center
September 23, 2006	Dallas		American Airlines Center
September 25, 2006	Hidalgo		Dodge Arena
September 26, 2006
September 30, 2006	Mexico City	Mexico	Palacio de los Deportes
October 1, 2006
October 3, 2006
October 4, 2006
October 7, 2006
October 8, 2006
October 10, 2006
October 11, 2006
October 13, 2006	Monterrey		Estadio Universitario
October 15, 2006	Guadalajara		Arena VFG
Central America
November 4, 2006	Guatemala City	Guatemala	Estadio Mateo Flores
November 6, 2006	San Salvador	El Salvador	Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González
November 9, 2006	Panama City	Panama	Figali Convention Center
South America
November 11, 2006	Caracas	Venezuela	Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base
November 15, 2006	Barranquilla	Colombia	Estadio Metropolitano
November 17, 2006	Bogotá		Simón Bolívar Park
November 19, 2006	Cali		Estadio Olímpico de Cali
November 21, 2006	Santiago	Chile	Movistar Arena
November 22, 2006			Estadio Nacional
November 24, 2006	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Estadio Vélez Sársfield
November 25, 2006
November 28, 2006	Lima	Peru	Hipódromo de Monterrico
November 30, 2006	Guayaquil	Ecuador	Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera
December 2, 2006	Quito		Coliseo General Rumiñahui
North America
December 7, 2006	Miami	United States	American Airlines Arena
December 8, 2006
December 9, 2006
December 13, 2006	San Juan	Puerto Rico	José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum
December 15, 2006
December 16, 2006
December 19, 2006	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Estadio Félix Sánchez
Europe
January 25, 2007	Hamburg	Germany	Color Line Arena
January 26, 2007	Berlin		Max-Schmeling-Halle
January 28, 2007	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis
January 31, 2007	Hanover	Germany	TUI Arena
February 1, 2007	Mannheim		SAP Arena
February 16, 2007	Paris	France	Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy
February 18, 2007	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle
February 19, 2007
February 21, 2007	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
February 22, 2007
February 25, 2007	Stuttgart	Germany	Schleyerhalle
February 27, 2007	Milan	Italy	Datch Forum
March 2, 2007	Leipzig	Germany	Arena Leipzig
March 3, 2007	Prague	Czech Republic	Sazka Arena
March 5, 2007	Budapest	Hungary	Budapest Sports Arena
March 6, 2007	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
March 9, 2007	Aalborg	Denmark	Gigantium
March 11, 2007	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
March 12, 2007	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholm Globe Arena
March 14, 2007	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Arena
March 17, 2007	Arnhem	Netherlands	GelreDome
March 18, 2007	London	England	Wembley Arena
March 21, 2007	Oberhausen	Germany	König Pilsener Arena
Asia
March 23, 2007	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Dubai Autodrome
March 25, 2007	Mumbai	India	MMRDA Grounds
Africa
March 28, 2007	Cairo	Egypt	Giza Plateau
Europe
March 30, 2007	Granada	Spain	Plaza de Toros
March 31, 2007	Torrevieja		Parque Antonio Soria
April 2, 2007	Santander		Palacio de Deportes de Santander
April 4, 2007	Lisbon	Portugal	Pavilhão Atlântico
April 8, 2007	Cologne	Germany	Kölnarena
North America
May 9, 2007	Culiacán	Mexico	Estadio General Ángel Flores
May 11, 2007	Aguascalientes		Estadio Victoria
May 13, 2007	Mexico City		Foro Sol
May 16, 2007	Querétaro		Estadio Corregidora
May 18, 2007	Veracruz		Estadio Luis de la Fuente
May 20, 2007	Puebla		Universidad de las Américas Puebla
May 23, 2007	Chihuahua		Estadio Universidad de Chihuahua
May 24, 2007	Torreón		Estadio Revolución
May 26, 2007	San Luis Potosí		Estadio Alfonso Lastras Ramírez
May 27, 2007	Mexico City		Zócalo
May 30, 2007	Monterrey		Auditorio Coca-Cola
Asia & Europe
July 9, 2007	Istanbul	Turkey	Turkcell Kuruçeşme Arena
Africa
July 15, 2007	Lagos	Nigeria	Thisday MF[3]

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets sold / available	Gross revenue
Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base (La Carlota)	Caracas	32,382 / 35,000 (92%)	$1,430,746[4]
Estadio General Angel Flores	Culiacán	15,347 / 17,571 (87%)	$1,043,697[5]
Estadio Victoria	Aguascalientes	20,814 / 25,038 (83%)	$1,216,311[5]
Foro Sol	Mexico City	48,491 / 52,502 (92%)	$1,425,847[5]
Estadio Corregidora	Querétaro	24,844 / 31,924 (78%)	$1,403,692[5]
Estadio Luis de la Fuente	Veracruz	24,375 / 25,797 (94%)	$1,043,697[5]
Universidad de las Américas	Puebla	22,184 / 24,353 (91%)	$1,391,862[5]
Estadio Universitario	Chihuahua	17,961 / 21,000 (86%)	$1,218,573
Estadio Alfonso Ramírez	San Luis Potosí	17,770 / 20,426 (87%)	$1,049,985
Estadio Revolución	Torreón	13,586 / 14,144 (96%)	$849,815
Auditorio Coca-Cola	Monterrey	16,591 / 16,884 (98%)	$878,377
TOTAL		239,405 / 284,639 (84%)	$12,952,602

Notes

1. "Shakira Announces U.S. Tour Dates". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
2. "pollstarpro" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-09-14.
3. http://www.nigeriafilms.com/news/1654/3/shakira-ne-yo-rihanna-arrive-for-thisday-concert.html
4. Boxscore Caracas 2006
5. Boxscore Mexico 2007

External links

• Oral Fixation Tour Official website