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Tour of the Mongoose
Tour by Shakira
Promotional poster for the tour
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
  • South America
Associated albumLaundry Service
Start dateNovember 8, 2002
End dateMay 11, 2003
No. of shows61
Shakira concert chronology

The Tour of the Mongoose (also known as El Tour de la Mangosta in Spanish-speaking regions) was the third concert tour by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, launched in support of her fifth studio album—and debut English-language record— Laundry Service (2001). It was her first global tour, visiting North and South America and Europe.

Background

Clear Channel Entertainment announced the Tour of the Mongoose in September 2002. The tour came shortly after Shakira reached international success with her third studio album. During a press conference in New York City, Shakira summarized her show as an "entertaining rock show", stating, "I'm not saving any effort to make sure that this concert will be the best I can offer to my fans. And it's going to have a strong spirit of rock and roll, so you will see a rock-and-roll show, but it will have all of the nuances and the subtleties of a show that attempts to entertain".

At the same press conference, Shakira explained the tour's name as symbolizing the strength of the mongoose, stating "...I was really impressed by it because it is an animal that can defeat the snake with just a bite. It's like a living miracle, this animal, to me, because if there's an animal on earth that can defeat the snake—a venomous viper—with a bite, I think that there's got to be some way for us to defeat, or to bite the neck of hatred in this world, no? "It's called the Tour of the Mongoose, and the mongoose is basically one of the few animals who can defeat the most venomous snakes with just one bite and that's why I decided to name my tour that way, because I think that if we all have a little mongoose inside that can defeat the hatred and the resentment and the prejudice of everyday, we can probably win the battle." At the tour commencement, Corey Moss of MTV compared the singer to Britney Spears, Tommy Lee, Elvis Presley, Sheryl Crow and Rage Against the Machine.

Controversy

Shakira performing the closing number "Whenever, Wherever"in Rotterdam.

The show sparked some controversy due to a perceived anti-war message in a video played prior to the performance of "Octavo Día", displaying war footage and later revealing the Grim Reaper to be a puppeteer. Shakira defended the video, stating,

"I think that we see war as a virtual thing and we even get to believe that bombs fall on top of cardboard cutouts and stuff like that, they don't. They kill real people, real children, real mothers and millions of innocent people. I come from Colombia, which is a country that has been under the whip of violence for more than four decades, so I've seen the consequences of war and I've seen the psychological damage that it does in a society. And I think that we're never ready for war. I just feel that there are always pacifist solutions, and I think that the leaders know the exit to the conflict, it's just that sometimes they don't want to use them, they just want to continue playing their little game of power. And I feel that us people have the responsibility and also the obligation to demand to our leaders to give us the pacifist solutions. To give us a world in peace."

Argentina controversy

In 1999, Shakira began a relationship with Argentine lawyer Antonio de la Rúa, the son of the then president of Argentina Fernando de la Rúa. This led to huge backlash in the country due to the social and economic crisis happening at the time in the nation. After the December 2001 riots in Argentina, many groups, including journalists and music retailers, sought to boycott Shakira's career in the country. In February 2002, Pablo di Paola, the then president of Tower Records Argentina took the decision to stop selling Shakira's albums in the country. In the documentary for her video album Live & off the Record (2004), Shakira revealed that trying to bring the tour to Argentina in 2003 turned into a "real soup opera" with a lot of discussion happening behind closed doors, with her team and then manager Freddy DeMann trying to persuade her to skip the country during the tour. The tour's production manager, Chris Lamband, and the tour manager, Fitzjoy Hellin, called the situation "insane." Shakira stated: "Not only the press was an issue, but logistics were nearly impossible and certainly unprofitable." Nevertheless, Shakira decided to go to Argentina in despite of the controversy.

On May 3, 2003, Shakira performed at Argentina's River Plate stadium, the sold-out show had over 60,000 people in attendance, including Argentinian celebrities and politicians such as actor Mariano Martínez, former vicepresident of Argentina Daniel Scioli and the former first lady of Argentina Inés Pertiné Urien. According to Argentine magazine Gente, her then boyfriend Antonio de la Rúa decided to not attend due to the controversy.

Commercial performance

Shakira became the first Latin female artist to perform at Argentina's Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti (River Plate stadium), the sold-out show had over 60,000 people in attendance. The concert in Santiago, Chile broke Luis Miguel's record of most expensive concert tickets in the country due to Shakira's huge global popularity and high demand. The show in Atlantic Pavilion, Lisbon has attracted 19,136 people which has broken attendance record holding by American rock trio R.E.M.

Broadcast and recordings

Main article: Live & off the Record

The tour was shot in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on April 22, 2003. The tour was chronicled on Live & off the Record. The disc included selected songs from the concert, along with a documentary showing the performer preparing for the show, her song writing process and her ideas about social responsibility. It also includes a live CD that features ten songs that were performed during the show. The CD spun off two singles, "Poem to a Horse" and "Whenever, Wherever Live". In a special edition of Fijación Oral, Volume 1 the performances of "Fool" and "Dónde Están los Ladrones?" were included.

Setlist

Anglophone
  1. "Ojos Así"
  2. "Si Te Vas"
  3. "Fool"
  4. "Ciega, Sordomuda"
  5. "The One"
  6. "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)" (contains elements of "Te Dejo Madrid")
  7. "Back in Black"
  8. "Rules"
  9. "Inevitable"
  10. "Underneath Your Clothes"
  11. "Estoy Aquí"
  12. "Octavo Día"
  13. "Ready For The Good Times"
  14. "Un Poco de Amor"
  15. "Poem to a Horse"
  16. "Tú"
Encore
  2. "Objection (Tango)" (Afro-Punk Version)
  4. "Whenever, Wherever" (Sahara Mix)
Hispanophone
  1. "Ojos Así"
  2. "Si Te Vas"
  3. "Ciega, Sordomuda"
  4. "Inevitable"
  5. "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)" (contains elements of "Te Dejo Madrid")
  6. "Back In Black"
  7. "Rules"
  8. "Underneath Your Clothes"
  9. "Estoy Aquí"
  10. "Octavo Día"
  11. "Ready For The Good Times"
  12. "Un Poco De Amor"
  13. "¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?"
  14. "Tú"
  15. "Te Dejo Madrid"
Encore
  2. "Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)" (Afro-Punk Version)
  3. "Suerte"(contains elements of "Whenever, Wherever (Sahara Mix)")

Tour dates

Date (2023) City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
North America
November 8, 2002 San Diego United States San Diego Sports Arena 11,764 / 11,764 $655,400
November 10, 2002 San Jose Compaq Center 14,116 / 14,116 $754,274
November 12, 2002 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 10,113 / 12,862 $710,255
November 13, 2002 Los Angeles Staples Center 15,102 / 15,102 $1,066,743
November 15, 2002 El Paso Don Haskins Center 16,392 / 16,392 $1,035,105
November 16, 2002
November 18, 2002 Washington D.C. MCI Center — —
November 20, 2002 New York City Madison Square Garden 14,249 / 14,249 $1,024,460
November 22, 2002 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 6,553 / 7,425 $245,480
November 24, 2002 Philadelphia First Union Center 9,842 / 10,549 $450,560
November 25, 2002 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum 9,131 / 11,854 $459,487
November 27, 2002 Montreal Canada Bell Centre 11,140 / 11,140 $466,243
November 28, 2002 Toronto Air Canada Centre 10,432 / 11,155 $429,860
November 30, 2002 Boston United States FleetCenter 12,555 / 12,555 $678,540
December 2, 2002 Miami American Airlines Arena 13,958 / 13,958 $886,053
Europe
December 10, 2002 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi 18,000 / 18,000 $696,279
December 12, 2002 Cologne Germany Kölnarena 14,405 / 14,800 $756,335
December 16, 2002 London England Wembley Arena — —
North America
January 18, 2003 Chicago United States United Center 14,770 / 14,770 $934,719
January 20, 2003 Dallas American Airlines Center 13,550 / 13,550 $727,205
January 22, 2003 Houston Compaq Center 12,735 / 12,735 $702,205
January 23, 2003 San Antonio SBC Center 12,695 / 12,695 $709,575
January 25, 2003 Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center 9,347 / 9,347 $731,125
January 28, 2003 Denver Pepsi Center — —
January 31, 2003 Phoenix America West Arena
February 2, 2003 Oakland The Arena in Oakland 10,557 / 12,032 $636,689
February 5, 2003 Laredo Laredo Entertainment Center — —
February 6, 2003
February 9, 2003 Guadalajara Mexico Estadio Tres de Marzo 23,926 / 23,926 $1,112,680
February 11, 2003 Monterrey Auditorio Coca-Cola 35,822 / 35,822 $1,184,826
February 12, 2003
February 14, 2003 Mexico City Foro Sol 88,163 / 88,163 (100%) $4,050,889
February 15, 2003
February 19, 2003 Panama City Panama Figali Convention Center — —
February 23, 2003 Albuquerque United States Tingley Coliseum
February 25, 2003 El Paso Don Haskins Center 6,995 / 6,995 $386,925
Latin America
February 28, 2003 Quito Ecuador Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa — —
March 5, 2003 Lima Peru Jockey Club Parcela H
March 8, 2003 Santiago Chile Estadio Nacional de Chile
March 12, 2003 Bogotá Colombia Estadio el Campín
March 15, 2003 Barranquilla Estadio Metropolitano
March 22, 2003 San Juan Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium
March 23, 2003 Coliseo de Puerto Rico
Europe
March 28, 2003 Paris France Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy — —
March 30, 2003 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
March 31, 2003
April 2, 2003 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
April 4, 2003 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle Frankfurt
April 6, 2003 Munich Olympiahalle
April 10, 2003 Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Globe Arena
April 13, 2003 Berlin Germany Max-Schmeling-Halle
April 14, 2003 Hamburg Color Line Arena
April 17, 2003 Milan Italy Fila Forum
April 21, 2003 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis
April 22, 2003 Rotterdam Netherlands Sportpaleis van Ahoy 10,621 / 10,621 $483,586
April 25, 2003 Madrid Spain Las Ventas 17,150 / 17,150 $746,519
April 27, 2003 Lisbon Portugal Pavilhão Atlântico — —
Latin America
May 1, 2003 Punta del Este Uruguay Conrad de Punta del Este — —
May 3, 2003 Buenos Aires Argentina River Plate Stadium
May 6, 2003 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Estadio Quisqueya
May 8, 2003 Maracaibo Venezuela Estadio José Pachencho Romero
May 11, 2003 Caracas Poliedro de Caracas
TOTAL 444,083 / 453,727 (98%) $22,722,017

Personnel

  • Shakira – Producer, songwriter, vocals, guitar, harmonica
  • Gonzalo Agulla – Executive producer
  • José Arnal – Executive producer
  • Tim Mitchell – Producer, arranger, guitar
  • Dana Austin – Producer
  • Bettina Abascal – Post producer
  • Dominic Morley – Engineer
  • Richard Robson – Engineer
  • Neil Tucker – Engineer
  • Matt Vaughan – Engineer
  • Richard Wilkinson – Engineer
  • Adrian Hall – Mixing engineer
  • Chris Theis – Mixing engineer
  • Mike Fisher – Audio post-production
  • Mike Wilder – Mastering
  • Ramiro Aguilar – Video director
  • Pablo Arraya – Editing assistant
  • Rita Quintero – Backing vocals, keyboards
  • Adam Zimmon – Guitar
  • Mario Inchaust – Backing vocals, Guitars
  • Albert Sterling Menendez – Keyboards
  • Pedro Alfonso – Violin
  • Dan Rothchild – Bass guitar, photography
  • Brendan Buckley – Drums
  • Rafael Padilla – Percussion
  • Jeff Bender – Photography, cover photo
  • Frank Ockenfels – Photography
  • Ian Cuttler – Art direction
  • Frank Carbonari – Graphic design
  • Rose Noone – A&R

References

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  2. ^ Armor, Jerry (25 September 2002). "Shakira To Embark Upon Tour Of The Mongoose In November". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  3. ^ Moss, Corey; Megan Hanley (2003-02-05). "Shakira Calls For Peace, Explains Mongoose Mystery". MTV News. Archived from the original on February 16, 2003. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
  4. Moss, Corey (11 November 2002). "Shakira Shows She's The Colombian Britney, Colombian Tommy Lee At Tour Kickoff". MTV News. Archived from the original on November 14, 2002. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  5. Shakira and de la Rua 'waiting to wed'. Irish Examiner. 28 October 2006.
  6. Intrusos en el espectáculo (in Spanish). 2001. América TV.
  7. ^ Live & off the Record (DVD) (in English and Spanish). Furia Entertainment, Sony Music International.
  8. https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/espectaculos/6-19669-2003-05-05.html
  9. https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/boicot-contra-shakira-por-su-novio-nid372078/
  10. https://elpais.com/diario/2002/03/09/agenda/1015628404_850215.html
  11. https://www.clarin.com/sociedad/show-shakira-hizo-delirar-60-mil-fans-cancha-river_0_rkqZa5WeRYg.html
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  13. https://www.revistagente.com/uncategorized/has-sido-un-extranjero-en-tu-propio-pais/
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  15. "Shakira romperá el récord que marcó Luis Miguel".
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  17. "Shakira: Live & Off The Record (2004)". Amazon. United States. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
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  19. "Shakira se presentará en México". El Universo. 5 February 2003. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  20. ^ Billboard Boxscore U.S.A 2002 Page 14
  21. ^ Billboard Boxscore U.S.A 2002 Page 36
  22. ^ Billboard Boxscore U.S.A 2003 Page 20
  23. ^ Billboard Boxscore Mexico 2003 Page 19
  24. "Shakira: se acerca el huracán". La Nación (in Spanish). 3 May 2003. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  25. "Shakira deleitó en el Monumental". La Nación (in Spanish). 4 May 2003. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  26. Aguirre, Javier (5 May 2003). "Shakira, una presentación sin recuerdos familiares". Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 June 2017.

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