Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony en Concierto

Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony en Concierto
Continental tour by Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony
Promotional poster for the tour
LocationNorth America
Associated albumBrave
Como Ama una Mujer
El Cantante
Start dateSeptember 28, 2007 (2007-09-28)
End dateNovember 7, 2007 (2007-11-07)
Legs1
No. of shows19 in North America
Attendance133,664[a]
Box office$13.8 million[a]
Jennifer Lopez tour chronology
Let's Get Loud
(2001) 		Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony en Concierto
(2007) 		Dance Again World Tour
(2012)
Marc Anthony tour chronology
Sigo Siendo Yo Tour
(2006) 		Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony en Concierto
(2007) 		Iconos Tour
(2010)

Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony en Concierto[2] (also known as the El Cantante Tour,[3] Jennifer & Marc en Concierto,[4] and simply En Concierto[5]) was a co-headlining concert tour by American recording artists Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony. The tour began on September 28, 2007 and ended on November 7, 2007, reaching North America. At the end of 2007, the tour placed 59th on Pollstar's "Top 100 North American Tours", earning $13.8 million from 17 shows.[1]

Background

In January 2005, Lopez revealed to MTV News that was in the midst of planning a tour to support her fourth studio album, Rebirth. Lopez stated: "I've tried to plan a tour so many times [...] And we're planning it again. It is exciting. We'll see if it happens [...] I've learned not to get my hopes up. I can't wait!" Lopez also added that she envisioned the tour as "Just me doing my thing".[6] However, details for a tour were never unveiled and there subsequently was never one.[7]

As a performer, Marc Anthony was completed several tours with his "Juntos en Concierto" concert. Here, Anthony would be joined on stage by other latin pop singers (including Laura Pausini, Chayanne, Alejandro Fernández and Marco Antonio Solís), touring hispanophone regions within the United States and South America. The concert series became an annual event for Anthony, beginning in 2004.[8]

Lopez stated that this would be her first concert tour ever,[9] and commented on her plans for the tour saying:[10]

"I'm going to do a couple of new songs, obviously from this album, and also from my Spanish album, and then of course my old, kinda standard hits. This is the first time, so a lot of my fans haven't gotten to see me at all perform these songs, so I'm going to try to pick all the best ones that they want to see. But you never know."

Anthony describes the tour as:[10]

"It's just a monster show. As we creep up to it, just in a couple days, that's when I'm getting the magnitude of this, you know what I'm saying? I sit back and watch her set, and it's exciting. I'm so proud of her."

For the tour, one dollar from each ticket sold was donated to "Run for Something Better"—a charitable organization supporting physical fitness programs for children.[4]

Setlist

Marc Anthony
  1. "Aguanile"
  2. "Valió la Pena"
  3. "Te Conozco Bien"
  4. "Amar Sin Mentiras"
  5. "Tu Amor Me Hace Bien"
  6. "Nadie Como Ella"
  7. "You Sang to Me"
  8. "Y Hubo Alguien"
  9. "Hasta Que Te Conocí"
  10. "Faithfully"
  11. "My Baby You"
  12. "Ahora Quien"
  13. "Volando Entre Tus Brazos"
  14. "Preciosa"
  15. "I Need to Know"
  16. "Mi Gente"
Jennifer Lopez
  1. "Brave" (Video Introduction)
  2. "Do It Well"
  3. "Jenny from the Block"
  4. "If You Had My Love"
  5. "Me Haces Falta"
  6. "Te Voy a Querer"
  7. "Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)"
  8. "I'm Real (Murder Remix)"
  9. "All I Have"
  10. "Hold You Down"
  11. "I'm Gonna Be Alright (Track Masters Remix)"
  12. "Hold It, Don't Drop It"
  13. "Qué Hiciste"
  14. "Por Qué Te Marchas"
  15. "Waiting for Tonight"
  16. "Love Don't Cost a Thing"
  17. "Get Right"
  18. "Let's Get Loud"

Encore (performed with Anthony)

  2. "Por Arriesgarnos"
  4. "No Me Ames (Tropical Remix)"
Notes
  • During her performance of "All I Have" at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Lopez was joined onstage by LL Cool J. At the same concert, Lopez was joined onstage by Fat Joe during the performance of "Hold You Down"
  • "Me Haces Falta" was not performed at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
North America[2][4][10][11][12][13]
September 28, 2007 Atlantic City United States Trump Taj Mahal — —
September 29, 2007
October 3, 2007 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
October 5, 2007 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center 9,006 / 15,504 $858,184
October 7, 2007 New York City Madison Square Garden — —
October 8, 2007
October 10, 2007 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre
October 12, 2007 Montreal Bell Centre 11,422 / 11,422 $1,186,301
October 14, 2007 Chicago United States United Center — —
October 17, 2007 San Jose HP Pavilion
October 19, 2007 Los Angeles Staples Center
October 20, 2007 Anaheim Honda Center
October 26, 2007 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
October 30, 2007 Dallas American Airlines Center
October 31, 2007 Houston Toyota Center
November 2, 2007 Miami American Airlines Arena
November 3, 2007
November 4, 2007 Orlando Amway Arena
November 7, 2007 Miami American Airlines Arena

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and cancellation reason
Date City Country Venue Reason
November 10, 2007[b] San Diego United States Cox Arena Local San Diego County wildfires[15]

Critical reception

  • Kelefa Sanneh (The New York Times) gave the tour a mixed review. Although he praised Anthony's performance, he had doubts about Lopez stating, "But no one expects Ms. Lopez to morph into a lung-busting powerhouse, and in some ways her shaky voice may add to her appeal: on the stage of an arena (and perhaps nowhere else), the A-list star is once more an underdog, getting by with a little help from her band and her husband and a few thousand friends".[9]
  • Justin Smith (Pegasus News) described the Anthony's performance as a throwback to the 1970s Tropicana Club. He further stated: "[Anthony] has a voice so powerful and seductive, it is no surprise that every woman in the audience melted the second the opening note was sung. The band pumped out the salsa clave just like it would have been at the Tropicana in New York in the 1970s, and I desperately wanted to get up and dance."[16]
  • Jane Stevenson (Jam! Showbiz) praised Anthony's performance but thought less of Lopez's skills remarking: "For Lopez, it is more about coming up with some kick-ass dance moves to distract and divert from her weak voice. JLo can usually shake her ample behind with the best of them given her Fly Girl history on In Living Color but with an apparent bun in the oven, Lopez's movements were kept to a minimum -- she performed them in short spurts with the exception of Get Right -- and let her dancers take over most of the A-moves."[17]

Notes

  1. ^ a b The attendance and box office gross is based on only 17 shows.[1]
  2. ^ The show on November 10, 2007 at Cox Arena in San Diego was originally scheduled to take place on October 24, 2007, but was postponed due to wildfires.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pollstar Top 100 Tours 2007" (PDF). Pollstar. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony Launch ING Presents Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony En Concierto at Bronx PS36" (Press release). PR Newswire. 2007-09-25. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
  3. ^ "It's Official: Jennifer Lopez Confirms Pregnancy - Babies, Couples, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony : People.com". Archived from the original on 2007-11-09.
  4. ^ a b c Kilgore, Kym (2007-08-13). "Jennifer Lopez to drop 'Brave' new album". LiveDaily. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
  5. ^ "Jennifer Lopez And Marc Anthony Roll Out Tour Dates; Plus Lindsay Lohan, Gwen Stefani, Nas, Amy Winehouse & More, In For The Record". MTV News. 2007-08-06. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
  6. ^ Vineyard, Jennifer (2005-01-11). "Jennifer Lopez Going On Tour ... Probably ... Maybe - Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV. Archived from the original on April 14, 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  7. ^ "For The Record: Quick News On Eminem, Jennifer Lopez, Harry Potter, Janet Jackson, Suge Knight & More - Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV. 2006-04-06. Archived from the original on September 3, 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  8. ^ Cobo, Leila (2008-05-30). "Marc Anthony plots fourth Juntos en Concierto tour". Thomson Reuters. Thomson Corporation. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
  9. ^ a b Sanneh, Kelefa (2007-10-09). "Sure, Bring Your Family to Work". The New York Times Company. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
  10. ^ a b c "Jennifer Lopez And Marc Anthony Wipe Off Tears, Set Sights On 'Monster Show'". MTV News. 2007-08-06. Archived from the original on December 19, 2007. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
  11. ^ "It's Official: Jennifer Lopez Confirms Pregnancy".
  12. ^ "Top Boxscore". Billboard Magazine. 119 (43): 24. 2007-10-27.
  13. ^ "Top Boxscore". Billboard Magazine. 119 (46): 24. 2007-11-17.
  14. ^ "Short Takes - VenuesNow". 23 October 2007.
  15. ^ "The San Diego Union-Tribune - San Diego, California & National News".
  16. ^ Smith, Justin (2007-11-01). "Concert Review: Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony". Pegasus News. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
  17. ^ Stevenson, Jane (2007-10-10). "Concert Review: JENNIFER LOPEZ". Jam!. Archived from the original on July 11, 2012. Retrieved 2010-09-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)