Verizon VIP Tour

The Verizon VIP Tour was an annual concert tour promoted by Live Nation Global Touring and Verizon Wireless. Following in the footsteps of the Verizon Ladies First Tour, the VIP Tour features an emerging female artist as the headliner. The concerts are exclusive to Verizon Wireless customers (although select concerts are open to the public), following an appearance by the headliner at a local Verizon Wireless store. The tour predominantly takes place in the United States. The concert series ran from 2007 to 2009.

Fergie (2007)

Verizon VIP Tour
National tour by Fergie
LocationU.S., North America
Associated albumThe Dutchess
Start dateMay 8, 2007
End dateJuly 28, 2007
Legs1
No. of shows23 in North America

American singer-songwriter Fergie headlined the inaugural Verizon VIP Tour. The tour supported her debut album, The Dutchess.

Set list

  1. "Here I Come"
  2. "London Bridge"
  3. "Clumsy"
  4. "Big Girls Don't Cry"
  5. "Don't Lie" / "Hey Mama" / "Shut Up" / "Don't Phunk with My Heart" / "Where Is the Love"
  6. "Pedestal"
  7. "All That I Got (The Make Up Song)"
  8. "My Humps"
  9. "Voodoo Doll"
  10. "Mary Jane Shoes"
  11. "Barracuda"
Encore
  2. "Rehab"
  3. "Glamorous"
  4. "Fergalicious"
  5. "Finally"

Source:[1]

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Opening Acts
North America[2][3]
May 8, 2007 Seattle United States Franklin High School Gym Rooney
Ludacris
May 21, 2007 Pittsburgh Byham Theater
May 22, 2007 Indianapolis Egyptian Room
May 23, 2007 Cleveland House of Blues
May 26, 2007 Atlantic City
May 28, 2007 Philadelphia Franklin Music Hall
May 31, 2007 Boca Raton Mizner Park Amphitheatre
June 1, 2007 Clearwater Ruth Eckerd Hall
June 2, 2007 Atlanta The Tabernacle
June 5, 2007 Houston Verizon Wireless Theater
June 6, 2007 Dallas House of Blues
June 10, 2007 Chicago
June 11, 2007 St. Louis The Pageant Concert NightClub
June 13, 2007 Detroit State Theatre
June 19, 2007 Boston Avalon
June 21, 2007 New York City Roseland Ballroom
July 17, 2007 Anaheim House of Blues
July 18, 2007 Los Angeles Wiltern Theatre
July 19, 2007 Phoenix Dodge Theatre
July 22, 2007 Denver Fillmore Auditorium
July 24, 2007 Portland Crystal Ballroom
July 27, 2007 Stateline Harvey's Outdoor Amphitheater
July 28, 2007 Las Vegas Pearl Concert Theater

Box office score data

Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue
Mizner Park Amphitheatre Boca Raton 3,220/ 3,220 (100%) $165,464[4]
Harvey's Outdoor Amphitheater Stateline 5,920 / 5,920 (100%) $302,634[5]

Natasha Bedingfield (2008)

Verizon VIP Tour
Nacional tour by Natasha Bedingfield
LocationU.S., North America
Associated albumPocketful of Sunshine
Start dateMay 21, 2008
End dateJuly 10, 2008
Legs1
No. of shows23 in North America
Natasha Bedingfield concert chronology

British singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield headlined the 2008 Verizon VIP Tour. The tour supported her third studio album, Pocketful of Sunshine.

Opening acts

Setlist

  1. "Piece of Your Heart"
  2. "Who Knows"
  3. "Pocketful of Sunshine
  4. "These Words"
  5. "Soulmate""
  6. "Pirate Bones"
  7. "Ray of Light
  8. "Love like This"
  9. "Say It Again"
  10. "Freckles" (acoustic version)
  11. "Single" (acoustic version)
  12. "Put Your Arms Around Me"
  13. "Angel"
  14. "Backyard"
  15. "Unwritten"

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
North America[6][7]
May 21, 2008 North Myrtle Beach United States House of Blues
May 23, 2008 Lake Buena Vista
May 24, 2008 Clearwater Ruth Eckerd Hall
May 27, 2008 Atlanta Variety Playhouse
June 2, 2008 Cleveland House of Blues
June 3, 2008 Indianapolis Egyptian Room
June 4, 2008 Detroit Saint Andrew's Hall
June 5, 2008 Cincinnati Bogart's
June 8, 2008 St. Louis The Pageant Concert NightClub
June 10, 2008 Dallas House of Blues
June 11, 2008 Houston Verizon Wireless Theater
June 12, 2008 New Orleans House of Blues
June 16, 2008 Philadelphia The Fillmore at the TLA
June 17, 2008 Baltimore Rams Head Live!
June 20, 2008 Atlantic City Borgata Music Box
June 24, 2008 Boston Paradise Rock Club
June 25, 2008 New York City The Fillmore at Irving Plaza
June 30, 2008 Englewood Gothic Theatre
July 2, 2008 Las Vegas House of Blues
July 5, 2008 San Diego
July 7, 2008 Anaheim
July 9, 2008 West Hollywood
July 10, 2008 San Francisco The Fillmore

Box office score data

Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue
House of Blues Myrtle Beach 1,079 / 2,067 (52%) $15,790[8]
Lake Buena Vista 1,518 / 1,518 (100%) $24,845[8]
Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater 770 / 1,875 (41%) $31,013[9]
House of Blues Cleveland 600 / 600 (100%) $12,000[10]
Egyptian Room Indianapolis 934 / 2,000 (47%) $9,179[10]
Bogart's Cincinnati 775 / 1,500 (52%) $10,788[10]
House of Blues New Orleans 1,000 / 1,000 (100%) $26,500[11]
The Fillmore at the TLA Philadelphia 627 / 1,000 (63%) $12,400[12]
Paradise Rock Club Boston 653 / 653 (100%) $10,553[13]
The Fillmore at Irving Plaza New York City 867 / 1,114 (78%) $13,890[14]
Gothic Theatre Englewood 600 / 1,000 (60%) $12,500[5]
House of Blues Las Vegas 900 / 900 (100%) $19,004[5]
San Diego 500 / 500 (100%) $10,821[15]
Anaheim 550 / 1,100 (50%) $9,665[5]
West Hollywood 550 / 550 (100%) $12,670[5]
The Fillmore San Francisco 816 / 1,187 (69%) $12,879[5]
TOTAL 12,739 / 18,564 (70%) $244,497

Bow Wow as Shad Moss (2008)

American rapper Bow Wow was slated to headline a series of concerts in the Fall of 2008. The tour was later canceled without explanation.[16]

Keith Urban (2009)

Verizon VIP Tour
Nacional tour by Keith Urban
LocationU.S., North America
Associated albumDefying Gravity
Start dateMarch 18, 2009
End dateApril 3, 2009
Legs1
No. of shows6 in North America
Keith Urban concert chronology
  • Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy World Tour
    (2007–08)
  • Verizon VIP Tour
    (2009)
  • Escape Together World Tour
    (2009)

Australian country singer Keith Urban headlined the concert series in 2009. Unlike previous outings, the tour was very limited, with only six tour dates—as Urban was preparing for his upcoming, "Escape Together World Tour". He serves as the first male performer for the concert series. Urban described the outing as:

"Clubs are where it all began. There's just something about the way the band grooves and how the audience gets right up there close and personal, and I love it. So for me there's a nostalgic cool factor in doing this with Verizon."[17]

The tour was also recognized as the No Frills Tour[18]

Setlist

  1. "Days Go By"
  2. "You're My Better Half"1
  3. "Stupid Boy"
  4. "I Told You So"
  5. "'Til Summer Comes Around"
  6. "Kiss a Girl"
  7. "Making Memories of Us"
  8. "Only You Can Love Me This Way"
  9. "Sweet Thing"
  10. "You Look Good in My Shirt"
  11. "Raining on Sunday"
  12. "You'll Think of Me"1
  13. "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me"
  14. "Somebody Like You"

Encore

  1. "Tonight I Wanna Cry"1
  2. "Better Life"1

1Performed at select dates
Source:[19]

Additional notes

  • "Once in a Lifetime" was included at the performances at the House of Blues in Dallas, Texas and the Theatre of the Living Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • "You'll Think of Me" was not included at the performances at the Theatre of the Living Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • "You're My Better Half" was not included in the performance at the House of Blues in Los Angeles, California. At the same performance, "I Told You So" was not performed as well.
  • "Where the Blacktop Ends" was performed at the House of Blues in Los Angeles, California; the Webster Hall in New York City and the Theatre for the Living Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" was not included at the performance at the Webster Hall in New York City.
  • "Better Life" was not performed at Joe's Bar on Weed St. in Chicago, Illinois.
  • "Tonight I Wanna Cry" was not included at the performance at the Webster Hall in New York City.

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
North America[20]
March 18, 2009 Dallas United States House of Blues
March 24, 2009 San Francisco The Fillmore
March 27, 2009 West Hollywood House of Blues
March 30, 2009 Chicago Joe's Bar on Weed St.
April 1, 2009 New York City Webster Hall
April 3, 2009 Philadelphia Theater of the Living Arts

References

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  13. ^ "Billboard Boxscore", Billboard Magazine, New York City, August 1, 2008, retrieved January 5, 2009
  14. ^ "Billboard Boxscore", Billboard Magazine, New York City, August 2, 2008, retrieved January 5, 2009
  15. ^ "Billboard Boxscore", Billboard Magazine, New York City, August 2, 2008, retrieved January 5, 2009
  16. ^ "Verizon VIP Tour presents Bow Wow as Shad Moss". House of Blues. HOB Entertainment, Inc. Retrieved January 5, 2009.
  17. ^ "Verizon And Keith Urban Team Up For The Verizon VIP Tour To Give Fans A Special "No Frills" Performance" (Press release). Verizon Wireless. February 24, 2009. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
  18. ^ Madison, T. James (February 2, 2009). "Keith Urban lines up 'No Frills' dates before big summer tour". LiveDaily. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
  19. ^ Tafoya, Richard (March 3, 2009). "Live Review: Keith Urban in West Hollywood, California". LiveDaily. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
  20. ^ "Keith Urban Schedules Six-City Tour of Clubs and Theaters". CMT News. MTV Networks. February 2, 2009. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved September 6, 2010.