Arular Tour

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The Arular Tour is a global concert tour by M.I.A. performed in support of her first studio album Arular (2005). It took place from 2005 to 2006.

The tour featured dates across North America, South America, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australasia. M.I.A. performed sporadically near the end of 2004. One of M.I.A.'s first live performances in London took place in November 2004.[1] She also performed at an event in Puerto Rico and minor gigs in places such as Philadelphia and New York City in the U.S., as well as Hamburg and Berlin in Germany in 2004.[2] Her 2005 tour began with her North American debut performance at the Drake Hotel in Toronto, Ontario on 2 February 2005.[3]

Tour details

The Arular Tour setlist featured songs from her debut album Arular. Some mixes from her mixtape Piracy Funds Terrorism were also performed. M.I.A. did not follow the same setlist at every show. M.I.A. spoke in 2005 of wanting to make her live set "minimal," inspired by gigs of acts such as electroclash musician Peaches which she attended whilst travelling and filming a documentary on her.[4] M.I.A.'s concert following the Drake Hotel gig received a response described as "phenomenal" by organiser Jacob Smid, with attendees already knowing many of her songs.[3]

Sets were sometimes decorated with palm fronds. The stage featured coloured drapes, canvasses and flags she created with prints of her graffiti stencils, paintings, and her album and singles artwork. These featured pictures of anonymous rebel soldiers, tigers, tanks and guns amid jagged colourful patterns. Her stage attire featured similar prints. She wore many contrasting outfits, nearly every item of clothing hand made by friends such as Carri Mundane and herself.[1] In some shows, a video screen displayed images of tigers, looping fighter jets, maps of London and oil rigs.

Coachella 2005

M.I.A ended her set in the Gobi tent at the 2005 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival with the song "Galang", leading to an encore in response to crowd enthusiasm, a rarity for the festival and the first tent encore at Coachella.[5][6] Describing the performance she said, "When I played three years ago, it was such a crazy moment. It was my first festival and I had only done about five shows in my entire life...They dismantled the stage and had to put it back together because all the people started going, 'M.I.A! M.I.A!' I don't think I'd ever be able to do something like that again, because it was my moment."[6]

Later tour

Additionally, M.I.A. co-headlined tours with Roots Manuva and LCD Soundsystem during 2005.[7] Her dates from 10 May at the Commodore Ballroom, Canada to 12 June at the 9:30 Club, US were performed with LCD Soundsystem.[8] M.I.A. performed with backup singer Cherry and DJ Diplo on many dates. Spank Rock opened for M.I.A. on a few dates, as did DJ's Rekha, Marlboro and Contra who made appearances on some dates during the tour.[9] Concerts took place at club venues and music festivals. She joined Gwen Stefani on her 2005 tour and ended the Arular tour with performances in Japan in February 2006. M.I.A. performed several sold-out shows during her tour, with Aziz Ansari, Feist, David Byrne, Nas, Kelis, Matt Damon and Natalie Portman among those attending concerts.[10][11][12][13] Recording for her second album Kala followed this tour, which preceded the 2007 KALA Tour.

Set list

This is the set-list from M.I.A.'s sold-out concert at the club S.O.B.s in Manhattan U.S..

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
North America
2 February 2005 Toronto Canada Drake Hotel
3 February 2005 Los Angeles United States Knitting Factory
5 February 2005 New York City Knitting Factory
1 May 2005Template:Efn Indio Empire Polo Club
10 May 2005 Vancouver Canada Commodore Ballroom
11 May 2005 Seattle United States The Showbox
13 May 2005 San Francisco The Independent
14 May 2005 The Fillmore
15 May 2005 Los Angeles El Rey Theatre
17 May 2005 The Echo
19 May 2005 Chicago Metro Chicago
20 May 2005 Detroit Saint Andrew's Hall
21 May 2005 Toronto Canada The Opera House
22 May 2005 Montreal La Tulipe
7 June 2005 New York City United States SOB's
9 June 2005 Boston Avalon Ballroom
10 June 2005 New York City Webster Hall
11 June 2005 Philadelphia Transit
12 June 2005 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club
Europe
16 June 2005Template:Efn Hultsfred Sweden Hultsfred Folkets Park
17 June 2005 London England Fabric
18 June 2005Template:Efn Barcelona Spain Fira Gran Via
23 June 2005 Norwich England The Waterfront
24 June 2005Template:Efn Pilton Worthy Farm
25 June 2005Template:Efn London Hyde Park
5 July 2005Template:Efn Kristiansand Norway Odderøya
14 July 2005 Brussels Belgium Ancienne Belgique
15 July 2005Template:Efn Ghent Vooruit
16 July 2005Template:Efn Amsterdam Netherlands Melkweg
North America
7 August 2005Template:Efn New York City United States Rumsey Playfield
Asia
13 August 2005Template:Efn Chiba Japan Makuhari Messe
14 August 2005Template:Efn Osaka Intex Osaka
Europe
26 August 2005Template:Efn Leeds England Bramham Park
28 August 2005Template:Efn Reading Little John's Farm
North America
19 September 2005 Athens United States 40 Watt Club
21 September 2005 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club
23 September 2005 Boston Paradise Rock Club
24 September 2005 Montreal Canada Metropolis
26 September 2005 Toronto Phoenix Concert Theatre
27 September 2005 Detroit United States Saint Andrew's Hall
28 September 2005 Chicago Metro Chicago
29 September 2005 Minneapolis Fine Line Music Cafe
1 October 2005 Englewood Gothic Theatre
4 October 2005 Los Angeles The Fonda Theatre
5 October 2005 San Francisco The Regency Ballroom
South America
22 October 2005Template:Efn Rio de Janeiro Brazil Museum of Modern Art
25 October 2005Template:Efn São Paulo Arena Anhembi
29 October 2005Template:Efn Buenos Aires Argentina Club Ciudad de Buenos Aires
North AmericaTemplate:Efn
16 November 2005 Winnipeg Canada MTS Centre
18 November 2005 Edmonton Rexall Place
20 November 2005 Vancouver General Motors Place
21 November 2005 Seattle United States KeyArena
23 November 2005 Portland Veterans Memorial Coliseum
25 November 2005 Fresno Save Mart Center
26 November 2005 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond
28 November 2005
29 November 2005 Bakersfield Rabobank Arena
1 December 2005 Oakland The Arena in Oakland
Oceania
22 January 2006Template:Efn Gold Coast Australia Gold Coast Parklands
26 January 2006Template:Efn Sydney Sydney Showground Stadium
28 January 2006 Metro Theatre
29 January 2006Template:Efn Melbourne Princes Park
3 February 2006Template:Efn Adelaide Adelaide Showground
5 February 2006Template:Efn Perth Claremont Showground

Notes

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