La Revolucion World Tour

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La Revolucion World Tour
Tour by Wisin & Yandel
Associated album La Revolucion
Start dateJuly 30, 2009
End dateDecember 11, 2010
Legs5
No. of shows76
Wisin & Yandel concert chronology

La Revolucion World Tour is the fourth world tour by the reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel to support their sixth studio album La Revolucion . Consisted on three legs including 16 shows in the United States, the duo largest arena tour at the time. [1] [2] [3] The tour was planned to end on December 6, 2009, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. [4] However, the tour was expanded to 2010 due the high demand including a second arena leg in the United States. During the stop in Argentina and Puerto Rico, the concerts was recorded and later released as La Revolucion: Live. [5] Performing in big and large venues in Latin America, it was the duo most extense and successful tour. [6]

Contents

Overview

Stage and design

The duo stated that the stage in Puerto Rico, cost around US$100,000. [7] "The idea behind the theme was that this was a revolution in music," said lighting/scenic/video designer Todd Roberts of Visions Lighting LLC (Placenta, California), who worked with Wisin y Yandel's personal lighting designer/programmer David Ayala, video director Alfredo Cifredo and production manager Eggie Allende to design and create the set. "They wanted to the look of the stage to be real industrial. We used a lot of large oversized chain, and a lot of metals." As far as the lighting went, "they wanted it to look as big as possible," said Roberts, "with a small budget. [8]

At Luna Park in Buenos Aires, the stage was 360. It was the first time in 27 years that an artist used type of stage. The last act to used at the venue was Frank Sinatra. [9] Because this reason, the concert was named "La Revolución en 360". [10]

Critical reception

Sarah Godfrey from The Washington Post attended to the concert in Washington D.C at the Patriot Center and gave a positive review stating "the performance itself was mostly the pair asserting their own stardom". [11]

Commercial reception and attendance

Following the announce of the first leg in the United States, over 60% tickets were sold in the first weeks. Ticket prices were between $45 and $95. [12] The concerts at New York, Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco and Washington D.C were reported sold out. [13] Due the high demand by the fans a second leg was announced, including the first concert in Canada which was sold out. [14] In Mexico, the tour was a box office success and in Mexico City and second date were added at Palacio de los Deportes due the high demand. In Medellin, Colombia, local media reported an attendance around 12,000 fans. [15] In Medonza, Argentina, it was around 10,000 and 12,000 in Tucuman. [16] [17] Over 50,000 fans showed of to the clousure. [18] During the third leg in Latin America, over 100,000 were sold between Paraguay and Argentina. [19] The concert in Pereira, Colombia sold over 16,000 Tickets sold. [20] Wisin & Yandel were chosen to be the last and main act on the third and final day of Festival Presidente 2010 in Santo Domingo. [21]

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
Latin America
July 30, 2009 Guatemala City Guatemala Expocenter del Gran Tikal Futura
July 31, 2009 San Salvador El Salvador Gimnasio Nacional Adolfo Pineda
August 2, 2009 [lower-alpha 1] [22] Mexico CityMexicoAngel of Independence
August 6, 2009 San Luis Potosí Coliseum Convention Center
August 7, 2009 Aguascalientes Plaza de Toros Monumental de Aguascalientes
August 8, 2009 [23] Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes
August 9, 2009 [24]
August 13, 2009 [25] Guadalajara Alternative Forum
August 14, 2009 Puebla Auditorio Siglo XXI
August 27, 2009 [26] Asuncion Paraguay Club Olimpia
September 1, 2009 [27] Córdoba ArgentinaEstadio Orfeo
September 2, 2009 Buenos Aires Luna Park
September 3, 2009
September 4, 2009 Rosario Hipódromo de Rosario
September 6, 2009 Santiago Chile Movistar Arena
North America [28]
September 17, 2009 Miami United States American Airlines Arena
September 20, 2009 Orlando Amway Center
September 24, 2009 Chicago Allstate Arena
October 1, 2009 Washington D.C Patriot Center
October 2, 2009 New York Madison Square Garden
October 8, 2009 San Francisco The Warfield
October 9, 2009
October 10, 2009 Los Angeles Staples Center
October 16, 2009 Phoenix Jobing.com Arena
October 17, 2009 San Diego Pechanga Arena
October 18, 2009 Las Vegas Orleans Arena
October 22, 2009 Houston Escapade 2001
October 23, 2009 McAllen Dodge Arena
October 24, 2009 Dallas Nokia Theatre
October 25, 2009 Laredo Sames Auto Arena
Latin America II
November 20, 2009 [29] Guayaquil Ecuador Estadio Alberto Spencer
December 4, 2009 San Juan Puerto Rico Coliseo de Puerto Rico
December 5, 2009
December 6, 2009
December 7, 2009
December 11, 2009 Tijuana Mexico Estadio Caliente
January 20, 2010 Monterrey Arena Monterrey
January 21, 2010 Pachuca de Soto Polideportivo De La UAEH
January 22, 2010 Villahermosa Parque Tabasco
January 23, 2010 [30] Mérida Estadio Carlos Iturralde Rivero
January 30, 2010 [lower-alpha 2] Caracas Venezuela Estacionamiento del Poliedro de Caracas
February 16. 2010 [lower-alpha 3] Puerto Cabello Aeropuerto Internacional Bartolomé Salom
March 18, 2010 Medellin Colombia Plaza de toros La Macarena
March 19, 2010 [20] [lower-alpha 4] Pereira Estadio Hernan Ramirez Villegas
March 20, 2010 Cali Estadio Pascual Guerrero
March 21, 2010 Tulua Estadio 12 de Octubre
March 26, 2010 Bogota Carmel Club
March 27, 2010 [lower-alpha 5] Monteria Estadio de Monteria
May 7, 2010 [31] Valencia Venezuela Forum Valencia
May 14, 2010AsuncionParaguay Jockey Club
May 15, 2010CórdobaArgentinaEstadio Orfeo
May 16, 2010 Mendoza Estadio Andes Talleres
May 19, 2010 Neuquen Casino Magic
May 22, 2010Buenos Aires Estádio Diego Maradona
May 23, 2010 Corrientes Anfiteatro Cocomarola
May 25, 2010 Tucumán Estadio de Atlético
United States II [32]
July 22, 2010 El Paso United States El Paso County Coliseum
July 23, 2010 Austin Frank Ervwin Center
July 24, 2010 New Orleans UNO Lakefront Arena
July 25, 2010 Tampa Amalia Arena
July 30, 2010 Atlantic City Trump Taj Mahal
July 31, 2010 Hartford XL Center
August 1, 2010 Charlotte Bojangles Coliseum
August 4, 2010 Toronto Canada Powerade Centre
August 6, 2010 Minneapolis United States Target Center
August 7, 2010 Hammond Horseshoe Hammond Casino
August 8, 2010 Kansas City T-Mobile Center
August 11, 2010 Denver Wells Fargo Theatre
August 13, 2010 Sacramento Sleep Train Arena
August 14, 2010 Anaheim Honda Center
Latin America III
August 29, 2010 [lower-alpha 6] Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium
October 10, 2010 [33] Comodoro Argentina Estadio Municipal de Comodoro Rivadavia
October 11, 2010 Salta Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena
October 23, 2010 [lower-alpha 7] Mexico CityMexicoPalacio de los Deportes
December 1, 2010 [lower-alpha 8] Tampico Centro de Convenciones y Exposiciones Expo Tampico
December 2, 2010MonterreyArena Monterrey

Box office data

CityCountryAttendanceBox office
Los AngelesUnited States11,987 / 11,987 (100%)$636,609 [34]
San JuanPuerto Rico50,033 / 52,168 (96%)$2,778,573 [35]
Total62,020 / 64,155 (97%)$4,145,155

Attendance

CityCountryAttendance
MéridaMexico22,500 [36]
Tijuana15,000
Mexico City40,000 [37]
Tampico5,000 [38]
GuayaquilEcuador7,000 [39]
Asuncion [lower-alpha 9] Paraguay25,000 [40]
TucumanArgentina12,000 [17]
Salta10,000 [41]
Buenos Aires [lower-alpha 10] 20,000 [42]
Mendoza10,000 [43]
SantiagoChile10,000 [44]
PereiraColombia16,000 [20]
Medellin12,000 [15]
Puerto Cabello [lower-alpha 11] Venezuela60,000 [45]
Santo Domingo [lower-alpha 12] Dominican Republic50,000 [46]
San JuanPuerto Rico50,000 [35]
Total364,500

Notes

  1. This concert was part of EXO festival 2009
  2. This concert was part of Solid Festival 2010
  3. This was part second Annual International Carvanal of Puerto Cabello
  4. This concert was co-headlined Jowell & Randy
  5. This concert was co-headlined by J Balvin, Osmar Perez and Fariz Ortiz
  6. This concert was part of Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina 2010
  7. This was part of the festival EXO Concert 2010
  8. This concert was part of EXOTampico 2010
  9. Club Olimipia Attendance 2009
  10. Attendance at Estádio Diego Maradona in 2010
  11. Total attendance of 2th Annual International Carvanal of Puerto Cabello
  12. Attendance of August 29th of Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina 2010

Cancelled concerts

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation
DateCityCountryVenueReason
July 27, 2009Nuevo LaredoMexicoPlaza de TorosLogistic Conflict [47]
December 12, 2009 [48] PachucaPolideportivo de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de HidalgoUnknown

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