Live from Sydney to Vegas

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Live from Sydney to Vegas
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ReleasedNovember 23, 2006
RecordedJune 3, 2005August 2006
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Genre
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Director Nick Wickham
The Black Eyed Peas chronology
Behind the Bridge to Elephunk
(2004)
Live from Sydney to Vegas
(2006)

Live from Sydney to Vegas is the second video album by the Black Eyed Peas. It was released on November 23, 2006, by A&M Records, Interscope Records and will.i.am Music Group. Filmed during their world tour The Monkey Business Tour (20052006), its technology enables the viewers to switch back and forth between the October 3, 2005 show at the Sydney SuperDome and the June 3, 2005 show at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino's The Joint.

Contents

Release

In the United States, Live from Sydney to Vegas was released on December 5, 2006, by A&M Records, Interscope Records and will.i.am Music Group. [1] The DVD featured a technology which allowed its viewers, when watching performances of "Dum Diddly", "Don't Lie", "Where Is the Love?" and "Don't Phunk with My Heart" during the Sydney concert, to simultaneously see them during the Las Vegas concert by pressing "enter". [2] In the United Kingdom, the Sydney concert premiered on 4Music on September 9, 2009. The concert's length was shortened to an hour, hence several tracks and explicit lyrics were omitted from the broadcast. [3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Hey Mama" 
2."Smells Like Funk" 
3."Dum Diddly" 
4."Don't Lie" 
5."Shut Up" (original version/Knee Deep Remix medley) 
6."Taboo Freestyle" 
7."apl.de.ap Freestyle" 
8."will.i.am Freestyle" 
9."Fergie" Freestyle" 
10."Labor Day (It's a Holiday)" 
11."Pump It" 
12."Where Is the Love?" 
13."Don't Phunk with My Heart" 
14."Let's Get It Started" 
15."Union" (music video) 
16."Bebot" (music video) 
17."London Bridge" (live from Yahoo! Music) 
18."My Humps" 

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Live from Sydney to Vegas
Chart (2007)Peak
position
Australian Music DVD (ARIA) [4] 38

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Live from Sydney to Vegas
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF) [5] Platinum8,000^
Australia (ARIA) [6] Platinum15,000^
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [7] Gold15,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for Live from Sydney to Vegas
RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
AustriaNovember 23, 2006 DVD Universal Music
[8]
Denmark
[9]
Netherlands
PolandDecember 1, 2006
AustraliaDecember 2, 2006
FranceDecember 4, 2006
United StatesDecember 5, 2006
[1]
JapanJanuary 31, 2007Universal Music
ArgentinaFebruary 8, 2007
[5]

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