The Waking Up Laughing Tour

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Waking Up Laughing Tour
Tour by Martina McBride
MMcBride 2008TourPoster.jpg
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album Waking Up Laughing
Start dateApril 12, 2007 (2007-04-12)
End dateOctober 18, 2008 (2008-10-18)
Legs3
No. of shows120 in North America
Martina McBride concert chronology
  • Timeless Tour
    (2005-06)
  • Waking Up Laughing Tour
    (2007-08)
  • Shine All Night Tour
    (2009-10)

The Waking Up Laughing Tour was the second headlining tour by American recording artist Martina McBride. Primarily visiting the United States and Canada, the tour supported her ninth studio album, Waking Up Laughing . The tour played over a hundred shows in 2007 and 2008, becoming one of the biggest tours by a country music artist—earning over eight million dollars and seen by over 250,000 spectators. Additionally, the tour placed 47th and 88th on Pollstar's Top 100 Tours in 2007 and 2008 respectively.

Contents

Background

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McBride performing on tour

The tour was announced through various media outlets on January 18, 2007, as McBride was promoting Anyway , the second single from her album. [1] The tour marks the second time the singer has headlined a tour since her 2005 "Timeless Tour". Joining McBride on the road was Little Big Town and Rodney Atkins. Commenting on the tour, McBride stated: [2]

As exciting as it is to create a new album, there's nothing quite as thrilling as getting the immediate feedback from a live crowd. I'm especially happy about being joined by Little Big Town and Rodney Atkins. We put a lot of thought into which artists to include on this tour, and I really feel like this show is going to be a treat for my fans from beginning to end. I can't wait to get out there on the road."

For the first time in the artist's career, McBride was joined on tour by her family. Her husband, John McBride was the sound engineer [3] and her brothers Marty and Steve along with her three daughters. Although McBride competed against country music heavy hitters, Dolly Parton, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, McBride's tour was named by Pollstar as the number one solo female country act for 2007. [4] The success of the first leg lead to an expansion in 2008 with McBride playing arenas. This time around, McBride was joined by Lady Antebellum and Jack Ingram. The second leg saw McBride performing in Canada, her first performances since 2003. The tour received further accolades from Pollstar, becoming the 88th biggest tour in North America. The tour was expanded for a final time during the summer of 2008, with McBride playing amphitheaters and festivals in the United States. The tour ended at the Island Events Center (located at the Treasure Island Resort and Casino) in Red Wing, Minnesota with 120 performances.[ citation needed ]

Staging

The staging for McBride's tour was one of the most state of art for a country artist. The stage was created by Atomic Design, who created the stage for the singer's Timeless Tour. The stage featured the "Mitrix module". These were several video screens that mimicked louvers. Each screen as capable of "opening" and "closing" to reveal graphics and video content. The 12 video screens were positioned about a central screening, alluding the shape of a honeycomb. McBride was the very first artist to use this technology. When the screens were not in use, they became transparent allowing light to shine through. The stage contained a proscenium arch that extended to a lifts on each side of the stage. [5]

Opening acts

Setlist

2007 [11]

Premiere

  1. "Anyway"
  2. "When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues"
  3. "Wild Angels"
  4. "My Baby Loves Me"
  5. "Tryin' To Find A Reason" (duet with Marty Schiff)
  6. "How I Feel"
  7. "Happy Girl"
  8. "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden"
  9. "Thanks A Lot"
  10. "I Can't Stop Loving You"
  11. "Stand by Your Man"
  12. "Concrete Angel"
  13. "For These Times"
  14. "I'll Still Be Me"
  15. "Son of a Preacher Man"
  16. "How Far"
  17. "Where Would You Be"
  18. "If I Had Your Name"
  19. "This One's for the Girls"
  20. "A Broken Wing"
Encore
  1. "Independence Day"
  2. "Bridge over Troubled Water"

Main set

  1. "Anyway"
  2. "When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues"
  3. "Wild Angels"
  4. "Cry Cry ('Til The Sun Shines)"
  5. "Tryin' To Find A Reason" (duet with Marty Schiff)
  6. "My Baby Loves Me (Just the Way That I Am)"
  7. "How I Feel"
  8. "Happy Girl"
  9. "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden"
  10. "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)"
  11. "Help Me Make It Through the Night"
  12. "If I Had Your Name"
  13. "Where Would You Be"
  14. "Concrete Angel"
  15. Medley: "Love's the Only House" / "Blessed"
  16. "This One's for the Girls"
  17. "A Broken Wing"
  18. "Independence Day"
Encore
  1. "Don't Stop Believin'"
  2. "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
2008 [12] [13]

Spring

  1. "Anyway"
  2. "When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues"
  3. "Happy Girl"
  4. "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden"
  5. "For These Times"
  6. "Wild Angels"
  7. "My Baby Loves Me (Just the Way That I Am)"
  8. "Danny's Song"
  9. "How I Feel"
  10. "In My Daughter's Eyes"
  11. "Heartaches by the Number"
  12. "Help Me Make It Through the Night"
  13. "Concrete Angel"
  14. "Love's the Only House"
  15. "Where Would You Be"
  16. "This One's for the Girls"
  17. "A Broken Wing"
  18. "Independence Day"
Encore
  1. "Don't Stop Believin'"
  2. "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"

Summer

  1. "It's My Time"
  2. "When God-Fearin' Women Get the Blues"
  3. "Happy Girl"
  4. "Wild Angels"
  5. "My Baby Loves Me (Just the Way That I Am)"
  6. "Valentine"
  7. "For These Times"
  8. "Help Me Make It Through the Night"
  9. "If I Had Your Name"
  10. "Lean on Me"
  11. "Summer of '69"
  12. "Concrete Angel"
  13. "Anyway"
  14. "Love's the Only House"
  15. "Where Would You Be"
  16. "This One's for the Girls"
  17. "A Broken Wing"
  18. "Independence Day"
Encore
  1. "Don't Stop Believin'"
  2. "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"

Additional notes

2007 leg
2008 leg

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueOpening Acts
North America—Leg 1 [2] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
April 12, 2007 Kansas City United States Kemper Arena
April 13, 2007 Rosemont Rosemont Theatre
April 15, 2007 Louisville Freedom Hall
April 20, 2007 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
April 21, 2007 Lowell Tsongas Arena
April 22, 2007 Albany Times Union Center
April 27, 2007 Saginaw Dow Event Center
April 28, 2007 Rochester Blue Cross Arena
April 29, 2007 Toledo SeaGate Convention Centre
May 4, 2007 Birmingham BJCC Arena
May 5, 2007 Duluth Arena at Gwinnett Center
May 6, 2007 Pensacola Pensacola Civic Center
May 11, 2007 Pittsburgh Petersen Events Center
May 12, 2007 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion
May 18, 2007New York City Radio City Music Hall
May 25, 2007 Colorado Springs World Arena
May 26, 2007 Loveland Budweiser Events Center
May 27, 2007 Valley Center Britt Brown Arena
May 31, 2007 Richmond Richmond Coliseum
June 1, 2007 North Charleston North Charleston Coliseum
June 2, 2007 Winston-Salem LJVM Coliseum
June 3, 2007 Asheville Asheville Civic Center
June 7, 2007 Cape Girardeau Show Me Center
June 8, 2007 Jackson Mississippi Coliseum
June 9, 2007 [A] Nashville LP Field
June 14, 2007 [B] Sauk Centre Saukinac Campgrounds Little Big Town
June 15, 2007 Sioux City Gateway Arena
June 16, 2007 [C] Burlington Miller Outdoor State
June 17, 2007 Fairborn Nutter Center
June 21, 2007 Cedar Falls McLeod Center
June 22, 2007 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
June 23, 2007 Erie Tullio Arena
June 24, 2007 Springfield MassMutual Center
June 28, 2007 Charleston Charleston Civic Center
June 29, 2007 Wilkes-Barre Wachovia Arena
June 30, 2007 Hershey Giant Center
July 1, 2007 Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena
July 12, 2007 Oklahoma City Ford Center
July 13, 2007 Grand Prairie Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie
July 14, 2007 Austin Frank Erwin Center
July 15, 2007 Bossier City CenturyTel Center
July 19, 2007LouisvilleFreedom Hall
July 20, 2007 [D] Twin Lakes Shadow Hill Ranch
July 21, 2007 Hinckley Hinckley Amphitheater
July 22, 2007 Grand Forks Alerus Center
July 26, 2007 Glendale Jobing.com Arena
July 27, 2007 Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Events Center
July 28, 2007 [E] Costa Mesa Pacific Amphitheatre
July 29, 2007 Stateline Harvey's Outdoor Amphitheater
July 31, 2007 [F] Paso Robles Main Grandstand Arena
August 1, 2007 Oakland Oracle Arena
August 3, 2007 Portland Rose Garden
August 4, 2007 Everett Comcast Arena
August 5, 2007 Nampa Idaho Center
August 7, 2007 Kennewick Toyota Center
August 17, 2007 [G] Springfield State Fair Grandstand
September 7, 2007 Harris Township Island Showroom
September 8, 2007
September 20, 2007 Niagara Falls Canada Avalon Ballroom
September 21, 2007
September 29, 2007 Moline United States IWireless Center
September 30, 2007 La Crosse La Crosse Center
November 10, 2007Washington, D.C. DAR Constitution Hall
December 2, 2007 Friant TMC Indoor Event Center
North America—Leg 2 [4] [19] [20]
January 18, 2008 Evansville United States Roberts Municipal Stadium Jack Ingram
Lady Antebellum
January 19, 2008 Cincinnati U.S. Bank Arena
January 20, 2008 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
January 25, 2008 Ashwaubenon Resch Center
January 26, 2008 Minneapolis Target Center
January 27, 2008 Ames Hilton Coliseum
February 1, 2008 Columbus Nationwide Arena
February 2, 2008 Cleveland Wolstein Center
February 22, 2008 Champaign Assembly Hall
February 23, 2008 Council Bluffs Mid-America Center
February 24, 2008 Columbia Hearnes Center
February 29, 2008 Reading Sovereign Center
March 1, 2008 Atlantic City Etess Arena
March 2, 2008 Syracuse War Memorial
March 17, 2008 Calgary Canada Pengrowth Saddledome
March 19, 2008 Edmonton Rexall Place
March 20, 2008 Saskatoon Credit Union Centre
March 21, 2008 Winnipeg MTS Centre
March 28, 2008 Hamilton Copps Coliseum
March 29, 2008 Kanata Scotiabank Place
March 30, 2008 London John Labatt Centre
April 5, 2008 Hot Springs United States Summit Arena
April 6, 2008Columbia Mizzou Arena
April 18, 2008 Estero Germain Arena
April 19, 2008 Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
April 20, 2008 Huntsville Von Braun Center
North America—Leg 3 [4] [21]
July 11, 2008 Clarkston United States DTE Energy Music Theatre Jack Ingram
Chris Young
July 12, 2008 Darien Darien Lake Performing Arts Center Jack Ingram
July 13, 2008 Gilford Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion Jack Ingram
Chris Young
July 17, 2008 Selma Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 18, 2008 Dallas SuperPages.com Center
July 19, 2008 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
July 24, 2008 [H] Harrington Wilmington Trust Grandstand Chris Young
July 25, 2008 Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
July 31, 2008 Missoula Dahlberg Arena
August 1, 2008 West Valley City USANA Amphitheatre
August 2, 2008 Greenwood Village Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
August 8, 2008 Concord Sleep Train Pavilion
August 9, 2008 Wheatland Sleep Train Amphitheatre
August 10, 2008 Kelseyville Konocti Field Amphitheatre
August 12, 2008 Bakersfield Buck Owens' Crystal PalaceNone
August 14, 2008 Albuquerque Journal Pavilion Jack Ingram
Chris Young
August 15, 2008 Phoenix Cricket Wireless Pavilion
August 16, 2008 Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 29, 2008 Maryland Heights Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 30, 2008 Tinley Park First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
September 19, 2008 Hartford New England Dodge Music Center Jack Ingram
Jason Michael Carroll
September 20, 2008 Camden Susquehanna Bank Center
September 26, 2008 Burgettstown Post-Gazette Pavilion
September 27, 2008 Bristow Nissan Pavilion
October 3, 2008 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
October 4, 2008 Raleigh Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
October 5, 2008 Virginia Beach Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
October 10, 2008 Tampa Ford Amphitheatre
October 11, 2008 West Palm Beach Cruzan Amphitheatre
October 18, 2008 Red Wing Island Event CenterNone
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A This concert was a part of the CMA Music Festival [22]
B This concert was a part of the Country Music Fest USA [23]
C This concert was a part of the Burlington Steamboat Days [24]
D This concert was a part of the Country Thunder Music Festival [25]
E This concert was a part of the OC Fair Summer Concert Series [26]
F This concert was a part of the California Mid-State Fair [27]
G This concert was a part of the Illinois State Fair Concert Series [28]
H This concert was a part of the Delaware State Fair [29]
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
August 28, 2008 Pelham, Alabama Verizon Wireless Music Center Cancelled due to flood damage [30]

Box office score data

VenueCityTickets sold / availableGross revenue
Mohegan Sun ArenaUncasville7,583 / 7,583 (100%)$343,605 [31]
Dow Event CenterSaginaw4,545 / 5,451 (83%)$157,418 [32]
Blue Cross ArenaRochester6,570 / 9,785 (67%)$280,454 [33]
SeaGate Convention CentreToledo4,603 / 5,765 (80%)$218,402 [32]
BJCC ArenaBirmingham5,689 / 6,797 (84%)$241,507 [31]
Arena at Gwinnett CenterDuluth10,302 / 10,302 (100%)$460,893 [31]
Pensacola Civic CenterPensacola5,251 / 7,309 (72%)$225,505 [31]
Petersen Events CenterPittsburgh6,117 / 8,458 (72%)$235,542 [34]
Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia4,796 / 10,000 (48%)$301,175 [35]
Radio City Music HallNew York City5,832 / 5,832 (100%)$369,581 [34]
World ArenaColorado Springs5,691 / 6,127 (93%)$265,647 [35]
Budweiser Events CenterLoveland5,351 / 5,917 (90%)$253,680 [35]
Britt Brown ArenaValley Center7,823 / 8,479 (92%)$325,276 [32]
Richmond ColiseumRichmond5,803 / 7,485 (77%)$206,242 [35]
North Charleston ColiseumNorth Charleston5,440 / 6,840 (79%)$231,144 [35]
Mississippi ColiseumJackson5,496 / 6,151 (89%)$145,790 [36]
Gateway ArenaSioux City6,601 / 7,575 (87%)$213,651 [36]
Nutter CenterFairborn5,886 / 7,636 (77%)$215,930 [36]
Allen County War Memorial ColiseumFort Wayne6,088 / 8,097 (75%)$189,962 [32]
Ford CenterOklahoma City6,335 / 6,979 (91%)$273,029 [37]
Nokia Theatre at Grand PrairieGrand Prairie3,915 / 4,353 (90%)$245,553 [38]
Frank Erwin CenterAustin4,996 / 6,794 (73%)$201,287 [37]
CenturyTel CenterBossier City7,021 / 7,816 (90%)$243,962 [37]
Freedom HallLouisville5,101 / 5,101 (100%)$232,295 [39]
Jobing.com ArenaGlendale2,693 / 3,976 (68%)$165,465 [40]
Mandalay Bay Events CenterLas Vegas4,360 / 4,749 (92%)$216,027 [40]
Harvey's Outdoor AmphitheaterStateline3,419 / 4,169 (82%)$270,574 [40]
Main Grandstand ArenaPaso Robles6,186 / 14,661 (42%)$258,468 [40]
Comcast ArenaEverett4,086 / 4,986 (82%)$211,042 [41]
Van Andel ArenaGrand Rapids5,576 / 5,869 (95%)$194,896 [42]
Assembly HallChampaign3,062 / 9,170 (33%)$147,992 [43]
Sovereign CenterReading4,780 / 6,015 (79%)$203,549 [44]
John Labatt CentreLondon7,410 / 8,017 (92%)$420,219 [45]
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial ArenaJacksonville2,649 / 6,095 (43%)$155,010 [46]
DTE Energy Music TheatreClarkston7,652 / 15,214 (50%)$178,933 [47]
Darien Lake Performing Arts CenterDarien8,535 / 21,800 (39%)$171,184 [47]
Verizon Wireless AmphitheatreSelma3,786 / 8,369 (45%)$63,779 [47]
Verizon Wireless AmphitheatreIrvine5,375 / 15,938 (34%)$137,456 [48]
TOTAL212,404 / 301,660 (70%)$8,872,124

Broadcasts and recordings

While on tour, McBride was asked to do a concert special for PBS. McBride previously participated in the station's Soundstage series in 2005. The concert would be a part of the Great Performances series in 2007. Filmed on September 29 at the iWireless Center in Moline, Illinois, McBride performed her standard setlist, including a performance of "Over the Rainbow". Titled Martina McBride: Live in Concert, the special aired on PBS in March 2008 to correlate with the station's quarterly pledge drive. A CD/DVD package was released later in April 2008 including a CD with highlights of the concert along with a DVD of the full show. The album peaked at the #19 position on Billboard's Country Albums chart.

Critical reception

Along with the tour's final success, the shows received further accolades from music critics. Timothy Finn (The Kansas City Star) was vowed by the premiere concert at Kemper Arena. He comments, "McBride has earned her fame and made her fortune singing slicked-up modern country, but she is a traditionalist at heart, and she showed it resoundingly during those numbers; 'Stand By Your Man' was especially spectacular. But most of the feminine mystique came courtesy of country queen Martina McBride, the Kansas-born beauty whose crystalline vocal chords have earned her the nickname 'the Celine Dion of the CMT set.'" [11] Brian Dugger (The Blade) viewed the performance at the SeaGate Convention Centre as "girl power" recalling, "But the night was mostly about McBride, who won points with the crowd by pointing out that she hasn’t been to Toledo in a while and promised that it won’t be as long for her return trip. At one point, after an extended ovation, she got a little emotional and had to take a short break until the crowd quieted down." [49]

For the concert at the BJCC Arena, Mary Colurso (The Birmingham News) felt McBride gave a crowd pleasing performance. He furthers writes, "Fans expected no less. The lovely singer radiates a wholesome, friendly charm that makes her seem safe and utterly approachable -- the superstar next door, we might say. McBride was at her best while singing two vintage covers: Loretta Lynn's 'You Ain't Woman Enough" and Kris Kristofferson's 'Help Me Make It Through the Night.'" [50] Additional acclaim continue with the concert at the Radio City Music Hall. Mac Randall (Newsday) answered, "McBride's voice is honey-sweet and stunningly pure, and when she leaps into her upper register and milks a note for every possible ounce of emotion—as she did on "Where Would You Be" and "A Broken Wing"—it's guaranteed to get a crowd on its feet. There's more than a little Celine Dion in those big climactic sustained notes. Although McBride began her solo career in the early '90s as a country singer, newer songs such as "How I Feel", from her latest album Waking Up Laughing, have more in common with Benatar than Lynn." [51]

It was McBride's range that won over Marie P. Grady (The Republican) during the concert at the MassMutual Center. She explains, "As McBride raised her right hand high in the air—conjuring her vocal chords to reach the sky on a song called 'Where Would You Be'—it was clear this entertainer had the vocal range to match her star billing. [52] Van Rose (Times Leader) recalls McBride's voice being the highlight of the show at the Wachovia Arena. He continues, "Besides her amazing voice, one of the things that sets McBride apart from the rest of the country music singers is that she still possesses the enthusiasm of a newcomer. She put her heart and soul into every song and seemed to be genuinely having a good time. She also showed that she hasn’t lost her sense of humor. Before singing a duet with her younger brother on 'Trying to Find a Reason', a song off her new album in which she is joined by Keith Urban, she was able to make fun of herself. 'I feel kind of weird singing with my little brother' […] It's sort of an Angelina Jolie thing'." [53]

As the tour began its second and final jaunt in 2008, McBride received more accolades for her concerts. Kate Darby (Evansville Courier & Press) thought highly of McBride for her concert at Roberts Municipal Stadium. She further comments, "The most striking thing about the performance was how different audience members reacted to her music. McBride is so natural that she seems to be addressing each person as an individual, which is a rare trait in a performer. Every person in the stadium was having an intensely personal experience while still feeding off of the energy of the people around them." [54] Jack Leaver (The Grand Rapids Press) continues the vocal praise for McBride for her performance at the VanAndel Arena. He writes, "Throughout the evening, McBride gave a powerhouse vocal demonstration, her Titanic-sized voice belying her petite 5-foot-4 frame. She also exhibited a great sense of humor, such as when she introduced her cover of Kris Kristofferson's classic "Help Me Make It Through the Night", which is featured on McBride's 2005 platinum-selling album Timeless ." [55]

Gary Budzak (The Columbus Dispatch) found the performance at the Nationwide Arena to be nothing short of "moving". He states, "There were other moving songs. On 'In My Daughter's Eyes', pictures of McBride's three daughters filled the back of her stage, and many mothers and their daughters held each other as she sang. The video for 'Concrete Angel' was shown as McBride sang about a child who was beaten to death, and many an eye filled with tears. Other anthem-like songs included 'Independence Day' and 'Anyway'." [56] For one of her first shows in Canada in years, Theresa Taylor (Jam!) gave McBride's show at the Pengrowth Saddledome three and a half out of five stars. She composed, "It was a diverse concert for fans who got their money's worth out of the three-act bill." [57]

The same rating was shared by David Schmeichel (Jam!) for the singer's show at the MTS Centre. He explains, "Partly, the illusion could be chalked up to an abundance of female fans in the stands (and on the concourse, where the lines snaking out of the women's washrooms were at least three times as long as those for the merch tables)." [58] Mario Tarradell (Guide Live) commended McBride's show at the SuperPages.com Center. He elucidates, "But Ms. McBride is always the consummate entertainer on the platform. She's comfortable, vibrant, personable and a vocalist to respect." [59]

Credits and Personnel

Crew [5]
Band [60]

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