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Doll Domination World Tour
World concert by The Pussycat Dolls
Associated albumDoll Domination
Supporting acts
Attendance231,711
Box officeUS $14.3 million ($20.31 million in 2023 dollars)[1]
The Pussycat Dolls concert chronology

The Doll Domination World Tour was the second concert tour of American girl group The Pussycat Dolls that was performed in support of their second studio album Doll Domination (2008) from January 2009 to July 2009.

Background and production

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In August 2008, member Ashley Roberts first mentioned the group's intentions to tour in 2009 adding "we're gonna be hitting everywhere around the world and taking over." Their second studio album, Doll Domination,[2] was released in September of that year. On October 7, 2008, The Pussycat Dolls announced the first details of their UK tour in support Doll Domination. American singer Ne-Yo was announced as a special guest for seven dates, and the ticket sale for that leg was confirmed for October 10.[3] In the following months, Interscope Records announced additional dates in the UK, mainland Europe, Australia, and New Zealand with labelmate Lady Gaga as the selected supporting act.[4] In December 2008, the group was announced as supporting act for the The Circus Starring Britney Spears. The group would be supporting Spears in the first leg of her tour, beginning March 3, 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana and ending in May 3, 2009 in Uncasville, Connecticut.[5] Their supporting stint would constitute as the North American leg of the tour, while Asian tour dates where not announced by the end of 2008.[6] The tour was set to kick off in Aberdeen, Scotland on January 18 2009, and conclude in Perth, Australia on May 30, 2009.[7]

Concert synopsis

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Colene McKessick of The Press and Journal described the two-hour show being "complete with skimpy outfits, risque dance moves and infectious energy."[8]

The concert opened with a video. The Pussycat Dolls arrived on stage in "glittery motorbikes."[8]

The show continued with a section where each member performed their own song that is included on the deluxe version of the album.[9] Thornton, Roberts, Wyatt, and Sutta performed "Space", "Played", "Don't Wanna Fall In Love", and "If I Was a Man" respectively.[10] Scherzinger, in a gold sequin dress, performed "Hush Hush; Hush Hush" which contains an interpolation of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" (1978).[11] Then, the group sans Scherzinger payed homage to their burlesque beginnings by performing Shirley Bassey's "Hey Big Spender."[11] The set included little doll houses, poles and feather boas, while the male dancers wore sailor suits.[8][12] This was followed with "Whatcha Think About That".[10]

For the encore, they returned to perform "Don't Cha" and "When I Grow Up". During the Auckland show, "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" was permanently added to the set list, performing it before "When I Grow Up".[13]

Critical reception

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European shows

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Colene McKessick of The Press and Journal described the show as "roof-raising" adding that they set the "crowd into a frenzy."[8] Sally Hind of the Evening Express opened her review writing, "they came to dominate and that’s what they did." The writer went on to praise the group's energy; "the five foxy felines didn’t once pause for breath. They were on the move from the minute they appeared on stage on shiny motorbikes until they took their final bow."[11]

Australian and New Zealand shows

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Shows of the Oceanian leg of the tour received generally negative reviews from critics.[13] While reviewing the Auckland show, Joanna Hunkin of the New Zealand Herald criticized the show for its "disappointingly budget set," the lack of live musicians and the group "singing to pre-recorded music and backing tracks" equating it to "a glorified karaoke night [...] at the strip club." Describing them as "poster girls" she concluded her review writing the "show proved the Dolls aren't dominating anything."[14] While reviewing the same show, Clio Francis from the Stuff.co.nz agreed with Hunkin describing the stage as "an amateur high school production with strippers." She went on to criticize the sound quality writing, it "was mediocre at best, with the over heavy bass at times smothering any passable melodies." However she noted that the night's encore "[brought] the night to a satisfying conclusion for most young fans."[13] Marissa Calligeros from The Sydney Morning Herald echoed previous comments; she described the group as "a teen dance troupe leading an amateur high school musical production," noting throughout show the audience largely stood motionless, due to the heavy bass. However she did praise Scherzinger's vocals calling them "impressive".[15] Cameron Adams of the Herald Sun praised Gaga's vocal and piano skills whilst criticizing the group for an over-priced concert that looked more as "a shopping center performance than a headline arena show."[16]

Commercial performance

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During an interview with Billboard magazine, Doll Domination executive producer Jimmy Iovine stated that the tour had sold 150,000 tickets, eight weeks before the start date.[17] In July 2009, the magazine compiled a mid-year list of the top 25 tours from data collected between December 6, 2008, and June 20, 2009. The Pussycat Dolls were listed at number 25 grossing over $14.3 million with an attendance of 231,711 from a report of 23 shows of which, twelve were sold out.[18] According to Pollstar's 2009 Year End report, the Pussycat Dolls sold 196,624 ticket sales worldwide and were listed at number 86 of their list of Top 100 Tours.[19]

Setlist

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The following set list is from the concert held on February 24, 2009, in Bratislava.[20] It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

  1. "Takin' Over the World"
  2. "Beep"
  3. "I Don't Need a Man"
  4. "Elevator"
  5. "I Hate This Part"
  6. "Buttons"
  7. "Wait a Minute"
  8. "Love the Way You Love Me”
  9. "Space" (Thornton solo)
  10. "Played" (Roberts solo)
  11. "Don't Wanna Fall in Love" (Wyatt solo)
  12. "If I Was a Man" (Sutta solo)
  13. "Hush Hush" (Scherzinger solo)
  14. Burlesque Dance
  15. "Big Spender"
  16. "Whatcha Think About That"
  17. "Whatchamacallit" (dance interlude)
  18. "Magic"
  19. "Bottle Pop"
  20. "Halo" (Scherzinger solo)
  21. "Stickwitu"
Encore
  2. "Don't Cha"
  3. "When I Grow Up"

Tour dates

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List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
Date (2009) City Country Venue Opening act(s) Attendance Revenue
Europe[21]
January 18 Aberdeen Scotland Press & Journal Arena Lady Gaga — —
January 19 Glasgow SECC Concert Hall 4 Lady Gaga
Ne-Yo
January 21 Newcastle England Metro Radio Arena 9,500 / 9,500 $436,100
January 22 Birmingham National Indoor Arena 11,494 / 11,494 $517,217
January 24 Nottingham Trent FM Arena 7,955 / 7,955 $355,081
January 25 Bournemouth Windsor Hall Lady Gaga — —
January 27 London The O2 Arena Lady Gaga
Ne-Yo 		28,305 / 28,305 $1,285,759
January 28
January 29 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena 14,766 / 14,766 $684,047
January 30 Cardiff Wales Cardiff International Arena 7,434 / 7,434 $343,835
February 1 Dublin Ireland The O2 Lady Gaga 12,417 / 12,417 $751,286
February 3 Belfast Northern Ireland King's Hall 7,331 / 7,331 $377,315
February 5 Sheffield England Sheffield Arena 10,041 / 10,041 $434,768
February 6 Liverpool Echo Arena 9,543 / 9,543 $415,705
February 8 Paris France Zénith de Paris — —
February 9 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall
February 10 Frankfurt Germany Jahrhunderthalle Queensberry
February 12 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion Lady Gaga
February 13 Forest Belgium Forest National
February 14 Munich Germany Zenith Queensberry
February 15 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg Rockhal Lady Gaga
February 17 Monte Carlo Monaco Salle des Princes
February 18 Düsseldorf Germany Philips Halle Queensberry
February 19 Berlin Max-Schmeling-Halle
February 21 Prague Czech Republic Tesla Arena Victoria
February 23 Vienna Austria Bank Austria Halle —
February 24 Bratislava Slovakia Incheba Expo Arena Marian Cekovsky
Laci Strike
February 25 Belgrade Serbia Belgrade Arena —
Oceania[22]
May 16 Auckland New Zealand Vector Arena Lady Gaga 11,556 / 12,216 $713,927
May 19 Brisbane Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre Lady Gaga
Havana Brown 		9,090 / 11,420 $765,095
May 21 Newcastle Newcastle Entertainment Centre — —
May 22 Sydney Acer Arena 22,468 / 23,270 $2,129,922
May 23
May 26 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena 23,323 / 26,548 $1,966,724
May 27
May 28 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre 7,903 / 9,888 $681,753
May 30 Perth Burswood Dome 12,852 / 16,881 $1,075,415
Asia[23]
June 2 Jakarta Indonesia Istora Senayan — — —
June 4 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium
June 6 Seoul South Korea Seoul Olympic Cyclodrome
June 11 Manila Philippines Mall of Asia Concert Grounds
North America[24]
June 13 Honolulu United States Blaisdell Arena — — —
June 27 Las Vegas Pearl Concert Theater
Europe[25]
July 17[a] Suffolk England Newmarket Racecourse — — —
July 18[b] Killarney Ireland Fitzgerald Stadium
July 22[c] Liverpool England Echo Arena
July 24[d] Northampton Silverstone Circuit
July 25[e] Kent Quex Park
July 29[f] Esher Sandown Park
Asia[32]
July 31 Beirut Lebanon BIEL — — —

Cancelled shows

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List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation
Date (2009) City Country Venue Cancellation Reason(s) Ref.
June 3[23] Bangkok Thailand Indoor Stadium Huamark Unkown reasons [33]
August 22[g] Copenhagen Denmark Gentofte Sportspark Logistical challenges and increased costs [35]
September 25[h] Taipei Taiwan Taipei Show Hall Hiatus [37]

Notes

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  1. ^ The show on July 17, 2009, in Suffolk at the Newmarket Racecourse was part of Newmarket Nights.[26]
  2. ^ The show on July 18, 2009, in Killarney at Fitzgerald Stadium was part of Killarney Summerfest.[27]
  3. ^ The show on July 22, 2009, in Liverpool at Echo Arena was part of Summer Pops Festival.[28]
  4. ^ The show on July 24, 2009, in Northampton at the Silverstone Circuit was part of the Silverstone Classic.[29]
  5. ^ The show on July 25, 2009, in Kent at the Quex Park was part of the Sound Island Music Festival.[30]
  6. ^ The show on July 29, 2009, in Esher at the Sandown Park was part of the Music Nights.[31]
  7. ^ The concert on August 22, 2009, was previously scheduled to take place in Odense at Odense Racecourse but was moved to Gentofte Sportspark in Copenhagen due to safety concerns.[34]
  8. ^ The concert on September 25, 2009, in Taipei at Taipei Show Hall was previously scheduled for June 7, 2009, being rescheduled due Sutta's and Thornton's injury.[36]

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