Back to Basics Tour
| Tour by Christina Aguilera | |
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| Associated album | Back to Basics |
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| Start date | November 17, 2006 |
| End date | October 24, 2008 |
| Legs | 5 |
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| Box office | US$48.1 million |
| Christina Aguilera concert chronology | |
The Back to Basics Tour was the fourth concert tour by American singer Christina Aguilera. The tour was launched to support her fifth studio album, Back to Basics (2006). It visited Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia from late 2006 to mid 2008. Though initially planned, four dates for New Zealand and Australia were cancelled due to Aguilera's sudden illness. In October 2008, three extra dates to Ukraine and Abu Dhabi were added; therefore, the tour was Aguilera's first to visit the Middle East.
The concert was divided into four acts: 1920s, which displayed elements of R&B, funk, rock, and hip hop, Duke Joint, during which Aguilera performed in a red bodysuit, Circus, which employed the circus as the main theme, and the encore. The show in Abu Dhabi was shorter and did not include the encore due to its complexity with choreography and costum changes. The tour received mixed reviews from music critics, some of whom were positive towards Aguilera's vocal performance and the show's background visuals, while some others dispproved of the setlist, opining that the songs did not match with each other.
The European leg of the Back to Basics Tour gained a large amount of commercial gross, with two sold-out shows in Dublin and Birmingham. The North American leg in 2007 grossed a total of US$30.6 million and sold 391,428 tickets. Overall, it became the highest-grossing concert tour by a female artist of the year, grossing US$48.1 million. At the 2007 Billboard Touring Awards, the tour received two nominations for Breakthrough Act and Top Package. A video album, Back to Basics: Live and Down Under, which features the show at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre, was released in 2008.
Aguilera's fifth studio album titled Back to Basics was released in August 2006. It was described by Aguilera herself as a record utilizing elements of 1920s-1940s jazz, soul, and blues "with a modern twist." The album debuted at number one on record charts of thirteen countries, including the US Billboard 200. Subsequently, Aguilera announced in September 2006 that she would embark on a worldwide concert tour named the Back to Basics Tour, which was described as an "intimate blues/jazz club tour", revealing the first European dates. The following month, dates for U.S. and Canada shows and that the Pussycat Dolls would be one of the opening acts for the U.S. leg was announced.
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