Introducing Brody Chandler World Tour

Introducing Brody Chandler World Tour

World tour by Brody Chandler
Promotional poster for the Australian tour
Location	Asia Australia Europe North America South America
Associated album	Introduction
Start date	April 24, 2009 (2009-04-24)
End date	January 21, 2010 (2010-01-21)
Legs	6
Number of shows	112
Supporting acts	Absolute Damita Jo DJ Jin Su Liberty Nathan Hunter
Box office	$129.9 million ($155.4 million in 2019 dollars)
Brody Chandler concert chronology

The Introducing Brody Chandler World Tour was the debut concert tour by American recording artist Brody Chandler. It was launched in support of his debut studio album Introduction (2009). Following his performance at the Super Bowl XLIII halftime show in February, Chandler's label Music Nation Label Group announced plans for the world tour. The tour, promoted exclusively by Live Nation and sponsored by MasterCard, Emporio Armani and Samsung, was developed by musical director Kevin Antunes, choreographer Marty Kudelka, stage/set designer Vince Foster, lighting designer Alessandro Dell'Acqui, production designers All Access, and Chandler himself.

The tour started on April 24, 2009 at the Qualcomm Stadium in Chandler's hometown of San Diego, California. The tour was an eight month long venture, criss-crossing North America before flying into Europe in June of 2009. Chandler sold out shows all over Europe, most impressively, The O₂ Arena in London with six consecutive shows, which holds the record for the fastest sell out in the history of the venue, a record seven minutes. He flew back to North America for another stint before flying to Australia and then rounding out the year in South America. The tour eventually came to a close in Japan, officially ending in Sapporo, Japan on January 21, 2010.

Background

Music Nation Label Group announced plans for Chandler's first ever global tour in February 2009 after his performance at the Super Bowl XLIII halftime show. He was assisted by a team of seven musicians, two back-up singers, and eleven dancers. Marty Kudelka was selected as chief choreographer for the tour. Kudelka stated: "We're all working really hard to make sure the dancing is tight and everything is precise. Brody has been very involved in making the final decisions for everything. It's just great to work with someone who isn't comfortable with staying in the background letting everyone else do the work. He's always that dedicated, hard working person that comes to the studio every morning and tells everyone, 'Let's do this! Get off your asses! I want perfection!' We've got two months, so there's a lot more than just choreography he needs to worry about – there are a million things that go into creating a show."

Kudelka further commented on the show to Entertainment Tonight, stating: "There's everything from dancing upside down to crazy glow-in-the-dark segments that simply focus on body movement, and there will be a whole lot of bodyrocking," he said, referencing the first single's intricate choreography. "I don't think Brody ever thought he'd be putting in this much work. It's going to be the most intense show I've ever worked on. But the end result is going to be magic. You will leave this show thinking, 'Did he really do all that in 2 hours? Really?'" Chandler stated: "The goal is to give my fans a spectacle that brings the 'Introduction' album to the stage. It'll be a very massive production that gives you the multimedia experience. Even if you're way in the back, you'll be able to see some awesome stuff." Journalist Christian Anders wrote: "Because he is the first male artist to impact MusicNation, expectations for the Introducing Brody Chandler Tour are higher than a skyscraper. To make sure the show is suitably spectacular, Chandler and musical director Kevin Antunes rehearsed with a sizable crew for six weeks at the Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles." Total production cost for the tour was an estimated $2 million.

Commercial reception

The majority of all of the tour's concert dates became instant sell-outs. The Staples Center in Los Angeles sold out in eleven minutes, while Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena concert was filled in seven minutes. "Brody Chandler sold more tickets and sold them faster than any show in the history of the building, including Garth Brooks," said MGM Grand Garden Arena box office manager Charlie Boyd. The first international concerts, which took place in London, England, sold out The O₂ Arena six times within seven minutes—a record for the fastest multi-show sellout in the history of the venue. The Australian leg of the tour shifted more than 100,000 tickets on its first day of sale, while the South American leg of the tour moved over 100,000 tickets in its first weekend.

Box office

According to Pollstar, the tour grossed over $58.3 million in the US only from dates reported, and $71.6 million internationally, giving it a grand total of $129.9 million in overall gross. Estimated worldwide attendance at 1.42 million, with more than 800,000 in North America alone coming from 52 shows. In May 2009, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that Chandler's tour had become one of the most commercially successful box office attractions for a recording artist.

Critical reception

The Introducing Brody Chandler World Tour garnered positive reviews from music critics. Jim Farber from the New York Daily News wrote that Chandler delivered the biggest show of the year, fulfilling his promise to have the audience "sweating, dancing and shaking their booties in a night of intense adrenaline." This was Chandler at his best; "energetic, engaging, charming and still at the helm of a powerhouse voice, even when swivelling his hips and bodyrocking his way through a 110 minute set." Longtime critic Robert Hilburn for the Los Angeles Times praised Chandler's concert at the Staples Center, considering him "born for the stage with the savvy instincts to put together a show that works. Rather than make himself the constant center of attention, he was comfortable enough at times simply to be part of a talented ensemble." The Orange County Register's Ben Wener complimented Chandler's performance, writing "Brody has proven himself as a well-rounded entertainer."

Opening Acts

• Damita Jo (North America - spring 2009 - select venues)
• Absolute (Europe - UK dates only)
• Nathan Hunter (North America - fall 2009 - select venues)
• Liberty (Australia)
• Absolute (South America - select venues)
• DJ Jin Su (Japan)

Set list

1. "Introduction" (Opening Video Sequence)
2. "Everyone" (Intro)
3. "Emergency"
4. "Drunk"
5. "Puppet"
6. "The Decline of Love" (Intermission)
7. "Firecracker"
8. "Echo" (Short Version)
9. "Danger"
10. "Groove Theory" (Intermission)
11. "Part Time Lover" (Stevie Wonder cover)
12. "Celebration" (Kool & the Gang cover)
13. "Jailhouse Rock" (Elvis Presley cover)
14. "Bellboy"
15. "Glow in the Dark" (Dance Segment)
16. "Mystery Girl" (Intermission)
17. "Mysterious"
18. "Addiction"
19. "Silhouette" (Intermission)
20. "Director"
21. "Darling Nikki" (Prince cover)
22. Director (Reprise)
23. "Psychedelic" (Intermission)
24. "Vacancy"
25. "Future"
26. Band/Dancer Introduction
27. "Nocturnal"
28. "Bodyrock"

Additional notes

• The audience performed "Happy Birthday" for Chandler at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 2, 2009.
• Damita Jo performed "Director" with Chandler at Madison Square Garden in New York City on May 15, 2009.
• Chandler performed "Addiction" with excerpts of Prince's "Sexy MF" at select dates in Europe.
• At the tour's North American (2nd leg), Australian and South American dates, Chandler paid tribute to the late Michael Jackson by performing his classic "P.Y.T." during the 'Groove Theory' section, while Jackson's images and videos projected onto the screen. The tribute is not available on the DVD of the show.
• Chandler did not perform "Echo" on any Australian dates.
• Chandler revised the 'Groove Theory' section of his setlist for South America by performing spanish covers such as Luis Fonsi's "Nas Es Para Siempre" and Frankie J's "Pensando En Ti". The final song, "Bodyrock", was also given a latin twist. This was done especially for his spanish speaking fans.
• Chandler performed "Boom" live for the first and only time during the South American leg at Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 27, 2009.
• Chandler performed a Beatles medley tribute during every show on the Japan leg. The songs he did were "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Come Together" and "Let It Be". The setlist for Japan also underwent an overhaul with some songs being taken out and replaced by others.

Tour dates

List of Introducing Brody Chandler World Tour concerts

Date	City	Country	Venue	Supporting acts
North America
April 24, 2009	San Diego	United States	Qualcomm Stadium	Damita Jo
April 25, 2009	Anaheim		Honda Center
April 27, 2009	Sacramento		ARCO Arena
April 29, 2009	Glendale		Jobing.com Arena
April 30, 2009	Los Angeles		Staples Center
May 2, 2009	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena
May 3, 2009	Fresno		Save Mart Center	N/A
May 4 2009	St. Paul		Xcel Energy Center
May 6, 2009	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre
May 7, 2009	Montreal		Bell Centre
May 9, 2009	Washington, D.C.	United States	Verizon Center
May 10, 2009	Cleveland		Quicken Loans Arena
May 11, 2009	Boston		TD Garden
May 13, 2009	New York City		Madison Square Garden	Damita Jo
May 14, 2009
May 15, 2009
May 17, 2009	Buffalo		HSBC Arena
May 19, 2009	Tampa		St. Pete Times Forum
May 20, 2009	Miami		American Airlines Arena
May 21, 2009	Sunrise		BankAtlantic Center
May 23, 2009	Atlanta		Philips Arena
May 24, 2009	New Orleans		New Orleans Arena
May 27, 2009	Houston		Toyota Center
May 28, 2009	Dallas		American Airlines Center	N/A
May 30, 2009	Omaha		Qwest Center
May 31, 2009	Chicago		United Center
June 1, 2009	Bossier City		CenturyTel Center
June 2, 2009	Ames		Hilton Coliseum
June 4, 2009	Nashville		Gaylord Entertainment Center
June 5, 2009	Charlottesville		John Paul Jones Arena
June 6, 2009	Pittsburgh		Mellon Arena	Damita Jo
June 8, 2009	Uniondale		Nassau Coliseum
June 9, 2009	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Casino	N/A
June 11, 2009	Philadelphia		Wachovia Center
June 12, 2009	East Rutherford		Izod Center	Damita Jo
June 14, 2009	Vancouver	Canada	GM Place	N/A
June 15, 2009	Winnipeg		MTS Centre
Europe
June 24, 2009	London	England	The O2 Arena	Absolute
June 25, 2009
June 26, 2009
June 28, 2009
June 29, 2009
June 30, 2009
July 2, 2009	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Arena
July 3, 2009	Sheffield	England	Hallam FM Arena
July 5, 2009	Newcastle		Metro Arena
July 6, 2009	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
July 8, 2009	Birmingham	England	National Indoor Arena
July 10, 2009	Manchester		Manchester Evening News Arena
July 11, 2009
July 14, 2009	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	N/A
July 16, 2009	Stuttgart	Germany	Schleyerhalle
July 17, 2009	Munich		Olympiahalle
July 18, 2009	Frankfurt		Festhalle
July 21, 2009	Milan	Italy	Mediolanum Forum
July 23, 2009	Zurich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
July 25, 2009	Vienna	Austria	Stadthalle
July 27, 2009	Berlin	Germany	Max-Schmelling-Halle
July 28, 2009	Leipzig		Arena Leipzig
July 29, 2009	Hamburg		Colorline Arena
July 30, 2009	Cologne		Lanxess Arena
August 1, 2009	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi
August 3, 2009	Lyon	France	Halle Tony Garnier
August 5, 2009	Dortmund	Germany	Westfalenhallen
August 7, 2009	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Amsterdam Arena
August 9, 2009	Stockholm	Sweden	Ericsson Globe
August 11, 2009	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
August 13, 2009	Copenhagen	Denmark	Parken Stadium
August 14, 2009	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Arena
August 15, 2009	Gothenburg	Sweden	Scandinavium
August 17, 2009	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis
August 19, 2009	Dublin	Ireland	RDS Arena
August 20, 2009
North America
September 7, 2009	Tulsa	United States	BOK Arena
September 8, 2009	Nampa		Idaho Center
September 9, 2009	Portland		Rose Garden Arena
September 11, 2009	Tacoma		Tacoma Dome
September 13, 2009	Edmonton	Canada	Rexall Place
September 15, 2009	New York City	United States	Madison Square Garden
September 16, 2009
September 17, 2009	Minneapolis		Target Center
September 19, 2009	Auburn Hills		Palace of Auburn Hills
September 20, 2009	St. Louis		Scottrade Center
September 22, 2009	Las Vegas		Mandalay Bay Events Center
September 23, 2009	Los Angeles		Staples Center
September 24, 2009
September 27, 2009	Ottawa	Canada	Scotiabank Place
September 29, 2009	Orlando	United States	Amway Arena
Australia
October 4, 2009	Brisbane	Australia	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	Liberty
October 6, 2009	Sydney		Acer Arena
October 7, 2009
October 9, 2009
October 11, 2009
October 13, 2009	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre
October 15, 2009	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena
October 16, 2009	Perth		Burswood Dome
South America
October 23, 2009	Lima	Peru	Estadio Nacional
October 25, 2009	Santiago	Chile	Movistar Arena
October 27, 2009	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Luna Park
October 28, 2009	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Maracanãzinho Arena
October 30, 2009			Citibank Hall
October 31, 2009
November 2, 2009	Sao Paulo		Morumbi Stadium
November 4, 2009	Caracas	Venezuela	Valle del Pop
Asia
January 9, 2010	Tokyo	Japan	Tokyo Dome	DJ Jin Su
January 10, 2010
January 12, 2010	Yokohama		Yokohama Stadium
January 14, 2010	Fukuoka		Fukuoka Dome
January 16, 2010	Nagoya		Nagoya Dome
January 18, 2010	Osaka		Osaka Dome
January 19, 2010
January 21, 2010	Sapporo		Sapporo Dome

Canceled shows

List of canceled concerts

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
September 26, 2009	Toronto	Canada	Rogers Centre	Canadian Border holdup

Broadcasts and recordings

The tour's first concert at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego on April 24, 2009 was broadcast live on the HBO special Brody Chandler: Opening Night Live. It received over 8 million viewers and a strong 4.4 million demo rating. The special remains the third most-watched live telecast in the network's history. The concert film titled Introducing Brody Chandler: Live in Concert was officially released on DVD and Blu-ray exclusively at Best Buy retail stores on November 17, 2009. A live music video for single "Emergency" contains concert footage from the DVD.

Credits

Personnel

• Tour Director: Brody Chandler
• Artistic Director: Marty Kudelka and Brody Chandler
• Stage/Set Designer: Vince Foster
• Production Designer: All Access
• Lighting Designer: Brody Chandler and Alessandro Dell'Acqui
• Costume Design: Alessandro Dell'Acqui, Dsquared2 and Calvin Klein
• Choreographer: Marty Kudelka
• Associate choreographer: Richie Caspary
• Assistant Choreographer: Stephanie Marcel and Elias Klang
• Additional Choreographer: Jake Peterson
• Tour Promoter: Live Nation
• Tour Sponsor: MasterCard, Emporio Armani and Samsung

Band

• Musical Director: Kevin Antunes
• Drums: Jamie Nathanson
• Guitar: Marty Wilkinson
• Percussion: CeCe Morgan
• Guitar: Jake Peyton
• Bass: Kevin Walker
• Keyboards: Nick Reed
• Backing Vocals: Shanna Harrison, Maya Walton

Dancers

• Kevin Shaw
• Quinn Cho
• Stephanie Marcel
• Christina Jones
• Elias Klang
• Veronica Schuemacker
• Ana Feinberg
• Jake Peterson
• Kellie Dylan
• Anish Pardeau
• Taylor Gillis (Swing dancer)

Miscellaneous

• The 2009 Introducing Brody Chandler Tour was Brody's 1st ever world tour and established his reputation as a world-class performer who delivers cutting-edge, high-energy, stage spectacles to sold out crowds worldwide. The show became the first tour by any artist in MusicNation history. The show marked the start of a worldwide tour that included 112 performances in 5 continents.
• Chandler's first show – filmed for HBO – was originally scheduled to be played at the iPay ONE arena in San Diego. But due to the high demand for more tickets and HBO's desire for a better filming location, it was moved to the city's Qualcomm Stadium. Instead of playing to 17,000 in an arena, Chandler upped the ante to an outdoor stadium of 48,000.
• Chandler had complications with flying over the audience during "Vacancy" at his Uncasville, Connecticut show on June 9, 2009. He stayed suspended in the air until the end of "Future", which is when he was lowered back down. He joked about the mishap later in the show, saying, "It's a good thing I'm not afraid of heights because I would've been pissing my f***ing pants up there tonight."
• Chandler's first Madison Square Garden show in New York City on May 13, 2009 sold out in 17 minutes. The sellout prompted him to add two more shows on the following days. Singer Mia Grace attended the May 13 show and watched from the VIP section.
• Starting in Europe, a 10 minute behind the scenes documentary of the tour is played on the screens. This was not the case at previous shows. But for unexplained reasons, the documentary stopped airing after the Australian leg ended.
• Chandler changed his opening entrance for all dates in Europe. Instead of appearing in a cloud of smoke at center stage like before, he "magically" rises from underneath the end of the catwalk with his back to the audience. However, the original entrance was put back into motion for every leg following Europe.
• For the very first Osaka date on the Japan leg of the tour, Chandler wore a black velvet three-piece suit for the opening sequence instead of his usual purple velvet. The suit was later auctioned off to raise money for Haiti relief.