OMG Tour was the fourth

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by American recording artist

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. Visiting North America, Asia, Europe and Australia, the tour accompanies his sixth studio album, ''

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'' (2010), as well as his first extended play, ''

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'' (2010). At the conclusion of 2011, the tour placed seventh on Billboard's annual, "Top 25 Tours", earning nearly $75 million with 73 shows.

Background

In the summer of 2010, Usher competed in a dance battle against fellow R&B artist

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at the

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. The battle sparked an Internet rumor of the two possibly going on tour. This was further pushed by producer

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alluding that the two artist may be unaware of this upcoming tour. The singers later took to

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to ask who the fans would like to see them perform with. On September 8, 2010, the singer announced his touring trek (and revealed it was solo) for North America. Due to demand, many additional stops in Europe and Australia were added. It is Usher's first arena tour since The Truth Tour in 2004. To introduce the tour, Usher stated,

"Live performance has always been my thing. It's my purpose to master and capture the moment every time I have you connected. For me, I wanted to make sure that it was state of the art. I wanted to make sure that, in comparison to the other shows that are going on around the world, you get the type of experience that leave you saying, 'OMG.' ..The look of the tour, it's a little futuristic but enough to capture your attention and leave you saying, 'OMG.' That's the whole point. With an incredible record, I wanted to also leave a great impression.

Concert synopsis

The show began with Usher walking onstage amidst red smoke and

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, wearing a helmet-like headpiece, and performed "Monstar", "She Don't Know" and " Yeah!". During " Caught Up" he sang into a gold gun-shaped microphone, with which he did tricks. The performance of "

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choreography. While Usher sang " OMG", fireworks were let off and blue and white confetti rained.

Critical reception

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'' Mario Tarradell enjoyed the show, writing that "splash and flash are sher'skey ingredients." Jim Harrington of ''

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'' commended Usher's dancing ability, but criticized the show for over-using "distracting" theatrical effects, saying that "the best parts of the big-budget 'OMG' show came when the bells and whistles stopped and the fans were allowed to concentrate all their attention on Usher".

Broadcast and recordings

The DVD of the OMG Tour was filmed on February 21, 2011, at The O₂ Arena in London, directed by

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. The DVD was released as ''OMG Tour: Live From London'' on October 31, 2011.

Set list

# "Monstar" # "She Don't Know" # " Yeah!" # "

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U Don't Have to Call "U Don't Have to Call" is a song by American singer Usher. It was written by Pharrell Williams and produced by the Neptunes for Usher's third studio album, '' 8701'' (2001). The song was released as the third US single from the album and the fif ...

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You Make Me Wanna "You Make Me Wanna..." is a song by American recording artist Usher. It was released on August 5, 1997, by LaFace Records and Arista Records as the lead single from Usher's second studio album, '' My Way'' (1997). "You Make Me Wanna..." was writ ...

" # "Mars vs. Venus" # "

Nice & Slow "Nice & Slow" is a song from American singer-songwriter Usher's second album, ''My Way'' (1997). Released on January 6, 1998, the song became Usher's first number-one single on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in February 1998. The song was w ...

" # "Love 'Em All" # "

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" # " Love in This Club" # "

Lil Freak "Lil Freak" is a song by American recording artist Usher, taken from his sixth studio album, ''Raymond v. Raymond''. Featuring guest vocals by Trinidadian recording artist Nicki Minaj, the song was written by her, Usher, Ester Dean, Blac Elvis ...

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Hot Tottie "Hot Tottie" is a song by recording artist Usher. It was written by Usher, Ester Dean, Jay-Z and Polow da Don, with the latter producing it. The song features guest vocals from rapper Jay-Z and background vocals by Ester Dean. It is the seco ...

" # " There Goes My Baby" # "

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" # "Bad Girl" # "

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" # Medley: "

Confessions Part II "Confessions Part II" is a song by R&B singer Usher, produced by Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox for Usher's fourth album '' Confessions''. Written by Usher, Dupri and Cox, the song is a confession of a man to his woman about his impregn ...

" / " My Boo" / "

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" # " Caught Up" # "

DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" is a song by American singer Usher, featuring guest vocals from American rapper Pitbull, who co-wrote the song with the producers Shellback and Max Martin, with additional writing from Savan Kotecha. It was released ...

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Tour dates

;Cancellations and rescheduled shows

Personnel

* Director –

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* Choreography – Anwar "Flii Stylz" Burton, Aakomon "AJ" Jones, Todd Sams and David "SuperDave" Royster * Musical Direction – Johnny "Natural" Najera, Josh Thomas and Usher Raymond IV * Art/Creative – Barry Lather, Josh Thomas, Anwar "Flii Stylz" Burton, Usher Raymond IV and Aakomon "AJ" Jones * Dancers – Devin Jamieson, Marc "Marvelous" Inniss, Saidah Nairobi, Eyal Layani, Eddie Morales, Ed Moore and Todd Sams Source:

Notes

References

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