Tour of the Mongoose (also known as El Tour de la Mangosta in hispanophone countries) is the third

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n singer and songwriter,

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, in support of her fifth studio album and first English album, ''

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'' (2001). It was the singer's first global tour, reaching North America, South America and Europe. The tour grossed close to $72 million according to

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Background

Clear Channel Entertainment announced the Tour of the Mongoose in September 2002. The tour came shortly after Shakira reached international success with her third studio album. During a press conference in New York City, Shakira summarized her show as an "entertaining rock show", stating, "I'm not saving any effort to make sure that this concert ourwill be the best I can offer to my fans. And it's going to have a strong spirit of rock and roll, so you will see a rock-and-roll show, but it will have all of the nuances and the subtleties of a show that attempts to entertain". At the same press conference, Shakira explained the tour's name as symbolizing the strength of the

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, stating "...I was really impressed by it because it is an animal that can defeat the snake with just a bite. It's like a living miracle, this animal, to me, because if there's an animal on earth that can defeat the snake—a venomous viper—with a bite, I think that there's got to be some way for us to defeat, or to bite the neck of hatred in this world, no? "It's called the Tour of the Mongoose, and the mongoose is basically one of the few animals who can defeat the most venomous snakes with just one bite and that's why I decided to name my tour that way, because I think that if we all have a little mongoose inside that can defeat the hatred and the resentment and the prejudice of everyday, we can probably win the battle." At the tour commencement, Corey Moss of MTV compared the singer to

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Controversy

The show sparked some controversy due to a perceived anti-war message in a video played prior to the performance of "Octavo Día", displaying war footage and later revealing the Grim Reaper to be a puppeteer. Shakira defended the video, stating,

Commercial performance

Shakira became the first Latin female artist to perform at Argentina's Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti (River Plate stadium), the sold out show had over 60,000 people in attendance. The concert in

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's record of most expensive concert tickets in the country due to Shakira's huge global popularity and high demand. The show in Atlantic Pavilion,

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has attracted 19,136 people which has broken attendance record holding by American rock trio R.E.M. The tour was also going to be visiting the continent of

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with stops planned such as: Tokyo, Hong Kong, Taipei, Manila, Singapore, Bangkok, Sydney and Melbourne, but this wasn't able to happen due to the 2002-2004 SARS outbreak at the time.

Broadcast and recordings

The tour was shot in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on April 22, 2003. The tour was chronicled on '' Live & off the Record''. The disc included selected songs from the concert, along with a documentary showing the performer preparing for the show, her song writing process and her ideas about social responsibility. It also includes a live CD that features ten songs that were performed during the show. The CD spun off two singles, "Poem to a Horse" and "Whenever, Wherever Live". In a special edition of ''Fijación Oral, Volume 1'' the performances of "Fool" and "Dónde Están los Ladrones?" were included.

Setlist

Tour dates

Billboard Box office score data

Personnel

– Producer, songwriter, vocals, guitar, harmonica * Gonzalo Agulla – Executive producer * José Arnal – Executive producer *

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– Producer, arranger, guitar * Dana Austin – Producer * Bettina Abascal – Post producer * Dominic Morley – Engineer * Richard Robson – Engineer * Neil Tucker – Engineer * Matt Vaughan – Engineer * Richard Wilkinson – Engineer * Adrian Hall – Mixing engineer * Chris Theis – Mixing engineer * Mike Fisher – Audio post-production * Mike Wilder – Mastering * Ramiro Aguilar – Video director * Pablo Arraya – Editing assistant * Rita Quintero – Backing vocals, keyboards * Adam Zimmon – Guitar * Mario Inchaust – Backing vocals, Guitars * Albert Sterling Menendez – Keyboards * Pedro Alfonso – Violin * Dan Rothchild – Bass guitar, photography * Brendan Buckley – Drums * Rafael Padilla – Percussion * Jeff Bender – Photography, cover photo * Frank Ockenfels – Photography * Ian Cuttler – Art direction * Frank Carbonari – Graphic design * Rose Noone – A&R

References

External links

Shakira's Official Website
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