The LP World Tour 2009 was the fifth concert tour by Italian singer Laura Pausini, starting in Brescia on 28 February 2009 and ending in Milan on 23 December 2009. This tour was in support of Pausini's album Primavera in anticipo / Primavera anticipada which was released in 2008.
It reached Europe and the Americas. It was the longest world tour made by Pausini in her career so far.
Background During 2008, the singer announced about touring a whole year during 2009 from February to December, which gives her performances in Italy, Europe and the Americas. The tour took place in important cities like Madrid, Barcelona, Paris, Zürich, Geneva, Helsinki, Turku, Stockholm, Brussels and others. Then, made a few stops on North American cities, such as Dominican Republic, United States, Canada and Mexico; continues to South America reaching Argentina, Chile, Peru and Brasil.
To conclude the tour, she returned to Italy and performed during November–December and finally end the promotion. Due to the massive sold-out shows and tickets demand for the tour, the World Tour 2009 took place in Milan during six nights, five in Rome; the shows in Turin and Florence were triplicated while in Bologna, Brescia, Morrone del Sannio, Catania, Eboli, Mantua and Treviso were duplicated to please the demand.
Broadcast and recordings
Laura Live was anticipated by the release of Laura Pausini's single Con la musica alla radio on 25 September 2009. The DVD presents recordings from shows in particular nights and countries. It has most of the show recorded in Italian and Spanish. For hispanoamerican countries the CD+DVD release comes with a CD that includes Spanish tracks and the DVD recorded between Italian and Spanish songs.
Also, extra features present three inedit songs with their respective video and a backstage video of the tour.
Setlist The repertory presents variations in every continent.
Tour dates Date City Country Venue Italy: First Leg28 February 2009BresciaItalyPalasport San Filippo5 March 2009TurinPalasport Olimpico6 March 20097 March 2009MantuaPalaBam9 March 2009PerugiaPalaEvangelisti11 March 2009FlorenceNelson Mandela Forum14 March 2009RomePalaLottomatica15 March 200916 March 200919 March 2009EboliPalaSele21 March 2009Reggio CalabriaPalaCalafiore24 March 2009AcirealePalaTupparello25 March 200927 March 2009CasertaPalaMaggiò28 March 200931 March 2009AnconaPalaRossini1 April 2009PesaroAdriatic Arena3 April 2009BolognaFuturshow Station5 April 2009BresciaPalaBrescia7 April 2009BolzanoPalaOnda14 April 2009MilanMediolanum Forum16 April 2009TrevisoPalaVerde17 April 200919 April 2009LivornoPalaLivorno20 April 2009GenoaVaillant Palace22 April 2009MilanMediolanum Forum23 April 200924 April 2009 Europe28 April 2009MadridSpainMadrid Arena30 April 2009BarcelonaPalau Sant Jordi2 May 2009MarseilleFranceLe Dôme de Marseille4 May 2009NantesLe Zénith6 May 2009MetzGalaxie Amnéville8 May 2009ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadion10 May 2009GenevaSEG Geneva Arena12 May 2009ParisFranceZénith de Paris17 May 2009TampereFinlandTampere Hall18 May 2009TurkuHK Arena20 May 2009HelsinkiHartwall Areena22 May 2009StockholmSwedenCirkus25 May 2009BrusselsBelgiumForest National27 May 2009DortmundGermanyWestfalenhalle30 May 2009ValladolidSpainEstadio Nuevo José Zorrilla IV Festival Valladolid Latino2 June 2009FlorenceItalyNelson Mandela Forum Summer Tour25 June 2009RavennaItalyPalaDeAndrè27 June 2009CodroipoVilla Manin29 June 2009VeronaVerona Arena1 July 2009Piazzola sul BrentaAnfiteatro Camerini3 July 2009MonzaVilla Reale di Monza5 July 2009AlessandriaStadium Moccagatta8 July 2009LocarnoSwitzerlandPiazza Grande Moon&Stars Festival9 July 2009BergamoItalyArena estiva della Fiera di Bergamo11 July 2009NaplesMostra d'Oltremare14 July 2009TeramoNuovo Stadio Comunale a Piano D'Accio16 July 2009BarlettaCastello18 July 2009PalermoVelodromo Paolo Borsellino21 July 2009Valletta MaltaLuxol Parade GroundsLaura Pausini attracts 9,000 strong crowd – timesofmalta.com25 July 2009CagliariItalyFiera Campionaria15 August 2009Monte CarloMonacoSalle des Etoiles The Americas19 September 2009Santo DomingoDominican RepublicPalacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto24 September 2009Los AngelesUnited StatesWiltern Theater27 September 2009LimaPeruJockey Club30 September 2009SantiagoChileMovistar Arena2 October 2009Buenos AiresArgentinaEstadio G.E.B.A.4 October 2009Rio de JaneiroBrazilCitibank Hall6 October 2009São PauloCredicard Hall7 October 200910 October 2009Mexico CityMexicoNational Auditorium12 October 2009MonterreyArena Monterrey14 October 2009HollywoodUnited StatesHard Rock Live16 October 2009New York CityLincoln Center18 October 2009Atlantic CityMark G. Etess Arena21 October 2009MontrealCanadaBell Centre23 October 2009TorontoAir Canada Centre25 October 2009MashantucketUnited StatesMGM Theatre at Foxwoods Italy: Final Leg13 November 2009RiminiItaly105 Stadium14 November 2009MantuaPalaBam25 November 2009JesoloPalazzo del Turismo27 November 2009RomePalaLottomatica28 November 20091 December 2009AcirealePalaTupparello3 December 2009EboliPalaSele5 December 2009BolognaFuturshow Station7 December 2009FlorenceNelson Mandela Forum9 December 2009TurinPalasport Olimpico22 December 2009MilanMediolanum Forum23 December 2009
Cancellations and rescheduled shows 15 May 2009CopenhagenDenmarkFalkoner TheatreThe show was cancelled due to Pausini having voice problems.17 November 2009TurinItalyPalaOlimpicoThe show was rescheduled to 9 December 2009 due to pandemic flu.20 November 2009MilanMediolanum ForumThe show was rescheduled to 22 December 2009 due to pandemic flu.21 November 2009The show was rescheduled to 23 December 2009 due to pandemic flu.
Box office score data (Billboard) Venue City Tickets sold / Available Gross revenuePalasport Olimpico (March)Turin18,638 / 18,638 (100%)$828,003 *PalaEvangelistiPerugia5,503 / 5,503 (100%)$216,296 *Nelson Mandela ForumFlorence6,817 / 7,600 (90%)$292,884 *PalaLottomatica (March)Rome23,311 / 23,311 (100%)$1,079,429 *Mediolanum Forum (Apr)Milan40,072 / 40,072 (100%)$2,356,899 *Fiera CampionariaCagliari9,085 / 9,120 (99%)$538,753 **Wiltern TheaterLos Angeles1,236 / 1,888 (65%)$97,556 ***Citibank HallRio de Janeiro2,251 / 3,336 (67%)$236,487 **Credicard HallSão Paulo7,512 / 8,096 (93%)$808,085 **National AuditoriumMexico City8,565 / 9,569 (90%)$341,004 ***Bell CentreMontreal2,246 / 3.000 (75%)$212,480 ****PalaLottomatica (Nov)Rome14,390 / 15,426 (93%)$777,263Article title Futurshow Station (Dec)Bologna8,348 / 11,500 (73%)$433,962Palasport Olimpico (Dec)Turin9,273 / 10,210 (91%)$485,785Mediolanum Forum (Dec)Milan20,036 / 20,036 (100%)$1,299,280Article title TOTAL138,173 / 148,748 (93%)$7,570,989
Band Paolo Carta – guitar / musical director Emiliano Bassi – drums Bruno Zucchetti – keyboards Mateo Bassi – bass Gabriele Fersini – guitar Gianluigi Fazio – background vocals Emanuela Cortesi – background vocals Roberta Granà – background vocals
References (*) Pulse Music Board – Billboard Boxscore 20 June 2009
(**) Pulse Music Board – Billboard Boxscore 21 November 2009
(***) Pulse Music Board – Billboard Boxscore 7 November 2009
(****) Pulse Music Board – Billboard Boxscore 14 November 2009
External links Laura Pausini – Official Website
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