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Harajuku Lovers Tour
The Harajuku Lovers Tour was the first solo concert tour of American recording artist Gwen Stefani. The tour began through October to November 2005, to support of her debut studio album ''Love. Angel. Music. Baby.'' (2004). Although Stefani embarked on multiple tours with her band No Doubt, she initially opted not to participate in a tour to promote her album, an attitude that the singer eventually abandoned due to the commercial success of ''Love. Angel. Music. Baby.''
The Harajuku Lovers Tour consisted of only one leg, which encompassed a three-month-long series of performances that visited cities throughout the United States and Canada. Stefani recruited hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas, rapper M.I.A., and singer Ciara to accompany her as opening acts for her endeavors. The tour produced varying responses from contemporary critics, who despite praising Stefani's vocals, were critical of other aspects of the show such as its musical material. According to ''Billboard'', the tour grossed $22 million from 37 concerts, from which 20 sold-out.〔http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/56532/gwen-stefani-unveils-solo-tour-dates〕 A video album, titled ''Harajuku Lovers Live'', was released in DVD format in conjunction with her 2006 album ''The Sweet Escape'' and features the singer performing at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, Stefani's birthplace.
==Background==
Stefani announced a tour to support her first solo studio album ''Love. Angel. Music. Baby.'' (2004) on June 27, 2005, giving details of sixteen dates from October 16 to November 10. The announcement on June 27 also included the fact that hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas, who are also signed to Interscope Records, would be the opening act for all the announced dates except November 3.〔〔〔 The group, who were backing their album ''Monkey Business'', ended up touring with Stefani until November 14.〔 On August 8, it was announced that singer-songwriter and rapper M.I.A. would take over as the opening act from November 16 to November 25,〔 although it wasn't until August 17 that the extra dates from November 11 to November 25 were officially added to the tour.〔 Archived at SoundSpike.〕 M.I.A. toured with Stefani, backing her album ''Arular'', until December 1.〔 On September 29, the final set of dates, November 26 to December 21, were added to the tour and it was announced that the third and final opening act for Stefani's tour would be singer Ciara, backing her album ''Goodies'', from December 3 to December 21.〔〔
Stefani initially did not intend to tour to support the album, responding "What tour?" to a question from MTV News in December 2004 regarding a possible tour.〔 She later mentioned several times that she had not originally intended to tour in support of the album, referring to her "illegal tour" and apologizing for her breaking her promise not to tour on stage at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota on November 14 and admitting "I just wanted to make a record. I didn't want to tour, I was too tired, then you guys kept buying the record, and I had to come out and see you guys" on stage at Winnipeg on November 16.〔 In a September interview with MTV News, Stefani said of the tour: "I'm looking forward to it, it's going to be unbelievable. () I would love to try to roll a little bit of 'Orange County Girl' in there. We'll see. Anything can happen in rehearsals. I don't even know how long the show can be right now."
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