The 20/20 Experience World Tour

The 20/20 Experience World Tour was the fifth concert tour by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake. It was launched in support of his third and fourth studio albums, The 20/20 Experience (2013) and The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2 (2013).[1] The tour began on November 6, 2013, in New York City, and concluded on January 2, 2015, in Las Vegas. The 20/20 Experience World Tour grossed $231.6 million from 128 shows becoming the second highest-grossing tour of 2014, behind One Direction's Where We Are Tour.[2] This made Timberlake the highest-grossing solo touring artist of the year.[3] It is also Timberlake's most successful tour to date.

The 20/20 Experience World Tour
Tour by Justin Timberlake
Location
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania
Associated album
Start dateNovember 6, 2013 (2013-11-06)
End dateJanuary 2, 2015 (2015-01-02)
Legs6
No. of shows128
Supporting acts
Attendance1.9 million
Box office$231.6 million
Justin Timberlake concert chronology

Directed by Jonathan Demme, the concert film—titled Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids—premiered on September 13 at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. It showcases the final date of the 20/20 tour at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena.[4][5] The streaming service Netflix announced its acquisition ahead of the film's debut at film festival and released it on October 12, 2016.[6] It was the final film to be directed by Demme before his death in April 2017.

Critical response edit

Timberlake performing in February 2014.

Since its debut, The 20/20 Experience World Tour has received widespread critical acclaim.[7] Writing for the New York Daily News, Jim Farber reviewed the opening show at Barclays Center. Farber described the concert as a "study in suave ease. Starting with 'Pusher Love Girl,' Timberlake exuded a sweatless charm."[8] Hillary Rea for The Philadelphia Inquirer, who attended the tour at the Wells Fargo Center, noted that Timberlake's performance "kept the audience not just alert, but hypnotized and hooked throughout a 30-song spectacle that ended just before midnight."[9] Fionnuala Bourke in a review for Birmingham Mail opined that Justin "managed to completely keep his cool amid all the screams" and he "proved his position as the President of Pop."[10] The Hollywood Reporter's Emily Zemler, described him as a performer who is "genuinely having fun", adding he "knows he's got the looks, but he is also skilled at delivering something that isn't all surface", about the concert at The Forum, Los Angeles. She added: "Onstage, the pop star and actor moves with the sort of confidence that comes only from this knowledge, where it manifests not as ego but as absolute self-assurance.[11]

Jon Pareles of The New York Times also gave a positive review noting that he "reveals something darker" and "something more fiery and intense" while performing post-breakup revenge songs such as "Cry Me a River" and "What Goes Around... Comes Around."[12]

Costumes edit

"Justin has great personal style and knows what he wants which makes designing for him an absolute pleasure..."

—Tom Ford

Timberlake worked with Tom Ford for the tour's costumes.[13] During their collaboration they have created more than 600 costumes for Timberlake and his team.[14] Most of Timberlake's costumes are black and white colored suits.

Broadcast and recordings edit

Netflix promotional poster for Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids

The concert film Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids premiered on Netflix on October 12, 2016. Prior to premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival, Timberlake dedicated the film to Prince. "His influence is all over everyone's music and there's so much that I feel like I've maybe consciously and unconsciously borrowed from him that it felt right", he told E! "It just feels right to dedicate the film to him."[15] The concert film showcases the final date of the 20/20 tour at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Demme and Timberlake first met when the director wanted to work with him after watching his work in The Social Network (2010); in the meeting they discussed Talking Heads' concert film Stop Making Sense, directed by Demme and an influence for the singer in his live performances.[16] For Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids, Demme used 14 operated cameras that Declan Quinn, the director of photography, and he deployed over many pre-filming engagements, two other free-floating cameras in the audience and one cameraman onstage with Timberlake.[17] Reviewing the concert film, critic David Rooney from Billboard wrote:

It's noteworthy that after two years and 134 dates on the 20/20 Experience World Tour, the act is drilled to perfection but never robotic. All six dancers combine precision with a personal signature, as do the musicians and singers who frequently step out from behind their 1940s big band-style JT music stands to cut loose. Timberlake is a magnetic performer who moves with twitchy sensuality in his Tom Ford tux. But I could just as easily have watched bespectacled vocalist Jack E. King III get his groove on all night, since there's nothing quite so ecstatically graceful as a heavy-set dude with funk in his bones.[18]

The concert film was the final project directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jonathan Demme (pictured).

Nigel M. Smith from The Guardian noted "his falsetto is on-point throughout, as are his smooth moves – like a blend of Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson and Prince, to whom the film is dedicated. There's a sexy swagger to Timberlake's onstage personae that never reads as cocksure, largely because of the lavish attention he pays to his band and dancers... They all look like there's no place they’d rather be, despite it being the end of a grueling two year tour. In an era when machines are largely responsible for the beats that drive pop music, the reverence Timberlake shows for actual instruments is worth endearing. Still, there's no mistaking Timberlake as ring leader."[19] Brian Tallerico of the Roger Ebert website gave the film three-and-a-half out of four stars, and wrote "Demme opens his fantastically entertaining [concert film] by introducing us to the backup players and musicians who have supported the pop star on this two-year tour, but make no mistake, this movie is about the entertainer at its center. While Demme's camera never forgets to allow the other partners in pop to share time, he always comes back to Timberlake, one of the most purely enjoyable musicians around which one could center a concert film. His energy is infectious and his joy about what he's been blessed to do for a living is contagious".[20] On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 100%, based on 13 reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10.[21] On Metacritic, the film has a score 81 out of 100, based on 6 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[22]

Song list edit

  1. "Pusher Love Girl"
  2. "Gimme What I Don't Know (I Want)"/"Rock Your Body"
  3. "Don't Hold the Wall"/"FutureSex/LoveSound"
  4. "Like I Love You"
  5. "My Love"
  6. "LoveStoned"
  7. "Until the End of Time"
  8. "Holy Grail"
  9. "Only When I Walk Away"
  10. "Drink You Away"
  11. "Let the Groove Get In"
  12. "Human Nature"
  13. "What Goes Around... Comes Around"
  14. "Poison"
  15. "Suit & Tie"
  16. "SexyBack"
  17. "Mirrors"

Set list edit

The following set list is representative of the show on November 6, 2013. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.[8]

Notes edit

Tour dates edit

List of North American concerts[25]
DateCityCountryVenueOpening actAttendanceRevenue
November 6, 2013New York CityUnited StatesBarclays CenterThe Weeknd14,513 / 14,513$1,970,335
November 7, 2013HartfordXL Center11,967 / 11,967$1,106,260
November 9, 2013East RutherfordIzod Center16,110 / 16,110$1,986,193
November 10, 2013PhiladelphiaWells Fargo Center15,027 / 15,027$1,676,011
November 13, 2013RaleighPNC Arena14,027 / 14,027$1,567,060
November 15, 2013NashvilleBridgestone Arena14,415 / 14,415$1,532,945
November 16, 2013ColumbusNationwide ArenaDJ Freestyle Steve14,764 / 14,764$1,555,185
November 18, 2013MemphisFedExForum14,005 / 14,005$1,399,215
November 19, 2013St. LouisScottrade Center15,519 / 15,519$1,540,510
November 21, 2013TulsaBOK Center13,341 / 13,341$1,519,185
November 26, 2013Los AngelesStaples Center14,414 / 14,414$1,613,042
November 27, 2013AnaheimHonda Center12,183 / 12,183$1,411,295
November 29, 2013Las VegasMGM Grand Garden Arena25,718 / 25,718$3,683,089
November 30, 2013
December 2, 2013PhoenixUS Airways Center13,782 / 13,782$1,578,563
December 4, 2013DallasAmerican Airlines Center14,820 / 14,820$1,671,448
December 5, 2013HoustonToyota Center12,892 / 12,892$1,567,629
December 11, 2013IndianapolisBankers Life Fieldhouse13,797 / 13,797$1,372,447
December 12, 2013ClevelandQuicken Loans Arena15,452 / 15,452$1,476,065
December 14, 2013PittsburghConsol Energy Center14,371 / 14,371$1,490,160
December 15, 2013LouisvilleKFC Yum! Center16,414 / 16,414$1,692,785
December 17, 2013AtlantaPhilips Arena13,287 / 13,287$1,687,436
December 19, 2013OrlandoAmway Center13,434 / 13,434$1,521,365
January 13, 2014EdmontonCanadaRexall PlaceDJ Freestyle Steve26,873 / 26,873$2,896,577
January 14, 2014
January 16, 2014VancouverRogers Arena13,481 / 13,481$1,481,451
January 17, 2014SeattleUnited StatesKeyArena12,357 / 12,357$1,413,755
January 19, 2014San JoseSAP Center13,204 / 13,204$1,549,737
January 20, 2014InglewoodThe Forum13,432 / 13,432$1,542,566
January 22, 2014DenverPepsi Center13,839 / 13,839$1,617,980
February 7, 2014FargoFargodome15,639 / 15,639$1,329,810
February 9, 2014Saint PaulXcel Energy Center15,102 / 15,102$1,676,525
February 10, 2014OmahaCenturyLink Center Omaha14,572 / 14,572$1,620,130
February 13, 2014TorontoCanadaAir Canada Centre30,059 / 30,059$3,324,289
February 14, 2014
February 16, 2014ChicagoUnited StatesUnited Center29,293 / 29,293$3,702,833
February 17, 2014
February 20, 2014New York CityMadison Square Garden27,763 / 27,763$3,663,790
February 21, 2014[a]
February 24, 2014Washington, D.C.Verizon Center14,816 / 14,816$1,759,759
February 25, 2014PhiladelphiaWells Fargo CenterDJ Freestyle Steve15,648 / 15,648$1,787,142
February 27, 2014BostonTD Garden13,815 / 13,815$1,622,639
March 4, 2014SunriseBB&T Center12,629 / 12,629$1,517,577
March 5, 2014MiamiAmerican Airlines Arena13,008 / 13,008$1,609,449
List of European, Asian, and African concerts[27]
DateCityCountryVenueOpening actAttendanceRevenue
March 30, 2014SheffieldEnglandMotorpoint Arena SheffieldDJ Freestyle Steve10,009 / 10,009$1,305,817
April 1, 2014LondonThe O2 Arena44,795 / 44,795[b]$6,520,355[b]
April 2, 2014
April 4, 2014GlasgowScotlandSSE Hydro20,863 / 20,863$2,360,195
April 5, 2014
April 7, 2014ManchesterEnglandPhones 4u Arena25,107 / 25,107$3,300,208
April 8, 2014
April 11, 2014BirminghamLG Arena24,542 / 24,542$3,449,688
April 12, 2014
April 14, 2014ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadion27,140 / 27,140$3,220,932
April 16, 2014
April 18, 2014ArnhemNetherlandsGelreDome36,644 / 36,644$3,322,812
April 20, 2014CologneGermanyLanxess Arena30,047 / 30,047$3,115,442
April 22, 2014
April 24, 2014BerlinO2 World27,447 / 27,447[c]$2,794,830[c]
April 26, 2014ParisFranceStade de France57,286 / 57,286$5,241,720
April 28, 2014AmsterdamNetherlandsZiggo Dome15,383 / 15,383$1,624,794
May 1, 2014AntwerpBelgiumSportpaleis36,141 / 36,141$4,047,099
May 2, 2014
May 4, 2014HamburgGermanyO2 World12,312 / 12,312$1,283,422
May 6, 2014CopenhagenDenmarkTelia Parken49,398 / 49,398$5,147,387
May 8, 2014OsloNorwayTelenor Arena19,050 / 19,050$2,087,482
May 10, 2014StockholmSwedenTele2 Arena26,602 / 26,602$2,648,177
May 12, 2014HelsinkiFinlandHartwall Areena12,216 / 12,216$1,367,648
May 15, 2014Saint PetersburgRussiaSKK Peterburgsky17,334 / 22,000$1,953,844
May 17, 2014MoscowOlimpiyskiy22,705 / 23,000$3,845,775
May 23, 2014Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emiratesdu Arena24,873 / 24,873$3,622,820
May 26, 2014IstanbulTurkeyİTÜ Stadyumu32,459 / 35,656$3,154,353
May 28, 2014Tel AvivIsraelHaYarkon Park44,634 / 49,924$5,169,975
May 30, 2014[d]RabatMoroccoOLM Souissi
June 1, 2014[e]LisbonPortugalBela Vista Park
June 3, 2014PragueCzech RepublicO2 ArenaDJ Freestyle Steve15,727 / 15,727$1,332,516
June 4, 2014ViennaAustriaWiener Stadthalle13,748 / 13,748$1,598,539
June 6, 2014BerlinGermanyO2 World[c][c]
June 8, 2014FrankfurtCommerzbank-Arena38,646 / 38,646$3,841,803
June 10, 2014LondonEnglandThe O2 Arena[b][b]
List of North American concerts[29][30]
DateCityCountryVenueOpening actAttendanceRevenue
July 9, 2014[f]BuffaloUnited StatesFirst Niagara CenterDJ Freestyle Steve15,152 / 15,152$1,412,080
July 10, 2014New York CityHammerstein Ballroom
July 12, 2014CharlotteTime Warner Cable ArenaDJ Freestyle Steve15,029 / 15,029$1,836,091
July 14, 2014BaltimoreBaltimore Arena12,051 / 12,051$1,288,155
July 16, 2014AlbanyTimes Union Center11,730 / 11,730$1,127,495
July 18, 2014UncasvilleMohegan Sun Arena7,090 / 7,090$785,270
July 19, 2014[g]BostonTD Garden14,119 / 14,119$1,610,576
July 22, 2014OttawaCanadaCanadian Tire Centre13,032 / 13,032$1,293,992
July 25, 2014[h]MontrealBell Centre30,698 / 30,698$3,357,926
July 26, 2014[i]
July 28, 2014Auburn HillsUnited StatesThe Palace of Auburn Hills13,527 / 13,527$1,401,004
July 30, 2014Kansas CitySprint Center27,458 / 27,458$2,955,180
July 31, 2014
August 3, 2014New OrleansSmoothie King Center13,743 / 13,743$1,494,735
August 5, 2014San AntonioAT&T Center14,588 / 14,588$1,603,585
August 8, 2014Las VegasMGM Grand Garden Arena13,168 / 13,168$1,908,499
August 9, 2014GlendaleJobing.com Arena12,573 / 12,573$1,526,769
August 11, 2014San JoseSAP Center13,447 / 13,447$1,595,496
August 12, 2014Los AngelesStaples Center14,520 / 14,520$1,801,834
List of European concerts[30][33]
DateCityCountryVenueOpening actAttendanceRevenue
August 16, 2014[j]ChelmsfordEnglandHylands Park
August 17, 2014[k]Weston-under-LizardWeston Park
August 19, 2014GdańskPolandPGE Arena GdańskDJ Freestyle Steve40,794 / 40,794$3,878,582
August 21, 2014ParisFranceL'Olympia
August 24, 2014KópavogurIcelandKórinnDJ Freestyle Steve17,442 / 17,442$2,195,447
List of Oceanic concerts[30][35]
DateCityCountryVenueOpening actAttendanceRevenue
September 18, 2014MelbourneAustraliaEtihad StadiumDJ Freestyle Steve41,777 / 41,777$5,765,602
September 19, 2014
September 22, 2014AdelaideAdelaide Entertainment Arena12,658 / 12,658$1,799,621
September 23, 2014
September 26, 2014BrisbaneBrisbane Entertainment Centre19,757 / 19,757$2,735,476
September 27, 2014
October 1, 2014SydneyAllphones Arena28,500 / 28,500$5,070,062
October 2, 2014
October 8, 2014PerthPerth Arena22,519 / 22,519$3,011,452
October 9, 2014
October 12, 2014AucklandNew ZealandVector Arena34,587 / 34,587$4,129,997
October 13, 2014
October 15, 2014
List of North American concerts[36]
DateCityCountryVenueOpening actAttendanceRevenue
November 20, 2014PortlandUnited StatesModa CenterDJ Freestyle Steve13,929 / 13,929$1,499,534
November 22, 2014OaklandOracle Arena13,085 / 13,085$1,475,559
November 24, 2014InglewoodThe Forum12,593 / 12,593$1,450,586
November 26, 2014AnaheimHonda Center11,704 / 11,704$1,386,091
November 28, 2014Las VegasMGM Grand Garden Arena12,949 / 12,949$1,866,329
December 1, 2014HoustonToyota Center12,654 / 12,654$1,712,300
December 3, 2014DallasAmerican Airlines Center14,855 / 14,855$1,668,554
December 5, 2014Oklahoma CityChesapeake Energy Arena12,662 / 12,662$1,388,971
December 8, 2014ChicagoUnited Center14,951 / 14,951$1,905,303
December 10, 2014TorontoCanadaAir Canada Centre15,648 / 15,648$1,675,965
December 13, 2014UncasvilleUnited StatesMohegan Sun Arena7,068 / 7,068$780,915
December 14, 2014New York CityBarclays Center14,461 / 14,461$1,960,366
December 17, 2014PhiladelphiaWells Fargo Center15,510 / 15,510$1,791,973
December 19, 2014NashvilleBridgestone Arena14,334 / 14,334$1,597,540
December 20, 2014DuluthThe Arena at Gwinnett Center10,335 / 10,335$1,343,945
January 1, 2015Las VegasMGM Grand Garden Arena24,799 / 24,799$4,436,453
January 2, 2015

Personnel edit

Credits and personnel are taken from the Justin Timberlake's official website.[37]

Lead Singer

  • Justin Timberlake

Dancers

  • Dana Wilson
  • Ivan Koumaev
  • Lyle Beniga
  • Lindsay Richardson
  • Natalie Gilmore
  • Matt Aylward
  • Nick Bass

Backup Singers

  • Zenya Bashford
  • Aaron Camper
  • Erin Stevenson
  • Jack E. King
  • Nicole Hurst

Band

  • Adam Blackstone (music director, Bass)[citation needed]
  • Elliott Ives (Guitar)
  • Mike Scott (Guitar)
  • Eric Smith (Bass)
  • Charlie Orias (Bass/Backup)
  • Dontae Winslow (Trumpet)
  • Sean Erick (Trumpet, The Regiment Horns)[38]
  • Justin Gilbert (Keyboard Player)
  • Brian Frasier-Moore (Drums)
  • Daniel Jones (Keyboard)
  • Kevin Williams (Trombone, flute, tuba, The Regiment Horns)
  • Terry Santiel (Percussionist)
  • Leon Silva (Saxophonist, The Regiment Horns)

Engineers

  • Danny Cheung (Pro Tools)

Notes edit

  1. ^ The February 21, 2014 concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City was originally scheduled to take place on February 19, but was rescheduled for health reasons.[26]
  2. ^ a b c d The score data is combined from the shows held at the O2 Arena on April 1, 2014, April 2, 2014 and June 10, 2014, respectively.
  3. ^ a b c d The score data is combined from the shows held at the O2 World on May 24, 2014 and June 6, 2014 respectively.
  4. ^ The May 30, 2014 concert was part of the Mawazine festival.[28]
  5. ^ The June 1, 2014 concert at Bela Vista Park in Lisbon, Portugal was part of Rock in Rio.[citation needed]
  6. ^ The July 9, 2014 concert at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo was originally scheduled to take place on February 22, 2014, but was postponed as a consequence of the postponement of the Manhattan concert.[31]
  7. ^ The July 19, 2014 concert at the TD Garden in Boston was originally scheduled to take place on November 4, 2013, but was rescheduled to allow more time for rehearsals.[32]
  8. ^ The July 25, 2014 concert at the Bell Centre in Montreal was originally scheduled to take place on October 31, 2013, but was rescheduled to allow more time for rehearsals.[32]
  9. ^ The July 26, 2014 concert at the Bell Centre in Montreal was originally scheduled to take place on November 1, 2013, but was rescheduled to allow more time for rehearsals.[32]
  10. ^ The August 16, 2014 concert at Hylands Park in Chelmsford was part of the V Festival.[34]
  11. ^ The August 17, 2014 concert at Weston Park in Staffordshire was part of the V Festival.[34]

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