FutureSex/LoveShow

The FutureSex/LoveShow was the third concert tour by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake. It showcased his second studio album, FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006). The tour grossed $127.8 million. It was the third highest-grossing concert tour of 2007.^[2]

FutureSex/Loveshow

World tour by Justin Timberlake
Associated album	FutureSex/LoveSounds
Start date	January 8, 2007 (2007-01-08)
End date	December 6, 2007 (2007-12-06)
Legs	4
No. of shows	121
Box office	$126.8 million ($186,323,351 in 2023 dollars[1])
Justin Timberlake concert chronology

SexyBack Dance Club

A limited number of tickets were released which gave fans access to a bar/club area around the stage known as the SexyBack Dance Club. There were two types of these tickets available; Seating and Standing. The seating tickets gave fans access to this area as well as a seat integrated into the stage itself. The standing tickets gave access to the same area without a seat.^[3]

Critical reception

Rolling Stone editor Laura Checkoway, who attended the tour at the Madison Square Garden in April 2007, called the show "strictly grown and sexy" in her review.^[4] After attending the second Madison Square Garden date in August, Sia Michel from The New York Times thought "since his last tour, for 2002's multiplatinum Justified, he has learned how to project sex-symbol edge. During an ambitious, well-oiled spectacle of nearly three hours, this New Justin cursed, gyrated and mimicked bedroom acts with his lingerie-clad dancers."^[5] After attending The O2, London date, musicOMH's Jonny Carey wrote, "Tonight proved that as well as being responsible for some of this decade's best pop moments, Justin Timberlake is among the best performers and will be continuing to headline venues of this stature for years to come."^[6]

Opening acts

• Pink (North America) (select dates)
• Fergie (North America & Europe) (select dates)
• Unklejam (Europe) (select dates)
• Kenna (Europe) (select dates)
• Natasha Bedingfield (Europe) (select dates)
• Esmée Denters (Europe) (select dates)
• Paris Wells (Australia) (selected dates)

Set list

1. "FutureSex/LoveSound"
2. "Like I Love You"
3. "My Love" (contains excerpts from "Let Me Talk to You (Prelude)")
4. "Señorita"
5. "Sexy Ladies"
6. "Until the End of Time"
7. "What Goes Around... Comes Around"
8. "Chop Me Up"
9. "Rock Your Body"
10. Medley: "Gone" / "Take It from Here" / "Last Night"
11. "Damn Girl"
12. "Summer Love"
13. "Losing My Way"
14. "Cry Me a River"
15. "LoveStoned/I Think She Knows (Interlude)"
16. "SexyBack"

Encore

17. "(Another Song) All Over Again"

Shows

List of North American concerts^{[7][8][9][10][11][12]}

Date (2007)	City	Country	Venue	Opening act(s)	Attendance (Tickets sold / total available)	Revenue
January 8	San Diego	United States	iPayOne Center	Pink	12,526 / 12,526	$970,389
January 9	Anaheim		Honda Center		14,863 / 14,863	$1,095,698
January 11	San Jose		HP Pavilion		17,116 / 17,116	$1,320,326
January 12	Sacramento		ARCO Arena		15,347 / 15,347	$1,045,967
January 14	Glendale		Jobing.com Arena		14,645 / 14,645	$1,169,049
January 16	Los Angeles		Staples Center	N/A	N/A	N/A
January 17	Fresno		Save Mart Center
January 19	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena
January 27	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center
January 30	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre	Pink	19,041 / 19,041	$1,651,733
January 31	Montreal		Bell Centre		17,091 / 17,091	$1,819,425
February 2	Washington, D.C.	United States	Verizon Center	N/A	N/A	N/A
February 3	Cleveland		Quicken Loans Arena
February 6	Boston		TD Banknorth Garden
February 7	New York City		Madison Square Garden
February 18	Buffalo		HSBC Arena
February 19	Columbus		Value City Arena
February 22	Tampa		St. Pete Times Forum
February 24	Miami		American Airlines Arena
February 25	Sunrise		BankAtlantic Center
February 27	Atlanta		Philips Arena	Pink	16,638 / 16,638	$1,129,984
March 1	New Orleans		New Orleans Arena		15,209 / 15,209	$826,084
March 3	Bossier City		CenturyTel Center	N/A	N/A	N/A
March 4	Houston		Toyota Center	Pink	16,974 / 16,974	$1,243,420
March 5	Dallas		American Airlines Center		17,418 / 17,418	$1,311,577
March 8	Omaha		Qwest Center Omaha		12,535 / 12,535	$860,841
March 9	Ames		Hilton Coliseum	N/A	N/A	N/A
March 10	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena
March 12	Rosemont		Allstate Arena	Pink	34,758 / 34,758	$2,532,272
March 13
March 15	Cincinnati		U.S. Bank Arena	N/A	N/A	N/A
March 16	Nashville		Nashville Arena
March 18	Charlottesville		John Paul Jones Arena	Pink
March 19	Pittsburgh		Mellon Arena	N/A
March 21	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
March 24	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena	Pink	9,737 / 9,737	$713,850
March 26	Manchester		Verizon Wireless Arena		10,127 / 10,127	$753,454
March 27	Philadelphia		Wachovia Center		18,611 / 18,611	$1,308,817
March 29	East Rutherford		Continental Airlines Arena	N/A	N/A	N/A

List of European concerts^{[13][14][15][16][17]}

Date (2007)	City	Country	Venue	Opening act(s)	Attendance (Tickets sold / total available)	Revenue
April 24	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Arena	Timbaland	18,098 / 18,098	$1,593,147
April 25
April 27	Sheffield	England	Hallam FM Arena	Timbaland Unkle Jam	16,975 / 16,975	$1,550,518
April 28
April 30	Newcastle		Metro Radio Arena		15,951 / 15,951	$1,112,380
May 1
May 3	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre		26,821 / 26,821	$2,545,988
May 4
May 5
May 8	Birmingham	England	NEC Arena	Timbaland Unkle Jam Kenna	34,877 / 34,877	$2,755,695
May 9
May 11
May 14	Manchester		Manchester Evening News Arena		31,858 / 31,858	$2,742,102
May 15
May 19	Nottingham		Nottingham Arena		9,770 / 9,770	$920,118
May 22	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	N/A	N/A	N/A
May 23
May 25	Stuttgart	Germany	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
May 26	Munich		Olympiahalle
May 28	Frankfurt		Festhalle Frankfurt
May 29	Mannheim		SAP Arena
June 1	Milan	Italy	DatchForum
June 2	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
June 4	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
June 6	Berlin	Germany	Max-Schmeling-Halle
June 7	Leipzig		Arena Leipzig
June 9	Hamburg		Color Line Arena
June 10	Cologne		Kölnarena
June 12	Lyon	France	Halle Tony Garnier
June 13	Dortmund	Germany	Westfalenhallen
June 16	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Amsterdam Arena
June 19	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholm Globe Arena
June 21	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
June 23	Copenhagen	Denmark	Parken Stadium	Esmée Denters Natasha Bedingfield	55,041 / 55,041	$4,094,782
June 25	Gothenburg	Sweden	Scandinavium	N/A	N/A	N/A
June 27	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis
June 30	Dublin	Ireland	RDS Arena	Fergie 50 Cent	59,501 / 59,501	$4,875,285
July 1
July 4	London	England	The O2 Arena	Esmée Denters	79,742 / 79,742	$7,346,893
July 5
July 7
July 8
July 10

List of North American concerts^[18][19][20]

Date (2007)	City	Country	Venue	Opening act(s)	Attendance (Tickets sold / total available)	Revenue
August 6	Memphis	United States	FedExForum	N/A	N/A	N/A
August 7	Duluth		The Arena at Gwinnett Center
August 10	Boston		TD Banknorth Garden
August 11	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena
August 13	East Rutherford		Continental Airlines Arena	Fergie	17,587 / 17,587	$1,301,664
August 15	New York City		Madison Square Garden		36,546 / 36,546	$2,784,912
August 16
August 18	Montreal	Canada	Bell Centre		19,599 / 19,599	$2,026,805
August 20	Toronto		Air Canada Centre		34,991 / 34,991	$3,375,692
August 21
August 25	Winnipeg		MTS Centre		28,482 / 28,482	$2,168,471
August 26
August 28	Edmonton		Rexall Place		17,360 / 17,360	$1,356,265
September 1	Las Vegas	United States	Mandalay Bay Events Center		19,810 / 19,810	$1,843,632
September 2
September 5	Vancouver	Canada	General Motors Place		18,620 / 18,620	$1,765,608
September 7	Portland	United States	Rose Garden	N/A	N/A	N/A
September 8	Tacoma		Tacoma Dome
September 16	Los Angeles		Staples Center	Fergie	48,886 / 48,886	$4,216,926
September 17
September 19
September 23	San Jose		HP Pavilion	Kenna	13,771 / 13,771	$1,157,917
September 25	Sacramento		ARCO Arena	N/A	N/A	N/A

List of Oceania and UAE concerts^[19][21]

Date (2007)	City	Country	Venue	Opening act(s)	Attendance (Tickets sold / total available)	Revenue
October 27	Brisbane	Australia	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	N/A	25,752 / 26,330	$2,985,210
October 28
October 31	Sydney		Acer Arena	Paris Wells	58,788 / 58,788	$6,484,819
November 1
November 3	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre	N/A	N/A	N/A
November 5	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena		62,306 / 62,306	$6,295,577
November 6
November 9	Perth		Burswood Dome	Paris Wells	38,496 / 38,496	$3,724,237
November 10
November 13	Sydney		Acer Arena		[lower-alpha 1]	[lower-alpha 1]
November 17	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena	N/A	[lower-alpha 2]	[lower-alpha 2]
November 18
November 23	Auckland	New Zealand	Vector Arena	Paris Wells	34,382 / 35,514	$3,502,719
November 24
November 26
December 6	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	Emirates Palace, West Park	N/A	N/A	N/A
Totals for entire tour					1,086,646 / 1,088,356	$94,280,248

Notes

1. The score data is combined from the three shows held at the Acer Arena on October 31, November 1 and November 13 respectively.
2. The score data is combined from the four shows held at the Rod Laver Arena on November 5, November 6, November 17 and November 18 respectively.

Broadcast and recordings

It was announced in May, 2007 that Timberlake signed a deal with the HBO network to broadcast the concert and then release it on DVD. The Madison Square Garden date for the second North American leg of the tour was added for this reason by HBO. The concert was filmed on the night of the show, August 16, and aired September 3, 2007. It also marked the first time that Timberlake would host a concert at Madison Square Garden where his boy band NSYNC also had their concert there back in 2000, which was also an HBO special.^[22]

The 2 disc edition of the FutureSex/LoveShow: Live from Madison Square Garden was released on DVD and Blu-ray exclusively in Best Buy on November 20, 2007 (although the Special Features disc in the Blu-ray package is a standard DVD). In Austria, the DVD was released on November 16, 2007, And Brazil Was Released in 2008.^[23][24]

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