Separate performances of several songs were broadcast on different channels and two concerts were released as live albums the live performance at the I Am. The tour was commercially successful grossing $86.0 million from 93 shows in total. A concert in Malaysia was cancelled by Knowles after several Muslim groups tried to ban it although she agreed to tone down her look according to the country's standards. received acclaim from music critics who praised Knowles' performance abilities calling her the best female performer. The show was directed and choreographed by Frank Gatson Jr. The fashion and Knowles' look and figure received praise from critics. For the ballads, Knowles wore longer dresses while for the performances of the up-tempo songs, more make-up and more revealing outfits were worn. Chris March made the costumes usable for stage and helped in their making. Thierry Mugler collaborated with Knowles on the costumes and had a creative advisor role further working on the choreography, lighting and production. She was backed by an all-female band, female background dancers and a big LED screen. The show featured two stages – the main one and a smaller B-stage where Knowles was transferred during the middle of the show. The central theme of the tour was to showcase the difference between Knowles' dual personality her emotional side and her onstage persona, Sasha Fierce which was also demonstrated in the dual album I Am. The set list for the concerts included songs from Knowles' three studio albums as well as several covers of other artists and a Destiny's Child medley. Knowles described the shows as her best and most theatrical from all of her tours. Preparations for the shows began eight months prior to the beginning of the tour with twelve-hour rehearsals for two months. The tour consisted of 110 shows in total, visiting the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. The tour was announced in October 2008 embarked in March 2009 with five rehearsal shows in North America. Tour) was the fourth concert tour by American singer-songwriter Beyoncé launched in support of her third studio album, I Am. World Tour (sometimes referred to as the I Am.
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