Kala Tour

Kala Tour

TourbyM.I.A.
M.I.A. performing at Treasure Island Music Festival, 2007
Associated album	Kala(2007)
Start date	20 May 2007
End date	20 December 2007
No.of shows	21 in Europe 37 in North America 6 in Australia 4 in Japan 68 in total
M.I.A.concert chronology

TheKala Touris a 2007 globalM.I.A.concert tourperformed in support of her studio albumKala(see2007 in music).

Tour details

The tour features dates acrossEurope,North America,CanadaandAsia.M.I.A. began performing in support ofKalaatRadio 1's Big Weekendon 20 May 2007. She made sporadic appearances at venues in the US during late 2006, including performances atGotham HallinNew York Cityon 31 August 2006 where other performing acts includedCee-loandThe Rapture,and atMcCarren Poolon 3 September 2006 where other performers includedSpank RockandAmanda Blank.This tour followed recording forKala,and theArular Tour,which ended in February 2006 with performances in Japan. The 2007Kalatour was announced byM.I.A.on her official website and Myspace page.The setlist featured songs heard for the first time from her studio albumKala(2007), and also included songs from previous albumArular(2005). Dates included concerts atmusic festivals,universities,collegesandclubvenues around the world.

Sets

Afrikan BoysupportingM.I.A.at theRock en SeineFestival, 2007

Concerts during the tour often began withpolitical activistKoichi Toyamaon a panoramic screen delivering ananarchicspeech, ordering the overthrow of a government. The setlist often began withKala'sopening track "Bamboo Banga." M.I.A. selectedprogramming,beatsandvideosduring her set using aLemur Input Deviceon stage, and performed dates with back up singer Cherry, DJsSindenandLow B,supporting vocalists and backup dancers "The Coconut Twins" (KeshandZezi Ifore).On the back screen, disembodied images and film footage ofbreak-dancingstreet kids,strippers,tigers,war,video games,political rhetoric,graphs,globes,laughing women and large concert crowds from her previous shows are played throughout the show.Fans were often invited on stage during the performance of "Bird Flu."

M.I.A. has collaborated withCassettePlaya,Ashish and Brian Lichtenberg and as with theArular Tourshe wore some of her own designs on tour. T-shirts such as the "How Many How Many" Tees from the "Boyz"set were sold as tour merchandise at gigs and via her website." Kala Tour Tees "from her" Kala Tour/Okley Run "line were released in 2008.

Shows

M.I.A.'s date at the House of Blues in Chicago, US was performed withLupe FiascoandEmily King,whilst her dates at theArena of Nîmesin France and at the Fox Theater in the US were performed opening forBjörk.Her date at the Verizon Wireless Theatre was performed withPaul Wall.Although reports suggested that M.I.A was booked and subsequently cancelled an appearance at theGlastonbury Festivalin 2007, a statement released by M.I.A.'s agents explained"Contrary to printed reports in theGuardian Guide,M.I.A. advised Glastonbury that she was unavailable to perform in late May. We are sorry if fans were led to believe otherwise. M.I.A. looks forward to performing next year. “

More dates were added to her US tour after September 2007 due to high demand. M.I.A. ended 2007 with a mini-tour of venues across the U.K.She and her labelXL Recordingsmade available a tour diary of her late 2007 UK dates in different parts to view onYouTube.Opening acts throughout her tour includedThe Gray Kid,Rye Rye,Santigold,Holy Fuck,The Cool Kids,Soko,Radioclit,Buraka Som SistemaandAfrikan Boy.Her DJs also often played opening sets before her shows. On her YouTube account, M.I.A. posted a video of her and her tourmates during an encore performance of "Paper Planes"at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, where she named the tour the" KALA Back 2 P.O.W.A. Tour. "

The KALA tour ended in December 2007, withwill.i.am,Paul Wall,theBeastie Boys,Nick ZinnerandBrian Chaseof theYeah Yeah YeahsandPavement'sMark Iboldamong attendees.It was followed by M.I.A.'sPeople vs. Money Tourin 2008.

Set list

M.I.A. did not follow the same setlist at every show, but played combinations of the following songs. "Galang" and "Paper Planes" were variably chosen as the final song she played for the encore depending on the venue. During theTerminal 5 clubperformance, part of theCMJ Music Marathon,she performedmash upsofNew Order's "Blue Monday"with"Jimmy","10 Dollar"with theEurythmics' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)",(from the mixtapePiracy Funds Terrorism) and "Galang"withLil Mama's "Lip Gloss".It was noted that the latter" served as a reminder of how much the mainstream pop/dance/rap landscape has shifted since M.I.A. first appeared in 2004, and how much certain megahits such asFergie's "London Bridge"have come to resemble her sound."

• "Video Introduction"
• "Bamboo Banga"
• "World Town"
• "XR2"
• "Pull Up the People"
• "Fire Fire"
• "Sunshowers"
• "20 Dollar"
• "Hussel"
• "Jimmy"
• "10 Dollar"
• "U.R.A.Q.T."
• "Bucky Done Gun"
• "Birdflu"
• "Boyz"

Encore:

• "Paper Planes"
• "Galang"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
20 May 2007	Preston	England	Moor Park
North America
21 July 2007	Brooklyn	United States	Coney Island
25 July 2007			Studio B
28 July 2007	San Francisco		Rickshaw Stop
30 July 2007	Los Angeles		The Echo
31 July 2007
3 August 2007	Chicago		Grant Park
4 August 2007			House of Blues
5 August 2007	Baltimore		Pimlico Race Course
Europe
13 August 2007	Paredes de Coura	Portugal	Praia Fluvial do Taboão
16 August 2007	Hasselt	Belgium	Kempischesteenweg
17 August 2007	Cologne	Germany	Gloria Theater
18 August 2007	Biddinghuizen	Netherlands	Walibi Holland
21 August 2007	Nimes	France	Arena of Nîmes
23 August 2007
24 August 2007	Paris		Parc de Saint-Cloud
26 August 2007	London	England	Clapham Common
1 September 2007	Stradbally	Ireland	Stradbally Hall
2 September 2007	Inveraray	Scotland	Inveraray Castle
North America
8 September 2007	Toronto	Canada	Toronto Islands Park
9 September 2007	Montreal		Parc Jean-Drapeau
11 September 2007	Detroit	United States	Fox Theatre
14 September 2007	Austin		Zilker Park
15 September 2007	San Francisco		Treasure Island
Australia
22 September 2007	Melbourne	Australia	Birrarung Marr
23 September 2007	Adelaide		Botanic Park
28 September 2007	Melbourne		Forum Theatre
29 September 2007	Brisbane		City Botanic Gardens
30 September 2007	Sydney		Moore Park
1 October 2007	Perth		Wellington Square
Asia
5 October 2007	Nagoya	Japan	Nagoya Club Quattro
6 October 2007	Osaka		Shinsaibashi Club Quattro
8 October 2007	Tokyo		Shibuya Club Quattro
9 October 2007			Liquid Room
North America
18 October 2007	New York City	United States	Terminal 5
19 October 2007
20 October 2007	Toronto	Canada	Kool Haus
26 October 2007	New Orleans	United States	City Park
27 October 2007	Las Vegas		Sam Boyd Stadium
29 October 2007	Miami		Studio A
31 October 2007	Atlanta		Earthlink Live
2 November 2007	Houston		Verizon Wireless Theater
3 November 2007	Austin		Hogg Memorial Auditorium
4 November 2007	Dallas		House of Blues
7 November 2007	San Francisco		The Fillmore
8 November 2007			Mezzanine
9 November 2007	Los Angeles		Wiltern Theatre
11 November 2007	San Diego		Canes Bar & Grill
14 November 2007	Vancouver	Canada	Commodore Ballroom
15 November 2007	Portland	United States	Roseland Theater
16 November 2007	Seattle		Showbox SoDo
20 November 2007	Minneapolis		First Avenue
21 November 2007	Chicago		House of Blues
23 November 2007			The Vic Theatre
24 November 2007	Detroit		Majestic Theater
26 November 2007	Montreal	Canada	Metropolis
29 November 2007	Washington, D.C.	United States	9:30 Club
1 December 2007	Philadelphia		Electric Factory
Europe
8 December 2007	London	England	Institute of Contemporary Arts
10 December 2007	Birmingham		Custard Factory
11 December 2007	Newcastle		Digital
12 December 2007	Glasgow	Scotland	The Arches
14 December 2007	Brighton	England	Concorde 2
15 December 2007	Bristol		Anson Rooms
17 December 2007	Nottingham		Rescue Rooms
18 December 2007	Manchester		Manchester Academy
19 December 2007	Norwich		The Waterfront
20 December 2007	London		The Coronet

External links

• Official site