The F.A.M.E. Tour was a
concert tour
A concert tour (or simply tour) is a series of concerts by an artist or group of artists in different cities, countries or locations. Often, concert tours are named to differentiate different tours by the same artist and to associate a specific ...
by American recording artist
Chris Brown
Christopher Maurice Brown (born May 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. A Pop music, pop and hip-hop-influenced contemporary R&B, R&B musician who works in a variety of genres, he has been called the "Honorific nic ...
to support his fourth studio album, ''
F.A.M.E.'' (2011). The tour began in Australia during April 2011. Brown headlined 32 concerts in North America, which began in September 2011 and ended in November 2011.
Background
On January 19, 2011, it was announced that Brown would embark on his "F.A.M.E. Tour" in Australia in April 2011.
Presented by Jive Live, managing director Daniel Pritchard said, "Australia will be the first country in the world to be able to see the new Chris Brown show. His incredible stage performances have earned him a reputation as one of this generation's most electrifying male performers."
Tickets for the shows were available on February 4 at
Ticketek
Ticketek is an Australian event ticketing company. Founded in 1990, the company is owned by TEG Pty Ltd with its headquarters in Sydney. It operates ticketing operations for entertainment and sporting events in Australia and New Zealand.
Othe ...
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The North American tour dates were announced on August 10, 2011.
When speaking of the tour, Brown said, "this tour will allow me to paint a picture musically ... I want to bring a lot of energy and excitement to all the fans. It's going to be a great show."
Opening acts
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Jessica Mauboy
Jessica Hilda Mauboy (; born 4 August 1989) is an Australian singer. Born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory, she rose to fame in 2006 on the Australian Idol (season 4), fourth season of ''Australian Idol'', where she was runner-up and s ...
(Australia)
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Justice Crew (Australia)
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Havana Brown
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(Australia)
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T-Pain
Faheem Rashad Najm (born September 30, 1984), known professionally as T-Pain, is an American singer and rapper. He is known for popularizing creative use of Auto-Tune pitch correction, often used with extreme parameter settings to create electro ...
(North America)
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Kelly Rowland
Kelendria Trene Rowland (born February 11, 1981) is an American singer, actress, and television personality. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of Destiny's Child, one of the world's List of best-selling girl groups, best-selling gir ...
(Select dates in North America)
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Tyga
Micheal Ray Stevenson[Micheal Ray Stevenson](_blank)
(North America)
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Bow Wow (Select dates in North America)
Critical reception
Briony Skinner from ''
Brisbane Times
''Brisbane Times'' is an online newspaper for Brisbane and Queensland, Australia. It is owned and run by Nine Publishing, publishers of ''The Age'', ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and other mastheads. As of 2024, the editor is Sean Parnell.
H ...
'' wrote that Brown "certainly put on a memorable show", and added that he "delivered on the most spectacular aspect of his live performance and what many fans go to see – the dancing."
Adriana Urquia from
MTV Australia
MTV was a 24-hour general entertainment channel specialising in music and youth culture programming which serves Australia and New Zealand. Paramount Networks UK & Australia headquartered in London with a local office at Network 10's headquarte ...
wrote that Brown's vocal ability was "impressive" during the performances of his "heartfelt ballads".
She also added that, "Overall ... Brown had the crowd amped up and moving, jumping on cue, waving their arms and singing his tracks word for word."
Setlist
#"Say It With Me"
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I Can Transform Ya
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Wall to Wall"
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Run It!
"Run It!" is the debut single by American singer Chris Brown featuring American rapper Juelz Santana. It was produced by Scott Storch, who wrote the song alongside Sean Garrett and Santana. The song appeared on Brown's self-titled debut albu ...
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Yo (Excuse Me Miss)
"Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" is a song by American singer Chris Brown. It was written by Johntá Austin along with Dre & Vidal, Andre Harris and Dre & Vidal, Vidal Davis from production duo Dre & Vidal for Brown's Chris Brown (album), self-titled debut ...
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Body 2 Body"
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Wet the Bed"
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Take You Down"
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No Bullshit"
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She Ain't You"
#"Oh My Love"
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Deuces"
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Look at Me Now"
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With You"
#"All Back"
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No Air
"No Air" is a song by American singer Jordin Sparks with Chris Brown. The song was written by James Fauntleroy II, Harvey Mason Jr., Troop (band), Steve Russell, Erik Griggs and Damon Thomas. It was released in the United States on February 11, 2 ...
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Yeah 3x
"Yeah 3x" (pronounced "Yeah three times", "Yeah Yeah Yeah", or “Yeah three-x”); sometimes stylized as "Yeah 3X") is a song by American singer Chris Brown, released as the lead single from his fourth studio album ''F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown alb ...
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Forever
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Film and television Films
* ''Forever'' (1921 film), an American silent film by George Fitzmaurice
* ''Forever'' (1978 film), an American made-for-television romantic drama, based on the novel by Judy Blume
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;Encore
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" Beautiful People"
Tour dates
Canceled dates
See also
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List of Kelly Rowland live performances
References
{{Chris Brown
2011 concert tours
Chris Brown concert tours