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FutureSex/Loveshow
World tour by Justin Timberlake
Associated albumFutureSex/LoveSounds
Start dateJanuary 8, 2007 (2007-01-08)
End dateDecember 6, 2007 (2007-12-06)
Legs4
No. of shows121
Box office$126.8 million ($196.88 million in 2025 dollars)[1][2]
Justin Timberlake concert chronology

The FutureSex/LoveShow was the third concert tour by American singer Justin Timberlake, launched in support of his second studio album, FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006). The tour began on January 8, 2007, in San Diego, with shows across North America, Europe, and Oceania. It concluded on December 6, 2007, in Abu Dhabi, comprising 121 shows. While Pink and Fergie served as the opening act for the North American leg, with the latter serving as the opening act for the European leg, Paris Wells served as the opening act for the Australian leg and Unklejam, Kenna, Natasha Bedingfield, and Esmée Denters for the European leg. It grossed a total of US$126.8 million, making it the third-highest-grossing concert tour of 2007.

SexyBack Dance Club

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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

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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 tour's Air Canada Centre show in August 2007, Jason MacNeil of Jam! gave it three-and-a-half stars out of five, and said that "while the set itself was identical to damn near every other show he's done on his current world tour, the two-hour-plus show has plenty of eye candy to keep even the casual fan interested".[6]

Chris Willman of Entertainment Weekly, who attended the tour's first ever show at the iPayOne Center in San Diego, gave it a B+ and said, "Though the show could have used some tightening (FutureSex needn't be performed in its entirety — here's to losing Losing My Way), when Timberlake locked into some James Brown-esque footwork, you didn't want it to end".[7] 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."[8]

Opening acts

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Set list

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  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:
    1. "Gone"
    2. "Take It from Here"
    3. "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
  2. "(Another Song) All Over Again"

Shows

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List of North American concerts[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 US 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 [a] [a]
November 17 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena N/A [b] [b]
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

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

Broadcast and recordings

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In May 2007, it was announced that Timberlake signed a deal with the HBO network to broadcast the live concert. Timberlake previously appeared on an HBO special, which aired the *NSYNC Live From Madison Square Garden concert in 2000. FutureSex/LoveShow was taped on the second night at the Madison Square Garden on August 16, 2007. The footage was broadcast by HBO on September 3, 2007, and later on September 6 due to demand.[22] On November 20, 2007, a two-disc edition of FutureSex/LoveShow: Live from Madison Square Garden was released on DVD and Blu-ray formats that were sold exclusively by the retailer Best Buy. The release included extra footage, including a song-by-song commentary by Timberlake and pre- and post-show clips.[23]

In 2008, the broadcast earned Timberlake an Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Picture Editing For A Special (Single Or Multi-Camera).[24] For Timberlake's performance of "What Goes Around... Comes Around" at the Madison Square Garden, Josh Tyrangiel of Time magazine ranked it second on its list of top ten live performances in 2007. Tyrangiel writes, "It's a little on the long side, but Timberlake earns this symphonic take on What Goes Around from his HBO special."[25] On October 31, 2007, Billboard magazine announced the finalists for the 2007 Billboard Touring Awards, which was based on actual box-office performance from January 1, 2007, to September 30, 2007. Timberlake was nominated in the categories Top Tour, Top Draw and Breakthrough Artist;[26] he won the latter that was announced during the awards show on November 15, 2007.[27]

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