| Nacional tour by Beyoncé, Alicia Keys and Missy Elliott | |||||||||||||
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| Location | U.S., North America | ||||||||||||
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| Start date | March 12, 2004 | ||||||||||||
| End date | April 21, 2004 | ||||||||||||
| Legs | 1 | ||||||||||||
| No. of shows | 30 | ||||||||||||
| Box office | $19.4 million[1] ($31.3 million in 2023 dollars[2]) | ||||||||||||
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The Verizon Ladies First Tour (2004) was a co-headlining concert tour by American recording artists Beyoncé, Alicia Keys and Missy Elliott. Canadian artist Tamia was featured as a special guest on certain dates. The tour, dubbed an "urban Lilith Fair", supported Beyoncé's debut studio album, Dangerously in Love (2003) Keys' sophomore album, The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003) and Elliott's fourth and fifth albums, Under Construction (2002) and This is Not a Test! (2003), respectively.[3]
The trio toured the United States performing in over twenty cities during March and April of 2004. Ladies First was the first time at least three female R&B/hip hop artists were featured as headliners, and it went on to be one of the biggest tours of that year, ranking 34th on Pollstar's "Top Tours of 2004"—grossing around $20 million.[4][5] The success of the tour prompted talks for a second tour in 2005; however, those plans were scrapped, with Verizon focused on developing their VIP Tour instead.
- ^ "2004 Top 100 Tours" (PDF). Pollstar. January 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 16, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ Patel, Joseph (January 28, 2004). "Beyoncé, Alicia Keys And Missy Elliott Plan Spring Tour". MTV News. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
- ^ "Ladies First Tour Sets Bar for R&B Outings". Yahoo! News. May 8, 2004. Archived from the original on October 1, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
- ^ "2004 Top 100 Tours". Pollstar Online. Pollstar, Inc. March 7, 2005. Archived from the original on March 8, 2005. Retrieved July 15, 2011.