The Adventures of Mimi

The Adventures of Mimi

Tour by Mariah Carey
Associated album	The Emancipation of Mimi
Start date	July 22, 2006 (2006-07-22)
End date	October 28, 2006 (2006-10-28)
Legs	3
No. of shows	40
Box office	$147.9 million (North American Leg 32 shows)
Mariah Carey concert chronology

The Adventures of Mimi was a 2006 concert tour of arenas by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. It was the sixth concert tour of her then-sixteen-year career, and was named after a fan's "Carey-centric" diary of the same name, in addition to her album at the time, The Emancipation of Mimi. The bus tour started in late July and ended in October, with two stops in Africa, twenty-five stops in the United States, seven in Canada, and seven in Asia. At the end of 2006, the tour placed 24th on Pollstar's "Top 100 Tours", earning $27.9 million with 32 shows from the North American leg.

Background

Mariah Carey performing in Tampa, Florida on August 7, 2006.

Unlike her previous tour, three years prior, Carey started this tour 16 months after the release of her latest album, the successful The Emancipation of Mimi. She had initially not wanted to tour, dreading the long travel times and not needing one to promote Mimi. But after requests from fans to appear in concert, she decided to do so to celebrate one of the best times in her career.

Similar to the past tour, Carey gave her fans the chance to submit their ideas for set lists and for the title of the tour. Her long-time musical partner and American Idol judge Randy Jackson joined her tour as the musical director, although he did not often appear at shows due to concurrent Idol auditions.

During the tour, Carey revamped her image as a performer, performing remixes of her songs, dancing along with her dancers, having guests onstage, and going into the middle of each arena onto a checkerboard B-stage to perform "Fantasy", "Always Be My Baby" and "Don't Forget About Us." (The B stage had become an increasing popular way for large-venue performers to get closer to their audience ever since U2 introduced it on their 1992 Zoo TV Tour.) The main stage was a two-level affair, with the band situated on the lower level, backed by strands of glittering material, and a staircase between the two. Carey's "MC" logo was present in several places.

Mariah Carey performing with the first costume.

Once again, Carey invited her long-time friend and back-up singer Trey Lorenz to sing "I'll Be There" and "One Sweet Day" with her and perform several songs on his own during one of her costume changes. Except for an occasional guest appearance, raps on her songs were the pre-recorded originals, with the rapper shown on the video screens.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Blender
The Detroit News	B+
Edmonton Sun	3.5/5
Fort Worth Star-Telegram	B
Las Vegas Review-Journal	B
Now	3/5
Toronto Sun	3/5
Winnipeg Free Press

Reviews of the tour were generally positive. Most critics celebrated Carey's transformation from more of a pop star to a full-fledged hip hop/R&B artist. They also praised her vocal performances, saying that was the main attraction of the spectacle.

Some critics commented on the short length of the show, especially given that she was offstage for several breaks while undergoing costume changes, while others felt Carey was trying too hard to make the public like her, especially in terms of the "rollercoaster" metaphor she used to begin the show.

Recordings

According to Carey's musical director Randy Jackson, the show at Honda Center in Anaheim on October 8, 2006 was intended as the basis for a concert filming and subsequent DVD release. Indeed, Carey held a pre-concert taping there, in order to include fans, regulate the lighting, and review other technical aspects in preparation for the night's actual concert recording.

The resulting DVD, called The Adventures of Mimi, was released over a year later, beginning in Europe on November 19, 2007, with releases in other regions of the world coming over the following two weeks.

Set list

1. "Rollercoaster" (Video introduction)
2. "It's Like That" (With elements of "Sucker MC's" and "Hollis Crew" by Run-DMC)
3. "Heartbreaker" (With elements of "Desert Storm Remix")
4. "Dreamlover" (With elements of "Juicy" by The Notorious B.I.G.)
5. "My All"
6. "Shake It Off"
7. "Vision of Love"
8. "Fly Like a Bird"
9. "I'll Be There" (With Trey Lorenz)
10. "My Everything" (Performed by Trey Lorenz)
11. "Fantasy" (Bad Boy Remix)
12. "Don't Forget About Us"
13. "Always Be My Baby"
14. "Honey" (With elements of "Bad Boy Remix")
15. "I Wish You Knew" (Snippet)
16. "Thank God I Found You" (Make It Last Remix) [With Trey Lorenz]
17. "One Sweet Day" (With Trey Lorenz)
18. "Hero"
19. "We Belong Together"
20. "Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise)" (Outro)

Notes

• "Breakdown" was performed in Tunis and Miami.
• "I Know What You Want" was performed in Tunis, Miami and Tampa.
• "I Wish You Knew" was not performed in Tunis.
• "Make It Happen" was performed in Tunis, Miami, Tampa, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Toronto, Montreal, on the first Atlantic City show, Boston, New York City, East Rutherford, Calgary, and Anaheim.
• "Without You" was performed in Tunis.
• "Vision of Love" was replaced by "Stay the Night" in Miami, Tampa, Atlanta, Uncasville, Albany, Verona, Tokyo, Nagoya and on the first Saitama show.
• "Your Girl" was performed in Miami, Atlanta, Albany, Wantagh and Verona.
• A snippet of "Can't Let Go" was performed in Tampa, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Toronto, Montreal, on the first Atlantic City show, Boston, New York City, East Rutherford, Washington DC, Auburn Hills, Houston, Dallas, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Las Vegas, Oakland, Los Angeles, Anaheim and Phoenix.
• A snippet of "Joy Ride" was performed in Tampa.
• "One Sweet Day" was not performed in Tampa, on the second Atlantic City show, Verona, Tokyo, Nagoya, Saitama and Osaka.
• "Thank God I Found You" was not performed in Atlanta, on the second Atlantic City show, Uncasville, Albany, Verona, Washington DC, Calgary, Sacramento, Anaheim and during the Asian leg.
• A snippet of "Close My Eyes" was performed in Toronto, Montreal and Wantagh.
• JAY Z joined Carey on stage for the performance of "Heartbreaker" in New York City.
• Diddy joined Carey on stage for the performance of "Honey" in New York City.
• "Let Me Love You" was performed by Mario in East Rutherford.
• Mario joined Carey on stage for the performance of "One Sweet Day" in East Rutherford.
• "Fantasy" was not performed in Wantagh.
• "Fly Like a Bird" was not performed in Verona, Tokyo, Nagoya, on the first Saitama show and Osaka.
• A snippet of "Melt Away" was performed in Auburn Hills.
• A snippet of "Love Takes Time" was performed in Winnipeg.
• A snippet of "My Saving Grace" was performed in San Diego.
• Da Brat joined Carey on stage for the performance of “Heartbreaker” in Atlanta, New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
• "All I Want for Christmas Is You" was performed during the Asian leg.
• "My All" was not performed at Uncasville or at the first Saitama show.

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, amount of available tickets and gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act	Attendance	Revenue
July 22, 2006	Tunis	Tunisia	Stade El Menzah	—	—	—
July 24, 2006
August 5, 2006	Miami	United States	American Airlines Arena		13,156 / 13,156	$1,074,620
August 7, 2006	Tampa		St. Pete Times Forum		13,354 / 13,542	$714,455
August 9, 2006	Atlanta		Philips Arena		11,226 / 13,288	$660,595
August 11, 2006	Philadelphia		Wachovia Center	Sean Paul	15,160 / 15,160	$979,702
August 13, 2006	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre		27,064 / 27,064	$2,039,161
August 15, 2006	Montreal		Bell Centre		13,200 / 14,161	$1,046,560
August 17, 2006	Atlantic City	United States	Trump Taj	—	—	—
August 19, 2006
August 21, 2006	Boston		TD Banknorth Garden	Sean Paul	11,993 / 14,922	$1,034,794
August 23, 2006	New York City		Madison Square Garden		13,930 / 13,930	$1,300,140
August 25, 2006	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena	—	5,375 / 5,375	$713,425
August 27, 2006	East Rutherford		Continental Airlines Arena	Sean Paul	12,697 / 13,525	$1,076,790
August 29, 2006	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre
September 1, 2006	Albany	United States	Pepsi Arena	—	6,519 / 6,519	$449,248
September 3, 2006	Wantagh		Nikon at Jones Beach Theater	Sean Paul	11,725 / 13,855	$654,534
September 5, 2006	Verona		Turning Stone Resort & Casino	—	3,027 / 5,000	$379,801
September 7, 2006	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center	Sean Paul	12,121 / 14,199	$839,643
September 9, 2006	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills		12,804 / 12,804	$894,399
September 11, 2006	Chicago		United Center		12,958 / 13,930	$919,268
September 14, 2006	Houston		Toyota Center	—	11,252 / 11,830	$828,293
September 16, 2006	Dallas		American Airlines Center		10,521 / 11,494	$806,096
September 19, 2006	Winnipeg	Canada	MTS Centre		8,915 / 9,557	$611,223
September 21, 2006	Edmonton		Rexall Place		12,013 / 12,578	$880,306
September 23, 2006	Vancouver		General Motors Place		14,189 / 14,652	$1,223,100
September 25, 2006	Calgary		Pengrowth Saddledome		11,984 / 11,984	$815,242
September 27, 2006	Sacramento	United States	ARCO Arena		12,353 / 12,510	$938,106
September 30, 2006	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena		13,730 / 13,730	$1,844,530
October 2, 2006	Oakland		Oracle Arena		12,510 / 13,585	$960,369
October 4, 2006	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena	Ne-Yo	9,480 / 10,000	$765,431
October 6, 2006	Los Angeles		Staples Center	—	12,844 / 13,882	$1,230,397
October 8, 2006	Anaheim		Honda Center		11,475 / 12,024	$918,283
October 10, 2006	Phoenix		US Airways Center		12,049 / 13,136	$880,739
October 16, 2006	Tokyo	Japan	Nippon Budokan		—	—
October 18, 2006	Nagoya		Nagoya Rainbow Hall
October 20, 2006	Saitama		Saitama Super Arena
October 21, 2006
October 24, 2006	Osaka		Osaka-jō Hall
October 25, 2006
Total					349,624 / 371,392 (94%)	$27,479,250

Additional Notes

• Carey never schedules shows in two consecutive nights, as she "actually [has] to have a full day and a half off between shows, whereas most touring artists do it every night", and she spends her down time preserving her voice by not talking and "sitting in a humidified room, sleeping."
• Carey performed a show at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on July 29, 2006 as part of the Pepsi Smash concert series. These tickets were not available to the public. Only winners selected through an online contest. The show featured the same stage setting but a shortened setlist with some different costumes.

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
August 29, 2006	New York City	United States	Madison Square Garden	Unknown
September 3, 2006	Hershey		Giant Center
September 18, 2006	Denver		Pepsi Center
September 25, 2006	Seattle		KeyArena
October 28, 2006	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Tamar site	Promotion Conflicts

Personnel

Main

• Manager — Mariah Carey & Benny Medina
• Co-Manager — Mark Sudack
• Tour Manager — Michael Richardson
• Show Director — Barry Lather
• Musical Director — Randy Jackson
• Tour Executive — Michael Richardson
• Handprint Entertainment — Melissa Ruderman
• Maroon Entertainment — Gina Rainville
• Lighting/Set Design — Justin Collie/Art Fag
• Sound Design — Mike McKnight
• Sound Engineer — Howard Page
• Video Director — Chris Keating
• Backline Tech — Shawn Atkins Drums & Bass guitar/Key Bass
• Vignettes — Directed by Spike Lee
• Frefall Intro — Bill Boatman & Michael Shores
• Security: Darrel Clark and Rob Payne
• Make-Up & Hair — Paul Starr and Lew Ablahani

• Costume Designer — June Ambrose
• Dressmaker — Cmylo
• Personal Assistant — Lisa Ripi
• Personal Trainer — Patricia Gay
• Choreography — Rachel McIntosh, Eddie Morales, Anthony Talauega, Richmond Talauega, and AJ Jones
• Dancers — Rachel McIntosh, Eddie Morales, Earl Wright, Joshuah Michael, Michelle Brooke, Bryan Tanaka, Russel Wright, Rafael Mello Alvim, and Myles Anthony Urquhart

Band

• Keyboards — Eric Daniels and Lamonte Neuble
• Drums — Jerohn Garnett
• Bass & Keyboards — James Butler
• Background vocalists — Trey Lorenz, MaryAnn Tatum and Sherry Tatum
• Choir – Greater Los Angeles Cathedral Choir

External links

• Media related to The Adventures of Mimi Tour at Wikimedia Commons