Pink Friday: Reloaded Tour

Pink Friday: Reloaded Tour

Tour by Nicki Minaj
Promotional poster.
Associated album	Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
Start date	October 21, 2012 (2012-10-21)
End date	December 28, 2012 (2012-12-28)
Legs	3
No. of shows	18
Nicki Minaj concert chronology

The Pink Friday: Reloaded Tour was the second concert tour and debut arena tour by Trinidadian recording artist Nicki Minaj to support her second studio album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded and its re-release Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – The Re-Up. It followed her first concert tour, Pink Friday Tour, which was extended with the Reloaded Tour due to high demands with fans wanting her to tour their cities.

This tour was a more grand production than the Pink Friday Tour. Amendments included a more theatrical show, a bigger set, bigger stage, more dancers, and it was much more synchronized including a storyline and video content. Nicki stated that this tour will be like her "Pink Friday Tour on steroids." With the tour kicking off in Nottingham, England, the tour received generally favorable reviews from critics, praising the vibe and production of the tour. But as it kicked off, the tour also managed to generate some controversy.

Background and development

It was announced via Minaj's Twitter account that British singer-songwriter and the UK's X Factor semi-finalist Misha B, will be opening for her in the United Kingdom and that Tyga, Nicki's Young Money label mate, would be an opening act for the European leg for this tour as well.

On August 1, 2012, Minaj announced that the tour would start later than planned and this would affect the October dates in Australia, Paris, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Belgium. Minaj said the reason she had to postpone these dates were because she was working on a "secret project," later revealed to be American Idol and international scheduling conflicts that would also effect Nicki's European dates. Live Nation.com officially announced the rescheduled dates for the Oceania leg for the Reloaded Tour August 6, 2012 on their website.

Tyga, who is the opening act for both Australia and New Zealand announced that he cancelled his appearance in New Zealand. Live Nation Entertainment, who sponsored the tour announced via their Twitter that Tyga was unable to attend the concert. They confirmed he was unable to attend due to complications with travel arrangements, and that his touring party did not manage to be there in time for the concert. He apologized the same night, but Live Nation confirmed he would continue to tour Australia. New Zealand artist Zowie and DJ Tim Phin replaced him for the performance.

Controversies

Minaj kicked off her tour in Nottingham, England for her first concert off the tour. While performing her song "Va Va Voom" in Nottingham, Minaj suffered a wardrobe malfunction where one of her breasts had slipped out of her bustier. She sported pasties the following night, in Manchester, similar to those she wore on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in July.

Critical reception

Minaj and Tyga performing

The tour received generally positive reviews. For the opening of the tour, This Is Nottingham gave the tour a mixed review. They praised the opening acts along with the dancers and production settings, but didn't give it a positive nor negative review towards Minaj. They noted Minaj's late progress in the show, with her DJ "d[oing] his best to fill, but his call-and-response routines did wear thin at times." Because of this, they noted the DJ's were "running out of tricks", due to her amount of late progress. However, overall they stated "If Nicki Minaj can hold onto that realness and nurture her on-stage connection with her ever-loving fanbase, even as the venues grow in size, then her biggest tour to date could just turn out to be her greatest triumph yet." Sutherland Echo reviewed her Newcastle performance positively. Katy Wheeler from the publication stated she delivered an "electrifying" performance and stated "With all the madcap bouffants, crazy clothing and cartoon-esque faces, it's easy to forget that Nicki actually has a cracking voice [...] But it shone as she worked her way through a catalogue of infectiously good hits to the backdrop of a slick and expensive-looking set. André Paine from Standard awarded the performance at the O2 Arena, London, four stars out of five, praising her performance and vocal ability, with songs "Fire Burns", "Beez in the Trap", and "Super Bass" as being examples.

For the opening of the Australasian leg, the tour received favorable reviews. Jess Etheridge from Stuff.co.nz reviewed her New Zealand concert, and gave it a positive review. She described her rapping structure and techniques "electrifying and breathtaking." She also praised her "interactions with the crowd showed how funny and natural she is, which was refreshing." However, she did point out her "Long costume changes without any entertainment on stage, such as dancers, made the show feel disjointed and slowed the momentum." However, Damien Grant from The New Zealand Herald also reviewed the same location, and gave it a mixed-to-favorable review. First, he was critical on her performance because he felt that the audience wanted Roman (Minaj's alter ego) and said that when they heard Nicki than Roman "they were ecstatic." He also felt that most songs were "truncated" and felt that the production "drowned her." However, he was positive towards her rapping and vocal delivery and stated it was a "good night, but was too short" and concluded "Engaging but not enthralling." However, Shandelle Battersb from the same publication reviewed the same place and gave it a positive review, writing "Minaj delivered an almost perfect pop show, high in theatrics with excellent stage effects – including some alarmingly large fireballs – and dripping with diversity and talent."

Opening acts

• Tyga
• Young Rich
• Misha B

Setlist

This setlist is representative of the show in Brisbane. It does not represent all concerts during the tour.

1. "Come on a Cone"
2. "Roman Reloaded"
3. "Beez in the Trap"
4. "Did It On'em"
5. "Up All Night" / "Make Me Proud"
6. "Moment 4 Life"
7. "The Boys"
8. "Muny" / "Raining Men" / "Dance (Ass)"
9. "Va Va Voom"
10. "Super Bass"
11. "Right Thru Me"
12. "Fire Burns"
13. "Save Me"
14. "Marilyn Monroe"
15. "Automatic"
16. "Pound the Alarm"
17. "Turn Me On"
18. "Take It to the Head" / "Mercy" / "Monster" / "Hold Yuh" / "Letting Go (Dutty Love)" / "Bottoms Up" / "Out of My Mind" / "I Luv Dem Strippers"
19. "Roman Holiday"
20. "Roman's Revenge"
21. "My Chick Bad" / "Go Hard" / "Itty Bitty Piggy"
22. "Freedom"
23. "I'm Legit"

Encore

24. "Starships"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening Act	Attendance	Revenue
Europe
October 21, 2012	Nottingham	England	Capital FM Arena	Tyga Misha B	—	—
October 22, 2012	Manchester		Manchester Arena		18,589 / 22,349	$1,173,330
October 24, 2012	Liverpool		Echo Arena		—	—
October 25, 2012	Newcastle		Metro Radio Arena
October 27, 2012	Birmingham		LG Arena
October 28, 2012	Newcastle		Metro Radio Arena
October 30, 2012	London		The O2 Arena		15,892 / 17,163	$1,116,140
November 2, 2012	Manchester		Manchester Arena
November 3, 2012	Sheffield		Motorpoint Arena Sheffield		—	—
November 5, 2012	Dublin	Ireland	The O2
November 7, 2012	Cardiff	Wales	Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
Oceania
November 24, 2012	Auckland	New Zealand	Vector Arena	Zowie	—	—
November 27, 2012	Adelaide	Australia	Adelaide Entertainment Centre	Tyga
November 30, 2012	Sydney		Sydney Entertainment Centre		8,760 / 9,150	$959,982
December 3, 2012	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre		4,803 / 5,819	$569,994
December 5, 2012	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena		7,575 / 8,031	$899,466
December 8, 2012	Perth		Perth Arena		6,764 / 6,780	$710,103
Asia
December 28, 2012	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Meydan Racecourse	—	—	—
Total					62,383 / 69,292 (90.02%)	$5,429,015

Rescheduled shows

October 3, 2012	Brisbane, Australia	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	Rescheduled to December 3, 2012
October 5, 2012	Sydney, Australia	Sydney Entertainment Centre	Rescheduled to November 30, 2012
October 6, 2012	Melbourne, Australia	Rod Laver Arena	Rescheduled to December 5, 2012
October 9, 2012	Perth, Australia	Perth Arena	Rescheduled to December 8, 2012
October 18, 2012	Brussels, Belgium	Forest National	Cancelled
October 28, 2012	Auckland, New Zealand	Vector Arena	Rescheduled to November 24, 2012

Personnel

• Dancers – Sara Bivens, Jae Fusz, Anthony Garza, Tiffany Simon, Cara Horibe, Karen Chuang, Kelsey Park, and George Jones
• Background singers – LeKeisha Renee Lewis and Candace Marie Wakefield
• Choreographers – Laurieann Gibson, Young Rich, Onika Maraj, and George Jones Jr
• Creative design – Onika Maraj, Josh Thomas and Laurieann Gibson
• DJs – DJ Headache (Main) and DJ Tim Phin (Select dates)

External links

• Minaj's Official Website