Doll Domination Tour

The **Doll Domination Tour** is the second headlining world tour by The Pussycat Dolls. The tour tour began January 18, 2009 in Scotland and finished in Lebanon on July 31, 2009. This would be the Dolls' final tour before their disbandment in 2010. Between the first two legs of their tour, the Dolls' supported the first leg of Britney Spears' Circus Tour in North America. Jessica Sutta broke her ribs during the first Sydney show and left the group performing as a foursome for the remaining of the tour. The Dolls' would reunite ten years later in 2019 for a X Factor performance as well as a new album and tour in 2020. Melody Thornton, however, would not be rejoining opting to focus on her solo career.

The Doll Domination Tour would gross $14.3 million with 231,711 fans attending according to *Billboard'*s boxscore.

## Background

In August 2008, in an interview with FemaleFirst.co.uk, Ashley Roberts said that their world tour would start January 2009 adding "we're gonna be hitting everywhere around the world and taking over." The tour was officially announced on October 7, 2008. Initial dates were confirmed in the UK with Ne-Yo tapped as a support act. The following month Lady Gaga was announced as an opening act in Europe and in Oceania which marked their first time touring there, while the US shows were to be announced shortly. On December 2, 2008, Britney Spears announced the first leg of twenty-five dates in the US for The Circus Starring Britney Spears with The Pussycat Dolls as the opening act. The tour kicked off on January 18 in Aberdeen, Scotland with the first leg ending in Belgrade, Serbia. Before heading to the Oceania shows, The Pussycat Dolls supported Spears on her tour visiting 27 venues in North America. Following Oceania, they visited Asia and North America and in July they visited England and Ireland for various festivals. Eight weeks before the tour started Jimmy Iovine stated that the group had sold 150,000 out of 160,000.

## Setlist

1. "Takin' Over the World"
2. "Beep"
3. "I Don't Need a Man"
4. "Elevator"
5. "I Hate This Part"
6. "Buttons"
7. "Wait a Minute"
8. "Love the Way You Love Me" (interlude)
9. "Space" (Thornton solo)
10. "Played" (Roberts solo)
11. "Don't Wanna Fall in Love" (Wyatt solo)
12. "If I Was a Man" (Sutta solo)
13. "Hush Hush" (Scherzinger solo)
14. "Big Spender" (contains elements of "Bumps and Grinds") (Thornton solo)
15. "Whatcha Think About That"
16. "Whatchamacallit" (interlude)
17. "Magic"
18. "Bottle Pop"
19. "Halo" (Scherzinger solo)
20. "Stickwitu"

Encore

21. "Don't Cha"

22. "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)"

23. "When I Grow Up"

### Setlist changes

* "Love the Way You Love Me" was performed as an interlude after the first concert.

* Starting with the Auckland show, "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" was permanently added to the set list, performing it as an encore, before "When I Grow Up".

* After the European concerts "Love the Way You Love Me", "Space", "Played", "Don't Wanna Fall In Love", and "If I Was a Man" were removed from the setlist. "Halo" replaced "Love The Way You Love Me" after "Wait a Minute". Additionally, "Hush Hush" was performed by all the members of the group.

* Starting with the second concert in Australia, "Magic" was removed from the setlist.

* After the Brisbane show, "Whatchamacallit" was removed from setlist.

* "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" was not performed in Las Vegas.

* In some concerts, "Stickwitu" started with an acapella by Scherzinger.

## Tour dates

### Notes

* The July 17, 2009 concert in Suffolk was a part of the Newmarket Nights.
* The July 18, 2009 concert in Killarney was a part of the Killarney Summerfest.
* The July 22, 2009 concert in Liverpool was a part of the Summer Pops Festival.
* The July 24, 2009 concert in Northampton was a part of the Silverstone Classic.
* The July 25, 2009 concert in Kent was a part of the Sound Island Music Festival.
* The July 29, 2009 concert in Esher was a part of Music Nights

## Gallery

*Main article: Doll Domination Tour/Gallery*
## References

1. ↑ http://interscope.com/pussycatdolls/dates
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://interscope.com/pussycatdolls/dates
3. ↑ http://www.pr.com/press-release/148538
4. ↑ http://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/entertainment/a-purrfect-summerfest-with-the-pussycat-dolls-27383210.html
5. ↑ http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/pussycat-dolls-back-summer-pops-3453596
6. ↑ http://www.downtownbeirut.com/lb/component/option,com\_jevents/Itemid,63/day,31/evid,37/month,07/task,icalrepeat.detail/uid,e800be82aee26d898ef858cdcbca0310/year,2009/