Motomami World Tour

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## El Mal Querer Tour

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(2022)

The **Motomami World Tour** is the third concert tour by Spanish singer Rosalía in support of her third studio album, *Motomami* (2022). Promoted by Live Nation, it has visited auditoriums and indoor arenas across Europe and the Americas, marking Rosalía's first major tour. The tour started on 6 July 2022 in Almería, Spain, and is expected to end on 18 December 2022 in Paris, France.

## Background

Rosalía released her third studio album *Motomami* on 18 March 2022. The alternative reggaeton album became Rosalía's first major LP release after the international recognition *El Mal Querer* brought her. It was a critical and commercial success, charting in many countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States, reaching the top 40. Tour manager Agustín Boffi had previously revealed during the Bime Pro music conference in Bilbao in October 2021 that Rosalía would embark on a "world tour in 2022" that had been prepared "for over a year". Boffi also revealed that the tour crew would be expanded to "over 150 people" compared to the 40 people that were working on her previous concert cycle. Initial rehearsals reportedly started in January 2022 while dancing practices began in April in Barcelona. Final rehearsals were held at Sant Jordi Club, where a private show was held for a dozen of selected fans on 2 July.

The tour was first announced with 44 dates in April 2022 with tickets going on sale for North American fans on 21 April for American Express cardholders, and for European fans the following day. The tour started in Almería, Spain on 6 July 2022, and conclude in Paris on 18 December 2022. Additional shows were announced in Barcelona, Los Angeles, Madrid and New York City. Due to overhelming demand, the Sao Paulo concert was moved from the Tokio Marine Hall to Espaço Unimed, a double-sized venue. Additional shows in Mexico City and Buenos Aires were announced, respectively in April and May. No opening acts were announced, although the concerts in Buenos Aires and Santiago had theirs announced the day before each show.

## Stage and aesthetic

Rosalía wore costumes from Dion Lee and Pepa Salazar on stage. She enlisted long-time friend Ferran Echegaray and sister Pilar Vila as artistic directors and production designers and Jesse Blevins from Barcelonian company Fluge Audiovisuales as lighting director. The design concept is based on Harold Rosenberg's idea of a white canvas to be filled within the abstract expressionism movement and the defense of the performance. The tour stage is composed of a white cyclorama and two vertical 7,5x9 meter, 4,8mm pitch screens on both sides that accompany a 20 meter-long runway (only in shows performed in indoor arenas) that loops around an audience pit. Lightning equipment primarily consists of two Lancelot HTI 4000 by Robert Juliat located on the top part of the stage, above the runway. The sound system is confected of 112 Meyer Sound loudspeakers, 62 on the public address system, 6 on the downfill, 16 on the frontfill and 28 on the outfill. The stage for the Motomami Tour was reportedly constructed in the United States with a cost over half-a-million euros.

The stage design is intended to deliver a "minimalistic" and "immersive" experience incorporating the motorcycle aesthetic of the record. The on-stage activity, which pretends to approximate every single audience member to the stage through mobile cameras handed by the performer and a selected amount of dancers. In resemblance to her *Motomami Live* TikTok concert that took place on 17 March, six Panasonic PT-RZ31K cameras, if not a steadicam, follow Rosalía during a major part of the show, projecting what happens onstage on both screens in a TikTok-ish recording manner, also enriching the experience of visualizing the concert from the grandstand. The presence of a cameraman often sparked controversy. Rosalía later told The Recording Academy that she "figured there had to be a huge camera to make the audience feel. I understand people expected fireworks, but the craziest thing for me is dancing and expressing myself. I'm at a point where I want to put all my effort into having the best voice, put all the best choreography. That's what's important to me".