Who’s That Girl Tour
By 1987, Madonna was no longer arriving. She had arrived, taken the keys, changed the locks and painted the building gold. Who’s That Girl World Tour was her first world tour, expanding the scale of her live work from North American phenomenon to international pop event. Built around True Blue and the Who’s That Girl soundtrack, the tour carried Madonna into stadiums, across continents and into a new level of command: bigger crowds, sharper staging, bolder choreography and the first clear signs of the theatrical concert language she would later turn into an art form.
Who’s That Girl World Tour marked Madonna’s first major step onto the global touring stage. Following the commercial dominance of True Blue and the release of the Who’s That Girl film and soundtrack, the tour opened in Japan before moving through North America and Europe. With Level 42 as support act, the production expanded beyond the compact force of The Virgin Tour, using larger venues, stronger visual staging and a more confident sense of Madonna as both pop singer and live spectacle.
Asia
14 June 1987 – Osaka, Japan – Nishinomiya Stadium
15 June 1987 – Osaka, Japan – Nishinomiya Stadium
20 June 1987 – Tokyo, Japan – Korakuen Stadium
21 June 1987 – Tokyo, Japan – Korakuen Stadium
22 June 1987 – Tokyo, Japan – Korakuen Stadium
North America
27 June 1987 – Miami, Florida, USA – Orange Bowl
29 June 1987 – Atlanta, Georgia, USA – The Omni
2 July 1987 – Washington, D.C., USA – RFK Memorial Stadium
4 July 1987 – Toronto, Ontario, Canada – CNE Stadium
6 July 1987 – Montreal, Quebec, Canada – The Forum
7 July 1987 – Montreal, Quebec, Canada – The Forum
9 July 1987 – Foxboro, Massachusetts, USA – Sullivan Stadium
11 July 1987 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA – Veterans Stadium
13 July 1987 – New York City, New York, USA – Madison Square Garden
15 July 1987 – Seattle, Washington, USA – Kingdome
18 July 1987 – Anaheim, California, USA – Anaheim Stadium
20 July 1987 – Mountain View, California, USA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
21 July 1987 – Mountain View, California, USA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
24 July 1987 – Houston, Texas, USA – Astrodome
26 July 1987 – Dallas, Texas, USA – Texas Stadium
29 July 1987 – St. Paul, Minnesota, USA – Civic Center
31 July 1987 – Chicago, Illinois, USA – Soldier Field
2 August 1987 – East Troy, Wisconsin, USA – Alpine Valley Music Theatre
4 August 1987 – Richfield, Ohio, USA – Richfield Coliseum
5 August 1987 – Richfield, Ohio, USA – Richfield Coliseum
7 August 1987 – Pontiac, Michigan, USA – Pontiac Silverdome
9 August 1987 – East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA – Giants Stadium
Europe
15 August 1987 – Leeds, England – Roundhay Park
18 August 1987 – London, England – Wembley Stadium
19 August 1987 – London, England – Wembley Stadium
20 August 1987 – London, England – Wembley Stadium
22 August 1987 – Frankfurt, Germany – Waldstadion
25 August 1987 – Rotterdam, Netherlands – Feyenoord Stadium
26 August 1987 – Rotterdam, Netherlands – Feyenoord Stadium
29 August 1987 – Paris, France – Parc de Sceaux
31 August 1987 – Nice, France – Stade de l’Ouest
4 September 1987 – Turin, Italy – Stadio Comunale
6 September 1987 – Florence, Italy – Stadio Comunale
As a Madonna tour, Who’s That Girl is the bridge between early-star electricity and full-scale pop architecture. The show still carries the brightness of her mid-1980s image, but the machinery is growing: video, choreography, costume changes, character work and stadium-scale control all begin to gather around her. It is the sound of Madonna learning how to fill not just a stage, but a whole field of expectation. The world tour format suited her. Naturally, she treated the globe as lighting design.
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