The Beyoncé Experience

The Beyoncé Experience was the second concert tour by American singer-songwriter Beyoncé, in-support of her sophomore studio album, B'Day (2006). The Beyoncé Experience consisted of 96 shows in 2007, spread-out over five legs. Fan club tickets and VIP packages were available in early April 2007; general admission tickets were made available, officially, on April 20, 2007. The tour began that month and finished in November. Knowles collaborated with America's Second Harvest on a campaign for communities affected by famine, holding pre-concert food drives at every stop during the tour, and asking attendees to donate food.

Rehearsals for the tour began in March 2007; the show featured Beyoncé, her dancers, and her three backup singers being supported musically by an all-female band, Suga Mama, chosen by Beyoncé and her father, Mathew Knowles. The ten-woman ensemble, consisting of percussionists, a brass section, keyboardists and guitarists, had been selected during auditions held prior to the release of B'Day. The set list of the show included many of the songs from B'Day and Dangerously in Love (2003), plus ten edited Destiny's Child songs, as well as "Listen", originally performed and recorded by Knowles for the soundtrack of Dreamgirls (2006). The stage set featured large disco balls hanging from the ceiling and color-changing stairs. For the wardrobe of the tour, Knowles collaborated with several designers; costumes consisted of silvery and sparkly dresses, which earned praise from fashion critics.

The tour received positive reviews from music critics who praised Knowles' simultaneous abilities to sing live, dance in high heels, execute complex choreography and still exude high energy while on stage. The performances of the slower ballads, as well as the Destiny's Child material, were also highlighted as standouts by critics. Twenty-nine shows were submitted to Billboard's boxscore, grossing $24.9 million, with 272,521 fans attending the performances. However, during the tour, several incidents occurred; pyrotechnics, meant for the stage, injured two fans in the audience, and Knowles fell down a flight of stairs during a performance of "Ring the Alarm" and had a wardrobe malfunction. A show scheduled in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on November 1 was relocated to Jakarta, Indonesia, due to Malaysia's strict rules against revealing clothing being worn by female performers. The performance at the Staples Center in Los Angeles was recorded on September 2, 2007, and was released on November 16, 2007, as a live DVD, The Beyoncé Experience Live.