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40-465: The 2001 tour earned over $ 90 million, becoming one of the biggest tours of the year. It was also nominated for "Most Creative Stage Production" for Pollstar 's "Concert Industry Awards". The tour primarily visited North America. While promoting their performance at Rock in Rio in 2001, the band stated production was underway on their forthcoming tour. Following the performance, SFX Entertainment announced

80-478: A Super Bowl halftime show than a traditional concert, saying, "Love them or hate them, you've got to admit NSYNC puts on a killer show". Jane Stevenson of Jam! gave the SkyDome show three and a half out of five stars. She stated the band's decision to perform 10 songs from Celebrity as part of their 18-song set list was risky but wise, and that the "more dance-oriented tunes...will only help to spur sales" of

120-528: A Amar" was recorded at the same time and released in Spanish-speaking countries such as Mexico , Colombia , Venezuela , Peru , Chile , Bolivia , Paraguay , Uruguay , Argentina , Ecuador , Guatemala , El Salvador , Honduras , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama , Cuba , Dominican Republic , and Spain . Irish Westlife lead singer Shane Filan included his version of this song on his third solo album Love Always in 2017. This served as

160-482: A figurative finger at critics. The feistiness adds a much-needed edge, but if critics are NSYNC's biggest gripe, these guys have nothing to complain about". Sean Richardson of the Boston Phoenix thought the show at Foxboro Stadium was "colorful", praising the humor of the vignettes and the audience engagement. Peter Debruge from Entertainment Weekly said the show at Hersheypark Stadium more closely resembled

200-518: A futuristic-style mechanical bull. The guys transition to the ballad “ This I Promise You ,” accompanied only by guitar, piano, and saxophone, and ending with a new harmony by the guys. A 1920s-style film segment titled “There Was Once a Flower” has Justin Timberlake playing a Charlie Chaplin -esque figure (just like in the " Gone " music video) trying to give a flower to his love interest, only to be rejected. The camera zooms in on Timberlake with

240-411: A mash-up of old favorites from their debut album. After performing newer song “The Two of Us”, a film segment of Lance Bass and Chris Kirkpatrick in cowboy attire prefaces “Space Cowboy.” The video directs the audience to look upwards, and the guys appear on the rafters of the stage. Harnesses take them flying above the crowds and to the midfield stage. They return to the main stage and each guy rides

280-399: A montage that details NSYNC’s journey from their origins to the present. Fatone then scrawls the phrase Dirty pop on a chalkboard. Hooded figures appear on the main stage in a nod to NSYNC’s previous tour entrances. This turns out to be a misdirection, as the band instead emerges from a midfield stage which connects to the main stage by a long ramp. After kicking off with “ Pop ," they perform

320-617: A separate website for professionals, but later announced it would merge the site with Pollstar.com. Today, Pollstar has an office in London and correspondents in six countries. The magazine is a member of the Associated Press (AP). Its subscribers receive the weekly magazine and access to its online databases. In May 2018, Pollstar announced it was moving its headquarters from Fresno to Los Angeles. The following month, co-founder and editor-in-chief Gary Bongiovani retired from

360-404: A short film that spells out the definitions of the words Pop ("music popular with the general public") and Odyssey ("a long series of travels and adventures") on a typewriter. The words are combined to form PopOdyssey : "an adventurous journey towards popularity, beginning as just a dream and ending in reality.” Joey Fatone , dressed as a professor in a classroom, appears in the video and plays

400-715: A spectacle more than anything else. The music was a big part, but we put a lot into just making it a great show." The band returned to a more stripped-down, less flashier setting when they embarked on the Celebrity tour in March 2002. Pollstar Pollstar is a trade publication for the concert and live music industry. The publication was purchased by Oak View Group , a venue consultancy founded by Tim Leiweke and Irving Azoff , in July 2017. Pollstar holds an annual award ceremony to honor artists and professionals in

440-501: A tear rolling down his face, saying, “I just can’t believe she’s gone.” The band, dressed in Prohibition era costumes, sing “Gone” while sitting on steps on the main stage. As Timberlake is the main singer in this song, he moves downstage solo to the catwalk and engages in theatrical displays of heartbrokenness. As Timberlake concludes singing, bandmate Kirkpatrick joins him onstage and the two humorously fight. While both guys spar,

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480-470: Is "a big pop show, an expensive pop show, but a pop show all the same. NSYNC realizes (thank goodness) that they are famous, in part, for being famous, and they're using that fact as the touchstone for this entire tour. Pretty smart". Bream also noted, "This time around, the Prefab Five seemed to be projecting more of an attitude, as if some of the songs and the messages on the video screen were flipping

520-537: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called the show at RFK Stadium the "mother of all stadium tours", and Jon Bream of the Star Tribune noted the effects were bigger, brighter and bolder than their last tour. For the debut concert at Altell Stadium, Nick Marino of The Florida Times-Union wrote that despite the massive stage, the band's stage presence was out of this world. Marino stated PopOdyssey

560-529: The Pro Player Stadium in Miami , with English pop group BBMak slated to be the opening act. PopOdyssey was considered "the largest production for a pop concert", as the stage was five stories tall and included three video screens and five mini-stages. The tour was then postponed to May 23, 2001, to ensure that the crew was able to complete the stage construction. NSYNC's third studio album Celebrity

600-471: The US Billboard Hot 100 . A Spanish language version of the song, titled "Yo te Voy a Amar", was recorded at the same time for Spanish-speaking countries. Richard Marx was asked by A&R executive David Novik if he had any songs that he could give to NSYNC . He specifically requested a ballad . Initially, the song was written with a three-person girl group in mind. Marx quickly finished

640-487: The Wall,” the guys are bounced onto Velcro walls brought onstage. A short film plays of JC Chasez stuck in a phone call with his gold-digging girlfriend, a phone call that is interrupted by his band mates. Chasez asks the girlfriend “Wait a minute. Do you want me, or what I can buy you?," and the band performs “Celebrity.” On the midfield stage, the guys shift into a downtempo segment as Fatone reads letters written by fans in

680-509: The audience. The guys perform a trio of ballads, “Something Like You”/“Falling/“Selfish”. They switch to the uptempo “No Strings Attached”; there is a gag at the beginning of Timberlake’s verse about him “losing his touch.” After his fruitless attempts to summon his touch, Timberlake finally joins his hands together to form a fireball effect that sets off a row of fireworks on stage. The high-tech villain figure Mobius 8 appears midfield playing remixed snippets of NSYNC songs. The guys shoot out onto

720-541: The band showed a more aggressive side in showing they write their own songs. Strauss singled out the new song "The Game Is Over" for its "futuristic urban twist...with a skittering, robotic video-game beat." Critics also argued the increased use of dazzling effects distracted from the music and performance. Writing about the Giants Stadium concert, Isaac Guzman of the New York Daily News considered

760-467: The band was planning a summer concert tour to promote their upcoming album. Band member Lance Bass said the inspiration for the tour's concept was the film 2001: A Space Odyssey , saying, "We wanted to do 2001: A Pop Odyssey and pay tribute to pop icons. So the whole tour revolves around the meaning of pop and what was popular from the '40s til today." Initially, the tour was expected to begin May 12, 2001 at

800-401: The band’s faux silent movie...during “Gone,” arguably the band’s strongest ballad in its three-album career." Of PopOdyssey's heavy use of effects, Chris Kirkpatrick said the band felt they needed these elements because it was a stadium tour. He commented, "When you're playing in the middle of a giant stadium you have to make it big and you have to be big. It was called the 'Pop Odyssey.' It was

840-593: The beginning of each concert was made available as a special feature. For the Celebrity Tour , the concert at the TD Waterhouse Centre was filmed for a possible DVD release. However, the footage was deemed "unusable" and not released. Bootleg DVDs were sold on eBay in 2003 with amateur footage of the concert in Anaheim. A professionally filmed video montage appeared on YouTube in 2006. Before

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880-603: The concert industry. Founded in 1981 in Fresno, California , Pollstar is a trade publication that covers the concert industry in the United States and internationally. They supply information to professional concert promoters, booking agents, artist managers, facility executives and other entities involved in the live entertainment business. Pollstar produces a weekly print magazine for industry professionals and publishes on their website. Pollstar previously operated

920-534: The forest. Footage of the San Francisco skyline appears at different intervals and at the key change towards the end of the song, the video pans to the members of NSYNC sitting at a table of an outdoor restaurant along the Embarcadero while eating and singing. The music video on YouTube has received over 300 million views as of May 2024. A Spanish language version of the song, titled "Yo te Voy

960-546: The group began the Celebrity Tour , they performed a few promotional concerts that aired on television. The first was a CBS Thanksgiving special entitled "*NSYNC: The Atlantis Concert". The show was filmed at the Atlantis Paradise Island on November 14 and 15, 2001. The concert was exclusive to guests of the hotel and featured duets with country recording artist, Tim McGraw . The special aired on November 23, 2001 alongside The Rugrats Movie . This concert

1000-512: The main stage from unseen elevators and sing “The Game Is Over,” with the screens showing video game effects. The group engages in a video-game “battle” with Mobius. The show ends with “ Bye Bye Bye .” Each band member goes inside a cage that is covered in drapes. The drapes are then dropped, revealing the cages to be now empty. On this tour, all six accompanists returned from the No Strings Attached tour. Two new additions would join

1040-421: The new album. In a review of the opening show of the band's three-night run at Giants Stadium, Neil Strauss of The New York Times compared the show to U2 's PopMart Tour , stating that PopOdyssey "was everything that U2's PopMart was afraid to be—sheer spectacle for the sake of nothing but spectacle." Though Strauss said the opening number "Pop" was not as strong of a single as "Bye Bye Bye," he commented

1080-460: The other band mates swarm the stage on go-karts, wagons, and an oversized teddy bear, accompanied by dancers. To the tune of “Pop Goes the Weasel", the guys spray silly string and squirt water guns at the audience. They perform “ It’s Gonna Be Me ” with a toy theme, referencing their music video . They segue into “See Right Through You,” singing and dancing atop moving conveyor belts. For “Up Against

1120-473: The publication has given annual Pollstar Awards to companies, venues, artists, tours, and executives in the live entertainment business. The first awards show was hosted by Penn Jillette at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Initially, winners were chosen by industry voters and, to a lesser extent, by the magazine's subscribers. Since 2019, Pollstar has used box office performance to choose

1160-600: The publication. Pollstar also produces Pollstar Live!, a three-day concert industry conference at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills , CA. Originally titled the CIC – Concert Industry Consortium, it brings together a mix of talent buyers, venue managers, artist agents and managers. Conference speakers have included Garth Brooks , Jon Bon Jovi , Eddy Cue , Michael Rapino , and Nicki Minaj . Since 1990,

1200-723: The ranks, however The following setlist was obtained from the concert held on May 23, 2001, at the Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour. The tour was documented for video during the concert at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. Bandmember JC Chasez mentioned the band chose to film at that venue because rehearsals were held at that facility. The VHS, entitled *NSYNC: PopOdyssey Live ,

1240-454: The show to be "all sizzle, no steak". In a review of the Chicago show, Phil Gallo of Variety felt "many fans will have trouble digesting all the audiovisual information on offer" and that the production lacked cohesiveness. Gallo also noted that while the first half of the show seems focused on JC Chasez, "the second half is almost all Justin Timberlake, the heartthrob who does a fine job in

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1280-723: The song writing the harmonies specifically for NSYNC. Marx would later record the song twice, first for the Japanese release of his album Days in Avalon similar to the NSYNC version, and again as a rock song for the European version of his Stories to Tell album. Marx would later use the Days in Avalon version of "This I Promise You" for his Now and Forever: The Ballads album as a duet with Asian singer Sabrina. "This I Promise You"

1320-557: The video shoot, Justin Timberlake and Joey Fatone ended up exploring Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary without paying for tickets. Both members were eventually caught when they reached Al Capone 's cell, and let off with a warning. It debuted on an episode of TRL on October 27, 2000. The video shows the group members clad in turtlenecks singing in the Redwood National and State Parks , with different shots of different love relationships shown in bubbles floating around

1360-617: The winners. This I Promise You " This I Promise You " is a ballad recorded by American boy band NSYNC . It was released in September 2000 as the third and final single in the United States and the fourth and final single in Europe from their third studio album, No Strings Attached , in 2000. The song is included on all three of the band's compilation albums: Greatest Hits (2005), The Collection (2010), and The Essential *NSYNC (2014). The single reached number five on

1400-526: Was followed with another promotional performance. To celebrate the 2002 Winter Olympics , the band was one of the headlining performers for the "Olympic Celebration Concert Series". The concert was filmed at the Olympic Medals Plaza on February 23, 2002. The concert aired live on NBC . The tour received generally positive reviews for its lavish visual effects, the band’s stage presence, and the group’s new songs from Celebrity . Scott Mervis of

1440-591: Was held at Alltel Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida to positive reviews. They were joined on tour by several pop acts including: Christina Milian , Samantha Mumba and Deborah Gibson . During the show, public service announcements were shown for an anti-drug campaign with the Office of National Drug Control Policy , along with promotional spots for On the Line , a film starring band members Bass and Fatone which

1480-635: Was initially planned to be released on June 26, 2001, but was moved to July 24, 2001. As a result, NSYNC decided to perform new songs from Celebrity on the tour before the album was released. Additional tour dates were cancelled due to weather conditions in the South . However, PopOdyssey was one of the most anticipated tours of 2001. Two months into the tour, the band expressed hopes of later bringing their shows back to Europe, where they first toured before their American breakthrough, in addition to Australia; this did not come to fruition. The opening of PopOdyssey

1520-419: Was released on November 21, 2001. A DVD edition was released on April 23, 2002. The DVD featured the entire concert along with special features, which included: interviews with each bandmember, behind-the-scenes Easter eggs , photo gallery, profile of each musician, web links and a documentary. A special intro video was made for the video release to explain the meaning of the tour name. The original video shown at

1560-678: Was the group's fifth top-ten single in the U.S., reaching number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the autumn of 2000. In addition, the song spent 13 weeks at number one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, the group's first and only song to do so. Internationally, the song reached number twenty-one on the UK Singles Chart . The music video was shot at Redwood National Park and San Francisco's Embarcadero in 2000 by Dave Meyers . During

1600-616: Was to be released theatrically in the fall of 2001. The band also partnered with the Candie's Foundation to help prevent teen pregnancy . The tour also opened the newly built Heinz Field . Celebrity peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 , setting the second-highest record for first-week sales after their previous album No Strings Attached (2000). The tour ended in the Caribbean islands of Turks and Caicos . The show begins with

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