Live Performances
Although Knowles did not perform "Suga Mama" in any televised appearances, the song was a part of her set list on The Beyoncé Experience (2007) in Los Angeles and I Am... Tour (2009–10) during various stops including the Odyssey Arena in Northern Ireland, the O2 Arena in London, Athens in Greece, and Sydney in Australia. In Los Angeles, Knowles performed segments of the song, dressed in a golden, translucent slip and golden, sparkling panties. It was executed without backup dancers, but with live instrumentation and only backup singers toward the performance's conclusion.
When Knowles performed "Suga Mama" in Sunrise, Florida on June 29, 2009, she was wearing a glittery gold leotard. As she sang, animated graphics of turntables, faders and other club equipment were projected behind Knowles, her dancers and musicians. Knowles was accompanied by two drummers, two keyboardists, a percussionist, a horn section, three backup vocalists called the Mamas, and a lead guitarist known as Bibi McGill. "Suga Mama" was included on her 2007 live album The Beyoncé Experience Live. Bill Friskics-Warren of The Tennessean wrote that the song "was even sexier and more gutbucket than on record".
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