Harem World Tour

Harem World Tour
Tour by Sarah Brightman
Associated albumHarem
Start date10 January 2004
End date23 December 2004
Legs5
No. of shows1 in Latin America
66 in North America
24 in Asia
20 in Europe
5 in Oceania
1 in Latin America
117 in total
Box office$60 million
Sarah Brightman concert chronology

The Harem World Tour was the third worldwide concert tour by English soprano singer Sarah Brightman following the release of the Harem album (2003). The tour began on 10 January 2004 in Mexico City and concluded on 23 December that year in Tokyo, Japan. The Harem tour became Brightman's highest-grossing tour, collecting $60 million in revenue and sold 800,000 tickets, $15 million and 225,000 sales of which came from the North American leg. The tour brought Brightman to perform in 4 continents, 28 countries in 119 venues.[1]

Background

In May 2003 Sarah released her Middle East-oriented album Harem. To promote it together with audiovisual project "Harem – A Desert Fantasy" Brightman in collaboration with Clear Channel Entertainment decided to create a new tour, that will be different from the previous La Luna World Tour. Promoters wanted to turn show from theater audiences to a more arena-like. Promotion for the tour included many billboards and ads in theaters and corresponding media because some of Sarah's fans "haven't experienced arena shows very well". The European leg of the tour was initially planned for April and May but was postponed to the autumn of the same year due to logistical difficulties.

Set List

  1. Kama Sutra
  2. Harem
  3. Beautiful
  4. It's a Beautiful Day
  5. Dust in the Wind
  6. Who Wants to Live Forever
  7. Anytime, Anywhere
  8. Nella Fantasia
  9. Stranger in Paradise
  10. La Luna
  11. Nessun Dorma

Intermission

  1. No One Like You
  2. Arabian Nights
  3. The War Is Over
  4. Free
  5. What a Wonderful World
  6. A Whiter Shade of Pale
  7. Phantom of the Opera medley:
    1. Twisted Every Way
    2. Overture
    3. Little Lottie
  8. Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
  9. Time to Say Goodbye
  10. The Journey Home
  11. A Question of Honour

Tour dates

List of 2004 concerts
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
10 January 2004 Mexico City Mexico Palacio de los Deportes 12,409 / 13,305 $478,884[2]
13 January 2004 Dallas United States American Airlines Center 7,246 / 8,073 $400,505[3]
14 January 2004 Houston Toyota Center 6,851 / 11,310 $401,250[3]
16 January 2004 Sunrise Office Depot Center 7,685 / 11,875 $692,550[3]
17 January 2004 Lakeland Jenkins Arena 4,529 / 6,297 $291,210[4]
19 January 2004 Duluth Arena at Gwinnett Center 4,940 / 7,180 $418,690[4]
21 January 2004 Philadelphia Wachovia Center 6,091 / 12,783 $358,970[3]
23 January 2004 New York City Madison Square Garden 7,838 / 10,905 $654,314[4]
24 January 2004 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena — —
25 January 2004 University Park Bryce Jordan Center
27 January 2004 Columbus Schottenstein Center 3,384 / 5,356 $224,935[5]
29 January 2004 Washington, D.C. MCI Center 5,420 / 16,881 $447,035[5]
30 January 2004 Atlantic City Mark G. Etess Arena — —
31 January 2004 Boston Fleet Center 7,460 / 16,905 $495,980[6]
2 February 2004 Montreal Canada Bell Centre 6,094 / 6,500 $396,570[5]
3 February 2004 Ottawa Corel Centre — —
5 February 2004 Toronto Air Canada Centre 11,147 / 11,808 $603,935[7]
6 February 2004 Hamilton Copps Coliseum — —
7 February 2004 Rochester United States Blue Cross Arena
9 February 2004 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 5,259 / 10,389 $309,520[8]
10 February 2004 Cleveland Gund Arena 5,077 / 8,730 $390,025[7]
12 February 2004 Moline iWireless Center — —
13 February 2004 St. Louis Savvis Center
15 February 2004 Kansas City Kemper Arena
18 February 2004 Rosemont Allstate Arena 4,685 / 10,505 $417,150[8]
19 February 2004 Milwaukee Bradley Center 3,352 / 5,973 $223,740[9]
20 February 2004 Minneapolis Target Center 3,657 / 5,479 $237,582[8]
22 February 2004 Winnipeg Canada Winnipeg Arena — —
24 February 2004 Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome
25 February 2004 Edmonton Rexall Place 5,357 / 6,033 $305,616[10]
27 February 2004 Vancouver General Motors Place 6,137 / 8,019 $368,590[10]
29 February 2004 Seattle United States KeyArena 6,238 / 6,738 $425,771[11]
1 March 2004 Portland Rose Garden Arena 4,347 / 7,073 $242,095[11]
2 March 2004 Spokane Star Theatre 3,850 / 3,850 $226,104[9]
5 March 2004 Reno Lawlor Events Center 3,682 / 5,000 $233,250[11]
6 March 2004 Salt Lake City Delta Center — —
7 March 2004 Denver Magness Arena
9 March 2004 Phoenix America West Arena 6,110 / 8,008 $347,095[12]
10 March 2004 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena — —
13 March 2004 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena 6,178 / 9,560 $532,653[13]
14 March 2004 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 5,896 / 10,095 $497,885[13]
15 March 2004 Fresno Save Mart Center 5,919 / 7,396 $374,165[12]
17 March 2004 Sacramento ARCO Arena 5,915 / 7,610 $340,648[14]
18 March 2004 San Jose HP Pavilion 6,977 / 7,725 $437,626[15]
28 May 2004 Wan Chai Hong Kong HKCEC Auditorium — —
30 May 2004 Beijing China Capital Indoor Stadium
31 May 2004
3 June 2004 Shanghai Shanghai Grand Stage
6 June 2004 Guangzhou Tianhe Stadium
8 June 2004 Seoul South Korea Olympic Stadium
9 June 2004
11 June 2004 Sapporo Japan Makomanai Ice Arena
14 June 2004 Tokyo Budokan Hall
15 June 2004 Nagoya Rainbow Hall
16 June 2004 Osaka Osaka-Jo Hall
18 June 2004 Kallang Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium
20 June 2004 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Stadium Negara
21 June 2004 Hanoi Vietnam My Dinh National Stadium
23 June 2004 Pasig Philippines PhilSports Arena
25 June 2004 Taipei Taiwan Linkou Gym
26 June 2004
29 June 2004 Perth Australia Burswood Dome — —
2 July 2004 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre
4 July 2004 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre
6 July 2004 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
8 July 2004 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
3 September 2004 Athens Greece Lycabettus Theatre — —
4 September 2004
6 September 2004 Bucharest Romania Central Square
8 September 2004 Budapest Hungary Budapest Arena
9 September 2004 Prague Czech Republic T-Mobile Arena
11 September 2004 Vilnius Lithuania Siemens Arena
13 September 2004 Riga Latvia Skonto Hall
15 September 2004 Moscow Russia Olimpiyskiy
17 September 2004 Saint Petersburg Ice Palace
19 September 2004 Tallinn Estonia Saku Suurhall
21 September 2004 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Areena
23 September 2004 Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Globe Arena
25 September 2004 Gothenburg Scandinavium
26 September 2004 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
28 September 2004 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall
29 September 2004
1 October 2004 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle Frankfurt
2 October 2004 Brussels Belgium Forest National
5 October 2004 Dublin Ireland Simmonscourt Pavilion
7 October 2004 London England Wembley Arena
22 October 2004 Halifax Canada Halifax Metro Centre — —
24 October 2004 Quebec City Colisée Pepsi
25 October 2004 Montreal Bell Centre
27 October 2004 Worcester United States Worcester Centrum
28 October 2004 Hershey Giant Center
30 October 2004 Pittsburgh Mellon Arena
31 October 2004 London Canada John Labatt Centre
1 November 2004 Toronto Air Canada Centre
3 November 2004 Worcester United States Worcester Centrum
4 November 2004 East Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena
5 November 2004 Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard
6 November 2004 Atlantic City Mark G. Etess Arena
8 November 2004 Norfolk Ted Constant Convocation Center
9 November 2004 Greenville BI-LO Center
11 November 2004 Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
12 November 2004 Miami American Airlines Arena
13 November 2004 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum
14 November 2004 Atlanta Philips Arena
16 November 2004 New Orleans New Orleans Arena
17 November 2004 San Antonio SBC Center
20 November 2004 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
21 November 2004 Phoenix America West Arena
22 November 2004 Los Angeles Staples Center
24 November 2004 Oakland The Arena in Oakland
12 December 2004 Nagoya Japan Aichi Expo — —
15 December 2004 Tokyo Prince Hotel Auditorium
17 December 2004 Yokohama National Convention Hall
19 December 2004 Osaka Osaka Festival Hall
20 December 2004 Nagoya Aichi Arts Center
22 December 2004 Tokyo NHK Hall
23 December 2004
TOTAL 179,730 / 267,361 (67%) $11,764,343

Video release

The concert in Las Vegas on 13 March was recorded and then made available commercially in CD and DVD entitled The Harem World Tour: Live from Las Vegas.

References

  1. ^ CTV.ca
  2. ^ "Billboard Boxscore Concert Grosses 31 January 2004". Billboard. 31 January 2004. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
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  14. ^ "Billboard Boxscore Concert Grosses 1 May 2004". Billboard. May 2004. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
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