The Symphony World Tour

The Symphony World Tour
Tour by Sarah Brightman
Start date16 January 2008
End date5 April 2009
No. of shows28 in North America
20 in Asia
4 in Latin America
1 in Europe
53 in Total
Sarah Brightman concert chronology

The Symphony World Tour was the fourth worldwide concert tour by English soprano singer Sarah Brightman. The tour started on 4 November 2008 in the city of Monterrey and concluded on 5 April 2009 in Taipei. There were special guests that joined Brightman during select tour dates: Argentinean's Fernando Lima, Italy's Alessandro Safina, and Greece's Mario Frangoulis. The tour concept was a journey through the musical career that Sarah Brightman has had so far (three decades) and includes several high-tech virtual scenery that takes the audience from an enchanted forest, baroque lamps to an atmosphere of fairytales.[1] Much anticipation surrounded The Symphony World Tour especially since the production cost was reportedly more than $2 million and involved more than 100 tons of equipment.[2]

Set List

  1. Sanvean (Instrumental)
  2. Gothica
  3. Fleurs Du Mal
  4. Let It Rain
  5. Symphony
  6. Forbidden Colours (Interlude)
  7. What A Wonderful World
  8. Dust in the Wind
  9. Nella Fantasia
  10. Hijo de la Luna
  11. La Luna
  12. Sarahbande (Interlude)
  13. Anytime, Anywhere
  14. Storia D'Amore
  15. Canto della Terra (with Mario Frangoulis in the US, Alessandro Safina for the rest of the world)
  16. Attesa

Intermission

  1. You Take My Breath Away
  2. The Phantom of the Opera (with Mario Frangoulis in the US, Alessandro Safina for the rest of the world)
  3. Sarai Qui (with Alessandro Safina)
  4. I've Been This Way Before
  5. Red Riding Hood Rap
  6. First of May
  7. I Believe in Father Christmas
  8. Pasión (with Fernando Lima)
  9. Ave Maria (with Fernando Lima) at some shows
  10. Time to Say Goodbye
  11. Deliver Me
  12. Running
  13. You And Me

Notes

  • Sarai Qui was performed only during shows when Alessandro Safina was the special guest
  • You & Me was an additional 3rd encore and performed at least during the 1 April 2009 show in Hong Kong and 4 April 2009 show in Taipei.

Tour dates

List of 2008 concerts
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
16 January 2008 Vienna Austria Stephansdom — —
4 November 2008 Monterrey Mexico Arena Monterrey — —
6 November 2008 Guadalajara Arena VFG 11,974 / 11,974 $598,102
8 November 2008 Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes 19,566 / 23,928 $1,185,632
9 November 2008
12 November 2008 Dallas United States American Airlines Center — —
14 November 2008 Orlando UCF Arena 4,620 / 6,152 $534,005
15 November 2008 Sunrise BankAtlantic Center 6,830 / 11,795 $627,812
16 November 2008 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum 4,594 / 12,483 $491,235
18 November 2008 Duluth Arena at Gwinnett Center — —
19 November 2008 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center — —
22 November 2008 Mashantucket MGM Grand Theater — —
23 November 2008 New York City Madison Square Garden 7,151 / 9,949 $791,669
24 November 2008 Boston TD Banknorth Garden 4,133 / 6,457 $432,337
26 November 2008 Montreal Canada Bell Centre 5,816 / 8,850 $436,971
28 November 2008 Ottawa Scotiabank Place — —
29 November 2008 Hamilton Copps Coliseum — —
30 November 2008 Toronto Air Canada Centre 7,973 / 8,200 $539,371
2 December 2008 Cleveland United States Quicken Loans Arena — —
3 December 2008 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills — —
4 December 2008 Rosemont Allstate Arena — —
6 December 2008 Winnipeg Canada MTS Centre — —
7 December 2008 Regina Brandt Centre — —
8 December 2008 Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome — —
10 December 2008 Edmonton Rexall Place 5,401 / 9,800 $378,490
12 December 2008 Vancouver General Motors Place — —
13 December 2008 Victoria Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre — —
14 December 2008 Everett United States Everett Events Center — —
16 December 2008 Sacramento ARCO Arena 5,228 / 5,722 $367,495
17 December 2008 San Jose HP Pavilion 7,492 / 7,792 $565,552
19 December 2008 Anaheim Theater at the Honda Center 5,234 / 5,234 $542,225
20 December 2008 Inglewood The Forum — —
21 December 2008 Glendale Jobing.com Arena 5,683 / 5,683 $485,993
List of 2009 concerts
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
23 February 2009 Tokyo Japan Nippon Budokan — —
25 February 2009 Fukuoka Marine Messe — —
27 February 2009 Nagoya Nippon Gaishi Hall — —
2 March 2009 Osaka Osaka-Jo Hall — —
4 March 2009 Tokyo Nippon Budokan — —
5 March 2009
7 March 2009 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Plenary Hall — —
10 March 2009 Jakarta Indonesia Jakarta Convention Center — —
13 March 2009 Seoul South Korea Olympic Gymnastics Arena — —
14 March 2009
16 March 2009 Ilsan KINTEX Event Hall — —
20 March 2009 Busan BEXCO Center — —
22 March 2009 Beijing China Capital Indoor Stadium — —
25 March 2009 Nanjing Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre — —
27 March 2009 Shanghai Shanghai Grand Stage — —
28 March 2009
30 March 2009 Guangzhou Guangzhou Gymnasium — —
1 April 2009 Chek Lap Kok Hong Kong AsiaWorld–Arena — —
4 April 2009 Taipei Taiwan Taipei Arena — —
5 April 2009
Total 101,695 / 134,019 (76%) $7,976,889

References

  1. ^ "Sarah Brightman Symphony World Tour starts November 4th". 6 February 2009. Archived from the original on 3 November 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  2. ^ "Sarah Brightman Brings Symphony Tour to Korea". The Korea Times. 3 February 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2009.