40 Years "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Tour

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40 Years "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Tour"
Tour by Bonnie Tyler
40 Years "Total Eclipse of the Heart Tour" poster.jpg
Promotional poster
LocationEurope
Start date2 October 2023
End date6 January 2024
No. of shows30
Supporting acts
  • More Than Words
  • C.B. Green
Website bonnietyler.com/tour/40-years-total-eclipse
Bonnie Tyler concert chronology
  • South America Tour
    (2022)
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    (2023–2024)
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The 40 Years "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Tour was a concert tour by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, held to commemorate the 40th anniversary of her song "Total Eclipse of the Heart".

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Announced in 2020, the tour was originally organised to support for her eighteenth studio album, The Best Is Yet to Come (2021), and to commemorate her 70th birthday in 2021. The tour was postponed by two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and after three dates in April 2022, the tour was renamed.

Background

The tour was originally announced in support of her eighteenth studio album. The Best Is Yet to Come , in December 2020. On 25 February 2022, numerous cancellations and postponements were announced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tour's second leg, which was set to run through April 2022, was set to continue as planned. [1] However, all but three dates were subsequently postponed to late 2023.

In an interview with Retro Pop magazine, Tyler revealed that the 40 Years "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Tour would be her final tour with back-to-back dates, intending to reduce her schedule to occasional festivals and one-off events. [2] The tour was announced with three additional dates in Koblenz, Marseille and Bielefeld, but each were later cancelled. [3] [4]

During the first leg of the tour, Tyler was supported by the German country-pop group More Than Words, featuring Stefanie Hertel. [5] German singer-songwriter C.B. Green will be Tyler's support artist for the second leg of the tour, between November and December 2023.

Between the first and second legs of the tour, Tyler sustained a fracture to her meniscus in one of her knee joints, leading to the postponement of two concerts in Brussels and Würzburg. [6]

Critical reception

During The Best Is Yet to Come Tour in 2022, Stefan Peter of B.Z. noted that Tyler was greeted with a standing ovation at the Friedrichstadt-Palast in Berlin, and he complimented Tyler's "powerful voice". [7]

Reviews of the 40 Years "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Tour were generally positive, but many critics noted that Tyler's setlist was short. Clara Andersen of Berliner Morgenpost highlighted Tyler's versatile repertoire and ability to "convey strong messages with her distinctive voice". [8] Thomas Andre of Hamburger Abendblatt observed that the Barclays Arena in Hamburg appeared only half-full, but noted that Tyler drew in a crowd of all ages and stated that she was "still in good voice". [9] Jürgen Stahl of Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung similarly observed a "surprisingly large number" of young attendees at the RuhrCongress in Bochum. He stated that Tyler's "brittle" voice added more intensity to her songs, and described her delivery of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" as "perfectly interpreted and staged". [10] In Ostsee-Zeitung , Katharina Ahlers commended Tyler for her informative anecdotes between each song, but similarly viewed the concert to be markedly short. [11] In Saarbrücker Zeitung , Marko Völke admired Tyler's tribute to Tina Turner before performing "The Best". [12]

Following her performance at L'Olympia in Paris, Gaël Coulon of Pozzo Live stated that Tyler "doesn't run around as much as she used to and is somewhat diminished vocally", but added that she is still able to evoke nostalgia and draw standing ovations from the crowd. [13] In Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, Stefan Otto praised Tyler's performance of "Turtle Blues" and wished she included more blues rock songs in her set list. [14] Jean-Pierre Vanderlindenof Branchés Culture described Tyler's concert as a "great moment of blues rock" with "hair-raising performances". [15]

Set list

The following set list is from the concert on 5 January 2024 in Brussels. [15] It is not intended to represent all shows of the tour.

  1. "Flat on the Floor"
  2. "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"
  3. "Hide Your Heart"
  4. "Lost in France"
  5. "To Love Somebody"
  6. "The Best Is Yet to Come"
  7. "It's a Heartache"
  8. "Straight from the Heart"
  9. "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
  10. "Faster Than the Speed of Night"
  11. "The Best"'
Encore
  2. "Turtle Blues"
  3. "Holding Out for a Hero"

Tour dates

The Best Is Yet to Come Tour
DateCityCountryVenueOpening act(s)
23 April 2022 Cottbus GermanyStadthalleMore Than Words
24 April 2022 Halle (Saale) Georg-Friedrich-Händel Halle
25 April 2022 Berlin Friedrichstadt-Palast
40 Years "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Tour
DateCityCountryVenueOpening act(s)
2 October 2023 Berlin Germany Admiralspalast More Than Words
3 October 2023 Hamburg Barclays Arena
6 October 2023 Bremen Metropol Theater
7 October 2023 Lingen EmslandArena
8 October 2023 Frankfurt Alte Oper
10 October 2023 Nuremberg Meistersingerhalle
10 October 2023 Bochum RuhrCongress
12 October 2023 Rostock Stadthalle
14 October 2023 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle, Hall F
15 October 2023 Munich Germany Circus Krone
17 October 2023 Saarbrücken Saarlandhalle
18 October 2023 Zürich SwitzerlandThe Hall
20 October 2023 Balingen GermanyVolksbankmesse
22 October 2023 Fulda Esperantohalle
24 October 2023 Stuttgart Liederhalle (Beethovensaal)
30 November 2023 Heilbronn Konzert- und Kongresszentrum HarmonieC.B. Green
2 December 2023 Nantes FranceCité des Congrès
4 December 2023 Paris Olympia
5 December 2023 Strasbourg Palais de la musique et des congrès
6 December 2023 Lille Théâtre Sébastopol
9 December 2023 Ravensburg GermanyOberschwabenhalle
11 December 2023 Lyon FranceL'Amphithéâtre
12 December 2023 Toulouse Casino Théâtre Barrière
14 December 2023 Mannheim Germany Mannheimer Rosengarten
16 December 2023 Suhl Congress Centrum
18 December 2023 Dresden Kulturpalast
20 December 2023 Chemnitz Stadthalle
21 December 2023 Augsburg Kongress am Park
5 January 2024 [lower-alpha 1] Brussels Belgium Cirque Royal More Than Words
6 January 2024 [lower-alpha 2] Würzburg GermanyCongress Centrum

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The show on 5 January 2024 in Brussels was originally scheduled for 25 November 2023, but was postponed due to a knee injury Tyler sustained between the first and second leg of the tour. [16]
  2. ↑ The show on 6 January 2024 in Würzburg was originally scheduled for 26 November 2023, but was postponed due to a knee injury Tyler sustained between the first and second leg of the tour. [16]

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