Carpe Diem Tour

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Carpe Diem Tour
Tour by Chris Brown
Carpe Diem Tour.jpg
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album Fortune
Start dateNovember 14, 2012 (2012-11-14)
End dateDecember 27, 2012 (2012-12-27)
Legs3
No. of shows20
Chris Brown concert chronology

The Carpe Diem Tour was a headlining concert tour by American recording artist Chris Brown, in support of his fifth studio album Fortune . The tour included shows in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Trinidad. It began on November 14, 2012 in Denmark and ended on December 27, 2012 in Trinidad.

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Background

In May 2012, boy band The Wanted revealed to Capital FM that Brown was planning to launch a tour in the United States in July of the same year to support his fifth studio album, Fortune , and that there was a possibility they could be one of the supporting acts for the tour. Tom Parker, a member of the band, stated: "There's talk about us, he's got his American tour coming up in July, maybe we'll go on that for a few shows which will be cool". [1] However, details for a tour were not announced until September 25, 2012, when twelve dates for European venues were revealed. [2] An extra date for the European leg was announced on September 26, 2012. [3] The African tour dates were announced on September 28, 2012. [4]

Setlist

The following set list is representative of the show on December 5, 2012. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.

  1. "Beautiful People"
  2. "I Can Only Imagine"
  3. "Forever"
  4. "She Ain't You"
  5. "Take It to the Head"
  6. "Birthday Cake"
  7. "Take You Down"
  8. "Biggest Fan"
  9. "2012"
  10. "No Bullshit"
  11. "I Can Transform Ya"
  12. "Bassline"
  13. "Look At Me Now"
  14. "Deuces"
  15. "All Back"
  16. "Don't Judge Me"
  17. "Yeah 3x"
  18. "Don't Wake Me Up"
  19. "Turn Up The Music"

Dates

DateCityCountryVenue
Europe [3] [5] [6]
November 14, 2012 Copenhagen Denmark Forum Copenhagen
November 17, 2012 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
November 19, 2012 Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe
November 22, 2012 Berlin Germany O2 World
November 23, 2012 Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
November 27, 2012 Dortmund Westfalenhallen
November 29, 2012 Frankfurt Festhalle
November 30, 2012 Basel Switzerland St. Jakobshalle
December 3, 2012 Dublin Ireland The O2
December 5, 2012 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis
December 6, 2012 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome
December 7, 2012 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
December 9, 2012
Asia [7]
December 11, 2012 Dubai United Arab Emirates Meydan Racecourse
Africa [4]
December 15, 2012 Johannesburg South Africa Coca-Cola Dome
December 17, 2012 Durban Moses Mabhida Stadium
December 19, 2012 Cape Town Grand West Arena
December 20, 2012
December 30, 2012 Abidjan Ivory Coast Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny

Personnel

Source: [11]

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References

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