| Tour by Joe McElderry | |
 Tour program cover | |
| Associated album | Wide Awake Classic Classic Christmas (from 14 November) |
|---|---|
| Start date | 5 November 2011 |
| End date | 30 November 2011 |
| No. of shows | 19 |
| Joe McElderry concert chronology | |
Classic Tour was the first solo UK tour by English singer Joe McElderry. The tour took place throughout November 2011.
For the tour, McElderry performed songs of his albums, Wide Awake, released under Syco, Classic, released under Decca, and would later add "Last Christmas" to the set, which is featured on his third album, Classic Christmas, also released under Decca. He also performed songs that was sung on The X Factor and The X Factor Tour 2010 as well as some new covers that he had never sung before. He set up a poll on his Facebook asking which song he should sing on the tour, the choices were "Home", "I Won't Let You Go", "Halo", "Someone Like You", "Your Song" or "The Edge of Glory". "Home" was chosen to be performed on the tour. [1] The tour scored third place on Billboard's Hot Tours, with grosses of £421,219 (US$665,833). [2]
The first two shows were warm up gigs and were not advertised on his official website. [4] [5] A second Newcastle City Hall gig was added due to popular demand. [6]
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 November 2011 | Rhyl | Wales | Pavilion Theatre |
| 6 November 2011 | Margate | England | Winter Gardens |
| 8 November 2011 | Westcliff-on-Sea | Cliffs Pavilion | |
| 9 November 2011 | Birmingham | Birmingham Symphony Hall | |
| 10 November 2011 | Nottingham | Nottingham Royal Concert Hall | |
| 13 November 2011 | Salford | The Lowry | |
| 14 November 2011 | Cardiff | Wales | St Davids Hall |
| 16 November 2011 | Aberdeen | Scotland | Music Hall Aberdeen |
| 17 November 2011 | Newcastle | England | Newcastle City Hall |
| 18 November 2011 | Middlesbrough | Middlesbrough Town Hall | |
| 20 November 2011 | Dundee | Scotland | Caird Hall |
| 21 November 2011 | Glasgow | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | |
| 22 November 2011 | Liverpool | England | Liverpool Philharmonic |
| 23 November 2011 | York | Barbican | |
| 25 November 2011 | Reading | Hexagon | |
| 26 November 2011 | Brighton | Brighton Dome | |
| 27 November 2011 | London | Royal Festival Hall | |
| 29 November 2011 | Newcastle | Newcastle City Hall | |
| 30 November 2011 | Metro Radio Arena |
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