Divine Intervention Tour

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Divine Intervention Tour
Tour by Bette Midler
Associated album It's the Girls!
Start dateMay 8, 2015 (2015-05-08)
End dateJuly 19, 2015 (2015-07-19)
Legs2
No. of shows
  • 26 in North America
  • 6 in Europe
  • 32 in total
Box office$36,643,276
Bette Midler concert chronology

The Divine Intervention Tour was the tenth concert tour by American singer, songwriter, actress, comedian, and film producer Bette Midler. The tour started on May 8, 2015 in Hollywood, Florida, and concluded on July 19, 2015 in London, England. The tour traveled through North America, specifically the United States and Canada, and Europe, specifically parts of England and Scotland.

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This was Midler's first global tour in over a decade, and promoted her October 2014 album It is the Girls! [1]

David Warner of Creative Loafing Tampa said of the Tampa show, "...the sass, the sashay, the big sound and the unabashed emotion were all in such top form that you couldn’t help but marvel: This woman's how old? [2]

Set list

Midler (in her "Winifred Sanderson" costume) performing at her Chicago concert on June 18 Bette Midler 2015 (2).jpg
Midler (in her "Winifred Sanderson" costume) performing at her Chicago concert on June 18

This set list is representative of the show on May 8, 2015. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour. [3]

  1. "Divine Intervention"
  2. "I Look Good"
  3. "I've Still Got My Health"
  4. "Tenderly"
  5. "Throw It Away"
  6. "Be My Baby"
  7. "Tell Him"
  8. "He's Sure the Boy I Love"
  9. "Da Doo Ron Ron"
  10. "Bei Mir Bist du Schön"
  11. "Waterfalls"
  12. "Teach Me Tonight"
  13. "Everybody Knows"
  14. "I Think It's Going to Rain Today"
  15. "I Put a Spell on You"
  16. "Optimistic Voices"
  17. "Bird in the Hand"
  18. "Beast of Burden"
  19. "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most"
  20. "Miss Otis Regrets"
  21. "The Rose"
  22. "From a Distance"
  23. "Stay With Me"
  24. "Wind Beneath My Wings"
  25. "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
  26. "Friends" (Final 4 shows only)
  27. "Soul to Soul" (The Temptations cover) (Final show London July 19)

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
DateCityCountryVenueAttendanceRevenue
Leg 1 – North America [4]
May 8, 2015 Hollywood, Florida United States Hard Rock Live 10,211 / 10,211$1,350,280
May 9, 2015
May 11, 2015 Tampa Amalie Arena 8,153 / 8,153$940,398
May 13, 2015 Atlanta Philips Arena 7,058 / 7,058$703,777
May 16, 2015 New Orleans Smoothie King Center 8,005 / 8,005$872,047
May 18, 2015 Houston Toyota Center 7,917 / 7,917$1,056,457
May 20, 2015 Denver Pepsi Center 6,929 / 6,929$784,039
May 22, 2015 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena 6,762 / 6,762$1,250,673
May 24, 2015 Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena 7,044 / 7,044$785,883
May 26, 2015 San Jose SAP Center at San Jose 10,111 / 10,111$1,325,586
May 28, 2015Los Angeles Staples Center 8,235 / 8,235$1,210,042
May 29, 2015 Anaheim Honda Center 8,171 / 8,171$1,025,135
June 1, 2015 Seattle KeyArena at Seattle Center 9,640 / 9,640$1,124,714
June 2, 2015 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena 8,948 / 8,948$946,046
June 5, 2015 Omaha United States CenturyLink Center 6,487 / 6,487$562,019
June 7, 2015 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center 10,136 / 10,136$1,067,509
June 10, 2015 Auburn Hills Palace of Auburn Hills 7,409 / 7,409$814,729
June 12, 2015 Boston TD Garden 10,303 / 10,303$1,416,485
June 13, 2015 Uncasville Mohegan Sun 6,223 / 6,223$821,812
June 16, 2015 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 11,670 / 11,670$1,489,325
June 18, 2015 Chicago United Center 10,950 / 10,950$1,477,074
June 20, 2015 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 11,231 / 11,231$1,223,780
June 22, 2015Washington, D.C.United States Verizon Center 10,160 / 10,160$1,446,875
June 25, 2015New York City Madison Square Garden 23,643 / 23,643$3,598,973
June 26, 2015
June 29, 2015 Barclays Center 8,128 / 8,128$946,634
Leg 2 – Europe [5]
July 9, 2015 Birmingham England Barclaycard Arena 10,109 / 10,109$1,279,478
July 11, 2015 Manchester Manchester Arena 11,970 / 11,970$1,477,704
July 13, 2015 Glasgow Scotland The SSE Hydro 9,656 / 9,656$1,274,435
July 15, 2015 Leeds England First Direct Arena 8,893 / 8,893$1,131,364
July 18, 2015London The O2 Arena 22,991 / 22,991$3,240,003
July 19, 2015
Total287,143 / 287,143$36,643,276

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References

  1. ↑ "Bette Midler doesn't miss a beat amid her Divine Intervention tour". Los Angeles Times . May 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Concert Review: Bette Midler's Divine Intervention Tour at the Amalie Arena". May 12, 2015.
  3. ↑ Cohen, Howard (May 8, 2015). "Concert review: Bette Midler's Divine Intervention, a spirited, delightfully profane romp". Miami Herald . Retrieved June 24, 2015.
  4. ↑ Box score:
  5. ↑ "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard . July 22, 2015. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015.
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