I Love You Tour

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I Love You Tour
Tour by Diana Ross
DRoss 2006TourPoster.jpg
Associated album I Love You
Start dateOctober 30, 2006 (2006-10-30)
End dateMay 31, 2008 (2008-05-31)
Legs5
No. of shows
  • 3 in Australia
  • 34 in North America
  • 9 in Europe
  • 56 total
Diana Ross concert chronology

The I Love You Tour was a concert tour by American singer Diana Ross in support of her twenty-fourth studio album, I Love You . The tour began in October 2006 in Australia and eventually visited North America and Europe.

Contents

Opening act

Setlist

The following setlist is obtained from the November 4, 2007 concert, held at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, California. It does not represent all concerts during the tour. [1]

  1. "Overture" (contains elements of "Take Me Higher")
  2. "I'm Coming Out"
  3. "My World Is Empty Without You" / "Where Did Our Love Go" / "Baby Love" / "Stop! In the Name of Love" / "You Can't Hurry Love"
  4. "Instrumental Sequence"
  5. "Touch Me in the Morning"
  6. "Love Hangover"
  7. "The Boss"
  8. "It's My House"
  9. "Love Child"
  10. "What About Love"
  11. "I'm Still Waiting"
  12. "Upside Down"
  13. "Ease on Down the Road"
  14. "Instrumental Sequence"
  15. "Fine and Mellow"
  16. "Don't Explain"
  17. "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"

Encore

  1. "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)"
  2. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
  3. "I Will Survive"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
Australia
October 30, 2006 Melbourne Australia Regent Theatre
November 1, 2006 [A] Flemington Racecourse Forum
November 3, 2006 Sydney Capitol Theatre
North America
April 5, 2007 Mashantucket United States Fox Theater
April 6, 2007New York City WaMu Theatre
April 7, 2007 Atlantic City Borgata Event Center
April 9, 2007 Red Bank Count Basie Theatre
April 11, 2007 Niagara Falls Canada Avalon Ballroom
April 12, 2007
April 13, 2007 Mount Pleasant United States Soaring Eagle Concert Hall
April 14, 2007 Chicago Chicago Theatre
April 16, 2007 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
April 19, 2007 Grand Prairie Nokia Live at Grand Prairie
April 20, 2007 [B] Hidalgo Dodge Arena
April 21, 2007 [C] Beaumont Beaumont Civic Center
April 22, 2007 Marksville Mári Center Showroom
April 24, 2007 Hollywood Hard Rock Live
April 25, 2007 Melbourne King Center for the Performing Arts
April 26, 2007 Clearwater Ruth Eckerd Hall
April 28, 2007 [D] Plymouth Trinidad and Tobago Plymouth Recreational Grounds
April 30, 2007HollywoodUnited StatesHard Rock Live
Europe
May 6, 2007 Birmingham England NEC Arena
May 8, 2007 Nottingham Nottingham Arena
May 9, 2007London Wembley Arena
May 11, 2007 Dublin Ireland Point Theatre
May 16, 2007 Newcastle England Metro Radio Arena
May 17, 2007 Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
May 19, 2007 Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis
May 20, 2007 Brussels Belgium Forest National
May 21, 2007ParisFrance Palais des Sports
North America
November 1, 2007 Valley Center United States The Pavilion
November 3, 2007 Santa Rosa Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
November 4, 2007 Oakland Paramount Theatre
November 6, 2007 Phoenix Maricopa County Events Center
November 8, 2007 Santa Ynez Samala Showroom
November 9, 2007 Reno Grand Theatre
November 15, 2007 Highland San Manuel Casino Concert Venue
November 16, 2007 Indio Fantasy Springs Special Events Center
November 20, 2007Los Angeles Gibson Amphitheatre
May 18, 2008 Winnipeg Canada Centennial Concert Hall
May 20, 2008 Edmonton Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
May 21, 2008 Calgary Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
May 23, 2008 Richmond River Rock Show Theatre
May 24, 2008
May 30, 2008 Rama Casino Rama Entertainment Centre
May 31, 2008
Festivals and other miscellaneous appearances
A Melbourne Cup Carnival Chairman's Dinner [2]
B Benefit for El Centro Cultural Mexicano [3]
C Benefit for the Christus Health Foundation
D Plymouth Jazz Festival [4]

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