Mythology Tour

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Mythology Tour
World tour by Barry Gibb
Associated album Mythology
Start date8 February 2013
End date4 June 2014
Legs3
No. of shows6 in Oceania
4 in Europe
6 in North America
16 in Total

The Mythology Tour is the first solo tour by British rock musician and singer-songwriter Barry Gibb formerly of the Bee Gees. It took its name from the Bee Gees' box set of the same name. [1]

Contents

Background

Gibb designed this tour in October 2012 as a celebration of his brothers Robin and Maurice. Gibb commented about the tour: "I am absolutely thrilled that Australian music lovers have embraced the Mythology Tour so wholeheartedly, given that it's the country where it all began. I am truly humbled by this response and can’t wait to perform these songs again on home soil. [2]

This tour features his son Steve with Maurice's daughter, Samantha. As Gibb told Sydney Morning Herald : "As the place where we started so many years ago, we have always viewed Australia as our home so it is only fitting that we will be kicking off our Mythology tour there". [3] By 5 October 2012, tickets for the tour were planned to go on sale. [4] The tour began on 8 February 2013 with Gibb's concert at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney. [5]

While Gibb performed "Spicks and Specks", there was a mini documentary shown on the video screen. Maurice's daughter, Samantha joined the band to sing "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart". Barry Gibb sang "I Started a Joke" for the first time with Robin singing the rest of the song on the video screen with the band. [6]

In April 2013, Gibb announced his first solo UK tour and that he would play five dates in the United Kingdom and Ireland between 21 September and 3 October. [7] The UK leg of the Mythology tour was promoted by Stuart Galbraith of Kilimanjaro Live. The US leg of the tour started in Boston in May 2014.

Setlist (Australian Leg)

Setlist
  1. "Technicolor Dreams" (music video, except on 27 February)
  2. "Jive Talkin'"
  3. "Lonely Days"
  4. "You Should Be Dancing"
  5. "First of May"
  6. "To Love Somebody"
  7. "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"
  8. "Fever/Stayin' Alive"
  9. "How Deep Is Your Love"
  10. "On Time"
  11. "The Long and Winding Road"
  12. "I've Gotta Get a Message to You"
  13. "Kilburn Towers"
  14. "Playdown"
  15. "Spicks and Specks"
  16. "With the Sun in My Eyes"
  17. "In the Morning"
  18. "Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You"
  19. "I Started a Joke"
  20. "Islands in the Stream"
  21. "Guilty"
  22. "Words"
  23. "Night Fever / More Than a Woman"
  24. "Ordinary Lives"
  25. "Immortality"
  26. "Stayin' Alive" (encore)
Notes

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueReviews
Oceania
8 February 2013SydneyAustralia Sydney Entertainment Centre The AU Review
12 February 2013 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena Take40
16 February 2013 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre Brisbane Times
19 February 2013
23 February 2013 [A] Hawkes Bay New ZealandMission Estate Winery The New Zealand Herald
27 February 2013SydneyAustraliaSydney Entertainment Centre
Europe
21 September 2013 Birmingham England LG Arena The Guardian
25 September 2013 Dublin Ireland The O2 Golden Plec
29 September 2013 Manchester England Phones 4u Arena Manchester Evening News
3 October 2013London The O2 The Telegraph
North America
15 May 2014 Boston United States TD Garden Boston Herald
19 May 2014 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center Live Rock Journal
23 May 2014 Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach Theater Newsday
27 May 2014Chicago United Center Chicage Sun-Times
31 May 2014 Concord Sleep Train Pavilion The Examiner
4 June 2014Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl The Hollywood Reporter
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A This concert was part of the "Mission Estate Winery Concert"

Tour band

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