Reptile World Tour

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Reptile World Tour
World concert by Eric Clapton
Associated album Reptile
Start date3 February 2001 (2001-02-03)
End date15 December 2001 (2001-12-15)
No. of shows8 in South America
16 in Asia
35 in Europe
45 in North America
Box office$ 45,000,000 [1]

The Reptile World Tour (sometimes: The Reptile Tour) [2] was a worldwide concert tour by British Rock musician Eric Clapton in support of his album Reptile . [3] [4] The tour began on February 3, 2001 at London's Royal Albert Hall and ended on December 15, 2001 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama. In 2001, Clapton said this was going to be his last major world tour. However, he did perform another world tour in 2011 to support his Clapton album. [5] [6]

Contents

Two shows from this tour were recorded at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on August 18 & 19, 2001. They were later released on both CD and DVD as the live album, One More Car, One More Rider, in November 2002.

Set list

  1. "Key to the Highway"
  2. "Reptile"
  3. "Got You on My Mind"
  4. "Tears in Heaven"
  5. "Bell Bottom Blues"
  6. "Change the World"
  7. "My Father's Eyes"
  8. "River of Tears"
  9. "Going Down Slow"
  10. "She's Gone"
  11. "I Want a Little Girl"
  12. "Badge"
  13. "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man"
  14. "Have You Ever Loved a Woman"
  15. "Cocaine"
  16. "Wonderful Tonight"
  17. "Layla"
  18. "Sunshine of Your Love"
  19. "Over the Rainbow"

Sometimes Clapton performed songs like "It's Alright", "Finally Got Myself Together" and "I Ain't Gonna Stand for It" just when The Impressions were included on concert dates. If the vocal group had not appeared on a gig with Clapton, he did not perform the song. For dates in the North American tour, Billy Preston sang Will It Go Round in Circles.[ citation needed ]

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
DateCityCountryVenueOpening actAttendanceRevenue
Europe
3 February 2001 London England Royal Albert Hall Doyle Bramhall II & Smokestack ——
4 February 2001
6 February 2001
9 February 2001
10 February 2001
12 February 2001 Sheffield Sheffield Arena
14 February 2001 Manchester Evening News Arena
16 February 2001 Birmingham LG Arena
20 February 2001 Lisbon Portugal Pavilhão Atlântico 16,000 [7]
22 February 2001 Madrid Spain Palacio de los Deportes 10,000 [8]
23 February 200110,000 [8]
25 February 2001 Barcelona Palau Sant Jordi 18,000 [9]
26 February 2001 Toulouse France Le Zénith de Toulouse 10,000 [10]
28 February 2001 Florence Italy Florence Palasport 7,500 [11]
2 March 2001 Milan Mediolanum Forum —
3 March 2001 Pesaro BPA Palas
5 March 2001 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion 12,500 [12]
6 March 2001 Stuttgart Germany Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
8 March 2001 Cologne Kölnarena
9 March 2001 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt
20 March 2001 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
21 March 2001
23 March 2001 Ghent Belgium Flanders Expo 12,000 [13]
25 March 2001 Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy Hall Rotterdam —
26 March 2001
28 March 2001 Copenhagen Denmark The Forum Copenhagen 13,600 [14]
29 March 2001
31 March 2001 Gothenburg Sweden Scandinavium 9,000 [15]
1 April 2001 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum 7,000 [16]
3 April 2001 Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe 12,000 [15]
5 April 2001 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Arena 18,000 [17]
6 April 2001
8 April 2001 Saint Petersburg Russia The Ice Palace —
10 April 2001 Moscow Kremlin Convention Centre
11 April 2001
North America
10 May 2001 Dallas United States Reunion Arena Doyle Bramhall II & Smokestack ——
12 May 2001 San Antonio Alamo Dome
14 May 2001 Houston Compaq Center
15 May 2001 New Orleans New Orleans Arena
18 May 2001 Sunrise National Car Rental Center
19 May 2001 Tampa Ice Palace Arena
21 May 2001 Atlanta Philips Arena
22 May 2001 Memphis The Pyramid
24 May 2001 Nashville Gaylord Entertainment Center
25 May 2001 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
27 May 2001 Washington, D.C. MCI Center
30 May 2001 State College Bryce Jordan Center
1 June 2001 Columbus Nationwide Arena
2 June 2001 Indianapolis Conseco Fieldhouse
4 June 2001 Cleveland Gund Arena
6 June 2001 Auburn Hills Palace of Auburn Hills
9 June 2001 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre
11 June 2001 Boston United States Fleet Center
12 June 2001
15 June 2001 Buffalo HSBC Arena
16 June 2001 Albany Pepsi Arena
17 June 2001 Philadelphia First Union Center
21 June 2001 New York Madison Square Garden
22 June 2001
23 June 2001
17 July 2001 St. Paul Xcel Energy Center
19 July 2001 Fargo Fargo Dome
21 July 2001 Milwaukee Bradley Center
22 July 2001 St. Louis Savvis Center
24 July 2001 Chicago United Center
25 July 2001
27 July 2001 Moline Mark of the Quad Cities
28 July 2001 Kansas City Kemper Arena
30 July 2001 Denver Pepsi Center
1 August 2001 Salt Lake City Delta Center
2 August 2001 Nampa Idaho Center
4 August 2001 Seattle KeyArena
5 August 2001 Vancouver Canada General Motors Place
7 August 2001 Portland United States Rose Garden Arena
10 August 2001 Sacramento ARCO Arena
11 August 2001 Oakland Oakland Arena
13 August 2001 Las Vegas Thomas & Mack Center
15 August 2001 Phoenix American West Arena
17 August 2001 Los Angeles Staples Center
18 August 2001
South America
4 October 2001 Santiago Chile Estadio Nacional Miguel "Botafogo" Vilanova ——
6 October 2001 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio River Plate La Mississippi Blues Band & Memphis La Blusera
8 October 2001 Montevideo Uruguay Cilindro Municipal —
10 October 2001 Porto Alegre Brazil Estadio Olimpico Robert Frejat
11 October 2001 São Paulo Estadio do Pacaembu
13 October 2001 Rio de Janeiro Praca de Apoteose
16 October 2001 Caracas Venezuela Estacionamiento del Poliedro Biella Da Costa
19 October 2001 Mexico City Mexico Foro Sol Toto
Asia
19 November 2001 Osaka Japan Osaka-Jo Hall ———
21 November 2001
22 November 2001
24 November 2001 Nagoya Aichiken Taiikukan
26 November 2001 Fukuoka Marine Messe
28 November 2001 Tokyo Nippon Budokan
29 November 2001
30 November 2001
3 December 2001
4 December 2001
5 December 2001
8 December 2001 Sendai Grande 21
10 December 2001 Tokyo Nippon Budokan
11 December 2001
14 December 2001 Yokohama Yokohama Arena
15 December 2001

Cancelled Shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation
DateCityCountryVenueReason
7 February 2001 London England Royal Albert Hall Sore throat and cold [18]

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