Share My World Tour

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Share My World Tour
Tour by Mary J. Blige
Share My World concert tour poster.jpg
Location
  • United States
  • Germany
  • United Kingdom
Associated album Share My World
Start dateSeptember 2, 1997 (1997-09-02)
End dateMay 3, 1998 (1998-05-03)
No. of shows27
Mary J. Blige concert chronology

The Share My World Tour was the first headlining concert tour by American recording artist Mary J. Blige. It was launched in support of her multi-platinum third studio album Share My World (1997), and also contained material from her first and second studio albums What's the 411? (1992) and My Life (1994). The eight-month tour began on September 2, 1997, in the United States and continued through May 3, 1998. Concerts were held in North America and Europe. [1]

Contents

Opening acts

Set list

This setlist is from the show in Universal City, California at the Universal Amphitheatre on April 11, 1998. It does not represent the setlist of the entire tour.

  1. "Announcer" (intro)
  2. "Real Love" / "You Remind Me" / "Reminisce" (Remix)
  3. "Sweet Thing"
  4. "Mary Jane (All Night Long)" / "Love No Limit"
  5. "Summer Madness" (interlude)
  6. "My Life"
  7. "You Gotta Believe" / "Slow Down" / "Mary's Joint" / "I'm the Only Woman"
  8. "Share My World" (interlude)
  9. "I’m Goin’ Down"
  10. "Thank You Lord" (interlude)
  11. "I Can Love You"
  12. "Keep Your Head" (Interlude)
  13. "Everything"
  14. "Seven Days"
  15. "Not Gon' Cry"
Encore
  1. "Missing You"
  2. "Day Dreaming"
  3. "Misty Blue"

Notes

Band

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country and venue
DateCityCountryVenue
North America [3]
August 28, 1997 Buffalo United States Marine Midland Arena
August 29, 1997 Cleveland Gund Arena
August 30, 1997 Philadelphia CoreStates Center
September 1, 1997 Charlotte Independence Arena
September 2, 1997 Memphis Pyramid Arena
September 3, 1997 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
September 4, 1997 Nashville Nashville Arena
September 5, 1997 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
September 6, 1997 Chicago United Center
September 7, 1997 Dayton UD Arena
September 10, 1997 Atlanta Lakewood Amphitheatre
September 11, 1997 Baltimore Baltimore Arena
September 12, 1997 New York City Madison Square Garden
September 13, 1997 Hartford Hartford Civic Center
September 14, 1997 Worcester Worcester's Centrum Centre
September 17, 1997 Pittsburgh Civic Arena
September 18, 1997 Hampton Hampton Coliseum
September 19, 1997 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
September 20, 1997 Orlando Orlando Arena
September 21, 1997 Miami Miami Arena
September 23, 1997 Oklahoma City Myriad Arena
September 24, 1997 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
September 26, 1997 Houston The Summit
September 27, 1997 St. Louis Kiel Center
September 28, 1997 Dallas Starplex Amphitheater
October 1, 1997 Seattle KeyArena
October 2, 1997 Sacramento ARCO Arena
October 3, 1997 San Jose San Jose Arena
October 4, 1997 Inglewood Great Western Forum
October 5, 1997 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
October 6, 1997 San Diego Cox Arena at Aztec Bowl
Europe
November 2, 1997 Brussels Belgium Ancienne Belgique
November 5, 1997 Zürich Switzerland El Cubanito
November 9, 1997 Hamburg Germany CCH-Saal 3
November 11, 1997 Sheffield England Sheffield Arena
November 12, 1997 London Wembley Arena
November 13, 1997
November 14, 1997 Manchester Nynex Arena
November 17, 1997 Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy
North America
March 25, 1998 Detroit United States
[4] [5] [6]
Fox Theatre
March 26, 1998
March 27, 1998 Chicago Arie Crown Theater
March 28, 1998
March 29, 1998AtlantaFox Theatre
March 30, 1998
March 31, 1998 Miami James L. Knight Center
April 2, 1998 Washington, D.C. DAR Constitution Hall
April 3, 1998
April 4, 1998New York City The Theater at Madison Square Garden
April 5, 1998
April 9, 1998 Oakland Paramount Theatre
April 10, 1998
April 11, 1998 Los Angeles Universal Amphitheatre
April 12, 1998
April 13, 1998 Seattle Paramount Theatre
April 16, 1998Pittsburgh Palumbo Center
April 17, 1998 Richmond Landmark Theater
April 18, 1998Philadelphia Mann Center for the Performing Arts
April 19, 1998 Cleveland CSU Convocation Center
Notes

Live album

The Tour
Live album by
ReleasedJuly 28, 1998 (U.S.)
RecordedApril 11 & 12, 1998
Venue Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, California
Genre R&B, Hip-Hop
Length109:18
Label MCA
Producer Mary J. Blige, Lanar Brantley
Mary J. Blige chronology
Share My World
(1997)
The Tour
(1998)
Mary
(1999)

A live album entitled The Tour was released on July 28, 1998 by MCA Records, which reached No. 7 on Billboard's Top R&B Albums and No. 21 on Billboard 200 charts. [7] [8] The album was recorded during Blige's Share My World Tour at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles, California.

Track listing

  1. "Intro" – 0:35
  2. "Real Love" – 1:30
  3. "You Remind Me" – 0:37
  4. "Reminisce" – 2:39
  5. "Sweet Thing" – 4:53
  6. "Mary Jane (All Night Long)" – 2:20
  7. "Love No Limit" – 3;16
  8. "Summer Madness" – 1:42 (Interlude)
  9. "My Life" – 2:21
  10. "You Gotta Believe" – 2:27
  11. "Slow Down" – 1:51
  12. "Mary's Joint" – 1:30
  13. "I'm the Only Woman" – 2:04
  14. "Share My World" – 1:59 (Interlude)
  15. "I'm Goin' Down" – 3:16
  16. "Thank You Lord" – 1:18 (Interlude)
  17. "I Can Love You" – 3:44
  18. "Keep Your Head" (Interlude) – 1:10
  19. "Everything" – 6:34
  20. "Seven Days" – 4:24
  21. "Not Gon' Cry" – 5:37
  22. "Missing You" – 6:47
  23. "Day Dreaming" – 2:49
  24. "Misty Blue" – 5:08
  25. "A Dream" (Japan Bonus Track)

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