Take the Crown Stadium Tour

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Take the Crown Stadium Tour
Tour by Robbie Williams
RobbieW TaketheCrownTourPoster.jpg
Promotional poster for the tour
LocationEurope
Associated album Take the Crown
Start date14 June 2013
End date25 August 2013
No. of shows26
Supporting act(s) Olly Murs
Robbie Williams concert chronology

The Take the Crown Stadium Tour was a concert tour by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams in promotion of his ninth studio album Take the Crown [1] The tour was his first solo tour since the Close Encounters Tour (2006). [2] In July 2013, the tour ranked 35th on Pollstar's annual "Top 100 Mid Year Worldwide Tours". It earned $20 million from nine shows. [3]

Contents

Opening acts

Williams at the Etihad Stadium, June 2013 TakeTheCrownTourStage.jpg
Williams at the Etihad Stadium, June 2013

Setlist

  1. "Hey Wow Yeah Yeah"
  2. "Let Me Entertain You" (contains elements of "I Want to Take You Higher")
  3. "Monsoon"
  4. "Not Like The Others"
  5. "Minnie The Moocher"
  6. "Kids" (performed with Olly Murs)
  7. "Sin Sin Sin"
  8. "Bodies"
  9. "Come Undone" (contains elements of "Walk on the Wild Side" and "Never Forget")
  10. "Everything Changes"
  11. "Strong"
  12. "Gospel"
  13. "Be a Boy" (contains elements of "Use Somebody")
  14. "Millennium"
  15. "Better Man"
  16. "Sexed Up"
  17. "Me and My Monkey"
  18. "Candy" (contains elements of "Billie Jean" and "Blitzkrieg Bop" )
  19. "Hot Fudge" (contains elements of "Listen to the Music") / "Rudebox" (contains elements of "Vogue")
  20. "Rock DJ"
Encore
  1. "Feel"
  2. "She's the One"
  3. "Angels"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
Europe [5]
14 June 2013 Dublin Ireland Aviva Stadium
18 June 2013 Manchester England Etihad Stadium
19 June 2013
21 June 2013
22 June 2013
25 June 2013 Glasgow Scotland Hampden Park
26 June 2013
29 June 2013 London England Wembley Stadium
30 June 2013
2 July 2013
5 July 2013
10 July 2013 Gelsenkirchen Germany Veltins-Arena
13 July 2013 Amsterdam Netherlands Amsterdam Arena
17 July 2013 Vienna Austria Trabrennbahn Krieau
20 July 2013 Gothenburg Sweden Ullevi
22 July 2013 Copenhagen Denmark Parken Stadium
23 July 2013
27 July 2013 Hanover Germany AWD-Arena
31 July 2013 Milan Italy San Siro
3 August 2013 Brussels Belgium Stade Roi Baudouin
7 August 2013 Munich Germany Olympic Stadium
11 August 2013 Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena
13 August 2013 Zagreb Croatia Stadion Maksimir
16 August 2013 Zürich Switzerland Letzigrund
20 August 2013 Tallinn Estonia Tallinn Song Festival Grounds
25 August 2013 Stavanger Norway Viking Stadion

DVD release

In July 2013, it was revealed the concert at the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds in Tallinn, Estonia will be live-streamed in numerous cinemas in Europe. [6] Believed to be called "The Experience: Live from Tallinn", a trailer for the event was released on Williams' YouTube channel. [7] Footage for the trailer was obtained from his shows at Wembley Stadium. Also featured on the channel are behind the scenes vignettes for each concert location. On 5 December 2014 the concert recorded in Estonia was released on commercial video release in both Blu-ray and DVD formats, Robbie Williams – Live in Tallinn.

Notes

1. ^ Data from study is collected from all worldwide concerts held between 1 January – 30 June 2012. All monetary figures are based in US dollars. All information is based upon extensive research conducted by Pollstar.

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