The Breakaway Tour

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The Breakaway Tour
Tour by Kelly Clarkson
KellyClarkson BreakawayTourPoster.jpg
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album Breakaway
Start dateMarch 30, 2005
End dateMarch 23, 2006
Legs3
No. of shows38 in North America
8 in Australia
19 in Europe
65 Total
Kelly Clarkson concert chronology
Hazel Eyes Tour
(2005)
The Breakaway Tour
(2005–2006)
Addicted Tour
(2006)

The Breakaway Tour was the first headlining concert tour by American pop recording artist Kelly Clarkson. It began on March 30, 2005, in Tulsa, Oklahoma and finished on March 23, 2006, in Vienna, Austria. [1] The tour promoted her second studio album, Breakaway (2004), and this was her first tour to visit Australia and Europe. This was the first of three tours to promote Breakaway. Clarkson went on to embark on the Hazel Eyes Tour in North America before and in between the Australian and European legs of this tour.

Contents

Background

The North American leg of the tour was announced in February 2005. [2] In September 2005, the Australian leg was announced. [3]

Opening acts

Setlist

  1. "Since U Been Gone"
  2. "Walk Away"
  3. "Gone"
  4. "Low"
  5. "Just Missed the Train"
  6. "What's Up Lonely"
  7. "Thankful"
  8. "The Trouble with Love Is"
  9. "Don't"
  10. "Covers medley: "Piece of My Heart" / "The Thrill Is Gone" / "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
  11. "Beautiful Disaster"
  12. "Addicted"
  13. "Because of You"
  14. "Where is Your Heart"
  15. "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
Encore
  1. "Miss Independent"
  2. "A Moment Like This"
  3. "Breakaway"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
North America [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
March 30, 2005 Tulsa United States Chapman Music Hall
March 31, 2005 Kansas City Midland Theatre
April 2, 2005 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium Music Hall
April 5, 2005 Milwaukee Riverside Theater
April 6, 2005 Minneapolis State Theatre
April 8, 2005 Indianapolis Murat Theatre
April 9, 2005 Cleveland Palace Theatre at Playhouse Square
April 11, 2005 Columbus Palace Theatre
April 12, 2005 Detroit State Theatre
April 14, 2005 Rosemont Rosemont Theatre
April 16, 2005 Toronto Canada Massey Hall
April 17, 2005 Kitchener Raffi Armenian Theatre
April 19, 2005 London John Labatt Centre
April 21, 2005 Montreal Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
April 22, 2005 Boston United States Orpheum Theatre
April 24, 2005 Wallingford CareerBuilder.com Oakdale Theater
April 25, 2005 Newark Prudential Hall
April 27, 2005 New York City Hammerstein Ballroom
April 28, 2005 Providence Providence Performing Arts Center
April 30, 2005 Upper Darby Township Tower Theatre
May 1, 2005 Washington, D.C. DAR Constitution Hall
May 3, 2005 Clemson Littlejohn Coliseum
May 4, 2005 Atlanta Fox Theatre
May 6, 2005 Boca Raton Count de Hoernle Amphitheater
May 7, 2005 Clearwater Ruth Eckerd Hall
May 9, 2005 Houston Verizon Wireless Theater
May 10, 2005 Grand Prairie Nokia Live
May 13, 2005 [A] Chula Vista Coors Amphitheatre
May 14, 2005 [B] Anaheim Angel Stadium
May 16, 2005 Phoenix Dodge Theatre
May 18, 2005Los Angeles Wiltern Theatre
May 19, 2005
May 21, 2005 [C] New York City Rumsey Playfield
May 22, 2005 East Rutherford Izod Center
May 24, 2005 San Jose San Jose Civic Auditorium
May 26, 2005 Seattle Paramount Theatre
May 28, 2005 Portland Schnitzer Concert Hall
May 29, 2005 Vancouver Canada Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Australia [3]
November 4, 2005 Perth Australia Challenge Stadium
November 6, 2005 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
November 9, 2005 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
November 10, 2005 Geelong Geelong Arena
November 12, 2005 Wollongong Wollongong Entertainment Centre
November 15, 2005 Canberra AIS Arena
November 16, 2005 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre
November 18, 2005 Newcastle Newcastle Entertainment Centre
Europe [10]
February 17, 2006 Manchester England Carling Apollo Manchester
February 18, 2006 Glasgow Scotland Clyde Auditorium
February 20, 2006 Newcastle England Metro Radio Arena
February 22, 2006 London Hammersmith Apollo
February 25, 2006 Bournemouth Windsor Hall
February 27, 2006 Birmingham National Indoor Arena
February 28, 2006 Cardiff Wales Cardiff International Arena
March 2, 2006 Dublin Ireland Point Theatre
March 5, 2006LondonEnglandHammersmith Apollo
March 6, 2006
March 7, 2006 Nottingham Nottingham Arena
March 9, 2006 Sheffield Hallam FM Arena
March 10, 2006Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena
March 12, 2006 Brussels Belgium Forest National
March 13, 2006 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall
March 18, 2006 Cologne Germany Palladium
March 21, 2006BerlinColumbiahalle
March 22, 2006 Munich Zenith Kulturhalle
March 23, 2006 Vienna Austria Planet.tt Bank Austria Halle


Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A This concert was a part of "Channel 933's Your Show"
B This concert was a part of "Wango Tango"
C This concert was a part of "Beauty Live"

Canceled shows

DateCityCountryVenueReason
November 20, 2005 Christchurch New Zealand WestpacTrust Centre Vocal rest due to strained vocal cords. [11]
November 22, 2005 Auckland Logan Campbell Centre

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