The Circle Tour

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The Circle Tour
World tour by Bon Jovi
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Promotional poster for 2010 São Paulo concert
LocationNorth America, Europe, South America, Asia, Oceania
Associated album The Circle
Start dateFebruary 11, 2010
End dateDecember 19, 2010
Legs6
No. of shows52 in North America
15 in Europe
7 in Latin America
9 in Oceania
2 in Asia
85 in total
Box officeUS $201.1 million ($280.98 in 2023 dollars) [1]
Bon Jovi concert chronology

The Circle Tour was a worldwide concert tour in 2010 by American rock band Bon Jovi to promote their 11th studio album The Circle (2009). [2] The tour started in North America and progressed to Europe, South America, Asia and Australia. It included a 12-night run at the O2 Arena in London and four nights in East Rutherford, New Jersey to celebrate the opening of the Meadowlands Stadium. The tour was the #1 top-grossing concert tour for 2010 in the United States.

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Bon Jovi also played a free performance for fans and former season ticket holders of the Jon Bon Jovi-owned arena football team The Philadelphia Soul on March 24, 2010, a few hours before the band's show at Philadelphia's Wachovia Center. The band ended the first year of the tour in Australasia, playing two shows in New Zealand and eight shows in Australia. [3]

Background

Bon Jovi started the stadium leg of the 2010 Circle Tour by playing the inaugural show at the New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Three sold-out shows on May 26, 27, and 29 prompted the addition of another tour date at the venue at the start of the second North American leg on July 9.

The band played a free performance for fans and former season ticket holders of the Jon Bon Jovi-owned arena football team The Philadelphia Soul on March 24, a few hours before the band's show at Philadelphia's Wachovia Center. On June 7 they became the first band to play on the roof of the O2 Arena in London, England. The performance was shown outside on a large screen with a PA system. Trained mountaineers helped the group to reach the top of the roof, which was 58 meters above the ground.

The tour featured a circle-shaped stage with five large robots, choreographed to move with the music and onstage production, which each had a 6' by 9' Nocturne/ Vidicon LED screen attached to their articulated arms. They were provided by RoboScreen and designed by Andy Flessas. [4]

Opening acts

Bon Jovi held a contest, called SuperBAND Tonight, in which North American bands competed for a chance to perform as their opening act at some of the concerts. [5] The winners were announced in a press release. More information can be found at: Bon Jovi's The Circle Tour Announces Winners of Contest.

Setlist

Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora on stage Bon Jovi O2 Arena Circle Tour.JPG
Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora on stage
  1. Blood on Blood
  2. We Weren't Born to Follow
  3. You Give Love a Bad Name
  4. Born to Be My Baby
  5. Lost Highway
  6. Whole Lot of Leavin'
  7. When We Were Beautiful
  8. Superman Tonight
  9. We Got It Goin' On
  10. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
  11. Bad Medicine (with snippets of Shout)
  12. It's My Life
  13. Lay Your Hands on Me (Richie Sambora on lead vocals)
  14. (You Want to) Make a Memory
  15. Bed of Roses
  16. I'll Be There For You
  17. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night (acoustic)
  18. Keep the Faith
  19. Work for the Working Man
  20. Who Says You Can't Go Home
  21. Love's the Only Rule
Encore:
  2. Runaway
  4. Wanted Dead or Alive
  6. Livin' on a Prayer

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
North America
February 11, 2010 Honolulu United States Blaisdell Arena Kings of Spade
Mike Corrado Band		15,291 / 15,291$1,496,330
February 12, 2010
February 19, 2010 Seattle KeyArena Dashboard Confessional 26,917 / 26,917$2,412,550
February 20, 2010
February 22, 2010 San Jose HP Pavilion at San Jose 14,244 / 14,244$1,361,125
February 24, 2010 Glendale Jobing.com Arena 13,973 / 13,973$1,416,502
February 26, 2010 Anaheim Honda Center 27,024 / 27,024$2,654,472
February 27, 2010
March 2, 2010 Sacramento ARCO Arena 14,337 / 14,337$1,187,851
March 4, 2010 Los Angeles Staples Center 16,698 / 16,698$1,737,009
March 6, 2010 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena 14,803 / 14,803$2,666,025
March 8, 2010 Denver Pepsi Center 14,934 / 14,934$1,314,691
March 9, 2010 Omaha Qwest Center Omaha 14,980 / 14,980$1,122,623
March 11, 2010 Wichita Intrust Bank Arena 13,675 / 13,675$1,064,673
March 13, 2010 Fargo Fargodome 22,398 / 22,398$1,515,395
March 15, 2010 Kansas City Sprint Center 15,792 / 15,792$1,318,327
March 17, 2010 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills Dashboard Confessional

Kid Rock

18,663 / 18,663$1,326,375
March 19, 2010 Montreal Canada Bell Centre Dashboard Confessional37,526 / 37,526$4,024,240
March 20, 2010
March 23, 2010 Philadelphia United States Wachovia Center 36,697 / 36,697$3,421,575
March 24, 2010
March 26, 2010 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena 20,324 / 20,324$2,444,366
March 27, 2010
March 29, 2010 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center 17,287 / 17,287$1,860,756
April 7, 2010 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center Select Three
Four Forty
Alison Scott		32,574 / 32,574$2,768,554
April 8, 2010
April 10, 2010 Dallas American Airlines Center The Dallahachie Boys
The Zack King Band		33,032 / 33,032$3,352,099
April 11, 2010
April 13, 2010 Tulsa BOK Center Dashboard Confessional17,053 / 17,053$1,276,475
April 15, 2010 Atlanta Philips Arena 16,510 / 16,510$1,815,719
April 17, 2010 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum 18,298 / 18,298$1,777,817
April 18, 2010 Sunrise BankAtlantic Center 17,808 / 17,808$1,803,620
April 21, 2010 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 15,925 / 15,925$1,623,900
April 22, 2010 Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena 16,913 / 16,913$1,499,578
May 19, 2010 Hershey Hersheypark Stadium Fuel 24,956 / 24,956$1,691,915
May 26, 2010 East Rutherford New Meadowlands Stadium Train
Gavin DeGraw
OneRepublic
Kid Rock 		206,099 / 206,099 [a] $21,386,437 [a]
May 27, 2010
May 29, 2010
Europe
June 4, 2010 Madrid Spain Ciudad del Rock ———
June 5, 2010 Scheveningen Netherlands Royal Beach
June 7, 2010 London England The O2 Arena OneRepublic
Kid Rock		187,696 / 187,696 [b] $18,178,036 [b]
June 8, 2010
June 10, 2010
June 11, 2010OneRepublic
June 13, 2010OneRepublic
Kid Rock
June 16, 2010 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy OneRepublic15,906 / 15,906$1,395,370
June 17, 2010LondonEnglandThe O2 ArenaOneRepublic
Kid Rock		 [b] [b]
June 19, 2010
June 20, 2010
June 22, 2010
June 23, 2010
June 25, 2010
June 26, 2010
North America
July 9, 2010East RutherfordUnited StatesNew Meadowlands StadiumTrain
Gavin DeGraw
OneRepublic
Kid Rock		 [a] [a]
July 11, 2010 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center Soraia 14,625 / 14,625$998,776
July 12, 2010 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes 14,065 / 14,065$1,036,312
July 14, 2010 Calgary Canada Pengrowth Saddledome Zoo Lion

Kid Rock

15,859 / 15,859$1,949,462
July 15, 2010 Edmonton Commonwealth Stadium Kid Rock40,451 / 40,451$2,811,477
July 17, 2010 Winnipeg Canad Inns Stadium 36,865 / 36,865$2,890,829
July 20, 2010 Toronto Rogers Centre 85,494 / 85,494$6,976,612
July 21, 2010
July 23, 2010 Louisville United States Churchill Downs ———
July 24, 2010 Foxborough Gillette Stadium Kid Rock51,138 / 51,138$4,418,585
July 28, 2010 Regina Canada Mosaic Stadium 33,070 / 33,070$2,969,495
July 30, 2010 Chicago United States Soldier Field 95,959 / 95,959$8,606,259
July 31, 2010
Latin America
September 24, 2010 Mexico City Mexico Foro Sol Moderatto 44,124 / 44,124$2,972,317
September 26, 2010 San José Costa Rica Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá ———
September 29, 2010 Lima Peru Estadio Universidad San Marcos Jhovan45,193 / 45,193$3,415,764
October 1, 2010 Santiago Chile Estadio Nacional de Chile Lucybell 46,983 / 46,983$3,069,075
October 3, 2010 Buenos Aires Argentina River Plate Stadium Los Tipitos 37,633 / 37,633$4,222,698
October 6, 2010 São Paulo Brazil Estádio do Morumbi Fresno 55,833 / 55,833$5,537,022
October 8, 2010 Rio de Janeiro Praça da Apoteose 15,529 / 32,400$1,718,300
North America
October 15, 2010 Gulf Shores United StatesGulf Shores Public Beach———
November 9, 2010Washington, D.C. Late Show with David Letterman CBS ———
November 10, 2010 New York City Times Square Best Buy———
Asia
November 30, 2010 Tokyo Japan Tokyo Dome —60,313 / 60,313$8,054,976
December 1, 2010
Oceania [9]
December 4, 2010 Wellington New Zealand Westpac Stadium Black River Drive 18,692 / 18,692$2,710,672
December 5, 2010 Auckland Vector Arena —10,755 / 10,755$1,756,427
December 7, 2010 Perth Australia Patersons Stadium Village Kid 29,644 / 29,644$4,620,178
December 10, 2010 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena The Scarlets14,723 / 14,723$3,558,135
December 11, 2010 Etihad Stadium 54,414 / 54,414$8,139,185
December 14, 2010 Brisbane Suncorp Stadium The Smart39,424 / 39,424$6,113,852
December 17, 2010 Sydney Sydney Football Stadium October Rage 103,843 / 103,843$15,502,107
December 18, 2010
December 19, 2010
Total1,909,234 / 1,926,105$201,100,000

Personnel

Bon Jovi
Additional personnel

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 The score data is representative of the four shows in East Rutherford, New Jersey at the New Meadowlands Stadium on May 26, May 27, May 29, and July 9 respectively.
  2. 1 2 3 4 The score data is representative of the 12 shows in London, England at the O2 Arena from June 7 through June 26 respectively.

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