The Heavy Entertainment Show Tour

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The Heavy Entertainment Show Tour
Tour by Robbie Williams
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Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album The Heavy Entertainment Show
Start date2 June 2017
End date17 November 2018
Legs4
No. of shows
  • 32 in Europe
  • 11 in Oceania
  • 3 in South America
  • 2 in North America
  • 48 total
Supporting acts
Box office$62 million (31 shows) [1]
Robbie Williams concert chronology

The Heavy Entertainment Show Tour [2] was the twelfth concert tour by English recording artist Robbie Williams, to support his album The Heavy Entertainment Show . The tour began in England and travelled throughout Europe in Summer 2017, extending in 2018 to Oceania and later that year to South America.

Contents

Background

Robbie has revealed the full list of his 2017 European tour dates. Speaking at a packed press conference, he announced that The Heavy Entertainment Show Tour began in June and visited the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Russia, New Zealand and Australia. The English synth-pop duo Erasure was the opening act at all the concerts in Europe.

Set list

  1. "God Bless Our Robbie" (intro)
  2. "The Heavy Entertainment Show"
  3. "Let Me Entertain You"
  4. "Monsoon" (contained excerpts of "Y.M.C.A.")
  5. "Party Like a Russian"
  6. "Minnie the Moocher" (European and Oceana leg only)
  7. "The Flood" (United Kingdom leg only)
  8. "Freedom! '90"
  9. "Love My Life"
  10. A Cappella Section:
    1. "Livin' on a Prayer"
    2. "Take On Me"
    3. "Rehab"
    4. "The Best"
    5. "Kiss"
    6. "Don't You Want Me"
    7. "Stayin' Alive"
    8. "U Can't Touch This"
    9. "She's the One"
    10. "Old Before I Die"
    11. "Candy"
    12. "Here Comes the Hotstepper"
    13. "You're the One That I Want"
    14. "Come Undone"
    15. "Everything Changes"
    16. "Back for Good"
  11. "Come Undone"
  12. "Never Forget" (United Kingdom leg only)
  13. "Millennium" (European leg only)
  14. "Somethin' Stupid"
  15. "Rudebox"
  16. "Kids"
  17. "Sweet Caroline"
  18. "Motherfucker" (cut into coda of "Hey Jude")
  19. "Seven Nation Army" (European leg only)
  20. "Feel"
  21. "Rock DJ"
  22. "Strong"
  23. "Angels"
  24. "My Way"
Notes

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
DateCityCountryVenueOpening act
Europe [3] [4]
2 June 2017 Manchester England Etihad Stadium Erasure
3 June 2017
6 June 2017 Southampton St Mary's Stadium
9 June 2017 Edinburgh Scotland Murrayfield Stadium
13 June 2017 Coventry England Ricoh Arena
17 June 2017 Dublin Ireland Aviva Stadium
21 June 2017 Cardiff Wales Principality Stadium
23 June 2017 London England London Stadium
26 June 2017 Dresden Germany DDV-Stadion
28 June 2017 Düsseldorf Esprit Arena
1 July 2017 Paris France AccorHotels Arena
4 July 2017 Nijmegen Netherlands Goffertpark
8 July 2017 Werchter Belgium Werchter Festivalpark
11 July 2017 Hanover Germany HDI Arena
14 July 2017 Verona Italy Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
15 July 2017 Lucca Piazza Napoleone
17 July 2017 Barolo Collisioni Festival
19 July 2017 Frankfurt Germany Commerzbank-Arena
22 July 2017 Munich Olympiastadion
25 July 2017 Berlin Waldbühne
26 July 2017
29 July 2017 Stockholm Sweden Tele2 Arena
1 August 2017 Trondheim Norway Granåsen
4 August 2017 Bergen Bergenhus Fortress
7 August 2017 Copenhagen Denmark Telia Parken
10 August 2017 Tampere Finland Tampere Stadium
16 August 2017 Vilnius Lithuania Vingis Park
19 August 2017 Prague Czech Republic Airport Letnany
23 August 2017 Budapest Hungary Groupama Arena
26 August 2017 Vienna Austria Ernst-Happel-Stadion
29 August 2017 Klagenfurt Wörthersee Stadion
2 September 2017 Zürich Switzerland Letzigrund
Oceania [5]
14 February 2018 Auckland New Zealand Spark Arena Tami Neilson
17 February 2018 Dunedin Forsyth Barr Stadium
20 February 2018 Brisbane Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre The Bamboos
22 February 2018 Melbourne Rochford Winery Sheppard
24 February 2018 Rod Laver Arena
25 February 2018
28 February 2018 Sydney Qudos Bank Arena The Bamboos
1 March 2018
3 March 2018 [lower-alpha 1] Geelong Mt Dundeed Estate
4 March 2018 [lower-alpha 2] Adelaide Adelaide Street Circuit
7 March 2018 Perth Perth Arena The Bamboos
South America
5 November 2018 Santiago Chile Movistar Arena
8 November 2018 [lower-alpha 3] Asunción Paraguay Hipódromo de Asunción
10 November 2018 [lower-alpha 4] Buenos Aires Argentina Club Ciudad de Buenos Aires
North America
15 November 2018 Guadalajara Mexico Arena VFG
17 November 2018 [lower-alpha 5] Mexico City Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez

Notes

  1. The show on 3 March 2018 in Geelong is part of the A Day On The Green.
  2. The show on 4 March 2018 in Adelaide is part of the Adelaide 500.
  3. The show on 8 November 2018 in Asunción is part of the Personal Fest.
  4. The show on 10 November 2018 in Buenos Aires is part of the Personal Fest.
  5. The show on 17 November 2018 in Mexico City is part of the Corona Capital.

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts and reason for cancellation
DateCityCountryVenueReason
7 September 2017 Saint Petersburg Russia Ice Palace Due to illness [6]
10 September 2017 Moscow Olympic Stadium

Box office score data

VenueCityTickets sold / availableGross revenue
Etihad StadiumManchester90,173 / 90,173 (100%)$8,136,152 [7] [8]
Aviva StadiumDublin48,623 / 48,623 (100%)$4,567,472 [9] [10]
AccorHotels ArenaParis14,659 / 15,748 (93%)$1,385,023 [11]
GoffertparkNijmegen60,670 / 60,670 (100%)$4,781,805 [12]
WaldbühneBerlin38,544 / 44,580 (86%)$3,576,231 [13]
Spark ArenaAuckland8,936 / 10,716 (83%)$1,088,590 [14]
Forsyth Barr StadiumDunedin13,793 / 15,818 (87%)$1,611,213 [15]
Entertainment CentreBrisbane11,385 / 11,552 (98%)$1,387,110 [16]
Rod Laver ArenaMelbourne23,345 / 25,764 (90%)$3,055,495 [17]
Qudos Bank ArenaSydney21,686 / 23,510 (92%)$2,678,930 [18]
Perth ArenaPerth12,473 / 12,816 (97%)$1,467,770 [19]
TOTAL344,287 / 359,970 (96%)$33,735,791

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