Ultimate Tour (Bryan Adams)

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Ultimate Tour
Tour by Bryan Adams
Associated album Ultimate
Start date2 January 2018 (2018-01-02)
End date15 February 2019 (2019-02-15)
Legs5
No. of shows
  • 8 in Oceania
  • 31 in Europe
  • 28 in North America
  • 5 in Asia
  • 75 in total
Bryan Adams concert chronology
  • Get Up Tour
    (2016–2017)
  • The Ultimate Tour
    (2018–2019)
  • Shine a Light Tour
    (2019–2021)

The Ultimate Tour was the nineteenth concert tour by Canadian singer Bryan Adams in support of his sixth compilation album, Ultimate . The tour began in Matakana, New Zealand on 2 January 2018, and is set to conclude in Grand Cayman on 15 February 2019.

Contents

Background

On 3 November 2017, Adams released his sixth compilation album, titled Ultimate. [1] On 13 October 2017, Adams announced the European dates, [2] followed by the Oceania tour dates on 31 October 2017. [3]

Set list

  1. "One Night Love Affair"
  2. "Can't Stop This Thing We Started"
  3. "Run to You"
  4. "Go Down Rockin'"
  5. "Heaven"
  6. "This Time"
  7. "It's Only Love"
  8. "Please Stay"
  9. "Cloud Number Nine"
  10. "You Belong to Me"
  11. "Summer of '69"
  12. "Here I Am"
  13. "When You're Gone"
  14. "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"
  15. "Back to You"
  16. "Somebody"
  17. "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"
  18. "Brand New Day"
  19. "18 til I Die"
  20. "I'm Ready"
  21. "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You"
  22. "Cuts Like a Knife"
Encore
  1. "Ultimate Love"
  2. "I Fought the Law"
  3. "Straight from the Heart"
  4. "All for Love"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
DateCityCountryVenueOpening actsAttendanceRevenue
Oceania [4]
2 January 2018 Matakana New ZealandMatakana Country Park Jordan Luck Band, Dave Dobbyn
4 January 2018 New Plymouth TSB Bowl of Brooklands
6 January 2018 Hawke's Bay Black Barn Vineyard
7 January 2018 Mount Maunganui ASB Baypark Stadium
9 January 2018 Bribie Island AustraliaSandstone Point Hotel Thirsty Merc
10 January 2018 Gold Coast GCCEC Arena
12 January 2018 Geelong Mt Duneed Estate Daryl Braithwaite
Thirsty Merc
13 January 2018 Nagambie Mitchelton Wines
Europe [5]
27 April 2018 Malmö Sweden Malmö Arena N/A
28 April 2018 Gothenburg Partille Arena
29 April 2018 Stockholm Ericsson Globe
1 May 2018 Helsinki Finland Helsinki Ice Hall
2 May 2018 Tallinn Estonia Saku Suurhall
3 May 2018 Riga Latvia Arena Riga
4 May 2018 Kaunas Lithuania Žalgiris Arena
5 May 2018 Warsaw Poland Torwar Hall
21 May 2018 Dublin Ireland 3Arena
22 May 2018
24 May 2018 Manchester England Manchester Arena
25 May 2018 Birmingham Genting Arena
26 May 2018 Glasgow Scotland SSE Hydro
27 May 2018 Leeds England First Direct Arena
29 May 2018 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
30 May 2018 London Wembley Arena
31 May 2018 The O2 Arena
North America [6]
5 June 2018 Victoria Canada Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre N/A
6 June 2018 Vancouver Rogers Arena 13,031 / 13,031$819,967
8 June 2018 Edmonton Rogers Place
9 June 2018 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
10 June 2018 Kelowna Prospera Place
12 June 2018 Morrison United States Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Europe
17 June 2018 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome N/A
18 June 2018 Hamburg Germany Barclaycard Arena
19 June 2018 Mannheim SAP Arena
20 June 2018 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
22 June 2018 Cologne Germany Lanxess Arena
23 June 2018 Brussels Belgium Palais 12
24 June 2018 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg Rockhal
North America [7]
1 July 2018 Timmins Canada Hollinger Park
3 July 2018 Windsor Colosseum at Caesars Windsor
4 July 2018 Orillia Casino Rama Entertainment Centre
5 July 2018 Ottawa LeBreton Flats
27 July 2018 St. Johns Mile One Centre
28 July 2018
29 July 2018 Highland Park United States Ravinia Pavilion
30 July 2018 Sydney Canada Centre 200
31 July 2018 Summerside Consolidated Credit Union Place
3 August 2018 Toronto Scotiabank Arena
5 August 2018 Wolf Trap United States Filene Center
Asia [8]
9 October 2018 Ahmedabad India Sardar Patel Stadium Rushil Ranjan/Abi Sampa
11 October 2018 Hyderabad Hitex Exhibition CentreThreeory Band
12 October 2018 Mumbai JioGarden Harshdeep Kaur
13 October 2018 Bangalore Ozone Urbana Aditi Singh Sharma
14 October 2018 New Delhi Leisure Valley ParkHarshdeep Kaur
Europe [9]
22 November 2018 Ljubljana Slovenia Arena Stožice
23 November 2018 Padua Italy Gran Teatro Geox
24 November 2018 Montichiari PalaGeorge
25 November 2018 Salzburg Austria Salzburgarena
27 November 2018 Nuremberg Germany Arena Nuremberg
28 November 2018 Leipzig Arena Leipzig
29 November 2018 Ostrava Czech Republic Ostravar Aréna
North America [10]
22 January 2019 Moncton CanadaAvenir Centre
23 January 2019 Halifax Scotiabank Centre
25 January 2019 Quebec City Videotron Centre
26 January 2019 Montreal Bell Centre
27 January 2019 Kingston Leon's Centre
29 January 2019 Oshawa Tribute Communities Centre
30 January 2019 Kitchener Kitchener Memorial Auditorium
31 January 2019 London Budweiser Gardens
1 February 2019 St. Catharines Meridian Centre
15 February 2019 George Town Cayman Islands Seven Mile Beach

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