The Symphony World Tour

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The Symphony World Tour
Tour by Sarah Brightman
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Start date16 January 2008
End date5 April 2009
No. of shows28 in North America
20 in Asia
4 in Latin America
1 in Europe
53 in Total
Sarah Brightman concert chronology

The Symphony World Tour was the fourth worldwide concert tour by English soprano singer Sarah Brightman. The tour started on 4 November 2008 in the city of Monterrey and concluded on 5 April 2009 in Taipei. There were special guests that joined Brightman during select tour dates: Argentinean's Fernando Lima, Italy's Alessandro Safina, and Greece's Mario Frangoulis. The tour concept was a journey through the musical career that Sarah Brightman has had so far (three decades) and includes several high-tech virtual scenery that takes the audience from an enchanted forest, baroque lamps to an atmosphere of fairytales. [1] Much anticipation surrounded The Symphony World Tour especially since the production cost was reportedly more than $2 million and involved more than 100 tons of equipment. [2]

Contents

Set List

  1. Sanvean (Instrumental)
  2. Gothica
  3. Fleurs Du Mal
  4. Let It Rain
  5. Symphony
  6. Forbidden Colours (Interlude)
  7. What A Wonderful World
  8. Dust in the Wind
  9. Nella Fantasia
  10. Hijo de la Luna
  11. La Luna
  12. Sarahbande (Interlude)
  13. Anytime, Anywhere
  14. Storia D'Amore
  15. Canto della Terra (with Mario Frangoulis in the US, Alessandro Safina for the rest of the world)
  16. Attesa

Intermission

  1. You Take My Breath Away
  2. The Phantom of the Opera (with Mario Frangoulis in the US, Alessandro Safina for the rest of the world)
  3. Sarai Qui (with Alessandro Safina)
  4. I've Been This Way Before
  5. Red Riding Hood Rap
  6. First of May
  7. I Believe in Father Christmas
  8. Pasión (with Fernando Lima)
  9. Ave Maria (with Fernando Lima) at some shows
  10. Time to Say Goodbye
  11. Deliver Me
  12. Running
  13. You And Me

Notes

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueAttendanceRevenue
Europe
16 January 2008 Vienna Austria Stephansdom
Latin America
4 November 2008 Monterrey Mexico Arena Monterrey
6 November 2008 Guadalajara Arena VFG 11,974 / 11,974$598,102
8 November 2008 Mexico City Palacio de los Deportes 19,566 / 23,928$1,185,632
9 November 2008
North America
12 November 2008 Dallas United States American Airlines Center
14 November 2008 Orlando UCF Arena 4,620 / 6,152$534,005
15 November 2008 Sunrise BankAtlantic Center 6,830 / 11,795$627,812
16 November 2008 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum 4,594 / 12,483$491,235
18 November 2008 Duluth Arena at Gwinnett Center
19 November 2008 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center
22 November 2008 Mashantucket MGM Grand Theater
23 November 2008 New York City Madison Square Garden 7,151 / 9,949$791,669
24 November 2008 Boston TD Banknorth Garden 4,133 / 6,457$432,337
26 November 2008 Montreal Canada Bell Centre 5,816 / 8,850$436,971
28 November 2008 Ottawa Scotiabank Place
29 November 2008 Hamilton Copps Coliseum
30 November 2008 Toronto Air Canada Centre 7,973 / 8,200$539,371
2 December 2008 Cleveland United States Quicken Loans Arena
3 December 2008 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
4 December 2008 Rosemont Allstate Arena
6 December 2008 Winnipeg Canada MTS Centre
7 December 2008 Regina Brandt Centre
8 December 2008 Calgary Pengrowth Saddledome
10 December 2008 Edmonton Rexall Place 5,401 / 9,800$378,490
12 December 2008 Vancouver General Motors Place
13 December 2008 Victoria Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
14 December 2008 Everett United States Everett Events Center
16 December 2008 Sacramento ARCO Arena 5,228 / 5,722$367,495
17 December 2008 San Jose HP Pavilion 7,492 / 7,792$565,552
19 December 2008 Anaheim Theater at the Honda Center 5,234 / 5,234$542,225
20 December 2008 Inglewood The Forum
21 December 2008 Glendale Jobing.com Arena 5,683 / 5,683$485,993
Asia
23 February 2009 Tokyo Japan Nippon Budokan
25 February 2009 Fukuoka Marine Messe
27 February 2009 Nagoya Nippon Gaishi Hall
2 March 2009 Osaka Osaka-Jo Hall
4 March 2009TokyoNippon Budokan
5 March 2009
7 March 2009 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Plenary Hall
10 March 2009 Jakarta Indonesia Jakarta Convention Center
13 March 2009 Seoul South Korea Olympic Gymnastics Arena
14 March 2009
16 March 2009 Ilsan KINTEX Event Hall
20 March 2009 Busan BEXCO Center
22 March 2009 Beijing China Capital Indoor Stadium
25 March 2009 Nanjing Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre
27 March 2009 Shanghai Shanghai Grand Stage
28 March 2009
30 March 2009 Guangzhou Guangzhou Gymnasium
1 April 2009 Chek Lap Kok Hong Kong AsiaWorld–Arena
4 April 2009 Taipei Taiwan Taipei Arena
5 April 2009
Total101,695 / 134,019 (76%)$7,976,889

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References

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