Rainbow World Tour

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Rainbow World Tour
Image:rainbow tour.jpg
Tour by Mariah Carey
Start date February 14, 2000
End date April 18, 2000
Legs 3
Shows 6 in Europe
4 in Asia
9 in North America
19 in Total
Mariah Carey tour chronology
Butterfly World Tour
(1998)		 Rainbow World Tour
(2000)		 Charmbracelet World Tour
(2003-2004)

The Rainbow World Tour was a worldwide arena concert tour in the year 2000 by American pop/R&B artist Mariah Carey.

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[edit] History

Carey had released her ninth album Rainbow in November 1999 and decided to go on tour to promote it. Unlike her previous outing, the Butterfly World Tour, marked Carey's first tour in the US in 7 years since her 1993 Music Box Tour garnered a flurry of bad initial reviews. In addition to visiting more European countries, Carey also visited Singapore for the first time.

The tour grossed $7 million from the North American dates alone, according to Billboard. Critical reaction was mixed at best, especially in the United States. A lot of people reproached her of having a tired and hoarse voice during this tour.[citation needed] Of the debut American performance at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Variety said: "Mariah Carey's show begs for either simplicity or coherency."[1] Of the United Center performance, and reflecting that this was the first time Mariah was scantily clad touring, The Chicago Sun-Times said that Carey had "been transformed from a wannabe Whitney to a wannabe Britney," and called her approach to concert performance "difficult to fathom." [2]

The final three dates of the tour were pushed back a bit (Boston from April 4 to April 13, for example) after Carey got food poisoning from eating raw oysters after the concert in Atlanta.[3]

[edit] The Show

During this tour, Mariah debuted new songs from the Rainbow album such as: "Can't Take That Away", "Heartbreaker", "Petals", "Thank God I Found You" and much more, including some of her biggest hits.

Once again, longtime friend Trey Lorenz was featured as a backup singer for Mariah.

The Toronto concert was filmed and scheduled to air on US television, but that never happened. Mariah even mentioned during the show it was being filmed.

Missy Elliot made a special appearance at the New York show during Heartbreaker

[edit] Set list

  1. Introduction Medley: "Rainbow" / "Butterfly"
  2. "Emotions"
  3. "My All"
  4. "Dreamlover"
  5. "X-Girlfriend"
  6. "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"
  7. "Without You" (Europe Only)
  8. "Make It Happen" (Europe Only)
  9. "Thank God I Found You" (with Trey Lorenz)
  10. "Make You Happy" (Trey Lorenz)
  11. "Fantasy (Remix)"
  12. "Always Be My Baby"
  13. "Crybaby"
  14. "Close My Eyes"
  15. "Petals"
  16. "Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)"
  17. "Heartbreaker"
  18. "Honey"
  19. Encore: "Vision of Love"
  20. "Rainbow (Interlude)"
  21. "Hero"
  22. "Butterfly" (Outro)
  23. "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (Japan Only)

[edit] Band

Vernon Black, Eric Daniels (keyboards), Sam Simms, Gregory Gonaway, Marco Oliveria, Michael McKnight, Trey Lorenz (backing and featured vocals), Melonia Daniels, Lloyd Smith, MaryAnn Tatum (backing vocals), Tracy Harris.

[edit] Tour dates

Europe
Date City Country Venue
February 14 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis
February 17 Milan Italy Fila Forum
February 20 Koln Germany Kölnarena
February 23 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
February 26 London England Wembley Arena
February 29 Madrid Spain Palacio de Deportes
Asia
Date City Country Venue
March 4 Osaka Japan Osaka Dome
March 7 Tokyo Japan Tokyo Dome
March 9 Tokyo Japan Tokyo Dome
March 13 Singapore Singapore Singapore National Stadium
North America
Date City Country Venue
March 16 Los Angeles United States Staples Center
March 18 Las Vegas United States Thomas & Mack Center
March 21 San Jose United States San Jose Arena
March 25 Chicago United States United Center
March 29 Miami United States American Airlines Arena
April 1 Atlanta United States Philips Arena
April 11 New York United States Madison Square Garden
April 13 Boston United States Fleet Center
April 18 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre

[edit] References

  1. ^ Variety magazine, Staples Center concert review, March 27, 2000.
  2. ^ Chicago Sun-Times, Mariah Carey at United Center, March 27, 2000.
  3. ^ Mariah Carey 4/13/00 Boston, MA Concert Review

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