SWV World Tour

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SWV World Tour

Tour by SWV
Dates	May 1996-August 1996
Legs	8
Shows	35

The SWV world tour was a concert tour performed by the American pop/R&B group SWV. In view and support of the It's About Time and New Beginnings albums , the stadium and arena tour ran in May of 1996 to August 1996. It covered North America, Europe, Africa and some parts of Asia. Though on some of the tour spots, mostly Africa and Asia, they opened for Bobby Brown and Michael Jackson.

[edit] History

SWV the Pop/R&B sensation went on worldwide tour for the second time after their previous year Weak Tour in the UK. SWV entertained full stadiums, arenas, parks, clubs and other forms of entertainment places. The tour cost more than 1,000,000 dollars because of some of the places SWV went to and who they entertained. In the first 2 weeks of July SWV opened for Michael Jackson in Africa and Asia. All though some of SWV tours were not sold out, most were. SWV had previously been given a Hollywood Star of Fame in Los Angeles, so they were all geared up for the tour. SWV were interviewed by many radio stations, news stations, magazines like People, Jet, and many others while doing the tours. SWV met with the leaders of all the places they've went to including the President of Angola with Michael Jackson.