Borrowed Heaven tour

Borrowed Heaven Tour

Sharon & Andrea on stage in Berlin
Tour by The Corrs
Associated album Borrowed Heaven
Start date 19 June 2004
End date 2 December 2004
Legs 3
Shows 54 in Europe
15 in America
2 in Canada
altogether 71
The Corrs tour chronology
In Blue Tour
(2000/01)		 Borrowed Heaven Tour
(2004)		 Home Tour
(2005)

The Borrowed Heaven Tour was the most recent tour by The Corrs. This six month tour featured concerts in both the United States and Europe. The Tour was to support their fourth studio album Borrowed Heaven. Two new members joined the group during the tour - Jason Duffy on drums and Kieran Kiely on keyboards. Jason Duffy joined the band after Caroline Corr announced she was pregnant and was unable to cross the Atlantic Ocean for the North American leg. Caroline was moved to percussion which would be easier for her as the months progressed.[1]

Contents

Stage

One of the most spectacular stage set-ups of 2004 belongs to The Corrs, which features a creative configuration of Barco’s newest star product: MiPIX. Launched in September ’03 MiPIX has won several international awards and appeared on stage with stars the likes of Kylie Minogue and Britney Spears. The use of MiPIX on The Corrs’ latest tour confirms the enthusiasm of lighting designers about the creative and flexibility of the product.

“We are very pleased to see that the Barco LED displays will again be centre stage with so many of the world’s foremost artists this summer. Barco’s MiPIX LED system also continues its rise in popularity as a creative, flexible backdrop solution, which can be adapted to suit almost any need in terms of backdrop size, shape and resolution,” says Stephan Paridaen, President Barco Media & Entertainment, adding: “Barco has been developing tailor-made solutions for the event engineering industry for many years and we will continue to focus our R&D efforts to design and develop products and solutions which drive the technological evolution of this industry.”[2]

Sound setup

October and November found The Corrs wheeling through 18 arena dates in seven European countries with a substantial Meyer Sound system provided by England's Canegreen Ltd. The lively Irish band carried a well-rounded selection of self-powered loudspeakers, including MILO high-power curvilinear array, M3D line array, M2D compact curvilinear array, MSL-4 horn-loaded long-throw and UPA-1P compact wide coverage loudspeakers, as well as 700-HP ultrahigh-power subwoofers. Onstage, the players were monitoring through MSL-4s and DS-2P horn-loaded mid-bass loudspeakers, and legacy USM-1 extended range narrow coverage stage monitors. Further support was provided with legacy MSL-2 high-power loudspeakers.

As Canegreen's managing director, Yan Stile, explains, the variety of models of Meyer Sound speakers allowed the band to handle any venue. "We believe that, if you're an artist, you need to have every color in your palette. The Corrs could do anything. In smaller arenas, they could use a couple of hangs of MILO and, if there were bleachers, they could use the M2Ds. If there weren't bleachers, M2Ds could underhang below the MILOs. If they needed to throw a farther distance, they could use the M3Ds."

"MSL-4s and M2Ds were used for infill, for those little areas that you find in European venues," continues Stile. "In Europe, the venues are strangely shaped. You go to the Festhalle in Stuttgart and it's the most ridiculous shape! That's why we supplied every color in the palette."

"The main thing is, the Corrs could go into any venue and they do whatever they wanted to do. It's so evenly dispersed between the different box types that it still sounded fantastic and smooth as you walk between them. It sounded lovely all the way [3]

Support act

Set lists

Additional notes

[7] "Borrowed Heaven" had a release date of June 1 in Canada and June 8 release date for the US. "Borrowed Heaven" is the first studio album the group has released since their platinum certified album "In Blue"

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
Europe[8][9]
June 19, 2004 Bonn Germany Museumsplatz
June 20, 2004 Werchter Belgium TW Classic Festival
June 21, 2004 London United Kingdom Hammersmith Apollo
June 23, 2004 Belfast Odyssey Arena
June 24, 2004
June 26, 2004 Killarney Ireland Fitzgerald Stadium
June 28, 2004 Dublin Point Depot
June 29, 2004
July 2, 2004 Vienna Austria Schloss Schönbrunn
July 5, 2004 Genoa Italy Madza Palace
July 5, 2004 Locarno Switzerland Plazza Grande
July 8, 2004 Montreux Auditorium Stravinski [A]
July 10, 2004 Paris France Le Zénith
July 11, 2004 London United Kingdom Hyde Park, London [B]
July 12, 2004 Liverpool Liverpool Summer Pops
July 15, 2004 Madrid Spain Pozuelo de Alarcón
July 16, 2004 Braga Portugal Estádio Municipal de Braga
July 17, 2004 Santiago de Compostela Spain Auditorio Monte do Gozo [C]
July 19, 2004 Benidorm Plaza de toros
July 21, 2004 Mallorca
North America[10][11]
July 23, 2004 New York City United States Rockfeller Plaza [D]
August 5, 2004 Vancouver Canada Pontiac Theatre
August 6, 2004 Woodinville United States Chateau Ste. Michelle
August 8, 2004 Portland Roseland Theater
August 11, 2004 San Francisco The Warfield
August 12, 2004 Saratoga Mountain Winery
August 14, 2004 Hollywood Kodak Theatre
August 15, 2004 San Diego Humphrey's By The Bay
August 17, 2004 Denver Universal Lending Pavilion
August 19, 2004 Highland Park Ravinia Park [E]
August 21, 2004 Cleveland Time Warner Cable Amphitheater
August 22, 2004 Pittsburgh Chevrolet Amphitheatre
August 24, 2004 New York City China Club
August 25, 2004 Vienna Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
August 27, 2004 Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
August 28, 2004 Boston Bank of America Pavilion
August 30, 2004 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre
Europe[12]
September 11, 2004 London United Kingdom Hyde Park [F]
October 8, 2004 Brighton Brighton Centre
October 9, 2004 Douai France Gayant Expo
October 11, 2004 Paris Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
October 12, 2004 Lyon Halle Tony Garnier
October 14, 2004 Amnéville Galaxie Amneville
October 16, 2004 Brussels Belgium Forest National
October 17, 2004 Oberhausen Germany König-Pilsener Arena
October 19, 2004 Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy
October 20, 2004 Hannover Germany Stadionsporthalle
October 22, 2004 Hamburg Colour Line Arena
October 23, 2004 Berlin Max-Schmeling-Halle
October 25, 2004 Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
October 26, 2004 Frankfurt Festhalle
October 28, 2004 Munich Olympiahalle
October 30, 2004 Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy
October 31, 2004 Milan Italy Palamazda
November 1, 2004 Newcastle United Kingdom Metro Radio Arena
November 2, 2004 Glasgow Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
November 4, 2004 Sheffield Hallam FM Arena
November 5, 2004 Birmingham NEC Arena
November 7, 2004 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena
November 8, 2004 London Wembley Arena
November 10, 2004 Cournon-d'Auvergne France Zénith d'Auvergne
November 13, 2004 Bilbao Spain Bilbao Exhibition Centre
November 16, 2004 Lisbon Portugal Pavilhão Atlântico
November 18, 2004 Seville Spain Auditorio La Cartuja
November 19, 2004 Salamanca Multiusos Sanchez Paraiso
November 21, 2004 Pamplona Plan Sur
November 22, 2004 Toulouse France Le Zenith De Toulouse
November 23, 2004 Marseille Le Dôme
November 26, 2004 Geneva Switzerland SEG Geneva Arena
November 27, 2004 Ischgl Austria Silvretta-S Parkplatz [G]
December 2, 2004 London United Kingdom Bush Hall

Music festivals and other miscellaneous performances

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

Personnel

Band

Management

  • John Hughes (Band Manager)
  • Barry Gaster (Business Management)
  • Caroline Henry (Management Assistant & Band PA)

Crew

  • Henry McGroggan (Tour manager)
  • Ian Calder (Production manager)
  • Nicola Calder (Production Assistant)
  • Liam McCarthy (Lighting Designer)
  • Max Bisgrove (Front of House Sound)
  • Paul Moore (Monitor Engineer)
  • Declan Hogan (Drum Technician)
  • David Vaughan (Guitar Technician)

Sound Technicians

  • George Breacker
  • Jesse Godolphin
  • Mike Nichiman

Lighting Technicians

  • Ray Whelan
  • Richard Griffin
  • Dave Prior
  • Paul Prior

Stylist's

  • Jane Woolfenden (Stylist)
  • Carly Morris (Wardrobe)

Tour Promoters

  • Konzertagentur GMBH - Germany
  • Clear Channel, Belgium - Belgium
  • Rock & More - Austria
  • Good News Productions & Montreaux Jazz Festival - Switzerland
  • Solo & CMP Entertament - United Kingdom
  • Gamerco - Spain
  • Fona Artist - Mallorca
  • Rat des Villes - France
  • CPE Music - Portugal
  • Clear Channel, Italy - Italy
  • Denis Desomond- Ireland
  • Wonderland promoters - Northern Ireland

The Corrs Use...

References

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  2. ^ http://www.barco.com/en/pressrelease/1320/
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  4. ^ http://archives.tcm.ie/thekingdom/2004/04/29/story13239.asp
  5. ^ http://www.mrpeabody.us/cleveland.html
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  11. ^ http://www.thegate.ca/reviews/04534/the-corrs-the-air-canada-centre-toronto/
  12. ^ http://www.borrowedheaven-tour.fr.st/
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