Brother Tour

Brother Tour
Tour by Boyzone
Associated album Brother
Start date February 21, 2011 (2011-02-21)
End date August 27, 2011 (2011-08-27)
Legs 2
Shows 25 in the UK and Ireland[1][2]
Boyzone tour chronology
Better Tour
(2009)		 Brother Tour
(2011)

The Brother Tour is the first tour by Irish boy band, Boyzone following the death of Stephen Gately. They will be playing arenas all over the UK and finish with 4 Irish dates including a homecoming show at the O2 in Dublin. Production of the tour cost £1 million.

Contents

Background

At first the band were uncertain about promoting Brother but due to the album's success they decided to go on tour. The tour is going to involve the band singing all of their singles which they have released on top of their songs on the brother album. They promoted the tour on breakfast programme, Daybreak on the 10th February 2011. [3] The band attempted to have a hologram of Stephen Gately but this wasn't possible but there will be pictures of him that have been unseen.[4] The tour made £6,000,000 ($10,000,000) including the four dates remaining and 157,221 fans attended the tour.

Show incidents and events

Keith Duffy fell through a trap door at the Cardiff Gig but he continued until the end and was checked at hospital where there was nothing broken.[5] Comedy duo Ant and Dec performed "When the going gets tough" as part of their programme Ant & Dec's Push The Button on ITV1 from the Boyzone's concert in Cardiff.[6]

DVD Release

A dvd from the 02 Arena in London might be released in the future.[7]

Support Act

Setlist

  1. Too Late for Hallelujah
  2. Love Is A Hurricane
  3. Picture of You
  4. All That I Need
  5. Ruby
  6. Words
  7. When The Going Gets Tough
  8. Gave It All Away
  9. Better
  10. One More Song
  11. Til The Sun Goes Down
  12. Love Me For A Reason
  13. No Matter What
  14. You Needed Me
  15. Love You Anyway
  16. Lovin' Each Day
  17. Let your Wall Fall Down
  18. Right Here Waiting
  19. Baby Can I Hold you
  20. Life is a Rollercoaster

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
Europe[9]
February 21, 2011 Liverpool England Echo Arena
February 22, 2011 Cardiff Wales International Arena
February 23, 2011
February 24, 2011
February 26, 2011 London England Wembley Arena
February 27, 2011 Sheffield Motorpoint Arena
March 1, 2011 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
March 2, 2011 Birmingham LG Arena
March 3, 2011 Nottingham Capital FM Arena
March 5, 2011 Manchester Evening News Arena
March 6, 2011 Brighton Brighton Centre
March 7, 2011
March 8, 2011 London The O2 Arena
March 10, 2011 Aberdeen Scotland AECC
March 11, 2011
March 12, 2011 Glasgow SECC
March 13, 2011
March 15, 2011 Dublin Ireland The O2
March 16, 2011 Killarney INEC
March 17, 2011 Castlebar Royal Theatre
March 18, 2011 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena
TBA[10] Aalborg Denmark Skovdalen[11]
August 5, 2011 Suffolk England Newmarket Nights[12]
August 6, 2011 Edinburgh Scotland Hopetoun House
August 7, 2011 Lytham St Annes England Lytham Prom Festival[13]
August 27, 2011 Inverness Scotland Northern Meeting Park

Tour Reviews

The tour has received one of the best reviews that Boyzone have ever done, a fan who watched the Manchester gig commented "I was bowled over & loved every minute of the show. All the songs were performed fantastically & the encore, when they came into the crowd right next to us was brill. Thanks to you all Boyzone, I'll never forget the evening". [14] For the Birmingham Chronicle Express and Star commented "The band opened the show with new track Too Late for Hallelujah with the boys rising through the stage on hydraulic platforms. “Ronan Keating, Keith Duffy, Shane Lynch and Mikey Graham went on to share their reservations about carrying on without Stephen. But judging by the fans’ reaction to their grand entrance it was the right decision. All the old favourites Picture of You and Love Me For A Reason, No Matter What and When the Going Gets Tough all got the crowd on their feet singing along. The striking backing dancers, who appeared on stage throughout the show, gave it a stylish edge. They also belted out a few songs from the Brother album such as Til The Sun Goes Down and Ruby, which is sure to be a hit."[15]

Box Office Score Date

Venue City Tickets Sold / Available Gross Revenue
Echo Arena Liverpool 7,046 / 7,340 $397,989[16]
Motorpoint Arena Cardiff 10,200 / 10,800 $556,785[16]
Motorpoint Arena Sheffield 8,905 / 9,700 $501,937[16]
Metro Radio Arena Newcastle 7,002 / 7,520 $385,555[16]
Wembley Arena London 9,897 / 10,500 $558,557[16]
LG Arena Birmingham 9,537 / 10,600 $533,755[16]
Capital FM Arena Nottingham 6,763 / 6,800 $367,895[16]
Evening News Arena Manchester 11,261 / 11,500 $638,835[16]
Brighton Centre Brighton 6,281 / 6,281 $358,444[16]
The O2 Arena London 10,020 / 10,500 $584,427[16]
Press & Journal Arena Aberdeen 7,046 / 7,360 $394,727[16]
SECC Glasgow 12,102 / 14,212 $649,561[16]
The O2 Dublin 6,097 / 6,500 $448,153[17]
INEC Killarney 1,101 / 1,101 $67,072[17]
Royal Theatre Castlebar 858 / 1,000 $52,298[17]
Odyssey Arena Belfast 10,605 / 10,605 $716,320[16]
Newmarkets nights Suffolk 10,000 / 10,000 $731,778[16]
Hopetoun House Edinburgh 8,000 / 8,000 $455,428[16]
Lyntham Prom Festival Lancashire 8,000 / 8,000 $632,705[16]
Northern Meeting Park Inverness 6,800 / 6,800 $451,646[16]
TOTAL 157,221 / 164,819 (95%) $9,483,776/£6,000,502

References

  1. ^ Brother Tour dates for UK and Ireland (official site)
  2. ^ News of first gig (official site)
  3. ^ http://www.itv.com/daybreak/entertainment/music/boyzonearebackontour/
  4. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ04cP-Vmug
  5. ^ http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2011/02/26/boyzone-star-keith-duffy-falls-15ft-through-trapdoor-115875-22950341/
  6. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8ML7qK-dwk
  7. ^ http://twitter.com/#!/officialkeith
  8. ^ http://www.boyzone.net/2011/02/tour-supports-confirmed/
  9. ^ "Boyzone 2011 Brother Tour". 2011-03-06. http://boyzonebrotheralbum.com/live.php. Retrieved 2011-03-206. 
  10. ^ http://boyzonenetwork.com/blog/2011/06/28/denmark-date-cancelled/
  11. ^ http://boyzonenetwork.com/blog/2011/04/29/boyz-play-in-the-danish-forest/
  12. ^ http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/boyzone_added_ to_newmarket_nights_2011_line_up_1_838141
  13. ^ http://boyzonebrotheralbum.com/news.php?item=200
  14. ^ http://reviews.ticketmaster.co.uk/7171-en_gb/781230/boyzone-reviews/reviews.htm
  15. ^ http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2011/03/03/boyzone-thriller-concert-review-lg-arena/
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 07 April 2011. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsp. Retrieved 07 April 2011. 
  17. ^ a b c "Billboard Boxscore". Billboard. Promethues Global Media. June 16, 2011. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsp. Retrieved June 16, 2011. 

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