Urban Hymns Tour

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Urban Hymns Tour
Tour by The Verve
Associated album Urban Hymns
Start date 9 August 1997
End date 29 August 1998
Legs 6
Shows 51
The Verve tour chronology
A Northern Soul Tour
(1995)
Urban Hymns Tour
(1997-1998)
Reunion Tour
(2007)

The Urban Hymns Tour was a concert tour by British Britpop band The Verve from August 1997 until August 1998, in support of their album Urban Hymns. The tour consisted of 6 legs, containing 51 shows in total.

Notable shows

Haigh Hall show

The Haigh Hall show in Wigan, UK, was the bands homecoming gig, as they had not played in their home city since 1992 on the Gravity Grave Tour. The band were supported by John Martyn, Beck (who was playing his only UK date of that year) and Eumir Deodato. The show was a complete sell out and became one of the band's most famous performances.

Slane Castle show

The final gig on the tour was the annual Slane Concert, which The Verve headlined. They were backed by David Gray, James, Robbie Williams and the Manic Street Preachers. The show was almost at full capacity, with over 80,000 fans purchasing tickets. It proved to be the band's last gig until their 2007 reunion. The show ended with a 15 minute jam of "Bitter Sweet Symphony".

Tour legs

Date City Country Venue
United Kingdom and Ireland
09/08/1997SheffieldEnglandThe Leadmill
10/08/1997GlasgowScotlandBarrowlands
11/08/1997ManchesterEnglandThe Academy
13/08/1997WolverhamptonCivic Hall
14/08/1997LondonHammersmith Palais
22/08/1997DublinIrelandSFX Centre
24/08/1997ReadingEnglandReading Festival
25/09/1997LondonEarls Court Exhibition Centre
26/09/1997
27/09/1997
North America
01/11/1997Atlanta, GeorgiaUnited StatesThe Roxy
03/11/1997Washington, D.C.9:30 Club
05/11/1997New York City, New YorkIrving Plaza
06/11/1997
08/11/1997Boston, MassachusettsAvalon Ballroom
10/11/1997Detroit, MichiganSaint Andrew's Hall
11/11/1997TorontoCanadaPhoenix Concert Theatre
13/11/1997Chicago, IllinoisUnited StatesThe Vic Theatre
15/11/1997Seattle, WashingtonShowbox
17/11/1997Los Angeles, CaliforniaMayan Theatre
18/11/1997
20/11/1997San Francisco, CaliforniaThe Warfield
30/11/1997Fairfax, VirginiaGeorge Mason University
United Kingdom and Ireland
10/01/1998GlasgowScotlandBarrowlands
11/01/1998
13/01/1998ManchesterEnglandApollo
14/01/1998
16/01/1998LondonBrixton Academy
17/01/1998
09/02/1998
19/05/1998DublinIrelandPoint Theatre
20/05/1998
24/05/1998WiganEnglandHaigh Hall
Western Europe
01/06/1998LandgraafNetherlandsPinkpop Festival
02/06/1998ParisFranceZenith
03/06/1998GrenobleSummen
06/06/1998MunichGermanyCircuskrone
07/06/1998DüsseldorfPhillipshalle
North America
28/07/1998Chicago, IllinoisUnited StatesAragon Ballroom
29/07/1998Detroit, MichiganThe Palace at Auburn Hills
31/07/1998Hamilton, OntarioCanadaCopps Coliseum
01/08/1998Montreal, QuebecMolson Centre
03/08/1998Boston, MassachusettsUnited StatesHarbor Lights
05/08/1998New York City, New YorkHammerstein Ballroom
06/08/1998
09/08/1998Houston, TexasAerial Theatre
11/08/1998Denver, ColoradoMammoth Center
14/08/1998Anaheim, CaliforniaArrowhead Pond
15/08/1998San Francisco, CaliforniaBill Graham Civic Auditorium
17/08/1998Seattle, WashingtonMercer Arena
United Kingdom and Ireland
22/08/1998ChelmsfordEnglandV98
23/08/1998LeedsV98
29/08/1998*Co. MeathIrelandSlane Castle

Live set

The set list was chosen from a selection of these:

  • "A New Decade"
  • "This Is Music"
  • "Life's An Ocean"
  • "Man Called Sun"
  • "Sonnet"
  • "One Day"
  • "Catching the Butterfly"
  • "Slide Away"
  • "Neon Wilderness"
  • "Weeping Willow"
  • "The Rolling People"
  • "On Your Own"
  • "The Drugs Don't Work"
  • "Space and Time"
  • "A Northern Soul"
  • "Stormy Clouds"
  • "Stormy Clouds (Reprise)"
  • "Bitter Sweet Symphony"
  • "History"
  • "Lucky Man"
  • "This Time"
  • "Come On"
  • "Velvet Morning"
  • "See You in the Next One (Have a Good Time)"
  • "Lord I Guess I'll Never Know"
  • "So Sister"
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