Urban Hymns Tour |
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Tour by The Verve |
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Associated album |
Urban Hymns |
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Start date |
9 August 1997 |
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End date |
29 August 1998 |
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Legs |
6 |
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Shows |
51 |
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The Verve tour chronology |
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A Northern Soul Tour (1995) |
Urban Hymns Tour (1997-1998) |
Reunion Tour (2007) |
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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 |
09/08/1997 | Sheffield | England | The Leadmill |
10/08/1997 | Glasgow | Scotland | Barrowlands |
11/08/1997 | Manchester | England | The Academy |
13/08/1997 | Wolverhampton | Civic Hall |
14/08/1997 | London | Hammersmith Palais |
22/08/1997 | Dublin | Ireland | SFX Centre |
24/08/1997 | Reading | England | Reading Festival |
25/09/1997 | London | Earls Court Exhibition Centre |
26/09/1997 |
27/09/1997 |
North America |
01/11/1997 | Atlanta, Georgia | United States | The Roxy |
03/11/1997 | Washington, D.C. | 9:30 Club |
05/11/1997 | New York City, New York | Irving Plaza |
06/11/1997 |
08/11/1997 | Boston, Massachusetts | Avalon Ballroom |
10/11/1997 | Detroit, Michigan | Saint Andrew's Hall |
11/11/1997 | Toronto | Canada | Phoenix Concert Theatre |
13/11/1997 | Chicago, Illinois | United States | The Vic Theatre |
15/11/1997 | Seattle, Washington | Showbox |
17/11/1997 | Los Angeles, California | Mayan Theatre |
18/11/1997 |
20/11/1997 | San Francisco, California | The Warfield |
30/11/1997 | Fairfax, Virginia | George Mason University |
United Kingdom and Ireland |
10/01/1998 | Glasgow | Scotland | Barrowlands |
11/01/1998 |
13/01/1998 | Manchester | England | Apollo |
14/01/1998 |
16/01/1998 | London | Brixton Academy |
17/01/1998 |
09/02/1998 |
19/05/1998 | Dublin | Ireland | Point Theatre |
20/05/1998 |
24/05/1998 | Wigan | England | Haigh Hall |
Western Europe |
01/06/1998 | Landgraaf | Netherlands | Pinkpop Festival |
02/06/1998 | Paris | France | Zenith |
03/06/1998 | Grenoble | Summen |
06/06/1998 | Munich | Germany | Circuskrone |
07/06/1998 | Düsseldorf | Phillipshalle |
North America |
28/07/1998 | Chicago, Illinois | United States | Aragon Ballroom |
29/07/1998 | Detroit, Michigan | The Palace at Auburn Hills |
31/07/1998 | Hamilton, Ontario | Canada | Copps Coliseum |
01/08/1998 | Montreal, Quebec | Molson Centre |
03/08/1998 | Boston, Massachusetts | United States | Harbor Lights |
05/08/1998 | New York City, New York | Hammerstein Ballroom |
06/08/1998 |
09/08/1998 | Houston, Texas | Aerial Theatre |
11/08/1998 | Denver, Colorado | Mammoth Center |
14/08/1998 | Anaheim, California | Arrowhead Pond |
15/08/1998 | San Francisco, California | Bill Graham Civic Auditorium |
17/08/1998 | Seattle, Washington | Mercer Arena |
United Kingdom and Ireland |
22/08/1998 | Chelmsford | England | V98 |
23/08/1998 | Leeds | V98 |
29/08/1998* | Co. Meath | Ireland | Slane 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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