Classic Tour

Classic Tour

Tour program cover
Tour by Joe McElderry
Associated album Wide Awake
Classic
Classic Christmas (from 14 November)
Start date 5 November 2011
End date 30 November 2011
Shows 19
Joe McElderry concert chronology
The X Factor Tour
(2010)		 Classic Tour
(2011)		 The Set Your Soul Alive Tour
(2014)

Classic Tour is the first solo UK tour by north east English singer Joe McElderry. The tour took place throughout November 2011.

Support Acts

About the tour

For the tour, McElderry performed songs of his albums, Wide Awake, released under Syco, Classic, released under Decca, and would later add "Last Christmas" to the set, which is featured on his third album, Classic Christmas, also released under Decca. He also performed songs that was sung on The X Factor and The X Factor Tour 2010 as well as some new covers that he had never sung before. He set up a poll on his Facebook asking which song he should sing on the tour, the choices were "Home", "I Won't Let You Go", "Halo", "Someone Like You", "Your Song" or "The Edge of Glory". "Home" was chosen to be performed on the tour.[1] The tour scored third place on Billboard's Hot Tours, with grosses of £421,219 (US$665,833).[2]

Setlist

[3]

  1. If You Love Me
  2. Real Late Starter
  3. Smile
  4. Wide Awake
  1. Don't Stop Believin'
  2. Love Story
  3. Open Arms
  4. Superman
  5. Ambitions
  6. Affirmation
  7. Until The Stars Run Out
  1. To Where You Are
  2. Canto Della Terra
  3. Dance With My Father
  4. Solitaire
  5. Time To Say Goodbye
  6. Nessun Dorma
  1. Over The Rainbow
  2. Home
  3. Last Christmas (added on 14 November)
  4. The Climb

Tour Dates

The first two shows were warm up gigs and were not advertised on his official website.[4][5] A second Newcastle City Hall gig was added due to popular demand.[6]

Date (November 2011) Venue
5 Rhyl Pavilion Theatre
6 Margate Winter Gardens
8 Southend Cliffs Pavilion
9 Birmingham Symphony Hall
10 Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
13 Salford The Lowry
14 Cardiff St Davids Hall
16 Aberdeen Music Hall
17 Newcastle City Hall
18 Middlesbrough Town Hall
20 Dundee Caird Hall
21 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
22 Liverpool Philharmonic
23 York Barbican
25 Reading Hexagon
26 Brighton Dome
27 Royal Festival Hall
29 Newcastle City Hall
30 Metro Radio Arena

References

  1. ↑ Joe McElderry Facebook. Retrieved on 4 December 2011.
  2. ↑ Hot Tours: Bob Seger, Guns N' Roses, Joe McElderry Billboard. Retrieved on 2 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Joe McElderry - Sunday 27 November 2011 - Royal Festival Hall, London entertainmentfocus.com. Retrieved on 28 November 2011.
  4. ↑ Joe McElderry rhylpavilion.co.uk. Retrieved on 28 November
  5. ↑ Joe McElderry is appearing at Margate going-creative.co.uk. Retrieved on 28 November
  6. ↑ News joemcelderryofficial.com. Retrieved on 28 November 2011.