Secrets Tour

Secrets Tour
Tour by Toni Braxton
Associated album Secrets
Start date August 18, 1996
End date October 1, 1998
Legs 4
Shows 198 in North America
35 in Europe
132 in total
Toni Braxton concert chronology
Maze Tour
(1993-94)		 Secrets Tour
(1996-98)		 Libra Tour
(2006)

The Secrets Tour was the debut concert tour by American pop/R&B singer Toni Braxton. The tour was in support of her multi-platinum album, Secrets. The tour began during the summer of 1996 in theatres. Jazz saxophonist Kenny G joined the tour September 18, 1996. Remaining shows in the U.S. were billed as, An Evening with Kenny G & Toni Braxton.

Opening act

Setlist

This setlist is from the concert held at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, March 14, 1997. It is not representative of all shows during the tour.

  1. "Overture" (Instrumental Introduction)
  2. "Seven Whole Days"
  3. "Another Sad Love Song"
  4. "Love Shoulda Brought You Home"
  5. "You Mean the World to Me"
  6. "Talking In His Sleep" / "Find Me a Man"
  7. "I Love Me Some Him"
  8. "Band Jam" (contains elements of "I Want You Back" / "Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)" / "What Kind of Man Would I Be?") (Instrumental Interlude)
  9. "Breathe Again"
  10. "Let It Flow"
  11. "In the Late of Night"
  12. "Come on Over Here"
  13. "Guitar Solo" (Dance Interlude)
  14. "How Could an Angel Break My Heart" (performed with Kenny G)
Encore
  1. "Un-Break My Heart"
  2. "You're Makin' Me High"


Additional notes

During the September 12, show at Wembley Arena in London, Toni dedicated her performance of "Un-Break My Heart" to Princess Diana, who died two weeks prior.

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
North America[2][3][4]
August 18, 1996 Washington, D.C. United States DAR Constitution Hall
August 19, 1996
August 20, 1996 Pittsburgh Benedum Center for the Performing Arts
August 21, 1996 Columbus Palace Theatre
August 23, 1996 Chicago Chicago Theatre
August 24, 1996
August 25, 1996
August 27, 1996 Detroit Fox Theatre
August 29, 1996 St. Louis Fox Theatre
August 31, 1996 Memphis New Daisy Theatre
September 5, 1996 New Orleans Saenger Theatre
September 6, 1996 Birmingham Alabama Theatre for the Performing Arts
September 7, 1996 Atlanta Fox Theatre
September 8, 1996
September 10, 1996
September 11, 1996
September 13, 1996 Orlando Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre
September 14, 1996 Miami James L. Knight Center
September 15, 1996
September 18, 1996 New York City Radio City Music Hall
September 19, 1996
September 20, 1996
September 21, 1996
September 24, 1996
September 26, 1996
September 29, 1996 Boston Boston Opera House
September 30, 1996 Wallingford Oakdale Theatre
October 1, 1996 Westbury Westbury Music Fair
October 2, 1996 Atlantic City Circus Maximus Showroom
October 3, 1996 Upper Darby Township Tower Theater
October 6, 1996 Richmond Landmark Theater
October 8, 1996 Louisville Palace Theatre
October 9, 1996 Nashville Ryman Auditorium
October 11, 1996 Raleigh Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
October 12, 1996 Greenville Peace Center
October 13, 1996 Charleston McAlister Field House
October 15, 1996 Augusta Bell Auditorium
October 16, 1996 Savannah Savannah Civic Center
October 17, 1996 Jacksonville Florida Theatre
October 19, 1996 Tallahassee Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center
October 21, 1996 Tampa Morsani Hall
October 23, 1996 Mobile Mobile Civic Center
October 24, 1996 Jackson Mississippi Coliseum
October 25, 1996 Shreveport Strand Theatre
October 28, 1996 Houston Arena Theatre
October 29, 1996 Dallas Majestic Theatre
November 2, 1996 Tempe Gammage Memorial Auditorium
November 3, 1996 Las Vegas Circus Maximus Showroom
November 4, 1996
November 6, 1996 Los Angeles Hollywood Palladium
November 7, 1996
November 8, 1996
November 17, 1996 New York City Radio City Music Hall
November 18, 1996
November 19, 1996
December 15, 1996 Seattle KeyArena
December 17, 1996 Portland Rose Garden
December 20, 1996 San Jose San Jose Arena
December 21, 1996 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
December 27, 1996 Los Angeles Universal Amphitheatre
December 28, 1996
December 30, 1996
December 31, 1996 Sacramento ARCO Arena
January 6, 1997 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
January 12, 1997 Minneapolis Target Center
January 15, 1997 St. Louis Kiel Center
January 23, 1997 Philadelphia CoreStates Center
January 29, 1997 New York City Radio City Music Hall
January 31, 1997
February 1, 1997
February 2, 1997
February 3, 1997
February 4, 1997
February 7, 1997 Boston FleetCenter
February 11, 1997 Buffalo Marine Midland Arena
February 14, 1997 Albany Pepsi Arena
February 15, 1997 Phoenix America West Arena
February 16, 1997 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
February 17, 1997 Salt Lake City Delta Center
February 20, 1997 Nashville Nashville Arena
February 21, 1997 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
February 23, 1997 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
February 27, 1997 Orlando Orlando Arena
February 28, 1997 Miami Miami Arena
March 1, 1997 West Palm Beach Coral Sky Amphitheatre
March 3, 1997 Milwaukee Bradley Center
March 5, 1997 New Orleans UNO Lakefront Arena
March 7, 1997 Indianapolis Conseco Fieldhouse
March 8, 1997 Dallas Reunion Arena
March 10, 1997 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
March 12, 1997 Cleveland Gund Arena
March 14, 1997 Chicago United Center
Europe
May 3, 1997 Birmingham England NEC Arena
May 7, 1997 Manchester NYNEX Arena
North America[5]
June 1, 1997 Chicago United States United Center
June 2, 1997 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
June 3, 1997 Auburn Hills The Palace at Auburn Hills
June 9, 1997 Toronto Canada Maple Leaf Gardens
June 10, 1997
June 12, 1997 Montreal Bell Centre
Europe [6]
August 16, 1997 Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
August 18, 1997 Belfast Northern Ireland King's Hall
August 20, 1997 Newcastle England Telwest Arena
August 21, 1997 London London Docklands Arena
August 22, 1997
August 24, 1997 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis
August 25, 1997 Cologne Germany Sporthalle Köln
August 26, 1997 Amsterdam Netherlands Sporthallen Zuid
August 28, 1997 Copenhagen Denmark Valby-Hallen
August 30, 1997 Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe
August 31, 1997 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
September 2, 1997 Berlin Germany Deutschlandhalle
September 4, 1997 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
September 5, 1997 Munich Germany Olympiahalle
September 6, 1997 Zurich Switzerland Hallenstadion
September 7, 1997 Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy Rotterdam
September 8, 1997 Sheffield England Sheffield Arena
September 9, 1997 Birmingham NEC Arena
September 10, 1997 Manchester NYNEX Arena
September 12, 1997 London Wembley Arena
September 13, 1997
September 15, 1997 Dublin Ireland Point Theatre
September 17, 1997 Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy Rotterdam
September 18, 1997
September 20, 1997 Brussels Belgium Forest National
September 21, 1997 Paris France Zénith de Paris
September 23, 1997 Düsseldorf Germany Philipshalle
September 24, 1997 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt
September 25, 1997 Oberhausen Arena Oberhausen
September 27, 1998 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt
September 28, 1998 Hamburg Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
September 30, 1998 Milan Italy Datch Forum di Assago
October 1, 1998 Lyon France Halle Tony Garnier
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
January 18, 1997 Chicago, Illinois United Center Rescheduled to March 14, 1997
January 21, 1997 Cleveland, Ohio Gund Arena Rescheduled to March 12, 1997

The Band

References

  1. ↑ Considine, J.D. (May 8, 1997). "Move over, Demi Covergirl: Toni Braxton has the arm- over-the-chest move down pat as she poses nearly naked for Vibe". The Baltimore Sun. Tribune Company. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  2. ↑ Pareles, Jon (September 8, 1996). "POP MUSIC". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  3. ↑ articles.nydailynews.com-toni braxton sad love song
  4. ↑ www.nytimes.com-arts
  5. ↑ Mahany, Barbara (June 1, 1997). "Rock 'N' Roll Catering". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Braxton Pushes On With New Video, European Tour". MTV News. MTV Networks. August 29, 1997. Retrieved October 3, 2013.