Take Me Home Tour (Cher)

Take Me Home Tour
A Celebration at Caesars Palace

Poster for shows in Las Vegas
Tour by Cher
Associated album Take Me Home
Start date July 9, 1979
End date August 11, 1982
Legs 5
Shows 16 in North America
3 in Europe
5 in Australia
125 residency shows
149 Total
Cher concert chronology
Two the Hard Way Tour
(1977)		 Take Me Home Tour
(1979-82)		 Heart of Stone Tour
(1989-90)

The Take Me Home Tour was a concert tour by Cher. The tour's debut was at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas with a huge production and cast put together by Joe Layton, who did the same for Bette Midler's "Clams On A Half Shell" and Diana Ross previously. Cher opened her extravagant production on June 29, 1979.

The show then became Cher's first world concert tour as a solo artist. The tour reached North America, Europe and Australia. The concert was filmed in Monte Carlo on May 10, 1980 and broadcast on Showtime the following September and later taped in Las Vegas in 1981 at Caesars Palace for a broadcast in 1983.

Background

The show featured three backing singers, six dancers, two drag queens as Bette Midler and Diana Ross, a mechanical bull and twelve costume changes.

Cher described the show as "a bit Sonny & Cher-ish" a mixture of cabaret, disco and rock'n'roll.[1] With twelve changes of clothes, Cher wore no costume for more than eight minutes.

The concerts were based in part on her solo television shows The Cher Show, Cher... Special and Cher... and others Fantasies. During Cher's costume changes, drag performers Kenny Sacha, as Bette Midler and J.C. Gaynor as Diana Ross performed "In the Mood" and "I'm Coming Out" respectively. Cher joined them to end the show with a performance of "Friends".

Set list

Tour dates

Cher Live

Date City Country Venue
North America
July 9, 1979 Atlantic City United States Resorts International Grand Ballroom
July 10, 1979
July 11, 1979
July 12, 1979
July 14, 1979
July 16, 1979 Washington, D.C. Kennedy Center Opera House
July 17, 1979
July 18, 1979 Los Angeles Universal Amphitheatre
July 19, 1979
July 21, 1979 Washington, D.C. Kennedy Center Opera House
July 22, 1979
Europe
May 10, 1980 Monte Carlo Monaco Salle des Etoiles
May 12, 1980 Paris France L'Olympia
May 14, 1980 London England Hammersmith Odeon
North America
June 5, 1981 Los Angeles United States Greek Theatre
June 6, 1981
June 7, 1981
June 8, 1981
July 13, 1981 Hoffman Estates Poplar Creek Music Theater
July 14, 1981
Australia
November 26, 1981 Sydney Australia Capital Theatre
November 27, 1981
December 4, 1981 Melbourne Palais Theatre
December 5, 1981
December 6, 1981
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
July 1981 Montreal, Canada Place des Arts Cancelled
September 5, 1981 Los Angeles, California Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre Cancelled

A Celebration at Caesars Palace

Shows were performed at the Circus Maximus Showroom at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Shows in September and October 1980 were performed at the Stateline Showroom at Caesars Tahoe in Stateline, Nevada.

1979

August 1979
August 16
August 17
August 18
August 19
August 20
August 21
August 22
August 31
November 1979
November 16
November 17
November 18
November 19
November 20
November 21
November 22

1980

January 1980
January 10
January 11
January 12
January 13
January 14
January 15
January 16
April 1980
April 6
April 7
April 8
April 9
April 10
April 11
April 12
April 13
April 14
April 15
April 16
June 1980
June 5
June 6
June 7
June 8
June 10
June 11
June 19
June 20
June 21
June 22
June 24
June 25
July 1980
July 3
July 4
July 5
July 6
July 8
July 9
August 1980
August 28
August 29
August 30
August 31
September 1980
September 2
September 3
September 11
September 12
September 13
September 14
September 16
September 17
September 25
October 1980
October 1
October 2
November 1980
November 6
November 7
November 8
November 9
November 11
November 12

1981

January 1981
January 22
January 23
January 24
January 25
January 27
January 28
May 1981
May 28
May 29
May 30
May 31
June 1981
June 1
June 2
June 3
June 18
June 19
June 20
June 21
June 22
June 23
June 24
June 25
June 26
June 27
June 28
June 29
June 30
July 1981
July 1

1982

July 1982
July 1
July 2
July 3
July 4
July 5
July 6
July 7
July 8
July 9
July 10
July 11
July 12
July 13
July 14
July 29
July 30
July 31
August 1982
August 1
August 2
August 3
August 4
August 5
August 6
August 7
August 8
August 9
August 10
August 11


Broadcasts and recordings

Personnel

Impersonators
Costumes
Band

References

  1. ↑ "Cher brings her act to town". The Age. 1981-11-24.
  2. ↑ The Monte carlo Show 1980

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