The Never Gone Tour is the sixth headlining concert tour by American boy band, the Backstreet Boys. The tour was launched in support of their fifth studio album, Never Gone (2005). It is the last BSB tour with all five members of the group, as Kevin Richardson left the band shortly after the tour concluded on June 23, 2006. However, Richardson permanently returned to the band on April 29, 2012.
The tour grossed an estimated $49.5 million within 79 tour dates.
Opening acts The Click Five Jonas Brothers Devon Werkheiser Seminole County Son of Dork Setlist The following setlist was obtained from the concert held on August 26, 2005, at the Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour. "Video Sequence"
Act 1 "The Call" "My Beautiful Woman" "More than That" "Climbing the Walls" "Shape of My Heart"
"Video Sequence"
Act 2 "The One" "I Still..." "I Want It That Way" "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" "Larger than Life" "Siberia"
"Video Sequence"
Act 3 "All I Have to Give" "As Long As You Love Me" "I'll Never Break Your Heart" "Just Want You to Know" "Crawling Back to You" "Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)"
"Video Sequence"
Act 4 "Weird World" "Drowning" "Incomplete"
Encore "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
Tour dates DateCityCountryVenueNorth AmericaJuly 22, 2005 West Palm BeachUnited StatesSound Advice AmphitheatreJuly 23, 2005 Tampa Ford AmphitheatreJuly 24, 2005 DuluthThe Arena at Gwinnett CenterJuly 26, 2005 Cleveland Tower City AmphitheaterJuly 27, 2005New York CityRadio City Music HallJuly 29, 2005Atlantic City Borgata Events CenterJuly 30, 2005 Wantagh Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach TheaterJuly 31, 2005 Holmdel TownshipPNC Bank Arts CenterAugust 2, 2005 TorontoCanadaMolson AmphitheatreAugust 3, 2005 ClarkstonUnited States DTE Energy Music TheatreAugust 4, 2005 DarienDarien Lake Performing Arts CenterAugust 6, 2005 BristowNissan PavilionAugust 7, 2005 Saratoga SpringsSaratoga Performing Arts CenterAugust 9, 2005 Hartfordctnow.com Meadows Music TheatreAugust 10, 2005 PortlandCumberland County Civic CenterAugust 12, 2005 HersheyStar PavilionAugust 13, 2005 CamdenTweeter CenterAugust 14, 2005MansfieldTweeter Center for the Performing ArtsAugust 16, 2005 CincinnatiRiverbend Music CenterAugust 17, 2005 BurgettstownPost-Gazette PavilionAugust 19, 2005 ChicagoCharter One PavilionAugust 20, 2005 MinneapolisTarget CenterAugust 21, 2005 Bonner SpringsVerizon Wireless AmphitheaterAugust 23, 2005 LovelandBudweiser Events CenterAugust 25, 2005 IrvineVerizon Wireless AmphitheatreAugust 26, 2005 PhoenixDodge TheatreAugust 27, 2005Las VegasMandalay Bay Events CenterAugust 30, 2005 ConcordChronicle PavilionAugust 31, 2005 WheatlandSleep Train AmphitheatreSeptember 2, 2005 RidgefieldThe Amphitheater at Clark CountySeptember 3, 2005 VancouverCanada General Motors PlaceSeptember 4, 2005 KelownaProspera PlaceSeptember 5, 2005Calgary Pengrowth SaddledomeSeptember 7, 2005 WinnipegMTS CentreSeptember 10, 2005 KitchenerKitchener Memorial AuditoriumSeptember 11, 2005 London John Labatt CentreSeptember 12, 2005 OttawaCorel CentreSeptember 13, 2005 Montreal Bell CentreEuropeSources for tour dates in Europe:September 28, 2005 Stockholm SwedenStockholm Globe ArenaSeptember 29, 2005 Oslo NorwayOslo SpektrumOctober 2, 2005 Helsinki FinlandHartwall AreenaOctober 4, 2005 Aalborg DenmarkGigantiumOctober 5, 2005 Hamburg GermanyColor Line ArenaOctober 6, 2005 Dresden MessehalleOctober 8, 2005 Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-HalleOctober 9, 2005 Zürich SwitzerlandHallenstadionOctober 10, 2005Milan ItalyFilaForumOctober 12, 2005 Rotterdam NetherlandsAhoy RotterdamOctober 13, 2005 Mannheim Germany SAP ArenaOctober 14, 2005 MunichOlympiahalleOctober 16, 2005BerlinMax-Schmeling-HalleOctober 17, 2005Oberhausen König Pilsener ArenaOctober 18, 2005 Brussels BelgiumForest NationalOctober 20, 2005 London EnglandWembley ArenaOctober 21, 2005October 23, 2005 DublinIrelandPoint TheatreOctober 25, 2005 Manchester EnglandManchester Evening News ArenaOctober 26, 2005 BirminghamNEC ArenaOctober 29, 2005 Hanover Germany TUI ArenaOctober 30, 2005 Cologne KölnarenaOctober 31, 2005 Freiburg MessehalleNovember 2, 2005 Bologna Italy PalaMalagutiNovember 5, 2005 NurembergGermanyNuremberg Arena November 8, 2005 Badalona SpainPalau Municipal d'EsportsNovember 9, 2005 Madrid Palacio de DeportesNovember 11, 2005 Lisbon PortugalPavilhão AtlânticoAsiaSources for tour dates in Asia:January 7, 2006 TokyoJapan Tokyo DomeJanuary 8, 2006January 10, 2006 Nagoya Nagoya Rainbow HallJanuary 12, 2006 Osaka Osaka DomeJanuary 14, 2006 SeoulSouth KoreaOlympic Gymnastics ArenaJanuary 16, 2006 Beijing ChinaCapital Indoor StadiumJanuary 18, 2006 Shanghai Shanghai Indoor StadiumJanuary 20, 2006 Quezon City Philippines Araneta ColiseumJanuary 22, 2006 BangkokThailandImpact ArenaJanuary 24, 2006Kallang Singapore Singapore Indoor StadiumAustraliaJanuary 28, 2006 Brisbane AustraliaBrisbane Entertainment CentreJanuary 30, 2006 SydneySydney Entertainment CentreFebruary 1, 2006 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment CentreFebruary 2, 2006 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
Box office score data VenueCityTickets sold / AvailableGross revenueMolson AmphitheatreToronto15,880 / 15,880 (100%)$577,006Bell CentreMontreal11,191 / 12,000 (93%)$563,801Point TheatreDublin8,148 / 8,148 (100%)$405,384Brisbane Entertainment CentreBrisbane4,866 / 5,232 (93%)$314,608Sydney Entertainment CentreSydney9,000 / 9,000 (100%)$581,585Adelaide Entertainment CentreAdelaide4,689 / 6,500 (72%)$291,103Rod Laver ArenaMelbourne11,000 / 11,000 (100%)$682,982TOTAL64,774 / 67,760 (96%)$3,416,469
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