Bette Midler hit the road for the first time in four years with her 2003–05 Kiss My Brass concert tour. The first leg of the tour kicked off on December 10 in Chicago and went through the middle of February. The tour hit the top 40 cities across the U.S. with one stop in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The first leg of the tour ended in Atlantic City, New Jersey and the second leg of the tour began in Manchester, New Hampshire and ended in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

10 Australian dates were added in April and May 2005. It was the first Australian tour for Midler in 26 years.

On the tour, she performed well-known hits and characters, as well as selected songs from her release, Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook.

Setlist Source:

"Kiss My Brass" / "Big Noise from Winnetka" "Stuff Like That There" "Skylark" "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" "Judge Judy" "I'm Sorry" "Nobody Else But You" "Friends" "Tenderly" "Chapel of Love" "That's How Heartaches are Made" "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" "When a Man Loves a Woman" "Walk Right In" "Those Wonderful Sophie Tucker Jokes" "Shiver Me Timbers" "Delores Delago: Fishtails Over Broadway" (Sketch Intermission) "I Had a Dream" "Everything's Coming Up Roses" "Tonight" "Cabaret" "You'll Never Walk Alone" "Tomorrow" "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" "All That Jazz" "One" "Hello, Dolly!" "Give My Regards to Broadway" "Oklahoma" "I Like to Be Told" / "September" "From A Distance" "Do You Wanna Dance" "Wind Beneath My Wings" "Keep On Rockin'" "The Rose" "Friends" "White Christmas"

Tour dates Date City Country VenueFirst legBootLeg Betty Music Reviews December 10, 2003 ChicagoUnited States United Center December 13, 2003 Columbus Nationwide Arena December 15, 2003 St. Louis Savvis Center December 17, 2003 Milwaukee Bradley Center December 19, 2003 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center December 27, 2003 Wilkes-Barre Wachovia Arena December 29, 2003 Hershey Giant Center December 31, 2003UncasvilleMohegan Sun January 1, 2004 January 3, 2004 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum January 5, 2004 Cleveland Gund Arena January 8, 2004 Pittsburgh Mellon Arena January 10, 2004 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills January 12, 2004 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre January 15, 2004 PhiladelphiaUnited States Wachovia Center January 17, 2004New York CityMadison Square Garden January 18, 2004 January 20, 2004 Boston Fleet Center January 23, 2004 Washington, D.C. MCI Center January 25, 2004 Atlanta Philips Arena January 29, 2004 Dallas American Airlines Center January 31, 2004 Denver Pepsi Center February 3, 2004 Seattle KeyArena February 4, 2004 Portland Rose Garden February 7, 2004 San Jose HP Pavilion at San Jose February 10, 2004 Oakland Oakland Coliseum February 12, 2004 Phoenix Glendale Arena February 14, 2004Las VegasMGM Grand Garden Arena February 15, 2004 February 18, 2004 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena February 20, 2004 Reno Lawlor Events Center February 22, 2004 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond February 24, 2004 Los Angeles Staples Center February 28, 2004SunriseOffice Depot Center February 29, 2004 March 2, 2004 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum March 4, 2004 Columbia Colonial Center March 6, 2004 Hampton Hampton Coliseum March 9, 2004 Buffalo HSBC Arena March 11, 2004 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena March 13, 2004 East Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena March 15, 2004 Boston Fleet Center March 17, 2004 Albany Pepsi Arena March 20, 2004 Atlantic City Boardwalk HallSecond legBootLeg Betty Music Reviews September 30, 2004 ManchesterUnited States Verizon Wireless Arena October 2, 2004 Uncasville Mohegan Sun October 5, 2004 Rochester Blue Cross Arena October 7, 2004 Albany Pepsi Arena October 9, 2004 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall October 11, 2004 Baltimore 1st Mariner Arena October 13, 2004New York CityRadio City Music Hall October 14, 2004 October 16, 2004 October 17, 2004 October 19, 2004 Providence Dunkin' Donuts Center October 21, 2004 Richmond Richmond Coliseum October 28, 2004 Duluth Arena at Gwinnett Center October 30, 2004 Miami American Airlines Arena November 1, 2004 Raleigh RBC Center November 3, 2004 Philadelphia Wachovia Center November 5, 2004 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills November 6, 2004 Chicago United Center November 8, 2004 Moline MARK of the Quad Cities November 10, 2004 Omaha Qwest Center November 12, 2004 Oklahoma City Ford Center November 14, 2004 San Antonio SBC Center November 16, 2004 Grand Prairie Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie November 19, 2004 Houston Toyota Center November 21, 2004 New Orleans New Orleans Arena November 26, 2004 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena November 27, 2004 Phoenix America West Arena November 30, 2004 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond December 2, 2004 Sacramento ARCO Arena December 4, 2004 San Jose HP Pavilion at San Jose December 7, 2004 Everett Everett Events Center December 10, 2004 Grand Forks Alerus Center December 12, 2004 Minneapolis Target Center

Date City Country VenueAustralian leg April 8, 2005 BrisbaneAustralia Brisbane Entertainment Center April 10, 2005 April 13, 2005 Sydney Sydney SuperDome April 15, 2005 April 18, 2005 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena April 21, 2005 April 23, 2005 April 26, 2005 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre April 30, 2005 Sydney Sydney SuperDome May 1, 2005

Box office score data City Venue Tickets sold / available Gross revenueSt. LouisSavvis Center9,931/13,147 (75,5%)$686,670HersheyGiant Center8,782/8,782 (100%)$678,570MilwaukeeBradley Center9,407/13,715 (68,6%)$568,885Wilkes-BarreWachovia Arena8,146/8,146 (100%)$562,701UniondaleNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum11,582/11,848 (97%)$1,415,221ClevelandGund Arena12,420/14,723 (84%)$1,094,990PhiladelphiaWachovia Center13,041/13,041 (100%)$1,329,078Auburn HillsThe Palace of Auburn Hills11,964/15,064 (79%)$1,068,172TorontoAir Canada Centre12,673/15,001 (84%)$973,333New York CityMadison Square Garden25,770/27,240 (95%)$3,161,410BostonFleet Center12,396/12,396 (100%)$1,486,476Washington, D.C.MCI Center11,965/14,608 (82%)$1,370,900DallasAmerican Airlines Center13,147/13,147 (100%)$991,935AtlantaPhilips Arena11,303/12,757 (87%)$965,079SeattleKeyArena10,519/11,297 (93%)$996,328DenverPepsi Center9,901/12,333 (80%)$870,309PortlandRose Garden9,478/13,083 (72%)$752,874San JoseHP Pavilion at San Jose11,415/11,888 (96%)$1,106,312GlendaleGlendale Arena12,494/13,101 (95%)$987,124OaklandOakland Arena7,825/11,365 (69%)$882,764Las VegasMGM Grand Garden Arena11,122/12,645 (88%)$1,977,356RenoLawlor Events Center5,938/8,506 (70%)$736,976San DiegoSan Diego Sports Arena6,748/9,944 (68%)$667,439Los AngelesStaples Center11,728/12,771 (92%)$1,243,892AnaheimArrowhead Pond10,092/11,551 (87%)$1,206,920SunriseOffice Depot Center20,185/31,160 (65%)$2,050,247TampaSt. Pete Times Forum9,783/12,816 (76%)$939,902BostonFleet Center9,832/13,354 (74%)$1,155,641East RutherfordContinental Airlines Arena12,858/13,854 (93%)$983,900BuffaloHSBC Arena10,041/12,808 (78%)$715,173HamptonHampton Coliseum8,048/8,407 (96%)$698,180Atlantic CityBoardwalk Hall11,635/11,635 (100%)$1,396,940

Personnel Bette Midler – Lead vocals Bette Sussman – musical director, piano Irwin Fisch – Synthesizers, keyboards Sonny Emory – Drums Lenny Castro – Percussion Taku Hirano – Percussion John Harrington – Guitar Mike Miller – Guitar Zev Katz – Bass Sam Sims – Bass Kyra Da Costa – Background vocals Kamilah Martin – Background vocals Nicolette Hart – Background vocals Eric Wangensteen – Trumpet Scott Steen – Trumpet Andrew Lippman – Trombone Mando Dorame – Tenor saxophone Jim Jedeikin – Baritone saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet, flute

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