The In Blue Tour is the third concert tour by Irish band the Corrs. Promoting their third studio album, In Blue, the tour performed in Europe, North America, Australasia and Asia. The band performed over shows beginning October 2000 until October 2001.
Opening acts Picturehouse (31 October – 18 November 2000) Brian Kennedy (20–22 December 2000, 8–19 January 2001, 14–16 March 2001, 1–11 April 2001) BBMak (6 April 2001) David Gray (11–17 October 2001) Nigel Kennedy (25 October 2001)
Tour dates + List of 2000 concerts Date City Country Venue31 October 2000HamburgGermanyAlsterdorfer Sporthalle1 November 2000HanoverStadionsporthalle3 November 2000RotterdamNetherlandsRotterdam Ahoy4 November 2000ParisFranceZénith de Paris6 November 2000ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadion7 November 2000MilanItalyPalaVobis9 November 2000DüsseldorfGermanyPhilipshalle10 November 2000BrusselsBelgiumForest National12 November 2000FrankfurtGermanyFesthalle Frankfurt13 November 2000BerlinICC Berlin Hall 114 November 2000ViennaAustriaWiener Stadthalle16 November 2000MunichGermanyOlympiahalle18 November 2000StockholmSwedenStockholm Globe Arena21 November 2000New York CityUnited StatesBeacon Theatre30 November 2000Los AngelesShrine Auditorium6 December 2000MiamiLevel Nightclub10 December 2000Washington, D.C.National Building Museum11 December 2000ProvidenceProvidence Civic Center12 December 2000PortlandCumberland County Civic Center14 December 2000RaleighRaleigh Memorial Auditorium15 December 2000St. PetersburgMahaffey Theater20 December 2000LondonEnglandWembley Arena21 December 200022 December 2000
+ List of 2001 concerts Date City Country Venue8 January 2001NewcastleEnglandTelewest Arena9 January 2001BirminghamNEC Arena10 January 200112 January 200113 January 200115 January 2001Clyst St MaryWestpoint Arena16 January 200118 January 2001GlasgowScotlandScottish Exhibition and Conference Centre19 January 200114 March 2001ChicagoUnited StatesVic Theatre16 March 2001New York CityRadio City Music Hall1 April 2001SheffieldEnglandSheffield Arena2 April 20014 April 2001ManchesterManchester Evening News Arena5 April 20016 April 2001AberdeenScotlandAECC Arena8 April 2001BirminghamEnglandNEC Arena9 April 2001NottinghamNottingham Arena11 April 2001NewcastleTelewest Arena1 June 2001UniondaleUnited StatesNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum2 June 2001MansfieldTweeter Center for the Performing Arts28 August 2001BrisbaneAustraliaBrisbane Entertainment Centre30 August 2001NewcastleNewcastle Entertainment Centre1 September 2001SydneySydney Entertainment Centre20 September 2001OsakaJapanKoseinenkin Kaikan Dai-Hall22 September 2001TokyoTokyo International Forum23 September 200127 September 2001Hong KongHong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre29 September 2001Quezon CityPhilippinesAraneta Coliseum30 September 20013 October 2001JakartaIndonesiaPlenary Hall6 October 2001SingaporeSingapore Indoor Stadium7 October 2001Kuala LumpurMalaysiaPutra Indoor Stadium11 October 2001SydneyAustraliaSydney Entertainment Centre12 October 200114 October 2001AucklandNew ZealandNorth Harbour Stadium16 October 2001MelbourneAustraliaRod Laver Arena17 October 200125 October 2001LondonEnglandRoyal Albert Hall
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances World Aids Day benefit concert VH1 Music Awards Vogue Takes over Miami Christmas in Washington 92 PRO-FM Jingle Mingle QBash Charity concert benefiting the Freeman Hospital Zootopia Kiss Concert 2001 Goodwill Games Opening Ceremony
Cancellations and rescheduled shows 21 January 2001Aberdeen, ScotlandAECC ArenaRescheduled to 6 April 200122 January 2001Newcastle, EnglandTelewest ArenaRescheduled to 11 April 200124 January 2001Sheffield, EnglandSheffield ArenaRescheduled to 1 April 200125 January 2001Nottingham, EnglandNottingham ArenaRescheduled to 9 April 200127 January 2001Manchester, EnglandManchester Evening News ArenaRescheduled to 4 April 200128 January 2001Manchester, EnglandManchester Evening News ArenaRescheduled to 5 April 200129 January 2001London, EnglandRoyal Albert HallCancelled. This concert was a part of The Prince's Trust.9 February 2001Osaka, JapanKoseinenkin Kaikan Dai-HallRescheduled to 20 September 200111 February 2001Tokyo, JapanTokyo International ForumRescheduled to 22 September 200112 February 2001Tokyo, JapanTokyo International ForumRescheduled to 23 September 200114 February 2001SingaporeSuntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition CentreRescheduled to 6 October 2001 and moved to the Singapore Indoor Stadium 16 February 2001Quezon City, PhilippinesAraneta ColiseumRescheduled to 29 September 200119 February 2001Melbourne, AustraliaRod Laver ArenaRescheduled to 16 October 200120 February 2001Melbourne, AustraliaRod Laver ArenaRescheduled to 17 October 200122 February 2001Sydney, AustraliaSydney Entertainment CentreRescheduled to 11 October 200123 February 2001Sydney, AustraliaSydney Entertainment CentreRescheduled to 12 October 200125 February 2001Auckland, New ZealandNorth Harbour StadiumRescheduled to 14 October 200127 February 2001Jakarta, IndonesiaPlenary HallRescheduled to 3 October 2001 1 March 2001Kuala Lumpur, MalayasiaPutra Indoor StadiumRescheduled to 7 October 2001
Personnel
Band Andrea Corr (lead vocals, tin whistle) Sharon Corr (violin, vocals) Caroline Corr (drums, bodhran, piano, vocals) Jim Corr (guitars, keyboards, vocals) Keith Duffy (bass) Anthony Drennan (lead guitar)
Management & Agents John Hughes (manager) Emma Hill (management assistant) John Giddings at Solo ITG (international agent) Barry Gaster (Irish agent)
The Crew Henry McGroggan (tour manager) Aiden Lee (production manager) Liam McCarthy (lighting designer) Max Bisgrove (sound engineer) Paul 'Mini' Moore (monitor engineer) Declan Hogan (drum technician) John Parsons (guitar technician) Oisin Murray (midi technician) Jay Mascrey (makeup)
Broadcasts and recordings On 21 December 2000 The Corrs performed a Christmas show at Wembley Arena which was broadcast live on Sky One. The recording was later edited and released as a live DVD named "The Corrs: Live in London". An Access All Arenas Documentary which was recorded in Sweden, Stockholm at Stockholm Globe Arena. After Christmas The Corrs did a charity concert in Newcastle upon Tyne at the Telewest Arena on lung Cancer In 2001 on Band's Australia Tour Arena TV recorded A Day in the Life seeing a promo day for the band and the in and out of being a superstar. (Also included live footage from 1 September in Sydney)
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