The Symphony World Tour was the fourth worldwide concert tour by English soprano singer Sarah Brightman. The tour started on 4 November 2008 in the city of Monterrey and concluded on 5 April 2009 in Taipei. There were special guests that joined Brightman during select tour dates: Argentinean's Fernando Lima, Italy's Alessandro Safina, and Greece's Mario Frangoulis. The tour concept was a journey through the musical career that Sarah Brightman has had so far (three decades) and includes several high-tech virtual scenery that takes the audience from an enchanted forest, baroque lamps to an atmosphere of fairytales. Much anticipation surrounded The Symphony World Tour especially since the production cost was reportedly more than $2 million and involved more than 100 tons of equipment.
Set List
Sanvean (Instrumental) Gothica Fleurs Du Mal Let It Rain Symphony Forbidden Colours (Interlude) What A Wonderful World Dust in the Wind Nella Fantasia Hijo de la Luna La Luna Sarahbande (Interlude) Anytime, Anywhere Storia D'Amore Canto della Terra (with Mario Frangoulis in the US, Alessandro Safina for the rest of the world) Attesa Intermission You Take My Breath Away The Phantom of the Opera (with Mario Frangoulis in the US, Alessandro Safina for the rest of the world) Sarai Qui (with Alessandro Safina) I've Been This Way Before Red Riding Hood Rap First of May I Believe in Father Christmas Pasión (with Fernando Lima) Ave Maria (with Fernando Lima) at some shows Time to Say Goodbye Deliver Me Running You And Me
Notes Sarai Qui was performed only during shows when Alessandro Safina was the special guest You & Me was an additional 3rd encore and performed at least during the 1 April 2009 show in Hong Kong and 4 April 2009 show in Taipei.
Tour dates + List of 2008 concertsDateCityCountryVenueAttendanceRevenue16 January 2008ViennaAustriaStephansdom4 November 2008 Monterrey MexicoArena Monterrey6 November 2008Guadalajara Arena VFG11,974 / 11,974$598,1028 November 2008Mexico CityPalacio de los Deportes19,566 / 23,928$1,185,6329 November 200812 November 2008Dallas United StatesAmerican Airlines Center14 November 2008OrlandoUCF Arena4,620 / 6,152$534,00515 November 2008SunriseBankAtlantic Center6,830 / 11,795$627,81216 November 2008TampaSt. Pete Times Forum4,594 / 12,483$491,23518 November 2008DuluthArena at Gwinnett Center19 November 2008Washington, D.C.Verizon Center22 November 2008MashantucketMGM Grand Theater23 November 2008New York CityMadison Square Garden7,151 / 9,949$791,66924 November 2008BostonTD Banknorth Garden4,133 / 6,457$432,33726 November 2008Montreal CanadaBell Centre5,816 / 8,850$436,97128 November 2008OttawaScotiabank Place4,095 / 4,500$271,35029 November 2008HamiltonCopps Coliseum5,607 / 5,800$373,27630 November 2008TorontoAir Canada Centre7,973 / 8,200$539,3712 December 2008Cleveland United StatesQuicken Loans Arena3 December 2008Auburn HillsThe Palace of Auburn Hills2,787 / 4,517$282,0244 December 2008RosemontAllstate Arena6 December 2008Winnipeg CanadaMTS Centre7 December 2008ReginaBrandt Centre8 December 2008CalgaryPengrowth Saddledome10 December 2008EdmontonRexall Place5,401 / 9,800$378,49012 December 2008VancouverGeneral Motors Place13 December 2008VictoriaSave-On-Foods Memorial Centre14 December 2008Everett United StatesEverett Events Center16 December 2008SacramentoARCO Arena5,228 / 5,722$367,49517 December 2008San JoseHP Pavilion7,492 / 7,792$565,55219 December 2008AnaheimTheater at the Honda Center5,234 / 5,234$542,22520 December 2008InglewoodThe Forum21 December 2008GlendaleJobing.com Arena5,683 / 5,683$485,993
+ List of 2009 concertsDateCityCountryVenueAttendanceRevenue23 February 2009 TokyoJapanNippon Budokan25 February 2009FukuokaMarine Messe27 February 2009NagoyaNippon Gaishi Hall2 March 2009OsakaOsaka-Jo Hall4 March 2009TokyoNippon Budokanrowspan="2" rowspan="2" 5 March 20097 March 2009Kuala LumpurMalaysiaPlenary Hall10 March 2009JakartaIndonesiaJakarta Convention Center13 March 2009SeoulSouth KoreaOlympic Gymnastics Arenarowspan="2" rowspan="2" 14 March 200916 March 2009IlsanKINTEX Event Hall20 March 2009BusanBEXCO Center22 March 2009 BeijingChinaCapital Indoor Stadium25 March 2009NanjingNanjing Olympic Sports Centre27 March 2009ShanghaiShanghai Grand Stagerowspan="2" rowspan="2" 28 March 200930 March 2009GuangzhouGuangzhou Gymnasium1 April 2009Chek Lap KokHong KongAsiaWorld–Arena4 April 2009TaipeiTaiwanTaipei Arenarowspan="2" rowspan="2" 5 April 2009Total114,184 / 148,836 (77%)$8,903,539
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