Awake Tour

Awake Tour
World tour by Josh Groban
LocationNorth America, Europe, Australasia
Associated albumAwake
Start dateFebruary 17, 2007 (2007-02-17)
End dateOctober 18, 2007 (2007-10-18)
Legs5
No. of shows56 in North America
12 in Europe
11 in Oceania
2 in Asia
81 in total
Josh Groban concert chronology

The Awake Tour is the second concert tour by American singer-songwriter and actor Josh Groban. Visiting North America, Europe and Australasia over 8 months the tour supported his third studio album, Awake, released on November 7, 2006.[1]

Background

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The tour was announced on November 15, 2006 by 143/Reprise Records with initially only 29 dates from February 17 to April 7, 2007. European dates were announced later on and more summer dates in the U.S. and Canada were announced in June 2007. The tour concluded on October 18, 2007 in Manila.

Opening Acts

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Angelique Kidjo

Set list

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(As per most concerts)

  1. "You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)"
  2. "Mai"
  3. "Un Dia Llegara"
  4. "Un Giorno Per Noi"
  5. "Now or Never"
  6. "So She Dances"
  7. "February Song"
  8. "Alla Luce Del Sole"

Josh welcomes Lucia Micarelli

  1. "Aurora" (Lucia on violin)
  2. "Kashmir" (Lucia on violin)

Josh Groban returns entering through the audience

  1. "In Her Eyes"
  2. "Pearls" featuring Angelique Kidjo (Sade cover)
  3. "L'Ultima Notte"
  4. "Remember When It Rained"
  5. "Lullaby"
  6. "Weeping"
  7. "Machine"

Encore

  1. "Canto Alla Vita"
  2. "You Raise Me Up"
  3. "Awake"

Broadcasts and recordings

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The August 28, 2007 (2007-08-28) show in Salt Lake City was professionally filmed and recorded then released as Awake Live on May 6, 2008 (2008-05-06) following a showing in movie theatres on May 1, 2008 (2008-05-01) and before premiering on PBS Soundstage on June 26, 2008 (2008-06-26).

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue
North America
February 17, 2007 Verona United States Turning Stone Event Center
February 18, 2007 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena
February 20, 2007 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
February 21, 2007 Columbus Nationwide Arena
February 23, 2007 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
February 24, 2007 Chicago United Center
February 26, 2007 London Canada John Labatt Centre
February 27, 2007 Ottawa Scotiabank Place
March 1, 2007 Philadelphia United States Wachovia Center
March 2, 2007 Boston TD Banknorth Garden
March 4, 2007 Montreal Canada Bell Centre
March 5, 2007 Toronto Air Canada Centre
March 7, 2007 Providence United States Dunkin' Donuts Center
March 8, 2007 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
March 10, 2007 Rochester Blue Cross Arena
March 12, 2007 New York City Madison Square Garden
March 13, 2007 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center
March 16, 2007 Raleigh RBC Center
March 17, 2007 Atlanta Philips Arena
March 19, 2007 Dallas American Airlines Center
March 21, 2007 Houston Toyota Center
March 22, 2007 San Antonio AT&T Center
March 25, 2007 Phoenix US Airways Center
March 27, 2007 Sacramento ARCO Arena
March 28, 2007 San Jose HP Pavilion at San Jose
March 31, 2007 Los Angeles Staples Center
April 4, 2007 Fresno Save Mart Center
April 6, 2007 San Diego iPayOne Center
April 7, 2007 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
Europe
May 18, 2007 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
May 19, 2007 Stockholm Sweden Annexet
May 21, 2007 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall
May 22, 2007 Frankfurt Germany Alte Oper
May 25, 2007 Birmingham England Symphony Hall
May 27, 2007 Manchester Bridgewater Hall
May 28, 2007 Glasgow Scotland Clyde Auditorium
May 30, 2007 Dublin Ireland Point Theatre
June 2, 2007 Brussels Belgium Cirque Royal
June 3, 2007 Paris France Grand Amphitheatre
June 6, 2007 London England Hampton Court Palace
June 8, 2007 Lyon France Salle 3000
June 10, 2007 Nice Palais Nikaïa
June 12, 2007 Zürich Switzerland Kongresshaus
North America Leg 2
July 17, 2007 Greenville United States Bi-Lo Center
July 20, 2007 Norfolk Norfolk Scope
July 21, 2007 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall
July 24, 2007 East Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena
July 25, 2007 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
July 27, 2007 Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena
July 28, 2007 Albany Pepsi Arena
July 30, 2007 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
July 31, 2007 Wilkes-Barre Wachovia Arena
August 3, 2007 Hershey Giant Center
August 4, 2007 Pittsburgh Mellon Arena
August 7, 2007 Milwaukee US Cellular Arena
August 8, 2007 Green Bay Resch Center
August 10, 2007 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center
August 12, 2007 Winnipeg Canada MTS Centre
August 14, 2007 Edmonton Rexall Place
August 15, 2007 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
August 17, 2007 Vancouver General Motors Place
August 18, 2007 Seattle United States KeyArena
August 21, 2007 Boise Taco Bell Arena
August 22, 2007 Portland Rose Garden
August 24, 2007 Stockton Stockton Arena
August 25, 2007 Anaheim Honda Center
August 28, 2007 Salt Lake City EnergySolutions Arena
(DVD and PBS special filming)
August 29, 2007 Denver Pepsi Center
August 31, 2007 Omaha Qwest Center Omaha
September 2, 2007 Charlotte Charlotte Bobcats Arena
Oceania
September 28, 2007 Melbourne Australia Hamer Hall
September 30, 2007 Sydney Sydney Opera House
October 1, 2007
October 3, 2007
October 4, 2007
October 6, 2007 Brisbane Brisbane Concert Hall
October 7, 2007
October 9, 2007 Melbourne Hamer Hall
October 10, 2007
October 12, 2007 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
October 14, 2007 Perth Supreme Court Gardens
Asia
October 17, 2007 Manila Philippines Philippine International Convention Center
October 18, 2007

Cancelled or Postponed shows

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The July 18, 2007 in Charlotte was postponed 2 and a half hours before Angelique Kidjo was to begin due to Groban's ear and nose infection and rescheduled to September 2, 2007 (2007-09-02).

References

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  1. ^ Market Wire (November 15, 2006). "Josh Groban 29 city North American Arena tour announced". Marketwired. Marketwired. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
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