Close Encounters Tour 2006
spring
• 2006, Apr 10: Durban, South Africa: Stadium Durban   
• 2006, Apr 13: Cape Town, South Africa: Green Point   
• 2006, Apr 17: Pretoria, South Africa: Loftus Stad.   
• 2006, Apr 21: Dubai, UAE: Nad Al Sheba   
summer
• 2006, Jun 9: Dublin, Ireland: Corke Park   
• 2006, Jun 13: Brussels, Belgium: Koning Boudewijn   
• 2006, Jun 14: Brussels, Belgium: Koning Boudewijn   
• 2006, Jun 17: Paris, France: Parc des Princes   
• 2006, Jun 21: Amsterdam, Netherlands: Arena   
• 2006, Jun 22: Amsterdam, Netherlands: Arena   
• 2006, Jun 24: Amsterdam, Netherlands: Arena   
• 2006, Jun 25: Amsterdam, Netherlands: Arena   
• 2006, Jul 1: Gothenburg, Sweden: Ullevi   
• 2006, Jul 2: Gothenburg, Sweden: Ullevi   
• 2006, Jul 6: Copenhagen, Denmark: Parken   
• 2006, Jul 7: Copenhagen, Denmark: Parken   
• 2006, Jul 10: Dresden, Germany: Festwiese   
• 2006, Jul 11: Dresden, Germany: Festwiese   
• 2006, Jul 14: Hamburg, Germany: Trabrennbahn   
• 2006, Jul 15: Hamburg, Germany: Trabrennbahn   
• 2006, Jul 19: Budapest, Hungary: Puskas Ferenc   
• 2006, Jul 22: Milan, Italy: San Siro Stadium   
• 2006, Jul 27: Berlin, Germany: Olympiastadion   
• 2006, Jul 28: Berlin, Germany: Olympiastadion   
• 2006, Aug 1: Munich, Germany: Olympiapark   
• 2006, Aug 2: Munich, Germany: Olympiapark 
• 2006, Aug 3: Munich, Germany: Olympiapark   
• 2006, Aug 8: Cologne, Germany: Jahnwiese   
• 2006, Aug 9: Cologne, Germany: Jahnwiese   
• 2006, Aug 12: Hockenheimring, Germany: Open Air   
• 2006, Aug 13: Hockenheimring, Germany: Open Air   
• 2006, Aug 18: Vienna, Austria: Ernst Happel Stad.   
• 2006, Aug 19: Vienna, Austria: Ernst Happel Stad.   
• 2006, Aug 23: Bern, Switzerland: Stade de Suisse   
• 2006, Aug 24: Bern, Switzerland: Stade de Suisse 
autumn
• 2006, Sep 1: Glasgow, UK: Hampden Park   
• 2006, Sep 2: Glasgow, UK: Hampden Park   
• 2006, Sep 8: Leeds, UK: Roundhay   
• 2006, Sep 9: Leeds, UK: Roundhay   
• 2006, Sep 14: London, UK: Milton Keynes Bowl   
• 2006, Sep 15: London, UK: Milton Keynes Bowl   
• 2006, Sep 16: London, UK: Milton Keynes Bowl   
• 2006, Sep 18: London, UK: Milton Keynes Bowl   
• 2006, Sep 19: London, UK: Milton Keynes Bowl   
• 2006, Oct 11: Santiago, Chile: Estбdio Nacional   
• 2006, Oct 14: Buenos Aires, Argentina: Estбdio River Plate   
• 2006, Oct 15: Buenos Aires, Argentina: Estбdio River Plate   
• 2006, Oct 18: Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: Estбdio do Flamengo   
• 2006, Oct 22: Mexico City, Mйxico: Foro Solo   
• 2006, Nov 10: Hong Kong, China: Convention Centre   
• 2006, Nov 14: Bangkok, Thailand: Active Square   
• 2006, Nov 18: Singapore, Singapore: Arena   
• 2006, Nov 30: Perth, Australia: Subiaco Oval   
winter
• 2006, Dec 1: Perth, Australia: Subiaco Oval   
• 2006, Dec 5: Adelaide, Australia: AAMI Stadium 
• 2006, Dec 9: Sydney, Australia: Aussie Stadium   
• 2006, Dec 13: Brisbane, Australia: Suncorp Stadium   
• 2006, Dec 14: Brisbane, Australia: Suncorp Stadium   
• 2006, Dec 17: Melbourne, Australia: Telstra Dome   
• 2006, Dec 18: Melbourne, Australia: Telstra Dome

Tour Set List: South Africa, Dubai and Tour Start Europe
1.Radio
2.Rock DJ
3.Tripping
4.Monsoon
5.Sin Sin Sin
6.Trouble with me
7.Millennium
8.Back for good
9.No Regrets
10.Advertising Space
11.Ghosts
12.Come Undone
13.Feel
14.A place to crash
15.Kids
16.Make me pure
Encore:
17.Let me Entertain you
18.Strong
19.Angels

Tour Set List: Europe
1.Radio
2.Rock dj
3.Tripping
4.Monsoon
5.Sin sin sin
6.The Trouble with me
7.Millennium
8.Make Me Pure
9.Me and my shadow (feat. Jonathan Wilkes)
10.Strong (feat. Jonathan Wilkes)
11.Back for good
12.No regrets
13.Advertising space
14.A place to crash
15.Come undone
16.Feel

Encore:
17.Let me entertain you
18.Rudebox (from Milan onwards)
19.Angels
20.Kids

Отредактировано Better Man (05.08.2006 22:04)

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2006, Apr 17: Pretoria, South Africa: Loftus Stad
As the moon rose over Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria last night, 60 000 heads bopped to the beat and twice as many hands were flung in the air. Robbie Williams closed the South African leg of his world tour with fireworks and a matching bang, thanking the crowd on his knees for turning up en masse. "Baie dankie," he shouted to the explosive cheering and clapping.
Taking after his comedian father, Williams entertained the crowd with witty one-liners, imitations of Michael Jackson, and of a horny giraffe. He also had the stadium have a go at the world's largest simultaneous burping session. "I bet they heard that miles away!"
The cheeky singer treated the fans, some of whom had been waiting for six hours, to new songs from his Intensive Care album, such as Sin Sin Sin and Advertising Space as well as to older chart toppers like Rock DJ, Feel -- "I did that whole cowboy thing before Brokeback Mountain!"-- and Angels. Williams even sang Take That's Back for Good and wished his former band mates the best of luck with their recent reunion. "But without me it's just not the same. Not Take That but more like ... Ake That."
Dressed in jeans, sneakers, and a black long-line blazer, Williams wowed Pretoria with his raunchy charm. "If I'll shag you? Sure, come find me after the show," he said to fans holding a banner before running across the stage to have a closer look at a girl baring her breasts. "Please do that again love," and then, turning to the African sky, laughing: "Thank you for making your women so accessible."
Williams praised South Africa for having the most beautiful people. "Everybody here is fucking gorgeous; girls, guys, everybody. I shot my new video for Sin Sin Sin in Cape Town the other day and had the pleasure to be surrounded by 17 of the country's top models. Sadly every single one of them had a boyfriend ... But luckily two of them didn't mind for one night."
The show was not all jokes, though. Williams got serious when talking about his first-ever love from when he was 16, and said he still loved her. Up-tempo tracks were followed by sensitive ballads, jokes were followed by genuine expressions of gratitude and heartfelt life stories.
Williams gave people what they wanted and then some. He sang, rapped and danced, improvising along the way. By the end of the two-hour extravaganza there was no man, woman, or child who did not believe they had not just witnessed a true entertainer.
It was the first time Williams had performed in South Africa but it will not be the last. Williams said he loved the country and called it "the world's best-kept secret".
"I will be back," the golden boy from Stoke-on-Trent, England, promised before he was whisked off in a helicopter to his R11 000 presidential suite at the Westcliffe Hotel and the public went back to their cars and daily routine. Williams came, saw, and conquered or as an older gentleman on his way out put it: "Robbie sure had my stiff ass jumping up and down!"

Отредактировано Better Man (05.08.2006 21:59)

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2006, Jun 9: Dublin, Ireland: Corke Park
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Pop star Robbie Williams promised Irish fans a free concert after kicking off the summer leg of his world tour in Dublin with what he said was a disappointing performance on Friday.
The 32-year-old, who said he wished he'd opened his sell-out "Close Encounter" tour in a village hall rather than in front of 90,000 screaming fans, made the promise after a stunt at the end of the show failed to come off.

Williams was meant to descend on a gondola from a rig above the stage during his song "Let Me Entertain You" but the device didn't work and Williams was forced to rush back down to the stage.

After the song, Williams admitted what had happened and said he didn't feel he had performed as well as he could. His pledge to host a free gig was greeted with huge applause and cheers from an already animated audience packed into Dublin's Croke Park stadium.

"I'll be back before the end of the year," he said.

Отредактировано Better Man (05.08.2006 22:01)