Kiss My Brass

Infobox concert tour
concert_tour_name = Kiss My Brass


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artist = Bette Midler
start_date = 10 December, 2003
end_date = 12 December, 2004
number_of_legs = 2
number_of_shows = 77
location = USA
Canada
last_tour = The Divine Miss Millennium Tour
(1999-2000)
this_tour = Kiss My Brass
(2003-2004)
next_tour = Kiss My Brass Down Under (2005)
Bette Midler hit the road for the first time in four years with her 2003-2004 Kiss My Brass concert tour. The first leg of the tour kicked off on December 10th in Chicago, Illinois and went through the middle of February. The tour hit the top 40 cities across the U.S. with one stop in Toronto, Ontario. 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.

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". [cite web | url=http://www.bootlegbetty.com/newtour.htm | title=Bootleg Betty: New Tour Updates Page | publisher=Bootleg Betty | accessdate=2008-07-15]

Cast and Personnel

Cast

*Bette Midler – Herself, headliner

Harlettes

*Kyra Da Costa – Harlettes
*Kamilah Martin – Harlettes
*Nicolette Hart – Harlettes

Musicians

*Bette Sussman – Musical director, piano
*Irwin Fisch – Synthesizers, keyboards
*Sonny Emory – Drums
*Lenny Castro – Percussion
*John Harrington – Guitar
*Mike Miller – Guitar
*Zev Katz – Bass
*Ester Nicholson – Background vocalist
*Eric Wangensteen – Lead trumpet
*Scott Steen – Solo trumpet
*Andrew Lippman – Trombone
*Mando Dorame – Tenor saxophone
*Jim Jedeikin – Bari sax, alto sax, clarinet, flute

etlist

The setlist varied from city to city. Some songs and bits were dropped and/or added in different cities, but the general setlist is as follows:

Act 1

*"Kiss My Brass/Big Noise from Winnetka"
*Opening Monologue
*"Stuff Like That There"
*"Skylark"
*"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
*Judge Judy Skit
*"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" / Soph
*"Shiver Me Timbers" [ [http://www.betteontheboards.com/boards/tour-17.htm Bette Midler: Kiss My Brass Tour (2003-2004) ] ]

Act 2

Dolores Delago: Fishtails Over Broadway
*"Sideshow"
*Medley: "I Had a Dream" / "Everything's Coming Up Roses" / "Tonight" / "Cabaret" / "You'll Never Walk Alone" / "Tomorrow" / "And I Am Telling You" / "All That Jazz" / "One Singular Sensation" / "Hello, Dolly!" / "Give My Regards to Broadway" / "Oklahoma"
*Mister Rogers Segment
**"I Like to Be Told"
**"September"
*"From A Distance"
*"Do You Wanna Dance"
*"Wind Beneath My Wings"
*"Keep On Rockin' "
*"The Rose"
**Encore
*"Friends"
*"White Christmas" (not sung at all venues)

Tour Dates

First Leg

[ [http://www.bootlegbetty.com/reviews/mr_KissMyBrass.htm BootLeg Betty Music Reviews ] ]

econd Leg

[ [http://www.bootlegbetty.com/reviews/mr_KissMyBrass2.htm BootLeg Betty Music Reviews ] ]

References