Charmbracelet World Tour: An Intimate Evening with Mariah Carey

Charmbracelet World Tour: An Intimate Evening with Mariah Carey
Tour by Mariah Carey
Associated album	Charmbracelet
Start date	June 21, 2003
End date	February 26, 2004
Legs	7
Shows	20 in Asia 16 in Europe 33 in North America 69 in total
Mariah Carey tour chronology
Rainbow World Tour (2000) Charmbracelet World Tour (2003-2004) The Adventures of Mimi Tour (2006)

Charmbracelet World Tour: An Intimate Evening with Mariah Carey is the name of Mariah Carey's 2003–04 worldwide concert tour. It takes its name from Carey's 2002 album Charmbracelet, which had been released six months earlier.

History

Carey performing "Subtle Invitation" on the tour

This was Carey's first tour since her 2000 Rainbow World Tour. Overall it was Carey's fifth tour and her most extensive, lasting for sixty-one shows over eight months. Carey's previous tours had been restricted to a few European countries, Japan, Australia and the United States in 1993 and 2000, usually consisting of very few shows. The Charmbracelet World Tour, on the other hand, was truly a world tour, playing many places in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.

The long-running length of the tour had actually not been planned. After the initial stretch of the tour, Carey decided to add additional dates. For the new dates, she performed a more condensed show, cutting off several songs from the setlist and performing new songs in their place with Christmas elements during seasonal periods. Fans praised Carey for being in excellent voice the entire tour and Carey has claimed that the tour prepared her voice to record her next album The Emancipation of Mimi.

Carey's sexual image also generated some controversy during the tour. In various countries, she was often criticised for her choice of dress, and a Pan-Islamic youth leader attempted to have her banned from performing in Malaysia.^[1] Carey opted to wear jeans and a tank top for the entire Malaysian concert.

The location with the highest number of attendees was in Manila, Philippines where 30,000 people attended.

The tour of some Asian countries were either rescheduled or canceled due to a respiratory disease known as severe acute respiratory syndrome. The tour in Singapore was canceled, and the tour in Korea was rescheduled.

Set list

Carey's website asked fans to design and submit set lists for the show, though the songs Carey ended up performing differed from their preferences. A second poll was then introduced asking fans to vote for one of three songs: "Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)" won for almost every night of the tour, "One Sweet Day" won a few times, and "Love Takes Time" never won.

1. Introduction (contain elements from "Looking In")
2. "Heartbreaker" (with pre-recorded Jay-Z) (contains excerpts of the remix version with pre-recorded Da Brat and Missy Elliott)
3. "Dreamlover"
4. "Through the Rain"
5. "My All" (contain excerpts from the "Classic Club Mix" version)
6. "Clown" ¹
7. "Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)" ²
8. "Honey"
9. "I Know What You Want"
10. "Subtle Invitation" ¹
11. "My Saving Grace"
12. "I'll Be There"
13. "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" ¹
14. "Fantasy" (Bad Boy Remix with pre-recorded O.B.D.)
15. "Always Be My Baby" ³
16. "Make It Happen"
17. "Without You" ⁴
18. "Vision of Love" ⁵
19. "Hero"
20. "Butterfly Outro"
21. "All I Want for Christmas Is You" ⁶

¹cut in Manchester, and after the European leg
²added to the running order starting with the Las Vegas show at Caesars Palace
³cut at the December U.S. shows
⁴performed only in Europe, Manila, Shanghai, and Thailand
⁵cut in Japan and Dubai
⁶performed only in Japan and U.S. shows in December

Additional songs

• "You Got Me" (Seoul date only)
• "One Sweet Day" (St. Louis, Mashantucket and Morrison dates only)
• "What Would You Do" (12/17 Los Angeles only)
• "Joy to the World" (December U.S. shows only)
• "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (December U.S. shows only)

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Asia
June 21, 2003	Seoul	South Korea	Olympic Gymnastics Arena
June 24, 2003	Osaka	Japan	Osaka-jō Hall
June 26, 2003
June 29, 2003	Fukuoka		Marine Messe Fukuoka
July 1, 2003
July 3, 2003	Hiroshima		Hiroshima Sun Plaza
July 6, 2003	Tokyo		Nippon Budokan
July 08, 2003
July 10, 2003
July 13, 2003	Nagoya		Rainbow Hall
July 15, 2003
North America
July 26, 2003	Paradise	United States	Caesars Palace
July 29, 2003	Chicago		United Center
August 1, 2003	St. Louis		Fox Theatre
August 3, 2003	Cleveland		Scene Pavilion
August 5, 2003	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 7, 2003	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre
August 10, 2003	Morrison	United States	Red Rocks Amphitheatre
August 13, 2003	Concord		Chronicle Pavilion
August 15, 2003	San Diego		SDSU Open Air Theatre
August 18, 2003	Los Angeles		Universal Amphitheatre
August 21, 2003
August 23, 2003	Phoenix		Dodge Theater
August 26, 2003	Grand Prairie		Nokia Theatre
August 28, 2003	The Woodlands		The Pavilion
August 30, 2003	Orlando		Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre
September 1, 2003	Fort Lauderdale		Broward Center
September 3, 2003	Tampa		The Tampa Bay
September 6, 2003	Mashantucket		Foxwoods Resort Casino
September 8, 2003	Boston		Wang Center
September 10, 2003	Upper Darby		Tower Theatre
September 12, 2003	Wallingford		Oakdale Theatre
September 14, 2003	Cincinnati		U.S. Bank Arena
September 18, 2003	New York City		Radio City Music Hall
September 20, 2003	Atlantic City		Trump Taj
September 23, 2003	Manchester		Verizon Wireless Arena
Europe
September 27, 2003	Moscow	Russia	State Kremlin Palace
September 29, 2003
October 2, 2003	Saint Petersburg		Ice Palace
October 5, 2003	Stockholm	Sweden	a Globen
October 8, 2003	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Ahoy Rotterdam
October 10, 2003	Hamburg	Germany	Color Line Arena
October 13, 2003	Berlin		Max-Schmeling-Halle
October 16, 2003	Munich		Olympiahalle
October 19, 2003	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
October 22, 2003	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
October 25, 2003	Glasgow	United Kingdom	SECC
October 28, 2003	Birmingham		National Exhibition Centre
October 30, 2003	London		Wembley Arena
November 01, 2003	Manchester		MEN Arena
November 04, 2003	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
November 07, 2003	Milan	Italy	Fila Forum
Asia
November 12, 2003	Shanghai	China	Hong Kou Stadium
November 14, 2003
November 16, 2003	Taguig	Philippines	Bonifacio Global City Open Field
North America
December 9, 2003	Portland	United States	Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
December 10, 2003	Seattle		McCaw Hall
December 12, 2003	San Jose		HP Pavilion at San Jose
December 15, 2003	Santa Barbara		Arlington Theater
December 17, 2003	Los Angeles		Universal Amphitheater
December 19, 2003	Tucson		TCC Arena
December 20, 2003	Las Vegas		Theatre for the Performing Arts
December 22, 2003	Costa Mesa		Orange County PAC
Asia
February 13, 2004	Busan	South Korea	Busan Exhibition and Convention Center
February 15, 2004	Jakarta	Indonesia	Jakarta Convention Center
February 17, 2004	Bangkok	Thailand	IMPACT Arena
February 20, 2004	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Stadium Merdeka
February 24, 2004	Beirut	Lebanon	B.I.E.L.
February 26, 2004	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Dubai Media City

References

1. ^ BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Music | Mariah upsets Malaysian Muslims