Close Encounters Tour

Close Encounters Tour
Tour by Robbie Williams
Associated album	Intensive Care & Rudebox
Start date	10 April 2006
End date	18 December 2006
Legs	4
Shows	39 in Europe 9 in Australia 7 in Latin America 4 in South Africa & UAE 59 in total
Robbie Williams tour chronology
Weekends Of Mass Distraction Tour (2003) Close Encounters Tour (2006)

The Close Encounters Tour is Robbie Williams' 2006 worldwide concert tour. It kicked off in Durban's ABSA Stadium on 10 April, and ended in Melbourne on 18 December. The tour was a great success financially, with every date selling out the morning the tickets went on sale. Williams broke the World Record for selling 1.6 million tickets in a single day of going on sale in November 2005.

History

The name "Close Encounters" from movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg) is the Fanfare Let there be light (Intro) including the famous five-note melody Wild Signals. 'This symbol shows, that "we are not alone"', Williams said before the tour. The show is a little "Space-show"...

Set list

During the spring leg of the tour, the set list was:

1. Radio
2. Rock DJ
3. Tripping
4. Monsoon
5. Sin Sin Sin
6. Supreme
7. The Trouble With Me
8. Millennium
9. Back for Good
10. No Regrets
11. Advertising Space
12. There She Goes
13. Ghosts
14. Come Undone
15. Feel
16. A Place To Crash
17. Kids
18. Make Me Pure
19. Let Me Entertain You
20. Strong
21. Angels

The set list was different during the summer leg and, until the Hamburg concert on 15 July 2006, ran like so:

1. Radio
2. Rock DJ
3. Tripping
4. Monsoon
5. Sin Sin Sin
6. The Trouble With Me
7. Make Me Pure
8. Me and My Shadow (With Jonathan Wilkes)
9. Strong (Also with Jonathan Wilkes)
10. Back for Good
11. No Regrets
12. Advertising Space
13. A Place To Crash
14. Come Undone
15. Feel
16. Let Me Entertain You
17. Angels

However, this changed on 19 July at Budapest and stayed the same for the rest of the European part of the tour.

1. Radio
2. Rock DJ
3. Tripping
4. Monsoon
5. Sin Sin Sin
6. Millennium
7. Make Me Pure
8. Me and My Shadow (With Jonathan Wilkes)
9. Strong (Also with Jonathan Wilkes)
10. Back for Good
11. Advertising Space
12. Come Undone
13. Feel
14. Let Me Entertain You
15. Rudebox
16. Angels
17. Kids

The set list played in Santiago de Chile and both dates of Buenos Aires was supposed to stay the same for the rest of the Latin American Tour.

1. Radio
2. Rock DJ
3. Tripping
4. Monsoon
5. Sin Sin Sin
6. Millennium
7. Make Me Pure
8. Me and My Shadow (With Jonathan Wilkes)
9. Strong (Also with Jonathan Wilkes)
10. Back for Good
11. Advertising Space
12. Come Undone
13. Feel
14. Let Me Entertain You
15. Rudebox
16. Angels
17. She's The One
18. Better Man

However, Robbie changed the setlist in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil had a special and unique setlist following the European one, adding the hits Better Man and She's The One.

1. Radio
2. Rock DJ
3. Tripping
4. Monsoon
5. Sin Sin Sin
6. Make Me Pure
7. Me and My Shadow (With Jonathan Wilkes)
8. Strong (Also with Jonathan Wilkes)
9. Back for Good
10. Advertising Space
11. Come Undone
12. Better Man
13. Feel
14. Let Me Entertain You
15. Rudebox
16. She's The One
17. Angels
18. Kids

Robbie changed the setlist in Mexico City. The new setlist was:

1. Radio
2. Rock DJ
3. Tripping
4. Monsoon
5. Sin Sin Sin
6. Make Me Pure
7. Me and My Shadow (With Jonathan Wilkes)
8. Strong (Also with Jonathan Wilkes)
9. Back for Good
10. Advertising Space
11. Come Undone
12. Feel
13. Let Me Entertain You
14. Rudebox
15. Better Man (with Omar Chaparro, just on 21 October)
16. Angels
17. She's The One (just on 21 October)

Robbie changed the setlist in Perth for the Australian leg. The new setlist was:

1. Radio
2. Rock DJ
3. Tripping
4. Monsoon
5. Lovelight (This was the world premiere on 30 November)
6. Sin Sin Sin
7. Make Me Pure
8. Me and My Shadow (With Jonathan Wilkes)
9. Strong (Also with Jonathan Wilkes)
10. Back for Good
11. Advertising Space
12. Come Undone
13. Feel
14. Let Me Entertain You
15. Rudebox
16. Angels
17. Kids

Robbie changed the setlist in Adelaide. The new setlist was:

1. Radio
2. Rock DJ
3. Tripping
4. Monsoon
5. Sin Sin Sin
6. Make Me Pure
7. Me and My Shadow (With Jonathan Wilkes)
8. Stayin Alive (a cappella)
9. Strong (Also with Jonathan Wilkes)
10. Back for Good
11. Advertising Space
12. Come Undone
13. Feel
14. Let Me Entertain You
15. Rudebox
16. Angels
17. Kids

Robbie changed the setlist in Sydney on the 10/12/06 .... the setlist was:

Intro (Let there be light)

1. Radio
2. Rock DJ
3. Tripping
4. Monsoon
5. Sin Sin Sin
6. Millennium
7. Make Me Pure
8. Me and My Shadow (With Jonathan Wilkes)
9. Stayin Alive (a cappella)
10. Strong (Also with Jonathan Wilkes)
11. Back for Good
12. Advertising Space
13. Come Undone
14. Feel
15. Let Me Entertain You
16. Rudebox
17. Angels

Note: The concert was cut short of normal running time, as the Sydney Council placed a curfew upon concerts at Aussie Stadium, ensuring it was over by 10.30 pm.

Robbie changed the setlist in Brisbane .... the setlist was:

1. Radio
2. Rock DJ
3. Tripping
4. Monsoon
5. Sin Sin Sin
6. Millennium
7. Make Me Pure
8. Me and My Shadow (With Jonathan Wilkes)
9. Stayin Alive (a cappella)
10. Strong (Also with Jonathan Wilkes)
11. Back for Good
12. Advertising Space
13. Come Undone
14. Feel
15. Let Me Entertain You
16. Rudebox
17. Angels
18. Kids

Support acts

The Ordinary Boys were originally meant to be one of the support acts, but dropped out at the last minute. Orson took their place going on first.

Basement Jaxx were the top support act, which surprised many people, as the band are doing their own sold out arena tour in December. Many thought that the Jaxx were too big to do a support slot. The support slot also conicides with the release of their latest album, Crazy Itch Radio.

Basement Jaxx did not tour on the Americas. In Buenos Aires, La Portuaria, an Argentine band reminiscent of David Byrne was chosen to support. The supporting act in South Africa was the local afro-fusion band Freshly Ground, who has the hit single doo be doo. The supporting act in Australia is Sneaky Sound System.

Timings

At most concerts, the times run :

• 6pm - 6:30 pm: Orson
• 6:50 pm - 7.45 pm: Basement Jaxx
• 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm: Robbie Williams

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Capacity
South Africa & UAE
10 April 2006	Durban	South Africa	ABSA Stadium	40,690
13 April 2006	Cape Town		Green Point Stadium	33,757
17 April 2006	Pretoria		Loftus Stadium	56,632
21 April 2006	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Nad Al Sheba	24,000
Europe
9 June 2006	Dublin	Ireland	Croke Park	78,905
13 June 2006	Brussels	Belgium	KBS Stadium	54,000
14 June 2006				54,000
17 June 2006	Paris	France	Parc des Princes	48,500
21 June 2006	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Amsterdam Arena	51,000
22 June 2006				51,000
24 June 2006				51,000
25 June 2006				51,000
1 July 2006	Gothenburg	Sweden	Ullevi Stadium	51,268
2 July 2006				51,268
6 July 2006	Copenhagen	Denmark	Parken Stadium	45,000
7 July 2006				45,000
10 July 2006	Dresden	Germany	Festwiese	78,346
11 July 2006				78,346
14 July 2006	Hamburg		Trabrennbahn	77,555
15 July 2006				77,555
19 July 2006	Budapest	Hungary	Nepstadion	65,000
22 July 2006	Milan	Italy	San Siro Stadium	66,750
27 July 2006	Berlin	Germany	Olympiastadion	61,655
28 July 2006				61,656
1 August 2006	Munich		Olympiastadion	68,971
2 August 2006				68,971
3 August 2006				68,971
8 August 2006	Cologne		Jahnwiese	76,681
9 August 2006				76,681
12 August 2006	Hockenheim		Hockenheimring	84,710
13 August 2006				84,710
18 August 2006	Vienna	Austria	Ernst Happel Stadium	49,748
19 August 2006				49,748
23 August 2006	Berne	Switzerland	Stade de Suisse	39,400
24 August 2006				39,400
1 September 2006	Glasgow	Scotland	Hampden Park	52,000
2 September 2006				52,000
8 September 2006	Leeds	England	Roundhay Park	69,000
9 September 2006				69,000
14 September 2006	Milton Keynes		Milton Keynes Bowl	75,000
15 September 2006				75,000
16 September 2006				75,000
18 September 2006				75,000
19 September 2006				75,000
Americas
Date	City	Country	Venue	Capacity
10 October 2006	Santiago	Chile	Estadio Nacional	50,000
14 October 2006	Buenos Aires	Argentina	River Plate Stadium	60,000
15 October 2006				60,000
18 October 2006	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Sambadrome Arena	40,000
19 October 2006	Mexico City	Mexico	Palacio de los Deportes *	22,000
21 October 2006	Mexico City		Foro Sol	52,000
22 October 2006			Foro Sol ^	52,000
Australia
Date	City	Country	Venue	Capacity
30 November 2006	Perth	Australia	Subiaco Oval	42,000
1 December 2006				42,000
5 December 2006	Adelaide		AAMI Stadium	53,000
9 December 2006	Sydney		Aussie Stadium	52,079
10 December 2006				52,079
13 December 2006	Brisbane		Suncorp Stadium	52,413
14 December 2006				52,413
17 December 2006	Melbourne		Telstra Dome	62,637
18 December 2006				62,637

* = Special performance for the MTV VMALA 2006.

^ = Recorded live to be broadcasted in Latin America.

External links

• Official site