Rainbow World Tour

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Rainbow World Tour
Tour by Mariah Carey
Rainbow tour book.jpg
Rainbow Tour book cover
Associated albumRainbow
Start dateFebruary 14, 2000 (2000-02-14)
End dateApril 18, 2000 (2000-04-18)
Legs3
No. of shows19
Box office$7.1 million (North American Leg)
Mariah Carey concert chronology

The Rainbow World Tour was a concert tour in 2000 by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, and supports her seventh studio album Rainbow (1999). The trek started in Europe on February 14, in Antwerp, Belgium, also an itinerary that included North America and ended on April 18, in Toronto. The tour's nine-date North American leg grossed $7.1 million according to Billboard.[1]

Background[]

The Rainbow Tour marked Carey's first tour in the U.S. in seven years since her 1993 Music Box Tour garnered a flurry of bad initial reviews. In addition to visiting more European countries, Carey also visited Singapore for the first time. During this tour, Carey debuted new songs from the Rainbow album such as: "Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)", "Heartbreaker", "Thank God I Found You" and much more, including some of her biggest hits. Once again, longtime friend Trey Lorenz was featured as a backup singer. On tour merchandise shirts, a date in Dallas, Texas is listed, but was never actually scheduled.

Critical response[]

The tour received generally mixed reviews, especially in the United States. Of the debut American performance at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Variety said: "Mariah Carey's show begs for either simplicity or coherency."[2] Of the United Center performance, and reflecting that this was the first time Mariah was scantily clad touring, The Chicago Sun-Times said that Carey had "been transformed from a wannabe Whitney to a wannabe Britney", and called her approach to concert performance "difficult to fathom" considering she was "the only artist to have scored a No. 1 hit in every year of the '90s, selling some 125 million records worldwide."[3]

Set list[]

The following set list is from the February 17 concert in Milan. It is not intended to represent all dates throughout the tour.[4]

  1. "Mariah & Bianca" (Introduction) (contains elements of "Rainbow (Interlude)" and "Butterfly")
  2. "Emotions"
  3. "My All"
  4. "Dreamlover"
  5. "X-Girlfriend"
  6. "Vulnerability" (Video interlude)
  7. "Against All Odds (Take a Look At Me Now)"
  8. "Without You"
  9. "Make It Happen"
  10. "Thank God I Found You" (performed with Trey Lorenz) (contains elements of the Make It Last Remix)
  11. "Make You Happy" (Interlude) (performed by Trey Lorenz)
  12. "Fantasy" (Bad Boy Remix)
  13. "Always Be My Baby"
  14. "Crybaby"
  15. "Close My Eyes"
  16. "Petals"
  17. "Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)"
  18. "Money Ain't a Thang" (Dance Interlude)
  19. "Heartbreaker" (contains elements of the Desert Storm Remix)
  20. "Honey" (contains elements of the Bad Boy Remix)
  21. "Vision of Love"
  22. "Rainbow" (Interlude)
  23. "Hero"
  24. "Butterfly Reprise" (Outro)
Notes
  • During the opening show in Antwerp, Carey performed "Sweetheart".
  • "Make It Happen" was cut from the set list on February 23.
  • Starting on February 29, "Without You" was no longer performed.
  • "All I Want for Christmas Is You" was temporarily performed from March 4 to 9.
  • The "Vulnerability" video interlude was cut from the set list on March 4.
  • "Vision Of Love" was not performed in Tokyo.
  • Carey sang Lauryn Hill's “Ex-Factor” in Singapore.
  • Starting on March 13, "Always Be My Baby" was moved up earlier in the set list, being performed after "My All". Additionally, "Heartbreaker" was performed before "Dreamlover".
  • A snippet of "Daydream Interlude (Fantasy Sweet Dub Mix)" was performed in Los Angeles, San Jose, Boston and Toronto.
  • A snippet of "Vanishing" was performed in Las Vegas.
  • A medley of "I Still Believe" and "Pure Imagination" was performed in Singapore and Los Angeles.
  • A snippet of "Breakdown" was performed in Los Angeles and Chicago.
  • "(You're Puttin') A Rush On Me" and "Slipping Away" were performed in Chicago. Additionally, 98 Degrees joined Carey onstage to perform "Thank God I Found You".

Shows[]

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
Date City Country Venue Opening act
Europe
February 14, 2000 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis N/A
February 17, 2000 Milan Italy Fila Forum
February 20, 2000 Cologne Germany Kölnarena
February 23, 2000 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
February 26, 2000 London United Kingdom Wembley Arena
February 29, 2000 Madrid Spain Palacio de Deportes
Asia
March 4, 2000 Osaka Japan Osaka Dome N/A
March 7, 2000[a] Tokyo Tokyo Gymnasium
March 9, 2000[a]
March 13, 2000 Singapore Singapore Singapore National Stadium
North America[5]
March 16, 2000 Los Angeles United States Staples Center Da Brat
March 18, 2000 Las Vegas Thomas & Mack Center
March 21, 2000 San Jose San Jose Arena
March 25, 2000 Chicago United Center
March 29, 2000 Miami American Airlines Arena
April 1, 2000 Atlanta Philips Arena
April 11, 2000 New York City Madison Square Garden
April 13, 2000[b] Boston FleetCenter
April 18, 2000[c] Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre

Box office score data[]

Venue City Tickets sold / Available Gross revenue
Staples Center Los Angeles 15,627 / 15,627 $990,648
Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas 13,591 / 13,591 $681,068
San Jose Arena San Jose 13,999 / 13,999 $862,170
United Center Chicago 14,892 / 14,892 $848,156
American Airlines Arena Miami 12,008 / 12,008 $662,513
Philips Arena Atlanta 12,956 / 12,956 $664,229
Madison Square Garden New York City 14,870 / 14,870 $1,066,413
FleetCenter Boston 14,072 / 14,072 $730,441
Air Canada Centre Toronto 13,598 / 13,598 $592,565
Total 125,613 / 125,613 (100%) $7,098,203

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b The concerts of March 7 and March 9, 2000, at Tokyo Gymnasium were originally planned to take place at Tokyo Dome.
  2. ^ The April 13, 2000 concert in Boston, Massachusetts at the Fleet Center was originally planned to take place on April 4 but was rescheduled due to illness.[6]
  3. ^ The April 18, 2000 concert in Toronto, Ontario at the Air Canada Centre was originally planned to take place on April 7 but was rescheduled due to illness.[6]

Personnel[]

  • Randy Jackson – musical director
  • Eric Daniels – keyboards
  • Sam Sims - bass
  • Vernon Black – guitar
  • Gregory "Gigi" Gonoway – drums
  • Marquinho Brasil – percussion
  • Melonie Daniels – background vocals
  • Mary Ann Tatum – background vocals
  • Tracy Harris - background vocals
  • Lloyd Smith – background vocals
  • Trey Lorenz – vocals, background vocals

References[]

  1. ^ "Carey Aims TO Charm World On Tour". Billboard. 2001-12-24.
  2. ^ Variety, Staples Center concert review[dead link], March 27, 2000.
  3. ^ Chicago Sun-Times, Mariah Carey at United Center, March 27, 2000.
  4. ^ "Mariah Carey Setlist at FilaForum di Assago, Assago". setlist.fm. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  5. ^ Box score:
  6. ^ a b Mark Woodlief (April 4, 2000). "Mariah Carey Recovering From Food Poisoning". Billboard. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
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