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Classic Tour

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Start date
  
5 November 2011

No. of shows
  
19

End date
  
30 November 2011

Associated album
  
Wide Awake Classic Classic Christmas (from 14 November)

Classic Tour is the first solo UK tour by English singer Joe McElderry. The tour took place throughout November 2011.

Contents

Support Acts

  • Roxanne Emery
  • The Reason 4
  • Lorraine Crosby
  • About the tour

    For the tour, McElderry performed songs of his albums, Wide Awake, released under Syco, Classic, released under Decca, and would later add "Last Christmas" to the set, which is featured on his third album, Classic Christmas, also released under Decca. He also performed songs that was sung on The X Factor and The X Factor Tour 2010 as well as some new covers that he had never sung before. He set up a poll on his Facebook asking which song he should sing on the tour, the choices were "Home", "I Won't Let You Go", "Halo", "Someone Like You", "Your Song" or "The Edge of Glory". "Home" was chosen to be performed on the tour. The tour scored third place on Billboard's Hot Tours, with grosses of £421,219 (US$665,833).

  • Show Opener
    1. If You Love Me
    2. Real Late Starter
    3. Smile
    4. Wide Awake
  • The X Factor
    1. Don't Stop Believin'
    2. Love Story
    3. Open Arms
    4. Superman
    5. Ambitions
    6. Affirmation
    7. Until The Stars Run Out
  • Classic
    1. To Where You Are
    2. Canto Della Terra
    3. Dance With My Father
    4. Solitaire
    5. Time To Say Goodbye
    6. Nessun Dorma
  • Encore
    1. Over The Rainbow
    2. Home
    3. Last Christmas (added on 14 November)
    4. The Climb

    Tour Dates

    The first two shows were warm up gigs and were not advertised on his official website. A second Newcastle City Hall gig was added due to popular demand.

    References

    Classic Tour Wikipedia