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 10 in Chicago and went through the middle of February. The tour hit the top 40 cities across the U.S. with one stop in Toronto. 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.
10 Australian dates were added in April and May 2005. It was the first Australian tour for Midler in 26 years.
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.
Bette Midler – Herself, headliner
Bette Sussman – Musical director, piano
Irwin Fisch – Synthesizers, keyboards
Sonny Emory – Drums
Lenny Castro – Percussion
Taku Hirano – Percussion
John Harrington – Guitar
Mike Miller – Guitar
Zev Katz – Bass
Sam Sims – Bass
Kyra Da Costa – Vocals
Kamilah Martin – Vocals
Nicolette Hart – Vocals
Eric Wangensteen – Trumpet
Scott Steen – Trumpet
Andrew Lippman – Trombone
Mando Dorame – Tenor saxophone
Jim Jedeikin – Baritone saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet, flute
The setlist varied from city to city. Some songs and bits were dropped and/or added in different cities, but the general setlist was as follows:
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
Delores 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)
