Legs 8 Start date May 1996 | No. of shows 35 Leg 8 | |
The SWV world tour was a concert tour performed by the American pop/R&B group SWV. In view and support of the It's About Time and New Beginning albums, the stadium and arena tour ran in May 1996 to August 1996. It covered North America, Europe, Africa and some parts of Asia. Though on some of the tour spots, mostly Africa and Asia, they opened for Bobby Brown and Michael Jackson.
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SWV went on worldwide tour for the second time after their previous year Weak Tour in the UK. SWV entertained full stadiums, arenas, parks, clubs and other forms of entertainment places. The tour cost more than 1,000,000 dollars because of some of the places SWV went to and whom they entertained. In the first two weeks of July, SWV opened for Michael Jackson in Africa and Asia. Although some of SWV's tours were not sold out, most were. SWV were interviewed by many radio stations, news stations, magazines like People, Jet, and many others while doing the tours. SWV met with the leaders of all the places they have been to, including the President of Angola with Michael Jackson.