40th Anniversary Tour

40th Anniversary Tour
Tour by Cliff Richard
Associated album Real As I Wanna Be
Start date 5 February 1998
End date 18 July 1999
Legs 5
No. of shows 41 in UK / Ireland
12 in Australia
2 in New Zealand
9 in Europe
Cliff Richard concert chronology

The 40th Anniversary Tour was a Cliff Richard worldwide tour that reinforced his status as a music icon, in conjunction with promoting associated new release album "Real As I Wanna Be" and performing songs from his 40-year career. The 1998-1999 arena- tour included shows in UK, Ireland, Europe and Australia / New Zealand. For the performances in the latter two countries some special guests were also lined up.

Set List

  1. From A Distance
  2. Do You Wanna Dance?
  3. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
  4. Softly As I Leave You
  5. All That Matters
  6. Daddy's Home
  7. Real As I Wanna Be
  8. I Will Always Love You (Barratt Waugh)
  9. Miss You Nights
  10. The Twelfth Of Never (With Michelle Wolf)
  11. Through The Fire (Michelle Wolf)
  12. Some People
  13. Wired For Sound
  14. Move It
  15. Even If It Breaks My Heart
  16. Can't Keep This Feeling In
  17. Every time We Say Goodbye
  18. We Don't Talk Anymore
  19. She Makes Me Feel Like A Man
  20. The Miracle
  21. Butterfly Kisses
  22. Vita Mia (With Vencenzo La Scola)
  23. Devil Woman
  24. Ocean Deep
  25. It'll Be Me
  26. Peace In Our Time

Personnel

The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra Conducted By Nick Ingman

Guest artists

Barratt Waugh & Michellle Wolf, Guest Singers

Alan Park - Keyboards
Peter May - Drums & Percussion
John Clark - Guitars
Steve Stroud - Bass Guitar
Mike Haughton & Mark Taylor - Saxophones
Pete Beachill - Trombone
Mick Mullins, Keith Murrell & Peter Lincoln - Backing Singers
Claudia Fontaine, Fay Simpson, Chris Ballin & Paul Johnson - Additional Backing Singers

Tour dates

Date City Country/State Venue Tickets available
Leg 1: Oceania
5 February 1998 New Plymouth New Zealand TSB Bowl of Brooklands 16,000
7 February 1998 Auckland North Harbour Stadium 18,000
11 February 1998 Melbourne Australia Rod Laver Arena 16,000
12 February 1998
14 February 1998 Newcastle, New South Wales Newcastle Entertainment Centre 5,500
15 February 1998
18 February 1998 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre 12,500
19 February 1998
21 February 1998 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre 12,000
22 February 1998
25 February 1998 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre 12,000
26 February 1998
1 March 1998 Perth Perth Entertainment Centre 8,000
2 March 1998
Leg 2: Europe
17 May 1998 London England Royal Albert Hall 153,000
18 May 1998
20 May 1998
21 May 1998
22 May 1998
24 May 1998
25 May 1998
27 May 1998
28 May 1998
29 May 1998
21 September 1998
22 September 1998
1 December 1998
2 December 1998
4 December 1998
5 December 1998
6 December 1998
8 December 1998
9 December 1998
11 December 1998
12 December 1998
13 December 1998
2 March 1999
3 March 1999
4 March 1999
6 March 1999
7 March 1999
8 March 1999
10 March 1999
11 March 1999
12 March 1999
13 March 1999
15 March 1999
16 March 1999
Leg 3: Europe
23 April 1999 Oberhausen Germany König Pilsener Arena 11,000
25 April 1999 Herning Denmark Messe Center Herning 25,000
26 April 1999 Copenhagen Forum Copenhagen 10,000
27 April 1999 Hamburg Germany Sporthalle Hamburg 4,200
29 April 1999 Randers Denmark Randers FC 9,000
30 April 1999 Slagelse Antvorskov Hall 1,500
2 May 1999 Brussels Belgium Forest National 8,000
3 May 1999 Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy Rotterdam 10,000
5 May 1999 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle 16,000
Leg 4: Europe
4 June 1999 Belfast Northern Ireland King's Hall 5,000
5 June 1999
7 June 1999 Dublin Ireland The Point 9,500
8 June 1999
Leg 5: Europe
16 July 1999 London England Hyde Park 90,000
17 July 1999
18 July 1999

Notes

Tour statistics

Region Cities Venues Shows Tickets available
New Zealand 2 2 2 34,000
Australia 6 6 12 132,000
Ireland 1 1 2 19,000
United Kingdom 1 3 39 253,000
Europe (5 countries) 9 9 9 94,700
Total 20 21 64 532,700
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