Close Encounters Tour

The Close Encounters Tour was a concert tour by British recording artist, Robbie Williams. Running from April to December 2006, the tour supported Williams' sixth studio album, Intensive Care. To date, it was the singer's largest tour, playing over 50 shows in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Australia. It is believed to have played to over 3 million spectators and earned over $60 million. The name is derived from the 1977 film, Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Close Encounters Tour

Tour by Robbie Williams
Promotional advert for the tour
Associated album	Intensive Care
Start date	10 April 2006
End date	18 December 2006
Legs	4
No. of shows	3 in Africa 1 in Asia 38 in Europe 4 in South America 2 in North America 9 in Australia 57 total
Robbie Williams concert chronology

Opening acts

• Freshlyground (Africa)
• Chris Coco (Europe, South America, Australia)
• Basement Jaxx (Europe)
• Orson (Europe)
• Sneaky Sound System (Australia)
• La Portuaria (Buenos Aires)

Setlist

The following setlist was obtained from the concert held on 10 April 2006, at the ABSA Stadium in Durban, South Africa.[1] It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

1. "Instrumental Sequence" (contains elements of "The Five Tones and Mountain Visions")
2. "Radio"
3. "Rock DJ"
4. "Tripping"
5. "Monsoon"
6. "Sin Sin Sin"
7. "Supreme"
8. "The Trouble With Me"
9. "Millennium"
10. "Back for Good"
11. "Advertising Space"
12. "There She Goes"
13. "Ghosts"
14. "Come Undone"
15. "Feel"
16. "A Place to Crash"
17. "Kids"
18. "Make Me Pure"

Encore

19. "Let Me Entertain You"
20. "Strong"
21. "Angels"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Africa
10 April 2006	Durban	South Africa	ABSA Stadium
13 April 2006	Cape Town		Green Point Stadium
17 April 2006	Pretoria		Loftus Versfeld Stadium
Asia[2]
21 April 2006	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Nad Al Sheba Racecourse
Europe
9 June 2006	Dublin	Ireland	Croke Park
13 June 2006	Brussels	Belgium	Stade Roi Baudouin
14 June 2006
17 June 2006	Paris	France	Parc des Princes
21 June 2006	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Amsterdam Arena
22 June 2006
24 June 2006
25 June 2006
1 July 2006	Gothenburg	Sweden	Ullevi
2 July 2006
6 July 2006	Copenhagen	Denmark	Parken Stadium
7 July 2006
10 July 2006	Dresden	Germany	Festwiese Ostragehege
11 July 2006
14 July 2006	Hamburg		Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld
15 July 2006
19 July 2006	Budapest	Hungary	Ferenc Puskás Stadium
22 July 2006	Milan	Italy	San Siro
27 July 2006	Berlin	Germany	Olympiastadion
28 July 2006
1 August 2006	Munich		Olympiastadion
2 August 2006
3 August 2006
8 August 2006	Cologne		Jahnwiese
9 August 2006
12 August 2006	Hockenheim		Hockenheimring
13 August 2006
18 August 2006	Vienna	Austria	Ernst-Happel-Stadion
19 August 2006
23 August 2006	Bern	Switzerland	Stade de Suisse
24 August 2006
1 September 2006	Glasgow	Scotland	Hampden Park
2 September 2006
8 September 2006	Leeds	England	Roundhay Park
9 September 2006
14 September 2006	Milton Keynes		National Bowl
15 September 2006
16 September 2006
18 September 2006
19 September 2006
South America
10 October 2006	Santiago	Chile	Estadio Nacional
14 October 2006	Buenos Aires	Argentina	River Plate Stadium
15 October 2006
18 October 2006	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Praça da Apoteose
North America
21 October 2006	Mexico City	Mexico	Foro Sol
22 October 2006
Australia[3]
30 November 2006	Perth	Australia	Subiaco Oval
1 December 2006
5 December 2006	Adelaide		AAMI Stadium
9 December 2006	Sydney		Aussie Stadium
10 December 2006
13 December 2006	Brisbane		Suncorp Stadium
14 December 2006
17 December 2006	Melbourne		Telstra Dome
18 December 2006

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

14 September 2006	London, England	Wembley Stadium	Moved to the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, England[4]
15 September 2006	London, England	Wembley Stadium	Moved to the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, England[4]
16 September 2006	London, England	Wembley Stadium	Moved to the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, England[4]
18 September 2006	London, England	Wembley Stadium	Moved to the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, England[4]
19 September 2006	London, England	Wembley Stadium	Moved to the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, England[4]
8 October 2006	Caracas, Venezuela	Estadio Universitario	Cancelled[5]
4 November 2006	Shanghai, China	Hongkou Football Stadium	Cancelled[5]
10 November 2006	Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong	AsiaWorld–Arena	Cancelled[5]
14 November 2006	Bangkok, Thailand	Aktiv Square	Cancelled[5]
18 November 2006	Kallang, Singapore	National Stadium	Cancelled[5]
22 November 2006	Mumbai, India	Brabourne Stadium	Cancelled[5]
24 November 2006	Bangalore, India	Bangalore Palace Grounds	Cancelled[5]

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets sold / Available	Gross revenue
Foro Sol	Mexico City	102,956 / 108,414 (95%)	$3,626,856[6]

External links

• Official site

References

1. Coetzer, Diane (13 April 2006). "Robbie Kicks Off World Tour in South Africa". Billboard. VNU Business Media. Archived from the original on 18 April 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
2. "Robe Light Robbie Williams in Dubai". ULA Group. www.freezepage.com/1372640602TDMOEBGYYG?url=http://www.ula.com.au/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D469%26Itemid%3D80. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
3. "ROBBIE'S SUPER-SIZED WORLD TOUR WILL FINISH IN AUSTRALIA". Chugg Entertainment. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
4. "Williams shifts Wembley concerts". BBC News Online. British Broadcasting Corporation. 5 May 2006. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
5. "Robbie Williams Cancels Asian Tour Dates". Billboard. VNU Business Media. 16 September 2006. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
6. "Boxscore Concert Grosses". Billboard. Nashville, Tennessee: VNU Business Media. 118 (46): 12. 18 November 2006. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 22 June 2013.