Rainbow World Tour

The Rainbow World Tour was a concert tour in 2000 by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, and supports her ninth studio album Rainbow (1999). The trek started in Europe on February 14, in Antwerp, Belgium, also an itinerary that included North America and ended on April 18, in Toronto. The tour's nine-date North American leg grossed $7.1 million according to Billboard.[1]

This article is about the Mariah Carey concert tour. For Kesha's, see Rainbow Tour (Kesha).

Rainbow World Tour

Tour by Mariah Carey
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album	Rainbow
Start date	February 14, 2000 (2000-02-14)
End date	April 18, 2000 (2000-04-18)
Legs	3
No. of shows	19
Box office	$7.1 million (North American Leg)
Mariah Carey concert chronology

Background

The Rainbow Tour marked Carey's first tour in the U.S. in seven years since her 1993 Music Box Tour garnered a flurry of bad initial reviews. In addition to visiting more European countries, Carey also visited Singapore for the first time. During this tour, Carey debuted new songs from the Rainbow album such as: "Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)", "Heartbreaker", "Thank God I Found You" and much more, including some of her biggest hits. Once again, longtime friend Trey Lorenz was featured as a backup singer.

Critical response

The tour received generally mixed reviews, especially in the United States. Of the debut American performance at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Variety said: "Mariah Carey's show begs for either simplicity or coherency."[2] Of the United Center performance, and reflecting that this was the first time Mariah was scantily clad touring, The Chicago Sun-Times said that Carey had "been transformed from a wannabe Whitney to a wannabe Britney", and called her approach to concert performance "difficult to fathom" considering she was "the only artist to have scored a No. 1 hit in every year of the '90s, selling some 125 million records worldwide."[3]

Set list

1. "Mariah & Bianca" (Introduction)
2. "Emotions"
3. "My All"
4. "Always Be My Baby" (Followed by band introductions)
5. "Dreamlover"
6. "X-Girlfriend"
7. "Vulnerability" (Video interlude)
8. "Against All Odds (Take a Look At Me Now)"
9. "Make It Happen"
10. "Thank God I Found You" (With elements of "Make It Last Remix") [With Trey Lorenz]
11. "Make You Happy" (Performed by Trey Lorenz)
12. "Fantasy" (Bad Boy Remix)
13. "Crybaby"
14. "Close My Eyes"
15. "Petals"
16. "Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)"
17. "Money Ain't a Thang" (Performed by background dancers)
18. "Heartbreaker" (With elements of "Desert Storm Remix")
19. "Honey" (With elements of "Bad Boy Remix")
20. "Vision of Love"
21. "Rainbow (Interlude)"
22. "Hero"
23. "Butterfly Reprise" (Outro)

Notes:

• "Sweetheart" was performed in Belgium.
• "Without You" was performed in Europe (except Spain).
• "Make It Happen" was not performed in Spain and North America.
• "All I Want for Christmas Is You" was performed in Osaka and Tokyo.
• The "Vulnerability" video interlude was cut in North America.
• A snippet of "Daydream Interlude (Fantasy Sweet Dub Mix)" was performed in Los Angeles.
• "I Still Believe / Pure Imagination" was performed in Los Angeles.
• A snippet of "Make You Happy" by Trey Lorenz was performed in Los Angeles.
• A snippet of "Breakdown" was performed in Chicago.
• A snippet of "(You're Puttin') A Rush On Me" by Stephanie Mills was performed in Chicago.
• A snippet of "Slipping Away" was performed in Chicago.

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, amount of available tickets, and gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act	Attendance	Revenue
Europe
February 14, 2000	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis	N/A	N/A	N/A
February 17, 2000	Milan	Italy	Fila Forum
February 20, 2000	Cologne	Germany	Kölnarena
February 23, 2000	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
February 26, 2000	London	United Kingdom	Wembley Arena
February 29, 2000	Madrid	Spain	Palacio de Deportes
Asia
March 4, 2000	Osaka	Japan	Osaka Dome	N/A	N/A	N/A
March 7, 2000	Tokyo		Tokyo Dome		100,000 / 100,000
March 9, 2000
March 13, 2000	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore National Stadium		N/A
North America[4]
March 16, 2000	Los Angeles	United States	Staples Center	Da Brat	15,627 / 15,627	$990,648
March 18, 2000	Las Vegas		Thomas & Mack Center		13,591 / 13,591	$681,068
March 21, 2000	San Jose		San Jose Arena		13,999 / 13,999	$862,170
March 25, 2000	Chicago		United Center		14,892 / 14,892	$848,156
March 29, 2000	Miami		American Airlines Arena		12,008 / 12,008	$662,513
April 1, 2000	Atlanta		Philips Arena		12,956 / 12,956	$664,229
April 11, 2000	New York City		Madison Square Garden		14,870 / 14,870	$1,066,413
April 13, 2000[lower-alpha 1]	Boston		FleetCenter		14,072 / 14,072	$730,441
April 18, 2000[lower-alpha 2]	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre		13,598 / 13,598	$592,565
Total					125,613 / 125,613	$7,098,203

Notes

1. The April 13, 2000 concert in Boston, Massachusetts at the Fleet Center was originally planned to take place on April 4 but was rescheduled due to illness.[5]
2. The April 18, 2000 concert in Toronto, Ontario at the Air Canada Centre was originally planned to take place on April 7 but was rescheduled due to illness.[5]

On tour merchandise shirts, a date in Dallas, Texas is listed, but was never actually scheduled.

Personnel

Band

• Guitar: Vernon Black
• Keyboards: Eric Daniels
• Bass: Sam Simms
• Drums: Gregory Gonaway
• Percussion: Marco Oliveira
• Programmer: Michael McKnight
• Background & featured vocalist: Trey Lorenz
• Background vocals: Melonie Daniels, MaryAnn Tatum, Tracy Harris

References

1. "Carey Aims TO Charm World On Tour". Billboard. 2001-12-24.
2. Variety, Staples Center concert review, March 27, 2000.
3. Chicago Sun-Times, Mariah Carey at United Center, March 27, 2000.
4. Box score:
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. 112 (14): 16. April 1, 2000. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. 112 (20): 18. May 13, 2000. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
5. Mark Woodlief (April 4, 2000). "Mariah Carey Recovering From Food Poisoning". Billboard. Retrieved November 1, 2014.