The Harem World Tour was the third worldwide concert tour by English soprano singer Sarah Brightman following the release of the Harem album (2003). The tour began on 10 January 2004 in Mexico City and concluded on 23 December that year in Tokyo, Japan. The Harem tour became Brightman's highest-grossing tour, collecting $60 million in revenue and sold 800,000 tickets, $15 million and 225,000 sales of which came from the North American leg. The tour brought Brightman to perform in 4 continents, 28 countries in 119 venues.

Background In May 2003 Sarah released her Middle East-oriented album Harem. To promote it together with audiovisual project "Harem – A Desert Fantasy" Brightman in collaboration with Clear Channel Entertainment decided to create a new tour, that will be different from the previous La Luna World Tour. Promoters wanted to turn show from theater audiences to a more arena-like. Promotion for the tour included many billboards and ads in theaters and corresponding media because some of Sarah's fans "haven't experienced arena shows very well". The European leg of the tour was initially planned for April and May but was postponed to the autumn of the same year due to logistical difficulties.

Set List

Kama Sutra Harem Beautiful It's a Beautiful Day Dust in the Wind Who Wants to Live Forever Anytime, Anywhere Nella Fantasia Stranger in Paradise La Luna Nessun Dorma Intermission No One Like You Arabian Nights The War Is Over Free What a Wonderful World A Whiter Shade of Pale Phantom of the Opera medley: Twisted Every Way Overture Little Lottie Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again Time to Say Goodbye The Journey Home A Question of Honour

Tour dates + List of 2004 concertsDateCityCountryVenueAttendanceRevenue10 January 2004Mexico CityMexicoPalacio de los Deportes12,409 / 13,305$478,88413 January 2004DallasUnited StatesAmerican Airlines Center7,246 / 8,073$400,50514 January 2004HoustonToyota Center6,851 / 11,310$401,25016 January 2004SunriseOffice Depot Center7,685 / 11,875$692,55017 January 2004LakelandJenkins Arena4,529 / 6,297$291,21019 January 2004DuluthArena at Gwinnett Center4,940 / 7,180$418,69021 January 2004PhiladelphiaWachovia Center6,091 / 12,783$358,97023 January 2004New York CityMadison Square Garden7,838 / 10,905$654,31424 January 2004UncasvilleMohegan Sun Arenarowspan="2" rowspan="2" 25 January 2004University ParkBryce Jordan Center27 January 2004ColumbusSchottenstein Center3,384 / 5,356$224,93529 January 2004Washington, D.C.MCI Center5,420 / 16,881$447,03530 January 2004Atlantic CityMark G. Etess Arena31 January 2004BostonFleet Center7,460 / 16,905$495,9802 February 2004MontrealCanadaBell Centre6,094 / 6,500$396,5703 February 2004OttawaCorel Centre5 February 2004TorontoAir Canada Centre11,147 / 11,808$603,9356 February 2004HamiltonCopps Coliseumrowspan="2" rowspan="2" 7 February 2004RochesterUnited StatesBlue Cross Arena9 February 2004Auburn HillsThe Palace of Auburn Hills5,259 / 10,389$309,52010 February 2004ClevelandGund Arena5,077 / 8,730$390,02512 February 2004MolineiWireless Centerrowspan="3" rowspan="3" 13 February 2004St. LouisSavvis Center15 February 2004Kansas CityKemper Arena18 February 2004RosemontAllstate Arena4,685 / 10,505$417,15019 February 2004MilwaukeeBradley Center3,352 / 5,973$223,74020 February 2004MinneapolisTarget Center3,657 / 5,479$237,58222 February 2004WinnipegCanadaWinnipeg Arenarowspan="2" rowspan="2" 24 February 2004CalgaryPengrowth Saddledome25 February 2004EdmontonRexall Place5,357 / 6,033$305,61627 February 2004VancouverGeneral Motors Place6,137 / 8,019$368,59029 February 2004SeattleUnited StatesKeyArena6,238 / 6,738$425,7711 March 2004PortlandRose Garden Arena4,347 / 7,073$242,0952 March 2004SpokaneStar Theatre3,850 / 3,850$226,1045 March 2004RenoLawlor Events Center3,682 / 5,000$233,2506 March 2004Salt Lake CityDelta Centerrowspan="2" rowspan="2" 7 March 2004DenverMagness Arena9 March 2004PhoenixAmerica West Arena6,110 / 8,008$347,09510 March 2004San DiegoSan Diego Sports Arena13 March 2004Las VegasMGM Grand Garden Arena6,178 / 9,560$532,65314 March 2004AnaheimArrowhead Pond of Anaheim5,896 / 10,095$497,88515 March 2004FresnoSave Mart Center5,919 / 7,396$374,16517 March 2004SacramentoARCO Arena5,915 / 7,610$340,64818 March 2004San JoseHP Pavilion6,977 / 7,725$437,62628 May 2004Wan ChaiHong KongHKCEC Auditoriumrowspan="17" rowspan="17" 30 May 2004BeijingChinaCapital Indoor Stadium31 May 20043 June 2004ShanghaiShanghai Grand Stage6 June 2004GuangzhouTianhe Stadium8 June 2004SeoulSouth KoreaOlympic Stadium9 June 200411 June 2004SapporoJapanMakomanai Ice Arena14 June 2004TokyoBudokan Hall15 June 2004NagoyaRainbow Hall16 June 2004OsakaOsaka-Jo Hall18 June 2004KallangSingaporeSingapore Indoor Stadium20 June 2004Kuala LumpurMalaysiaStadium Negara21 June 2004HanoiVietnamMy Dinh National Stadium23 June 2004PasigPhilippinesPhilSports Arena25 June 2004TaipeiTaiwanLinkou Gym26 June 200429 June 2004PerthAustraliaBurswood Domerowspan="5" rowspan="5" 2 July 2004SydneySydney Entertainment Centre4 July 2004BrisbaneBrisbane Entertainment Centre6 July 2004MelbourneRod Laver Arena8 July 2004AdelaideAdelaide Entertainment Centre3 September 2004AthensGreeceLycabettus Theatrerowspan="20" rowspan="20" 4 September 20046 September 2004BucharestRomaniaCentral Square8 September 2004BudapestHungaryBudapest Arena9 September 2004PragueCzech RepublicT-Mobile Arena11 September 2004VilniusLithuaniaSiemens Arena13 September 2004RigaLatviaSkonto Hall15 September 2004MoscowRussiaOlimpiyskiy17 September 2004Saint PetersburgIce Palace19 September 2004TallinnEstoniaSaku Suurhall21 September 2004HelsinkiFinlandHartwall Areena23 September 2004StockholmSwedenStockholm Globe Arena25 September 2004GothenburgScandinavium26 September 2004OsloNorwayOslo Spektrum28 September 2004AmsterdamNetherlandsHeineken Music Hall29 September 20041 October 2004FrankfurtGermanyFesthalle Frankfurt2 October 2004BrusselsBelgiumForest National5 October 2004DublinIrelandSimmonscourt Pavilion7 October 2004LondonEnglandWembley Arena22 October 2004HalifaxCanadaHalifax Metro Centrerowspan="7" rowspan="7" 24 October 2004Quebec CityColisée Pepsi25 October 2004MontrealBell Centre27 October 2004WorcesterUnited StatesWorcester Centrum28 October 2004HersheyGiant Center30 October 2004PittsburghMellon Arena31 October 2004LondonCanadaJohn Labatt Centre1 November 2004TorontoAir Canada Centre7,453 / 10,530$388,6743 November 2004WorcesterUnited StatesWorcester Centrumrowspan="7" rowspan="7" 4 November 2004East RutherfordContinental Airlines Arena5 November 2004BridgeportArena at Harbor Yard6 November 2004Atlantic CityMark G. Etess Arena8 November 2004NorfolkTed Constant Convocation Center9 November 2004GreenvilleBI-LO Center11 November 2004JacksonvilleJacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena12 November 2004MiamiAmerican Airlines Arena4,672 / 8,267$447,65013 November 2004TampaSt. Pete Times Forum3,063 / 8,007$275,86014 November 2004AtlantaPhilips Arenarowspan="3" rowspan="3" 16 November 2004New OrleansNew Orleans Arena17 November 2004San AntonioSBC Center20 November 2004Las VegasMGM Grand Garden Arena3,776 / 5,245$373,11821 November 2004PhoenixAmerica West Arena3,658 / 7,812$222,77022 November 2004Los AngelesStaples Center6,629 / 8,374$522,50024 November 2004OaklandThe Arena in Oakland12 December 2004NagoyaJapanAichi Exporowspan="7" rowspan="7" 15 December 2004TokyoPrince Hotel Auditorium17 December 2004YokohamaNational Convention Hall19 December 2004OsakaOsaka Festival Hall20 December 2004NagoyaAichi Arts Center22 December 2004TokyoNHK Hall23 December 2004TOTAL208,981 / 315,596 (66%)$13,994,915

Video release The concert in Las Vegas on 13 March was recorded and then made available commercially in CD and DVD entitled The Harem World Tour: Live from Las Vegas.

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