A Classic Tour (Chinese: 学友·经典世界巡回演唱会) was a concert tour by Hong Kong recording artist Jacky Cheung. The tour began on October 21, 2016, at the LeTV Sports Ecological Center in Beijing, China. It concluded on January 29, 2019, at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hong Kong.
The tour attracted a total of 4,500,000 people and grossed approximately US$330 million, making it amongst the most-attended and highest-grossing concert tours of all time.
Background and development During a press conference on May 18, 2016, Cheung expressed his appreciation for the opportunity to continue performing concerts. After concluding his 1/2 Century Tour in 2012, he had doubts about whether he could sustain such performances at his age. However, after assessing his physical condition and stamina, he made the decision to embark on a new tour titled A Classic Tour, to showcase some of his most "classic" works.
It was revealed that the tour would begin in Beijing on October 21, 2016, and would continue throughout many other cities such as Chongqing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Wuhan. The tour featured a four-sided stage throughout the entire tour, similar to the setup used for his first solo concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum in 1987.
Commercial performance The Changsha concerts in November 2017 attracted over 100,000 and grossed over ¥66 million (US$9 million) in revenue. Pollstar ranked the December 2017 concerts in Shanghai number 24 in their top 100 international box office report, selling 54,900 tickets with $10,970,151 in revenue.
The concerts in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in January 2019 was attended by 40,000 people with more than NT$132 million in revenue.
Setlist This setlist does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.
Tour dates +List of 2016 concert datesDate (2016)CityCountryVenueAttendance October 21BeijingChinaLeTV Sports Ecological Center— October 22 October 23 October 28ChongqingChongqing International Expo Center— October 29 October 30 November 4ShenzhenShenzhen Bay Sports Center— November 5 November 6 November 11GuangzhouGuangzhou International Sports Arena— November 12 November 13 November 18ShanghaiMercedes-Benz Arena 54,760 November 19 November 20 November 25WuhanOptics Valley International Tennis Center— November 26 November 27 December 4Hong KongHong Kong Coliseum240,000 December 5 December 6 December 8 December 9 December 10 December 12 December 13 December 14 December 16 December 17 December 18 December 20 December 21 December 22 December 24 December 25 December 26 December 28 December 29 December 31 +List of 2017 concert datesDate (2017)CityCountryVenueAttendance January 1Hong KongChinaHong Kong Coliseum— January 2 January 6FoshanLingnan Pearl Sports Center— January 7 January 8 January 13DongguanBank of Dongguan Basketball Center— January 14 January 20WuxiWuxi Sports Center— January 21 January 22 February 11TaipeiTaiwanTaipei Arena 66,000 February 12 February 13 February 17 February 18 February 19 February 24SingaporeSingapore Indoor Stadium 30,000 February 25 February 26 March 10ShanghaiChinaMercedes-Benz Arena 54,405 March 11 March 12 March 24HuizhouHuizhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium— March 25ZhuhaiZhuhai Stadium— March 31FuzhouHaixia Olympic Center— April 1QuanzhouQuanzhou Strait Sports Center Stadium— April 7TaizhouTaizhou Sports Center Stadium— April 8LishuiLishui Sports Center Stadium— April 14YiwuYiwu Meihu Sports Centre— April 15ShaoxingShaoxing China Textile City Sports Center— April 21NantongNantong Stadium— April 22SuzhouSuzhou Sports Center Stadium— April 28CixiCixi Sports Center Stadium— April 29ChangshuChangshu Sports Center Stadium— May 5YangzhouYangzhou Sports Park Stadium— May 6ChangzhouChangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium— May 12YanchengYancheng Chengnan Sports Center Stadium— May 13XuzhouXuzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium— May 19ZhenjiangZhenjiang Sports Exhibition Center— May 20HefeiHefei Olympic Sports Center Stadium— May 28DazhouDazhou Sports Center— June 3GuiyangGuiyang Olympic Sports Center— June 4 June 9ZhongshanZhongshan Sports Center Stadium— June 10 June 16ZhengzhouHenan Sports Center Stadium— June 17 June 23BaotouBaotou Olympic Sports Center Stadium— June 25TaiyuanTaiyuan Red Lantern Stadium— June 30JinanShandong Provincial Stadium— July 1JiningJining Sports Center Stadium— July 15HarbinHICEC Stadium— July 16DaqingDaqing Stadium— August 11MacauCotai Arena— August 12 August 13 August 18 August 19 August 20 September 8Xi'anChinaShaanxi Provincial Stadium— September 9 September 15LinxiaLinxia Olympic Sports Center Stadium— September 22ChengduShuangliu Sports Centre— September 23 October 1AnshunAnshun Olympic Sports Center Stadium— October 13TianjinTianjin Olympic Sports Center Stadium— October 14 October 27WenzhouWenzhou Sports Center Stadium— November 3LinyiLinyi University Stadium— November 4Huai'anHuaian Sports Center— November 10SuzhouWujiang Stadium— November 11HangzhouYellow Dragon Sports Center Stadium— November 12 November 17XiamenXiamen Sports Centre Stadium 80,000 November 18 November 24HengyangHengyang Sports Center— November 25ChangshaHelong Sports Center Stadium 100,000 November 26 December 1DalianDalian Sports Centre— December 2 December 3 December 9ShenzhenLonggang Universiade Center Stadium— December 10 December 15NanjingNanjing Olympic Sports Center— December 16 December 17 December 22ShanghaiMercedes-Benz Arena 54,900 December 23 December 24 +List of 2018 concert datesDate (2018)CityCountryVenueAttendance January 13BangkokThailandImpact Line Dome Convention Center— January 14 January 19QujingChinaQujing Sports Park Stadium— January 26Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAxiata Arena 45,000 January 27 January 28 February 2UncasvilleUnited StatesMohegan Sun Arena— February 3 February 4 February 9SingaporeSingapore Indoor Stadium 30,000 February 10 February 11 February 17Las VegasUnited StatesMGM Grand Garden Arena— February 18 March 9SydneyAustraliaQudos Bank Arena— March 17MelbourneRod Laver Arena— March 24ZhanjiangChinaZhanjiang Sports Center Stadium— March 30GuilinGuilin Sports Center— April 1ShaoxingChina Textile City Sports Center Stadium— April 6JiujiangJiujiang Sports Center Stadium— April 7NanchangNanchang International Sports Center Stadium— April 13FoshanCentury Lotus Stadium— April 15WuzhouWuzhou Zhongheng Stadium— April 20TaipeiTaiwanTaipei Arena 66,000 April 21 April 22 April 27 April 28 April 29 May 4GanzhouChinaGanzhou Zhanggong District Sports Center Stadium— May 5 May 11LiuzhouLiuzhou Sports Center Stadium— May 12NanningGuangxi Sports Center— May 20JiaxingJiaxing Stadium— May 25JingzhouJingzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium— May 26 June 8ShangraoShangrao Olympic Center— June 9JinhuaJinhua Sports Center— June 15ZhuzhouZhuzhou Sports Center Stadium— June 16ChenzhouChenzhou Sports Center Stadium— June 23WuhanOptics Valley International Tennis Center— June 24 June 30ShenyangShenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium— July 1 July 6HohhotHohhot City Stadium— July 8LuoyangLuoyang Stadium— July 13WeihaiWeihai Sports Center Stadium— August 11DongguanBank of Dongguan Basketball Center30,000 August 12 August 17MacauCotai Arena— August 18 August 19 August 24 August 25 August 30LianyungangChinaLianyungang Olympic Sports Center Stadium— September 7ZunyiZunyi Olympic Sports Center Stadium— September 9JiaozuoJiaozuo Tai Chi Olympic Stadium— September 14ChengduShuangliu Sports Center Stadium— September 15— September 21SuiningSuining Sports Center— September 22 September 28ShijiazhuangHebei Olympic Sports Center Stadium— September 30XianyangXianyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium— October 5Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAxiata Arena— October 6 October 7 October 12KunmingChinaTuodong Stadium— October 13 October 14 October 20AnqingAnqing Sports Centre— October 21HefeiHefei Sports Center Stadium— October 26NanjingNanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park Gymnasium— October 27 November 3HaikouWuyuanhe Stadium— November 4 November 7SaitamaJapanSaitama Super Arena— November 17NingboChinaNingbo Sports Center— November 23LondonEnglandWembley Arena— November 28ParisFranceAccor Arena— December 14BeijingChinaCadillac Center— December 15 December 16 December 21JiangmenJiangmen Sports Center Stadium— December 22 December 28SuzhouSuzhou Olympic Sports Centre— December 29 December 30 +List of 2019 concert datesDate (2019)CityCountryVenueAttendance January 4KaohsiungTaiwanKaohsiung Arena 40,000 January 5 January 6 January 11Hong KongHong Kong Coliseum— January 12 January 13 January 15 January 16 January 17 January 19 January 20 January 21 January 23 January 24 January 25 January 27 January 28 January 29Total4,500,000
See also List of most-attended concert tours List of highest-grossing concert tours
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