Close Encounters Tour

The Close Encounters Tour was a concert tour by English recording artist, Robbie Williams. Running from April to December 2006, the tour supported Williams' sixth studio album, Intensive Care. The tour saw Williams play over 50 shows in stadiums across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania. The name is derived from the 1977 film, Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The tour sold 1.6 million tickets on its first day of sale in November 2005, breaking the world record for the most concert tickets sold in a single day.^[1] Williams held the record for nearly 17 years, until it was broken by Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour, which sold 2.4 million tickets in a single day in November 2022.^[2]

Close Encounters Tour

Tour by Robbie Williams
Promotional advert for the tour
Location	Africa Asia Australia Europe North America South America
Associated album	Intensive Care
Start date	10 April 2006
End date	18 December 2006
Legs	4
No. of shows	57
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.^[3] 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

List of 2006 concerts^[4][5]

Date	City	Country	Venue
10 April 2006	Durban	South Africa	ABSA Stadium
13 April 2006	Cape Town		Green Point Stadium
17 April 2006	Pretoria		Loftus Versfeld Stadium
21 April 2006	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Nad Al Sheba Racecourse
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
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
21 October 2006	Mexico City	Mexico	Foro Sol
22 October 2006
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	Relocated to the National Bowl in Milton Keynes due to the incompletion of Wembley Stadium.[6]
15 September 2006	London, England	Wembley Stadium	Relocated to the National Bowl in Milton Keynes due to the incompletion of Wembley Stadium.[6]
16 September 2006	London, England	Wembley Stadium	Relocated to the National Bowl in Milton Keynes due to the incompletion of Wembley Stadium.[6]
18 September 2006	London, England	Wembley Stadium	Relocated to the National Bowl in Milton Keynes due to the incompletion of Wembley Stadium.[6]
19 September 2006	London, England	Wembley Stadium	Relocated to the National Bowl in Milton Keynes due to the incompletion of Wembley Stadium.[6]
8 October 2006	Caracas, Venezuela	Estadio Universitario	Cancelled[7]
4 November 2006	Shanghai, China	Hongkou Football Stadium	Cancelled[7]
10 November 2006	Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong	AsiaWorld–Arena	Cancelled[7]
14 November 2006	Bangkok, Thailand	Aktiv Square	Cancelled[7]
18 November 2006	Kallang, Singapore	National Stadium	Cancelled[7]
22 November 2006	Mumbai, India	Brabourne Stadium	Cancelled[7]
24 November 2006	Bangalore, India	Bangalore Palace Grounds	Cancelled[7]

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets sold / Available	Gross revenue
Foro Sol	Mexico City	102,956 / 108,414 (95%)	$3,626,856[8]

See also

• List of fastest-selling concert tours

External links

• Official site