Harem World Tour

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.^[1]

Harem World Tour

Tour by Sarah Brightman
Location	Asia Australia Europe North America
Associated album	Harem
Start date	10 January 2004
End date	23 December 2004
Legs	5
No. of shows	117
Box office	$60 million
Sarah Brightman concert chronology

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

1. Kama Sutra
2. Harem
3. Beautiful
4. It's a Beautiful Day
5. Dust in the Wind
6. Who Wants to Live Forever
7. Anytime, Anywhere
8. Nella Fantasia
9. Stranger in Paradise
10. La Luna
11. Nessun Dorma

Intermission

1. No One Like You
2. Arabian Nights
3. The War Is Over
4. Free
5. What a Wonderful World
6. A Whiter Shade of Pale
7. Phantom of the Opera medley:
   1. Twisted Every Way
   2. Overture
   3. Little Lottie
8. Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
9. Time to Say Goodbye
10. The Journey Home
11. A Question of Honour

Tour dates

List of 2004 concerts

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue
10 January 2004	Mexico City	Mexico	Palacio de los Deportes	12,409 / 13,305	$478,884[2]
13 January 2004	Dallas	United States	American Airlines Center	7,246 / 8,073	$400,505[3]
14 January 2004	Houston		Toyota Center	6,851 / 11,310	$401,250[3]
16 January 2004	Sunrise		Office Depot Center	7,685 / 11,875	$692,550[3]
17 January 2004	Lakeland		Jenkins Arena	4,529 / 6,297	$291,210[4]
19 January 2004	Duluth		Arena at Gwinnett Center	4,940 / 7,180	$418,690[4]
21 January 2004	Philadelphia		Wachovia Center	6,091 / 12,783	$358,970[3]
23 January 2004	New York City		Madison Square Garden	7,838 / 10,905	$654,314[4]
24 January 2004	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena	—	—
25 January 2004	University Park		Bryce Jordan Center
27 January 2004	Columbus		Schottenstein Center	3,384 / 5,356	$224,935[5]
29 January 2004	Washington, D.C.		MCI Center	5,420 / 16,881	$447,035[5]
30 January 2004	Atlantic City		Mark G. Etess Arena	—	—
31 January 2004	Boston		Fleet Center	7,460 / 16,905	$495,980[6]
2 February 2004	Montreal	Canada	Bell Centre	6,094 / 6,500	$396,570[5]
3 February 2004	Ottawa		Corel Centre	—	—
5 February 2004	Toronto		Air Canada Centre	11,147 / 11,808	$603,935[7]
6 February 2004	Hamilton		Copps Coliseum	—	—
7 February 2004	Rochester	United States	Blue Cross Arena
9 February 2004	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills	5,259 / 10,389	$309,520[8]
10 February 2004	Cleveland		Gund Arena	5,077 / 8,730	$390,025[7]
12 February 2004	Moline		iWireless Center	—	—
13 February 2004	St. Louis		Savvis Center
15 February 2004	Kansas City		Kemper Arena
18 February 2004	Rosemont		Allstate Arena	4,685 / 10,505	$417,150[8]
19 February 2004	Milwaukee		Bradley Center	3,352 / 5,973	$223,740[9]
20 February 2004	Minneapolis		Target Center	3,657 / 5,479	$237,582[8]
22 February 2004	Winnipeg	Canada	Winnipeg Arena	—	—
24 February 2004	Calgary		Pengrowth Saddledome
25 February 2004	Edmonton		Rexall Place	5,357 / 6,033	$305,616[10]
27 February 2004	Vancouver		General Motors Place	6,137 / 8,019	$368,590[10]
29 February 2004	Seattle	United States	KeyArena	6,238 / 6,738	$425,771[11]
1 March 2004	Portland		Rose Garden Arena	4,347 / 7,073	$242,095[11]
2 March 2004	Spokane		Star Theatre	3,850 / 3,850	$226,104[9]
5 March 2004	Reno		Lawlor Events Center	3,682 / 5,000	$233,250[11]
6 March 2004	Salt Lake City		Delta Center	—	—
7 March 2004	Denver		Magness Arena
9 March 2004	Phoenix		America West Arena	6,110 / 8,008	$347,095[12]
10 March 2004	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena	—	—
13 March 2004	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena	6,178 / 9,560	$532,653[13]
14 March 2004	Anaheim		Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim	5,896 / 10,095	$497,885[13]
15 March 2004	Fresno		Save Mart Center	5,919 / 7,396	$374,165[12]
17 March 2004	Sacramento		ARCO Arena	5,915 / 7,610	$340,648[14]
18 March 2004	San Jose		HP Pavilion	6,977 / 7,725	$437,626[15]
28 May 2004	Wan Chai	Hong Kong	HKCEC Auditorium	—	—
30 May 2004	Beijing	China	Capital Indoor Stadium
31 May 2004
3 June 2004	Shanghai		Shanghai Grand Stage
6 June 2004	Guangzhou		Tianhe Stadium
8 June 2004	Seoul	South Korea	Olympic Stadium
9 June 2004
11 June 2004	Sapporo	Japan	Makomanai Ice Arena
14 June 2004	Tokyo		Budokan Hall
15 June 2004	Nagoya		Rainbow Hall
16 June 2004	Osaka		Osaka-Jo Hall
18 June 2004	Kallang	Singapore	Singapore Indoor Stadium
20 June 2004	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Stadium Negara
21 June 2004	Hanoi	Vietnam	My Dinh National Stadium
23 June 2004	Pasig	Philippines	PhilSports Arena
25 June 2004	Taipei	Taiwan	Linkou Gym
26 June 2004
29 June 2004	Perth	Australia	Burswood Dome	—	—
2 July 2004	Sydney		Sydney Entertainment Centre
4 July 2004	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
6 July 2004	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena
8 July 2004	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre
3 September 2004	Athens	Greece	Lycabettus Theatre	—	—
4 September 2004
6 September 2004	Bucharest	Romania	Central Square
8 September 2004	Budapest	Hungary	Budapest Arena
9 September 2004	Prague	Czech Republic	T-Mobile Arena
11 September 2004	Vilnius	Lithuania	Siemens Arena
13 September 2004	Riga	Latvia	Skonto Hall
15 September 2004	Moscow	Russia	Olimpiyskiy
17 September 2004	Saint Petersburg		Ice Palace
19 September 2004	Tallinn	Estonia	Saku Suurhall
21 September 2004	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Areena
23 September 2004	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholm Globe Arena
25 September 2004	Gothenburg		Scandinavium
26 September 2004	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
28 September 2004	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall
29 September 2004
1 October 2004	Frankfurt	Germany	Festhalle Frankfurt
2 October 2004	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
5 October 2004	Dublin	Ireland	Simmonscourt Pavilion
7 October 2004	London	England	Wembley Arena
22 October 2004	Halifax	Canada	Halifax Metro Centre	—	—
24 October 2004	Quebec City		Colisée Pepsi
25 October 2004	Montreal		Bell Centre
27 October 2004	Worcester	United States	Worcester Centrum
28 October 2004	Hershey		Giant Center
30 October 2004	Pittsburgh		Mellon Arena
31 October 2004	London	Canada	John Labatt Centre
1 November 2004	Toronto		Air Canada Centre	7,453 / 10,530[16]	$388,674[17]
3 November 2004	Worcester	United States	Worcester Centrum	—	—
4 November 2004	East Rutherford		Continental Airlines Arena
5 November 2004	Bridgeport		Arena at Harbor Yard
6 November 2004	Atlantic City		Mark G. Etess Arena
8 November 2004	Norfolk		Ted Constant Convocation Center
9 November 2004	Greenville		BI-LO Center
11 November 2004	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
12 November 2004	Miami		American Airlines Arena	4,672 / 8,267[18]	$447,650[19]
13 November 2004	Tampa		St. Pete Times Forum	3,063 / 8,007[20]	$275,860[21]
14 November 2004	Atlanta		Philips Arena	—	—
16 November 2004	New Orleans		New Orleans Arena
17 November 2004	San Antonio		SBC Center
20 November 2004	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena	3,776 / 5,245[22]	$373,118[23]
21 November 2004	Phoenix		America West Arena	3,658 / 7,812[24]	$222,770[25]
22 November 2004	Los Angeles		Staples Center	6,629 / 8,374[26]	$522,500[27]
24 November 2004	Oakland		The Arena in Oakland	—	—
12 December 2004	Nagoya	Japan	Aichi Expo	—	—
15 December 2004	Tokyo		Prince Hotel Auditorium
17 December 2004	Yokohama		National Convention Hall
19 December 2004	Osaka		Osaka Festival Hall
20 December 2004	Nagoya		Aichi Arts Center
22 December 2004	Tokyo		NHK Hall
23 December 2004
TOTAL				208,981 / 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.