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 albumRainbow
Start dateFebruary 14, 2000 (2000-02-14)
End dateApril 18, 2000 (2000-04-18)
Legs3
No. of shows19
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]

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:
  5. Mark Woodlief (April 4, 2000). "Mariah Carey Recovering From Food Poisoning". Billboard. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
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