Close Encounters Tour

{{Short description|2006 concert tour by Robbie Williams}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} {{EngvarB|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox concert | concert_tour_name = Close Encounters Tour | image = RobbieW 2006TourPoster.jpg | image_size = 220px | landscape = | alt = | caption = Promotional advert for the tour | artist = Robbie Williams | location = {{hlist|Africa|Asia|Europe|North America|Oceania|South America}} | type = | album = ''Intensive Care'' | start_date = 10 April 2006 | end_date = 18 December 2006 | number_of_legs = 4 | number_of_shows = 57 | gross = | last_tour = 2003 Tour (2003) | this_tour = '''Close Encounters Tour''' (2006) | next_tour = Take the Crown Stadium Tour (2013) }}

The '''Close Encounters Tour''' was a concert tour by the 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, Mexico, South America 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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 25, 2005 |title=Robbie sets ticket sales record |newspaper=The Age |url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/robbie-sets-ticket-sales-record-20051125-ge1baz.html |url-status=live |access-date=July 14, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203143530/https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/robbie-sets-ticket-sales-record-20051125-ge1baz.html |archive-date=December 3, 2022 |quote="British pop star Robbie Williams has entered the famed Guinness Book of World Records by selling more than 1.6 million tickets for his 2006 world tour in just one day, its editor said today."}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=November 17, 2022 |title=Ticketmaster Cancels Taylor Swift Tour's Public Tickets Sale Due to 'High Demand' and 'Insufficient Inventory' |url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/ticketmaster-cancels-taylor-swift-public-ticket-sales-eras-tour-1235435965/ |url-status=live |magazine=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123043830/https://variety.com/2022/music/news/ticketmaster-cancels-taylor-swift-public-ticket-sales-eras-tour-1235435965/ |archive-date=November 23, 2022 |access-date=July 14, 2025}}</ref>

==Opening acts== *Freshlyground (Africa) *Chris Coco (Europe, South America, Australia) *Basement Jaxx (Europe) *Orson (Europe) *Sneaky Sound System (Australia) *La Portuaria (Buenos Aires)

==Set list== The following set list is that for the concert on 10 April 2006 at the ABSA Stadium in Durban, South Africa.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/reviews/live_review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002344195|title=Robbie Kicks Off World Tour in South Africa|author=Coetzer, Diane |date=13 April 2006 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=VNU Business Media |accessdate=30 June 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060418003837/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/reviews/live_review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002344195 |archivedate=18 April 2006}}</ref> It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour. #"Instrumental Sequence" (contains elements of "The Five Tones and Mountain Visions") #"Radio" #"Rock DJ" #"Tripping" #"Monsoon" #"Sin Sin Sin" #"Supreme" #"The Trouble With Me" #"Millennium" #"Back for Good" #"Advertising Space" #"There She Goes" #"Ghosts" #"Come Undone" #"Feel" #"A Place to Crash" #"Kids" #"Make Me Pure" ;Encore #<li value="19">"Let Me Entertain You" #"Strong" #"Angels"</li>

==Tour dates== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of 2006 concerts<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ula.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=469&Itemid=80 |title=Robe Light Robbie Williams in Dubai |work=ULA Group |publisher=www.freezepage.com/1372640602TDMOEBGYYG?url=http://www.ula.com.au/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D469%26Itemid%3D80 |accessdate=30 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003181749/http://www.ula.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=469&Itemid=80 |archivedate=3 October 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chuggentertainment.com/tour/295/Robbie+Williams |title=ROBBIE'S SUPER-SIZED WORLD TOUR WILL FINISH IN AUSTRALIA|author= |date= |work=Chugg Entertainment |publisher= |accessdate=30 June 2013|archiveurl=http://www.freezepage.com/1372640908YGREVLRCMS?url=http://www.chuggentertainment.com/tour/295/Robbie%2BWilliams |archivedate=1 July 2013}}</ref> ! style="width:150px;"|Date ! style="width:150px;"|City ! style="width:150px;"|Country ! style="width:250px;"|Venue |- |10 April 2006 |Durban |rowspan="3"|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 |rowspan="2"|Brussels |rowspan="2"|Belgium |rowspan="2"|Stade Roi Baudouin |- |14 June 2006 |- |17 June 2006 |Paris |France |Parc des Princes |- |21 June 2006 |rowspan="4"|Amsterdam |rowspan="4"|Netherlands |rowspan="4"|Amsterdam Arena |- |22 June 2006 |- |24 June 2006 |- |25 June 2006 |- |1 July 2006 |rowspan="2"|Gothenburg |rowspan="2"|Sweden |rowspan="2"|Ullevi |- |2 July 2006 |- |6 July 2006 |rowspan="2"|Copenhagen |rowspan="2"|Denmark |rowspan="2"|Parken Stadium |- |7 July 2006 |- |10 July 2006 |rowspan="2"|Dresden |rowspan="4"|Germany |rowspan="2"|Festwiese Ostragehege |- |11 July 2006 |- |14 July 2006 |rowspan="2"|Hamburg |rowspan="2"|Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld |- |15 July 2006 |- |19 July 2006 |Budapest |Hungary |Ferenc Puskás Stadium |- |22 July 2006 |Milan |Italy |San Siro |- |27 July 2006 |rowspan="2"|Berlin |rowspan="9"|Germany |rowspan="2"|Olympiastadion |- |28 July 2006 |- |1 August 2006 |rowspan="3"|Munich |rowspan="3"|Olympiastadion |- |2 August 2006 |- |3 August 2006 |- |8 August 2006 |rowspan="2"|Cologne |rowspan="2"|Jahnwiese |- |9 August 2006 |- |12 August 2006 |rowspan="2"|Hockenheim |rowspan="2"|Hockenheimring |- |13 August 2006 |- |18 August 2006 |rowspan="2"|Vienna |rowspan="2"|Austria |rowspan="2"|Ernst-Happel-Stadion |- |19 August 2006 |- |23 August 2006 |rowspan="2"|Bern |rowspan="2"|Switzerland |rowspan="2"|Stade de Suisse |- |24 August 2006 |- |1 September 2006 |rowspan="2"|Glasgow |rowspan="2"|Scotland |rowspan="2"|Hampden Park |- |2 September 2006 |- |8 September 2006 |rowspan="2"|Leeds |rowspan="7"|England |rowspan="2"|Roundhay Park |- |9 September 2006 |- |14 September 2006 |rowspan="5"|Milton Keynes |rowspan="5"|National Bowl |- |15 September 2006 |- |16 September 2006 |- |18 September 2006 |- |19 September 2006 |- |10 October 2006 |Santiago |Chile |Estadio Nacional |- |14 October 2006 |rowspan="2"|Buenos Aires |rowspan="2"|Argentina |rowspan="2"|River Plate Stadium |- |15 October 2006 |- |18 October 2006 |Rio de Janeiro |Brazil |Praça da Apoteose |- |21 October 2006 |rowspan="2"|Mexico City |rowspan="2"|Mexico |rowspan="2"|Foro Sol |- |22 October 2006 |- |30 November 2006 |rowspan="2"|Perth |rowspan="9"|Australia |rowspan="2"|Subiaco Oval |- |1 December 2006 |- |5 December 2006 |Adelaide |AAMI Stadium |- |9 December 2006 |rowspan="2"|Sydney |rowspan="2"|Aussie Stadium |- |10 December 2006 |- |13 December 2006 |rowspan="2"|Brisbane |rowspan="2"|Suncorp Stadium |- |14 December 2006 |- |17 December 2006 |rowspan="2"|Melbourne |rowspan="2"|Telstra Dome |- |18 December 2006 |- |}

;Cancellations and rescheduled shows {| cellpadding="2" style="border:0 solid darkgrey; font-size:90%" |- ! style="width:150px;"|  ! style="width:200px;"|  ! style="width:200px;"|  ! style="width:700px;"|  |- border="0" |- |14 September 2006 |London, England |Wembley Stadium | Relocated to the National Bowl in Milton Keynes due to the incompletion of Wembley Stadium.<ref name="londonmove">{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4975958.stm |title=Williams shifts Wembley concerts|author= |date=5 May 2006 |work=BBC News Online |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=30 June 2013|archive-url=http://www.freezepage.com/1372639426SUMVTKAYSY?url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4975958.stm |archive-date=1 July 2013}}</ref> |- |15 September 2006 |London, England |Wembley Stadium |Relocated to the National Bowl in Milton Keynes due to the incompletion of Wembley Stadium.<ref name="londonmove"/> |- |16 September 2006 |London, England |Wembley Stadium | Relocated to the National Bowl in Milton Keynes due to the incompletion of Wembley Stadium.<ref name="londonmove"/> |- |18 September 2006 |London, England |Wembley Stadium | Relocated to the National Bowl in Milton Keynes due to the incompletion of Wembley Stadium.<ref name="londonmove"/> |- |19 September 2006 |London, England |Wembley Stadium | Relocated to the National Bowl in Milton Keynes due to the incompletion of Wembley Stadium.<ref name="londonmove"/> |- |8 October 2006 |Caracas, Venezuela |Estadio Universitario |Cancelled<ref name="asiacancel"/> |- |4 November 2006 |Shanghai, China |Hongkou Football Stadium |Cancelled<ref name="asiacancel">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57230/robbie-williams-cancels-asian-tour-dates |title=Robbie Williams Cancels Asian Tour Dates|author= |date=16 September 2006 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=VNU Business Media|accessdate=30 June 2013|archiveurl=http://www.freezepage.com/1372639980SWUNZROKRB?url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57230/robbie-williams-cancels-asian-tour-dates |archivedate=1 July 2013}}</ref> |- |10 November 2006 |Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong |AsiaWorld–Arena |Cancelled<ref name="asiacancel"/> |- |14 November 2006 |Bangkok, Thailand |Aktiv Square |Cancelled<ref name="asiacancel"/> |- |18 November 2006 |Kallang, Singapore |National Stadium |Cancelled<ref name="asiacancel"/> |- |22 November 2006 |Mumbai, India |Brabourne Stadium |Cancelled<ref name="asiacancel"/> |- |24 November 2006 |Bangalore, India |Bangalore Palace Grounds |Cancelled<ref name="asiacancel"/> |- |}

===Box office score data=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="width:250px;"|Venue ! style="width:150px;"|City ! style="width:150px;"|Tickets sold / Available ! style="width:150px;"|Gross revenue |- |Foro Sol |Mexico City |102,956 / 108,414 (95%) |$3,626,856<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Boxscore Concert Grosses|magazine=Billboard|location=Nashville, Tennessee|publisher=VNU Business Media|issn=0006-2510|accessdate=22 June 2013|date=18 November 2006|volume=118|issue=46|page=12|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZA4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA12}}</ref> |- |}

== See also == * List of fastest-selling concert tours

==External links== *[http://www.robbiewilliams.com Official site]

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:Robbie Williams concert tours Category:2006 concert tours Category:All-stadium concert tours

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