{{Short description|2003 concert tour by Melanie C}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox concert | concert_tour_name = Reason Tour | image = Melanie C - Reason Tour.jpg | image_size = 200px | artist = Melanie C | location = Europe | album = ''Reason'' | start_date = 24 April 2003 | end_date = 17 December 2003 | number_of_shows = 25 | last_tour = Northern Star Tour<br />(2000–01) | this_tour = '''Reason Tour'''<br />(2003) | next_tour = The Barfly Mini-Tour<br />(2004) }} The '''Reason Tour''' (also known as the '''On a Mission Tour''') was the third set of concerts performed by English singer Melanie C. The tour ran from 24 April until 17 December 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portalmelaniec.com/melaniec/turnes/2003_reason_uk_ireland_tour/reason_uk_ireland_english.php |title=Archived copy |accessdate=20 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220051341/http://www.portalmelaniec.com/melaniec/turnes/2003_reason_uk_ireland_tour/reason_uk_ireland_english.php |archivedate=20 February 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.melaniec-online.net/gigography.php?year=2003|title=melaniec-online.net|website=www.melaniec-online.net}}</ref>
== Setlist == {{hidden | headercss = background: #ccccff; font-size: 100%; width: 65%; | contentcss = text-align: left; font-size: 100%; width: 75%; | header = Leg 1 | content = *"Yeh Yeh Yeh" *"Let's Love" *"Here It Comes Again" *"Water" *"Lose Myself in You" *"Melt" *"Soul Boy" *"Do I" *"If That Were Me" *"Never Be the Same Again" *"Positively Somewhere" *"When You're Gone" *"Home" *"Goin' Down" *"Go!" *"I Wish" *"On the Horizon *"Suddenly Monday" *"Reason" *"I Turn to You" }} {{hidden | headercss = background: #ccccff; font-size: 100%; width: 65%; | contentcss = text-align: left; font-size: 100%; width: 75%; | header = Leg 2 | content = *"Yeh, Yeh, Yeh" *"Let's Love" *"Here It Comes Again" *"Northern Star / If That Were Me" *"Be the One" *"Never Be the Same Again" *"Positively Somewhere" *"On the Horizon" *"When You're Gone" *"Home" *"Goin' Down" *"Suddenly Monday" *"Go!" *"I Turn to You" }}
== Personnel == *Melanie C – vocals *Fergus Gerrand – drums/musical director *Paul Gendler – guitar *Greg Hatwell – guitar/backing vocals *Georgina 'Grog' Lisee – bass/backing vocals (leg 1) *Jenni Tarma – bass guitar (leg 2) *Sarah de Courcy-Aston – keyboards/backing vocals
== Broadcasts and recordings == On 9 May 2003, the Shepherd's Bush Empire concert was webcast on MelanieC.net, and has since then been uploaded to her YouTube channel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA5B97DA18505FE01|title=Melanie C – Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire (2003) – YouTube|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> In November 2003, the Avo Session Basel concert was broadcast on 3sat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://matthewlc5.tripod.com/id15.html|title=Melanie C. Live at AVO Session DVD|website=matthewlc5.tripod.com}}</ref>
== Tour dates == {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! width="150"| Date ! width="150"| City ! width="150"| Country ! width="200"| Venue |- ! colspan="16"| Leg 1 |- |24 April 2003 |Middlesbrough |England |Town Hall |- |25 April 2003 |Glasgow |Scotland |Academy |- |26 April 2003 |Liverpool |rowspan="10"|England |Royal Court |- |28 April 2003 |Manchester |Apollo |- |29 April 2003 |York |Barbican |- |2 May 2003 |Bristol |Academy |- |3 May 2003 |Oxford |Apollo |- |4 May 2003 |Ipswich |Regent |- |6 May 2003 |Norwich |UEA |- |7 May 2003 |Southampton |Southampton Guildhall |- |8 May 2003 |rowspan="2"|London |rowspan="2"|Shepherd's Bush Empire |- |9 May 2003 |- |11 May 2003 |Belfast |Northern Ireland |Waterfront Hall |- |12 May 2003 |Dublin |Ireland |Olympia |- |19 May 2003 |Madrid |Spain |Pop Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/sarah-connor-during-40-principales-pop-festival-at-king-news-photo/111632616|title=Mel C during '40 Principales' Pop Festival at King Juan Carlos Park in Madrid, Spain.|date=5 April 2011 |publisher=Getty|accessdate=13 September 2011}}</ref> |- |30 May 2003 |Milan |Italy |Festivalbar<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dalealplay.com.br/videos/Melanie-C-On-The-Horizont-LiveFestivalBar_188912|title=Melanie C (Live@FestivalBar)|publisher=Daleal Play|accessdate=13 September 2011}}</ref> |- ! colspan="9"| Leg 2 |- | 23 October 2003 |Brussels |Belgium |Radio Donna Center<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc3uGwVMh7U |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/zc3uGwVMh7U |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|title=Melanie C – Radio Donna|publisher=Tripod|accessdate=13 September 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- | 1 November 2003 |Basel |Switzerland |Avo Session Basel<ref>{{cite web|url=http://matthewlc5.tripod.com/id15.html|title=Melanie C. Live at AVO Session |publisher=Tripod|accessdate=13 September 2011}}</ref> |- | 9 December 2003 | Cologne |rowspan="7"|Germany<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chatfun.de/f101/?_TID=1011373|title=Melanie C – on a mission tour 2003|publisher=Fun.de|accessdate=13 September 2011}}</ref> | E-Werk<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebay.it/itm/MELANIE-C-SPICE-GIRLS-2003-Konzertplakat-On-a-Mission-Tourposter-/321815637258|title=Melanie C – 2003 TOUR Poster|language=German|publisher=Ebay|accessdate=13 September 2011}}</ref> |- | 10 December 2003 | Hanover | The Neues Theater |- | 12 December 2003 | Berlin | Columbia Club |- | 13 December 2003 | Hamburg | Hamburg State Opera |- | 15 December 2003 | Neu-Isenburg | Hugenottenhalle |- | 16 December 2003 | Munich | Elserhalle |- | 17 December 2003 | Filderstadt | Central Theater |- |}
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Melanie C}}
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