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1996–97 concert tour by Toni Braxton

Secrets Tour Tour by Toni Braxton Associated album Secrets Start date August 18, 1996 End date October 1, 1997 Legs 4 No. of shows 119 in North America 31 in Europe 150 Total Toni Braxton concert chronology Secrets Tour (1996–97) Libra Tour (2006)

The **Secrets Tour** was the debut concert tour by American pop/R&B singer [Toni Braxton](/source/Toni_Braxton). The tour was in support of her album, *[Secrets](/source/Secrets_(Toni_Braxton_album))*. The tour began during the summer of 1996 in theatres. Jazz saxophonist [Kenny G](/source/Kenny_G) joined the tour September 18, 1996.[1] Remaining shows in the U.S. were billed as **An Evening with Kenny G & Toni Braxton**. According to [Pollstar](/source/Pollstar)'s 1997 Mid-Year Report, the tour was the fourth highest grossing in the U.S., with $15.8 million grossed across 45 shows.[2]

## Opening act

- [The Braxtons](/source/The_Braxtons) (North America, select dates)[3]

- [Kenny G](/source/Kenny_G) (North America, select dates) (special guest)[4]

## Setlist

This setlist is from the concert held at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, January 18, 1997. It is not representative of all shows during the tour.

1. "Overture"

1. "[Seven Whole Days](/source/Seven_Whole_Days)"

1. "[Another Sad Love Song](/source/Another_Sad_Love_Song)"

1. "[Love Shoulda Brought You Home](/source/Love_Shoulda_Brought_You_Home)"

1. "There's No Me Without You"

1. "Talking In His Sleep"

1. "Find Me a Man"

1. "[I Love Me Some Him](/source/I_Love_Me_Some_Him)"

1. "Instrumental Sequence" (contains elements of "[I Want You Back](/source/I_Want_You_Back)" / "[Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)](/source/Breakin'_My_Heart_(Pretty_Brown_Eyes))" / "What Kind of Man Would I Be?")

1. "[Breathe Again](/source/Breathe_Again)"

1. "[You Mean the World to Me](/source/You_Mean_the_World_to_Me_(Toni_Braxton_song))"

1. "Why Should I Care"

1. "[Let It Flow](/source/Let_It_Flow_(song))"

1. "[I Don't Want To](/source/I_Don't_Want_To)"

1. "In the Late of Night"

1. "Come on Over Here"

1. "Dance Sequence"

1. "[How Could an Angel Break My Heart](/source/How_Could_an_Angel_Break_My_Heart)" (performed with [Kenny G](/source/Kenny_G))

**Encore**

1. "[Un-Break My Heart](/source/Un-Break_My_Heart)"

1. "[You're Makin' Me High](/source/You're_Makin'_Me_High)"

**Notes**

During the September 12, show at Wembley Arena in London, Toni dedicated her performance of "Un-Break My Heart" to [Princess Diana](/source/Diana%2C_Princess_of_Wales), who died two weeks prior.

## Shows

Date City Country Venue North America[5] August 18, 1996 Washington, D.C. United States DAR Constitution Hall August 19, 1996 August 20, 1996 Pittsburgh Benedum Center August 21, 1996 Columbus Palace Theatre August 23, 1996 Chicago Chicago Theatre August 24, 1996 August 25, 1996 August 27, 1996 Detroit Fox Theatre August 29, 1996 St. Louis Fox Theatre August 31, 1996 Memphis Orpheum Theatre September 5, 1996 New Orleans Saenger Theatre September 6, 1996 Birmingham Alabama Theatre September 7, 1996 Atlanta Fox Theatre September 8, 1996 September 10, 1996 September 11, 1996 September 13, 1996 Orlando Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre September 14, 1996 Miami James L. Knight Center September 15, 1996 September 18, 1996 New York City Radio City Music Hall September 19, 1996 September 20, 1996 September 21, 1996 September 24, 1996 September 26, 1996 September 29, 1996 Boston Boston Opera House September 30, 1996 Wallingford SNET Oakdale Theatre October 1, 1996 Westbury Westbury Music Fair October 2, 1996 Atlantic City Circus Maximus Showroom October 3, 1996 Upper Darby Township Tower Theater October 6, 1996 Richmond Landmark Theater October 8, 1996 Louisville Palace Theatre October 9, 1996 Nashville Ryman Auditorium October 11, 1996 Raleigh Raleigh Memorial Auditorium October 12, 1996 Greenville Peace Concert Hall October 13, 1996 Charleston McAlister Field House October 15, 1996 Augusta Bell Auditorium October 16, 1996 Savannah Mercer Theatre October 17, 1996 Jacksonville Florida Theatre October 19, 1996 Tallahassee Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center October 21, 1996 Tampa Morsani Hall October 23, 1996 Mobile Mobile Civic Center Theater October 24, 1996 Jackson Mississippi Coliseum October 25, 1996 Shreveport Strand Theatre October 28, 1996 Houston Jones Hall October 29, 1996 Dallas Majestic Theatre November 2, 1996 Tempe Gammage Memorial Auditorium November 3, 1996 Las Vegas Circus Maximus Showroom November 4, 1996 November 6, 1996 Los Angeles Hollywood Palladium November 7, 1996 November 8, 1996 November 17, 1996 New York City Radio City Music Hall November 18, 1996 November 19, 1996 December 15, 1996 Seattle KeyArena December 17, 1996 Portland Rose Garden December 20, 1996 San Jose San Jose Arena December 21, 1996 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim December 22, 1996 Fresno Selland Arena December 27, 1996 Los Angeles Universal Amphitheatre December 28, 1996 December 30, 1996 December 31, 1996 Sacramento ARCO Arena January 5, 1997 Salt Lake City Delta Center January 6, 1997 Denver McNichols Sports Arena January 8, 1997 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena January 9, 1997 Phoenix America West Arena January 12, 1997 Minneapolis Target Center January 13, 1997 Milwaukee Bradley Center January 15, 1997 St. Louis Kiel Center January 17, 1997 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills January 18, 1997 Chicago United Center January 21, 1997 Cleveland Gund Arena January 23, 1997 Philadelphia CoreStates Center January 24, 1997 Pittsburgh Civic Arena January 29, 1997 New York City Radio City Music Hall January 31, 1997 February 1, 1997 February 2, 1997 February 3, 1997 February 4, 1997 February 7, 1997 Boston FleetCenter February 11, 1997 Buffalo Marine Midland Arena February 14, 1997 Albany Pepsi Arena February 16, 1997 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum February 17, 1997 Hampton Hampton Coliseum February 19, 1997 Atlanta Omni Coliseum February 20, 1997 Nashville Nashville Arena February 21, 1997 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum February 27, 1997 Orlando Orlando Arena February 28, 1997 Miami Miami Arena March 1, 1997 West Palm Beach Coral Sky Amphitheatre March 2, 1997 Tampa Ice Palace March 5, 1997 New Orleans UNO Lakefront Arena March 6, 1997 Birmingham BJCC Coliseum March 8, 1997 Dallas Reunion Arena March 10, 1997 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills March 12, 1997 Cleveland Gund Arena March 13, 1997 Indianapolis Market Square Arena March 14, 1997 Chicago United Center June 1, 1997 June 2, 1997 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena June 3, 1997 Auburn Hills The Palace at Auburn Hills June 5, 1997 Worcester Centrum in Worcester June 9, 1997 Toronto Canada Maple Leaf Gardens June 10, 1997 June 12, 1997 Montreal Molson Centre June 15, 1997 Uniondale United States Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum June 16, 1997 East Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena June 17, 1997 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall June 20, 1997 Baltimore Baltimore Arena June 21, 1997 Richmond Richmond Coliseum June 23, 1997 Fairborn Nutter Center June 24, 1997 Peoria Carver Arena June 25, 1997 Kansas City Kemper Arena June 28, 1997 Houston The Summit June 29, 1997 San Antonio Freeman Coliseum July 1, 1997 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena Europe [6] August 16, 1997 Glasgow Scotland SECC Concert Hall 4 August 18, 1997 Belfast Ireland King's Hall August 20, 1997 Newcastle England Telewest Arena August 24, 1997 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis August 25, 1997 Cologne Germany Sporthalle Köln August 26, 1997 Amsterdam Netherlands Sporthallen Zuid August 28, 1997 Copenhagen Denmark Valby-Hallen August 30, 1997 Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Globe Arena August 31, 1997 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum September 2, 1997 Berlin Germany Deutschlandhalle September 4, 1997 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle September 5, 1997 Munich Germany Olympiahalle September 6, 1997 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion September 8, 1997 Sheffield England Sheffield Arena September 9, 1997 Birmingham NEC Arena September 10, 1997 Manchester NYNEX Arena September 12, 1997 London Wembley Arena September 13, 1997 September 14, 1997 September 15, 1997 Dublin Ireland Point Theatre September 17, 1997 Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis September 18, 1997 September 20, 1997 Brussels Belgium Forest National September 21, 1997 Paris France Zénith de Paris September 23, 1997 Düsseldorf Germany Philips Halle September 24, 1997 Erfurt Mehrzweckhalle September 25, 1997 Oberhausen Arena Oberhausen September 27, 1997 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt September 28, 1997 Hamburg Alsterdorfer Sporthalle September 30, 1997 Milan Italy FilaForum di Assago October 1, 1997 Lyon France Halle Tony Garnier

### Box office score data

Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue KeyArena Seattle 10,829 / 12,023 (90%) $493,285[7] San Jose Arena San Jose 13,347 / 13,347 (100%) $537,665[8] Selland Arena Fresno 7,690 / 9,012 (85%) $211,955[9] Universal Amphitheatre Los Angeles 22,270 / 22,270 (100%) $1,161,343[8] ARCO Arena Sacramento 8,157 / 10,500 (78%) $428,490[10] Target Center Minneapolis 6,995 / 10,000 (70%) $294,030[11] Kiel Center St. Louis 12,172 / 13,000 (94%) $517,588[12] The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills 15,678 / 15,678 (100%) $531,245[11] United Center Chicago 27,175 / 27,175 (100%) $999,463[11][13] Gund Arena Cleveland 13,276 / 14,600 (91%) $428,090[12] CoreStates Center Philadelphia 12,957 / 13,500 (96%) $411,320[12] Civic Arena Pittsburgh 12,475 / 12,475 (100%) $381,988[14] Radio City Music Hall New York City 35,226 / 35,226 (100%) $2,623,390[12] FleetCenter Boston 13,900 / 13,900 (100%) $448,324[15] Marine Midland Arena Buffalo 10,758 / 15,000 (72%) $444,983[16] Pepsi Arena Albany 11,124 / 11,124 (100%) $366,025[17] Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte 9,298 / 12,000 (77%) $322,370[16] Nashville Arena Nashville 9,663 / 12,000 (80%) $298,718[18] Ice Palace Tampa 10,999 / 14,660 (75%) $447,219[18] BJCC Coliseum Birmingham 9,205 / 12,000 (77%) $341,685[19] TOTAL 273,194 / 299,490 (91%) $11,689,176

## Band

- Musical Director: Bo Watson & Vance Taylor

- Drums: [Stokley Williams](/source/Stokley_Williams)

- Guitar: Homer O'Dell

- Bass: Ricky Kinchen

- Keyboards: [Keri Lewis](/source/Keri_Lewis)

- Saxophone: Jeffrey Allen

- Keyboards: Larry Waddell

- Percussion: Chris Dave

- Background vocals: Cha'n Andre', Dee Coupe, Valerie Davis, Julio Hanson, Dyron D. Wade, Gregory Ringo, Mario Johnson, Rodney Day, Gromyko Collins

- Dancers: Rosero McCoy, Jamal Sims, Omar Lopez, Jermaine Montell

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** McDonald, Sam (July 26, 1996). ["Sax Man"](https://www.dailypress.com/1996/07/26/sax-man/). *[Daily Press](/source/Daily_Press_(Virginia))*. Retrieved December 23, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["1997 Mid-Year Top 25 Tours"](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Pollstar/90s/97/Pollstar-1997-07-07.pdf) (PDF). *Pollstar*. California. July 7, 1997. p. 5. Retrieved December 5, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Considine, J.D. (May 8, 1997). ["Move over, Demi Covergirl: Toni Braxton has the arm- over-the-chest move down pat as she poses nearly naked for Vibe"](https://www.baltimoresun.com/1997/05/08/move-over-demi-covergirl-toni-braxton-has-the-arm-over-the-chest-move-down-pat-as-she-poses-nearly-naked-for-vibe/). *[The Baltimore Sun](/source/The_Baltimore_Sun)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20141107182818/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1997-05-08/features/1997128079_1_toni-braxton-towanda-vibe) from the original on November 7, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2013.

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