I Stand tour explained

Concert Tour Name:I Stand Tour
Artist:Idina Menzel
Album:I Stand
Start Date:April 1, 2008
End Date:March 28, 2009
Number Of Shows:50 total
Last Tour:Here Tour
(2004-2005)
This Tour:I Stand Tour
(2008–2009)
Next Tour:Barefoot at the Symphony Tour
(2010–2013)

The I Stand tour was a tour taken by American actress and singer Idina Menzel.

Concert Synopsis

Menzel performs a diverse selection songs from her original pop album I Stand, Pop and Rock covers, as well as hits from her breakout performances on Broadway in Wicked and Rent. Throughout the concert, Menzel interacts with the audience sharing stories from inspiration of some of the songs she has written for the album, her early younger years in Long Island, NY (from quitting Hebrew School, to her parents getting divorced, and her life as a Long Island Wedding Singer before landing the role of Maureen Johnson in the original cast of Rent).

Performances

Menzel had recently released a pop album titled I Stand, and, in order to promote the album, got funds to go on tour. The album peaked at #58 on the Billboard Hot 200. On the tour, Menzel sang many songs from the album, as well as other various songs.

The tour began on April 1, 2008, performing four sold out legs. She appeared at places such as George Street Playhouse, Lincoln Center, and The Music Hall. The performance at the Lincoln Center was filmed for a PBS special on the show Soundstage.

Before being well known for appearing on the second season of The Voice, Chris Mann opened up for Menzel during the 3rd leg of the tour.

The tour continued until March 28, 2009 which afterwards Menzel took a year off from the spotlight to have a baby. Following giving birth to her son Walker Nathaniel Diggs, Menzel got offered a recurring role on the TV smash Glee and returned to the Concert stage on embarking on her Barefoot at the Symphony tour (which major symphony orchestras came in place of Menzel's 6 piece rock band).

Opening Acts

Set List

  1. "I Stand" from I Stand
  2. "Don't Let Me Down" from I Stand
  3. "Better to Have Loved" from I Stand
  4. "Brave" from I Stand
  5. "Devorah/Rise Up"
  6. "Where Do I Begin" from I Stand
  7. "My Own Worst Enemy" from I Stand
  8. "Wedding Days"
  9. "No Day But Today" from Rent
  10. "I Feel Everything" from I Stand
  11. "Perfume and Promises" from I Stand
  12. "Gorgeous" from I Stand
  13. "Defying Gravity" from Wicked
Notes:
  1. "I Stand" from I Stand
  2. "Don't Let Me Down" from I Stand
  3. "Where Do I Begin" from I Stand
  4. "Better to Have Loved" from I Stand
  5. "Here" from Here
  6. "Brave" from I Stand
  7. "Roxanne" by The Police or "Heartbreaker" by Pat Benatar
  8. "Devorah/Rise Up"
  9. "My Own Worst Enemy" from I Stand
  10. "Wedding Days"
  11. "No Day But Today" from Rent
  12. "I Feel Everything" from I Stand
  13. "Gorgeous" from I Stand
  14. "For Good" from Wicked
  15. "Defying Gravity" from Wicked
Notes:
  1. "Don't Let Me Down"
  2. "Here" from Here
  3. "Heartbreaker"
  4. "Brave" from I Stand
  5. "Devorah/Rise Up"
  6. "Embraceable You" by George and Ira Gershwin
  7. "No Day But Today" from Rent
  8. "Where Do I Begin" from I Stand
  9. "I Feel Everything" from I Stand
  10. "My Own Worst Enemy" from I Stand
  11. "Company" from Company
  12. "I Stand from I Stand/Get Up, Stand Up" by Bob Marley
  13. "Forever" from I Stand
  14. "For Good" from Wicked
  15. "Gorgeous" from I Stand
  16. "No Trace Of Us"
  17. "Kiss From a Rose"
  18. "Defying Gravity" from Wicked
  1. "I Stand" from I Stand
  2. "Don't Let Me Down" from I Stand
  3. "Here" from Here
  4. "Brave" from I Stand
  5. "Heaven Help My Heart" from Chess
  6. "Devorah/Rise Up"
  7. "Embraceable You" by George and Ira Gershwin
  8. "The Man That Got Away"
  9. "No Day But Today" from Rent
  10. "Spiraling"
  11. "Butterfly"
  12. "One"
  13. "Still I Can't Be Still" from Still I Can't Be Still
  14. "For Good" from Wicked
  15. "Gorgeous" from I Stand
  16. "No Trace Of Us" or "Company" from Company
  17. "Defying Gravity" from Wicked

Musicians

Notes:

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
North America: Leg 1
April 1, 2008New BrunswickUnited StatesGeorge Street Playhouse
April 3, 2008 PittsfieldBarrington Stage
April 4, 2008 MamaroneckEmelin Theatre
April 6, 2008 FairfieldStage One
April 8, 2008
April 10, 2008 WilmingtonThe Baby Grand
April 11, 2008
April 14, 2008 New York CityRose Hall
United Kingdom
May 20, 2008 LondonEnglandAmbassador's Theatre
North America: Leg 2
June 18, 2008 Santa BarbaraUnited StatesLobero Theatre
June 20, 2008 San DiegoHumphrey's By The Bay
June 23, 2008 Washington DCSixth & I Synagogue
June 25, 2008 New York CityThe Town Hall
June 26, 2008 Atlantic City
July 17, 2008 NashvilleJames K. Polk Theatre
July 18, 2008 AtlantaChastain Park Amphitheatre
July 20, 2008 CaryKoka Booth Amphitheatre
July 21, 2008 CharlotteMcGlohon Theatre
July 23, 2008 RichmondThe National
July 25, 2008 Ft. Lauderdale Parker Playhouse
July 27, 2008 Tampa Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
August 1, 2008 St. Louis The Pageant
August 4, 2008 Milwaukee Northern Lights Casino
August 6, 2008 Chicago House of Blues
August 7, 2008 Detroit Gem Theatre
August 9, 2008 St. Paul Fitzgerald Theater
August 12, 2008 Denver Newman Center
August 14, 2008 San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts
August 15, 2008 Los Angeles Wiltern Theatre
North America: Leg 3
October 30, 2008 Cleveland United StatesHouse of Blues
October 31, 2008 Louisville Bomhard Theatre
November 2, 2008 MadisonUnion Theater
November 3, 2008 PlattevilleCenter for the Arts
November 5, 2008 East LansingPasant Theater
November 7, 2008 TorontoCanadaDanforth Music Hall
November 8, 2008 BostonUnited StatesBerklee Performance Center
November 9, 2008 UnionWilkins Theatre
November 11, 2008 BridgeportKlein Memorial Auditorium
November 12, 2008 PittsburghByham Theater
November 13, 2008 AlbanyThe Egg
North America: Leg 4
March 18, 2009 PortsmouthUnited StatesThe Music Hall
March 19, 2009 SyracuseGoldstein Auditorium
March 21, 2009 Red BankCount Basie Theatre
March 22, 2009 TarrytownTarrytown Music Hall
March 24, 2009 AlexandriaBirchmere Music Hall
March 25, 2009 GlensideKeswick Theatre
March 25, 2009 WilmingtonThe Grand Opera Hall
March 25, 2009 BrookvilleTilles Center

References

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