Classic Tour

Classic Tour was the first solo UK tour by English singer Joe McElderry. The tour took place throughout November 2011.

Classic Tour

Tour by Joe McElderry
Tour program cover
Associated album	Wide Awake Classic Classic Christmas (from 14 November)
Start date	5 November 2011
End date	30 November 2011
No. of shows	19
Joe McElderry concert chronology

Support Acts

• Roxanne Emery
• The Reason 4
• Lorraine Crosby

About the tour

For the tour, McElderry performed songs of his albums, Wide Awake, released under Syco, Classic, released under Decca, and would later add "Last Christmas" to the set, which is featured on his third album, Classic Christmas, also released under Decca. He also performed songs that was sung on The X Factor and The X Factor Tour 2010 as well as some new covers that he had never sung before. He set up a poll on his Facebook asking which song he should sing on the tour, the choices were "Home", "I Won't Let You Go", "Halo", "Someone Like You", "Your Song" or "The Edge of Glory". "Home" was chosen to be performed on the tour. The tour scored third place on Billboard's Hot Tours, with grosses of £421,219 (US$665,833).

Setlist

• Show Opener

1. If You Love Me
2. Real Late Starter
3. Smile
4. Wide Awake

• The X Factor

5. Don't Stop Believin'
6. Love Story
7. Open Arms
8. Superman
9. Ambitions
10. Affirmation
11. Until The Stars Run Out

• Classic

12. To Where You Are
13. Canto Della Terra
14. Dance With My Father
15. Solitaire
16. Time To Say Goodbye
17. Nessun Dorma

• Encore

18. Over The Rainbow
19. Home
20. Last Christmas (added on 14 November)
21. The Climb

Tour Dates

The first two shows were warm up gigs and were not advertised on his official website. A second Newcastle City Hall gig was added due to popular demand.

Date	City	Country	Venue
5 November 2011	Rhyl	Wales	Pavilion Theatre
6 November 2011	Margate	England	Winter Gardens
8 November 2011	Westcliff-on-Sea		Cliffs Pavilion
9 November 2011	Birmingham		Birmingham Symphony Hall
10 November 2011	Nottingham		Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
13 November 2011	Salford		The Lowry
14 November 2011	Cardiff	Wales	St Davids Hall
16 November 2011	Aberdeen	Scotland	Music Hall Aberdeen
17 November 2011	Newcastle	England	Newcastle City Hall
18 November 2011	Middlesbrough		Middlesbrough Town Hall
20 November 2011	Dundee	Scotland	Caird Hall
21 November 2011	Glasgow		Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
22 November 2011	Liverpool	England	Liverpool Philharmonic
23 November 2011	York		Barbican
25 November 2011	Reading		Hexagon
26 November 2011	Brighton		Brighton Dome
27 November 2011	London		Royal Festival Hall
29 November 2011	Newcastle		Newcastle City Hall
30 November 2011			Metro Radio Arena