American singer-actress Cher has embarked on seven concert tours and three concert residencies. As a solo artist, Cher has made concerts in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. Cher's first ever concert was with her ex-husband Sonny Bono in 1966 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.[1]
In 1979, Cher started her first solo concert tour, the Cher in Concert Tour, with performances in Europa and North America in 1979. After the success with disco music, Cher and her boyfriend at the time, Les Dudek, formed the new wave band Black Rose with which she did her first mini-tour, The Black Rose Show. Black Rose band during their tour were the opening act for Bob Seger in Europe and for Hall & Oates during the 1980 summer in North America.[2]
After eight years off the road, Cher did her second solo sold-out tour in 1990, the Heart of Stone Tour, which was followed up by 1992's Love Hurts Tour. The Love Hurts Tour is well known by fans for cancellations due to Cher's illness.[3][4]
After the huge success of the Believe album, she did her 1999/2000 Do You Believe? tour. In 2002, she embarked on the marathon Living Proof: The Farewell Tour, which lasted from June 2002 until April 2005. The tour featured a total 325 shows, the most ever for a concert tour by a female solo artist, and grossed more than $250 million,[5] becoming Cher's highest-grossing tour ever. Cher closed the farewell tour in April 2005 at the Hollywood Bowl. It was the most successful tour by a single female solo artist at that time.[6]
From May 2008 until February 2011, Cher performed at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada with her new show, Cher at the Colosseum. She signed for 200 shows over the span of three years. She was paid $60 million for her return.[7]
After her residency, Cher began touring with the Dressed to Kill Tour in 2014 after the release of her album Closer to the Truth.[8] Cher is one of the most successful touring artists, she was placed at number three among most successful female artists and at number twenty three overall on Billboard's Top Live Artists From 1990-2014 list.[9]
Concert tours
edit| Year | Title | Dates | Number of performances |
Release format(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1979–1982 |
Cher in Concert | May 10, 1980–May 14, 1980 (Europe) June 5, 1981– August 11, 1982 (North America) November 26, 1981–December 6, 1981 (Australia) |
25 |
|
1989-1990 |
Heart of Stone Tour | August 23, 1989–August 29, 1990 (North America) October 14, 1990–October 23, 1990 (Europe) November 5, 1990–November 12, 1990 (Australia) December 2, 1990–December 4, 1990 (North America) |
89 |
VHS, Laserdisc, DVD |
1991-1992 |
Love Hurts Tour | October 25, 1991–March 12, 1992 (North America) April 15, 1992–May 27, 1992 (Europe) October 23, 1992–November 1, 1992 (North America) |
43 |
|
1999–2000 |
Do You Believe? | June 16, 1999–September 28, 1999 (North America) October 15, 1999–December 15, 1999 (Europe) December 30, 1999–March 4, 2000 (North America) |
121 |
VHS, DVD |
2002–2005 |
Living Proof: The Farewell Tour | June 12, 2002–January 3, 2004 (North America) May 8, 2004–July 2, 2004 (Europe) July 23, 2004–February 7, 2005 (North America) February 20, 2005–March 18, 2005 (Australasia) April 7, 2005–April 30, 2005 (North America) |
326 |
VHS, DVD, CD |
2014 |
Dressed to Kill Tour | March 22, 2014–July 11, 2014 (North America) | 49 |
|
2018-2020 |
Here We Go Again Tour | September 21, 2018–October 21, 2018 (Oceania) January 17, 2019–May 18, 2019 (North America) September 26, 2019–November 3, 2019 (Europe) November 19, 2019–December 19, 2019 (North America) March 6, 2020–May 6, 2020 (North America) |
85 |
Concert residencies
edit| Year | Title | Dates | Number of performances |
Release format(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1979–1982 |
A Celebration at Caesar's Palace | August 16, 1979–August 11, 1982 (North America) |
97 |
|
2008–2011 |
Cher | May 6, 2008–February 5, 2011 (North America) |
192 |
|
2017–2020 |
Classic Cher | February 8, 2017–February 29, 2020 (North America) |
104 |
References
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- ^ Kozak, Roman (1980-10-25). O Records offering 7-inch Mini Albums. Billboard. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
- ^ "Cher DK about the Love Hurts Tour". Geocities.com. Archived from the original on 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
- ^ "Love Hurts : by Edriel". Just Plain Cher, 2003-07-15. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
- ^ "Cher Biography". Bio: The Biography Channel. British Sky Broadcasting. Archived from the original on 2010-01-10. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
- ^ "Madonna world tour 'sets record'". BBC News Online. 2006-09-26. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
- ^ "'Cher Is Back...Again". Abcnews.go.com. 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
- ^ Leach, Robin (2010-04-23). "Strip Scribbles: Cher plans to tour after Colosseum residency ends". Las Vegas Sun. Archived from the original on 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- ^ "Rolling Stones No. 1 on List of Top 25 Live Artists Since 1990". Billboard.com. 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2014-05-27.