Never Gone Tour
Concert tour nameNever Gone Tour
Landscapeno
ArtistBackstreet Boys
AlbumNever Gone
Start dateJuly 22, 2005
End dateFebruary 2, 2006
Number of legs3
Number of shows80
Last tourUp Close & Personal Tour
(2005)
This tourNever Gone Tour
(2005–2006)
Next tourUnbreakable Tour
(2008–2009)

The Never Gone Tour is the sixth headlining concert tour by American boy band, the Backstreet Boys. The tour was launched in support of their fifth studio album, Never Gone (2005). It is the last BSB tour with all five members of the group, as Kevin Richardson left the band shortly after the tour concluded on June 23, 2006. However, Richardson permanently returned to the band on April 29, 2012.[1]

The tour grossed an estimated $49.5 million within 79 tour dates.[citation needed]

Opening acts

Setlist

The following setlist was obtained from the concert held on August 26, 2005, at the Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona.[5] It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

  • "Video Sequence"
Act 1
  2. "The Call"
  3. "My Beautiful Woman"
  4. "More than That"
  5. "Climbing the Walls"
  6. "Shape of My Heart"
  • "Video Sequence" (contains elements of "Don't Want You Back")
Act 2
  2. "The One"
  3. "I Still..."
  4. "I Want It That Way"
  5. "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"
  6. "Larger than Life"
  7. "Siberia"
Act 3
  2. "All I Have to Give"
  3. "As Long As You Love Me"
  4. "I'll Never Break Your Heart"
  5. "Just Want You to Know"
  6. "Crawling Back to You"
  7. "Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)"
  • "Video Sequence" (contains elements of "Never Gone")
Act 4
  2. "Weird World"
  3. "Drowning"
  4. "Incomplete"
Encore
  2. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
North America[6]
July 22, 2005West Palm BeachUnited StatesSound Advice Amphitheatre
July 23, 2005TampaFord Amphitheatre
July 24, 2005DuluthThe Arena at Gwinnett Center
July 26, 2005ClevelandTower City Amphitheater
July 27, 2005New York CityRadio City Music Hall
July 29, 2005Atlantic CityBorgata Events Center
July 30, 2005WantaghTommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theater
July 31, 2005Holmdel TownshipPNC Bank Arts Center
August 2, 2005TorontoCanadaMolson Amphitheatre
August 3, 2005ClarkstonUnited StatesDTE Energy Music Theatre
August 4, 2005DarienDarien Lake Performing Arts Center
August 6, 2005BristowNissan Pavilion
August 7, 2005Saratoga SpringsSaratoga Performing Arts Center
August 9, 2005Hartfordctnow.com Meadows Music Theatre
August 10, 2005PortlandCumberland County Civic Center
August 12, 2005HersheyStar Pavilion
August 13, 2005CamdenTweeter Center
August 14, 2005MansfieldTweeter Center for the Performing Arts
August 16, 2005CincinnatiRiverbend Music Center
August 17, 2005BurgettstownPost-Gazette Pavilion
August 19, 2005ChicagoCharter One Pavilion
August 20, 2005MinneapolisTarget Center
August 21, 2005Bonner SpringsVerizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 23, 2005LovelandBudweiser Events Center
August 25, 2005IrvineVerizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 26, 2005PhoenixDodge Theatre
August 27, 2005Las VegasMandalay Bay Events Center
August 30, 2005ConcordChronicle Pavilion
August 31, 2005WheatlandSleep Train Amphitheatre
September 2, 2005RidgefieldThe Amphitheater at Clark County
September 3, 2005VancouverCanadaGeneral Motors Place
September 4, 2005KelownaProspera Place
September 5, 2005CalgaryPengrowth Saddledome
September 7, 2005WinnipegMTS Centre
September 10, 2005KitchenerKitchener Memorial Auditorium
September 11, 2005LondonJohn Labatt Centre
September 12, 2005OttawaCorel Centre
September 13, 2005MontrealBell Centre
Europe[7]
September 28, 2005StockholmSwedenStockholm Globe Arena
September 29, 2005OsloNorwayOslo Spektrum
October 2, 2005HelsinkiFinlandHartwall Areena
October 4, 2005AalborgDenmarkGigantium
October 5, 2005HamburgGermanyColor Line Arena
October 6, 2005DresdenMessehalle
October 8, 2005StuttgartHanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
October 9, 2005ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadion
October 10, 2005MilanItalyFilaForum
October 12, 2005RotterdamNetherlandsAhoy Rotterdam
October 13, 2005MannheimGermanySAP Arena
October 14, 2005MunichOlympiahalle
October 16, 2005BerlinMax-Schmeling-Halle
October 17, 2005OberhausenKönig Pilsener Arena
October 18, 2005BrusselsBelgiumForest National
October 20, 2005LondonEnglandWembley Arena
October 21, 2005
October 23, 2005DublinIrelandPoint Theatre
October 25, 2005ManchesterEnglandManchester Evening News Arena
October 26, 2005BirminghamNEC Arena
October 29, 2005HanoverGermanyTUI Arena
October 30, 2005CologneKölnarena
October 31, 2005FreiburgMessehalle
November 2, 2005BolognaItalyPalaMalaguti
November 5, 2005NurembergGermanyNuremberg Arena
November 8, 2005BadalonaSpainPalau Municipal d'Esports
November 9, 2005MadridPalacio de Deportes
November 11, 2005LisbonPortugalPavilhão Atlântico
Asia[8]
January 7, 2006TokyoJapanTokyo Dome
January 8, 2006
January 10, 2006NagoyaNagoya Rainbow Hall
January 12, 2006OsakaOsaka Dome
January 14, 2006SeoulSouth KoreaOlympic Gymnastics Arena
January 16, 2006BeijingChinaCapital Indoor Stadium
January 18, 2006ShanghaiShanghai Indoor Stadium
January 20, 2006Quezon CityPhilippinesAraneta Coliseum
January 22, 2006BangkokThailandImpact Arena
January 24, 2006KallangSingaporeSingapore Indoor Stadium
Australia[9]
January 28, 2006BrisbaneAustraliaBrisbane Entertainment Centre
January 30, 2006SydneySydney Entertainment Centre
February 1, 2006AdelaideAdelaide Entertainment Centre
February 2, 2006MelbourneRod Laver Arena

Box office score data

VenueCityTickets sold / AvailableGross revenue
Molson AmphitheatreToronto15,880 / 15,880 (100%)$577,006[10]
Bell CentreMontreal11,191 / 12,000 (93%)$563,801[10]
Point TheatreDublin8,148 / 8,148 (100%)$405,384[11]
Brisbane Entertainment CentreBrisbane4,866 / 5,232 (93%)$314,608[12]
Sydney Entertainment CentreSydney9,000 / 9,000 (100%)$581,585[13]
Adelaide Entertainment CentreAdelaide4,689 / 6,500 (72%)$291,103[14]
Rod Laver ArenaMelbourne11,000 / 11,000 (100%)$682,982[13]
TOTAL64,774 / 67,760 (96%)$3,416,469

References

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