A New Journey

Celtic Woman: A New Journey is the second on-stage production by the group Celtic Woman. The show was filmed at Slane Castle in County Meath, Ireland and featured Hayley Westenra as a new addition to the group. The album was released on 30 January 2007. This album broke a long-standing record when it surpassed the 81-week run of the original Celtic Woman album.

Celtic Woman: A New Journey
Studio album by Celtic Woman
Released	30 January 2007
Recorded	23 & 24 August 2006
Genre	Celtic, new-age, adult contemporary, classical
Language	English, Irish, Italian
Label	Manhattan
Producer	David Downes
Celtic Woman chronology
Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration (2006) Celtic Woman: A New Journey (2007) Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey (2008)

The tour began on 14 February 2007 in Tampa with initial dates announced through 29 June 2007. New dates for Europe running 22 September 22 to 9 October 2007 were announced in May 2007 along with fall North American dates running 10 October to 17 November 2007 and some Japan dates. The tour finished on 6 October 2008 in Amsterdam.

The album opened at #4 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 71,000 copies in its first week.[1] On 29 March 2007, the album was certified gold by the RIAA, signifying U.S. sales in excess of 500,000 units, while the longform video was certified double platinum on the same date.[2]

Performers

• Chloe Agnew
• Lisa Kelly – 14 February to 1 December 2007 (Maternity Leave)
• Orla Fallon
• Méav Ní Mhaolchatha - spring 2007 (Alternating USA dates in spring 2007 w/Hayley)
• Lynn Hilary - effective Oct 2007 (Replacement for Méav)
• Alex Sharpe - 2008 (Sub for Lisa)
• Mairead Nesbitt
• Hayley Westenra - spring 2007 (Alternating USA dates in spring 2007 w/Méav)

Track listing

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"The Sky and the Dawn and the Sun"	Chloë Agnew, Órla Fallon, Lisa Kelly, Máiréad Nesbitt, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Hayley Westenra	05:19
2.	"The Prayer"	Agnew	04:20
3.	"Newgrange"	Fallon	03:07
4.	"Over the Rainbow"	Agnew, Fallon, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra	02:37
5.	"Granuaile's Dance"	Nesbitt	03:40
6.	"The Blessing"	Kelly	03:49
7.	"Dúlamán"	Ní Mhaolchatha	03:05
8.	"Beyond the Sea"	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra	03:20
9.	"The Last Rose of Summer"	Westenra, Ní Mhaolchatha	03:36
10.	"Caledonia"	Kelly	04:49
11.	"Lascia ch'io pianga"	Westenra, Nesbitt	03:31
12.	"Carrickfergus"	Orla Fallon (Harp by Orla Fallon)	03:43
13.	"Vivaldi's Rain"	Agnew	02:11
14.	"The Voice"	Kelly, Nesbitt	03:05
15.	"Scarborough Fair"	Westenra	03:13
16.	"Mo Ghile Mear"	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra	04:50

Bonus Tracks on deluxe edition

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
17.	"Sing Out!"	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha	04:04
18.	"Shenandoah - The Pacific Slope" (Live from Slane Castle)	Nesbitt	04:43
19.	"At The Céilí" (Live from Slane Castle)	Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha	04:59
20.	"Spanish Lady" (Live from Slane Castle)	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra	02:23

Additional Bonus Track on various digital download editions

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
21.	"Green The Whole Year Round" (Live Version)	Kelly

Bonus Tracks on Japanese limited special edition

No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
17.	"Somewhere" (Live from Slane Castle)	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Ní Mhaolchatha	02:20
18.	"Sing Out!"	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha	04:04
19.	"Spanish Lady" (Live from Slane Castle)	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra	02:23
20.	"You Raise Me Up" (Live from Slane Castle)	Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra	5:21*

DVD set list

2006

Act 1

1. "The Sky And The Dawn And The Sun"-(All)
2. "The Prayer"-(Chloe)
3. "Caledonia"-(Lisa)
4. "Newgrange"-(Orla)
5. "Orinoco Flow"-(Lisa, Meav, & Orla)
6. "Dulaman"-(Meav)
7. "The Blessing"-(Lisa)
8. "Scarborough Fair"-(Hayley)
9. "Granuaile's Dance"-(Mairead)
10. "Over The Rainbow"-(Chloe, Hayley, Meav, & Orla)
11. "Beyond The Sea"-(All)

●Intermission - Gown change Act 2

1. "At The Cèili"-(Lisa, Mariead, Meav, & Orla) - Ceili dresses
2. "Lascia Ch'io Pianga"-(Hayley & Mairead)
3. "Carrickfergus"-(Orla w/harp)
4. "Sing Out!"-(Chloe, Lisa, Mairead, Meav, & Orla)
5. "Panis Angelicus"-(Chloe)
6. "The Last Rose Of Summer"-(Hayley & Meav)
7. "Spanish Lady"-(Chloe, Hayley, Lisa, Meav, & Orla)
8. "Shenandoah-The Pacific Slope"-(Mairead)
9. "The Voice"-(Lisa & Mairead)
10. "Danny Boy"-(Meav)
11. "Somewhere"-(Chloe, Lisa, Meav, & Orla)
12. "Mo Ghile Mear"-(All)
13. "You Raise Me Up"-(All)
14. "At the Ceili(Finale)"-(Mairead)

Tour

To promote the album Celtic Woman embarked on the New Journey Tour from February 2007 to October 2008.

The Celtic Woman performers change their outfits at least three times (Act 1:White evening gowns and Act 2: Ceili dresses for At the Ceili and Ball gowns).

Shows

Date	City	Country	Venue	Line-Up
North America
14 February 2007	Tampa	United States	Carol Morsani Hall	Chloe, Lisa, Meav, Orla, Mairead
15 February 2007
17 February 2007	Jacksonville		Moran Theater
18 February 2007	Tallahassee		Leon County Civic Center
19 February 2007	Sunrise		BankAtlantic Center
21 February 2007	Greenville		Bi-Lo Center
22 February 2007	Roanoke		Roanoke Civic Center
23 February 2007	Baltimore		Hippodrome Theatre
24 February 2007
26 February 2007	Philadelphia		Academy of Music
27 February 2007
1 March 2007	Wilkes Barre		F.M. Kirby Center
2 March 2007	Wallingford		Chevrolet Theatre
3 March 2007
5 March 2007	Providence		Providence Performing Arts Center
6 March 2007
8 March 2007	Manchester		Verizon Wireless Arena
9 March 2007	Boston		Wang Theatre	Chloe, Lisa, Hayley, Orla, Mairead
10 March 2007
11 March 2007	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena
13 March 2007	Pittsburgh		Benedum Center
14 March 2007
16 March 2007	New York City		Radio City Music Hall
17 March 2007
22 March 2007	Charlotte		Ovens Auditorium
23 March 2007
24 March 2007	Nashville		Andrew Jackson Hall
25 March 2007
27 March 2007	Atlanta		Fox Theatre
28 March 2007
30 March 2007	Raleigh		Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
31 March 2007
2 April 2007	Cincinnati		Cincinnati Music Hall
3 April 2007	Detroit		Fox Theatre
4 April 2007	Cleveland		Palace Theatre at Playhouse Square
5 April 2007	Columbus		Palace Theatre
11 April 2007	Indianapolis		Murat Theatre	Chloe Lisa Meav Orla Mairead
12 April 2007	South Bend		Morris Performing Arts Center
13 April 2007	Louisville		The Louisville Palace
14 April 2007
15 April 2007	Milwaukee		Milwaukee Theatre
17 April 2007	Minneapolis		Orpheum Theatre
18 April 2007
19 April 2007	Peoria		Peoria Civic Center
20 April 2007	Rosemont		Rosemont Theatre
21 April 2007
22 April 2007	St. Louis		Fox Theatre
24 April 2007	Kansas City		Kansas City Music Hall
25 April 2007	Little Rock		Robinson Center
27 April 2007	Memphis		Orpheum Theatre
28 April 2007	Baton Rouge		Baton Rouge River Center Arena
1 May 2007	Albuquerque		Kiva Auditorium
2 May 2007	Tempe		Gammage Memorial Auditorium
3 May 2007
4 May 2007	Palm Desert		McCallum Theatre	Chloe, Lisa, Hayley, Orla, Mairead
5 May 2007	Los Angeles		Greek Theatre
7 May 2007	San Diego		Copley Symphony Hall
8 May 2007	Long Beach		Terrace Theater
10 May 2007	Boise		Velma V. Morrison Center
11 May 2007	Portland		Rose Garden
12 May 2007	Seattle		WaMu Theater
13 May 2007	Spokane		INB Performing Arts Center
15 May 2007	Sacramento		Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
16 May 2007	San Jose		San Jose Civic Auditorium
18 May 2007	San Rafael	Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium
19 May 2007	Oakland	Paramount Theatre
20 May 2007	Fresno	William Saroyan Theatre
22 May 2007	West Valley City	E Center
1 June 2007	Memphis	Orpheum Theatre
2 June 2007	Atlanta	Fox Theatre
3 June 2007	Orlando	Amway Arena
4 June 2007	Chattanooga	Chattanooga Memorial Auditorium
5 June 2007	Richmond	Landmark Theater
6 June 2007	Portsmouth	nTelos Pavilion
8 June 2007	Boston	Wang Theatre
9 June 2007
10 June 2007
12 June 2007	Albany	Times Union Center
13 June 2007	Buffalo	Shea's Performing Arts Center
15 June 2007	Toronto	Canada	Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts
16 June 2007	Montreal		Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
17 June 2007	Ottawa		Southam Hall
20 June 2007	Portland	United States	Cumberland County Civic Center
21 June 2007	Bridgeport		Arena at Harbor Yard
22 June 2007	Springfield		MassMutual Center
23 June 2007	Philadelphia		Mann Center for the Performing Arts
24 June 2007	Wolf Trap		Filene Center
28 June 2007	Morrison		Red Rocks Amphitheatre
29 June 2007
North America - Fall
10 October 2007	Estero	United States	Germain Arena	Chloe, Lisa, Orla, Lynn, Mairead
12 October 2007	Gainesville		O'Connell Center
13 October 2007	North Charleston		North Charleston Coliseum
15 October 2007	Raleigh		Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
16 October 2007
18 October 2007	Miami		American Airlines Arena
19 October 2007	West Palm Beach		Dreyfoos Hall
20 October 2007
21 October 2007	Tampa		Carol Morsani Hall Two shows
23 October 2007	Charlotte		Ovens Auditorium
24 October 2007
25 October 2007
27 October 2007	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena
28 October 2007	University Park		Bryce Jordan Center
30 October 2007	Huntington		Big Sandy Superstore Arena
1 November 2007	Reading		Sovereign Center
2 November 2007	Akron		E. J. Thomas Hall
3 November 2007	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena
4 November 2007	Saginaw		The Theater at the Dow Event Center
6 November 2007	Indianapolis		Conseco Fieldhouse
7 November 2007	Fort Wayne		Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
9 November 2007	Lexington		Rupp Arena
10 November 2007	Springfield		Sangamon Auditorium
11 November 2007	Madison		Alliant Energy Center
13 November 2007	Moline		iWireless Center
14 November 2007	Des Moines		Wells Fargo Arena
15 November 2007	Omaha		Qwest Center Omaha
16 November 2007	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center
17 November 2007	Fargo		Fargodome
Asia
26 November 2007	Tokyo	Japan	Orchard Hall	Chloe, Lisa, Orla, Lynn, Mairead
27 November 2007
28 November 2007
29 November 2007	Osaka		Koseinenkin
1 December 2007	Nagoya		Kinro Hall
North America
13 February 2008	Grand Prairie	United States	Nokia Live	Chloe, Orla, Lynn, Alex, Mairead
14 February 2008
16 February 2008	Bossier City		CenturyTel Center
17 February 2008	Houston		Toyota Center
19 February 2008	Austin		Frank Erwin Center
20 February 2008	Tulsa		Mabee Center
22 February 2008	Birmingham		BJCC Concert Hall
23 February 2008	Pensacola		Pensacola Civic Center
24 February 2008	Augusta		William B. Bell Auditorium
26 February 2008	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum Complex
27 February 2008	Nashville		Sommet Center
28 February 2008	Memphis		FedExForum
29 February 2008	Knoxville		Knoxville Civic Auditorium
2 March 2008	Savannah		Johnny Mercer Theatre
4 March 2008	Tallahassee		Leon County Civic Center
5 March 2008	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
7 March 2008	Norfolk		Chrysler Hall
8 March 2008	Baltimore		Royal Farms Arena
10 March 2008	Providence		Providence Performing Arts Center
11 March 2008
12 March 2008
14 March 2008	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena
15 March 2008	New York City		Radio City Music Hall
16 March 2008
17 March 2008	Pittsburgh		Mellon Arena
20 March 2008	Wilkes-Barre		Wachovia Arena
21 March 2008	Manchester		Verizon Wireless Arena
22 March 2008	Wallingford		Oakdale Theatre
26 March 2008	Rochester		Mayo Civic Center
27 March 2008	Rockford		Rockford MetroCentre
28 March 2008	St. Louis		Fox Theatre
29 March 2008
30 March 2008	Kansas City		Sprint Center
1 April 2008	Louisville		The Louisville Palace
2 April 2008
4 April 2008	Chicago		Auditorium Theatre
5 April 2008
6 April 2008
8 April 2008	Duluth		Duluth Entertainment Convention Center
9 April 2008	Green Bay		Resch Center
11 April 2008	Toledo		SeaGate Convention Centre
12 April 2008	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills
16 April 2008	Portland		Rose Garden
17 April 2008	Seattle		Paramount Theatre
18 April 2008
19 April 2008
20 April 2008
22 April 2008	Boise		Taco Bell Arena
23 April 2008	Yakima		Yakima SunDome
24 April 2008	Spokane		Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
26 April 2008	Salt Lake City		Kingsbury Hall
27 April 2008
28 April 2008
29 April 2008
1 May 2008	San Francisco		Orpheum Theatre
2 May 2008
3 May 2008
4 May 2008
6 May 2008	Sacramento		Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
9 May 2008	Chula Vista		Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
10 May 2008	Palm Desert		McCallum Theatre
11 May 2008	Phoenix		Dodge Theatre
12 May 2008	Tucson		Centennial Hall
14 May 2008	Bakersfield		Rabobank Arena
15 May 2008	Long Beach	Terrace Theater
16 May 2008	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Bowl
17 May 2008	Los Angeles	Greek Theatre
18 May 2008
Europe
27 September 2008	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
29 September 2008	Stuttgart	Germany	Liederhalle Ember
30 September 2008	Frankfurt		Jahrhunderthalle
1 October 2008	Salzburg	Austria	Salzburgarena
4 October 2008	Düsseldorf	Germany	Philipshalle
5 October 2008	Berlin		Tempodrom
6 October 2008	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall

Personnel

Performers:

• Chloë Agnew
• Órla Fallon
• Lisa Kelly
• Méav Ní Mhaolchatha
• Hayley Westenra
• Mairead Nesbitt
• Alex Sharpe
• Lynn Hilary

The Garden Symphony Orchestra was recorded at Slane Studios, Dublin, Ireland Directed by William Harris Celtic Woman Band:

• Keyboards: David Downes
• Drums and Percussion: Ray Fean
• Guitars: Ryan Eoghan
• Bagpipes, Uilleann pipes and Whistle: Jason Riley
• Bass Guitar: Eoghan O'Neill
• Percussion: Nicki Baley
• Bagpipes: Anthony Byrne

The Antonas Choir was recorded at Dunbar Studios, Wicklow, Ireland Directed by Rosemary Collier All songs were arranged by David Downes

Charts and certifications

Chart positions Chart (2007) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3] 69 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[4] 32 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5] 92 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 56 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[7] 33 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[8] 28 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[9] 59 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 35 US Billboard 200[11] 4 US World Albums (Billboard)[12] 1

Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales United States (RIAA)[13] Gold 500,000^^ ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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