An Evening with Michael Bublé

An Evening with Michael Bublé is the sixth concert tour by Canadian singer Michael Bublé. Launched in support of his tenth studio album, Love (2018), the tour began on February 13, 2019 in Tampa and is currently scheduled to end on November 10, 2021 in Rio de Janeiro. The tour is slated to play 160 shows throughout North America, Europe, Australia and South America.

An Evening with Michael Bublé
World tour by Michael Bublé
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated albumLove
Start dateFebruary 13, 2019 (2019-02-13)
End dateNovember 10, 2021 (2021-11-10)
Legs8
No. of shows160
Michael Bublé concert chronology

Background

Following the announcement of his son's cancer diagnosis, Bublé took a break from recording and touring.[1] In the spring of 2018, it was revealed the singer completed recording his tenth album and retirement rumors began to spread, as he mentioned his family was his main priority and he no longer had the desire for fame.[2] He performed a few spot stadium concerts in Dublin, London and Sydney during the summer of 2018.[3] The tour was officially announced November 2018 on the singer's Instagram.[4] Jokingly referred to as the "Don't Believe the Rumors Tour"[5] or the "Don't Stop the Rumors Tour",[6] Bublé and his publicist confirmed there were no plans to retire.[7] Shortly after the tour was announced, PBS released the singer's concert special, "Tour Stop 148". Airing November 24, 2018, the special was featured as an installment of the station's long-running series, Great Performances.[8]

During an interview with Billboard, Bublé expressed his excitement with returning to touring. He stated:

"I'm going to go back to what I was made to do. I'm going to come back to a world that needs love and romance and laughter more than it has in a long time. I'm going to be a conduit to that. This is the greatest record I've ever made."[9]

Critical reception

The tour received overwhelming praise from music critics and was treated as a welcomed return by the fans. Gabe Echazabal from Creative Loafing Tampa Bay described the concert at the Amalie Arena as a night full of love. He wrote: "Still, Bublé’s greatest asset — his voice — gained strength and richness as the night progressed. He was as potent during his stirring version of 'My Funny Valentine' as he was infectious during an homage to former singer and trumpet player Louis Prima. [...] Bublé turned the event into a dance party. As a nod to those who may feel uncomfortable or uneasy cutting loose, Bublé put no pressure on those folks".[10]

In Pittsburgh, Patti Conley (of The Beaver County Times) followed the sentiments of Echazabal, describing the performance as heartfelt. She continued to say: "For two hours, Buble shared center stage with a 36-piece orchestra that impeccably accompanied and grounded him on a musical journey of life's highs and deepest lows. Buble sang and sashayed as if he were fingers on piano keys, running up steps to the orchestra, walking a runway touching outstretched hands and stopping to pose for selfies, and dancing — sort of — to whatever tempo the tunes demanded. He jumped like a jack-in-the-box".[11]

Nancy J. Parisi of The Buffalo News says the show at the KeyBank Center was a triumphant return to form for Bublé. She goes on to say: "Thirty-four musicians, seated on four tiers, began 'Feeling Good' as an onstage circular monitor above undulated with red shimmering shapes. Bublé emerged in his signature blue suit, making his way down the staircase, singing, as the monitor's imagery morphed into a giant moon behind him. This arresting imagery flowed into a show highlighting what is known as The Great American Songbook, beloved classics, with a handful of Bublé pop compositions interspersed".[12]

Setlist

This set list is representative of the performance on February 17, 2019 in Duluth, Georgia. It does not represent the set list at all concerts for the duration of the tour.[13]

  1. "Feeling Good"
  2. "Haven't Met You Yet"
  3. "My Funny Valentine"
  4. "I Only Have Eyes for You"
  5. "Sway"
  6. "Such a Night"
  7. "(Up A) Lazy River"
  8. "When You're Smiling"
  9. "Fly Me to the Moon"
  10. "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You"
  11. "When I Fall in Love"
  12. "Love You Anymore"
  13. "Forever Now"
  14. "Home"
  15. "Buona Sera Signorina"
  16. "Just a Gigolo" / "I Ain't Got Nobody"
  17. "You Never Can Tell"
  18. "Save the Last Dance for Me"
  19. "Nobody but Me"
  20. "Cry Me a River"
Encore
  1. "Where or When"
  2. "Everything"
  3. "Always on My Mind"

Tour dates

2019
List of North American concerts[14][15]
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
February 13, 2019 Tampa United States Amalie Arena 13,548 / 13,548 $1,683,607
February 15, 2019 Sunrise BB&T Center 12,794 / 12,794 $1,755,817
February 16, 2019 Orlando Amway Center 11,634 / 11,634 $1,457,674
February 17, 2019 Duluth Infinite Energy Center 9,962 / 9,962 $1,349,029
February 19, 2019 Washington, D.C. Capital One Arena 12,261 / 12,261 $1,534,292
February 20, 2019 New York City Madison Square Garden 11,517 / 11,517 $1,911,805
February 22, 2019 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 12,608 / 12,608 $1,495,889
February 23, 2019 Newark Prudential Center 11,855 / 11,855 $1,704,476
February 24, 2019 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 13,089 / 13,089 $1,569,148
February 26, 2019 Worcester DCU Center 8,692 / 8,692 $1,174,528
February 27, 2019 Buffalo KeyBank Center 12,126 / 12,126 $1,325,822
March 1, 2019 Detroit Little Caesars Arena 12,294 / 12,294 $1,475,464
March 17, 2019 Rosemont Allstate Arena 11,826 / 11,826 $1,600,747
March 18, 2019 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center 13,161 / 13,161 $1,575,909
March 20, 2019 Kansas City Sprint Center 12,044 / 12,044 $1,303,939
March 22, 2019 St. Louis Enterprise Center 12,837 / 12,837 $1,482,490
March 23, 2019 Lincoln Pinnacle Bank Arena 11,280 / 11,280 $1,199,497
March 25, 2019 Dallas American Airlines Center 12,616 / 12,616 $1,605,251
March 26, 2019 Houston Toyota Center 11,285 / 11,285 $1,479,292
March 27, 2019 San Antonio AT&T Center 12,824 / 12,824 $1,527,331
March 29, 2019 Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena 12,105 / 12,105 $1,516,125
March 30, 2019 Las Vegas T-Mobile Arena 14,183 / 14,183 $1,692,064
March 31, 2019 San Diego Pechanga Arena 10,024 / 10,024 $1,227,042
April 2, 2019 Los Angeles Staples Center 12,701 / 12,701 $1,680,349
April 3, 2019 Oakland Oracle Arena 12,655 / 12,655 $1,571,154
April 5, 2019 Portland Moda Center 11,848 / 11,848 $1,369,401
April 6, 2019 Tacoma Tacoma Dome 15,312 / 15,312 $1,691,521
April 12, 2019 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena N/A N/A
April 15, 2019 Edmonton Rogers Place
April 18, 2019 Saskatoon SaskTel Centre
April 19, 2019 Winnipeg Bell MTS Place
List of European concerts[16][17]
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
May 20, 2019 Birmingham England Resorts World Arena 22,565 / 22,565 $2,244,390
May 21, 2019
May 23, 2019 Glasgow Scotland SSE Hydro 20,631 / 20,662 $2,482,650
May 24, 2019
May 26, 2019 Manchester England Manchester Arena 24,840 / 25,605 $2,429,430
May 27, 2019
May 30, 2019 London The O2 Arena 29,616 / 29,616 $3,081,960
May 31, 2019
June 1, 2019 14,942 / 14,942 $1,553,130
June 3, 2019 Leeds First Direct Arena 21,087 / 22,536 $2,095,560
June 4, 2019
June 6, 2019 Dublin Ireland 3Arena N/A N/A
June 7, 2019
June 9, 2019 Belfast Northern Ireland SSE Arena
June 10, 2019
List of North American concerts[18][19]
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
July 9, 2019 Los Angeles United States Staples Center 12,277 / 12,277 $1,564,228
July 10, 2019 Sacramento Golden 1 Center 11,637 / 11,637 $1,408,095
July 13, 2019 Denver Pepsi Center 11,096 / 11,096 $1,288,592
July 15, 2019 Tulsa BOK Center 10,162 / 10,162 $1,071,164
July 17, 2019 New Orleans Smoothie King Center 11,150 / 11,150 $1,179,339
July 19, 2019 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 12,698 / 12,698 $1,531,682
July 20, 2019 Rosemont Allstate Arena 11,582 / 11,582 $1,468,006
July 21, 2019 Columbus Value City Arena 11,479 / 11,479 $1,405,598
July 23, 2019 Providence Dunkin' Donuts Center 8,892 / 8,892 $1,156,894
July 24, 2019 New York City Madison Square Garden 11,567 / 11,567 $1,751,958
July 26, 2019 Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena N/A N/A
July 27, 2019
July 29, 2019 London Budweiser Gardens
July 30, 2019 Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre
August 1, 2019 Montreal Bell Centre 11,321 / 26,435 $2,348,210
August 2, 2019
August 3, 2019 Quebec City Videotron Centre 10,459 / 11,173 $1,091,260
List of European concerts[20]
Date City Country Venue
September 14, 2019 Sofia Bulgaria Armeets Arena
September 16, 2019 Zagreb Croatia Arena Zagreb
September 17, 2019 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena
September 19, 2019 Łódź Poland Atlas Arena
September 20, 2019 Kraków Tauron Arena
September 21, 2019 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
September 23, 2019 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum
September 24, 2019
September 25, 2019 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
September 27, 2019 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi
September 28, 2019 Madrid WiZink Center
September 30, 2019 Lisbon Portugal Altice Arena
October 1, 2019
October 21, 2019 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Arena
October 23, 2019 Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe
October 24, 2019 Fornebu Norway Telenor Arena
October 26, 2019 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena
October 27, 2019
October 29, 2019 Hannover Germany TUI Arena
October 30, 2019 Berlin Mercedes-Benz Arena
October 31, 2019 Hamburg Barclaycard Arena
November 2, 2019 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome
November 3, 2019 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis
November 5, 2019 Cologne Germany Lanxess Arena
November 6, 2019 Oberhausen König Pilsener Arena
November 8, 2019 Mannheim SAP Arena
November 9, 2019 Leipzig Arena Leipzig
November 10, 2019 Munich Olympiahalle
November 27, 2019 Aberdeen Scotland P&J Live
November 28, 2019
November 30, 2019 Newcastle England Utilita Arena
December 1, 2019
December 3, 2019 Liverpool M&S Bank Arena
December 4, 2019
December 6, 2019 Nottingham Motorpoint Arena Nottingham
December 7, 2019
December 9, 2019 London The O2 Arena
December 10, 2019

2020
List of Australasian concerts[21][22]
Date City Country Venue
February 1, 2020 Napier New Zealand Mission Estate Winery
February 4, 2020 Brisbane Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre
February 5, 2020
February 7, 2020 Sydney Qudos Bank Arena
February 8, 2020
February 12, 2020 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
February 13, 2020
February 15, 2020 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
February 16, 2020
February 18, 2020
February 21, 2020 Perth RAC Arena
February 22, 2020

2021
List of European concerts[lower-alpha 1][23][24][25]
Date City Country Venue
July 9, 2021 Exeter England Powderham Castle
July 10, 2021 Canterbury The Spitfire Ground
July 12, 2021 New Milton Chewton Glen
July 13, 2021 Leeds Harewood House
July 15, 2021 Norwich Blickling Estate
July 16, 2021 Bath Bath Royal Crescent
July 17, 2021
July 19, 2021 Hove The 1st Central County Ground
July 20, 2021 Derby Incora County Ground
July 22, 2021 Cardiff Wales Cardiff Castle
July 23, 2021 Warwick England Warwick Castle
July 25, 2021 Hatfield Hatfield House
July 27, 2021 County Durham Emirates Riverside
List of North American concerts[lower-alpha 2][26][27][28][29][30][31][lower-alpha 3]
Date City Country Venue
August 13, 2021 Jacksonville United States VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
August 14, 2021 Greenville Bon Secours Wellness Arena
August 17, 2021 Charlotte Spectrum Center
August 18, 2021 Raleigh PNC Arena
August 20, 2021 Cincinnati Heritage Bank Center
August 21, 2021 Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
August 24, 2021 Boston TD Garden
August 25, 2021 Albany Times Union Center
August 27, 2021 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum
August 28, 2021 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall
September 9, 2021 Allentown PPL Center
September 11, 2021 Louisville KFC Yum! Center
September 13, 2021 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
September 14, 2021 Milwaukee Fiserv Forum
September 16, 2021 Moline TaxSlayer Center
September 17, 2021 Des Moines Wells Fargo Arena
September 19, 2021 Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena
September 20, 2021 Austin Frank Erwin Center
September 21, 2021 Fort Worth Dickies Arena
September 24, 2021 Las Vegas T-Mobile Arena
September 25, 2021 Anaheim Honda Center
September 28, 2021 Fresno Save Mart Center
September 29, 2021 San Francisco Chase Center
October 1, 2021 Salt Lake City Vivint Arena
October 5, 2021 Monterrey Mexico Arena Monterrey
October 7, 2021 Mexico City Mexico City Arena
October 8, 2021
October 9, 2021
List of South American concerts[lower-alpha 4]
Date City Country Venue
October 26, 2021 Santiago Chile Movistar Arena
October 30, 2021 Buenos Aires Argentina Movistar Arena
November 3, 2021 Porto Alegre Brazil Arena do Grêmio
November 5, 2021 Curitiba Arena da Baixada
November 7, 2021 São Paulo Allianz Parque
November 10, 2021 Rio de Janeiro Jeunesse Arena

Postponed shows
List of postponed concerts
Date City Country Venue
March 5, 2021 Halifax Canada Scotiabank Centre
March 6, 2021 Moncton Avenir Centre

Cancelled shows
List of cancelled concerts
Date City Country Venue Reason
March 18, 2021 Indianapolis United States Bankers Life Fieldhouse Scheduling conflicts[33]

Notes
  1. These shows in the UK in July 2021 were originally scheduled to take place from July to August 2020, but were rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. The shows in North America from February to March 2021 were originally scheduled to take place from March to May 2020 and then Februayr to March 2021, but were rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. These shows in Mexico in October 2021 were originally scheduled to take place in April 2020 and then November 2020, but were rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  4. These shows were originally scheduled to take place in October 2020, but were rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[32]

References
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  2. Roffman, Michael (October 13, 2018). "Michael Bublé says he's done making music: "I'm retiring from the business"". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
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  11. Conley, Patti (February 23, 2019). "Michael Buble gives a heartfelt performance in Pittsburgh". The Beaver County Times. GateHouse Media. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
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  33. Fieldhouse, Bankers Life. "CANCELED: An Evening With Michael Bublé | Bankers Life Fieldhouse". www.bankerslifefieldhouse.com.
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