Barbra Streisand in Concert

Barbra Streisand in Concert is Barbra Streisand's First full tour which ran from 1993 through 1994. The tour consisted of 26 shows starting on New Year's Eve 1993 in Las Vegas and ended Anaheim, California in July 1994. The 18 shows that went on sale following the new year concerts in Las Vegas sold out in 1 hour.[2] This tour was also the first time Barbra toured anywhere in Europe and was the last until her Timeless tour in 2000.

Barbra Streisand in Concert
Tour by Barbra Streisand
Promotional poster for tour
Start dateDecember 31, 1993 (1993-12-31)
End dateJuly 24, 1994 (1994-07-24)
Legs1
No. of shows22 in North America
4 in Europe
26 Total
Box office$54.9 million ($94.7 in 2019 dollars)[1]
Barbra Streisand concert chronology

Background

Until this tour Barbra had only toured once in 1966, where she cut an initially planned 20 city tour, to 4 dates, due to her pregnancy.[3] Although she has sung concerts this was her first tour after a suggested 28 year bout of Stage Fright.

Commercial reception

According to Barbra's official website, the tour set attendance and box office records in every city it played in with the first 18 dates selling out within 1 hour. The phone requests for tickets reached 5 million within the first hour the tour went on sale.[4] The tour grossed $50 million in 1994.

Broadcasts and recordings

Barbra: The Concert was broadcast on HBO August 21, 1994 and received a television audience of 11.2 million viewers and became the highest-rated musical event in HBO’s history. It was later released on VHS and Laserdisc (a DVD of the show was later released in 2009). A live album The Concert was also released in 1994 and was composed of songs from the New York City concert series at Madison Square Garden, where it reached number 10 on the Billboard Album Chart and was certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA.[5]

In 2004, Sony BMG released a DVD version of the New Year's Eve Concert in Las Vegas entitled The Concert: Live at the MGM Grand which was previously unreleased.[6]

Set list
  1. "As If We Never Said Goodbye"
  2. "I'm Still Here"
  3. "Can't Help Lovin' That Man"
  4. "I'll Know"
  5. "People"
  6. "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)"
  7. "Will He Like Me?"
  8. "He Touched Me"
  9. "Evergreen"
  10. "The Man That Got Away"
  11. "On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)"
  12. "The Way We Were"
  13. "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"
  14. "Lazy Afternoon"
  15. "Once Upon A Dream" / "When You Wish upon a Star" / "Someday My Prince Will Come"
  16. "Not While I'm Around"
  17. "Ordinary Miracles"
  18. "Where Is It Written?" / "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" / "A Piece of Sky"
  19. "Happy Days Are Here Again"
  20. "My Man"
  21. "For All We Know"
  22. "Somewhere"

Set list per official DVD track listing.

Shows
List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, amount of available tickets and gross revenue
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
Leg 1 — North America
December 31, 1993 Las Vegas United States MGM Grand Garden Arena 25,120 / 25,120 $13,560,750
January 1, 1994
Leg 2 — Europe
April 20, 1994 London England Wembley Arena N/A N/A
April 25, 1994
April 27, 1994
April 29, 1994
Leg 2 — North America
May 10, 1994 Landover United States Capital Centre 27,728 / 27,728 $4,688,200
May 12, 1994
May 15, 1994 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 45,160 / 45,160 $7,780,700
May 17, 1994
May 19, 1994
June 2, 1994 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond 77,130 / 77,130 $12,400,650
June 4, 1994
June 7, 1994 San Jose San Jose Arena N/A N/A
June 9, 1994
June 20, 1994 New York City Madison Square Garden 94,284 / 94,284 $16,488,900
June 23, 1994
June 26, 1994
June 28, 1994
June 30, 1994
July 10, 1994
July 12, 1994
July 18, 1994 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 1]
July 20, 1994
July 22, 1994
July 24, 1994
Total 266,262 / 266,262 $54,919,200

Notes
  1. The score data is representative of the six shows in Anaheim, California at the Arrowhead Pond on June 2, 4, July 18, 20, 22, and 24 respectively.

References
  1. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  2. http://www.barbra-archives.com/live/90s/concert_streisand_tour.html
  3. http://www.barbra-archives.com/live/60s/evening_with_streisand_main.html
  4. http://www.barbrastreisand.com/us/biography
  5. http://www.barbra-archives.com/record/albums/concert_streisand.html
  6. http://www.barbra-archives.com/tv/90s/concert_streisand.html
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