Both Sides of the World Tour

The Both Sides of the World Tour was a worldwide concert tour by English singer-songwriter and drummer Phil Collins, which took place between April 1994 and May 1995, in support of his 1993 album, Both Sides.

The Both Sides of the World Tour

Tour by Phil Collins
Associated album	Both Sides
Start date	1 April 1994
End date	17 May 1995
Legs	4
No. of shows	165
Phil Collins concert chronology

Despite the lukewarm reception the album received upon its release, the tour was a huge success, regularly selling out venues across the world. The tour lasted 13 months, which was the longest time Phil Collins has performed on the road, solo, as part of Genesis or his involvement with Brand X and Flaming Youth. It was also the first time Collins played a major tour singing without Chester Thompson on drums since Genesis's A Trick of the Tail Tour in 1976.

Setlist

The setlist for the tour was separated into two parts. The first part, Black & White, consisted of songs from the Both Sides album, and other dark, personal songs. The second part, Colours, had the more recognisable upbeat songs Collins wrote during the 1980s.

Part One: Black & White

1. Drums Introduction
2. "I Don't Care Anymore"
3. "Don't Lose My Number"
4. "Everyday" or "Can't Turn Back the Years"
5. "Survivors"
6. "Another Day in Paradise"
7. "I Wish It Would Rain Down"
8. "One More Night"
9. "A Groovy Kind of Love"
10. "We Wait and We Wonder"
11. "Separate Lives"
12. "Both Sides of the Story"

Part Two: Colours

1. "In the Air Tonight"
2. "Hang in Long Enough"
3. "Find a Way to My Heart"
4. "It Don't Matter To Me"
5. "Easy Lover"
6. "I Missed Again"
7. "Behind the Lines"
8. "Only You Know and I Know"
9. "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven"
10. "You Can't Hurry Love"
11. "Two Hearts"
12. "Sussudio"
13. "Against All Odds"
14. "Take Me Home"

In some cases (f.i. playing more than one show in the same venue) some songs were changed, including cover songs like My Girl, Get Ready or Knockin' on Heaven's Door.

Tour dates

After nearly two months of rehearsals in Chiddingfold, the Both Sides of the World Tour kicked off on 1 April 1994 in Utrecht, The Netherlands, in what would be the first of 169 performances by Collins and his band.

It was thought after the final London dates in December 1994 the tour was over. However, Collins decided to continue after taking a break. The final leg of the tour, named The Far Side of the World resumed on 17 March in Johannesburg which was one of several cities Collins performed in for the first time. The tour eventually concluded in Fukuoka on 17 May 1995.

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe #1
1 April 1994	Utrecht	Netherlands	Prins Van Oranje Hall
2 April 1994
4 April 1994	Stockholm	Sweden	Globe Arena
6 April 1994	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
7 April 1994
9 April 1994	Utrecht	Netherlands	Prins Van Oranje Hall
10 April 1994
12 April 1994	Ghent	Belgium	Flanders Expo
13 April 1994
15 April 1994	Dortmund	Germany	Westfalenhallen
16 April 1994
18 April 1994
19 April 1994
22 April 1994	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
23 April 1994
25 April 1994	Milan	Italy	Forum Assago
26 April 1994	Lausanne	Switzerland	Patinoire de Malley
28 April 1994	Lyon	France	Halle Tony Garnier
29 April 1994	Paris		Bercy Palais Omnisports
1 May 1994	Toulon		Zénith Oméga
2 May 1994	Toulouse		Palais des Sports
4 May 1994	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi
5 May 1994	Madrid		Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas
7 May 1994	Lisbon	Portugal	Estádio José Alvalade
North America
17 May 1994	Mexico City	Mexico	Palacio de los Deportes
18 May 1994
20 May 1994
21 May 1994
23 May 1994	Monterrey		Teatro Fundidora
25 May 1994	The Woodlands	United States	Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
26 May 1994	Houston		The Summit
27 May 1994	Dallas		Reunion Arena
29 May 1994	Saint Petersburg		ThunderDome
30 May 1994	Miami		Miami Arena
31 May 1994
2 June 1994	Orlando		Orlando Arena
4 June 1994	Atlanta		Lakewood Amphitheatre
5 June 1994	Charlotte		Blockbuster Pavilion
7 June 1994	Raleigh		Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
9 June 1994	Mansfield		Great Woods
10 June 1994
11 June 1994	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center
13 June 1994	Montreal	Canada	Montreal Forum
14 June 1994
16 June 1994	Toronto		SkyDome
17 June 1994
19 June 1994	Philadelphia	United States	Spectrum
20 June 1994
22 June 1994
23 June 1994	Landover		USAir Arena
25 June 1994	East Rutherford		Brendan Byrne Arena
26 June 1994
28 June 1994	Auburn Hills		Palace of Auburn Hills
29 June 1994
30 June 1994	Burgettstown		Starlake Amphitheatre
2 July 1994	Wantagh		Jones Beach Amphitheatre
3 July 1994
5 July 1994	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center
6 July 1994	New York City		Madison Square Garden
7 July 1994
9 July 1994	Hershey		Hersheypark Stadium
11 July 1994	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum
12 July 1994
14 July 1994	Columbus		Polaris Amphitheatre
15 July 1994	Noblesville		Deer Creek Music Center
16 July 1994	Milwaukee		Marcus Amphitheater
18 July 1994	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center
20 July 1994	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon
21 July 1994
22 July 1994	Moline		The MARK of the Quad Cities
24 July 1994	Maryland Heights		Riverport Amphitheatre
25 July 1994	Bonner Springs		Sandstone Amphitheater
27 July 1994	Greenwood Village		Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre
28 July 1994	Salt Lake City		Delta Center
30 July 1994	Paradise		MGM Grand Garden Arena
31 July 1994	Phoenix		Desert Sky Pavilion
4 August 1994	Sacramento		ARCO Arena
5 August 1994	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre
6 August 1994
8 August 1994	Inglewood		Great Western Forum
9 August 1994
13 August 1994	Irvine		Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
Europe #2
30 August 1994	London	England	Fountain Studios
1 September 1994	Berlin	Germany	Maifeld
3 September 1994	Hanover		Niedersachsenstadion
4 September 1994
6 September 1994
7 September 1994
9 September 1994	Paris	France	Bercy Palais Omnisports
10 September 1994
12 September 1994
13 September 1994
15 September 1994	Stuttgart	Germany	Schleyerhalle
21 September 1994	Munich		Olympiahalle
22 September 1994
24 September 1994
26 September 1994	Frankfurt		Festhalle Frankfurt
27 September 1994
28 September 1994
30 September 1994	Metz	France	Galaxie Amnéville
1 October 1994
3 October 1994	Birmingham	England	NEC Arena
4 October 1994
6 October 1994	Sheffield		Sheffield City Hall
7 October 1994
9 October 1994	Dublin	Ireland	Point Theatre
10 October 1994
11 October 1994
12 October 1994
14 October 1994	Belfast	Northern Ireland	King's Hall
15 October 1994
18 October 1994	Stuttgart	Germany	Schleyerhalle
19 October 1994
20 October 1994
23 November 1994	Sheffield	England	Sheffield Arena
24 November 1994
28 November 1994	Manchester		G-Mex
29 November 1994
1 December 1994	Glasgow	Scotland	SECC
2 December 1994
4 December 1994	Birmingham	England	NEC Arena
5 December 1994
7 December 1994	London		Wembley Arena
8 December 1994
10 December 1994
11 December 1994
13 December 1994
14 December 1994
The Far Side of the World leg
17 March 1995	Johannesburg	South Africa	Ellis Park Stadium
19 March 1995	Durban		Sahara Stadium Kingsmead
22 March 1995	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore Indoor Stadium
23 March 1995
25 March 1995	Jakarta	Indonesia	Taman Impian Jaya Ancol
27 March 1995	Bangkok	Thailand	Thai Army Sports Stadium
30 March 1995	Perth	Australia	Burswood Dome
1 April 1995	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre
2 April 1995	Melbourne		National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park
3 April 1995
5 April 1995
6 April 1995
8 April 1995	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
9 April 1995
11 April 1995	Sydney		Sydney Entertainment Centre
12 April 1995
14 April 1995
15 April 1995
18 April 1995	Santiago	Chile	Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo
19 April 1995
22 April 1995
23 April 1995	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Estadio River Plate
24 April 1995
25 April 1995	Lima	Peru	Estadio Nacional
28 April 1995	Caracas	Venezuela	La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
29 April 1995	San Juan	Puerto Rico	Hiram Bithorn Stadium
3 May 1995	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong Coliseum
4 May 1995
6 May 1995	Fukuoka	Japan	Fukuoka Dome
7 May 1995
9 May 1995	Tokyo		Yoyogi National Gymnasium
10 May 1995
11 May 1995	Yokohama		Yokohama Arena
13 May 1995	Taipei	Taiwan	Chungshan Soccer Stadium
15 May 1995	Manila	Philippines	ULTRA
16 May 1995
17 May 1995	Fukuoka	Japan	Fukuoka Dome

Ticket sales

Ticket Sales

Date	Venue	City	Attendance			Ticket grossing
			Tickets sold	Tickets on sale	Percentage sold
6–7 April 1994	Oslo Spektrum	Oslo	14,874	18,036	82,5%	$601,821
17–18 May & 20–21, 1994	Palacio de los Deportes	Mexico City	71,878	71,878	100%	$2,704,865
23 May 1994	Teatro Fundidora	Monterrey	13,030	14,000	93%	$393,965
26 May 1994	The Summit	Houston	11,908	12,888	92,4%	$397,063
29 May 1994	ThunderDome	St Petersburg, FL	12,055	16,500	73%	$397,063
30–31 May 1994	Miami Arena	Miami	22,674	22,674	100%	$765,126
2 June 1994	Orlando Arena	Orlando	11,390	11,390	100%	$387,675
6–7 July 1994	Madison Square Garden	New York City	28,988	29,200	99,3%	$1,145,380
13 July 1994	Riverbend Music Center	Cincinnati	13,462	18,500	72,7%
3–4 Sep & 6–7, 1994[1]	Niedersachsenstadion	Hanover, Germany	225,113	229,000	98,3%	$8,730,842
Total			425,372	444,066		$15,523,700

Tour DVD and documentary

The concert in Fukuoka, Japan on 7 May 1995 was recorded and released as a bootleg DVD in 2008. A "fly-on-the-wall"-style documentary, mostly filmed on camcorder, titled A Closer Look was also released and sold at concerts. The proceeds from this video went to charities that helped the homeless.

Tour band

• Phil Collins – vocals, drums, Yamaha CP-70 electric grand piano
• Daryl Stuermer – guitars
• Nathan East – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Brad Cole – keyboards
• Ricky Lawson – drums
• Amy Keys – backing vocals
• Arnold McCuller – backing vocals
• Daniel Fornero – trumpet
• Harry Kim – trumpet
• Arturo Velasco – trombone
• Andrew Woolfolk – saxophones

References

1. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 17. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 13 April 2015.