Do You Believe? (tour)

For the concert tour by Justin Bieber, see Believe Tour.

Do You Believe?, also known as the Believe Tour,^[1] was the fourth solo concert tour by American singer-actress Cher. The tour, which took place in 1999 and 2000, promoted her album, Believe.

Do You Believe?

Tour by Cher
Associated album	Believe
Start date	June 16, 1999 (1999-06-16)
End date	March 4, 2000 (2000-03-04)
Legs	3
No. of shows	41 in Europe 80 in North America 121 total
Box office	$120 million
Cher concert chronology

History

The tour began on June 16, 1999 and was initially planned to end on December 15, 1999, but due to it being very commercially successful, the tour was extended from December 30, 1999 to March 5, 2000 in North America. Cyndi Lauper, Wild Orchid, Michael McDonald and Julio Iglesias Jr. were the opening acts at different times during the tour.

The August 28, 1999 performance at the MGM Grand Garden Arena was made into the Emmy Awards-nominated HBO television special Live in Concert, which aired the following day, and by year's end was released on VHS and DVD. As stated by Billboard, the HBO television special was the highest-rated original program in over 2 years.

Costumes

Cher appeared in a variety of costumes during the performance. Her opening outfit, involving a stringed skirt, meshed top over a cross, and a huge red wig, was dubbed self-deprecatingly by her as the "Bozo the Clown-meets-Braveheart look" or the 'Super Groundforce Girl' referring to Charlie Dimmock from the popular-at-the-time Ground Force gardening show. All in all there were 7 to 9 different ensembles, with none lasting more than a handful of songs.

Reception

Reviews of the show were often favorable, given Cher's return to popularity and over-the-top appeal. The New York Times said Cher had "a quintessential rock voice ... spectacularly styled with a rough and tumble vaudevillian edge." The Washington Post viewed it as "a dynamic, over-the-top extravaganza." The Dallas Morning News said "her concert was entertaining and gleefully glitzy."^[2]

Set list

1. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
2. "All or Nothing"
3. "The Power"
4. "We All Sleep Alone"
5. "I Found Someone"
6. "The Way of Love"
7. "Half-Breed"
8. "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves"
9. "Dark Lady"
10. "Take Me Home"
11. "After All"
12. "Walking in Memphis"
13. "Just Like Jesse James"
14. "Heart of Stone"
15. "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"
16. "Dov'è l'amore"
17. "Strong Enough"
18. "If I Could Turn Back Time"

Encore

19. "Believe"

Notes

• "Heart of Stone" was cut from the set list after the first three performances.
• "Just Like Jesse James" was not performed during the show in University Park.
• "Dark Lady" wasn't played in Paris
• the introduction of the band and dancers were removed in some states such as Wantagh, New York, moline, Illinois^[3] and Columbus ohio^[4]

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act(s)	Tickets sold / available	Gross revenue
North America[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
June 16, 1999	Phoenix	United States	America West Arena	Cyndi Lauper Wild Orchid	12,822 / 12,822	$779,965
June 18, 1999	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion		12,876 / 12,876	$603,983
June 19, 1999	San Antonio		Alamodome		15,102 / 16,969	$803,885
June 20, 1999	Dallas		Coca-Cola Starplex Amphitheatre		14,646 /15,532	$654,750
June 23, 1999	New Orleans		Louisiana Superdome		12,754 / 16,000	$712,529
June 25, 1999	Tampa		Ice Palace		15,515 / 15,515	$1,019,950
June 26, 1999	Sunrise		National Car Rental Center		15,133 / 15,133	$935,597
June 29, 1999	Nashville		Nashville Arena		11,047 / 13,271	$486,906
June 30, 1999	Atlanta		Coca-Cola Lakewood Amphitheatre		14,495 / 15,051	$672,010
July 2, 1999	Cleveland		Gund Arena		12,773 / 20,750	$717,550
July 3, 1999	Burgettstown		Coca-Cola Star Lake Amphitheater		13,882 / 23,212	$507,779
July 5, 1999	Wantagh		Jones Beach Theater		28,166 / 28,166	$1,528,420
July 6, 1999
July 8, 1999	Wallingford		Oakdale Theatre		4,627 / 4,821	$381,770
July 10, 1999	Philadelphia		First Union Center		14,136 / 14,136	$909,564
July 11, 1999	Bristow		Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge		10,827 / 22,549	$580,722
July 13, 1999	New York City		Madison Square Garden		15,439 / 15,439	$1,070,828
July 14, 1999	Holmdel		PNC Bank Arts Center		16,955 / 17,076	$872,117
July 16, 1999	Albany		Pepsi Arena		11,449 / 17,000	$599,850
July 17, 1999	Mansfield		Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts		14,450 / 19,800	$635,048
July 19, 1999	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre		13,867 / 13,867	$644,169
July 21, 1999	Montreal		Molson Centre		9,029 / 11,915	$431,342
August 2, 1999	Milwaukee	United States	Bradley Center		12,243 / 20,000	$746,257
August 4, 1999	Minneapolis		Target Center		13,138 / 13,138	$721,656
August 5, 1999	Bonner Springs		Sandstone Amphitheater		12,468 / 18,000	$581,976
August 7, 1999	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena		11,568 / 11,568	$678,757
August 10, 1999	Edmonton	Canada	Skyreach Centre		10,416 / 10,416	$550,513
August 11, 1999	Calgary		Canadian Airlines Saddledome		12,422 / 12,422	$639,749
August 13, 1999	Vancouver		General Motors Place		12,950 / 12,950	$656,209
August 14, 1999	Seattle	United States	KeyArena		11,495 / 15,600	$696,094
August 17, 1999	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre		15,022 / 22,000	$699,665
August 18, 1999	Concord		Concord Pavilion		12,500 / 12,500	$729,754
August 20, 1999	Anaheim		Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim		23,963 / 23,963	$1,358,370
August 21, 1999
August 24, 1999	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena		8,322 /9,363	$561,593
August 25, 1999	Sacramento		ARCO Arena		—	—
August 27, 1999	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena		24,462 / 24,462	$1,954,438
August 28, 1999
September 1, 1999[lower-alpha 1]	Tinley Park		New World Music Theatre	Julio Iglesias Jr. Michael McDonald	13,387 / 15,000	$672,209
September 2, 1999[lower-alpha 2]	St. Louis		Kiel Center		12,429 / 12,429	$639,510
September 4, 1999[lower-alpha 3]	Cincinnati		Firstar Center		9,447 / 18,026	$519,642
September 5, 1999	Buffalo		Marine Midland Arena		11,865 / 11,865	$588,031
September 7, 1999	University Park		Bryce Jordan Center	Cyndi Lauper Julio Iglesias Jr.	10,413 / 12,000	$468,082
September 8, 1999	Virginia Beach		GTE Virginia Beach Amphitheater		11,920 / 20,000	$534,822
September 10, 1999[lower-alpha 4]	Noblesville		Deer Creek Music Center		17,823 / 20,118	$687,772
September 11, 1999[lower-alpha 5]	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills		29,582 / 29,582	$1,659,268
September 12, 1999
September 14, 1999	Madison		Kohl Center		10,494 / 12,845	$564,970
September 15, 1999	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena		12,063 / 12,864	$664,889
September 17, 1999	Columbus		Polaris Amphitheater		15,391 / 19,900	$641,632
September 18, 1999	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon		13,159 / 13,159	$839,225
September 20, 1999[lower-alpha 6]	Moline		The MARK of the Quad Cities		10,745 / 10,745	$590,928
September 23, 1999	Sunrise		National Car Rental Center		13,338 / 16,141	$841,294
September 25, 1999	Orlando		Orlando Arena		11,542 / 17,712	$700,947
September 26, 1999	Atlanta		Philips Arena		10,982 / 15,914	$585,996
September 28, 1999	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum		12,785 / 12,785	$623,603
Europe
October 15, 1999	London	England	Wembley Arena	Belinda Carlisle	—	—
October 16, 1999
October 18, 1999
October 19, 1999	Birmingham		NEC Arena
October 21, 1999	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
October 23, 1999	Manchester	England	Manchester Evening News Arena
October 24, 1999
October 26, 1999	Hamburg	Germany	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
October 27, 1999	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Sportpaleis van Ahoy
October 29, 1999	Cologne	Germany	Kölnarena
October 30, 1999	Berlin		Velodrom
November 1, 1999	Frankfurt		Festhalle Frankfurt
November 3, 1999	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
November 4, 1999	Milan	Italy	Fila Forum
November 6, 1999	Stuttgart	Germany	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
November 7, 1999	Innsbruck	Austria	Olympiahalle Innsbruck
November 9, 1999	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
November 10, 1999	Dortmund	Germany	Westfalenhallen
November 12, 1999	Munich		Olympiahalle
November 13, 1999
November 14, 1999	Kiel		Ostseehalle
November 16, 1999	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
November 17, 1999	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholm Globe Arena
November 19, 1999	Gothenburg		Scandinavium
November 21, 1999	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Arena
November 24, 1999	Copenhagen	Denmark	Forum Copenhagen
November 25, 1999
November 27, 1999	Hanover	Germany	AWD Hall
November 28, 1999	Frankfurt		Festhalle Frankfurt
November 30, 1999	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
December 1, 1999	Prague	Czech Republic	Paegas Arena
December 2, 1999	Leipzig	Germany	Messehalle 1
December 5, 1999	Dublin	Ireland	Point Theatre
December 6, 1999
December 8, 1999	Birmingham	England	NEC Arena
December 9, 1999	Newcastle		Telewest Arena
December 11, 1999	Sheffield		Sheffield Arena
December 12, 1999	Ghent	Belgium	Flanders Expo
December 13, 1999	Lisbon	Portugal	Estádio da Tapadinha
December 14, 1999	Madrid	Spain	Raimundo Saporta Pavilion
December 15, 1999	Barcelona		Palau Sant Jordi
North America[15][16][17][18]
December 30, 1999	Atlantic City	United States	Boardwalk Hall	Lou Bega CNOTE	—	—
December 31, 1999
January 28, 2000	Salt Lake City		Delta Center		12,363 / 15,000	$518,346
January 29, 2000	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena		13,572 / 13,572	$1,108,652
February 1, 2000	Phoenix		America West Arena		12,168 / 13,113	$774,100
February 2, 2000	Los Angeles		Staples Center		12,410 / 14,738	$745,385
February 3, 2000					—	—
February 5, 2000	San Jose		San Jose Arena		14,068 / 20,000	$768,830
February 8, 2000	Columbus		Schottenstein Center		7,876 / 15,000	$503,059
February 9, 2000	Louisville		Freedom Hall		12,561 / 15,510	$754,640
February 11, 2000	Rosemont		Allstate Arena		13,995 / 13,995	$852,265
February 12, 2000	East Lansing		Breslin Student Events Center		10,148 / 10,148	$587,987
February 14, 2000	Fairborn		Nutter Center		10,340 / 12,044	$586,221
February 15, 2000	Champaign		Assembly Hall		7,982 / 8,800	$435,456
February 17, 2000	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre		14,127 / 14,127	$678,661
February 18, 2000	Ottawa		Corel Centre		12,926 / 12,926	$620,507
February 21, 2000	Miami	United States	American Airlines Arena		12,036 / 12,773	$592,133
February 24, 2000	East Rutherford		Continental Airlines Arena		17,199 / 17,199	$983,424
February 26, 2000	Raleigh		Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena		11,086 / 11,086	$654,915
February 27, 2000	Washington, D.C.		MCI Center		12,207 / 14,385	$648,067
February 29, 2000	Greenville		BI-LO Center		11,782 / 11,782	$662,795
March 1, 2000	Roanoke		Roanoke Civic Center		8,089 / 8,089	$489,987
March 2, 2000					—	—
March 3, 2000	Boston		FleetCenter		14,589 / 14,589	$908,183
Total					939,848 / 1,088,243 (86%)	$80,000,000

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and reason for cancellation

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
March 5, 2000	Philadelphia	United States	First Union Center	Unknown

Personnel

• Lead Vocals: Cher
• Tour Director: Doriana Sanchez
• Musical Director: Paul Mirkovich
• Costume Design: Bob Mackie

Band

• Keyboards: Paul Mirkovich
• Guitars: David Barry
• Keyboards: Darrel Smith
• Bass: Don Boyette
• Drums: Mark Schulman
• Background vocals: Stacy Campbell
• Background vocals: Patty Darcy Jones

Dancers

• Dancer: Bubba Carr
• Dancer: Aaron James Cash
• Dancer: Suzanne Easter
• Dancer: Kristin Richardson (née Willits)
• Dancer: Tovaris Wilson
• Dancer: Addie Yungmee

Notes

1. Originally set for July 30, 1999.
2. Originally set for July 31, 1999.
3. Originally set for July 28, 1999.
4. Originally set for July 27, 1999.
5. Originally set for July 23, 1999.
6. Originally set for July 24, 1999.

References

1. Cher Live in Concert DVD
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3. "CHER-RARE-UNCUT- MOLINE , ILL (9/20/1999) HD1080/60FPS". YouTube.
4. "Cher Do You Believe? Tour - Columbus, Ohio (AUDIO)". Retrieved 1 March 2024.
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General

• Angelic Cher Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine page documenting outfits versus setlist