Secrets Tour

The Secrets Tour was the debut concert tour by American pop/R&B singer Toni Braxton. The tour was in support of her album, Secrets. The tour began during the summer of 1996 in theatres. Jazz saxophonist Kenny G joined the tour September 18, 1996.^[1] Remaining shows in the U.S. were billed as An Evening with Kenny G & Toni Braxton.

Secrets Tour

Tour by Toni Braxton
Associated album	Secrets
Start date	August 18, 1996
End date	October 1, 1997
Legs	4
No. of shows	119 in North America 31 in Europe 150 Total
Toni Braxton concert chronology

Opening act

• The Braxtons (North America, select dates)^[2]
• Kenny G (North America, select dates) (special guest)^[3]

Setlist

This setlist is from the concert held at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, January 18, 1997. It is not representative of all shows during the tour.

1. "Overture"
2. "Seven Whole Days"
3. "Another Sad Love Song"
4. "Love Shoulda Brought You Home"
5. "There's No Me Without You"
6. "Talking In His Sleep"
7. "Find Me a Man"
8. "I Love Me Some Him"
9. "Instrumental Sequence" (contains elements of "I Want You Back" / "Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)" / "What Kind of Man Would I Be?")
10. "Breathe Again"
11. "You Mean the World to Me"
12. "Why Should I Care"
13. "Let It Flow"
14. "I Don't Want To"
15. "In the Late of Night"
16. "Come on Over Here"
17. "Dance Sequence"
18. "How Could an Angel Break My Heart" (performed with Kenny G)

Encore

19. "Un-Break My Heart"
20. "You're Makin' Me High"

Notes

During the September 12, show at Wembley Arena in London, Toni dedicated her performance of "Un-Break My Heart" to Princess Diana, who died two weeks prior.

Shows

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America[4]
August 18, 1996	Washington, D.C.	United States	DAR Constitution Hall
August 19, 1996
August 20, 1996	Pittsburgh		Benedum Center
August 21, 1996	Columbus		Palace Theatre
August 23, 1996	Chicago		Chicago Theatre
August 24, 1996
August 25, 1996
August 27, 1996	Detroit		Fox Theatre
August 29, 1996	St. Louis		Fox Theatre
August 31, 1996	Memphis		Orpheum Theatre
September 5, 1996	New Orleans		Saenger Theatre
September 6, 1996	Birmingham		Alabama Theatre
September 7, 1996	Atlanta		Fox Theatre
September 8, 1996
September 10, 1996
September 11, 1996
September 13, 1996	Orlando		Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre
September 14, 1996	Miami		James L. Knight Center
September 15, 1996
September 18, 1996	New York City		Radio City Music Hall
September 19, 1996
September 20, 1996
September 21, 1996
September 24, 1996
September 26, 1996
September 29, 1996	Boston		Boston Opera House
September 30, 1996	Wallingford		SNET Oakdale Theatre
October 1, 1996	Westbury		Westbury Music Fair
October 2, 1996	Atlantic City		Circus Maximus Showroom
October 3, 1996	Upper Darby Township		Tower Theater
October 6, 1996	Richmond		Landmark Theater
October 8, 1996	Louisville		Palace Theatre
October 9, 1996	Nashville		Ryman Auditorium
October 11, 1996	Raleigh		Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
October 12, 1996	Greenville		Peace Concert Hall
October 13, 1996	Charleston		McAlister Field House
October 15, 1996	Augusta		Bell Auditorium
October 16, 1996	Savannah		Mercer Theatre
October 17, 1996	Jacksonville		Florida Theatre
October 19, 1996	Tallahassee		Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center
October 21, 1996	Tampa		Morsani Hall
October 23, 1996	Mobile		Mobile Civic Center Theater
October 24, 1996	Jackson		Mississippi Coliseum
October 25, 1996	Shreveport		Strand Theatre
October 28, 1996	Houston		Jones Hall
October 29, 1996	Dallas		Majestic Theatre
November 2, 1996	Tempe		Gammage Memorial Auditorium
November 3, 1996	Las Vegas		Circus Maximus Showroom
November 4, 1996
November 6, 1996	Los Angeles		Hollywood Palladium
November 7, 1996
November 8, 1996
November 17, 1996	New York City		Radio City Music Hall
November 18, 1996
November 19, 1996
December 15, 1996	Seattle		KeyArena
December 17, 1996	Portland		Rose Garden
December 20, 1996	San Jose		San Jose Arena
December 21, 1996	Anaheim		Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
December 22, 1996	Fresno		Selland Arena
December 27, 1996	Los Angeles		Universal Amphitheatre
December 28, 1996
December 30, 1996
December 31, 1996	Sacramento		ARCO Arena
January 5, 1997	Salt Lake City	Delta Center
January 6, 1997	Denver	McNichols Sports Arena
January 8, 1997	Las Vegas	MGM Grand Garden Arena
January 9, 1997	Phoenix	America West Arena
January 12, 1997	Minneapolis	Target Center
January 13, 1997	Milwaukee	Bradley Center
January 15, 1997	St. Louis	Kiel Center
January 17, 1997	Auburn Hills	The Palace of Auburn Hills
January 18, 1997	Chicago	United Center
January 21, 1997	Cleveland	Gund Arena
January 23, 1997	Philadelphia	CoreStates Center
January 24, 1997	Pittsburgh	Civic Arena
January 29, 1997	New York City	Radio City Music Hall
January 31, 1997
February 1, 1997
February 2, 1997
February 3, 1997
February 4, 1997
February 7, 1997	Boston	FleetCenter
February 11, 1997	Buffalo	Marine Midland Arena
February 14, 1997	Albany	Pepsi Arena
February 16, 1997	Charlotte	Charlotte Coliseum
February 17, 1997	Hampton	Hampton Coliseum
February 19, 1997	Atlanta	Omni Coliseum
February 20, 1997	Nashville	Nashville Arena
February 21, 1997	Greensboro	Greensboro Coliseum
February 27, 1997	Orlando	Orlando Arena
February 28, 1997	Miami	Miami Arena
March 1, 1997	West Palm Beach	Coral Sky Amphitheatre
March 2, 1997	Tampa	Ice Palace
March 5, 1997	New Orleans	UNO Lakefront Arena
March 6, 1997	Birmingham	BJCC Coliseum
March 8, 1997	Dallas	Reunion Arena
March 10, 1997	Auburn Hills	The Palace of Auburn Hills
March 12, 1997	Cleveland	Gund Arena
March 13, 1997	Indianapolis	Market Square Arena
March 14, 1997	Chicago	United Center
June 1, 1997
June 2, 1997	Grand Rapids	Van Andel Arena
June 3, 1997	Auburn Hills	The Palace at Auburn Hills
June 5, 1997	Worcester	Centrum in Worcester
June 9, 1997	Toronto	Canada	Maple Leaf Gardens
June 10, 1997
June 12, 1997	Montreal		Molson Centre
June 15, 1997	Uniondale	United States	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
June 16, 1997	East Rutherford		Continental Airlines Arena
June 17, 1997	Atlantic City		Boardwalk Hall
June 20, 1997	Baltimore		Baltimore Arena
June 21, 1997	Richmond		Richmond Coliseum
June 23, 1997	Fairborn		Nutter Center
June 24, 1997	Peoria		Carver Arena
June 25, 1997	Kansas City		Kemper Arena
June 28, 1997	Houston		The Summit
June 29, 1997	San Antonio		Freeman Coliseum
July 1, 1997	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
Europe [5]
August 16, 1997	Glasgow	Scotland	SECC Concert Hall 4
August 18, 1997	Belfast	Ireland	King's Hall
August 20, 1997	Newcastle	England	Telewest Arena
August 24, 1997	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis
August 25, 1997	Cologne	Germany	Sporthalle Köln
August 26, 1997	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Sporthallen Zuid
August 28, 1997	Copenhagen	Denmark	Valby-Hallen
August 30, 1997	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholm Globe Arena
August 31, 1997	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
September 2, 1997	Berlin	Germany	Deutschlandhalle
September 4, 1997	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
September 5, 1997	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle
September 6, 1997	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
September 8, 1997	Sheffield	England	Sheffield Arena
September 9, 1997	Birmingham		NEC Arena
September 10, 1997	Manchester		NYNEX Arena
September 12, 1997	London		Wembley Arena
September 13, 1997
September 14, 1997
September 15, 1997	Dublin	Ireland	Point Theatre
September 17, 1997	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis
September 18, 1997
September 20, 1997	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
September 21, 1997	Paris	France	Zénith de Paris
September 23, 1997	Düsseldorf	Germany	Philips Halle
September 24, 1997	Erfurt		Mehrzweckhalle
September 25, 1997	Oberhausen		Arena Oberhausen
September 27, 1997	Frankfurt		Festhalle Frankfurt
September 28, 1997	Hamburg		Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
September 30, 1997	Milan	Italy	FilaForum di Assago
October 1, 1997	Lyon	France	Halle Tony Garnier

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets sold / available	Gross revenue
KeyArena	Seattle	10,829 / 12,023 (90%)	$493,285[6]
San Jose Arena	San Jose	13,347 / 13,347 (100%)	$537,665[7]
Selland Arena	Fresno	7,690 / 9,012 (85%)	$211,955[8]
Universal Amphitheatre	Los Angeles	22,270 / 22,270 (100%)	$1,161,343[7]
ARCO Arena	Sacramento	8,157 / 10,500 (78%)	$428,490[9]
Target Center	Minneapolis	6,995 / 10,000 (70%)	$294,030[10]
Kiel Center	St. Louis	12,172 / 13,000 (94%)	$517,588[11]
The Palace of Auburn Hills	Auburn Hills	15,678 / 15,678 (100%)	$531,245[10]
United Center	Chicago	27,175 / 27,175 (100%)	$999,463[10][12]
Gund Arena	Cleveland	13,276 / 14,600 (91%)	$428,090[11]
CoreStates Center	Philadelphia	12,957 / 13,500 (96%)	$411,320[11]
Civic Arena	Pittsburgh	12,475 / 12,475 (100%)	$381,988[13]
Radio City Music Hall	New York City	35,226 / 35,226 (100%)	$2,623,390[11]
FleetCenter	Boston	13,900 / 13,900 (100%)	$448,324[14]
Marine Midland Arena	Buffalo	10,758 / 15,000 (72%)	$444,983[15]
Pepsi Arena	Albany	11,124 / 11,124 (100%)	$366,025[16]
Charlotte Coliseum	Charlotte	9,298 / 12,000 (77%)	$322,370[15]
Nashville Arena	Nashville	9,663 / 12,000 (80%)	$298,718[17]
Ice Palace	Tampa	10,999 / 14,660 (75%)	$447,219[17]
BJCC Coliseum	Birmingham	9,205 / 12,000 (77%)	$341,685[18]
TOTAL		273,194 / 299,490 (91%)	$11,689,176

Band

• Musical Director: Bo Watson & Vance Taylor
• Drums: Stokley Williams
• Guitar: Homer O'Dell
• Bass: Ricky Kinchen
• Keyboards: Keri Lewis
• Saxophone: Jeffrey Allen
• Keyboards: Larry Waddell
• Percussion: Chris Dave
• Background vocals: Cha'n Andre', Dee Coupe, Valerie Davis, Julio Hanson, Dyron D. Wade, Gregory Ringo, Mario Johnson, Rodney Day, Gromyko Collins
• Dancers: Rosero McCoy, Jamal Sims, Omar Lopez, Jermaine Montell

References

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