Dream Within a Dream Tour

Dream Within a Dream Tour

Tour by Britney Spears
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Legs	2
No. of shows	66
Britney Spears concert chronology

The Dream Within a Dream Tour was Britney Spears' fourth full-fledged, and second world, concert tour. Beginning in Columbus, Ohio on November 1, 2001 and ending July 28, 2002 during a conterversial concert in Mexico City, the tour grossed $43.7 million.[1]

The show was more elaborate and theatrical than her previous efforts. It featured a key-shaped stage that allowed easy view from all around the audience, various platforms including one that would circle Spears around part of the audience and a huge rain screen which poured more than 500 gallons of water. Ironically, her very last show in Mexico City was cancelled due to heavy rain and thunderstorms. The audience was heard booing Britney as she exited the stage. Part of the ordeal was shown in her documentary type DVD Stages: Three Days in Mexico.

Her Las Vegas performance was taped for a special which aired on HBO. The DVD titled Live from Las Vegas was later released thereform.

The tour won an Emmy Award in 2002.

The stage

The stage set for the tour was a unique key-shaped structure. The main stage was round with two levels and featured a ramp that circled around to the rear, so Spears could be viewed easily by all fans attending. A catwalk that extended from the center of the stage connected to a second rectangular stage ( a "b-stage") in the middle of the arena. The stage setup appeared minimal, but featured multiple elevators and video screens. The design allowed audience members to sit all around the stage including behind the stage (in the round). In addition, there was a boat-like platform suspended by wires that sailed along the length of the catwalk above the crowd.

Perhaps the most noteworthy structure in the stage setup was a rain screen that poured more than 500 gallons of water onto the main stage for the show's grand finale.

Performance

The show began with a woman dressed in a nightgown and carrying a lantern wandering onto the stage declaring that she is in a dream within a dream before being sucked under the stage amongst flames. After a video guided by the dream fairy, Britney's guitarist emerges from underneath the 2nd stage and rips into a roaring, rock version (from the 2000 MTV VMAs) of "Oops!...I Did It Again". Britney appears strapped onto a platform that spins her at a 360 degree turn. The elaborate show continues with multiple costume and set changes.

At one point, Britney emerges from a music box dresses as a ballerina singing "Born To Make You Happy". She then loses the tutu and becomes a Hollywood star for "Lucky" before going into "Sometimes". [2]

A more personal moment came on the second leg of the tour when Britney sat by her piano player and discussed her life. She then sung short songs accompanied by her piano player that she recently wrote. At most shows, she sung a jazzy song called "Mystic Man" which uses a line from NSYNC's "Gone". At other shows, she sung "Weakness", "My Love Was Always There", and "You Were My Home", all of which she debuted at various shows on the tour.

During the show, Britney flew over the audience on "the Barge", a flying platform ("I Love Rock 'N' Roll" & "Baby One More Time" (Remix)), bungee jumped, had a dance-off with herself on a video screen (Lonely), made fun in a Crayola world ("Anticipating"), and cavorted in a jungle ("I'm a Slave 4 U").

The encore begins with a rain curtain falling over the stage and a large hologram of Britney projected on it, getting smaller and smaller until the real Britney emerges in the middle of the rain and walks right through it. She sings a remix of Baby One More Time that starts off as a ballad before it speeds up. Britney and her dancers fly over the audience one last time before Britney is lowered to the stage and descends through a trap door, just giving a smile and a wave to the audience.

The November 18, 2001 Las Vegas, Nevada show was taped for a special that aired on HBO and was later released to DVD. The live HBO special attracted over five million viewers. [3]

Opening acts were O-Town for the first leg, P. Diddy on the last three shows of the first leg, and Nikka Costa, 3rd Phaze, and Luis Fonsi on the second leg.

Trivia

During the show in North Little Rock at the Alltel Arena, Spears wore a black short haired wig throughout the whole show.

The original outfit for I'm A Slave 4 U was a green jungle outfit. But sometimes, Spears would wear an orange colored outfit. This was a notable change in Albany, Cincinnati, Raleigh and other cities.

Controversy

The original October 26 opening in Miami was postponed when Britney came down with the flu two weeks before the tour was to kick off, thus postponing rehearsals. The tour was scheduled to being on October 31 in Washington, DC but that date was also postponed so more technical rehearsals could take place.

During Britney's second sold-out night at Mexico City's Foro Sol Arena on July 28, 2002, severe thunderstorms hit the city, causing Britney to abruptly cancel the show halfway through the setlist, angering her fans as she just said "Sorry Mexico, goodbye." During a documentary DVD that accompanied her book "Stages," the turmoil that unfolded backstage during the show but does not portray what actually happened onstage. Spears left the country that night with no comments or explanations.

During a show in Lubbock, Texas at the United Spirit Arena, the show suffered a complete power outage of the arena after the second song, causing the remainder of the show to be cancelled.

While performing the encore at the Tokyo Dome, Spears slipped and fell on the wet stage. Footage of it was captured and has been widely circulated on the internet. [4]

Because the show featured so many technical special effects, minor problems often occurred (examples: music box and flying barge)

Setlist

Intro: Dream Within A Dream

• Oops!... I Did It Again
• (You Drive Me) Crazy

Dancers Interlude: Britney, what it is right now?

• Overprotected

Interlude: The tale of the Music Box

• Music Box Medley: "Born To Make You Happy / Lucky / Sometimes
• Boys
• Stronger
• I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman

Video Interlude: Britney's Rock 'n' Roll Band

• I Love Rock 'N' Roll
• What It's Like To Be Me
• Lonely

Interlude: Dancer/Band Introductions

• Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know

Video Interlude: Anticipating

• Anticipating
• I'm A Slave 4 U

ENCORE:

• ...Baby One More Time

Tour Dates

Date	City	Country or State	Venue
Leg 1
November 1 2001	Columbus	Ohio	Nationwide Arena
November 2 2001	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	Mellon Arena
November 5 2001	Toronto	Ontario	Air Canada Centre
November 7 2001	Uniondale	New York	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
November 8 2001	University Park	Pennsylvania	Bryce Jordan Center
November 9 2001	Cleveland	Ohio	Quicken Loans Arena
November 10 2001	Cincinnati	Ohio	U.S. Bank Arena
November 12 2001	Denver	Colorado	Pepsi Center
November 13 2001	Salt Lake City	Utah	Delta Center
November 17 2001	Las Vegas	Nevada	MGM Grand Garden Arena
November 18 2001	Las Vegas	Nevada	MGM Grand Garden Arena
November 20 2001	Anaheim	California	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
November 21 2001	Los Angeles	California	Staples Center
November 26 2001	Auburn Hills	Michigan	The Palace of Auburn Hills
November 27 2001	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	Bradley Center
November 28 2001	Rosemont	Illinois	Allstate Arena
November 29 2001	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Target Center
December 1 2001	Atlantic City	New Jersey	Boardwalk Hall
December 2 2001	East Rutherford	New Jersey	Continental Airlines Arena
December 3 2001	Albany	New York	Pepsi Arena
December 5 2001	New York City	New York	Madison Square Garden
December 8 2001	Hartdord	Connecticut	Hartford Civic Center
December 9 2001	Boston	Massachusetts	FleetCenter
December 10 2001	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	First Union Center
December 11 2001	Boston	Massachusetts	FleetCenter
December 14 2001	Raleigh	North Carolina	RBC Center
December 15 2001	Atlanta	Georgia	Philips Arena
December 16 2001	New Orleans	Lousiana	New Orleans Arena
December 18 2001	Tampa	Florida	Ice Palace
December 19 2001	Miami	Florida	American Airlines Arena
December 21 2001	Washington	District of Columbia	MCI Center
Leg 2
Date	City	Country or State	Venue
April 24 2002	Tokyo	Japan	Tokyo Dome
April 25 2002	Tokyo	Japan	Tokyo Dome
May 24 2002	Las Vegas	Nevada	Mandalay Bay Events Center
May 25 2002	Las Vegas	Nevada	Mandalay Bay Events Center
May 28 2002	Vancouver	British Columbia	Pacific Coliseum
May 29 2002	Tacoma	Washington	Tacoma Dome
May 30 2002	Portland	Oregon	Rose Garden Arena
June 1 2002	Oakland	California	The Arena in Oakland
June 2 2002	San Jose	California	Compaq Center at San Jose
June 4 2002	Los Angeles	California	Staples Center
June 5 2002	San Diego	California	Cox Arena
June 6 2002	Los Angeles	California	Staples Center
June 10 2002	Sacramento	California	ARCO Center
June 12 2002	Phoenix	Arizona	America West Arena
June 14 2002	Lubbock	Texas	United Spirit Arena
June 15 2002	San Antonio	Texas	Alamodome
June 16 2002	Houston	Texas	Compaq Center at Houston
June 20 2002	Chicago	Illinois	United Center
June 21 2002	Indianapolis	Indiana	Conseco Fieldhouse
June 22 2002	St. Louis	Missouri	Savvis Center
June 24 2002	Auburn Hills	Michigan	The Palace of Auburn Hills
June 25 2002	Hamilton	Ontario	Copps Coliseum
June 26 2002	Buffalo	New York	HSBC Arena
June 28 2002	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	First Union Center
June 29 2002	Boston	Massachusetts	FleetCenter
June 30 2002	Worcester	Massachusetts	Worcester's Centrum Centre
July 5 2002	Atlantic City	New Jersey	Boardwalk Hall
July 6 2002	East Rutherford	New Jersey	Continental Airlines Arena
July 9 2002	Uniondale	New York	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
July 10 2002	Washington	District of Columbia	MCI Center
July 11 2002	Charlotte	North Carolina	Charlotte Coliseum
July 13 2002	Sunrise	Florida	National Car Rental Center
July 14 2002	Orlando	Florida	TD Waterhouse Centre
July 18 2002	Bossier City	Louisiana	CenturyTel Center
July 19 2002	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Ford Center
July 20 2002	North Little Rock	Arkansas	ALLTEL Arena
July 22 2002	Dallas	Texas	American Airlines Center
July 27 2002	Mexico City	Mexico	Foro Sol
July 28 2002	Mexico City	Mexico	Foro Sol