Reason Tour

Reason Tour
Tour by Melanie C
LocationEurope
Associated albumReason
Start date24 April 2003
End date17 December 2003
No. of shows25
Melanie C concert chronology
  • Northern Star Tour
    (2000–01)
  • Reason Tour
    (2003)
  • The Barfly Mini-Tour
    (2004)

The Reason Tour (also known as the On a Mission Tour) was the third set of concerts performed by English singer Melanie C. The tour ran from 24 April until 17 December 2003.[1][2]

Setlist

Leg 1
Leg 2
  • "Yeh, Yeh, Yeh"
  • "Let's Love"
  • "Here It Comes Again"
  • "Northern Star / If That Were Me"
  • "Be the One"
  • "Never Be the Same Again"
  • "Positively Somewhere"
  • "On the Horizon"
  • "When You're Gone"
  • "Home"
  • "Goin' Down"
  • "Suddenly Monday"
  • "Go!"
  • "I Turn to You"

Personnel

  • Melanie C – vocals
  • Fergus Gerrand – drums/musical director
  • Paul Gendler – guitar
  • Greg Hatwell – guitar/backing vocals
  • Georgina 'Grog' Lisee – bass/backing vocals (leg 1)
  • Jenni Tarma – bass guitar (leg 2)
  • Sarah de Courcy-Aston – keyboards/backing vocals

Broadcasts and recordings

On 9 May 2003, the Shepherd's Bush Empire concert was webcast on MelanieC.net, and has since then been uploaded to her YouTube channel.[3] In November 2003, the Avo Session Basel concert was broadcast on 3sat.[4]

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
Leg 1
24 April 2003 Middlesbrough England Town Hall
25 April 2003 Glasgow Scotland Academy
26 April 2003 Liverpool England Royal Court
28 April 2003 Manchester Apollo
29 April 2003 York Barbican
2 May 2003 Bristol Academy
3 May 2003 Oxford Apollo
4 May 2003 Ipswich Regent
6 May 2003 Norwich UEA
7 May 2003 Southampton Southampton Guildhall
8 May 2003 London Shepherd's Bush Empire
9 May 2003
11 May 2003 Belfast Northern Ireland Waterfront Hall
12 May 2003 Dublin Ireland Olympia
19 May 2003 Madrid Spain Pop Festival[5]
30 May 2003 Milan Italy Festivalbar[6]
Leg 2
23 October 2003 Brussels Belgium Radio Donna Center[7]
1 November 2003 Basel Switzerland Avo Session Basel[8]
9 December 2003 Cologne Germany[9] E-Werk[10]
10 December 2003 Hanover The Neues Theater
12 December 2003 Berlin Columbia Club
13 December 2003 Hamburg Hamburg State Opera
15 December 2003 Neu-Isenburg Hugenottenhalle
16 December 2003 Munich Elserhalle
17 December 2003 Filderstadt Central Theater

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "melaniec-online.net". www.melaniec-online.net.
  3. ^ "Melanie C – Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire (2003) – YouTube". www.youtube.com.
  4. ^ "Melanie C. Live at AVO Session DVD". matthewlc5.tripod.com.
  5. ^ "Mel C during '40 Principales' Pop Festival at King Juan Carlos Park in Madrid, Spain". Getty. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  6. ^ "Melanie C (Live@FestivalBar)". Daleal Play. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  7. ^ "Melanie C – Radio Donna". Tripod. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  8. ^ "Melanie C. Live at AVO Session". Tripod. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  9. ^ "Melanie C – on a mission tour 2003". Fun.de. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  10. ^ "Melanie C – 2003 TOUR Poster" (in German). Ebay. Retrieved 13 September 2011.