Dream Within a Dream Tour

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Dream Within a Dream Tour
Tour by Britney Spears
Dates November 01, 2001 - December 21, 2001 and May 24, 2002 - July 28, 2002
Legs 2
Shows 66
Britney Spears tour chronology
Oops!… I Did It Again World Tour Dream Within a Dream Tour The Onyx Hotel Tour

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 controversial concert in Mexico City, the tour grossed over $43 million in the U.S.

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.

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 December show in Albany was also taped and played in a German tv show and the April 2002 show in Japan was also taped to be played in that country.

The tour won an Emmy Award in 2002.

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[edit] The show

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 magic carpet-like platform suspended by wires that sailed along the length of the catwalk above the crowd. The stage featured sets like a club, a two dimensional world, and a jungle.

The show began with a woman, dressed in a white nightgown, running across the stage with a lantern. A video of sleeping Britney appeared. Trapped in a bubble, she awoke. She declared that she was "trapped in a dream within a dream" before being sucked into a sea of flames. Immediately, her guitarist ripped into a rock-remix version of "Oops!...I Did It Again". Britney emerged from the stage on a circular, vertical platform that spun her a full 360 degrees turn. The show continued with pyrotechnics, video animation, and costume changes, many of which occurred onstage.

A notable part of the show was a man (Jon Voight) telling a bed time story to his young daughter about a magical ballerina who lived in a music box. Britney rose through a giant box in the middle of stage, dressed as a ballerina. She tore off her tutu and donned a bathrobe to perform "Lucky".

For the finale of the show, a rain screen poured more than 500 gallons of water onto the main stage. Britney walked through the rain screen, singing a remix of her hit "...Baby One More Time" that was rearranged as a ballad for the first verse and a techno-dance jam for the rest of the song.

[edit] 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 begin 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 outdoor 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. Spears left the country that night with no comments or explanations. Spears reported during an interview that the stage was struck by lightning while performing and the dancers almost fell off the catwalk from the rain making the stage slippery.

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.[1]

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

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

During the live TV broadcasting of Live from Las Vegas on HBO when Britney performs "What It's Like To Be Me", she trips over one of her dancers. The clip was taken out when the DVD released and was replaced by a clip of the audience.

[edit] Setlist

  1. Video Introduction: Dream Fairy's Clips of Dream Tales
  2. "Oops!...I Did It Again
  3. "(You Drive Me) Crazy"
  4. Dancers Interlude
  5. "Overprotected" (The Darkchild Remix was performed on the 2nd leg of the tour)
  6. Story Interlude: Ballerina Princess Story...Pt. 1
  7. Medley: "Born to Make You Happy"/"Lucky"/"Sometimes"
  8. Story Interlude: Ballerina Princess Story...Pt. 2
  9. "Boys" (The Co-Ed Remix was performed on the 2nd leg of the tour)
  10. "Stronger"
  11. "Mystic Man" (performed after "Stronger" during all shows performed on 2nd leg of tour)
  12. "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman"
  13. Video Interlude: Britney's Rock 'n' Roll Band
  14. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll
  15. "What It's Like To Be Me"
  16. "Lonely"
  17. "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know"
  18. Video Interlude: Britney's Crayola Fun World
  19. "Anticipating"
  20. "I'm A Slave 4 U"
  21. "...Baby One More Time"

[edit] Tour Dates

Date City Country or State Venue
Leg 1 - Fall 2001
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 Gund Arena
November 10, 2001 Cincinnati Ohio U.S. Bank Arena
November 12, 2001 Denver Colorado Pepsi Center
November 13, 2001 Salt Lake City Utah EnergySolutions Arena
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 Hartford 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 Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena
December 15, 2001 Atlanta Georgia Philips Arena
December 16, 2001 New Orleans Louisiana New Orleans Arena
December 18, 2001 Tampa Florida Ice Palace
December 19, 2001 Miami Florida American Airlines Arena
December 21, 2001 Washington, D.C. District of Columbia MCI Center
Leg 2 - Spring/Summer 2002
Date City Country or State Venue
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 Oakland Arena
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 Arena
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
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