This was Dolly's biggest tour for 2 decades and most ambitious. It featured a couple of songs which were supposed to feature on Blue Smoke, the CD which ended up being scrapped in favour of Those Were The Days. We still have yet to see a release for I Dream a Lot About Elvis and Blue Smoke.
Nashville – Oct 2004 – Hello Dolly (Pre tour invite only show)
Setlist
Hello Dolly/Two Doors Down/9 to 5/Jolene/Why'd You Come in Here Looking Like That/Here You Come Again/The Grass Is Blue/Baby It's Cold Outside- w/Richard Dennison/PMS Blues/I Dream a Lot About Elvis/Blue Smoke/Me and Bobby McGee/Imagine/ Viva Las Vegas/Islands in the Stream/Go to Hell/Thank God, I'm a Country Girl/Tennessee Mountain Home/Coat of Many Colors/Smoky Mountain Memories/I Will Always Love You/Hello God
Additional songs performed on this tour:
Little Sparrow – accapella (added before Coat) - Performed on all tour dates
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Welcome Home
Brand New Key
Shine
Unconfirmed: I’m Gonna Miss You
39 Shows
October:
THU 14th - Greenville, SC - The Pepsi Pavilion - Click here for review
FRI 15th - Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre
SAT 16th - Biloxi, MS - Grand Casino Biloxi
SUN 17th - Biloxi, MS - Grand Casino Biloxi
TUE 19th - Cleveland, OH - Gund Theater
WED 20th - Columbus, OH - Value City Theatre
FRI 22nd - Toronto, ON - Casino Rama Entertainment Centre
SAT 23th - Toronto, ON - Casino Rama Entertainment Centre
SUN 24th - Toronto, ON - Casino Rama Entertainment Centre
TUE 26th - Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre
When Johnny Comes Marching Home added
WED 27th - Green Bay, WI - The Theatre at Resch Center
FRI 29th - St. Paul, MN - The Theatre at Xcel Energy Center
SAT 30th - Omaha, NE - Qwest Center Theatre
SUN 31th - St. Louis, MO - The Concert Club at Savvis Center
November:
THU 4th - Raleigh, NC - The Moonlight Theatre at RBC Center
Welcome Home (before encore) instead of When Johnny Comes Marching
SAT 6th - Norfolk, VA - The Theatre at Scope Arena
SUN 7th - Winston-Salem, NC - The Joel Coliseum Theatre
THU 11th - East Rutherford, NJ - Continental Airlines Theatre
When Johnny & Welcome Home removed for Go to Hell
FRI 12th - Atlantic City, NJ - The Circus Maximus Theatre at Caesars
Smokey Mountain Memories dropped
SAT 13th - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
SUN 14th - Fairfax, VA - Patriot Center
WED 17th - Albany, NY - Pepsi Arena
My Tennessee Mountain dropped
THU 18th - Philadelphia, PA - Spectrum Showcase Theatre
FRI 19th - Wilkes Barre, PA - Wachovia Arena
SAT 20th - Reading, PA - Sovereign Center
SUN 21th - State College, PA - Bryce Theatre at the Bryce Jordan Center - Click here for review
December:
THU 2nd - San Antonio, TX - The Theater at the SBC Center
FRI 3rd - Dallas, TX - The Theatre at American Airlines Center
Burning Love, Shine, Brand New Key, I’m Gonna Miss You added
SUN 5th - Houston, TX - The Theatre at Toyota Center
TUE 7th - Las Vegas, NV - The Coliseum
WED 8th - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre
THU 9th - Anaheim, CA - The Theatre at the Arrowhead Pond
FRI 10th - San Jose, CA - The Theatre at HP Pavilion at San Jose - Click here for review
SAT 11th - Reno, NV - Reno Hilton Theatre
SUN 12th - Sacramento, CA - The Theatre at ARCO Arena
I Dreamed of Elvis & My Tennessee Moutain Home dropped
THU 16th - Boise, ID - Idaho Center Theater
FRI 17th - Portland, OR - Theatre of the Clouds
SAT 18th - Spokane, WA - Star Theatre at Spokane Arena
SUN 19th - Seattle, WA - Key Arena - Click here for Doyle's review
Tour Notes: The songs off For God and Country were swapped around quite a bit during this tour. Dolly performed the early shows with a dummy of Kenny Rogers when she sang Islands in the Stream, but later it was dropped. Brand New Key and Shine were only added late on in the tour, with the former having last been sung on her 1976 TV show. Throughout this tour, there was some controversy caused regarding Dolly lipsyncing several songs. Many reviewers and fans complained about this, with the National Enquirer also reporting on it too. One song that was definitely sung live was Little Sparrow, which was done accapella. Virtually everyone was unanimous that it was the highlight of her show.
Shorter shows were played at the casino venues.
Overall the tour was a success, it was certainly fantastically well rehearsed and choreographed. The criticisms apart from the lipsyncing, were that several venues failed to sell out, which many fans attributed to high ticket prices and poor promotion.
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