Close Encounters Tour

Close Encounters Tour

Tour by Robbie Williams
Promotional advert for the tour
Location	Africa Asia Australia Europe North America South America
Associated album	Intensive Care
Start date	10 April 2006
End date	18 December 2006
Legs	4
No. of shows	57
Robbie Williams concert chronology
2003 Tour (2003) Close Encounters Tour (2006) Take the Crown Stadium Tour (2013)

The Close Encounters Tour was a concert tour by the English recording artist, Robbie Williams. Running from April to December 2006, the tour supported Williams' sixth studio album, Intensive Care. The tour saw Williams play over 50 shows in stadiums across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Oceania. The name is derived from the 1977 film, Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The tour sold 1.6 million tickets on its first day of sale in November 2005, breaking the world record for the most concert tickets sold in a single day.^[1] Williams held the record for nearly 17 years, until it was broken by Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour, which sold 2.4 million tickets in a single day in November 2022.^[2]

• Freshlyground (Africa)
• Chris Coco (Europe, South America, Australia)
• Basement Jaxx (Europe)
• Orson (Europe)
• Sneaky Sound System (Australia)
• La Portuaria (Buenos Aires)

The following set list is that for the concert on 10 April 2006 at the ABSA Stadium in Durban, South Africa.^[3] It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

1. "Instrumental Sequence" (contains elements of "The Five Tones and Mountain Visions")
2. "Radio"
3. "Rock DJ"
4. "Tripping"
5. "Monsoon"
6. "Sin Sin Sin"
7. "Supreme"
8. "The Trouble With Me"
9. "Millennium"
10. "Back for Good"
11. "Advertising Space"
12. "There She Goes"
13. "Ghosts"
14. "Come Undone"
15. "Feel"
16. "A Place to Crash"
17. "Kids"
18. "Make Me Pure"

Encore

19. "Let Me Entertain You"
20. "Strong"
21. "Angels"

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

• List of fastest-selling concert tours

• Official site