Kiss My Brass

Bette Midler hit the road for the first time in four years with her 2003–05 Kiss My Brass concert tour. The first leg of the tour kicked off on December 10 in Chicago and went through the middle of February. The tour hit the top 40 cities across the U.S. with one stop in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The first leg of the tour ended in Atlantic City, New Jersey and the second leg of the tour began in Manchester, New Hampshire and ended in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Kiss My Brass
Tour by Bette Midler
Promotional poster for the tour
Location
  • North America
  • Australia
Start date10 December 2003
End date1 May 2005
Legs3
No. of shows77
Bette Midler concert chronology

10 Australian dates were added in April and May 2005. It was the first Australian tour for Midler in 26 years.[1]

On the tour, she performed well-known hits and characters, as well as selected songs from her release, Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook.[2]

Setlist

Source:[3]

  1. "Kiss My Brass" / "Big Noise from Winnetka"
  2. "Stuff Like That There"
  3. "Skylark"
  4. "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
  5. "Judge Judy" (Sketch Intermission)
  6. "I'm Sorry"
  7. "Nobody Else But You"
  8. "Friends"
  9. "Tenderly"
  10. "Chapel of Love"
  11. "That's How Heartaches are Made"
  12. "I Think It's Going to Rain Today"
  13. "When a Man Loves a Woman"
  14. "Walk Right In"
  15. "Those Wonderful Sophie Tucker Jokes"
  16. "Shiver Me Timbers"
  17. "Delores Delago: Fishtails Over Broadway" (Sketch Intermission)
  18. "I Had a Dream"
  19. "Everything's Coming Up Roses"
  20. "Tonight"
  21. "Cabaret"
  22. "You'll Never Walk Alone"
  23. "Tomorrow"
  24. "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
  25. "All That Jazz"
  26. "One"
  27. "Hello, Dolly!"
  28. "Give My Regards to Broadway"
  29. "Oklahoma"
  30. "I Like to Be Told" / "September"
  31. "From A Distance"
  32. "Do You Wanna Dance"
  33. "Wind Beneath My Wings"
  34. "Keep On Rockin'"
  35. "The Rose"
  36. "Friends"
  37. "White Christmas"

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue
North America (Leg 1)[4]
December 10, 2003 Chicago United States United Center
December 13, 2003 Columbus Nationwide Arena
December 15, 2003 St. Louis Savvis Center
December 17, 2003 Milwaukee Bradley Center
December 19, 2003 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center
December 27, 2003 Wilkes-Barre Wachovia Arena
December 29, 2003 Hershey Giant Center
December 31, 2003 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
January 1, 2004
January 3, 2004 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum
January 5, 2004 Cleveland Gund Arena
January 8, 2004 Pittsburgh Mellon Arena
January 10, 2004 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
January 12, 2004 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre
January 15, 2004 Philadelphia United States Wachovia Center
January 17, 2004 New York City Madison Square Garden
January 18, 2004
January 20, 2004 Boston Fleet Center
January 23, 2004 Washington, D.C. MCI Center
January 25, 2004 Atlanta Philips Arena
January 29, 2004 Dallas American Airlines Center
January 31, 2004 Denver Pepsi Center
February 3, 2004 Seattle KeyArena
February 4, 2004 Portland Rose Garden
February 7, 2004 San Jose HP Pavilion at San Jose
February 10, 2004 Oakland Oakland Arena
February 12, 2004 Glendale Glendale Arena
February 14, 2004 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
February 15, 2004
February 18, 2004 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
February 20, 2004 Reno Lawlor Events Center
February 22, 2004 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond
February 24, 2004 Los Angeles Staples Center
February 28, 2004 Sunrise Office Depot Center
February 29, 2004
March 2, 2004 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum
March 4, 2004 Columbia Colonial Center
March 6, 2004 Hampton Hampton Coliseum
March 9, 2004 Buffalo HSBC Arena
March 11, 2004 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
March 13, 2004 East Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena
March 15, 2004 Boston Fleet Center
March 17, 2004 Albany Pepsi Arena
March 20, 2004 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall
North America (Leg 2)[5]
September 30, 2004 Manchester United States Verizon Wireless Arena
October 2, 2004 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
October 5, 2004 Rochester Blue Cross Arena
October 7, 2004 Albany Pepsi Arena
October 9, 2004 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall
October 11, 2004 Baltimore 1st Mariner Arena
October 13, 2004 New York City Radio City Music Hall
October 14, 2004
October 16, 2004
October 17, 2004
October 19, 2004 Providence Dunkin' Donuts Center
October 21, 2004 Richmond Richmond Coliseum
October 28, 2004 Duluth Arena at Gwinnett Center
October 30, 2004 Miami American Airlines Arena
November 1, 2004 Raleigh RBC Center
November 3, 2004 Philadelphia Wachovia Center
November 5, 2004 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
November 6, 2004 Chicago United Center
November 8, 2004 Moline MARK of the Quad Cities
November 10, 2004 Omaha Qwest Center
November 12, 2004 Oklahoma City Ford Center
November 14, 2004 San Antonio SBC Center
November 16, 2004 Grand Prairie Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie
November 19, 2004 Houston Toyota Center
November 21, 2004 New Orleans New Orleans Arena
November 26, 2004 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
November 27, 2004 Phoenix America West Arena
November 30, 2004 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond
December 2, 2004 Sacramento ARCO Arena
December 4, 2004 San Jose HP Pavilion at San Jose
December 7, 2004 Everett Everett Events Center
December 10, 2004 Grand Forks Alerus Center
December 12, 2004 Minneapolis Target Center
Oceania[6]
April 8, 2005 Brisbane Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre
April 10, 2005
April 13, 2005 Sydney Sydney SuperDome
April 15, 2005
April 18, 2005 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
April 21, 2005
April 23, 2005
April 26, 2005 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Arena
April 30, 2005 Sydney Sydney SuperDome
May 1, 2005

Box office score data
Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue
Savvis Center St. Louis]] 9,931 / 13,147 (75,5%) $686,670[7]
Giant Center Hershey 8,782 / 8,782 (100%) $678,570[7]
Bradley Center Milwaukee 9,407 / 13,715 (68,6%) $568,885[7]
Wachovia Arena Wilkes-Barre 8,146 / 8,146 (100%) $562,701[7]
Nassau Coliseum Uniondale 11,582 / 11,848 (97%) $1,415,221[8]
Gund Arena Cleveland 12,420 / 14,723 (84%) $1,094,990[8]
Wachovia Center Philadelphia 13,041 / 13,041 (100%) $1,329,078[9]
The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills 11,964 / 15,064 (79%) $1,068,172[9]
Air Canada Centre Toronto 12,673 / 15,001 (84%) $973,333[9]
Madison Square Garden New York City 25,770 / 27,240 (95%) $3,161,410[10]
FleetCenter Boston 12,396 / 12,396 (100%) $1,486,476[10]
MCI Center Washington, D.C. 11,965 / 14,608 (82%) $1,370,900[10]
American Airlines Center Dallas 13,147 / 13,147 (100%) $991,935[11]
Philips Arena Atlanta 11,303 / 12,757 (87%) $965,079[11]
KeyArena Seattle 10,519 / 11,297 (93%) $996,328[12]
Pepsi Center Denver 9,901 / 12,333 (80%) $870,309[12]
Rose Garden Portland 9,478 / 13,083 (72%) $752,874[12]
HP Pavilion at San Jose San Jose 11,415 / 11,888 (96%) $1,106,312[13]
Glendale Arena Glendale 12,494 / 13,101 (95%) $987,124[13]
Oakland Arena Oakland 7,825 / 11,365 (69%) $882,764[13]
MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas 11,122 / 12,645 (88%) $1,977,356[14]
Lawlor Events Center Reno 5,938 / 8,506 (70%) $736,976[14]
San Diego Sports Arena San Diego 6,748 / 9,944 (68%) $667,439[14]
Staples Center Los Angeles 11,728 / 12,771 (92%) $1,243,892[15]
Arrowhead Pond Anaheim 10,092 / 11,551 (87%) $1,206,920[15]
Office Depot Center Sunrise 20,185 / 31,160 (65%) $2,050,247[16]
St. Pete Times Forum Tampa 9,783 / 12,816 (76%) $939,902[17]
Boston FleetCenter 9,832 / 13,354 (74%) $1,155,641[18]
Continental Airlines Arena East Rutherford 12,858 / 13,854 (93%) $983,900[18]
HSBC Arena Buffalo 10,041 / 12,808 (78%) $715,173[18]
Hampton Coliseum Hampton 8,048 / 8,407 (96%) $698,180[18]
Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City 11,635 / 11,635 (100%) $1,396,940[19]

Personnel
  • Bette Midler – Lead vocals
  • Bette Sussman – Musical director, piano
  • Irwin Fisch – Synthesizers, keyboards
  • Sonny Emory – Drums
  • Lenny Castro – Percussion
  • Taku Hirano – Percussion
  • John Harrington – Guitar
  • Mike Miller – Guitar
  • Zev Katz – Bass
  • Sam Sims – Bass
  • Kyra Da Costa – Background vocals
  • Kamilah Martin – Background vocals
  • Nicolette Hart – Background vocals
  • Eric Wangensteen – Trumpet
  • Scott Steen – Trumpet
  • Andrew Lippman – Trombone
  • Mando Dorame – Tenor saxophone
  • Jim Jedeikin – Baritone saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet, flute

References
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