Do You Believe? (tour)
| Tour by Cher | |
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| Associated album | Believe |
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| Start date | June 16, 1999 |
| End date | March 4, 2000 |
| Legs | 3 |
| No. of shows | 41 in Europe 80 in North America 121 total |
| Box office | US$220 million ($316.29 million in 2016 dollars) |
| Cher concert chronology | |
Do You Believe?, also known as the Believe Tour, was the fourth solo concert tour by American recording artist Cher. The tour, which took place in 1999 and 2000, promoted her album, Believe.
The tour began on June 16, 1999 and was initially planned to end on December 15, 1999, but due to it being very commercially successful, the tour was extended from December 30, 1999 to March 5, 2000 in North America. Cyndi Lauper, Wild Orchid, Michael McDonald and Julio Iglesias Jr. were the opening acts at different times during the tour.
The August 28, 1999 performance at the MGM Grand Garden Arena was made into the Emmy Awards-nominated HBO television special Live in Concert, which aired the following day, and by year's end was released on VHS and DVD. As stated by Billboard, the HBO television special was the highest-rated original program in over 2 years.
At the time it was her highest-grossing tour ever with the total gross of $160 million, although it would later be eclipsed by her 2002–2005 Living Proof: The Farewell Tour.
Cher appeared in a variety of costumes during the performance. Her opening outfit, involving a stringed skirt, meshed top over a cross, and a huge red wig, was dubbed self-deprecatingly by her as the "Bozo the Clown-meets-Braveheart look" or the 'Super Groundforce Girl' referring to Charlie Dimmock from the popular-at-the-time Groundforce Gardening show. All in all there were 7 to 9 different ensembles, depending upon how one does the counting, with none lasting more than a handful of songs.
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