The Dreamchaser World Tour was the fifth worldwide

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by English

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Sarah Brightman Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960) is an English classical crossover soprano singer, actress and dancer. Brightman began her career as a member of the dance troupe Hot Gossip and released several disco singles as a solo performer. In 1981, ...

in support of her album ''

Dreamchaser ''Dreamchaser'' is the eleventh studio album by English singer Sarah Brightman. This album is Brightman's first collaboration with producer Mike Hedges and centres on the concept of space. The offering was inspired by Brightman's decision to ...

'' (2013). The North American tour had been planned to begin in early 2013, but all dates were rescheduled for late 2013. The tour was supposed to be Brightman's final concert tour before her trip into

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(which the ''Dreamchaser'' album is based on) but the trip was later cancelled due to personal reasons. The 2013 North American leg of Brightman's "Dreamchaser" tour consisted of her performing 86 shows over a seven-month time span. It has been her longest tour since the Harem World Tour in 2004, and it was also her worldwide tour with more dates in

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and

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. Brightman also added dates in countries where she had never performed before, such as

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and

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. In April 2014, a second leg of the North American tour was announced for the summer season; however, on 18 June 2014, Brightman cancelled the summer dates after sustaining an

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. The remainder of the tour ultimately resumed in November 2014, coming to an end a month later.

Production

Brightman anticipated that the tour would be simple; the usual orchestra that accompanied her on previous tours was reduced to four musicians (a guitarist, a pianist,a drummer and a keyboard). The number of dancers was also reduced from being a large number to only two.Full cast and crew
''IMDb''. Retrieved 4 October 2015. The scenery of the stage consisted of a huge screen with tri-dimensional images and videos from space, light, and nature. A raising platform at center of the stage was used by Brightman on several stages of the show. She was joined by Erkan Aki, a Swiss tenor, for singing "Canto della Terra" and "

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". During the show, Brightman made ten changes of clothes. The show lasted two hours with an interlude of twenty minutes, and the track list (plus the encore) had nineteen tracks. The track list of the tour consisted of her well-known songs plus new ones from the Dreamchaser album. As the concert was space-themed, it included various songs from the 2000 album ''La Luna'', which also had a theme related to space.

Set lists

2013 and early 2014 set list #Angel # One Day Like This # Glósóli # Hijo de la Luna #La Luna #Eperdu #It's a Beautiful Day #

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(with

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Intermission #Closer #Breathe Me #Figlio Perduto #Kaze no Toorimichi # Scarborough Fair #A Song of India #

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(with Erkan Aki) # Time to Say Goodbye # Venus and Mars # A Question of Honour Late 2014 (Europe second leg & Asia third Leg) set list # Sanvean Instrumental # Gothica # Fleurs du Mal # Symphony # Who Wants to Live Forever # Sarahbande Interlude # Anytime Anywhere # Eperdu # Hijo de la Luna # La Luna # It's a Beautiful Day #

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# Closer Instrumental #

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# Breathe Me # Figlio Perduto # Scarborough Fair # A Song of India #

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Notes *"Kaze no Toorimichi" was not performed during the shows in China. *"Deliver Me" was performed as the second encore at the concert taping in London for the PBS special and in the premiere concert in Guangzhou. *"Dust in the Wind" was replaced by "I Believe in Father Christmas" in late December 2014.

Personnel

The performances were directed by director Anthony Van Laast, who worked in Brightman's previous Symphony: Live in Vienna show. The band and dancers comprise some of the world's most respected session musicians and performers. Band: *Peter Murray – musical director, keys, piano *Mark Pusey – drums & percussion *Olli Cunningham – keys, synths *Gunther Laudahn – guitars, harps, glockenspiel Dancers: *Jennifer White *Gemma Payne Guest vocalist: *

Critical reception

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'' congratulated Brightman as she dealt with such a small band yet was able to maintain the "majestic mystery" of the performance. The ''Atlanta Music Scene'' also reviewed positively the simplicity of the production; "It was the simpler moments when Brightman truly sparkled". Blogcritic.org identified the lightning show as "stunning". On the review by Twincities.com, the Dreamchaser Tour was described as "enchanting, yet odd", "all the while, stunning". ''

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'' reviewer, Mike Delvin rated Brightman's show with 3.5 stars and wrote: "The show was a spectacle, and the singing was anything but secondary". ''

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'', in contrast, recognized the purity of Brightman's voice but expected a better elaborated concert. Although many congratulated the simplicity of the performance, other reviews criticized Brightman; Randy Cordova, in ''

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'' wrote that the show "lacked the outlandish sense of spectacle for which she is known." and compared negatively the simplicity of this tour with the elaboration of the previous. Postcity also criticized Brightman by stating: "All in all, Brightman made terrific use of her high-end stage show, all the while serving up a vocal performance that was just good enough so as not to get completely overshadowed".

Tour dates

References

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