The Never Say Never World Tour was the first

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by American R&B singer

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to support her second studio album, '' Never Say Never''. The tour became Norwood's first world tour, reaching North America, Asia, and Europe. The tour began in Paris, France, on May 23, 1999; However the American leg of the tour concluded earlier than expected on July 6 due to Brandy's obligations of filming ''

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, entitled "Brandy in Concert: A Special for the Holidays". The June 10th show at the

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in Tokyo, Japan; was filmed and aired exclusively on WOWOW. The special was titled, "Brandy: Live in Japan 1999".

Crew

*Keyboard: Eric Daniels, Stan Jones *Percussion: Ebenezer DaSilva *Bass: Ethan Farmer *Drums: Jaime Gamble *Guitar: Glenn McKinney *Backing vocals: Gromyko Collins, Demetrice O’Neal *Dancers: Denosh Bennett, Edwin Morales, Leticia Roman, Lamar Tribble, Robert Vinson, Lejon Walker, Earl Wright, Russel Wright *Tour Manager: Fred Kharazi *Production Manager: Mike Carter *Lighting Director: John Labbriola *Drum Tech: John Lopez *Hair & Makeup: Kanika Morgan *FOH Sound Engineer: Elliot Peters *Programmer: Steve Lu *Monitor Engineer: Mike Mule *Wardrobe: Barbie Baptist

Opening acts

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(North America, select dates)

Setlist

#"Overture" (contains elements of "Never Say Never") #"Happy" #"

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" #" Never Say Never" #" Top of The World" #" The Boy Is Mine" #" (Everything I Do) I Do It for You"

Tour dates

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References

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