Do You Believe?, also known as the Believe Tour,
[ Cher Live in Concert DVD] was the fourth solo
concert tour
A concert tour (or simply tour) is a series of concerts by an artist or group of artists in different cities, countries or locations. Often concert tours are named to differentiate different tours by the same artist and to associate a specific to ...
by American singer-actress
Cher. The tour, which took place in 1999 and 2000, promoted her album, ''
Believe.''
History
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
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,
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
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Sporting events
From its opening on December 18, 1993 ...
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
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. As stated by ''
Billboard'', the
HBO television special was the highest-rated original program in over 2 years.
Costumes
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
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-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.
Reception
Reviews of the show were often favorable, given Cher's return to popularity and over-the-top appeal.
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The New York Times
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'' said Cher had "a quintessential rock voice ... spectacularly styled with a rough and tumble vaudevillian edge." ''
The Washington Post
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'' viewed it as "a dynamic, over-the-top extravaganza." ''
The Dallas Morning News
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'' said "her concert was entertaining and gleefully glitzy."
Set list
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I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
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All or Nothing"
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We All Sleep Alone
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Song inform ...
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I Found Someone
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Background
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Half-Breed
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Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves
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Dark Lady"
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Take Me Home"
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After All"
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Walking in Memphis
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Just Like Jesse James
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Heart of Stone"
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The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)
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Dov'è l'amore"
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Strong Enough"
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If I Could Turn Back Time
"If I Could Turn Back Time" is a song by American singer and actress Cher from her 1989 nineteenth studio album '' Heart of Stone''. It was released as the album's lead single in July 1989, by Geffen Records. The song was written specifically f ...
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;Encore
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" Believe"
Tour dates
Cancelled shows
Personnel
*Lead Vocals: Cher
*Tour Director: Doriana Sanchez
*Musical Director: Paul Mirkovich
Paul Mirkovich (born March 20, 1963) is an American musician from Los Angeles. He has been the band leader, keyboardist and duet singing partner for Cher for the last 16 years. He has also been the band director for Janet Jackson and Anastacia an ...
*Costume Design: Bob Mackie
Robert Gordon "Bob" Mackie (born March 24, 1939) is an American fashion designer and costumier, best known for his dressing of entertainment icons such as Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Diahann Carroll, Carol Channing, Cher, Doris Day, Marle ...
Band
*Keyboards: Paul Mirkovich
*Guitars: David Barry
*Keyboards: Darrel Smith
*Bass: Don Boyette
*Drums: Mark Schulman
Mark Schulman (born September 4, 1961 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician and corporate speaker. He performed with Cher as her tour drummer on her D2K Tour. Schulman is also a session drummer as well as a music producer, audio en ...
*Background vocals: Stacy Campbell
*Background vocals: Patty Darcy Jones
Dancers
*Dancer: Bubba Carr
*Dancer: Aaron James Cash
*Dancer: Kristin Richardson (née Willits)
*Dancer: Suzanne Easter
*Dancer: Tovaris Wilson
*Dancer: Addie Yungmee
Notes
References
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Angelic Cher
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