Barbra Streisand in Concert
Tour by Barbra Streisand | |
Promotional poster for tour | |
Start date | December 31, 1993 (1993-12-31) |
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End date | July 24, 1994 (1994-07-24) |
Legs | 1 |
No. of shows | 22 in North America 4 in Europe 26 Total |
Box office | $54.9 million ($112.86 in 2023 dollars)[1] |
Barbra Streisand concert chronology | |
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Barbra Streisand in Concert is Barbra Streisand's first full tour which ran from 1993 through 1994. The tour consisted of 26 shows starting on New Year's Eve 1993 in Las Vegas and ended Anaheim, California in July 1994. The 18 shows that went on sale following the new year concerts in Las Vegas sold out in 1 hour.[2] This tour was also the first time Barbra toured anywhere in Europe and was the last until her Timeless tour in 2000.
Background
Barbra had only toured once previously, in 1966, when a planned five-week 20-city tour was cut to four dates, due to her pregnancy.[3] Although Streisand continued to perform at various concert events, the 1994 tour marked her first after decades of reported stage fright.
Commercial reception
According to Barbra's official website, the tour set attendance and box office records in every city it played in with the first 18 dates selling out within 1 hour. The phone requests for tickets reached 5 million within the first hour the tour went on sale.[4] The tour grossed $50 million in 1994.
Broadcasts and recordings
HBO broadcast the final Anaheim show (taped July 24, 1994) as Barbra: The Concert on August 21, 1994, garnering a television audience of 11.2 million viewers, and becoming the highest-rated musical event in the network's history. A home video release of The Concert followed a month later on VHS and Laserdisc.[5] At the 47th Primetime Emmy Awards, the special was nominated in ten categories, winning five, including Outstanding Variety or Music Special and Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program.[6]
A live album recorded at Madison Square Garden was released in September 1994, The Concert reached number 10 on the Billboard Album Chart and was certified triple Platinum by the RIAA.[7]
In 2004 Sony BMG produced a DVD of the previously unreleased New Year's Eve shows recorded in Las Vegas, The Concert: Live at the MGM Grand.[8]
Set list
- "As If We Never Said Goodbye"
- "I'm Still Here"
- "Can't Help Lovin' That Man"
- "I'll Know"
- "People"
- "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)"
- "Will He Like Me?"
- "He Touched Me"
- "Evergreen"
- "The Man That Got Away"
- "On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)"
- "The Way We Were"
- "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"
- "Lazy Afternoon"
- "Once Upon a Dream" / "When You Wish Upon a Star" / "Someday My Prince Will Come"
- "Not While I'm Around"
- "Ordinary Miracles"
- "Where Is It Written?" / "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" / "A Piece of Sky"
- "Happy Days Are Here Again"
- "My Man"
- "For All We Know"
- "Somewhere"
Set list per official DVD track listing.
Shows
Date | City | Country | Venue | Attendance | Revenue |
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New Year's Eve Concerts | |||||
December 31, 1993 | Las Vegas | United States | MGM Grand Garden Arena | 25,120 / 25,120 | $13,560,750 |
January 1, 1994 | |||||
Europe | |||||
April 20, 1994 | London | England | Wembley Arena | — | — |
April 25, 1994 | |||||
April 27, 1994 | |||||
April 29, 1994 | |||||
North America | |||||
May 10, 1994 | Landover | United States | USAir Arena | 27,728 / 27,728 | $4,688,200 |
May 12, 1994 | |||||
May 15, 1994 | Auburn Hills | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 45,160 / 45,160 | $7,780,700 | |
May 17, 1994 | |||||
May 19, 1994 | |||||
June 2, 1994 | Anaheim | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim | 77,130 / 77,130 | $12,400,650 | |
June 4, 1994 | |||||
June 7, 1994 | San Jose | San Jose Arena | — | — | |
June 9, 1994 | |||||
June 20, 1994 | New York City | Madison Square Garden | 94,284 / 94,284 | $16,488,900 | |
June 23, 1994 | |||||
June 26, 1994 | |||||
June 28, 1994 | |||||
June 30, 1994 | |||||
July 10, 1994 | |||||
July 12, 1994 | |||||
July 18, 1994 | Anaheim | Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim | [a] | [a] | |
July 20, 1994 | |||||
July 22, 1994 | |||||
July 24, 1994 | |||||
Total | 266,262 / 266,262 | $54,919,200 |
Notes
- ^ a b The score data is representative of the six shows in Anaheim, California at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim on June 2, 4, July 18, 20, 22, and 24 respectively.
References
- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-08-23. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "1966 Concert Tour Newport, Philly, Atlanta, Chicago". Barbra Archives. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ "Biography".
- ^ According to the Barbra Archives: a DVD release would not appear until 2009, and Netflix first streamed Barbra: The Concert in 2018.
- ^ Barbra Streisand: The Concert on Emmys.com
- ^ "Barbra: The Concert (1994) live CD". Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ "Barbra: The Concert (1994)". Archived from the original on 2012-08-23. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- v
- t
- e
- The Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
- The Second Barbra Streisand Album (1963)
- The Third Album (1964)
- People (1964)
- My Name Is Barbra (1965)
- My Name Is Barbra, Two... (1965)
- Color Me Barbra (1966)
- Je m'appelle Barbra (1966)
- Simply Streisand (1967)
- A Christmas Album (1967)
- What About Today? (1969)
- Stoney End (1971)
- Barbra Joan Streisand (1971)
- Barbra Streisand...and Other Musical Instruments (1973)
- The Way We Were (1974)
- ButterFly (1974)
- Lazy Afternoon (1975)
- Classical Barbra (1976)
- Superman (1977)
- Songbird (1978)
- Wet (1979)
- Guilty (1980)
- Emotion (1984)
- The Broadway Album (1985)
- Till I Loved You (1988)
- Back to Broadway (1993)
- Higher Ground (1997)
- A Love Like Ours (1999)
- Christmas Memories (2001)
- The Movie Album (2003)
- Guilty Pleasures (2005)
- Love Is the Answer (2009)
- What Matters Most (2011)
- Partners (2014)
- Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway (2016)
- Walls (2018)
- A Happening in Central Park (1968)
- Live Concert at the Forum (1972)
- One Voice (1987)
- Barbra: The Concert (1994)
- Timeless: Live in Concert (2000)
- Live in Concert 2006 (2007)
- Back to Brooklyn (2013)
- The Music...The Mem'ries...The Magic! (2017)
- Live at the Bon Soir (2022)
- Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits (1970)
- Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Volume 2 (1978)
- Memories (1981)
- A Collection: Greatest Hits...and More (1989)
- Just for the Record... (1991)
- The Essential Barbra Streisand (2002)
- Duets (2002)
- Barbra: The Ultimate Collection (2010)
- Release Me (2012)
- The Classic Christmas Album (2013)
- Release Me 2 (2021)
- Evergreens: Celebrating Six Decades on Columbia Records (2023)
and soundtracks
- I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1962)
- Funny Girl (1964)
- Funny Girl (1968)
- Hello, Dolly! (1969)
- The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)
- On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
- The Way We Were (1974)
- Funny Lady (1975)
- A Star Is Born (1976)
- Yentl (1983)
- Nuts (1987)
and videos
- My Name Is Barbra (1965)
- Timeless: Live in Concert (2001)
- One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at The Village Vanguard (2010)
- Barbra Streisand in Concert
- Timeless
- Streisand
- Barbra Live
- Barbra: The Music, The Mem'ries, The Magic
- Yentl (1983)
- The Prince of Tides (1991)
- The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
- Streisand effect
- "Mecha-Streisand"
- Harold Sings Arlen (With Friend) (featuring album)
- Elliott Gould (first husband)
- Jason Gould (son)
- James Brolin (second husband)
- Roslyn Kind (half-sister)
- My Name Is Barbra (2023 memoir)
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