The Fruit Salad TV Big Show Tour was The Wiggles' tour of Australia from February to May 2022 in support of the Youtube series of the same name. The Rod Laver Arena shows on the 12th and 13th of March were filmed for the Fruit Salad Big Show concert video.
This was the band's first tour of 2022, and the first ever tour to feature Tsehay Hawkins, Caterina Mete, Kelly Hamilton, Evie Ferris and John Pearce as official members of the group.
Press Release[1][]
Australia, the wait is over! The Wiggles will make their highly anticipated return to stages around Australia in February 2022, when they bring their brand-new Fruit Salad TV Big Show arena tour around the country! And for the first time ever, there will be eight Wiggles on tour! The Wiggles are excited to once again sing, dance and play music for their fans, and will be joined by the newest Wiggles (as seen on their latest YouTube release, Fruit Salad TV) Tsehay, Evie, Caterina, John and Kelly, along with all of their Wiggly Friends too; Dorothy the Dinosaur, Captain Feathersword, Wags the Dog, Henry the Octopus, Shirley Shawn the Unicorn, Officer Beaples and Bok the Hand Puppet!
Tour Dates and Venues[1][]
- February 5th - Cairns, QLD Cairns Convention Centre
- February 6th - Townsville, QLD Townsville Entertainment & Convention Centre
- February 7th - Mackay, QLD Mackay Entertainment & Convention Centre
- February 12th - Darwin, NT Darwin Entertainment Centre
- February 19th - Hobart, TAS MyState Bank Arena
- February 20th - Launceston, TAS Theatre North
- March 12th & 13th - Melbourne, VIC Rod Laver Arena (recorded)
- April 2nd - Newcastle, NSW Newcastle Entertainment Centre
- April 3rd - Wollongong, NSW WIN Entertainment Centre
- April 4th & 5th- Canberra, ACT Canberra Theatre Centre
- April 9th & 10th - Perth, WA RAC Arena
- April 11th - Kalgoorlie, WA Goldfields Arts Centre
- April 23rd - Sydney, NSW Qudos Bank Arena
- April 30th - Brisbane, QLD Brisbane Entertainment Centre
- May 7th - Adelaide, SA Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Setlist[]
Leg One (Cairns - Wollongong)[]
- Rock-A-Bye Your Bear
- Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?)
- Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car
- Here Come The Wiggles
- Apples & Bananas (Melbourne show onward)
- Say the Dance, Do the Dance
- Bok the Dancing Puppet
- Hey Tsehay!
- Di Dicki Do Dum
- Simon Says
- Joannie Works With One Hammer
- Hello Henry!
- Henry Works With Eight Tentacles
- Romp Bomp A Stomp (Melbourne show onward)
- Dippy Do Dinosaur Dance
- I'm John, I'm Strong!
- Rattlin' Bog
- Quack Quack
- Dressing Up (Melbourne show only)
- Shirley Shawn the Unicorn
- Barren Rocks of Aden
- Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Turn Around
- Wags The Dog, He Likes To Tango
- I'm Evie, I Wear Blue!
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
- Elephant
- Hot Potato
- Do the Propeller!
- Say Goodbye, Pizza Pie!
- Dippy Do Dinosaur Dance (Karaoke)
Leg Two (Canberra - Adelaide)[]
- Rock-A-Bye Your Bear
- Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?)
- Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car
- Do the Wiggle Groove
- Taba Naba (Sydney & Brisbane shows only)
- Elephant
- Hot Potato
- Wags The Dog, He Likes To Tango
- Hey Tsehay!
- If You're Happy and You Know It
- Apples & Bananas
- The Wheels on the Bus (Canberra, Perth, and Kalgoorlie shows)
- Baby Shark
- Say the Dance, Do the Dance
- Paloma the Mermaid
- The Monkey Dance (Adelaide show only)
- Quack Quack
- Joannie Works With One Hammer (some shows)
- Happy Birthday (Perth & Adelaide shows only)
- I'm John, I'm Strong!
- Bok the Dancing Puppet
- Di Dicki Do Dum
- Simon Says
- The Crocodile Hunter
- Hello Henry!
- Henry's Dance (Adelaide show only)
- Henry Works With Eight Tentacles
- Goodbye Henry!
- Romp Bomp A Stomp
- Rattlin' Bog
- Dressing Up (Canberra, Perth, and Kalgoorlie shows)
- Shirley Shawn the Unicorn (Canberra, Perth, and Kalgoorlie shows)
- I'm Evie, I Wear Ballet Shoes! (Canberra, Perth, and Kalgoorlie shows)
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
- Do the Propeller!
- Dippy Do Dinosaur Dance (Karaoke)
Performers[]
The Wiggles[]
- Anthony Field - Guitar, Banjo, Bass on "Elephant", Drums (Sydney shows)
- Lachlan Gillespie - Vocals, Keyboards
- Simon Pryce - Vocals
- Tsehay Hawkins - Vocals
- Evie Ferris - Vocals
- John Pearce - Vocals
- Caterina Mete - Vocals
- Kelly Hamilton - Vocals
Cast[]
- Paul Paddick - Captain Feathersword, Backing Vocals
- Stephanie Di Coio - Wiggly Dancer, Dorothy the Dinosaur
- Julia Lanzetti - Wiggly Dancer, Henry the Octopus
- Callum Hendry-Hodsdon - Wiggly Dancer, Wags the Dog, Bok the Hand Puppet
- Paloma Hendry-Hodsdon - Wiggly Dancer, Paloma the Mermaid, Shirley Shawn the Unicorn
- Dominic Field - Wiggly Dancer, The Tree of Wisdom
- Lucia Field - Officer Beaples
- Ella Ferris - Understudy to Evie Ferris
Musicians[]
- Michael King - Guitar, Bass (First leg only, some shows)
- Jae Nelson - Drums (First leg only, some shows and Brisbane shows)
- Alex Keller - Bass, Electric Guitar on "Elephant" (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide shows)
- Nick Webb - Guitar (Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide shows), Bass (Canberra, Perth, Kalgoorlie shows)
- Jack Gatto - Guitar and Backing Vocals (second leg only, all shows, except Sydney)
- Aaron Schembri - Guitar (Second leg only, all shows except Kalgoorlie and Brisbane)
- Lozz Benson - Drums and Backing Vocals (Adelaide shows only)
- Dominic Lindsay - Trumpet (Adelaide show only)
Special Guests[]
- Dave McCormack (Canberra and Sydney shows)
- Kevin Parker (Perth show)
- Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Greg Page (Adelaide show)
Trivia[]
- Evie Ferris was absent for some performances due to commitments with The Australian Ballet, so her sister Ella Ferris filled in for her as an understudy.
- This was the first and only tour to feature Evie as the second blue Wiggle and Kelly Hamilton as the second yellow Wiggle before Hamilton's departure from the group.
- One of the venues had published an earlier version of the tour's EPK on their Instagram page with Emma being featured, confirming that she was initially planned to participate in the tour before announcing her departure from The Wiggles at the end of 2021.
- This was the first concert to be based on a YouTube series, and the first "Big Show" to not be held during the holiday season.
- In a similar manner to the Wiggly Christmas Show and the We're All Fruit Salad! tour, the tour initially used pre-recorded backing tracks for a majority of the songs. However, starting from the second leg of the tour, most of the songs had live instrumentation.
- The stage backdrop for this tour was also used for the then-concurrent OG Wiggles Reunion Tour and is based off the inflatable set from the Sailing Around the World Live! tour.
- In later shows of this tour, the Nord Stage 2 keyboard played by Jeff during the reunion shows was seen onstage, despite not being used by anyone at all.
- Coincidently, the Big Red Car used for this tour was left onstage for some portions of the reunion tour despite it not being used.
- Bok the Hand Puppet was given a full-sized costume for the tour.
- During "Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car", the car had an "L" sticker jokingly applied to it; such a sticker is commonly used to signify that a person is learning how to drive. The car previously had the L sticker applied to it in a similar manner during the Australian leg of the Racing to the Rainbow Show when Sam initially debuted as the yellow Wiggle.
- This was also the first tour to have Tsehay driving the Big Red Car.
- During one of the shows in Perth, Kevin Parker from Tame Impala appeared as a guest star and played the electric guitar on "Hot Potato" and "Elephant" while wearing one of Anthony's skivvies.
- He was then given the Maton MS2000 guitar to keep as a gift, alongside the blue skivvy and belt buckle he wore on stage as well.
- During the Adelaide show, founding Wiggles Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt and Greg Page made guest appearances during "Rattlin' Bog".
- This is the last tour to date to be released on DVD.