Taking Off!: Live in Concert

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Taking Off!: Live in Concert
Tour by	The Wiggles
Associated album	Taking Off!
Start date	March 2, 2013
End date	November 9, 2013

Taking Off!: Live in Concert is a Wiggles tour performed in 2013. The tour was in support of Taking Off! and was notable for being the first with Emma, Lachy and Simon as official Wiggles.

Tour Dates and Venues

Australia Leg

1. March 2-3, 2013 Albury, NSW Albury Entertainment Centre
2. March 4-5, 2013 Shepparton, VIC Eastbank
3. March 7-8, 2013 Wagga Wagga, NSW Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre
4. March 9-10, 2013 Griffith, NSW Griffith Regional Theatre
5. March 12-13, 2013 Bathurst, NSW Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre
6. March 14-15, 2013 Revesby, NSW Revesby Workers Club (recorded)
7. March 16, 2013 Tamworth, NSW Tamworth Town Hall
8. March 17, 2013 Armidale, NSW Lazenby Hall at the University of New England
9. March 19, 2013 Coffs Harbour, NSW C.ex Coffs
10. March 20, 2013 Port Macquarie, NSW Panthers Port Macquarie
11. March 21, 2013 Taree, NSW Manning Entertainment Centre
12. March 23-24, 2013 Dubbo, NSW Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre
13. March 26-27, 2013 Orange, NSW Orange Function Centre
14. April 3-4, 2013 Cairns, QLD Cairns Civic Theatre
15. April 6-7, 2013 Townsville, QLD Townsville Civic Theatre
16. April 9-10, 2013 Mount Isa, QLD Mount Isa Civic Centre
17. April 12, 2013 Proserpine, QLD Proserpine Entertainment Centre
18. April 13-14, 2013 Mackay, QLD Mackay Entertainment & Convention Centre
19. April 16, 2013 Rockhampton, QLD Pilbeam Theatre
20. April 18, 2013 Gladstone, QLD Gladstone Entertainment Centre
21. April 19, 2013 Bundaberg, QLD Moncrieff Theatre
22. April 20-21, 2013 Ipswich, QLD Ipswich Civic Centre
23. April 22-23, 2013 Caloundra, QLD The Events Centre
24. April 25-26, 2013 Toowoomba, QLD Empire Theatre
25. April 27-28, 2013 Logan, QLD Logan Entertainment Centre
26. May 2, 2013 Penrith, NSW EVAN Theatre at Penrith Panthers Leagues Club
27. May 4-5, 2013 Campbelltown, NSW The CUBE
28. May 25, 2013 Bunbury, WA Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre
29. May 26, 2013 Albany, WA Albany Entertainment Centre
30. May 28, 2013 Mandurah, WA Mandurah Performing Arts Centre
31. May 29, 2013 Merredin, WA Cummins Theatre
32. May 30, 2013 Kalgoorlie Goldfields Arts Centre
33. June 1-2, 2013 Perth, WA Regal Theatre
34. June 5, 2013 Whyalla, SA Middleback Theatre
35. June 6, 2013 Port Pirie, SA Northern Festival Centre
36. June 7, 2013 Mildura, SA Mildura Arts Centre
37. June 12, 2013 Gawler, SA Hewitson Theatre
38. June 13, 2013 Adelaide, SA Adelaide Entertainment Centre
39. June 15, 2013 Renmark, SA Chaffey Theatre Cultural Center
40. June 16, 2013 Swan Hill, VIC Swan Hill Town Hall
41. June 18, 2013 Broken Hill, VIC Broken Hill Civic Centre
42. June 21, 2013 Hamilton, VIC Hamilton Performing Arts Centre
43. June 22, 2013 Mount Gambier, VIC Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre
44. June 23, 2013 Geelong, VIC Costa Hall
45. June 24, 2013 Bendigo, VIC The Capital
46. June 25, 2013 Ballarat, VIC Wendouree Centre for the Performing Arts
47. June 27, 2013 Morwell, VIC Kernot Hall
48. June 29-30, 2013 Melbourne, VIC Comedy Theatre
49. July 2, 2013 South Morang, VIC Plenty Ranges Arts Centre
50. July 4, 2013 Cardinia, VIC Cardinia Cultural Centre
51. July 7, 2013 Warrnambool, VIC Lighthouse Theatre
52. July 10, 2013 Hurstville, NSW Hurstville Entertainment Centre
53. July 11, 2013 Newtown, NSW Enmore Theatre
54. July 13, 2013 Chatswood, NSW The Concourse
55. July 14, 2013 Nowra, NSW Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre
56. July 15, 2013 Wollongong, NSW Illawarra Performing Arts Centre
57. July 17, 2013 Hornsby, NSW Hornsby RSL
58. July 18, 2013 Tumbi Umbi, NSW Mingara Recreation Club
59. July 19, 2013 Newcastle, NSW Newcastle Panthers
60. July 21, 2013 Canberra, ACT The Auditorium @ Vikings

USA & Canada Leg

1. August 17, 2013 Philadelphia, PA Tower Theater at Upper Darby
2. August 18, 2013 Hershey, PA Hershey Theatre
3. August 20, 2013 Syracuse, NY Crouse Hinds Theater at the Oncenter
4. August 21, 2013 Hyannis, MA Cape Cod Melody Tent
5. August 22, 2013 Cohasset, MA South Shore Music Circus
6. August 24, 2013 Buffalo, NY University at Buffalo Center for the Arts
7. August 25, 2013 Madison, WI Capitol Theater at Overture Center for the Arts
8. August 27, 2013 Winnipeg, MB The Burton Cummings Theatre
9. August 28, 2013 Saskatoon, SK TCU Place
10. August 30, 2013 Calgary, AB Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
11. August 31, 2013 Edmonton, AB Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
12. September 3, 2013 Vancouver, BC Queen Elizabeth Theatre
13. September 4, 2013 Portland, OR Newmark Theatre
14. September 5, 2013 Santa Rosa, CA Wells Fargo Theater
15. September 6, 2013 San Jose, CA Civic Auditorium
16. September 7, 2013 Thousand Oaks, CA Fred Kavil Theater
17. September 8, 2013 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern Theater
18. September 10, 2013 Anaheim, CA City National Grove of Anaheim
19. September 11, 2013 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre
20. September 13, 2013 Houston, TX Bayou Music Center
21. September 14, 2013 Dallas, TX Verizon Theater at Grand Prairie
22. September 15, 2013 Austin, TX ACL Live at the Moody Theater
23. September 16, 2013 Oklahoma City, OK Rose State Performing Arts Center
24. September 18, 2013 St. Louis, MO Peabody Opera House
25. September 19, 2013 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
26. September 20, 2013 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre @ Old National Centre
27. September 21, 2013 Rosemont/Chicago, IL Rosemont Theatre
28. September 22, 2013 Detroit, MI Fox Theatre 1 show (2:30pm) (Tickets went on sale on May 17, 2013 at 10:00am)
29. September 24, 2013 London, ON Centennial Hall
30. September 25, 2013 Ottawa, ON Centrepointe Theatres
31. September 26, 2013 North Bay, ON Capitol Centre
32. September 27-28, 2013 Toronto, ON Ricoh Coliseum
33. September 29, 2013 Hamilton, ON Hamilton Place Theater
34. October 1, 2013 New York City, NY Best Buy Theater
35. October 2, 2013 Wallingford, CT Toyota Oakdale Theatre
36. October 4, 2013 Westbury, NY NYCB Theatre at Westbury
37. October 5, 2013 Rahway, NJ Union County Performing Arts Center
38. October 6, 2013 Washington, D.C. Warner Theatre

UAE Leg

1. November 8-9, 2013 Dubai, Atlantis Asateer

Songs

Early 2013 Australia Tour

1. Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?) (seen on Wake Up, Lachy!, Let's Go Driving in the Big Red Car! & Lounge Room Symphony)
2. Rock-A-Bye Your Bear (seen on Simon Goes Quackers!, Is That Captain Feathersword? & Joannie Works with One Hammer)
3. Simon Says (seen on Toot Toot!, Percussion Party & Is That Simon?)
4. Here Come Our Friends (seen of Lachy Shrunk the Wiggles, Excuse Meow!, Quack, Quack! & Captain and the Tomatoes)
5. Dorothy's Dance Party
6. Miss Polly Had A Dolly (seen on Invisible Lachy, Is That Lachy?, Wiggly Yoga & Doctor Treble Clef)
7. Five Little Joeys
8. Wiggle Bay
9. Joannie Works With One Hammer (seen on Wash Your Hands, Emma's Missing Bow, Harry Hula & What's That Sound?)
10. Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Turn Around
11. Emma (with the Bow in Her Hair) (seen on Ooey, Ooey Allergies!, Pirate Poetry & Singing With Lachy)
12. We're Dancing With Wags The Dog (seen on Miss Polly Had a Dolly, Yummy Yummy, Is That Wags? & Professor Simon's Musical Challenge)
13. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (seen on Taba Naba, The Mango Walk & Simon Says)
14. Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack) (seen on A Hair Disaster!, Marty Party & Doctor Anglais)
15. Little Bunny Foo Foo
16. Dr Knickerbocker (seen on Spring Has Come, Let's All Shake!, Doctor Entertainment & Captain's Experiment)
17. Dorothy (Would You Like To Dance?)
18. The Shimmie Shake! (seen on A Lot of Camelot!, We Like Fruit, Slow Motion Anthony & A Juicy Story)
19. The Monkey Dance (seen on Tasty Science, Hula Hoop Symphony & Sign the ABC!)
20. Hot Potato (seen on Beautiful Ballet, Clean Your Teeth! & The Glass Is Half Full!)
21. Do the Propeller! (seen on The Wiggly Singing Symphony, Who Am I? & A Musical Cake)
22. Let's Have A Party (Instrumental)

Mid-2013 Australia Tour

1. Rock-A-Bye Your Bear
2. Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?)
3. Everybody, I Have a Question
4. Here Come Our Friends
5. Dorothy's Dance Party
6. Here Comes a Bear
7. There Are So Many Animals
8. Numbers Rhumba
9. Shaky Shaky
10. Fruit Salad
11. Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car
12. Captain's Magic Buttons
13. Three Little Joeys
14. Emma (with the Bow in Her Hair)
15. We're Dancing With Wags The Dog
16. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
17. Simon Says
18. There Was A Princess
19. Sur le Pont d'Avignon
20. Dr Knickerbocker
21. Getting Strong!
22. I've Got My Glasses On!
23. Romp Bomp A Stomp
24. The Shimmie Shake!
25. Hot Potato
26. Do the Propeller!
27. Let's Have A Party (Instrumental)

North American Tour August-October 2013

1. Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (Later shows)
2. Rock-A-Bye Your Bear
3. Apples & Bananas (some shows)
4. ABC (some shows)
5. Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?)
6. Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack) (some shows)
7. Everybody, I Have a Question
8. Here Come Our Friends (some shows)
9. D.O.R.O.T.H.Y. (My Favourite Dinosaur) (some shows)
10. Dorothy's Dance Party
11. Dorothy (Would You Like To Dance?) (some shows)
12. Romp Bomp A Stomp
13. Here Comes a Bear
14. So Many Animals to See
15. Shaky Shaky
16. Numbers Rhumba
17. Peanut Butter (some shows)
18. Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car
19. Fruit Salad
20. The Monkey Dance (some shows)
21. Captain's Magic Buttons
22. Three Little Joeys (Early shows)
23. Pufferbillies (Later shows)
24. Do the Skeleton Scat! (some shows)
25. Emma (with the Bow in Her Hair)
26. We're Dancing With Wags The Dog
27. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
28. Follow The Leader
29. Henry's Dance (Later shows)
30. Simon Says
31. There Was A Princess
32. Sur le Pont d'Avignon (Early shows)
33. Dr Knickerbocker (Early shows)
34. Joannie Works With One Hammer
35. I've Got My Glasses On!
36. The Shimmie Shake!
37. Hot Potato
38. Do the Propeller!
39. Let's Have A Party (Instrumental)

Trivia

• Some of the songs from the Revesby Workers Club performance was shown in the first season of Ready, Steady, Wiggle!.
• ​​​​​​​Everybody, I Have a Question makes its debut on this tour and would later makes its album and video debut on Go Santa Go!.
• This is the first time Numbers Rhumba and Pufferbillies are performed live.
• Anthony's children Lucia, Maria and Antonio helped out with the tour.
• ​​​​​​​This tour marks the latest tour (and the only one of the post-OG Wiggles era) to have The Wiggles tour any parts of Asia (Dubai).
  • ​​​​​​​On that note, in an interview in 2013 with The Wiggles for that tour, Singapore was mentioned as one of the planned destinations for the tour, but that never came to fruition.
  • ​​​​​​​A photo from this tour would later be seen in Rock & Roll Preschool.
• The Burton Cummings Theatre show was performed until the Wiggly Halloween album was released.
• The Vancouver, BC Canada Queen Elizabeth Theatre show was performed until the Wiggly Halloween DVD was released.
• The Newmark Theatre show was performed until the same day as the Pumpkin Face DVD was released in Australia.

External Links

http://web.archive.org/web/20130804093000/http://www.thewiggles.com.au/us/events/101

The Wiggles' Concerts

Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Greg (1991-2006, 2012, 2016, 2020-2023) The Wiggles Early Concerts (1991-1993) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Birthday Party Tour (1993-1995) • Carols in the Domain (1993-2005, 2012, 2021) • Big Red Car Tour (1995-1996) • Wake Up Jeff! Tour (1996-1997) • The Wiggles 1997 Tour (1997) • The Wiggles Big Show (1997) • The Wiggles 1998 Tour (1998) • The Wiggles: Live at Disneyland Park (1998) • Toot Toot Show! (1998) • The Wiggles 1999 Tour (1999) • Easter Tour 1999 (1999) • The Wiggly Big Show Tour (1999) • The Wiggles 2000 USA Tour (2000) • Barney's Musical Castle (2000-2001) • It's a Wiggly Wiggly World Tour (2000-2001) • Dancin' In The Aisles (2000) • Yule Be Wiggling Christmas Show (2000) • The Wiggles at Wonderland, Sydney (2001) • The Wiggles' 10th Birthday Tour (2001-2002) • Wiggly Party: Live in Concert (2001) • North American Tour (2002-2003) • The Wiggles 2002 Tour (2002) • Wiggly Safari Show (2002) • The Wiggles Asia Tour (2003) • The Wiggles Live! At Dallas Brooks Hall (2003-2006) • A Concert for Holly (2003) • The Wiggles Live In Concert! (2003) • Lights, Camera, Action, Show! (2003) • The Wiggles In Concert! (2004) • The Wiggles Live In Concert (2004-2005) • The Wiggles 2004 UK Tour (2004) • United States Tour 2004 (2004) • Santa's Rockin'! Live In Concert (2004) • The Wiggles LIVE in Concert Tsunami Relief Benefit Concert! (2005) • The Wiggles Live In Concert! (2005) • 2005 New Zealand Tour (2005) • The Wiggles 2005 UK Tour (2005) • Sailing Around the World Live! (2005-2006) • LIVE Hot Potatoes! (2005-2006) • The Wiggles Live in Concert (2006) • Wiggledancing! Live On Stage (1st Leg) (2006) • Getting Strong Live in Concert! (2012) • The Celebration Tour! (2012) • The Wiggles Meet The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2012) • Christmas Celebration Tour! (2012) • The Wiggles' 25th Anniversary Reunion Show (2016) • The Original Wiggles Reunion Show For Bush Fire Relief (2020) • The OG Wiggles Reunion Tour! (2022) • Falls Festival (2022-2023) • The OG Wiggles Reunion for Heart of the Nation (2023) Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Sam (2006-2011) Wiggledancing! Live On Stage (2nd Leg) (2006) • The Wiggles: Live at Disney World (2006) • The Wiggles 15th Birthday Concert (2006) • Racing to the Rainbow Show (2006) • Carols in the Domain (2006-2010) • G'Day USA Aussie Family Concert (2007) • Racing to the Rainbow Live! (2007) • Wiggledancing! Live In Concert (2007) • The Wiggles Live In Concert (2007) • Pop Go The Wiggles Show! (2007) • Pop Go The Wiggles Live! (2008) • The Wiggles' Concert for UNICEF (2008) • LIVE Hot Potatoes! (2008) • You Make Me Feel Like Dancing Tour! (2008) • The Wiggles Go Bananas! Live in Concert (2009) • The Wiggles Big, Big Show In The Round (2009) • Wiggly Circus (2010) • Greatest Hits In The Round (2010) • ITunes LIVE (2011) • Ukulele Baby! Live In Concert (2011) • The Wiggles' Big Birthday Show! (2011) Anthony, Lachy, Simon and Emma (2012-2021) Carols in the Domain (2012-2021) • Taking Off!: Live in Concert (2013) • The Wiggles Meet The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2013) • Ready Steady, Wiggle! Tour (2013-2014) • Australia Day Concerts in Hyde Park (2013-2014) • Apples & Bananas Tour (2014) • The Wiggles Big Show! (2014) • Cinder-Emma! (2015) • The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra! Concert (2015) • Rock & Roll Preschool Tour! (2015) • The Emma Tour! (2015-2016) • The Wiggles BIG SHOW! & CinderEmma (2015) • The Wiggles Australia Day Concert 2016 (2016) • Wiggle Town Tour! (2016) • The Wiggles' Yarrabah School Concert (2016) • DANCE DANCE! The Wiggles BIG SHOW! (2016) • Emma and Lachy Tour (2017-2018) • Wiggle Around Australia Tour (2017) • Wiggle Around New Zealand Tour (2017) • The Wiggles Big Show! (2017) • Wiggly Christmas Big Show! (2017) • Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle! Tour (2018) • Wiggle Pop! Big Show (2018) • Emma & Lachy Dance Party! (2019) • Wiggle Fun Tour! (2019) • Party Time Tour! (2019) • Party Time Big Show (2019-2020) • Fun and Games Tour! (2020) • Live in the UK (Tour) (2020) • The Wiggles Live at the Sydney Opera House 2020 (2020) • Wiggly Christmas Show (2020) • We're All Fruit Salad! (Tour) (2021) Anthony, Lachy, Tsehay and Simon (2021-Present) Carols in the Domain (2021-present) • Fruit Salad TV Big Show Tour (2022) • The Great Wiggly Road Trip Tour! (2022) • The Wiggles Superhero Tour (2022) • The Wiggles Big Show (2022) • Holiday Party Big Show (2022) • Summer Holiday Fun Tour! (2023) • Hello! We're The Wiggles In Concert (2023) • Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Tour! (2023) • Wiggly Big Day Out Tour! (2023) • Hello Sunshine '24 (2024) • Wiggle Groove Tour (2024) • Wiggle & Learn Big Show (2024) • GIDDY UP! at the Tamworth Country Music Festival! (2025) • Wiggle & Rave with DJ Dorothy (2025) • Bouncing Balls Tour! (2025) More from The Wiggles The Kingdom of Paramithi Cinderella Live (2009)