
This page refers to The Wiggles Australian Tour Dates in 1997.
Setlist[]
- Rock-A-Bye Your Bear
- Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?)
- Hot Potato
- D.O.R.O.T.H.Y. (My Favourite Dinosaur) or Dorothy the Dinosaur
- Dorothy (Would You Like To Dance?)
- Di Dicki Do Dum
- Joannie Works With One Hammer
- Wake Up Jeff!
- Tap Wags
- Wave to Wags
- Quack Quack
- Five Little Ducks
- Baby Baluga
- Henry's Dance
- Romp Bomp A Stomp
- Get Ready To Wiggle
- Wiggly Medley
Note: Setlist based on evidence from regional shows in 1997. Songs may be out of order, but the basis is from a photo of Anthony writing the setlist in 1997.
Tour Dates[]
1997 Tour Dates (Known dates only)[]
- 26 January 1997 - Hyde Park, Sydney, New South Wales (for Australia Day)
- 2 February 1997 - Royal Showgrounds, Ascot Vale, Victoria (Kidz Day Out, appearing alongside George Spartels, Monica Trapaga, The Hooley Dooleys, Johnson and Friends, Franciscus Henri and Andy Jones)
- 16 February 1997 - Randwick Racecourse, Randwick, New South Wales (Kidz Day Out Sydney)
- 2 March 1997 - Penrith, New South Wales (Super League Penrith Panthers Vs Perth Reds Game) (possible final appearance of the plain shirts and belts)
- 19 April 1997 - Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, New South Wales (Opening of a Sydney Kings' basketball game, The Wiggles sang Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?) and Advance Australia Fair - interestingly, the Sydney Kings owner, Mike Wrublewski was one of the financial backers of The Wiggles Movie.
- 21 April 1997 - Pittwater RSL Club, Mona Vale, New South Wales
- 22 April 1997 - Rooty Hill RSL Club, Rooty Hill, New South Wales
- 23 April 1997 - Mingara Recreational Club, Tumi Umbi, New South Wales
- 26 April 1997 - The Courtyard, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales
- 27 April 1997 - South Sydney Juniors Leagues Club, Kignsford, New South Wales
- 28 April 1997 - Bomaderry High School, Bomaderry, New South Wales
- 29 April 1997 - Burwood RSL Club, Burwood, New South Wales
- 30 April 1997 - Hurstville Entertainment Centre, Hurstville, New South Wales
- 18 May 1997 - Unknown venue, Albert Park, Victoria (The Wiggles performed in their updated shirts and belts but with Dorothy's 1996 costume)
- 24 May 1997 - Brisbane Biennial of Music, Brisbane, Queensland
- 25 May 1997 - Gold Nugget Theatre, Australia's Wonderland, Sydney, New South Wales (for Wonderland's Annual Kids' Fest, strangely, The Wiggles performed in their updated shirts but not their updated belts.) (Concert was filmed for TV Series 1, but went unreleased.)
- 1 June 1997 - Lyneham High School, Lyneham, Canberra
- 2 June 1997 - Queanbeyan Bicentenial Hall, Queanbeyan, New South Wales
- 7 June 1997 - Atherton International Club, Atherton, Queensland
- 8-9 June 1997 - Brothers Leagues Club, Cairns, Queensland
- 10-11 June 1997 - Ignatius Park College Hall, Aitkenvale, Queensland
- 14 June 1997 - Mackay High School, Mackay, Queensland
- 15 June 1997 - Emerald Town Hall, Emerald, Queensland
- 16 June 1997 - Rockhampton Peace Church, Rockhampton, Queensland
- 17 June 1997 - Unknown Venue, Gladstone, Queensland
- 18 June 1997 - Bundaberg Skating Rink, Bundaberg, Queensland
- 21 June 1997 - Maryborough Showground Pavillions, Maryborough, Queensland
- 22 June 1997 - Kingaroy Town Hall Complex, Kingaroy, Queensland
- 23 June 1997 - Unknown Venue, Roma, Queensland
- 24-25 June 1997 - Martin Luther Primary School, Toowoomba, Queensland
- 30 June, 1-3 July 1997 - Dallas Brooks Centre, East Melbourne, Victoria
- 1 September 1997 - Club DaVinci, Mildura, Victoria
- 2 September 1997 - Swan Hill Town Hall, Swan Hill, Victoria
- 3 September 1997 - Deniliquin RSL Club, Deniliquin, New South Wales
- 4 September 1997 - The Yoogali Club, Griffith, New South Wales
- 5 September 1997 - The Joyce Hall, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
- 10-18 October 1997 - Unknown Venue/Venues, Hong Kong
- ? December 1997 - Myer Store, Melbourne, Victoria
- 20 December 1997 - Carols in the Domain 1997, The Domain, Sydney, New South Wales
- 31 December 1997 - Australia's Wonderland, Sydney, New South Wales (For NYE, appearing alongside Garfield, Humphrey, Christian, Yesterday's Heroes and the Australian Monkeys)
Trivia[]
- The April 1997 Concerts are the first concerts where The Wiggles have Logos (previously debuted in Wiggledance! and the filming of The Wiggles Movie in March-April 1997) on their Shirts and belt Buckles. Later Concerts mark the debut of Dorothy's 4th Costume, Wags' 2nd and 3rd Costumes, Henry's 3rd Costume and Captain Feathersword's 3rd Costume.
- Some Shows as late as April 1997 were still referred to as the Wake Up Jeff! Holiday Show.
- One of the October 1997 Hong Kong shows was done at the Po Leong Kuk Orphanage.
- Anthony Wiggle plays Captain Feathersword in some shows.
- The backdrop from the Big Red Car and Wake Up Jeff Tours was used at some shows.
- Henry's 2nd costume appears to wear a bowtie. He also wears that costume in shows that took place after the filming of The Wiggles Movie and Wiggly Wiggly Christmas.
- Some shows have Dorothy's 1997 head but with her 1996 body.
Gallery[]
Promo Pictures[]
Fan Pictures[]
Jeff sleeping on stage (Appears to be a promotional Show for The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack)
The Wiggles' Concerts