The Wiggles Big Show (1997 Tour)

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The Wiggles Big Show (1997 Tour)
Tour by	The Wiggles
Associated album	The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack
Start date	October 7, 1997
End date	December 4, 1997

The Wiggles Big Show is an Australian Wiggles tour that took place from October-December 1997. It was the group's first arena tour.

Two shows at the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre were filmed, and aired as a TV special of the same name on Disney Channel Australia. Individual song clips have made appearances in other places as well, such as in Wiggle Time!, episodes of The Wiggles TV series 1 and 2, and, most recently, a dedicated compilation on The Wiggles' YouTube channel.

Setlist

NOTE: This setlist may be out of order, DO NOT switch them around unless it isn't accurate to you or if there's a reliable source online.

1. We Like To Say Hello (missing from the YouTube release)
2. Rock-A-Bye Your Bear
3. Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?) (seen in Muscleman Murray)
4. Dorothy the Dinosaur
5. Romp Bomp A Stomp
6. Five Little Joeys
7. Di Dicki Do Dum (seen in Spooked Wiggles)
8. Henry's Dance
9. Quack Quack (seen in Spooked Wiggles)
10. Five Little Ducks (seen in Wiggle Time!)
11. Hot Potato (seen in Funny Greg)
12. Wake Up Jeff! (seen in Communication)
13. Tap Wags (seen in Spooked Wiggles)
14. Wave to Wags (seen in Wiggle Time! and Muscleman Murray)
15. D.O.R.O.T.H.Y. (My Favourite Dinosaur)
16. Baby Baluga (seen in Funny Greg)
17. Ooh It's Captain Feathersword (seen in Funny Greg)
18. Nya Nya Nya (seen in Muscleman Murray)
19. Get Ready To Wiggle
20. Encore - Wiggly Medley (seen in Wiggle Time!)

Cast

The Wiggles

• Greg Page
• Anthony Field
• Murray Cook
• Jeff Fatt

Also Featuring

• Leanne Halloran as Officer Beaples
• Leeanne Ashley as Dorothy the Dinosaur
• Edward Rooke as Wags the Dog and The Dog Catcher
• Paul Paddick as Captain Feathersword
• Donna Halloran as Henry the Octopus

Dancers

• Joseph Field
• Clare Field
• Cassandra Halloran
• Jessica Halloran
• Sian Ryan
• Emma Ryan

Tour Dates

Show times for all dates were 10am and 1pm

1. October 7-8, 1997 - State Sports Centre, Homebush, New South Wales (Note: extra show due to demand 7/10 @4pm)
2. November 3, 1997 - Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Queensland
3. November 7-8, 1997 - Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre, Victoria (recorded)
4. November 12, 1997 - AIS Arena, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
5. November 17, 1997 - Adelaide Entertainment Centre, South Australia
6. November 22-23, 1997 - Perth Challenge Stadium, Western Australia
7. December 4, 1997 - Derwent Entertainment Centre, Tasmania

Trivia

• This tour marked:
  • The first Wiggles Big Show ever. Not only that, this is also the first filmed Wiggles concert to be performed at an arena.
  • The first and the only documented time The Wiggles performed at State Sports Centre in Homebush, New South Wales.
  • The last time "Baby Baluga" is performed until Pop Go The Wiggles Live! in 2008.
  • The last time "Dorothy the Dinosaur" is performed until the Wiggly Christmas Show in 2020.
  • The only but documented time "We Like To Say Hello" is performed.
  • The Red Starry Guitar made a rare concert appearance in this tour. It is played by Murray in "Dorothy the Dinosaur". In most of the Individual song clips it mostly served as a backup while the Takamine EF325SRC, Takamine EN10C, and the Fender Dan Smith Jazz Bass were used.
  • The Big Red Car appeared at this concert, marking the first use of a motorized Big Red Car in concert. Jeff drove it in "We Like To Say Hello" and Officer Beaples drove it off stage, before bringing it back on stage later at the end of "Get Ready To Wiggle".
    • When asked about why he didn't drive the car in this tour, Greg stated on Twitter "I think (from faded memories) that I wasn't confident enough to drive the big red car on stage during that show whilst I was singing."
• The Wagettes appear but it's unknown which dancers played them.
• Though some of the promo pictures have The Wiggles in short sleeved shirts, the Melbourne footage and other promotional photos (like The Wiggles in the Big Red Car with Anthony driving), have them in long sleeved shirts. Not only that, the promotional photos have Wags' 2nd costume, while the footage has Wags' third costume.
• If you see the photo with Anthony driving the Big Red Car, you can see a T and an H, so it was originally THE BIG RED CAR. This was before Toot Toot!.
• A compilation of songs from the show at the Melbourne Sports & Entertainment Centre (but without the introductions, epilogue and "We Like To Say Hello") was uploaded to The Wiggles' YouTube channel as part of the unreleased specials series on August 18, 2022, after numerous social media teases by Anthony.
• On all of the released Footage from the Melbourne Show, all of the Audience reaction shots are from a performance at a different venue.
• In TV Series 1, the audio for the selection of songs such as Wave to Wags was mixed using Audio from an alternative Performance, causing some of the dialogue, instruments and the audience to become muted.
• Songs which appeared on Wiggle Time (US & UK releases) and TV Series 1 contain different audio mixes when compared with how they sound on Let's Wiggle and TV Series 2.

Video

Note

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)