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The Wiggly Big Show Tour was a tour that ran in Australia from November to December 1999.
Setlist[]
(Known songs only, may be out of order)
- Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car
- Rock-A-Bye Your Bear
- Here Come The Wiggles
- Henry's Underwater Big Band
- Taba Naba
- Sing With Me
- Another Cuppa
- Tap Wags
- Balla Balla Bambina
- Feliz Navidad
- Zardo Zap
- Six Months In A Leaky Boat
- Blow Me Down
- Wiggly Medley
- Wiggly Christmas Medley
In an interview from September 1999, Greg Page confirmed that The Wiggles were going to sing five or six new songs at The Wiggly Big Show. Two of which he named were Six Months and Sing With Me[1]. Also, revealed in January 2022, former Wiggly Dancer, Corrine O'Rafferty that she played Zardo Zap for the song of the same name on this tour. She also later confirmed that Henry's Underwater Big Band, Balla Balla Bambina, and Feliz Navidad were performed.
Rumored/Likely Songs[]
- Officer Beaple's Dance
- Look Both Ways
- The Wiggles' Carols in the Domain 1999 performance showed a large cast of police dancers, making these two songs possible.
- Silver Bells That Ring In The Night
- Staple of The Wiggles' 1999 performances, this song was likely to have been performed.
- Go Santa Go
- The Wiggles performed this song in their Carols in the Domain 1999 performance, making it a possibility that it was performed during the December concerts of the tour.
- We're Dancing With Wags The Dog
- Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack)
- Five Little Ducks
- The Monkey Dance
- Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?)
- Hot Potato
- Staples of The Wiggles' concert performances, which are likely to have been performed.
- Wake Up Jeff!
- D.O.R.O.T.H.Y. (My Favourite Dinosaur)
- Romp Bomp A Stomp
- Do the Wiggle Groove
- Move Your Arms Like Henry
- Get Ready To Wiggle
- Documentation exists of The Wiggles performing these songs in smaller shows throughout 1999.
- Morningtown Ride
- While it is known that Jimmy Little performed this song with The Wiggles during a show in Sydney, it is unknown if the song was part of the overall setlist for the tour itself. [2]
Tour Dates[]
- 1-2 November, Perth Entertainment Centre[3]
- 4 November, Westland Hotel, Whyalla[4]
- 5 November, Northern Festival Centre, Port Pirie[5]
- 6 November, Bonney Theatre, Barmera[6]
- 8 November, Adelaide Entertainment Centre
- 10, 11, 12 November, Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre (3 shows a day at 10 am, 1 pm and 4 pm)[7]
- 16 November, Hobart Derwent Entertainment Centre
- 20 November, AIS Arena, Canberra
- 23 November, Wollongong WIN Entertainment Centre (2 shows at 10 am and 2 pm)[8]
- 25 November, Newcastle Entertainment Centre
- 26 November, Memorial Services Club, Forster-Tuncurry[9]
- 27 November, Coffs Harbour
- 29 November, Brisbane Entertainment Centre
- 2 December, Bundaberg Moncrieff Theatre
- 3 December, Gladstone Entertainment Centre
- 4 December, Mackay Entertainment Centre
- 6 December, Townsville Entertainment & Convention Centre
- 8 December, Cairns Convention Centre
- 13-14 December, Sydney Entertainment Centre (2 shows a day at 10 am and 1 pm)[10]
Trivia[]
- This tour marked:
- The first Wiggles tour to have a title based on a concert video.
- The only time where The OG Wiggles performed at the following venues:
- The final Wiggles tour of the millennium.
- The last time The Wiggles performed at the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre, before they moved to perform in new Melbourne venues.
- Palais Theatre: Yule Be Wiggling Christmas Show
- Vodafone Arena: Wiggly Party: Live in Concert, Wiggly Safari Show & Lights, Camera, Action, Show!
- Rod Laver Arena: For future Wiggles tours from that point on starting with Santa's Rockin'! Live In Concert.
- The last Wiggles tour to run in the 1990s.
- The stage set in this tour was later used in It's a Wiggly Wiggly World!. There are also other instances where a set from a video is used for a concert, like:
- A photo of Henry's Underwater Big Band being performed surfaced in April 2022 and shows The Wiggles wearing "jellyfish hats".
- A camera and tripod can also be seen to the right of the photo, meaning the concert in the photo was recorded, but it's unknown which venue.[11]
- Tim Finn and Jimmy Little guest starred in one show at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ https://wigglybigkid.tripod.com/wigglybigkidsfansite/id8.html
- ↑ The Daily Telegraph Dec. 16th, 1999 Article
- ↑ A news article specifically states that the venue is the Perth Entertainment Centre
- ↑ News article from Oct. 22nd, 1999 mentions the venue they performed at
- ↑ The Recorder news article mentioning the venue dated Oct. 19th, 1999
- ↑ News Article from 1999 specifically states the venue The Wiggles performed in
- ↑ News article mentioning the showtimes for the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre shows
- ↑ News article dated Nov. 19th, 1999 mentions show times for the WIN Entertainment Centre shows
- ↑ Wingham Chronicle news article dated Nov. 17th, 1999 mentioning the venue
- ↑ Showtimes for the Sydney Entertainment Centre shows
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb4h7ZROUSY/
The Wiggles' Concerts