Ukulele Baby! Live In Concert is a Wiggles concert from in the Australia Shows in 2011. For the shows that took place in the Canadian and North American tours (titled "The Wiggles' Big Birthday!"), cast member Brad Carroll filled in for Jeff as he was having surgery in Australia at the time.
Australia Tour Dates[]
- March 5-6, 2011 - Darwin, NT Darwin Convention Centre
- March 8-9, 2011 - Alice Springs, NT Alice Springs Convention Centre
- March 12-13, 2011 - Bendigo, VIC Bendigo Stadium
- March 14-15, 2011 - Geelong, VIC, Costa Hall
- March 19-20, 2011 - Hobart, TAS Derwent Entertainment Centre
- March 21-22, 2011 - Launceston, TAS The Princess Theatre
- March 24-26, 2011 - Ballarat, VIC Wendouree Centre for the Performing Arts
- March 31, 2011 - Campbelltown, NSW The Cube
- April 1, 2011 - Penrith, NSW EVAN Theatre at Penrith Panthers Leagues Club
- April 2, 2011 - Bathurst, NSW Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre
- April 3, 2011- Nowra, NSW Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre
New Zealand Tour Dates[]
- April 16-17, 2011 - Christchurch, NZ CBS Canterbury Arena
- April 19-20, 2011 - Wellington, NZ TSB Bank Arena
- April 21, 2011 - Napier, NZ Pettigrew Green Arena
- April 23-24, 2011 - Auckland, NZ Vector Arena
- April 26-27, 2011 - Palmerston North, NZ The Regent on Broadway
Asia & UAE Tour Dates[]
- May 13-14, 2011 - The Forum at Flash Entertainment, Abu Dhabi
- September 10-11, 2011 - Star Hall at HITEC, Hong Kong
UK & Ireland Tour Dates[]
- May 19, 2011 - Belfast, Northern Ireland Waterfront Hall
- May 20, 2011 - Castlebar, Ireland Royal Theatre and Events Centre
- May 21, 2011 - Killarney, Ireland INEC Killarney
- May 22, 2011 - Dublin, Ireland Grand Canal Theatre
- May 24, 2011 - Glasgow, Scotland Theatre Royal
- May 25, 2011 - Edinburgh, Scotland Edinburgh Playhouse
- May 26, 2011 - Newcastle, England, Newcastle City Hall
- May 28, 2011 - Brighton, England Brighton Center
- May 29, 2011 - Nottingham, England Royal Concert Hall
- May 30-31, 2011 - Manchester, England The Opera House
- June 2, 2011 - Birmingham, Englans New Alexandria Theatre
- June 3, 2011 - Bristol, England Bristol Hippodrome
- June 4-5, 2011 - London, England Hammersmith Apollo
North American USA & Canada Tour Dates[]
- July 3, 2011 St. Petersburg, FL Tropicana Field at Rays Summer Concert
- July 8, 2011 Allen, TX Allen Event Center
- July 9, 2011 Houston, TX Bayou Music Center
- July 10, 2011 New Orleans, LA Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts
- July 12, 2011 Atlanta, GA Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
- July 13, 2011 Charlotte, NC Spectrum Center
- July 14, 2011 Hershey, PA Hershey Theatre
- July 15, 2011 Westbury, NY NYCB Theatre at Westbury
- July 16, 2011 Philadelphia, PA The Tower Theater
- July 17, 2011 East Rutherford, NJ IZOD Center
- July 19, 2011 Wallingford, CT Toyota Oakdale Theatre
- July 20, 2011 Hyannis, MA Cape Cod Melody Tent
- July 21, 2011 Cohasset, MA South Shore Music Circus
- July 23-24, 2011 Toronto, ON Canada Ricoh Coliseum
- July 26, 2011 Ottawa, ON Canada Scotiabank Place Arena
- July 27, 2011 Oshawa, ON Canada General Motors Centre
- July 28, 2011 Windsor, ON Canada WFCU Centre
- July 29, 2011 Auburn Hills/Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills 2 shows (2:30pm and 6:30pm) (Tickets went on sale on May 2, 2011 at 10:00am)
- July 30, 2011 Rosemont/Chicago, IL Rosemont Theatre
- July 31, 2011 Wisconsin Dells, WI Crystal Grand Music Theatre
- August 2, 2011 Minneapolis, MN State Theatre
- August 3, 2011 Grand Forks, ND Ralph Engelstad Arena
- August 4, 2011 Winnipeg, MB Canada MTS Centre
- August 5, 2011 Saskatoon, SK Canada Credit Union Centre
- August 6, 2011 Calgary, AB Canada Calgary Stampede Corral
- August 7, 2011 Edmonton, AB Canada Edmonton EXPO Centre
- August 9, 2011 Vancouver, BC Canada Queen Elizabeth Theatre
- August 10, 2011 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
- August 12, 2011 Oakland, CA Paramount Theatre
- August 13, 2011 San Jose, CA City National Civic Auditorium
- August 14, 2011 Los Angeles, CA Universal Amphitheatre at Gibson
Setlist[]
- Wiggly Showtime!
- Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car
- Rock-A-Bye Your Bear
- Wags The Dog, He Likes To Tango
- Henry's Dance
- Hoop Dee Doo
- Hot Poppin' Popcorn
- How Many Fingers Do I See?
- England Swings
- Music Box Dancer
- Dorothy, Pick Roses with Me
- Romp Bomp A Stomp
- Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?)
- Dr Knickerbocker
- Play Your Guitar With Murray
- Maranoa Lullaby
- You Can Play the Ukulele
- Hula, Hula Baby
- Haru Ga Kita
- Wiggly Party
- Everybody Is Clever
- The Shimmie Shake!
- Five Little Joeys
- Getting Strong!
- Follow The Leader
- Sing With Me
- The Monkey Dance
- Fruit Salad
- Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack)
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
- Hot Potato
- The Fairy Dance (Instrumental)
- Let's Have A Party (Instrumental)
Trivia[]
- This is the first concert to have Maranoa Lullaby in 20 years, Everybody Is Clever in 15 years, Henry's Dance in 13 years and Wiggly Party in 7 years. were later sung in The Wiggles' Big Birthday Show!.
- On 21st May there was a time where Simon Pryce (under the nickname “Ringo”) also fills in for Murray. Here are the links: https://youtu.be/o6I5Km7jneI, https://youtu.be/acjbwWlyh98, https://youtu.be/azgPfJXm42o
- At the Brighton, England show, the band performed an impromptu version of Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?) after Follow The Leader because a fan requested the song to be played. The performance can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwH0Yp_Wkww.
- The set was later used in Choo Choo Trains, Propeller Planes & Toot Toot Chugga Chugga Big Red Car!.
- This was also the last USA Tour that Sam performed in due to his departure in mid-January 2012 following the return of Greg.
- This is the last Wiggles USA Tour to have a Wiggles Logo concert variant from The Wiggles Big Show (1997 Tour).
- This is the last tour where Hoop Dee Doo was performed.
- For the USA and Canada tour of "Ukulele Baby! Live In Concert" (titled "The Wiggles' Big Birthday!"), Brad Carroll filled in for Jeff Fatt because he needed a heart operation because of heart troubles.
- This would be the first (and only) time in 20 years that Jeff Fatt would have had to miss any kind of shows ever since the beginning of The Wiggles.
- The Vancouver, BC Canada Queen Elizabeth Theatre show was performed until the same day as the Ukulele Baby! video and album were released in America.
Links[]
The Wiggles' Concerts