Wiggledancing! Live On Stage (dubbed by fans as the DANCE! Tour) is a Wiggles live tour from 2006.
The first leg of the Tour began on July 28, in Birmingham, AL, and finished on August 27 in North Charleston, South Carolina. It is one of the tours where Sam frequently filled in for Greg and the last before he took over as the Yellow Wiggle. This was also the last tour that Greg performed in until Getting Strong Live in Concert! in 2012. Greg's final performances at the time was the shows on August 19-20, 2006 in Philadelphia, PA. On the morning of August 22 before two scheduled performances in Kingston, Rhode Island, Greg fainted during the meet and greet before the first show was performed and was treated at a hospital for dehydration, so Sam had to quickly put on the yellow skivvy and fill in for him for both shows. The next day, before another two performances in Washington, D.C, they let Greg have a rest after his hospital visit so they filmed a segment with him explaining his absence before collapsing again after filming it. He then returned home to Australia to have more tests done.
The second leg of the tour took place primarily on the East Coast (with some early November shows taking place in Canada) and began on October 20, 2006, at University Park (more commonly known as Penn State), PA, and finished on November 21, 2006, in Sunrise, Florida. Because Greg Page was told by his doctors in Australia to not tour overseas due to his condition (Orthostatic Intolerance), Sam Moran filled in during the leg as the Yellow Wiggle. Greg subsequently announced his first retirement a few days after the tour's completion on November 30, 2006, which was also the Day when the Racing to the Rainbow Show began in Australia.
Setlist[]
Summer 2006 Leg[]
- Overture
- Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car
- Hello, We're The Wiggles (August 20 with Greg only, August 22 with Sam onward)
- Rock-A-Bye Your Bear
- Look Both Ways
- Here Comes a Bear
- Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!
- Bump-A-Deedle
- Everybody Dance!
- Ooh It's Captain Feathersword
- Dorothy's Dance Party
- Dance the Ooby Doo (With Dorothy the Dinosaur)
- Move Your Arms Like Henry
- Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?)
- Music Box Dancer
- Joannie Works With One Hammer
- The Monkey Dance
- Brown Girl In The Ring
- Fruit Salad
- Sailing Around The World
- Swim Like A Fish
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
- We're Dancing With Wags The Dog
- Play Your Guitar With Murray
- Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack)
- Hot Potato
- Wiggly Go-Go Medley
Fall 2006 Leg[]
- Overture
- Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car
- Hello, We're The Wiggles
- Rock-A-Bye Your Bear
- Look Both Ways
- Here Comes a Bear
- Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!
- Ooh It's Captain Feathersword
- Hoop Dee Doo (Florence, SC show only)
- Dorothy's Dance Party
- Dorothy (Would You Like To Dance?) (Columbia, SC show only)
- Dance the Ooby Doo (With Dorothy the Dinosaur)
- Move Your Arms Like Henry
- I'm a Cow
- Play Your Guitar With Murray
- Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?)
- Music Box Dancer
- Joannie Works With One Hammer
- The Monkey Dance
- Brown Girl In The Ring
- Fruit Salad
- Sailing Around The World
- Swim Like A Fish
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
- We're Dancing With Wags The Dog
- Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack)
- Hot Potato
- Wiggly Go-Go Medley
Tour Dates[]
USA Leg (Summer 2006)[]
- July 28, 2006 Birmingham, AL BJCC Arena (3:00 PM & 6:30 PM)
- July 29, 2006 Huntsville, AL Propst Arena at the Von Braun Center (1:30 PM & 5:00 PM)
- July 30, 2006 Mobile, AL Mobile Civic Center (only one show at 5:00 PM went on sale June 2nd, 2006)
- August 1, 2006 Lafayette, LA Cajundome (3:00 PM & 6:30 PM)
- August 2, 2006 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center (3:00 PM & 6:30 PM)
- August 3, 2006 Houston, TX Toyota Center (3:00 PM & 6:30 PM)
- August 5-6, 2006 Dallas, TX Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie (2:00 PM & 5:30 PM)
- August 8, 2006 Wichita, KS Kansas Coliseum (3:00 PM & 6:30 PM)
- August 9, 2006 St. Louis, MO SAVVIS Center (3:00 PM & 6:30 PM)
- August 10, 2006 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse (3:00 PM & 6:30 PM)
- August 11, 2006 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills 2 shows (3:00 PM & 6:30 PM) (Tickets went on sale on June 10th, 2006 at 10:00am) [1]
- August 12-13, 2006 Rosemont/Chicago, IL Allstate Arena (1:30 PM & 5:00 PM)
- August 15, 2006 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena (3:00 PM & 6:30 PM)
- August 16, 2006 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena (3:00 PM & 6:30 PM)
- August 17, 2006 Uniondale, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (3:00 PM & 6:30 PM)
- August 18, 2006 Worcester, MA DCU Center (3:00 PM & 6:30 PM)
- August 19-20, 2006 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Spectrum (1:30 PM & 5:00 PM) (NOTE: This stop marked Greg's final performances.)
- August 22, 2006 Kingston, RI Ryan Center (2:30 PM & 6:30 PM) NOTE: Greg fainted before the first performance at 2:30 pm and had to be taken to the hospital for dehydration. Sam filled in for Greg for both the 2:30 PM & 6:30 PM shows)
- August 23, 2006 Washington, DC Verizon Center (3:00 PM & 6:30 PM) (NOTE: Greg left the tour to return to Australia to rest and recover after fainting again before the 3:00 PM & 6:30 PM shows. Sam filled in for Greg for the remainder of the tour.)
- August 24, 2006 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena (3:00 PM & 6:30 PM)
- August 25, 2006 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Bobcats Arena (4:00 PM & 7:30 PM)
- August 26, 2006 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum Complex (1:30 PM & 5:00 PM)
- August 27, 2006 Charleston, SC North Charleston Coliseum (1:30 PM & 5:00 PM)
USA & Canada Leg (Fall 2006)[]
- October 20, 2006 University Park, PA Bryce Jordan Center (3:00pm and 6:30pm)
- October 21-22, 2006 Wallingford, CT Chevrolet Theatre (1:30pm and 5:00pm)
- October 23, 2006 Albany, NY Pepsi Arena (3:00pm and 6:30pm)
- October 25, 2006 Boston, MA Agganis Arena (3:00pm and 6:30pm)
- October 27-29, 2006 New York City, NY Madison Square Garden (10:30am and 2:30pm)
- October 30, 2006 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Center (3:00pm and 6:30pm)
- November 1, 2006 London, ON Canada John Labatt Centre (3:00pm and 6:30pm)
- November 2, 2006 Ottawa, ON Canada Scotiabank Place (3:00pm and 6:30pm)
- November 3-4, 2006 Toronto, ON Canada Rogers Centre (Friday, 6:30pm and Saturday, 11:00am and 2:30pm)
- November 5, 2006 Buffalo, NY HSBC Arena (1:30pm and 5:00pm)
- November 7, 2006 Dayton, OH Ervin J Nutter Center (3:00pm and 6:30pm)
- November 9, 2006 Cleveland, OH Wolstein Center (3:00pm and 6:30pm)
- November 10, 2006 Huntington, WV Big Sandy Superstore Arena (3:00pm and 6:30pm)
- November 11, 2006 Hampton, VA Hampton Coliseum (1:30pm and 5:00pm)
- November 12, 2006 Florence, SC Florence Civic Center (1:30pm and 5:00pm)
- November 14, 2006 Macon, GA Macon Centreplex (3:00pm and 6:30pm)
- November 15, 2006 Atlanta, GA The Arena at Gwinnett Center (3:00pm and 6:30pm)
- November 16, 2006 Columbia, SC The Colonial Center (3:00pm and 6:30pm)
- November 18, 2006 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum (1:30pm and 5:00pm)
- November 19, 2006 Fort Myers, FL Germain Arena (1:30pm and 5:00pm)
- November 20, 2006 Miami, FL American Airlines Arena (3:00pm and 6:30pm)
- November 21, 2006 Sunrise, FL Bank Atlantic Center (3:00pm and 6:30pm)
Trivia[]
- This is the first-ever concert where songs Hello, We're The Wiggles and Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star were sung.
- Hello, We're The Wiggles was only sung on August 19-20, respectively, by Greg, the latter date being Greg's final show of the 2000s. On both August 22 & 23, Greg collapsed before the shows were performed, and returned to Australia to recover. This means that these were the only times where Greg sang "Hello, We're The Wiggles. It is unknown, but very likely that the group recorded a version of "Hello, We're The Wiggles" for the original version of Wiggle and Learn or for Getting Strong!. On the other hand, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star was sung by Sam as Professor Singalottasonga, until latter dates of the tours was sung by Sam as the Yellow Wiggle. Greg would sing Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star in Celebration.
- By contrast, this is the only show where Sam sang Dorothy (Would You Like To Dance?)
- This is the last ever concert where songs Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! and Sailing Around The World were sung.
- This tour was in support of Wiggledancing! Live In The U.S.A..
- This is the first and only time when The Wiggles performed in:
- Lafayette, Louisiana
- Wichita, Kansas
- Florence, South Carolina
- Macon, Georgia (U.S. state)
- Fort Myers, Florida
- The stage in the second leg of the tour is nearly identical to the one used in the first, but with a few differences: the giant "DANCE" inflatable has been replaced with a video screen that shows the group on stage, along with animation to correspond with any given song.
- The balloons hanging from the ceiling were also removed around the time of the second leg.
- During the Three Ducks skits, Greg was the presenter, but during the times where Sam filled in for Greg, Anthony was the presenter, who then presented the skit in Racing to the Rainbow Show, Getting Strong! and Pop Goes The Wiggles Show!.
- This was the last time when Greg Page performed at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, NY with The Wiggles before his retirement because of his Orthostatic Intolerance.
- This was The Wiggles' last tour they performed at Madison Square Garden. Since then, they've continued to perform at smaller venues around the New York area.
- This is the second concert where Greg collapsed. First, it was The Wiggles Asia Tour. Third, would be The Original Wiggles Reunion Show For Bush Fire Relief.
- The Wiggles toured only in the midwest, northeast and southern US unlike the last tour, where they also hit the west coast.
- Greg collapsed on August 22nd, 2006 and had to be rushed to a hospital because of dehydration.
- Greg played acoustic guitar during Joannie Works With One Hammer. During the shows where Sam filled in for him, Anthony and Murray would play the song from scratch on acoustic and bass guitar respectively.
- The Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena show was performed until the same day as the Wiggledancing! Live In The U.S.A. DVD was released.
- The Ottawa, ON Canada Scotiabank Place show was performed until the same day as the Christmas Classics album was released in America.
See also[]
Links[]
- http://web.archive.org/web/20060722025929/www.thewiggles.com.au/country/usa/concerts.html
- http://web.archive.org/web/20061008084446/http://www.thewiggles.com.au/country/usa/concerts.html
- http://web.archive.org/web/20061107185558/http://www.thewiggles.com.au/us/events/17
- https://www.instagram.com/p/C3saSsLu3Ow/