Pops Tour

Pops Tour

Tour by Take That
Start date	24 August 1994
End date	28 April 1995
Legs	2
No. of shows	60 (total)
Take That concert chronology

The Pops Tour was the third concert tour from British Boyband Take That, designed to promote their brand new single, "Sure", and to promote their cereal campaign that had been ongoing for the past few months, with Kelloggs Cereals.

Setlist

1. "Fanfare for the Common Man" (Aaron Copland)
2. "Satisfied" (G.Barlow)
3. "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" (M.Jagger)
4. "Promises" (G.Barlow/G.Stack)
5. "Sure" (G.Barlow/M.Owen/R.Williams)
6. "Everything Changes" (G.Barlow/M.Ward/E.Kennedy/C.Baylis)
7. "Love Ain't Here Anymore" (G.Barlow)
8. "It Only Takes A Minute" (D.Lambert/B.Potter)
9. "Do What U Like" (G.Barlow/R.Hedges)
10. "Could It Be Magic" (B.Manilow/A.Anderson)
11. "Why Can't I Wake Up With You?" (G.Barlow)
12. "A Million Love Songs" (G.Barlow)
13. "Companion Lullaby" (Instrumental)
14. "Beatles Medley" (J.Lennon/P.McCartney)
15. "Babe" (G.Barlow)
16. "Give Good Feeling" (G.Barlow)
17. "Pray" (G.Barlow)
18. "Relight My Fire" {accompanied by Lulu} (D.Hartman)
19. "Fanfare for the Common Man" (A. Copland)

In "Why Can't I Wake Up With You?" and "A Million Love Songs" Take That played instruments on stage: Gary + Howard keyboards, Jason guitar. Lead vocals were partly sung by Howard in "Why Can't I Wake Up With You?" and by Robbie in "A Million Love Songs".

In "It Only Takes A Minute" and "Do What U Like" a group of children impersonating Take That members took part singing and dancing.

"Beatles Medley" consisted of: "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (lead: Gary), "Hard Day′s Night" (Robbie + Gary), "She Loves You" (Gary + Howard), "I Feel Fine" (Mark), "Get Back" (Jason), "Hey Jude" (Howard + Robbie).

"Get Back" was the only part of the show with Jason singing solo. Howard had solo parts in several songs shared with Gary. Mark sang "Babe", Robbie´s lead was in "Everything Changes" and "Could It Be Magic".

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
24 August 1994	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
26 August 1994
27 August 1994
28 August 1994
30 August 1994	Manchester	England	Manchester G-Mex
31 August 1994
1 September 1994
3 September 1994	Dublin	Ireland	Point Theatre
4 September 1994
6 September 1994	Sheffield	England	Sheffield Arena
7 September 1994
8 September 1994
9 September 1994
10 September 1994
12 September 1994	Cardiff	Wales	Cardiff International Arena
13 September 1994
15 September 1994	London	England	Wembley Arena
16 September 1994
17 September 1994
18 September 1994
19 September 1994
20 September 1994
22 September 1994	Birmingham		National Exhibition Centre
23 September 1994
26 September 1994
27 September 1994
28 September 1994
30 September 1994
1 October 1994
4 October 1994
7 October 1994	London		Wembley Arena
8 October 1994
9 October 1994
11 October 1994	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Kings Hall
12 October 1994
1 December 1994	London	England	Wembley Arena
16 March 1995	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Ahoy Rotterdam
17 March 1995
18 March 1995	Brussel	Belgium	Forest National
20 March 1995
23 March 1995	Berlin	Germany	Deutschlandhalle
24 March 1995
25 March 1995
28 March 1995	Kiel		Ostseehalle
30 March 1995	Munich		Olympiahalle
31 March 1995
2 April 1995	Zurich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
5 April 1995	Dortmund	Germany	Westfalenhalle
6 April 1995
9 April 1995	Frankfurt		Festhalle
10 April 1995
12 April 1995	Stuttgart		Schleyerhalle
15 April 1995	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
18 April 1995	Milan	Italy	Forum di Assago
19 April 1995
21 April 1995	Bologna		Palamalaguti
23 April 1995	Rome		Palaeur
24 April 1995
26 April 1995	Milan		Forum di Assago
28 April 1995	Turin		Palastampa

VHS release

The Manchester concerts were recorded and released in 1995 by BMG Records (UK) Ltd. on VHS cassette, titled "Hometown: Live at Manchester G-Mex".

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