Urban Hymns Tour
Tour by The Verve | |
Associated album | Urban Hymns |
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Start date | 9 August 1997 |
End date | 29 August 1998 |
Legs | 6 |
No. of shows | 51 |
The Verve concert chronology |
The Urban Hymns Tour was a concert tour by British rock band The Verve from August 1997 until August 1998, in support of their album Urban Hymns. The tour consisted of 6 legs, containing 51 shows in total.
Notable shows
Haigh Hall show
The Haigh Hall show in Wigan, UK, was the bands homecoming gig, as they had not played in their home city since 1992 on the Gravity Grave Tour. The band were supported by John Martyn, Beck (who was playing his only UK date of that year) and Eumir Deodato. The show was a complete sell out and became one of the band's most famous performances.
Slane Castle show
The final gig on the tour was the annual Slane Concert, which The Verve headlined. They were backed by David Gray, James, Robbie Williams and the Manic Street Preachers. The show was almost at full capacity, with over 80,000 fans purchasing tickets. It proved to be the band's last gig until their 2007 reunion. The show ended with a 15-minute jam of "Bitter Sweet Symphony".
Tour legs
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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United Kingdom and Ireland | |||
9 August 1997 | Sheffield | England | The Leadmill |
10 August 1997 | Glasgow | Scotland | Barrowlands |
11 August 1997 | Manchester | England | The Academy |
13 August 1997 | Wolverhampton | Wolverhampton Civic Hall | |
14 August 1997 | London | Hammersmith Palais | |
22 August 1997 | Dublin | Ireland | SFX Centre |
24 August 1997 | Reading | England | Reading Festival |
25 September 1997 | London | Earls Court Exhibition Centre | |
26 September 1997 | |||
27 September 1997 | |||
North America | |||
1 November 1997 | Atlanta | United States | The Roxy |
3 November 1997 | Washington, D.C. | 9:30 Club | |
5 November 1997 | New York City | Irving Plaza | |
6 November 1997 | |||
8 November 1997 | Boston | Avalon Ballroom | |
10 November 1997 | Detroit | Saint Andrew's Hall | |
11 November 1997 | Toronto | Canada | Phoenix Concert Theatre |
13 November 1997 | Chicago | United States | The Vic Theatre |
15 November 1997 | Seattle | The Showbox | |
17 November 1997 | Los Angeles | Mayan Theatre | |
18 November 1997 | |||
20 November 1997 | San Francisco | The Warfield | |
30 November 1997 | Fairfax | George Mason University | |
United Kingdom and Ireland | |||
10 January 1998 | Glasgow | Scotland | Barrowlands |
11 January 1998 | |||
13 January 1998 | Manchester | England | Manchester Apollo |
14 January 1998 | |||
16 January 1998 | London | Brixton Academy | |
17 January 1998 | |||
9 February 1998 | |||
19 May 1998 | Dublin | Ireland | Point Theatre |
20 May 1998 | |||
24 May 1998 | Wigan | England | Haigh Hall |
Western Europe | |||
1 June 1998 | Landgraaf | Netherlands | Pinkpop Festival |
2 June 1998 | Paris | France | Zénith de Paris |
3 June 1998 | Grenoble | Summen | |
6 June 1998 | Munich | Germany | Circuskrone |
7 June 1998 | Düsseldorf | Phillipshalle | |
North America | |||
28 July 1998 | Chicago | United States | Aragon Ballroom |
29 July 1998 | Auburn Hills | The Palace of Auburn Hills | |
31 July 1998 | Hamilton | Canada | Copps Coliseum |
1 August 1998 | Montreal | Molson Centre | |
3 August 1998 | Boston | United States | Harbor Lights |
5 August 1998 | New York City | Hammerstein Ballroom | |
6 August 1998 | |||
9 August 1998 | Houston | Aerial Theatre | |
11 August 1998 | Denver | Mammoth Center | |
14 August 1998 | Anaheim | Arrowhead Pond | |
15 August 1998 | San Francisco | Bill Graham Civic Auditorium | |
17 August 1998 | Seattle | Mercer Arena | |
United Kingdom and Ireland | |||
22 August 1998 | Chelmsford | England | V98 |
23 August 1998 | Leeds | V98 | |
29 August 1998* | County Meath | Ireland | Slane Castle |
- The show in County Meath, Ireland, was the band's last ever gig until their reunion in 2007.
Live set
The set list was chosen from a selection of these:
- "A New Decade"
- "This Is Music"
- "Life's An Ocean"
- "Man Called Sun"
- "Sonnet"
- "One Day"
- "Catching the Butterfly"
- "Slide Away"
- "Neon Wilderness"
- "Weeping Willow"
- "The Rolling People"
- "On Your Own"
- "The Drugs Don't Work"
- "Space and Time"
- "A Northern Soul"
- "Stormy Clouds"
- "Stormy Clouds (Reprise)"
- "Bitter Sweet Symphony"
- "History"
- "Lucky Man"
- "This Time"
- "Come On"
- "Velvet Morning"
- "See You in the Next One (Have a Good Time)"
- "Lord I Guess I'll Never Know"
- "So Sister"