Talk on Corners World Tour


The Talk on Corners Tour is the second concert tour by Irish band, The Corrs. Beginning November 1997, the tour supported the band's second studio album, Talk on Corners. To date, it is their longest tour, with over 150 dates in Europe, Australasia, Asia and North America. The tour began with the band performing in theatres and nightclubs and progressed to arenas and amphitheaters; along with a mix of music festival appearances.

Background

After promoting their second studio album, the band began tour rehearsals in October 1997 at The Factory Studios in Dublin. After rehearsals, the band promoted the tour on various radio stations throughout Europe. In February 1998 the band began their tour of Australia and New Zealand, while in New Zealand the band shot the video for "What Can I Do?". In March 1998, the band began their tour of the United Kingdom, where the performed at the Royal Albert Hall on Saint Patrick's Day with Mick Fleetwood joining the band for "Dreams", "Haste to the Wedding" and "Toss the Feathers". The show helped push "Dreams" to the top spot on British charts. It Also propelled their success to become the 2nd biggest band from Ireland behind U2.
Once breaking UK music scene, the band set out to follow the success in the USA, where the tours in October 1998. During their stay in Chicago, the band shot the video for "So Young". In December, the band set of on a large UK/European tour and selling out 5 night at Wembley Arena, and selling out more than half of the other venues on the tour. In March 1999, the band toured North America with The Rolling Stones as part of their No Security Tour. In July 1999, the band set off on a summer festival tour as they did the previous July. But on 17 July 1999 the band did the biggest concert to date, in front of a home crowd of 45,000 people at Lansdowne Road.

Opening acts

The following setlist is obtained from the 5 June 1998 concert at the Portsmouth Guildhall in Portsmouth, England. It does not represent all concerts during the tour.
  1. "Instrumental Sequence"
  2. "When He's Not Around"
  3. "No Good for Me"
  4. "Love to Love You"
  5. "Instrumental Sequence"
  6. "Forgiven, Not Forgotten"
  7. "Joy of Life"
  8. "Intimacy"
  9. "What Can I Do?"
  10. "The Right Time"
  11. "Queen of Hollywood"
  12. "Dreams"
  13. "Instrumental Sequence"
  14. "Runaway"
  15. "Only When I Sleep"
  16. "Hopelessly Addicted"
  17. "I Never Loved You Anyway"
Encore
  2. "So Young"
  4. "Toss the Feathers"

    5. Tour dates

;Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
;Cancellations and rescheduled shows

Personnel

Band
Management & Agents
The Crew