A Classic Tour
A Classic Tour was a concert tour by Hong Kong recording artist Jacky Cheung. The tour began on October 21, 2016, at the LeTV Sports Ecological Center in Beijing, China. It concluded on January 29, 2019, at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hong Kong.
The tour attracted a total of 4,500,000 people and grossed approximately US$330 million, making it amongst the most-attended and highest-grossing concert tours of all time.
Background and development
During a press conference on May 18, 2016, Cheung expressed his appreciation for the opportunity to continue performing concerts. After concluding his 1/2 Century Tour in 2012, he had doubts about whether he could sustain such performances at his age. However, after assessing his physical condition and stamina, he made the decision to embark on a new tour titled A Classic Tour, to showcase some of his most "classic" works.It was revealed that the tour would begin in Beijing on October 21, 2016, and would continue throughout many other cities such as Chongqing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Wuhan. The tour featured a four-sided stage in Hong Kong, similar to the setup used for his first solo concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum in 1987.
Commercial performance
The Changsha concerts in November 2017 attracted over 100,000 and grossed over ¥66 million in revenue. Pollstar ranked the December 2017 concerts in Shanghai number 24 in their top 100 international box office report, selling 54,900 tickets with $10,970,151 in revenue.The concerts in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in January 2019 was attended by 40,000 people with more than NT$132 million in revenue.