Close Encounters Tour


The Close Encounters Tour was a concert tour by the English recording artist, Robbie Williams. Running from April to December 2006, the tour supported Williams' sixth studio album, Intensive Care. The tour saw Williams play over 50 shows in stadiums across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Oceania. The name is derived from the 1977 film, Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The tour sold 1.6 million tickets on its first day of sale in November 2005, breaking the world record for the most concert tickets sold in a single day. Williams held the record for nearly 17 years, until it was broken by Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour, which sold 2.4 million tickets in a single day in November 2022.

Opening acts

Set list

The following set list is that for the concert on 10 April 2006 at the ABSA Stadium in Durban, South Africa. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.
  1. "Instrumental Sequence"
  2. "Radio"
  3. "Rock DJ"
  4. "Tripping"
  5. "Monsoon"
  6. "Sin Sin Sin"
  7. "Supreme"
  8. "The Trouble With Me"
  9. "Millennium"
  10. "Back for Good"
  11. "Advertising Space"
  12. "There She Goes"
  13. "Ghosts"
  14. "Come Undone"
  15. "Feel"
  16. "A Place to Crash"
  17. "Kids"
  18. "Make Me Pure"
;Encore
  2. "Let Me Entertain You"
  3. "Strong"
  4. "Angels"

Tour dates

;Cancellations and rescheduled shows