Sade Live

Sade Live
Tour by Sade
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album
Start date29 April 2011 (2011-04-29)
End date16 December 2011 (2011-12-16)
Legs5
No. of shows
  • 38 in Europe
  • 54 in North America
  • 5 in South America
  • 6 in Australia
  • 1 in Asia
  • 104 total (4 cancelled)
Box office$83.3 million[1]
Sade concert chronology

Sade Live (also known as the Once in a Lifetime Tour or the Soldier of Love Tour)[2][3] was the sixth concert tour by British band Sade. Visiting Europe, the Americas, Australia and Asia the tour supports the band's sixth studio album, Soldier of Love and their second greatest hits album, The Ultimate Collection. This trek marked the band's first tour in nearly a decade.[4] The tour ranked 27th in Pollstar's "Top 50 Worldwide Tour (Mid-Year)", earning over 20 million dollars.[5] At the conclusion of 2011, the tour placed tenth on Billboard's annual, "Top 25 Tours", earning over $50 million with 59 shows.[6]

  1. ^ "Pollstar Top 100 Worldwide Tours 2011" (PDF).
  2. ^ Concepcion, Mariel (7 February 2011). "John Legend To Join Sade on Tour". Billboard. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  3. ^ The Comet Staff (7 February 2011). "John Legend Joins Sade's 'Once in a Lifetime' Tour". The Comet. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  4. ^ Concepcion, Mariel (30 September 2011). "Sade Announces First Tour in Ten Years". Billboard. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Top 50 Worldwide Tours (01/01/2011 – 06/30/2011)" (PDF). Pollstar. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Top 25 Tours of 2011". Billboard. 8 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2011.