Soul2Soul II Tour

Soul2Soul II Tour
Tour by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
Associated albumFireflies
Start dateApril 21, 2006
End dateSeptember 1, 2007
Legs2
No. of shows118 in North America
Box office$30,336,336
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill concert chronology
Tim McGraw tour chronology
Soul2Soul Tour
(2000) 		Soul2Soul II Tour
(2006–2007) 		Live Your Voice Tour
(2008)

The Soul2Soul II Tour was the second co-headlining concert tour between American country music singers, and husband and wife, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. Beginning as the Soul2Soul II Tour 2006, its shows featured elaborate production values using an open, cross-shaped stage.[1][2][3] Performances consisted of a set by Hill and set by McGraw, with the two sharing duets before, during, and after the individual sets.[3] Over the course of the show, the duets traced a thematic development starting at estrangement and ending in emotional closeness.[1][3]

The tour capitalized on McGraw and Hill's popularity, both as musical artists[4] and as a couple.[2] It played 74 shows in 56 cities, and sold 1.1 million tickets.[4] The tour grossed almost $89 million during 2006.[5] For the year, it was the third-highest grossing tour in North America (behind The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang Tour and Barbra Streisand's Streisand: The Tour);[5] and the fifth-highest grossing tour in the world for 2006.[6]

Soul2Soul II Tour 2006 became the highest-grossing country music tour of all time,[4] a position it still holds as of December 2007.[7] For its accomplishments, it received Pollstar's top Concert Industry Award, the Major Tour of the Year Award, for 2006.[8]

The tour was then continued the following year, as the rebranded Soul2Soul 2007. Some new songs were added to the set list, but the overall structure and theme of the show remained. Soul2Soul 2007 grossed some $52 million.[9] Together, the McGraw-Hill Soul2Soul tour has the highest gross for any multi-year country music tour ever, $141 million, breaking a mark previously held by Garth Brooks.[9] Over 1.6 million people saw the show over its two years.[9] The tour was the highest grossing tour ever by a country artist until Taylor Swift's "The Red Tour" surpassed it in 2014.

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  4. ^ a b c Harrington, Richard (2007-07-06). "For Country Power Couple, Family Comes First". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2008-07-12.
  5. ^ a b "Rolling Stones among biggest 2006 tours; Barbra Streisand, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill also among top grossers". Today.com. Associated Press. 2006-12-28. Retrieved 2008-07-12.
  6. ^ Waddell, Ray (2006-12-14). "Stones' Bigger Bang Is Top-Grossing Tour Of 2006". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-07-12.
  7. ^ Jenison, David (2007-12-21). "Police Collar Top Tour of 2007". E! Online. Retrieved 2008-07-12.
  8. ^ "The 18th Annual Concert Industry Awards". Pollstar. 2007-02-09. Archived from the original on 2007-06-20. Retrieved 2008-07-12.
  9. ^ a b c "Tim & Faith Break Country Tour Records". Great American Country. 2007-09-06. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2008-07-12.