The Believe Again Tour is the second concert tour by Australian singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem, in support of her third studio album, Delta (2007).[1][2] The tour saw Goodrem perform 14 shows across Australia, commencing in Newcastle on 9 January 2009 and concluding in Sydney on 4 February 2009. Goodrem's fiancé at the time, Irish singer Brian McFadden, was the support act.[3]

Believe Again Tour
Tour by Delta Goodrem
Associated albumDelta
Start date9 January 2009
End date4 February 2009
Legs1
No. of shows14
Delta Goodrem concert chronology

The tour was released on DVD and as a live album in September 2009, titled Believe Again: Australian Tour 2009.[4]

Set list

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Tour dates

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List of concerts
Date City Country Venue
9 January 2009 Newcastle Australia Newcastle Civic Theatre
10 January 2009
11 January 2009 Sydney State Theatre
13 January 2009 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
14 January 2009
16 January 2009 Melbourne Hamer Hall
17 January 2009
19 January 2009
22 January 2009 Wollongong WIN Entertainment Centre
23 January 2009 Canberra Royal Theatre
26 January 2009 Brisbane Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
31 January 2009 Perth Kings Park
3 February 2009 Sydney State Theatre
4 February 2009

Believe Again: Australian Tour 2009

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Believe Again: Australian Tour 2009
 
Video by
Released18 September 2009 (Australia)
GenrePop
Length185 mins
LabelSony Music Entertainment (#0886975745296)
Delta Goodrem chronology
The Visualise Tour: Live in Concert
(2005)
Believe Again: Australian Tour 2009
(2009)

Goodrem's Sydney shows at the State Theatre were recorded for the DVD and live album, titled Believe Again: Australian Tour 2009. Released on 18 September 2009 through Sony Music,[4] the DVD cover was selected through a competition on Goodrem's official website, with the winning design by Australian graphic designer, Jacky Ho.[5] The release became Goodrem's third consecutive number 1 on the ARIA Music DVD Chart.[6]

Track listing

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CD track listing:

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro" 0:51
2."Believe Again"Delta Goodrem, Stuart Crichton, Tommy Lee James, Brian McFadden4:41
3."Innocent Eyes"Goodrem, Vince Pizzinga5:29
4."In This Life"Goodrem, Crichton, Lee James, McFadden4:28
5."I Can't Break It to My Heart"Goodrem, Savan Kotecha, Kristian Lundin4:00
6."Not Me, Not I"Goodrem, Kara DioGuardi, Gary Barlow, Eliot Kennedy, Jarrad Rogers4:37
7."Out of the Blue"Goodrem, Guy Chambers5:02
8."Mistaken Identity"Goodrem, Billymann4:32
9."You Will Only Break My Heart"Goodrem, Crichton, Lee James, McFadden5:19
10."Born to Try"Goodrem, Audius Mtawarira4:25
11."Butterfly"Garry Barlow, Eliot Kennedy, Tim Woodcock4:02
12."That's Freedom"Tom Kimmel, Jean Anne Chapman3:51
13."Running Away"Goodrem, Barlow, Kennedy, Woodcock3:06
14."Queen of the Night"Whitney Houston, L. A. Reid, Babyface, Daryl Simmons2:45
15."Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart2:08
16."Predictable"Goodrem, DioGuardi, Rogers3:12
17."Almost Here" (with Brian McFadden)McFadden, Paul Barry, Mark Taylor3:50
18."Together We Are One / One Day"Goodrem, McFadden, Chambers, Crichton, Lee James5:15
19."Lost Without You"Bridget Benenate, Matthew Gerrard3:52
20."Believe Again" (reprise)Goodrem, McFadden, Crichton, Lee James1:13

DVD features:

  • Full concert
  • Making of the tour
  • Behind the scenes
  • Stage visuals:
  1. "Queen of the Night"
  2. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (2003) Peak
positions
Australian ARIA DVD Chart[6] 1

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[7] Gold 7,500^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

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Adapted from the tour programme credits.

Crew:

  • Creative director – Delta Goodrem
  • Promoter – Danity Consolidated Entertainment
  • Tour manager – Chris Upjohn
  • Production manager – Rob Miles
  • FOH engineer – James Kilpatrick
  • Monitor engineer – Ben Shapiro
  • Lighting designer – Alex Saad
  • Guitar/stage tech – Gregory Crompton
  • Styling assistant – Debbie Van Eack
  • Light system crew – Bob Oswald, Troy Brown
  • FOH audio technician – Pat Richardson
  • Monitor technician – Tim Seconi
  • Choreography – Shannon Holtzapffel, Project Moda

Band:

  • Vocals, piano, acoustic guitar – Delta Goodrem
  • Musical director, keyboards, acoustic guitar, programming – Rich Sanford
  • Electric and acoustic guitars – Michael Dolce
  • Bass guitar, synth bass – Byron Luiters
  • Drums, percussion – Terepai Richmond
  • Backing vocals – Sharon Muscat, Christine Muscat, Glenn Cunningham

References

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  1. ^ "Delta Goodrem to tour Australia in New Year". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 2 October 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
  2. ^ "Delta Announces 'Believe Again' Australian Tour For 2009!". SonyBMG. Archived from the original on 27 July 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2008.
  3. ^ "Back-up Brian forced to play second fiddle to diva Delta". Irish Independent. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
  4. ^ a b "Delta Goodrem – Believe Again: Australian Tour 2009". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 July 2005. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  5. ^ "The Winner of the Delta DVD Competition Is..." Sony. Archived from the original on 21 September 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  6. ^ a b "ARIA Charts: Issue 1022" (PDF). ARIA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  7. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2009 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 17 December 2021.