Santa's Rockin'! Live In Concert (partially lost footage of Sydney Entertainment Centre performance; 2004)
Santa's Rockin'! is the twentieth album by Australian children's group The Wiggles that was released on October 5, 2004 in North America and two days later in Australia. The album's accompanying video was released a month earlier in North America before reaching the Australian market on November 10, 2004. It would be the group's third Christmas album after Yule Be Wiggling four years earlier and would feature some famous guest singers like Barry Williams from the Brady Bunch, Ross Wilson (as the character King Mando previously seen in Space Dancing) and John Fogerty of iconic roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival. In December 2004, the Santa's Rockin'! Live In Concert tour would commence to promote the album and video.
The tour only spanned 11 dates from December 1 at the Perth Burswood Dome to December 20 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre[1]. The reason why the short number of shows is probably down to before the tour began, Anthony Field broke his wrist while trying to catch a falling prop during a concert in New York a month earlier and his place being filled by backup dancer Brett Clarke until December 15th[2]. The tour would also be notably for debuting a new Big Red Car model that would later be seen in the 2006 video "Here Comes The Big Red Car", the last tour to include ramps at the front of the stage for the Big Red Car and dancers (expect for the Tsunami Relief Benefit Concert a year later, which was the last show to use ramps), the second tour to have Ross Wilson do guest vocals on two songs (Eagle Rock and This Little Baby Is Born Again), the first time Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo was performed since 1997 tour, the debut of the song Mop Mop that would be seen in Sailing Around The World, The last time when Silver Bells That Ring In The Night and Wiggly Christmas Medley is performed, and their first tour to be performed in Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Victoria (Australian state), Australia.
One of the Sydney concerts (either December 18th, 19th or 20th) would be recorded but never got a home media release. The only time songs from the concert were used, was in the group's fifth television series The Wiggles Show that started airing in June 2006. The Monkey Dance and The Wiggle Owl Medley were featured as a special feature titled "The Wiggles LIVE 2004 Sydney Entertainment Centre" on the "Happy 15th Birthday" DVD that was released in August 2006 to various Australian Newspapers[3]. It was assumed that songs seen in the series were the only songs performed at the concert, but audience and press photos of songs that were performed on the tour debunked that and a programme from one of the tour dates also shows songs that didn't appear in the available footage and doesn't have any songs that appear in the available footage. It was also discovered that the Latin American television series also called The Wiggles Show used audience footage from the Sydney concert for their concert segments.
A video entitled "Wiggle All The Way-- Live!" was advertised in the booklet for the North American release of the Santa's Rockin' video projected for a Winter 2005 release. However the video was cancelled before release and LIVE! Hot Potatoes was released instead. It was previously believed that "Wiggle All The Way-- Live!" was an early title for LIVE! Hot Potatoes but it wouldn't be until October 14, 2023 when it was revealed that "Wiggle All The Way-- Live!" was a completely different video and was in fact the Sydney concert from the Santa's Rockin'! Live In Concert tour[4]. It's very likely the release was cancelled due to the small window from recording the concert to releasing the concert in due time. Aside from the already available clips, no other footage from the concert has been released.
Songs
Pictures
See Also
TV
- The Wiggles Live at Disneyland (found Australian TV special; 1998)
- The Wiggles (partially found alternate versions of episodes of children's show; 1998-2011)
- The Wiggles Series One (partially lost deleted scenes of children's live-action series; 1997-1998)
- The Wiggles Show (partially found animated songs from children's show; mid-2000s)
- The Wiggles (lost unaired ABC pilot featuring children's group; 1995)
- The Wiggles Show (found Latin American adaptation of children's series; 2006)
- Let's Wiggle (partially found short series for children's band; 1997-1999)
- The Wiggles (partially found Taiwanese adaptation of children's series; 2003-2007)
- Wiggle and Learn (lost unreleased original version of children's TV series; 2006)
- A Wiggly Postcard from Asia (lost TV special of The Wiggles tour; existence unconfirmed; 2003)
- Dorothy The Dinosaur (lost episodes of unreleased fourth season of children's TV series; 2016)
- The Wiggles (lost Indian adaptations of children TV series; existence unconfirmed; 2006)
Concerts
- The Wiggles Big Show (partially lost footage of Melbourne performance; 1997)
- Wiggly Party: Live in Concert (partially found footage of Vodafone Arena performance; 2001)
- Yule Be Wiggling Christmas Show (lost footage of "The Wiggles" live performance; existence unconfirmed; 2000)
- Toot Toot Show! (partially lost footage of The Wiggles performance; 1998)
- The Wiggles - NASA (lost footage of National Aeronautics and Space Administration performance; 2004)
- Wiggly Safari Show (partially found footage of The Wiggles performances; 2002)
- Wiggledancing! Live On Stage (partially found pro-shot recordings of concert tour; 2006)
- Greatest Hits In The Round (partially lost Acer Arena performance of The Wiggles; 2010)
- Christmas Celebration (lost footage of The Wiggles final performance; 2012)
- The Wiggles LIVE In Concert Tsunami Relief Benefit Concert (partially found footage of Indian Ocean earthquake fundraiser performance; 2005)
- The Wiggly Big Show Tour (lost footage of "The Wiggles" live performance; 1999)
- The Wiggles Reunion Show (partially lost footage of Melbourne performance; 2016)
- Pop Go The Wiggles Show (partially found footage of The Wiggles tour; 2007)
- Sailing Around The World Live! (partially lost recordings of The Wiggles tour; 2005-2006)
- Big Red Car Tour (partially found footage of The Wiggles concert tour; 1995-1996)
- The Wiggles (lost video recordings from Wonderland Sydney concert; 2001)
Videos
- Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (partially found original version of Wiggles video; 1996)
- Wake Up Jeff! (partially found original version of Wiggles video; 1996)
- A Wiggle Tale: Dorothy the Dinosaur Goes to Hospital (found promotional VHS tape; 1999)
- Getting Strong! (partially found original version of Wiggles video; 2006)
- The Wiggles (partially lost widescreen versions of children's videos; 2002-2004)
- Dancing Ride (found The Wiggles music video; 2001)
- LIVE Hot Potatoes! (found uncut version of Wiggles video; 2005)
- Overture Introductions (lost pre-show videos from The Wiggles tour; 2004)
- The Wiggles (partially found unreleased music videos of children's group; 2000s-2020s)
- Toot Toot! (found original version of The Wiggles video; 1998)
- Pop Go The Wiggles (lost unreleased version of The Wiggles video; existence unconfirmed; 2006)
Music
- Get Ready To Wiggle! (lost "The Wiggles" UK album; 1999)
- The Wiggles Show (partially lost songs from Latin American children's series; 2006)
- The Wiggles (partially lost re-recorded instrumentals of Australian children's band; 2000s)
Miscellaneous
- WiggleWorld (partially found interactive children's website; 2000-2001)
- Neighbours "Episode 3896" (partially found episode of Australian soap opera; 2001)
- Mister Moose's Fun Time (partially found spin-off of "The All New Captain Kangaroo" Fox Kids children's series reboot; late 1990s)
External Links
References
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20041209075828/http://www.thewiggles.com.au/country/australia/santasrockin.html
- ↑ https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/anthony-keeps-on-wiggling-20041214-gdz6xv.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBTQzDTULV4&ab_channel=DanielCelano
- ↑ https://wiggles.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000000143545/r/4400000000000430576