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During the first three tours the overture would be played at, nothing special would occur outside of some spotlights on the stage or curtain before the group appeared. During the Lights, Camera, Action Tour in December 2003, a new Overture was performed and was performed by an Orchestra and just before the Overture ends, the stage would be revealed and the concert would begin. For their North American tour in 2004, the group brought back the original Overture and instead of letting it play over the curtain or a deserted stage, the group came up with something different for the Overture. A video would play on the venue's video screens off to the side of the stage depicting The Wiggles driving in the Big Red Car to the venue the video would be playing in. The video would also include landmarks and street signs from the venue's hometown. The video would play throughout the entire Overture and when the video ended the group appeared on stage in the Big Red Car with the backup dancers holding flags depicting the group's colors (red, purple, blue and yellow) and Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car would start playing and the concert would begin. The video debuted at the beginning of the second leg of the tour and would receive overwhelming positive reviews from the crowd with one reviewer stating "The kids who were old enough to know what was happening were screaming in anticipation, and many of the parents were getting excited too." before concluding with "Jaden's jaw hit the floor. He just stared in amazement. Greg drove the car to all corners of the stage and right in the middle, so everyone got to see it. They did the whole song before driving off the other side of the stage."<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CTTJaEtgyQz/</ref>
During the first three tours the overture would be played at, nothing special would occur outside of some spotlights on the stage or curtain before the group appeared. During the Lights, Camera, Action Tour in December 2003, a new Overture was performed and was performed by an Orchestra and just before the Overture ends, the stage would be revealed and the concert would begin. For their North American tour in 2004, the group brought back the original Overture and instead of letting it play over the curtain or a deserted stage, the group came up with something different for the Overture. A video would play on the venue's video screens off to the side of the stage depicting The Wiggles driving in the Big Red Car to the venue the video would be playing in. The video would also include landmarks and street signs from the venue's hometown. The video would play throughout the entire Overture and when the video ended the group appeared on stage in the Big Red Car with the backup dancers holding flags depicting the group's colors (red, purple, blue and yellow) and Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car would start playing and the concert would begin. The video debuted at the beginning of the second leg of the tour and would receive overwhelming positive reviews from the crowd with one reviewer stating "The kids who were old enough to know what was happening were screaming in anticipation, and many of the parents were getting excited too." before concluding with "Jaden's jaw hit the floor. He just stared in amazement. Greg drove the car to all corners of the stage and right in the middle, so everyone got to see it. They did the whole song before driving off the other side of the stage."<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CTTJaEtgyQz/</ref>


The videos would be discontinued at the end of the tour and would be replaced with the backup dancers dancing to the Overture<ref>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C-6TX533XdMH6Fa8azDb-kAsmmg1bj4p/view</ref>. The Overture would be discontinued entirely in 2007. Many audience recordings from the tour have surfaced online but no audience recordings of any of the 47 Overture Introduction videos exist. Only four photos of one of the Introductions taken from some audience members at one of the Pennsylvania shows can be found online. It's unknown if the group still have the Overture Introductions in the archives.
The videos would be discontinued at the end of the tour and would be replaced with the backup dancers dancing to the Overture<ref>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C-6TX533XdMH6Fa8azDb-kAsmmg1bj4p/view</ref>. The Overture would be discontinued entirely in 2007. Many audience recordings from the tour have surfaced online but no audience recordings of any of the 23 Overture Introduction videos exist. Only four photos of one of the Introductions taken from some audience members at one of the Pennsylvania shows can be found online. It's unknown if the group still have the Overture Introductions in their archives.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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==See Also==
==See Also==
===TV===
*[[The Wiggles Live at Disneyland (found Australian TV special; 1998)]]
*[[The Wiggles Live at Disneyland (found Australian TV special; 1998)]]
*[[The Wiggles Big Show (partially lost footage of Melbourne performance; 1997)]]
*[[The Wiggles (partially found alternate versions of episodes of children's show; 1998-2011)]]
*[[Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (partially found original version of music video from album; 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)]]
*[[The Wiggles Series One (partially lost deleted scenes of children's live action series; 1997-1998)]]
*[[The Wiggles Series One (partially lost deleted scenes of children's live action series; 1997-1998)]]
*[[Wiggly Party Live in Concert (partially found footage of Vodafone Arena performance; 2001)]]
*[[The Wiggles Show (partially found animated songs from children's show; mid 2000s)]]
*[[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 (lost unaired ABC pilot featuring children's group; 1995)]]
*[[Getting Strong! (partially found original version of Wiggles video; 2006)]]
*[[The Wiggles (partially lost widescreen versions of children's videos; 2002-2004)]]
*[[The Wiggles Show (partially found Latin American adaptation of children's series; 2006)]]
*[[The Wiggles Show (partially found Latin American adaptation of children's series; 2006)]]
*[[Let's Wiggle (partially found short series for children's band; 1997-1999)]]
*[[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)]]
*[[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 (rumored/lost TV special of The Wiggles tour; existence unconfirmed; 2003)]]
===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; 2000; existence unconfirmed)]]
*[[Yule Be Wiggling Christmas Show (lost footage of The Wiggles live performance; 2000; existence unconfirmed)]]
*[[Toot Toot Show! (partially lost footage of The Wiggles performance; 1998)]]
*[[Toot Toot Show! (partially lost footage of The Wiggles performance; 1998)]]
*[[Wiggle and Learn (lost unreleased original version of children's TV series; 2006)]]
*[[The Wiggles - NASA (lost footage of National Aeronautics and Space Administration performance; 2004)]]
*[[The Wiggles - NASA (lost footage of National Aeronautics and Space Administration performance; 2004)]]
*[[Santa's Rockin'! Concert (partially found footage of The Wiggles performance; 2004)]]
*[[Santa's Rockin'! Concert (partially found footage of Sydney Entertainment Centre performance; 2004)]]
*[[Wiggly Safari Show (partially found footage of The Wiggles performances; 2002)]]
*[[Wiggly Safari Show (partially found footage of The Wiggles performances; 2002)]]
*[[Wiggledancing! Live On Stage (partially found pro-shot recordings of concert tour; 2006)]]
*[[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)]]
*[[Greatest Hits In The Round (partially lost Acer Arena performance of The Wiggles; 2010)]]
*[[The Wiggles (partially found alternate versions of episodes of children's show; 1998-2011)]]
*[[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; existence unconfirmed)]]
 
===Videos===
*[[Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (partially found original version of music video from album; 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)]]
*[[Dancing Ride (found The Wiggles music video; 2001)]]
*[[LIVE Hot Potatoes! (partially lost uncut version of Wiggles video; 2005)]]
*[[LIVE Hot Potatoes! (found uncut version of Wiggles video; 2005)]]
*[[The Wiggles (partially found unreleased music videos of children's group; 2000s-2020s)]]
*[[Toot Toot! (found original version of The Wiggles video; 1998)]]
 
===Music===
*[[Get Ready To Wiggle! (lost "The Wiggles" UK album; 1999)]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 17:53, 10 November 2021

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Poster from the North American Tour

Status: Lost

On April 24, 2004, the Australian children's group The Wiggles embarked on their tour of North America[1][2]. The tour was one of three tours the group would embark on in 2004 with a short 4 date UK tour occurring in September 2004 and a Christmas themed tour titled "Santa's Rockin'! Concert" in Australia in December 2004. From the Wiggly Party Live In Concert tour in 2001 to the Racing To The Rainbow Show tour in 2007 a mashup of songs would play before a concert that would be dubbed the "Overture". It mostly contained instrumentals of some of the group's most famous songs to hype up the concert and the group's appearance on stage.

During the first three tours the overture would be played at, nothing special would occur outside of some spotlights on the stage or curtain before the group appeared. During the Lights, Camera, Action Tour in December 2003, a new Overture was performed and was performed by an Orchestra and just before the Overture ends, the stage would be revealed and the concert would begin. For their North American tour in 2004, the group brought back the original Overture and instead of letting it play over the curtain or a deserted stage, the group came up with something different for the Overture. A video would play on the venue's video screens off to the side of the stage depicting The Wiggles driving in the Big Red Car to the venue the video would be playing in. The video would also include landmarks and street signs from the venue's hometown. The video would play throughout the entire Overture and when the video ended the group appeared on stage in the Big Red Car with the backup dancers holding flags depicting the group's colors (red, purple, blue and yellow) and Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car would start playing and the concert would begin. The video debuted at the beginning of the second leg of the tour and would receive overwhelming positive reviews from the crowd with one reviewer stating "The kids who were old enough to know what was happening were screaming in anticipation, and many of the parents were getting excited too." before concluding with "Jaden's jaw hit the floor. He just stared in amazement. Greg drove the car to all corners of the stage and right in the middle, so everyone got to see it. They did the whole song before driving off the other side of the stage."[3]

The videos would be discontinued at the end of the tour and would be replaced with the backup dancers dancing to the Overture[4]. The Overture would be discontinued entirely in 2007. Many audience recordings from the tour have surfaced online but no audience recordings of any of the 23 Overture Introduction videos exist. Only four photos of one of the Introductions taken from some audience members at one of the Pennsylvania shows can be found online. It's unknown if the group still have the Overture Introductions in their archives.

Gallery

See Also

TV

Concerts

Videos

Music

References