The Wiggly Big Show Tour (lost footage of "The Wiggles" live performance; 1999)
The Wiggly Big Show is a concert video released by Australian children's group The Wiggles on September 6th, 1999[1] after their first concert video Wiggledance! was released in June 1997. The video is a recording of the group's December 7th & 8th, 1998 performance at the Sydney Entertainment Centre during the Toot Toot Show! tour. In a rare occurrence with concert videos, the group embarked on a tour in November 1999 to promote the video simply called "The Wiggly Big Show Tour". The group also did tours for their other concert videos like LIVE Hot Potatoes! in 2005, Wiggledancing! Live In The U.S.A. in 2006, Wiggledancing! Live In Concert in 2007, The Big, Big Show! in 2009, Big Birthday! in 2011, Celebration! in 2012, Wiggle Around Australia in 2017 and Fruit Salad Big Show in 2022. Very little information is known about this tour with the setlist for the tour being a mystery.
History
The tour commenced on November 1st at the Perth Entertainment Centre and ended on December 14th at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. The group would also perform at Australia's famed Carols In The Domain on December 18th in Sydney. The tour would be the group's last tour of the 1990's and the last time the group would perform at the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre as they would perform in different venues in Melbourne in later tours like the Palais Theatre, Vodafone Arena and the Rod Laver Arena. The tour would also be notable for the stage being used in the group's video It's A Wiggly, Wiggly World that would be released in July 2000. While the setlist is largely unknown, the songs confirmed to have been performed on the tour are Toot Toot, Here Come The Wiggles, Taba Naba, Sing With Me, a cover of the Split Enz song Six Months In A Leaky Boat, Blow Me Down and Wiggly Medley[2]. Six of them would actually be performed live for the first time and would later be seen in the It's A Wiggly, Wiggly World album and video. Other songs like Zardo Zap[3], Rock-A-Bye Your Bear, Henry's Underwater Big Band, Balla Balla Bambina, Feliz Navidad, Wiggly Christmas Medley have also been confirmed to have been performed on the tour. The tour would also be the group's first tour supported by the now defunct Australian internet provider OzEmail.
Availability
Photos from the tour taken by the audience and FairFax Photos (from the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre shows) have surfaced online giving some insight on what was performed on the tour and further information on the tour would be unearthed by Wigglepedia user WigglesEnthusiast[4][5]. No footage from the tour has surfaced and for awhile it was unknown if any concerts from the tour were recorded. The tour's program can be found online but unlike other programs from the group's later tours feature the setlist, the program for The Wiggly Big Show Tour does not feature the setlist, further fueling speculation on what the setlist could be[6]. While the group is known to record concerts, a small amount of those recorded concerts would see a public release. Neither the group or any members of the group have commented on the existence of any footage from the tour.
On April 3rd, 2022, a photo from the tour was posted on Instagram by user wigglesenthusiasts2. The photo is of Henry's Underwater Big Band being performed and to the far right of the photo, a tripod and camera can be seen[7]. The surfacing of the photo confirms the existence of footage from the tour, but the whereabouts of the footage is unknown.
On July 29th, 2024, more photos from the tour was posted on Instagram again by a user wigglesenthusiasts2. Some of the photos are reveal was Wiggly Christmas Medley and Tim Finn is performing Six Months In A Leaky Boat in this tour.[8]
Gallery
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)
- Santa's Rockin'! Live In Concert (partially lost footage of Sydney Entertainment Centre 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 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
- The Wiggles Concert Archives page on the November 12th performance
- The Wiggles Concert Archives page on the November 23rd performance
- The Wiggles Concert Archives page on the December 8th performance
- The Wiggles Concert Archives page on the December 14th performance
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050702182118/http://www.roadshow.com.au/village_category.asp?txtCatalog=Retail+VHS&txtCategory=W
- ↑ https://wigglybigkid.tripod.com/wigglybigkidsfansite/id8.html
- ↑ https://wiggles.fandom.com/wiki/Message_Wall:WigglesEnthusiast?threadId=4400000000000131347#4400000000000367851
- ↑ https://wiggles.fandom.com/wiki/The_Wiggly_Big_Show_Tour?diff=690219&oldid=690068
- ↑ https://wiggles.fandom.com/wiki/The_Wiggly_Big_Show_Tour?diff=686301&oldid=685464
- ↑ https://wiggles.fandom.com/wiki/The_Wiggly_Big_Show_Tour_Program
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb4h7ZROUSY/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/C-BCciFONQV/