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The Wiggles during Wiggling All Over The World during the final concert.

Status: Lost

Celebration! was a concert tour performed by famed Australian children's group The Wiggles. The tour was first commenced to promote the Surfer Jeff album and video that were released just weeks before the tour began, but was later promoted as the final tour to feature the lineup of Anthony Field, Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt & Greg Page^[1]^[2] and the tour ended up being just that. The tour commenced on May 26th, 2012 in Singapore, Asia^[3] before the setlist and tour name changed after the November 18th, 2012 show at the Launceston, Tasmania, Australia to "Christmas Celebration Tour!"^[4].

History

After that, they toured the Australian venues they usually toured in the past 15 years with the last two shows of the tour on December 22nd and 23rd at the Sydney Entertainment Centre^[5] not only being the first time since 2009 the group has performed at the venue but also the last time the group would perform at the venue before it's closure in 2015 and demolition a year later and the lineup's last show until 2016. The original lineup wouldn't tour again until 2022^[6]. The tour would also mark the debut of Do the Propeller! and Simon Says with then "In-Training" wiggles, Simon Pryce, Lachlan Gillespie and Emma Watkins, one of very few tours to not have Hot Potato performed and the last time the songs Ooh It's Captain Feathersword, Getting Strong! and Wiggle 2012 Medley were performed. Fan favorite backup dancer Ben Murray made a brief appearance near the end of Ooh It's Captain Feathersword^[7]. The December 23rd show would also mark the only time the song "Wiggling All Over the World" (a cover of John Fogerty's Rockin' All Over the World) would be performed.

Availability

Various clips and photos taken from the audience at the December 23rd show have surfaced online^[8], but no pro-shot footage have surfaced. Many people online point to a news report on the final shows that has clips from the concert^[9] to being footage that the band recorded, but it later turned out to be recorded by the Network 10 News crew. It wasn't until Greg Page's Q&A series "Remembers.. or Tries To" that he revealed that the band did in fact record the December 23rd show at the Sydney Entertainment Centre and the footage never saw the light of day. Page later deleted the Q&A series from his YouTube channel, but backups can be found. Since that revelation, the footage has still never been released and it's unknown if it will ever be released.

Videos

The second part of Greg Page's Remembers... Or Tries To Q&A series (mentions the concert at 25:35)

References

[1] ttps://ph.news.yahoo.com/australias-wiggles-flag-major-changes-line-055512593.html

[2] ttps://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/three-original-wiggles-to-hang-up-their-skivvies-20120517-1yto0.html

[3] ttps://www.marinabaysands.com/content/dam/singapore/marinabaysands/master/main/home/company-information/media-centre/mar2012/031912%20The%20Wiggles%20Press%20Release.pdf

[4] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20121020015902/http://www.thewiggles.com.au/au/events/97

[5] ttp://www.essentialbaby.com.au/life-style/family-entertainment/wiggles-farewell-tour-dates-20120813-243s2

[6] ttps://twitter.com/TheWiggles/status/1451095920985001991

[7] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/CQoVW8znkF2/

[8] ttps://wiggles.fandom.com/wiki/Christmas_Celebration_Tour!/Gallery

[9] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOPUS92UfoM&ab_channel=Channel10

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 Celebration! was a concert tour performed by famed Australian children's group The Wiggles. The tour was first commenced to promote the  Surfer Jeff album and video that were released just weeks before the tour began, but was later promoted as the final tour to feature the lineup of Anthony Field, Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt & Greg Page<ref>https://ph.news.yahoo.com/australias-wiggles-flag-major-changes-line-055512593.html</ref><ref>https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/three-original-wiggles-to-hang-up-their-skivvies-20120517-1yto0.html</ref> and the tour ended up being just that. The tour commenced on May 26th, 2012 in Singapore, Asia<ref>https://www.marinabaysands.com/content/dam/singapore/marinabaysands/master/main/home/company-information/media-centre/mar2012/031912%20The%20Wiggles%20Press%20Release.pdf</ref> before the setlist and tour name changed after the November 18th, 2012 show at the Launceston, Tasmania, Australia to "Christmas Celebration Tour!"<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121020015902/http://www.thewiggles.com.au/au/events/97</ref>.
-After that, they toured the Australian venues they usually toured in the past 15 years with the last two shows of the tour on December 22nd and 23rd at the Sydney Entertainment Centre<ref>http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/life-style/family-entertainment/wiggles-farewell-tour-dates-20120813-243s2</ref> not only being the first time since 2009 the group has performed at the venue but also the last time the group would before at the venue's closure in 2015 and demolition a year later and the lineup's last show until 2016. The tour would also mark the debut of Do the Propeller! and Simon Says with then "In-Training" wiggles, Simon Pryce, Lachlan Gillespie and Emma Watkins, one of very few tours to not have Hot Potato performed and the last time the songs Ooh It's Captain Feathersword, Getting Strong! and Wiggle 2012 Medley. Fan favorite backup dancer Ben Murray made a brief appearance near the end of Ooh It's Captain Feathersword<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CQoVW8znkF2/</ref>. The December 23rd show would also mark the only time the song "Wiggling All Over the World" (a cover of John Fogerty's Rockin' All Over the World) would be performed.
+==History==
+After that, they toured the Australian venues they usually toured in the past 15 years with the last two shows of the tour on December 22nd and 23rd at the Sydney Entertainment Centre<ref>http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/life-style/family-entertainment/wiggles-farewell-tour-dates-20120813-243s2</ref> not only being the first time since 2009 the group has performed at the venue but also the last time the group would perform at the venue before it's closure in 2015 and demolition a year later and the lineup's last show until 2016. The original lineup wouldn't tour again until 2022<ref>https://twitter.com/TheWiggles/status/1451095920985001991</ref>. The tour would also mark the debut of Do the Propeller! and Simon Says with then "In-Training" wiggles, Simon Pryce, Lachlan Gillespie and Emma Watkins, one of very few tours to not have Hot Potato performed and the last time the songs Ooh It's Captain Feathersword, Getting Strong! and Wiggle 2012 Medley were performed. Fan favorite backup dancer Ben Murray made a brief appearance near the end of Ooh It's Captain Feathersword<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CQoVW8znkF2/</ref>. The December 23rd show would also mark the only time the song "Wiggling All Over the World" (a cover of John Fogerty's Rockin' All Over the World) would be performed.
-Various clips and photos taken from the audience at the December 23rd show have surfaced online<ref>https://wiggles.fandom.com/wiki/Christmas_Celebration_Tour!/Gallery</ref>, but no pro-shot footage have surfaced. Many people online point to a news report on the final shows that has clips from the concert<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOPUS92UfoM&ab_channel=Channel10</ref> to being footage that the band recorded, but it later turned out to be recorded by the Network 10 News crew. It wasn't until Greg Page's Q&A series "Remembers.. or Tries To" that he revealed that the band did in fact record the December 23rd show at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, but for unknown reasons, the footage never got released. Page later deleted the Q&A series from his YouTube channel and no one backed up the video where he revealed the footage's existence. Since that revelation, the footage has still never been released and it's unknown if it will ever be released.
+==Availability==
+Various clips and photos taken from the audience at the December 23rd show have surfaced online<ref>https://wiggles.fandom.com/wiki/Christmas_Celebration_Tour!/Gallery</ref>, but no pro-shot footage have surfaced. Many people online point to a news report on the final shows that has clips from the concert<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOPUS92UfoM&ab_channel=Channel10</ref> to being footage that the band recorded, but it later turned out to be recorded by the Network 10 News crew. It wasn't until Greg Page's Q&A series "Remembers.. or Tries To" that he revealed that the band did in fact record the December 23rd show at the Sydney Entertainment Centre and the footage never saw the light of day. Page later deleted the Q&A series from his YouTube channel, but backups can be found. Since that revelation, the footage has still never been released and it's unknown if it will ever be released.
+==Videos==
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+}}
 ==See Also==
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 *[[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 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 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 (partially lost Latin American adaptation of children's series; 2006)]]
+*[[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 (rumored/lost TV special of The Wiggles tour; existence unconfirmed; 2003)]]
+*[[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)]]
+*[[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; 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'! Concert (partially found footage of Sydney Entertainment Centre 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)]]
 *[[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)]]
+*[[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 music video from album; 1996)]]
+*[[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)]]
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 *[[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)]]
 ==References==