TheClose Encounters Tour was a concert tour by the English recording artist,Robbie Williams. Running from April to December 2006, the tour supported Williams' sixth studio album,Intensive Care. The tour saw Williams play over 50 shows in stadiums across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Oceania. The name is derived from the 1977 film,Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The tour sold 1.6 million tickets on its first day of sale in November 2005, breaking the world record for the most concert tickets sold in a single day.[1] Williams held the record for nearly 17 years, until it was broken byTaylor Swift'sThe Eras Tour, which sold 2.4 million tickets in a single day in November 2022.[2]
The following set list is that for the concert on 10 April 2006 at the ABSA Stadium in Durban, South Africa.[3] It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.
^"Robbie sets ticket sales record".The Age. 25 November 2005.Archived from the original on 3 December 2022. Retrieved14 July 2025.British pop star Robbie Williams has entered the famed Guinness Book of World Records by selling more than 1.6 million tickets for his 2006 world tour in just one day, its editor said today.
^"Boxscore Concert Grosses".Billboard. Vol. 118, no. 46. Nashville, Tennessee: VNU Business Media. 18 November 2006. p. 12.ISSN0006-2510. Retrieved22 June 2013.
