# The Greatest Hits World Tour

The Greatest Hits World Tour is the seventh concert world tour by Italian singer Laura Pausini, in promotion of her compilation album 20 – The Greatest Hits that was released on 12 November 2013. The tour began with a show in Pesaro, Italy on 5 December 2013 and ended on 7 August 2015 in Marbella, Spain. In Spanish-speaking countries, the tour was renamed "Grandes Exitos Gira Mundial".
In February 2014, Pausini confirmed on her official site that the tour would be extended and that more shows would be scheduled after the 20 originally planned. This new set of concerts included two performances in Australia and one performance in Russia, marking the first time Pausini performs in such countries.
On 10 June 2014, Pausini postponed her two Australian shows and two Russian 'due to unforeseen technical problems and production issues'. The Melbourne concert scheduled for 12 June 2014 at Rod Laver Arena would now take place on 13 February 2015 at a smaller venue, Margaret Court Arena. The 14 June, Sydney show was announced for 14 February 2015. The show in St. Petersburg, Russia on 24 June 2014 was cancelled; and the show in Moscow scheduled for 27 June 2014, was rescheduled to 17 February 2015.

## Background

On 26 February 2013, in order to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of her career, Pausini released a digital single including the original versions in Italian, Spanish and English of the song which launched her career in 1993, "La solitudine". The track was launched as a limited-edition single, available for purchase for a week only. Later during the same year, she confirmed that a greatest hits album would be released for the same purpose by December 2013.
On 1 June 2013 Pausini took part in the concert Chime for Change in London, supporting the global campaign of the same name for girls' and women's empowerment. Pausini performed the songs "Io canto" and "It's Not Goodbye". During the same year, she appeared as a featured artist on the track "Sonríe (Smile)", included in American singer Gloria Estefan's album The Standards. A new world tour was also confirmed by Pausini through her official website. Starting from December 2013, Pausini would promote her greatest hits album with concerts in her native Italy, as well as in other European countries, in Latin America, in the United States and in Canada. The tour also includes a performance during the Viña del Mar International Song Festival in Chile.
On 9 September 2013, Pausini released a new single named "Limpido" (in Spanish, "Limpio"), in order to promote her new album. The song is a duet between Pausini and the Australian singer Kylie Minogue. On the same day, the name of the album was confirmed to be 20 – The Greatest Hits / 20 – Grandes Exitos.

## Special guests

Many of the world tour's concerts featured other singers as special guests, personally invited by Pausini.
On 22 December 2013, Italian singers Emma Marrone and Biagio Antonacci shared with Pausini the vocals in the songs "Come se non fosse stato mai amore" and "Vivimi", respectively.
It was confirmed by Laura Pausini that three other concerts would have special guests. The first one was the one in Mexico City on 28 February 2014, where Pausini was joined by fellow singers Ximena Sariñana and Aleks Syntek. The second one was the one in Miami, on 2 March 2014 where Luis Fonsi, and Biagio Antonacci, joined Laura in the songs "Como si no nos hubiéramos amado" and "Víveme/Vivimi". The third show was in New York City where she sang with the group Il Volo and the singers Biagio Antonacci, Miguel Bosé, Ivete Sangalo and Gloria Estefan.
For the concerts held in Mexico, in the month of November 2014, Pausini invited the participants of La Voz (Mexican TV series), to sing with her on stage. Mexican singer Yuri was invited to the last concert in Mexico held in the country's capital.

## Setlist

* Se non te
* Non ho mai smesso
* Benvenuto
* Con la musica alla radio
* Primavera in anticipo
* Invece no
* Io canto
* Uguale a lei
* Prendo te
* Resta in ascolto
* Vivimi
* Come se non fosse stato mai amore
* Surrender
* E ritorno da te
* Tra te e il mare
* Un'emergenza d'amore
* It's not goodbye
* Incancellabile
* Le cose che vivi/Tudo o que eu vivo
* Gente
* Strani amori (bis 1)
* Non c'è/Se fue (bis 2)
* Dove resto solo io
* Limpido
* La solitudine
* Sino a ti
* Jamás abandoné
* Bienvenido
* Con la música en la radio
* Primavera anticipada (It Is My Song)
* En cambio no
* Yo canto
* She (Uguale a lei)
* Prendo te
* Escucha atento
* Víveme
* Come si no nos hubiéramos amado
* Surrender
* Volveré junto a ti
* Entre tu y mil mares
* Emergencia de amor
* It's Not Good-Bye/En Ausencia de Ti
* Inolvidable
* Las cosas que vives/Tudo o que eu vivo
* Gente
* Amores extraños
* Se fue
* Donde quedo solo yo
* Limpio (Spanglish Version)
* La soledad
* Limpio
* Entre tú y mil mares
* Bienvenido
* Primavera anticipada (It Is My Song)
* En cambio no
* Volveré junto a ti
* Víveme
* Quiero decirte que te amo
* Las cosas que vives
* Escucha atento
* Emergencia de amor
* Como si no nos hubiéramos amado
* Gente
* Inolvidable
* Amores extraños
* Se fue (bis)
* La soledad

### Summer tour

* Limpido
* Se non te
* Non ho mai smesso
* Benvenuto
* Primavera in anticipo (It Is My Song)
* Invece no
* Io canto
* Tra te e il mare
* She (Uguale a lei)
* Incancellabile
* Prendo te
* Resta in ascolto
* Con la musica alla radio
* Come se non fosse stato mai amore
* Surrender
* E ritorno da te
* Un'emergenza d'amore
* It's Not Good-Bye
* Le cose che vivi
* Vivimi
* Gente
* Strani amori
* Non c'è/Se fué
* Dove resto solo io
* La solitudine
* Benvenuto
* Limpido
* Se non te (with Paola Cortellesi)
* Strani amori
* Avrai (with Claudio Baglioni)
* Primavera in anticipo (It Is My Song)/Primavera anticipada (It Is My Song) (with Marco Mengoni)
* Tra te e il mare
* Con la musica alla radio (with Malika Ayane, Noemi, Emma Marrone, Paola Turci, L'Aura, Syria and La Pina)
* Come se non fosse stato mai amore
* Io canto (with Fiorella Mannoia)
* Invece no
* Mi rubi l'anima (with Raf)
* Le cose che vivi (with her friends Elisa, Lorena and Ottavia)
* Vivimi (with Biagio Antonacci)
* Felicità (virtual duet with Lucio Dalla)
* La solitudine
* Medley a cappella: Resta in ascolto, She (Uguale a lei), Incancellabile, Se fue, Una storia che vale, La geografia del mio cammino, Seamisai (Sei que me amavas), Celeste
* Limpio
* Sino a ti
* Entre tú y mil mares
* Jamàs abandonè
* Bienvenido
* Primavera anticipada (It Is My Song)
* Con la musica en la radio
* Volveré junto a tí
* Escucha atento
* Emergencia de amor
* Como si no nos hubiéramos amado
* En cambio no
* Yo canto
* Inolvidable
* Víveme
* En ausencia de ti
* Gente
* Amores extraños
* Las cosas que vives
* Se fué
* La soledad

### Additional notes

* On 22 December 2013, Come se non fosse stato mai amore was performed with Emma Marrone and Vivimi with Biagio Antonacci.
* On 1 February 2014, On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec was performed instead of Come se non fosse stato mai amore and Je chante (Io canto) was performed in a French-Italian version.
* On 2 February 2014 On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec was performed instead of Come se non fosse stato mai amore and Je chante (Io canto) was performed in a French-Italian version.
* In all the shows in Brazil, the songs Invece no, Incancellabile and Le cose che vivi were performed in an Italian-Portuguese version. Moreover, the song Se fue was performed instead of Non c'è.
* On 20 February 2014, Io canto was performed in its Italian/French version instead of the solo Italian one. Also, due to technical problems, Dove resto solo io was not performed.
* In the end of her performance at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival, Pausini performed a fragment of the song Gracias a la Vida. This concert also was the first time Pausini performed the song "Quiero decirte que te amo" completely since the song was released in 2000.
* On 28 February 2014, Pausini performed the popular Mexican song Cielito Lindo before La soledad. Moreover, Pausini performed the songs Primavera Anticipada (It is my song), Volveré junto a ti and Entre tú y mil mares with Ximena Sariñana, Mario Sandoval and Aleks Syntek, respectively.
* On 2 March 2014, Pausini performed the song Vivimi with Biaggio Antonacci after Yo canto and the song Como si no nos hubieramos amado with Luis Fonsi after It's not goodbye.
* On 6 March 2014, Pausini performed the song Vivimi with Biaggio Antonacci, In assenza di te with the group Il Volo, Le cose che vivi/Tudo o que eu vivo with Ivete Sangalo, Smile with Gloria Estefan and Te amaré with Miguel Bosé.
* The song Mi rubi l'anima was performed for the first time ever with Raf on 18 May 2014, 20 years after Pausini shared the vocals with Raf in the same song, present in her debut album.
* After the first European and American legs of the tour, the songs Le cose che vivi and Las cosas que vives were no longer performed in the Portuguese/Italian and Portuguese/Spanish versions.

## Band
### Band

* Nicola Peruch: Pianoforte
* Simone Bertolotti: keyboard
* Paolo Carta: electric guitar, musical direction
* Nicola Oliva: electric guitar
* Roberto Gallinelli: Bass guitar
* Carlos Hercules: drum kit
* Roberta Granà: backing vocal
* Monica Hill: backing vocal
* Gianluigi Fazio: backing vocal
* Salimata Ariane Diakite: backing vocal
* B.I.M. Orchestra: Strings

### Strings B.I.M. Orchestra

* Violin: Marcello Sirignano, Luisiana Lorusso, Elena Floris, Giovanni De Rossi, Chiara Antonutti, Prisca Amori, Mario Gentili, Alessandra Xanto, Soichi Ichicawa.
* Viola: Adriane Ester Gallo, Claudia Mizzoni, Adriana Marinucci
* Cello: Giuseppe Tortora, Claudia Della Gatta

### Choreography

* Cristian Ciccone: choreographer, dancer

## Tour dates

| Date | City | Country | Venue |
| European Tour 2013–2014 ||||
| 5 December 2013 | Pesaro | Italy | Adriatic Arena |
| 8 December 2013 | Rome | Italy | PalaLottomatica |
| 9 December 2013 | Rome | Italy | PalaLottomatica |
| 11 December 2013 | Rome | Italy | PalaLottomatica |
| 13 December 2013 | Rome | Italy | PalaLottomatica |
| 16 December 2013 | Milan | Italy | Mediolanum Forum |
| 18 December 2013 | Milan | Italy | Mediolanum Forum |
| 19 December 2013 | Milan | Italy | Mediolanum Forum |
| 21 December 2013 | Milan | Italy | Mediolanum Forum |
| 22 December 2013 | Milan | Italy | Mediolanum Forum |
| 31 January 2014 | Paris | France | Le Zénith |
| 2 February 2014 | Brussels | Belgium | Forest National |
| 5 February 2014 | Geneva | Switzerland | SEG Geneva Arena |
| 6 February 2014 | Zürich | Switzerland | Hallenstadion |
| 8 February 2014 | Madrid | Spain | Palacio de los Deportes |
| American Tour ||||
| 19 February 2014 | São Paulo | Brazil | Citibank Hall |
| 20 February 2014 | São Paulo | Brazil | Citibank Hall |
| 22 February 2014 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Luna Park |
| 24 February 2014 | Viña del Mar | Chile | Anfiteatro de la Quinta Vergara |
| 25 February 2014 | Santiago | Chile | Movistar Arena |
| 28 February 2014 | Mexico City | Mexico | Arena Ciudad de México |
| 2 March 2014 | Miami | United States | James L. Knight International Center |
| 6 March 2014 | New York City | United States | The Theater at Madison Square Garden |
| 9 March 2014 | Orillia | Canada | Casino Rama |
| Summer Tour ||||
| 29 April 2014 | Torre del Lago Puccini | Italy | Gran Teatro all'Aperto Giacomo Puccini |
| 2 May 2014 | Verona | Italy | Verona Arena |
| 3 May 2014 | Verona | Italy | Verona Arena |
| 10 May 2014 | Taormina | Italy | Teatro Antico di Taormina |
| 11 May 2014 | Taormina | Italy | Teatro Antico di Taormina |
| 13 May 2014 | Taormina | Italy | Teatro Antico di Taormina |
| 18 May 2014 | Taormina | Italy | Teatro Antico di Taormina |
| 7 June 2014 | Valladolid | Spain | Plaza de toros |
| 10 July 2014 | Locarno | Switzerland | Piazza Grande |
| 15 July 2014 | Caserta | Italy | Reggia di Caserta |
| 24 July 2014 | Lima | Peru | Centro Cultural Deportivo |
| 15 August 2014 | Montecarlo | Principality of Monaco | Salle des Étoiles |
| 9 September 2014 | Verona | Italy | Verona Arena |
| North America ||||
| 18 October 2014 | Los Angeles | United States | The Greek Theatre |
| 19 October 2014 | Las Vegas | United States | Pearl Concert Theater at The Palms |
| 23 October 2014 | Chicago | United States | The Chicago Theatre |
| 25 October 2014 | Atlantic City | United States | Taj Mahal |
| 26 October 2014 | Mashantucket | United States | MGM Theatre at Foxwoods |
| 14 November 2014 | Tijuana | Mexico | Plaza de Toros Monumental |
| 18 November 2014 | Monterrey | Mexico | Monterrey Arena |
| 21 November 2014 | San Luis Potosí | Mexico | El Domo |
| 22 November 2014 | Guadalajara | Mexico | Telmex Auditorium |
| 26 November 2014 | Mérida | Mexico | Coliseo |
| 28 November 2014 | Mexico City | Mexico | Arena Ciudad de México |
| 2015 Tour ||||
| 13 February 2015 | Melbourne | Australia | Margaret Court Arena |
| 14 February 2015 | Sydney | Australia | Qantas Credit Union Arena |
| 17 February 2015 | Moscow | Russia | Crocus City Hall |
| 11 April 2015 | Kleine Scheidegg | Switzerland | SnowpenAir |
| 7 August 2015 | Marbella | Spain | La Cantera de Nagüeles |

### Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

    $^A$ Viña del Mar International Song Festival
    $^B$ Valladolid Latino
    $^C$ Moon and Stars
    $^D$ Feria del Hogar: El Gran EStelar
    $^E$ Monte-Carlo Sporting Summer Festival
    $^F$ Starlite Festival

### Box office

| Dates | Cities | Venue | Tickets sold / Tickets available | Income in $ |
| 6 February 2014 | Zurich | Hallenstadion | 8,372 / 10,500 (83%) | 866,650 |
| 19–20 February 2014 | São Paulo | Citibank Hall | 7.864 / 7.864 (100%) | 706,290 |
| 6 March 2014 | New York | The Theater at Madison Square Garden | 4,767 / 4,955 (96%) | 505,132 |