# Rainbow World Tour

The Rainbow World Tour was the fourth concert tour in 2000 by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, and supports her seventh studio album Rainbow (1999). The tour started in Europe on February 14, in Antwerp, Belgium, also an itinerary that included North America and ended on April 18, in Toronto. The tour's nine-date North American leg grossed $7.1 million according to Billboard.

## Background

The Rainbow Tour marked Carey's first tour in the U.S. in seven years since her 1993 Music Box Tour garnered a flurry of bad initial reviews. In addition to visiting more European countries, Carey also visited Singapore for the first time. During this tour, Carey debuted new songs from the Rainbow album such as: "Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)", "Heartbreaker", "Thank God I Found You" and much more, including some of her biggest hits. Once again, longtime friend Trey Lorenz was featured as a backup singer. On tour merchandise shirts, a date in Dallas, Texas is listed, but was never actually scheduled.
The Toronto Star reported that the concert in Toronto was filmed for a future television special, but it never aired. Footage recorded from the tour was used for the music video for "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)".

## Critical response

The tour received generally mixed reviews. Phil Gallo of Variety said: "Mariah Carey's show begs for either simplicity or coherency", and called the show a visual "mess". While reflecting that this was the first time Mariah was scantily clad touring, Jim DeRogatis from the Chicago Sun-Times said that Carey had "been transformed from a wannabe Whitney to a wannabe Britney", and called her approach to concert performance "difficult to fathom" considering she was "the only artist to have scored a No. 1 hit in every year of the '90s, selling some 125 million records worldwide."

## Set list

The following set list is from the February 17 concert in Milan. It is not intended to represent all dates throughout the tour.
* "Mariah & Bianca" (Introduction) (contains elements of "Rainbow (Interlude)" and "Butterfly")
* "Emotions"
* "My All"
* "Dreamlover"
* "X-Girlfriend"
* "Vulnerability" (Video interlude)
* "Against All Odds (Take a Look At Me Now)"
* "Without You"
* "Make It Happen"
* "Thank God I Found You" (performed with Trey Lorenz) (contains elements of the Make It Last Remix)
* "Make You Happy" (Interlude) (performed by Trey Lorenz)
* "Fantasy" (Bad Boy Remix)
* "Always Be My Baby"
* "Crybaby"
* "Close My Eyes"
* "Petals"
* "Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)"
* "Money Ain't a Thang" (Dance Interlude)
* "Heartbreaker" (contains elements of the Desert Storm Remix)
* "Honey" (contains elements of the Bad Boy Remix)
* "Vision of Love"
* "Rainbow" (Interlude)
* "Hero"
* "Butterfly Reprise" (Outro)
* During the opening show in Antwerp, Carey performed "Sweetheart".
* "Make It Happen" was cut from the set list on February 23.
* Starting on February 29, "Without You" was no longer performed.
* "All I Want for Christmas Is You" was temporarily performed from March 4 to 9.
* The "Vulnerability" video interlude was cut from the set list on March 4.
* "Vision Of Love" was not performed in Tokyo.
* Carey sang a snippet of Lauryn Hill's “Ex-Factor” in Singapore.
* Starting on March 13, "Always Be My Baby" was moved up earlier in the set list, being performed after "My All". Additionally, "Heartbreaker" was performed before "Dreamlover".
* A snippet of "Daydream Interlude (Fantasy Sweet Dub Mix)" was performed in Los Angeles, San Jose, Boston and Toronto.
* A snippet of "Vanishing" was performed in Las Vegas.
* A medley of "I Still Believe" and "Pure Imagination" was performed in Singapore and Los Angeles.
* A snippet of "Breakdown" was performed in Los Angeles and Chicago.
* "(You're Puttin') A Rush On Me" and "Slipping Away" were performed in Chicago. Additionally, 98 Degrees joined Carey onstage to perform "Thank God I Found You".

## Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue :
| Date | City | Country | Venue | Attendance | Revenue |
| Europe ||||||
| February 14, 2000 | Antwerp | Belgium | Sportpaleis | | |
| February 17, 2000 | Milan | Italy | Fila Forum | | |
| February 20, 2000 | Cologne | Germany | Kölnarena | | |
| February 23, 2000 | Paris | France | Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy | | |
| February 26, 2000 | London | England | Wembley Arena | | |
| February 29, 2000 | Madrid | Spain | Palacio de Deportes | | |
| Asia ||||||
| March 4, 2000 | Osaka | Japan | Osaka Dome | ~35,000 - ~40,000 / ? | — |
| March 7, 2000 | Tokyo | Japan | Tokyo Dome | 100,000 / 100,000 | — |
| March 9, 2000 | Tokyo | Japan | Tokyo Dome | 100,000 / 100,000 | — |
| March 13, 2000 | Singapore | Singapore | National Stadium | — | — |
| North America ||||||
| March 16, 2000 | Los Angeles | United States | Staples Center | 15,627 / 15,627 | $990,648 |
| March 18, 2000 | Las Vegas | United States | Thomas & Mack Center | 13,591 / 13,591 | $681,068 |
| March 21, 2000 | San Jose | United States | San Jose Arena | 13,999 / 13,999 | $862,170 |
| March 25, 2000 | Chicago | United States | United Center | 14,892 / 14,892 | $848,156 |
| March 29, 2000 | Miami | United States | American Airlines Arena | 12,008 / 12,008 | $662,514 |
| April 1, 2000 | Atlanta | United States | Philips Arena | 12,956 / 12,956 | $664,229 |
| April 11, 2000 | New York City | United States | Madison Square Garden | 14,870 / 14,870 | $1,066,413 |
| April 13, 2000 | Boston | United States | FleetCenter | — | — |
| April 18, 2000 | Toronto | Canada | Air Canada Centre | 13,598 / 13,598 | $606,118 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 234,541 / 234,541 (100%) | $6,381,316 |