Journey To The Year 3000!! Live

Cover for the Standard Edition DVD

***Journey To The Year 3000!! Live*** is the second live album and the first DVD album by American-Romanian singer-songwriter Nicholas Stewart. It presents Stewart's full live performance on Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania on April 6, 2002 during his Journey To The Year 3000!! World Tour. The live/video album was released on November 25, 2002.

## Background and production

Following the massive success of Stewart's previous tour Miles Away Tour in North America, he went on to embark his first world tour Journey To The Year 3000!! World Tour, which was announced by Billboard in December 1, 2000, just three days after his third studio album *Venom* was released. Stewart named the tour after his worldwide hit "Year 3000" instead of the proposed "Venomous Tour" as suggested by his management because he felt like doing a world tour like this is one of the things he wanted to do before and it also fits the message from the song which is about fulfilling your dreams.

Before the album's release, his management negotiated a deal with Eureka Studios to release a live/video album of his concert to promote his album. Stewart also convinced the label to move the Bucharest date right after the Latin American Leg finishes as he wants his homecoming night to be filmed as part of the DVD. Stewart stayed in Romania for 14 days for his two-week homecoming stay before resuming his tour in United Kingdom.

## Packaging and release

The label decided to also release a live album at the same day the DVD gets released for people who decided to buy for a cheaper price. The live album only consists of one disc which contains all of the live performances from the concert. The DVD is a triple-disc case, the first disc which contains the live-only, second disc contains the full concert film while the third disc contains the extras.

The live album and the DVD were released on November 25, 2002 in North America, South America, United Kingdom, released on time for the Christmas Shopping Season. While the tour was still ongoing in Europe at the time of the release, Romania was the only country where the live and DVD were released outside the mentioned places. In November 24, 2003, the live/video album was released on Europe. It was scheduled to be released at the same time in Oceania and Asia however, the tour had a seven month break and the next tour dates have to be postponed. Instead, it was released on Oceania and Asia in November 08, 2004, the same day Stewart's fourth studio album "Sweet Dreams" was released. Instead of re-shipping CDs of *Venom*, a special edition was made available to be bought in Asia. On the Asian edition release, a fourth disc was included that contains all tracks of *Venom* with bonus tracks.

## Track listing

***Journey To The Year 3000!! Live*** - live-only CD/DVD disc 1 (live)

***Venom*** - Asian special edition (disc 2)/Asian special DVD edition (disc 4)

 20
 21

***Journey To The Year 3000!! Live*** - DVD disc 2 (film)

***Journey To The Year 3000!! Live*** - DVD disc 3 (music videos/extras)

## Critical reception

*Journey To The Year 3000!! Live* garnered generally positive reviews from music critics. The film received widespread critical acclaim upon release. AllMusic editor Shawn M. Haney gave the album four out of five stars, praising Stewart's vocals as well as her cover of "Low Tide". Haney also praised Stewart's never-lasting pure energy on stage and bonus points to the band behind. Lizzie McKenzie from Billboard Magazine described Stewart's drum solo in Super Sonic as a performance we never expected but we needed.

 AllMusic
 *St. Petersburg Times* | (Favorable)

## Commercial performance

### North America

*Journey To The Year 3000!! Live* became Stewart's second #1 live album. Combined with the sales of the DVD, it debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 2.2 million copies and went on to sell strongly for the remainder of the holidays. In total, it spent fifty-two weeks inside the top ten and charted for more than two years before leaving the chart in 2005. *Journey To The Year 3000!!* was certified sixteen times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipment of sixteen million copies throughout the country. In Canada, it debuted at #2, with 20,000 copies sold and to date, it was certified Platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA), denoting shipments of 100,000 units throughout the country.

### Other regions

The album was a massive success outside North America and became the best-selling live album of all time, with over 26 million copies sold. In Europe, it led for two nonconsecutive weeks and was certified 3x Platinum by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). In United Kingdom, it debuted at #1 and was certified 3x Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). In Australia, it debuted at #2 just behind Stewart's album *Venom* which re-peaked at #1 after the release of its single "Torch Song". It was certified Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), denoting shipments over 70,000 copies. With the reviving economy in Asia in 2004, the album sold strongly during its Asian release and it was his second best-selling album in the region with 5 million copies sold, just behind his 1998 release *Miles*, which sold 6 million copies. It was certified 3x Million by Record Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) denoting shipments of 3,000,000 units.

## Charts

**Peak chart positions for *Journey To The Year 3000!! Live***

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 Canada Top Albums/CDs (*RPM*)
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 US *Billboard* 200
 US Top Music Videos (*Billboard*)
 US Top Video Sales (*Billboard*)

### Year-end charts

**Year-end chart positions for *Journey To The Year 3000!! Live***