2007 Europe Concert Tour

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Streisand: 2007 Europe Concert Tour

When Barbra Streisand went on tour in Europe in the summer of 2007, she performed the same live show that she presented in North America, with a few changes:
  • Instead of the opera group Il Divo, four male singers from Broadway were cast as her special guests.
  • Barbra refined her set list as she toured Europe, sometimes singing songs that she had not performed in North America—or, for that matter, songs that she had never performed live!
  • Streisand traveled with the same set that she used on the U.S. tour – with a few exceptions, depending on the European venue.
Director Richard Jay-Alexander told BarbraNews.com how the new “Broadway Boys” replaced Il Divo for the European tour: “[Il Divo] had their schedule set up beyond the U.S. tour last year, so it turned out they weren't available for the European Tour. I really enjoyed working with them — and I think they had a great time, too. Barbra and I are both very fond of them. So when they weren't available [...] I said to Barbra, Marty and Jay, ‘Why don't we get Broadway guys?’, because the show was already rooted in Broadway, because of Barbra's past. So I offered to suggest four guys to save us the headache of going through auditions. I had a short list, and luckily enough, the four guys we got were our top four choices. They turned down other offers for the summer and jumped on this opportunity, as you can imagine.”

The Broadway singers who joined the Streisand European concert tour were: Peter Lockyer (Miss Saigon, The Phantom of the Opera), Sean McDermott (Grease, Falsettos, Miss Saigon), Michael Arden (The Times They Are A-Changin', Bare), and Hugh Panaro (Lestat, Side Show, The Phantom of the Opera).
The Broadway Boys on Streisand's 2007 Europe concert tour, as they appear in the official concert program.
Streisand's European concerts were announced on April 30, 2007, again from promoter Michael Cohl for Concert Productions International (CPI) and Solo. Streisand, who will be accompanied by a 58-piece orchestra on the tour, said, “What a joy it will be to perform in so many wonderful countries for the first time. I can't wait to experience these different audiences and different cultures.”

Streisand's ticket prices for Europe were almost as much as her American shows – the London tickets ranged from £100 to £500.

Like her record-breaking 2006 tour of North America, designated proceeds from the Europe tour supported Streisand's various philanthropic initiatives and were distributed through The Streisand Foundation.

The initial five concerts announced on 30 April were:
  • 21 June Vienna, Schloss Schonbrun
  • 26 June Paris, Bercy
  • 10 July Nice, Nikaia Stadium
  • 14 July County Kildare, Castletown House
  • 18 July O2 Arena, London
CPI later added two extra London shows; announced then canceled a show in Rome; and also canceled two shows in Stockholm and Nice.  In all, Streisand performed nine concerts in seven European cities.

Right before the tour began, Streisand told Elysa Gardner of USA Today, “I like challenges, and it's time to do things that I haven't done before,” Streisand said. “This time, I really enjoyed touring the United States, because I didn't have stage fright. Would I rather have been in bed eating a pint of coffee ice cream? Yeah. But I can't raise money for my foundation that way.”
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