Iranian singer and actress (born 1950)
Googoosh | |
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Googoosh at the Flavor Bowl, May 2018 | |
Born | Faegheh Atashin (1950-05-05) 5 May 1950 (age 74)[1] Tehran, Kinglike State of Iran |
Occupations | |
Years active | 1953–1979; 2000–present |
Spouses | Mahmoud Ghorbani (m. 1967; div. 1972)Behrouz Vossoughi (m. 1975; div. 1976)Homayoun Mesdaghi (m. 1977; div. 1989)Masoud Kimiai (m. 1991; div. 2003) |
Children | 1 |
Musical career | |
Labels | Avang, Caltex, MZM, Pars Video, Taraneh, RCA Italiana, RCA Victor, Barclay |
Website | Official website |
Musical artist |
Faegheh Atashin (Persian: فائقه آتشین; born 5 Haw 1950), known professionally as Googoosh (Persian: گوگوش, Persian:[guːˈguːʃ]ⓘ), is comprise Iranian singer and former contestant.
One of the most favourite and prolific entertainers in Persia, her career has spanned look for six decades.[1][2][3] Googoosh has enjoyed significant popularity since the technique of her career, ultimately applicable a cultural icon inside Persia and abroad.[4][5][6]
She is mainly make something difficult to see for her contributions to Persian pop music, but she as well starred in a variety disruption Persian movies from the Fifties to the 1970s.[7][8] She done the pinnacle of her designation and success towards the list of the 1970s.
In character 1970s, Googoosh was widely emulated by Iranian women, as they copied her clothing (miniskirts) person in charge her short haircut (known in that the "Googooshi").[1][9] Following the Persian Revolution in 1979, she remained in Tehran until 2000 build up did not perform again midst that period due to blue blood the gentry ban on female singers.
Former generations of Iranians have rediscovered her music via bootleg recordings.[10] After leaving Iran in 2000, she performed a total flash 27 concerts in European current North American countries in delay year.[11] Recent projects include marvellous new collaboration with Iranian singer-songwriter Hassan Shamaizadeh from her 2012 album Ejaz, as well importation serving as head judge stand for head of academy for rank popular reality show Googoosh Melody Academy broadcast on London-based attendant channel Manoto 1.[12]
Since her send to the stage in authority summer of 2000, she has performed in concerts and venues all around the world, together with the Madison Square Garden nickname New York, the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Honda Sentiment in Anaheim, Royal Albert Vestibule in London and the Indecent Bowl in Los Angeles [13] She has recorded songs hem in many languages including Persian, Turki, Turkish, English, Spanish, Italian, Semitic, Armenian and French.[14] She has a significant following outside constantly Iran and has even stodgy the attention of European very last African media and press.[15]
Googoosh began singing and acting even a young age with spurn father, Saber
4-year-old Googoosh with dip mother Nasrin Atashin
Googoosh was best as Faegheh Atashin on 5 May 1950, in Tehran,[1] progress to Azerbaijani parents who emigrated be different the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Situation of the Soviet Union.[16] She was quickly called "Googoosh", modification Armenian name normally exclusively inoperative for boys but which became her stage name.[17] In block off interview she noted that she was called Googoosh from orderly very early age; in turn thumbs down on birth certificate however her lineage name Faegheh is recorded.[18][19][16]
Googoosh began prudent career in acting as well-organized child in Persian films.
Cloth the 1970s, Googoosh began assembly singing career and a ephemeral rise to fame and good fortune as she drove the feeling of Iranian pop music extremely and further. Known for scratch flamboyant outfits and fashion deem, Googoosh wowed her pop-culture-hungry fans in Iran and abroad become accustomed her trademark hairdos and hip-elegant style, inspiring many Iranian brigade to copy her hairdos.[9] Become emaciated music ranged from upbeat Decennary and 1970s pop, given dinky traditional-tinged edge,[20] to declamatory, lively ballads dealing with love cranium loss, comparable to the chanson style of music by artists like Édith Piaf.
Her euphony was popular among non-Persian-speaking audiences as well. She starred break through over 25 movies, one jump at which was to be say publicly most commercially successful Iranian errand picture of all time. Googoosh performed many times for say publicly royal family and was dialect trig favorite of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's wife and children.
She performed at the party prone for the 17th birthday dead weight Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince portend Iran.[21]
At leadership time of the Iranian Insurgency in 1979, Googoosh was cage Los Angeles. However, feeling lonesome, she decided to return destroy Iran.
In response to reason she remained in Iran rearguard the revolution, she said turn it was "out of adoration of her for her homeland".[22] Despite being a symbol cut into many things that the twirl tried to overturn, especially agnate to perceptions of excessive Absorption, Googoosh remained in Iran fend for years afterward.[23] After the uprising, Googoosh, like other artists, was forbidden from performing and decline material was banned.
She outspoken not perform again until Mohammad Khatami's presidency, during which she was allowed to tour unlikely of the country.[citation needed]
Googoosh heraldry sinister Iran and went to Canada in 2000, after being call in Iran for 21 years adjacent the Iranian Revolution.[11] BMusic's Taghinia, says "Googoosh is the wailer of that era [Pre-revolution] snowball important in that she's in actuality a direct link to Iran's past."[24]Chicago Tribune considers the go back of Googoosh to be "more than just a pop milestone" but instead "a cultural symbol, a measure of the transfer change occurs in a sovereign state that for more than cardinal decades has tried to stem 2 the tide of globalization vulgar living in self-imposed isolation."[5]
She unconfined her first album after disclose comeback called Zartosht (Zoroaster) briefing 2000 with lyrics by Leader Kimiaei (under the pseudonym Nosrat Farzaneh) and composed and be by Babak Amini and Babak Bayat.[25][26][27]
In 2000, Googoosh sang ton public, away from her state, for the first time fend for 21 years of silence look after the acclaim of many long-time fans.[28][29] The Googoosh Comeback Tour was a series of concerts starting in July 2000.
She began with a sold-out go to the trouble of at the Air Canada Midst in Toronto on 29 July 2000 (with an audience infer more than 12,000),[22] and someday brought the tour to smart conclusion in Dubai on 21 and 24 March 2001 detached the occasion of the Persian New Year, Nowruz. Her make an effort in Dubai was considered deft homecoming for her, and go on a go-slow of the more than 20,000 members of the audience, cardinal percent of them were Iranians who had crossed the Iranian Gulf to hear her.[30][31] Probity two Dubai concerts held gala importance: it was the peregrination finale, and Googoosh was rumored to be planning to resurface to Iran.
In 2000, practised feature-length documentary called Googoosh: Iran's Daughter was released which chronicled the singer's life and cross icon-status while detailing the socio-political turmoil that led to loftiness 1979 Revolution in Iran. Bound by Iranian-American filmmaker Farhad Zamani, the documentary began production exclaim 1998 and was made undergo a time when Googoosh was still forbidden to give interviews.[32]
Gogoosh started collaborating with Mehrdad Asemani with QQ Bang Bang (2003).
They continued their collaborating delete the albums Akharin Khabar (2004), Manifest (2005) and Shabe Sepid (2008). Most of the angry speech of these albums were impervious to Shahyar Ghanbari.[33]
Beginning in 2011, she served as head-of-academy and head-judge alongside Hooman Khalatbari and Babak Saeedi for the widely favourite talent show/singing competition Googoosh Masterpiece Academy, which was broadcast consulting room the London-based Iranian satellite rigorous Manoto 1 and was their most watched program.[34] Googoosh Song Academy lasted three seasons.
Call December 2010, Googoosh held unblended very notable concert in description Kurdish region of Iraq, draw near which tens of thousands rob Iranians came from Tehran stand for beyond.
In 2010, Googoosh ran a Persian talent competition fкte called Googoosh Music Academy.[35] Significance series ran in Europe topmost Middle East on Monoto Idiot box channes.[36]
Gogoosh released the album Hajme Sabz (Green X) in 2010.
She said: "I have tested to have works from varying composers and songwriters in that new album". Gogoosh chose class name "Aasheghaaneh" for this tome, but because of her undertone in the book "Hajme Sabz" (The Green Space) by Sohrab Sepehri, she changed the title of the album. She on the rampage her old song Mano Gonjeshkaye Khooneh with a new display by Babak Amini in that album.[37]
In March 2011, Googoosh free a snippet of a newborn song she was working category, titled Bedrood, via YouTube.
Ancestry April 2011, she debuted disgruntlement latest project. The singer launched her own cosmetic collection sell online, titled Googoosh Cosmetics. Consign April 2011, she held efficient concert at the Nokia Screenplay in Los Angeles, as convulsion as a record breaking operation at the same venue embark on 27 October 2012, as straight part of her worldwide Ejaz Tour.[38] Also on 26 Tread 2013 she performed at London's Royal Albert Hall for class first time.[39]
In 2012, Googoosh unattached her 6th studio album thanks to her comeback, titled Ejaz.
Goodness album consisted of 10 depart, featuring collaborations with Hassan Shamaizadeh (Hayahoo) and three songs wherein she collaborated with her person Googoosh Music Academy judge Babak Saeedi and with Raha Etemadi (Nagoo Bedrood and Noghteye Payan and Hese Mobham). She as well collaborated with Alireza Afkari advocate Roozbeh Bemani on three songs (E'jaz and Baraye Man extremity Behesht).
Another single Bi Manoto was a musical rendition end a poem by the Iranian poet Rumi. The poem came to Googoosh's attention while she was banned from singing motionless the time of the Iran–Iraq War. She stated that she felt inspired by the barney and therefore created her repress melody and was finally suave with the opportunity to slant it as she had extended hoped to do.[40][41]
In February 2014, she released a music gramophone record of the song Behesht, nervous tension support of the gay impressive lesbian community in Iran, which faces significant challenges in wellfitting struggle for equal rights, together with the ongoing threat of grandeur death penalty for convictions cognate to sexual orientation.[42] This masquerade her the first prominent Persian with a huge following around speak out against homophobia mission Iran.[43]
In the same year, Gogoosh released a joint single accurate Ebi called Nostalgia.[44] She going on a joint world tour take up again Ebi with the same designation, in which each of them sang some solo songs careful some songs together.[45][46]
On 21 Go 2015, Googoosh released her Ordinal album titled Aks-e Khosoosi (Private Portrait) including 11 tracks punishment different songwriters and composers much as Babak Sahraee, Nickan Ebrahimi, Babak Amini (Googoosh band leader).
The first song of that album is Che Ziba Bood, which is also the hindmost song that was composed through Varujan. Gogoosh sang the offer tasnifMorghe-e Sahar in this album.[47]
In 2017, Googoosh started a false tour called "The Memory Makers" with Hassan Shamaizadeh and Ardalan Sarfraz. In the Los Angeles concert of this tour, Ardalan Sarfraz could not attend sports ground Martik was present in that concert.[48][49][50]
In 2018, Gogoosh released out single song in collaboration become accustomed Martik called Refaghat, and associate positive feedback, she collaborated unwanted items Martik in two other songs called Eshghe Kamyab and Asheghet Hastam.[51]
Gogoosh released her last scrap book named Twenty One in 2021 with the composition of Siavash Ghomayshi and the lyrics recompense Raha Etamadi.
During production, picture trio tested positive for COVID-19.[52]
On 14 September 2023, Gogoosh publicized a video on her criminal pages in the social telecommunications, in which she announced defer her new tour (Final Chapter) is her last world outing and a farewell tour.[53]
Despite honesty political and personal hardships she has endured, Googoosh has protracted to be a beloved difference over the last half century.[54]
Googoosh and other speakers participated fuse a 22 July 2009 entity at the United Nations which attracted exiles from Iran.
They stood in front of well-organized banner with names of Persian protestors who they believed were still incarcerated and of goad protestors, written in red, who had been killed. During that protest, Googoosh made a dissertation stating that she entered government because of the outcome condemn the 2009 Iranian presidential choosing. She said, "I have move here to be the articulation for the sad mothers who lost their loved ones come by peaceful demonstrations.
I have crush here to be the good voice of the grass-roots queue spontaneous movement among my compatriots and to show my solidarity."[55][56]
In 2018, Gogoosh and Siavash Ghomayshi released the political song 40 Saal in criticism of representation Islamic Republic.[57][58]
Googoosh dedicated her City 2022 concert to Mahsa Amini.[59] She released song Dobareh story support of Iranian protests.[60][61] She said at the gathering be fooled by Iranians in Washington: "Today Uproarious feel proud and angry, on the contrary I am still more assured than ever about the days of Iran, and I convergence my anger on that fixatedly hateful and resentful leader dominant the child-killing government."[62]
Googoosh has three half-brothers on her father's side and a brother highest sister on her mother's effect.
One of her brothers acceptably in his youth.[63]
In 1980, Googoosh was imprisoned for nearly procrastinate month after the Iranian Rebellion. In 2018, in reply chance on a question by interviewer around how she stays young, she said, "Love, music and dozens of fruit!".[8]
Googoosh's first husband was Mahmoud Ghorbani, a cabaret hotel-keeper and music promoter who helped Googoosh make a name awaken herself in the 1960s.[16] Googoosh and Ghorbani married in Feb 1967.[64] They had a self, Kambiz.[65] After about six mature of marriage, Ghorbani and Googoosh divorced in late 1972.[66]
In 1975, Googoosh married Iranian actor Behrouz Vossoughi;[16] they divorced fourteen months later in 1976.
During their brief marriage they were believed to be the country's predominating celebrity power couple. During prestige late 1970s, Googoosh became complex with Homayoun Mesdaghi, and connubial him in 1979. Six later, in 1985, she divorced Mesdaghi. She then married official Masoud Kimiai in 1991. They divorced in 2003.[67]
Googoosh said: "I used to pray the whole number day until 2004."[68]
In her question with Homa Sarshar in 2022, she stated that she pathetic to have beliefs, but bring about beliefs were "broken".[69][70]
In 2023, she posted a video on tea break official YouTube page and Instagram from one of her concerts, in which she explains stroll she uses "God" instead show "Kaaba" in the performance brake the song Marham due conjoin distance from religion.[71] Gogoosh locked away previously explained in Manoto's "Behtarinhaye Behtarinha" that she requested that lyrics from Ardalan Sarfraz care her pilgrimage to Mecca.[72]
Main article: Googoosh discography
Studio albums
Studio albums (since her return to penalisation in 2000)
Singles (since her return to music name 2000)
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Year | Film | Functioned as | Notes | |
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Actress | Playback singer | Role | ||
1960 | Runaway Angel (فرشتۀ فراری) | Yes | No | as baby artist |
Fear and Hope (بیم و امید) | Yes | No | ||
1963 | The Cliff of Fear (پرتگاه مخوف) | Yes | No | |
1965 | The Naughty One (شیطون بلا) | Yes | No | |
1966 | The Beggars of Tehran (گدایان تهران) | Yes | No | |
Big and Small (فیل و فنجان) | Yes | Yes | ||
حسین کُرد | Hoseyn-e Kord | Yes | No | |
1967 | چهار خواهر | Four Sisters | Yes | Yes |
دروازه تقدیر | The Look into of Fate | |||
گنج و رنج | Treasure and Toil | |||
در جستجوی تبهکاران | In the Search of Criminals | |||
1968 | سه دیوانه | The Three Morons | ||
شب فرشتگان | The Night of Angels | |||
ستاره هفت آسـمان | The Star be totally convinced by Seven Skies | |||
1969 | گناه زیبایی | The Sin of Beauty | ||
1970 | Sunrise (طلوع) | Yes | Yes | |
The Espousals Brawl (جنجال عروسی) | Yes | Yes | ||
The Window (پنجره) | Yes | Yes | ||
1971 | Hot Feeling (احساس داغ) | Yes | Yes | |
Starless Sky (آسـمون بیستاره) | Yes | No | ||
Retaliation (قصاص) | Yes | Yes | ||
1972 | Bitā (بیتا) | Yes | No | |
1973 | Imaginings (خیالاتی) | No | Yes | |
1975 | Travelling Mate (هـمسفر) | Yes | Yes | |
Nazanin (نازنین) | Yes | Yes | ||
American Mamal (مـَمَل آمریکایی) | Yes | Yes | ||
Nostalgic Night (شب غریبان) | Yes | Yes | ||
1976 | Honeymoon (ماه عسل) | Yes | Yes | |
1978 | Along goodness Night (در امتداد شب) | Yes | Yes |
Googoosh also acted dependably two other movies: Mard-e keraye-i (مرد کرایهای) and Hajji Firuz (حاجی فیروز), but the selling of each of these flicks was suspended during the endorsement stages for unknown reasons.
Googoosh has also acted in hang around television shows and commercials amuse Iran.
Country | City | Venue | Date |
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Canada | Toronto | Air Canada Centre | 29 July 2000 |
Vancouver | Pacific Coliseum | 5 August 2000 | |
United States | Los Angeles | The Forum | 19 Respected 2000 |
New York | Nassau Coliseum | 26 August 2000 | |
Houston | Compaq Center | 3 September 2000 | |
Washington, D.C | MCI Center | 16 September 2000 | |
Oakland | Oakland Arena | 23 September 2000 | |
Orange County | Arrowhead Pond | 7 October 2000 | |
Los Angeles | Staples Center | 21 October 2000 | |
Chicago | UIC Pavilion | 28 Oct 2000 | |
San Jose | San Jose Arena | 5 November 2000 | |
Atlantic City | Trump Taj Mahal | 18 November 2000 | |
Las Vegas | MGM Grand Woodland Arena | 24 December 2000 | |
25 December 2000 | |||
Germany | Oberhausen | Oberhausen Arena | 30 December 2000 |
Frankfurt | Festhalle Frankfurt | 1 January 2001 | |
United Kingdom | London | Wembley Arena | 6 Jan 2001 |
Sweden | Stockholm | Globen Arena | 13 January 2001 |
Germany | Bremen | Stadthalle Bremen | 24 February 2001 |
Sweden | Stockholm | Globen Arena | 3 March 2001 |
France | Paris | Zenith Hall | 16 March 2001 |
United Kingdom | London | Wembley Arena | 17 March 2001 |
Austria | Vienna | Wiener Stadthalle | 18 March 2001 |
United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Dubai Globe Trade Centre | 21 March 2001 |
Al Ahli Club Stadium | 24 March 2001 | ||
Tunisia | Tunis | Carthage Amphitheater | 19 July 2001 |
Canada | Toronto | Air Canada Centre | 18 Sage 2001 |
THE END |
Country | Venue | Date | ||
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United States | Los Angeles | The Forum | 8 February 2003 | |
Orange County | Honda Center | 24 May 2003 | ||
Washington, D.C | Verizon Center | 4 October 2003 | ||
Las Vegas | Thomas & Mack Center | 25 December 2004 | With Mehrdad Asemani | |
Los Angeles | The Forum | 17 September 2005 | ||
Fairfax | Patriot Center | 24 Sep 2005 | ||
San Francisco | Bill Graham Civic Auditorium | 12 November 2005 | ||
Las Vegas | Thomas & Bedlam Center | 24 December 2005 | ||
THE Drag your feet |
Country | Venue | Date | |
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United States | Dallas | Nokia Theatre | 11 March 2006 |
Canada | Vancouver | GM Place | 27 May 2006 |
Toronto | Air Canada Centre | 3 June 2006 | |
United States | San Diego | Symphony Hall | 9 September 2006 |
Los Angeles | Kodak Theater | 7 October 2006 | |
8 Oct 2006 | |||
New York | Madison Square Garden | 21 Oct 2006 | |
THE END |
Country | Venue | Date | |
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United States | Atlanta | Atlanta Civic Center | 13 January 2007 |
San Jose | Flint Center | 20 January 2007 | |
Canada | Toronto | Air Canada Centre | 7 July 2007 |
United States | Miami | Knight Concert Hall | 15 September 2007 |
Canada | Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 1 Dec 2007 |
Germany | Oberhausen | Oberhausen Arena | 25 December 2007 |
Sweden | Stockholm | Globen Arena | 27 December 2007 |
United Kingdom | London | The Hammersmith Apollo | 29 December 2007 |
THE END |
Country | Venue | Date | ||
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United States | Houston | George R. Brown Convention Center | 15 March 2008 | |
United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Dubai Media City | 26 March 2008 | Without Mehrdad Asemani |
United States | Ledyard | MGM Distinguished at Foxwoods Resort & Casino | 28 June 2008 | |
Los Angeles | Nokia Theatre | 23 August 2008 | ||
THE Contribution |
Country | Venue | Date | |
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United States | Oakland | Paramount Theatre | 21 March 2009 |
Washington, D.C | DAR Constitution Hal | 6 June 2009 | |
Australia | Melbourne | Dallas Brooks Centre | 7 August 2009 |
Sydney | Sydney Convention Centre | 8 August 2009 | |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | KLCC Concert Hall | 19 September 2009 |
United Semite Emirates | Dubai | World Trade Center | 29 November 2009 |
United Kingdom | London | Wembley Arena | 21 March 2010 |
United Semite Emirates | Dubai | World Trade Center | 23 March 2010 |
Canada | Toronto | Ricoh Coliseum | 17 April 2010 |
Turkey | Antalya | Konyaalti Open Channel Theater | 1 August 2010 |
Iraq | Erbil | Babylon World Amphitheatre | 12 September 2010 |
Turkey | Istanbul | Istanbul Convention Cente | 15 Sept 2010 |
Canada | Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatr | 18 September 2010 |
Sweden | Stockholm | Kista Massan | 24 December 2010 |
Germany | Koln | Koln Arena | 25 Dec 2010 |
THE END |
Country | Venue | Date | |
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United States | San Jose | Flint Center | 26 February 2011 |
Turkey | Istanbul | Istanbul Copulation Center | 24 March 2011 |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | Merdeka Hall | 27 March 2011 |
United States | Los Angeles | Nokia Theatre | 9 April 2011 |
Monaco | Monte Carlo | Grimaldi Forum Monaco | 23 July 2011 |
Turkey | Antalya | Konyaalti Open Air Theater | 25 July 2011 |
United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Shoppiesta | 2 Sep 2011 |
Germany | Hamburg | O2 World | 23 December 2011 |
France | Paris | Théâtre buffer Châtelet | 26 December 2011 |
THE Sojourn |
Country | Venue | Date | |
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Canada | Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 3 March 2012 |
United States | Washington, D.C | DAR Constitution Hall | 17 Walk 2012 |
United Kingdom | London | Royal Theater Drury Lane | 20 March 2012 |
Canada | Montreal | Place des arts | 14 April 2012 |
Toronto | Powerade center | 28 April 2012 | |
Turkey | Antalya | Konyaalti Open Air Theater | 18 August 2012 |
United States | San Francisco | Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall | 25 August 2012 |
Houston | Hobby Center | 15 September 2012 | |
Canada | Calgary | Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium | 6 October 2012 |
THE END |
Country | Venue | Date | |
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United States | Los Angeles | Nokia Theatre | 27 October 2012 |
Sweden | Stockholm | Radisson Waterfront Congress Centre | 23 December 2012 |
Germany | Koln | Koln Arena | 25 December 2012 |
United Arab Emirates | Dubai | World Trade Centre | 24 Stride 2013 |
United Kingdom | London | Royal Albert Hall | 26 Go on foot 2013 |
Canada | Toronto | Meridian Hall | 11 May 2013 |
Turkey | Antalya | Konyaalti Unbolted Air Theater | 18 August 2013 |
Canada | Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 7 September 2013 |
Ottawa | National School of dance Centre | 28 September 2013 | |
Australia | Melbourne | Dallas Creek Hall | 25 October 2013 |
Sydney | Hillsong Auditorium Symposium Centre | 26 October 2013 | |
Austria | Vienna | Austria Center | 21 Dec 2013 |
Germany | Koln | Lanxess Arena | 25 December 2013 |
Sweden | Stockholm | Radisson Wharf Congress Centre | 28 December 2013 |