Homogenic Tour

Homogenic Tour

Tour by Björk
Poster for the concert at Palais im Zoo
Associated album	Homogenic
Start date	November 2, 1997
End date	January 6, 1999
Number of shows	36 in Europe 9 in North America 1 in Asia 4 in South America 50 Total
Björk concert chronology

The Homogenic tour was undertaken in 1997–99 by Icelandic singer/songwriter Björk. This tour focused on her album Homogenic. She also added songs from her previous albums. 23 different songs were performed. The tour band consisted of an Icelandic string octet and musician Mark Bell on beats, who had co-produced the album with Björk. The tour was released on DVD as Live in Cambridge. A separate release, Homogenic Live, contains a selection of Björk's favourite performances from throughout the Homogenic tour.

Opening acts

• µ-Ziq
• Bran Van 3000
• DJ Sam
• Magga Stína

Songs performed

Song	Album
"Visur Vatnsenda-Rosu" (Traditional Icelandic song)	Post (b-side)
"Hunter"	Homogenic
"Headphones"	Post
"Come to Me"	Debut
"Venus as a Boy"	Debut
"All Neon Like"	Homogenic
"You've Been Flirting Again"	Post
"Isobel"	Post
"Possibly Maybe"	Post
"5 Years"	Homogenic
"Immature"	Homogenic
"I Go Humble"	Post (b-side)
"Play Dead"	Debut (b-side)
"Alarm Call" (Radio Edit)	Homogenic
"Human Behaviour"	Debut
"Bachelorette"	Homogenic
"Hyperballad"	Post
"Violently Happy"	Debut
"Pluto"	Homogenic
"So Broken"	Homogenic (b-side)
"All Is Full of Love"	Homogenic
"The Anchor Song"	Debut
"Jóga"	Homogenic

Tour dates

Björk at Ruisrock 1998.

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
November 2, 1997	Brussels	Belgium	Halles de Schaerbeek
November 3, 1997	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Melkweg
November 7, 1997	Florence	Italy	Teatro Verdi
November 9, 1997	Lausanne	Switzerland	Le Métropole
November 10, 1997	Paris	France	Maison de la Mutualité
November 11, 1997	Oxford	England	Apollo Theatre
November 12, 1997	London		Shepherds Bush Empire
November 13, 1997
November 15, 1997	Edinburgh	Scotland	Usher Hall
November 17, 1997	Dublin	Ireland	Olympia Theatre
November 19, 1997	Frankfurt	Germany	Palais im Zoo
November 20, 1997	Copenhagen	Denmark	Vega
November 22, 1997	Stockholm	Sweden	Arenan
North America
May 5, 1998	Toronto	Canada	The Warehouse
May 8, 1998	Montreal		Métropolis
May 11, 1998	New York City	United States	Hammerstein Ballroom
May 12, 1998
May 15, 1998	Washington, D.C.		The Capital Ballroom
May 16, 1998	Worcester		Worcester Palladium
May 18, 1998	Chicago		House of Blues
May 21, 1998	San Francisco		The Warfield Theater
May 23, 1998	Los Angeles		Hollywood Palladium
Europe
June 6, 1998	Paris	France	Zénith de Paris
June 7, 1998
June 13, 1998^[A]	Prague	Czech Republic	Koupaliště Džbán
June 14, 1998	Vienna	Austria	Libro Musik Halle
June 21, 1998^[B]	Scheeßel	Germany	Eichenring
June 28, 1998^[C]	Turku	Finland	Kansanpuisto park
July 2, 1998^[D]	Kristiansand	Norway	Odderøya
July 4, 1998^[E]	Torhout	Belgium	Festivalweide
July 5, 1998^[E]	Werchter		Werchterpark
July 10, 1998^[F]	Montreux	Switzerland	Stravinsky Auditorium
July 11, 1998^[G]	Frauenfeld		Allmend Frauenfeld
July 17, 1998	Istanbul	Turkey	Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theatre
July 19, 1998^[H]	Fano	Italy	Town Square
Asia
August 1, 1998^[I]	Tokyo	Japan	Bay Side Square
Europe
August 6, 1998^[J]	Skanderborg	Denmark	Dyrehaven
August 9, 1998^[K]	Benicàssim	Spain	Costa del Azahar
August 13, 1998^[L]	Stockholm	Sweden	Riddarholmen
South America
August 20, 1998^[M]	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Metropolitan
August 25, 1998	Santiago	Chile	Teatro Monumental
August 27, 1998	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Luna Park
August 28, 1998			Teatro Opera
Europe
November 25, 1998	Manchester	England	Manchester Carling Apollo
November 27, 1998	Birmingham		Symphony Hall
November 29, 1998	London		London Palladium
December 2, 1998	Cambridge		Cambridge Corn Exchange
January 5, 1999	Reykjavík	Iceland	National Theatre
January 6, 1999

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^A This concert was a part of JAM Music Festival ^B This concert was a part of Hurricane Festival ^C This concert was a part of Ruisrock ^D This concert was a part of Quart Festival ^E These concerts were part of Torhout-Werchter Festival ^F This concert was a part of Montreux Jazz Festival ^G This concert was a part of Out in the Green Festival

^H This concert was a part of Il Violino e la Selce Festival ^I This concert was a part of Fuji Rock Festival ^J This concert was a part of Skanderborg Festival ^K This concert was a part of Festival Internacional de Benicàssim ^L This concert was a part of Stockholm Water Festival ^M This concert was a part of Close Up Planet Festival

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

October 29, 1997	Stockholm, Sweden	Arenan	Rescheduled to November 22, 1997.
October 31, 1997	Copenhagen, Denmark	Vega	Rescheduled to November 20, 1997.
December 5, 1997	Los Angeles, United States	KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas	Cancelled due to kidney infection.[1]
December 7, 1997	San Francisco, United States	Green Christmas Ball	Cancelled due to kidney infection.[1]
December 8, 1997	Los Angeles, United States	Shrine Auditorium	Cancelled due to kidney infection.[1]
December 11, 1997	Chicago, United States	Q101 Twisted	Cancelled due to kidney infection.[1]
December 14, 1997	New York, United States	Hammerstein Ballroom	Cancelled due to kidney infection.[1]
April 12, 1998	Toronto, Canada	Maple Leaf Gardens	Tour with Radiohead. Cancelled due to staging and production difficulties.[2]
April 13, 1998	Montreal, Canada	Molson Centre	Tour with Radiohead. Cancelled due to staging and production difficulties.[2]
April 15, 1998	Worcester, United States	Worcester Centrum Centre	Tour with Radiohead. Cancelled due to staging and production difficulties.[2]
April 17, 1998	New York City, United States	Radio City Music Hall	Tour with Radiohead. Cancelled due to staging and production difficulties.[2]
May 9, 1998	Worcester, United States	Worcester Palladium	Rescheduled to May 16, 1998.
August 22, 1998	São Paulo, Brazil	International Festival of New Music	Cancelled.

Promotional performances

Date	Show	Set
September 19, 1997	TFI Friday	"Jóga"
October 3, 1997	Top of the Pops	"Jóga"
October 18, 1997	Saturday Night Live	"Bachelorette"
November 6, 1997	1997 MTV Europe Music Awards	"Bachelorette"
November 29, 1997	Later... with Jools Holland	"Bachelorette", "Hunter", "Jóga"
February 11, 1998	Nulle Part Ailleurs	"Jóga", "Bachelorette"
February 14, 1998	MTV Live	"You've Been Flirting Again", "Isobel", "Human Behaviour", "Bachelorette", "Jóga", "Pluto"
May 22, 1998	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	"Bachelorette"
June 20, 1998	Hit Machine	"Hunter", "Bachelorette"
October 16, 1998	Later... with Jools Holland	"So Broken"
December 5, 1998	CD:UK	"Alarm Call"

References

1. Goldberg, Michael (December 1, 1997). "News Flash: Bjork Illness Forces Show Cancellations". Addicted to Noise. Archived from the original on April 27, 1999. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
2. "BJORK PULLS OUT OF RADIOHEAD SHOWS OVER STAGING DIFFICULTIES". NME. February 2, 1998. Retrieved 3 April 2013.