Living Proof: The Farewell Tour is the seventh concert tour by superstar Cher and her most successful to date. The tour supported her 24th studio album, Living Proof and compilation album titled The Very Best of Cher. The tour accomplished many achievements, one of the major commercial successes was that by October 2003, Cher’s tour grossed over $145 million. All up the tour grossed nearly $250 million and was seen by nearly 3.5 million spectators. The tour was a hit around the world including Europe, Australia, New Zealand and North America. The concert was one of the most long running tours in American history.

The tour was announced in 2002 by Cher. She commented, “It’s an artist’s dream to have a career where you’re continually drawing new people in, while hopefully keeping your longtime fans happy. But I’m certainly aware of the fact that it’s a rare occurrence. I don’t take for granted the fact that people still care about what I do on any level.”

The tour started in Toronto in June 2002 and would continue onward for an amazing record breaking 326 shows, ending in Los Angeles April 2005. The final show was performed at the Hollywood Bowl, incidentally where Cher made her first concert appearance with former husband, Sonny Bono. Cher explains the longevity of the tour was based on asking her manager to continue to add dates because of the audience reaction. The tour was originally slated to end with the Australasian leg in the Fall of 2004, however, an additional North American leg was added in January 2005. She concluded, “I really don’t want to stop. They’re making me stop! I told the tour managers, ‘But I haven’t done Vermont or Delaware’, and they said, ‘There are no venues big enough, dear’. And then I said, ‘So go out and build some! After that, physical restraint was mentioned.’ But seriously, I figured if I didn’t stop, I was going to go into permanent Marlene Dietrich mode. And these are the song I sang for audiences in Alaska, Ohio, Connecticut and then I’d keep falling off my elephant and eventually become a recluse.”

The tour also gave Cher the opportunity to perform in new territories in Europe and North America, including her first tour to reach New Zealand. According to the Dakota Student, the performance at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota was the largest [single night] audience the artist has performed for during her solo career. Although the article states over 20,000 were in attendance, Billboard later reported an audience of 19,531 spectators.

Opening acts included the Village People and Cyndi Lauper.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
June 14, 2002	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre
June 15, 2002	Auburn Hills	United States	The Palace of Auburn Hills
June 18, 2002	Cleveland		Gund Arena
June 19, 2002	Columbus, Ohio		Nationwide Arena
June 21, 2002	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena
June 22, 2002	Philadelphia		First Union Center
June 24, 2002
June 26, 2002	New York City		Madison Square Garden
June 27, 2002
June 29, 2002	Washington, D.C.		MCI Center
June 30, 2002	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
July 2, 2002	East Rutherford		Continental Airlines Arena
July 3, 2002	Manchester		Verizon Wireless Arena
July 5, 2002	Pittsburgh		Mellon Arena
July 6, 2002	Atlantic City		Boardwalk Hall
July 8, 2002	Boston		FleetCenter
July 9, 2002
July 12, 2002	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena
July 13, 2002	Milwaukee		Bradley Center
July 15, 2002	St. Louis		Savvis Center
July 16, 2002	Kansas City		Kemper Arena
July 18, 2002	Chicago		United Center
July 19, 2002
July 29, 2002	Seattle		KeyArena
July 30, 2002	Vancouver	Canada	General Motors Place
August 1, 2002	Portland	United States	Rose Garden
August 3, 2002	Oakland		The Arena in Oakland
August 4, 2002	San Jose		Compaq Center at San Jose
August 6, 2002	Los Angeles		Staples Center
August 7, 2002	Anaheim		Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
August 9, 2002	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena
August 10, 2002
August 12, 2002	Phoenix		America West Arena
August 14, 2002	Salt Lake City		Delta Center
August 15, 2002	Denver		Pepsi Center
August 17, 2002	North Little Rock		Alltel Arena
August 18, 2002	New Orleans		New Orleans Arena
August 20, 2002	Oklahoma City		Ford Center
August 21, 2002	Houston		Compaq Center
August 23, 2002	Dallas		American Airlines Center
August 24, 2002	Austin		Frank Erwin Center
August 27, 2002	Atlanta		Philips Arena
August 28, 2002	Greenville		BI-LO Center
August 30, 2002	Sunrise		National Car Rental Center
August 31, 2002
September 2, 2002	Tampa		Ice Palace
September 4, 2002	Birmingham		BJCC Arena
September 5, 2002	Louisville		Freedom Hall
September 7, 2002	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum
September 8, 2002	Cincinnati		U.S. Bank Arena
September 10, 2002	Indianapolis		Conseco Fieldhouse
September 12, 2002	Madison		Kohl Center
September 13, 2002	Moline		Mark of the Quad Cities
September 15, 2002	Minneapolis		Target Center
September 27, 2002	Winnipeg	Canada	Winnipeg Arena
September 28, 2002	Grand Forks	United States	Alerus Center
September 30, 2002	Park City		Kansas Coliseum
October 2, 2002	Ames		Hilton Coliseum
October 4, 2002	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center
October 6, 2002	Green Bay		Resch Center
October 8, 2002	Chicago		United Center
October 10, 2002	Champaign		Assembly Hall
October 12, 2002	East Lansing		Breslin Student Events Center
October 13, 2002	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills
October 15, 2002	Hershey		Giant Center
October 17, 2002	New York City		Madison Square Garden
October 18, 2002
October 21, 2002	Montreal	Canada	Bell Centre
October 23, 2002	London		John Labatt Centre
October 24, 2002	Toronto		Air Canada Centre
October 25, 2002	Uncasville	United States	Mohegan Sun Arena
October 26, 2002	Philadelphia		First Union Center
November 3, 2002	Boston		FleetCenter
November 4, 2002	Providence		Dunkin’ Donuts Center
November 7, 2002	Miami		American Airlines Arena
November 8, 2002
November 11, 2002	Orlando		TD Waterhouse Centre
November 13, 2002	Nashville		Gaylord Entertainment Center
November 14, 2002	New Orleans		New Orleans Arena
November 16, 2002	Bossier City		CenturyTel Center
November 17, 2002	Houston		Compaq Center
November 20, 2002	El Paso		Don Haskins Center
November 22, 2002	Dallas		American Airlines Center
November 23, 2002	Laredo		Laredo Entertainment Center
November 25, 2002	San Antonio		SBC Center
December 1, 2002	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
December 2, 2002	Los Angeles		Staples Center
December 5, 2002	Anaheim		Arrowhead Pond at Anaheim
December 7, 2002	Bakersfield		Bakersfield Centennial Garden
December 8, 2002	Sacramento		ARCO Arena
December 11, 2002	San Jose		HP Pavilion at San Jose
December 13, 2002	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena
December 14, 2002
December 16, 2002	Seattle		KeyArena
December 18, 2002	Nampa		Idaho Center
December 19, 2002	Spokane		Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
January 30, 2003	Fresno		Selland Arena
February 1, 2003	Tucson		Tucson Arena
February 2, 2003	El Paso		Don Haskins Center
February 4, 2003	Phoenix		America West Arena
February 5, 2003	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum
February 7, 2003	Lubbock		United Spirit Arena
February 9, 2003	North Little Rock		Alltel Arena
February 11, 2003	Tampa		St. Pete Times Forum
February 13, 2003	Tallahassee		Leon County Civic Center
February 14, 2003	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum
February 24, 2003	Roanoke		Roanoke Civic Center
February 25, 2003	Richmond		Richmond Coliseum
February 27, 2003	Baltimore		1st Mariner Arena
March 1, 2003	Lexington		Rupp Arena
March 2, 2003	Knoxville		Thompson�Boling Arena
March 4, 2003	Memphis		Pyramid Arena
March 6, 2003	Lafayette		Cajundome
March 8, 2003	Mobile		Mobile Civic Center
March 9, 2003	Jackson		Mississippi Coliseum
March 11, 2003	Huntsville		Von Braun Center
March 13, 2003	Oklahoma City		Ford Center
March 14, 2003	Park City		Kansas Coliseum
March 16, 2003	Topeka		Landon Arena
April 16, 2003	Billings		MetraPark Arena
April 17, 2003	Bismarck		Bismarck Civic Center
April 19, 2003	Council Bluffs		Mid-America Center
April 20, 2003
April 22, 2003	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum
April 23, 2003	North Charleston		North Charleston Coliseum
April 25, 2003	Atlanta		Philips Arena
April 27, 2003	Wilkes-Barre		First Union Arena
April 29, 2003	Bridgeport		Arena at Harbor Yard
April 30, 2003	Portland		Cumberland County Civic Center
May 2, 2003	Worcester		Worcester’s Centrum Centre
May 3, 2003	Buffalo		HSBC Arena
May 13, 2003	Dayton		Nutter Center
May 16, 2003	Cleveland		Gund Arena
May 17, 2003	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena
June 2, 2003	Trenton	Sovereign Bank Arena
June 3, 2003
June 5, 2003	Hampton	Hampton Coliseum
June 7, 2003	Manchester	Verizon Wireless Arena
June 8, 2003	University Park	Bryce Jordan Center
June 11, 2003	New York City	Madison Square Garden
June 12, 2003
June 15, 2003	Moline	Mark of the Quad Cities
June 17, 2003	Denver	Pepsi Center
June 18, 2003	Billings	MetraPark Arena
June 20, 2003	Nampa	Idaho Center
June 21, 2003	Yakima	Yakima Valley SunDome
July 9, 2003	Uncasville	Mohegan Sun Arena
July 11, 2003	Atlantic City	Boardwalk Hall
July 12, 2003	Worcester	Worcester’s Centrum Centre
July 14, 2003	Portland	Cumberland County Civic Center
July 16, 2003	Hartford	Hartford Civic Center
July 18, 2003	Wilkes-Barre	Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza
July 19, 2003	Manchester	Verizon Wireless Arena
July 21, 2003	Dayton	Nutter Center
July 23, 2003	Albany	Pepsi Arena
July 25, 2003	Rochester	Blue Cross Arena
July 26, 2003	Hershey	Giant Center
July 28, 2003	Rockford	Rockford MetroCentre
July 30, 2003	Grand Rapids	Van Andel Arena
August 1, 2003	Columbus, Ohio	Jerome Schottenstein Center
August 2, 2003	Indianapolis	Conseco Fieldhouse
August 4, 2003	Evansville	Roberts Municipal Stadium
August 6, 2003	Fort Wayne	Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
August 7, 2003	Charleston	Charleston Civic Center
August 11, 2003	Peoria	Carver Arena
August 13, 2003	Des Moines	Veterans Memorial Auditorium
August 15, 2003	Minneapolis	Target Center
August 16, 2003	Milwaukee	Bradley Center
August 22, 2003	Auburn	White River Amphitheatre
August 23, 2003	Vancouver	Canada	General Motors Place
August 25, 2003	Calgary		Pengrowth Saddledome
August 27, 2003	Saskatoon		Saskatchewan Place
August 30, 2003	San Bernardino	United States	Hyundai Pavilion at Glen Helen
August 31, 2003	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena
September 3, 2003	Fresno		Selland Arena
September 5, 2003	Concord		Chronicle Pavilion
September 6, 2003	Sacramento		ARCO Arena
September 8, 2003	Reno		Lawlor Events Center
September 10, 2003	Portland		Rose Garden
September 12, 2003	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
September 13, 2003	Phoenix		America West Arena
September 22, 2003	Kansas City		Kemper Arena
September 24, 2003	Fort Worth		FWCC Arena
September 26, 2003	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
September 27, 2003	Selma		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
September 29, 2003	Albuquerque		Journal Pavilion
October 1, 2003	Colorado Springs		World Arena
October 3, 2003	Omaha		Qwest Center Omaha
October 4, 2003	St. Louis		Savvis Center
October 10, 2003	Washington, D.C.		MCI Center
October 12, 2003	Rosemont		Allstate Arena
October 13, 2003
October 15, 2003	Norfolk		Norfolk Scope
October 16, 2003	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum
October 18, 2003	Biloxi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum
October 20, 2003	Daytona Beach		Ocean Center
October 21, 2003	Pensacola		Pensacola Civic Center
October 25, 2003	Sunrise		Office Depot Center
October 27, 2003	Pittsburgh		Petersen Events Center
October 28, 2003	Reading		Sovereign Center
October 31, 2003	Toronto	Canada	The SkyTent at SkyDome
January 2, 2004	Las Vegas	United States	MGM Grand Garden Arena
January 3, 2004
Europe
May 8, 2004	Dublin	Ireland	The Point
May 9, 2004	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Arena
May 11, 2004	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
May 14, 2004	Birmingham	England	NEC Arena
May 15, 2004
May 17, 2004	Manchester		Manchester Evening News Arena
May 19, 2004	Sheffield		Hallam FM Arena
May 21, 2004	London		Wembley Arena
May 22, 2004
May 26, 2004	Paris	France	Zenith de Paris
May 28, 2004	Cologne	Germany	Lanxess Arena
May 29, 2004	Zurich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
June 1, 2004	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
June 2, 2004	Budapest	Hungary	Budapest Sports Arena
June 4, 2004	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle
June 5, 2004	Frankfurt		Festhalle
June 7, 2004	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis
June 11, 2004	Hamburg	Germany	Color Line Arena
June 12, 2004	Copenhagen	Denmark	Forum Copenhagen
June 15, 2004	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholm Globe Arena
June 18, 2004	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Areena
June 21, 2004	Moscow	Russia	State Kremlin Palace
June 22, 2004
June 24, 2004	Saint Petersburg		Ice Palace
June 27, 2004	Leipzig	Germany	Arena Leipzig
June 29, 2004	Rotterdam	Netherlands	The Ahoy
June 30, 2004
July 2, 2004	Monte Carlo	Monaco	Monte Carlo Sporting Club and Casino
North America
July 23, 2004	Calgary	Canada	Pengrowth Saddledome
July 24, 2004	Kelowna		Prospera Place
July 26, 2004	Edmonton		Skyreach Centre
July 28, 2004	Saskatoon		Credit Union Centre
July 30, 2004	Rapid City	United States	Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
July 31, 2004	Sioux City		Gateway Arena
August 2, 2004	Green Bay		Resch Center
August 4, 2004	Cedar Rapids		U.S. Cellular Center
August 7, 2004	Fargo		Fargodome
August 9, 2004	Tulsa		TCC Arena
August 11, 2004	Hidalgo		Dodge Arena
August 13, 2004	Baton Rouge		RC Arena
August 14, 2004	Biloxi		Mississippi Coast Coliseum
August 23, 2004	Hamilton	Canada	Copps Coliseum
August 25, 2004	Halifax		Halifax Metro Centre
August 26, 2004
August 28, 2004	Uncasville	United States	Mohegan Sun Arena
August 30, 2004	Providence		Dunkin’ Donuts Center
September 1, 2004	Binghamton		Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
September 3, 2004	Erie		Louis J. Tullio Arena
September 4, 2004	Reading		Sovereign Center
September 7, 2004	Toledo		Savage Hall
September 8, 2004	Springfield		Prairie Capital Convention Center
September 11, 2004	Southaven		DeSoto Civic Center
September 13, 2004	Chattanooga		McKenzie Arena
September 15, 2004	Winston-Salem		Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
September 17, 2004	Birmingham		BJCC Arena
September 18, 2004	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
September 20, 2004	Gainesville		O’Connell Center
September 22, 2004	Daytona Beach		Ocean Center
September 24, 2004	Tallahassee		Leon County Civic Center
September 27, 2004	Estero		Germain Arena
September 28, 2004
October 8, 2004	Mexico City	Mexico	Palacio de los Deportes
October 9, 2004
October 10, 2004
November 5, 2004	Hidalgo	United States	Dodge Arena
November 7, 2004	Corpus Christi		American Bank Center
November 9, 2004	Beaumont		Ford Arena
November 11, 2004	Columbia		Paige Sports Arena
November 13, 2004	Minneapolis		Target Center
November 15, 2004	Sioux Falls		Sioux Falls Arena
November 17, 2004	Duluth		DECC Arena
November 19, 2004	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena
November 20, 2004	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills
November 22, 2004	Rochester		Blue Cross Arena
November 24, 2004	Albany		Pepsi Arena
November 26, 2004	Portland		Cumberland County Civic Center
November 27, 2004	Atlantic City		Boardwalk Hall
December 11, 2004	Washington, D.C.		MCI Center
December 12, 2004	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
December 14, 2004	Duluth		Arena at Gwinnett Center
December 16, 2004	Tampa		St. Pete Times Forum
December 18, 2004	Sunrise		Office Depot Center
January 14, 2005	Sacramento		ARCO Arena
January 16, 2005	Bakersfield		Bakersfield Centennial Garden
January 18, 2005	Glendale		Glendale Arena
January 19, 2005	Tucson		Tucson Arena
January 21, 2005	San Jose		HP Pavilion at San Jose
January 23, 2005	Spokane		Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
January 25, 2005	Portland		Rose Garden
January 26, 2005	Everett		Everett Events Center
January 29, 2005	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena
January 31, 2005	Salt Lake City		Delta Center
February 2, 2005	Colorado Springs		World Arena
February 4, 2005	Wichita Falls		Kay Yeager Coliseum
February 5, 2005	Bossier City		CenturyTel Center
February 7, 2005	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum
Oceania
February 20, 2005	North Shore City	New Zealand	North Harbour Stadium
February 22, 2005	Christchurch		Westpac Centre
February 26, 2005	Melbourne	Australia	Rod Laver Arena
February 27, 2005
March 1, 2005
March 3, 2005	Sydney		Sydney Entertainment Centre
March 4, 2005
March 7, 2005
March 9, 2005	Newcastle		Newcastle Entertainment Centre
March 11, 2005	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
March 12, 2005
March 15, 2005	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre
March 16, 2005
March 18, 2005	Sydney		Sydney Entertainment Centre
North America
April 7, 2005	Montreal	Canada	Bell Centre
April 9, 2005	Ottawa		Corel Centre
April 10, 2005	London		John Labatt Centre
April 12, 2005	Uncasville	United States	Mohegan Sun Arena
April 13, 2005	East Rutherford		Continental Airlines Arena
April 16, 2005	Chicago		United Center
April 18, 2005	Council Bluffs		Mid-America Center
April 20, 2005	Winnipeg	Canada	MTS Centre
April 21, 2005	Regina		Regina AgriDome
April 23, 2005	Victoria		Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
April 24, 2005
April 29, 2005	Los Angeles	United States	Hollywood Bowl
April 30, 2005

Farewell Tour, 9.4 out of 10 based on 7 ratings