Začarani krug tour

Začarani krug Tour
Tour by Lepa Brena
Promotional poster for concert in Sofia at Arena Armeec, October 2015
Associated albumZačarani krug
Start date20 October 2011 (2011-10-20)
End date29 September 2017 (2017-09-29)
Legs5
No. of shows
  • 15 in North America
  • 89 in Europe
  • 104 in total
Lepa Brena concert chronology

The Začarani krug Tour was a tour by Serbian[1] singer Lepa Brena, and was staged in support of her sixteenth studio album, Začarani krug (2011). Comprising 104 shows, the tour visited Europe and North America. It began on October 20, 2011, in Belgrade, Serbia, at the Kombank Arena and concluded on September 29, 2017, in London, England at Troxy. During the tour she held the biggest concert of her career. The concert in Prilep was attended by more than 200,000 people. It was officially announced in May 2011, with dates for Balkan venues revealed. The tour was also included some festival concerts.

Background

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Brena performing in the Belgrade Arena, October 2011

On May 4, 2011, Brena announced a concert at the Belgrade Arena for her 51st birthday, October 20, 2011.[2] She revealed that the concert was planned to be held at the Maracana Stadium on June 10, 2011, but because of the fear of rain, she decided for Arena.[3][4] Due to great interest, she soon added another concert for October 21.[5] At the end of September it is planned to add a third concert, but because of the exhaustion from the concert rehearsal, Brena gave up this idea. On October 24, 2011, she announced a concert in Sofia at Arena Armeec, December 3, 2011.[6][7] It was her first concert in Bulgaria after 20 years, when she last sang at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in front of more than 110,000 people.[8] At the same time, concerts in Niš, Vienna, as well as concerts for the New Year in Petrovac were announced.[9] At the end of October, dates for North America for the spring of 2012 have been announced. It was Brena's first tour in America after almost ten years.[10][11] The continuation of the European part of the tour she began in Ljubljana on May 19, where she last performed during the Uđi slobodno Tour.[12] Concerts in Novi Bečej, Banja Luka and Berlin were canceled because Brena's activated the thrombus and she ended up at the hospital, followed by a long recovery.[13] The tour continued in December. Začarani krug Tour returned to North America in May 2013.[14] The concert in Novi Sad on February 14, 2014, was announced at the end of 2013. It was Brena's first concert in Novi Sad in 20 years.[15] Due to great interest for the concert in December 2011, Brena announced another concert in Sofia at the Arena Armeec on October 22, 2015.[16] At the end of June 2017, Brena announced a concert in London for September 29 in which she will perform after fifteen years.[17]

Problems with the concert in Timișoara

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Press conference in Romania, March 2012

On March 12, 2012, Lepa Brena announced a concert in Timișoara at the Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu, on June 15, 2012, where she sang in the same place 28 years ago in front of 60,000 people.[18][19] Lepa Brena was greeted with the highest honor at the border as soon as she reached the soil of Romania. Blinded cars and police security, flowers and honors that fit a world champion are just a detail that illustrates how the Romanians are seeing a star from a neighboring country. Under the special police escort, Brena came to Timișoara where she held a press conference for Romanian media related to the concert that will be held in this city on June 15, 2012. When she arrived in front of the hotel "Timișoara", Brena literally surrounded photographers and journalists from all over Romania. Since she was singing as a girl in Timișoara, for Brena this was a touching encounter with the Romans who followed her career all these years. Atmosphere at the press conference brought our singer, and at one point she sang the song "Ja nemam drugi dom"![5][20] Brena told reporters: "I must admit, when I saw flowers at the entrance to Romania, tears began because I remembered in 1984 when I was last here. I just returned all my memories."[21] However, on June 13, 2012, was announced that the concert is scheduled for June 29, 2012 for technical reasons. The concert organizer told local media that they were forced to cancel the concert because of the rain that had fallen in the past days. "It was not possible to place an extremely demanding stage design and scenography, which will cause the Serbian folk star to appear in a delayed term, in two weeks, in front of the Romanian audience." One of the organizers of this spectacle, Aleksandar Tamaš, pointed out that 70% of tickets were sold and that the purchased tickets will be valid for the new term.[22] On June 26, 2012, the newspaper posted that the announced Lepa Brena concert in Timișoara on June 29, 2012, was canceled. This time the reason for the postponement of the concert is not of a technical nature, but the stadium from 25 to 29 June is reserved for football matches, and because of that, it is not possible to keep the stage and hold the concert.[23] After a few days, Lepa Brena said that she was very disappointed and would gladly schedule a new concert, but when she found a new and serious organizer for the concert.

Set list

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This setlist was obtained from the concert of October 20, 2011 held at Belgrade Arena in Belgrade. It does not represent all shows throughout the tour.[24]

  1. "Video Introduction" (contains elements of "Uradi to")
  2. "Uradi to"
  3. "Metak sa posvetom"
  4. "Uđi slobodno"
  5. "Bato, Bato"
  6. "Grad"
  7. "Biseru beli"
  8. "Recite mu da ga volim"
  9. "Sanjam"
  10. "Robinja"
  11. "Luda za tobom"
  12. "Ti si moj greh"
  13. "Čik pogodi"
  14. "Šeik"
  15. "Udri Mujo"
  16. "Igraj Boro moje oro"
  17. "Jugoslovenka" (ft. Daniel Popović, Vlado Kalember & Alen Islamović)
  18. "Ja nemam drugi dom"
  19. "Okrećeš mi leđa"
  20. "Golube"
  21. "Evo, zima će"
  22. "Pazi kome zavidiš"
  23. "Briši me" (ft. Hari Varešanović)
  24. "Noćas mi srce pati"
  25. "Biber" (ft. Željko Joksimović)
  26. "Čačak, Čačak"
  27. "Mile voli disko"
  28. "Janoš"
  29. "Duge noge"
  30. "Sitnije, Cile, sitnije"
  31. "Dama iz Londona"
  32. "Miki Mićo"
  33. "Hajde da se volimo"
  34. "Nežna žena"
  35. "Poželi sreću drugima"
  36. "Mače moje"
  37. "Perice, moja merice"
  38. "Pariski lokal"
  39. "Stakleno zvono"

Shows

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List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold
Date City Country Venue Attendance
Europe[25]
20 October 2011 Belgrade Serbia Belgrade Arena 40,000
21 October 2011
19 November 2011 Vienna Austria Prater Gallerien 4,500
3 December 2011 Sofia Bulgaria Arena Armeec 20,000
8 December 2011 Niš Serbia Čair Sports Center 7,000
31 December 2011 Petrovac Montenegro Hotel "Palas" 6,000
1 January 2012
24 February 2012 Munich Germany Club "Klangwlt" 3,000
25 February 2012 Düsseldorf Club Ambis 3,500
2 March 2012 Salzburg Austria Discoteka Triebwerk West 3,000
3 March 2012 Dietikon Switzerland Stadthalle 5,000
31 March 2012 Bern Diskoteka Palma 3,500
7 April 2012 Hamburg Germany Stage Club Hamburg 3,500
8 April 2012 Bielefeld Farinda Club 3,000
27 April 2012 Nuremberg Disco Rasha 3,000
28 April 2012 Hanover Club Acanto 3,200
North America[26]
4 May 2012 St. Louis United States Casa Loma Ballroom 3,000
5 May 2012 Chicago Banquet Hall Hanging Gardens 4,000
11 May 2012 Detroit Royalty House 3,500
12 May 2012 Toronto Canada Kool Haus 7,000
13 May 2012 New York City United States Club Pure 3,500
Europe[27][28][29]
19 May 2012 Ljubljana Slovenia Arena Stožice 15,000
2 June 2012 Paris France Dock Eiffel 4,000
9 June 2012 Zürich Switzerland Club Face 3,500
12 July 2012 Sanski Most Bosnia and Herzegovina Discoteka Camel 4,000
15 July 2012 Prilep Macedonia Beerfest 200,000
1 December 2012 Düsseldorf Germany Ambis Club 3,500
31 December 2012 Belgrade Serbia Genex Impulse Hall 4,500
2 February 2013 Montlingen Switzerland Disco Flash 3,000
8 March 2013 Munich Germany VIP Club 3,500
9 March 2013 Sattledt Austria Club Nova 2,000
29 March 2013 Zürich Switzerland Club JIL 3,500
30 March 2013 Härkingen Disco Atlantis 3,000
26 April 2013 Zagreb Croatia Club Shamballa 3,500
North America[30]
3 May 2013 Los Angeles United States Roxbury Hollywood 3,000
4 May 2013 San Jose Tomba Club 2,000
8 May 2013 Las Vegas Wish Vegas 3,500
10 May 2013 Salt Lake City Royalty House 2,500
11 May 2013 Boise Idaho Ice World 3,000
17 May 2013 Clive 7 Flags Event Center 3,500
18 May 2013 Jacksonville Club Aqua 3,500
24 May 2013 Lynn St. Michael's Hall 3,000
25 May 2013 Norcross Grand Ballroom 3,000
26 May 2013 Utica Daniele's Banquet 3,500
Europe[31][32]
23 August 2013 Lukavac Bosnia and Herzegovina Arena Modrac 15,000
25 August 2013 Novi Bečej Serbia Velikogospojinski dani 70,000
14 September 2013 Munich Germany VIP Club 3,500
27 September 2013 Malmö Sweden Amiralen 4,000
28 September 2013 Stockholm Hallunda 4,500
26 October 2013 Dietikon Switzerland Stadthalle 5,000
30 October 2013 Bern Diskoteta Palma 3,500
31 December 2013 Belgrade Serbia Crowne Plaza 7,000
1 January 2014
14 February 2014 Novi Sad SPENS 12,000
8 March 2014 Krnjak Croatia Stadion Krnjak 5,000
12 April 2014 Ljubljana Slovenia Gospodarsko razstavišče 6,000
3 June 2014 Congress Square 50,000
18 June 2014 Domašinec Croatia Šampion Club 5,000
26 June 2014 Lukavac Bosnia and Herzegovina Arena Modrac 15,000
29 June 2014 Reșița Romania Town square 70,000
4 October 2014 Zürich Switzerland Club Face 3,500
18 October 2014 Vienna Austria Lugner City 5,000
6 December 2014 Lucerne Switzerland D'Lux The Club 3,000
27 December 2014 Črnomelj Slovenia Veseli December v Črnomlju 5,000
31 January 2015 Helsingborg Sweden Sundspärlan 3,000
13 February 2015 Travnik Bosnia and Herzegovina Club Tron 2,500
14 February 2015 Živinice Disco Pasha 2,500
21 March 2015 Munich Germany Heide Volm 5,000
15 May 2015 Zagreb Croatia The Best discothèque 3,000
6 June 2015 Wil Switzerland Imperia Club 3,000
31 July 2015 Makarska Croatia Petar Pan Club 4,000
28 August 2015 Makedonska Kamenica Macedonia Town square 25,000
30 August 2015 Novi Bečej Serbia Velikogospojinski dani 80,000
10 October 2015 Ljubljana Slovenia Gospodarsko razstavišče 6,000
22 October 2015 Sofia Bulgaria Arena Armeec 20,000
14 November 2015 Vienna Austria Admiral Dome 5,000
18 December 2015 Zenica Bosnia and Herzegovina Arena Zenica 10,000
31 December 2015 Belgrade Serbia Square in front of the National Assembly of Serbia 60,000
13 February 2016 Stockholm Sweden Balkan Beat Cruise 5,000
14 February 2016
5 March 2016 Pforzheim Germany Flash Club 3,000
2 April 2016 Berlin Universal Hall 5,000
9 April 2016 Zürich Switzerland Club Face 3,000
14 May 2016 Groesbeek Netherlands Sporthal Heuvelland 3,000
20 May 2016 Brussels Belgium Théâtre Saint-Michel 2,500
28 May 2016 Oslo Norway Samfunnssalen 3,000
25 June 2016 Celje Slovenia Carraro Fest 10,000
30 July 2016 Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina Aqua Park Havana 5,000
27 August 2016 Wil Switzerland Imperia Club 3,000
4 November 2016 Poreč Croatia Palazzo Club 3,000
5 November 2016 Linz Austria Club Liberty 3,500
3 December 2016 Stuttgart Germany Club Metropola 3,500
23 December 2016 Gothenburg Sweden Trädgårn 4,000
24 December 2016 Dortmund Germany Club Prisma 3,000
31 December 2016 Čačak Serbia Gradski Trg 10,000
11 February 2017 Munich Germany Postpalast 4,000
8 April 2017 Plovdiv Bulgaria Kolodruma Arena 5,000
26 May 2017 Rosenheim Germany LOFT Club 2,000
27 May 2017 Dietikon Switzerland Stadthalle 3,000
8 July 2017 Knjaževac Serbia Gurgusovačka kula 6,000
29 July 2017 Ohrid Macedonia Plaža Gradište 3,000
11 August 2017 Orašje Bosnia and Herzegovina Sova Night Club 4,000
16 September 2017 Štip Macedonia Town square 50,000
29 September 2017 London England Troxy 4,000
Total 1,082,700

Cancelled shows

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List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation
Date City Country Venue Reason
15 June 2012 Timișoara Romania Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu Logistics difficulty
25 August 2012 Banja Luka Bosnia and Herzegovina Aquana Recovering from illness[33]
26 August 2012 Novi Bečej Serbia Velikogospjinski dani
1 September 2012 Berlin Germany Universal hall
25 July 2014 Makarska Croatia Petar Pan Club Broke her arm[34]
26 July 2014
30 July 2014 Cazin Bosnia and Herzegovina Hotel "Sedra"
20 September 2014 Vienna Austria Lugner City
2 January 2015 Travnik Bosnia and Herzegovina Club Tron Broke her wrist[35]
3 January 2015 Živinice Disco Pasha
20 June 2015 Skopje Macedonia Philip II Arena Due to the unstable political situation and terrorist attacks in the country[36]

References

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