A Big Night in with Darren Hayes Tour

A Big Night in with Darren Hayes Tour was the third tour undertaken by Australian singer-songwriter Darren Hayes as a solo artist. The tour was undertaken to celebrate the release of Savage Garden's 10th anniversary greatest hits album. The staging for the tour was simple, with a 'living room' feel, featuring a bar, dining area and wardrobe. The show featured a great deal of audience participation, drawing on game shows, reality TV and internet dating. Between songs, a male member of the audience was invited on to the stage where he was given a haircut and makeover by the tour's wardrobe staff. Later, three women were invited on stage as potential 'dates', two being voted off by the audience via live text voting. The winner was then introduced to the made-over male and the pair were served a candle lit dinner on stage, whilst Darren sang love ballads. At the end of the show, the woman was given the choice of either "taking the bloke" or winning Geri Halliwell's mobile phone number, or alternatively Jason Donovan's home phone number for Australian performances, as a consolation prize. The musical side of the show featured the greatest number of Savage Garden songs that Darren had performed since the demise of the group. This served as a kind of farewell to these songs, as he has rarely revisited them since this tour. During this tour he met keyboard player and producer Justin Shave, who has since gone on to become an ongoing musical collaborator with Hayes. The DVD release of the tour, named A Big Night in with Darren Hayes, was recorded in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia in July 2006. The DVD was released in stores on 6 December 2006. It contains the entire live show, as well as various bonus materials.

A Big Night In With Darren Hayes Tour
Tour by Darren Hayes
Cover of the DVD release of the tour
Associated albumTruly Madly Completely: The Best of Savage Garden
Start date20 April 2006
End date16 July 2006
Legs4
No. of shows12 in Europe
2 in Oceania
1 in Asia
15 Total
Darren Hayes concert chronology
Alternative Image
2015 special edition DVD cover

Setlist
  1. "Intro" / "Carry on Dancing"
  2. "Affirmation"
  3. "Chained to You"
  4. "Creepin' Up on You"
  5. "I Like the Way"
  6. "Strange Relationship"
  7. "Insatiable"
  8. "The iPod Karaoke Challenge" ("I Miss You", "Gunning Down Romance", "You Can Still Be Free", "The Best Thing" or "Crush (1980 Me)"
  9. "To the Moon and Back"
  10. "I Knew I Loved You"
  11. "Void"
  12. "Darkness"
  13. "Break Me Shake Me"
  14. "Unlovable"
  15. "Crash and Burn"
  16. "Truly Madly Deeply" / "Protection"
  17. "Pop!ular"
  18. "I Want You" / "Tears of Pearls" / "Violet"
  19. "So Beautiful"

DVD track list

Original release
  1. "Affirmation"
  2. "Chained to You"
  3. "The Lover After Me"
  4. "Creepin' Up on You"
  5. "I Like the Way"
  6. "Strange Relationship"
  7. "Insatiable" (followed by "About 3 Seconds of I Miss You" - listed as track 8)
  8. "The Savage Garden Karaoke Challenge (featuring "Hold Me") - listed as track 8.5
  9. "To the Moon and Back"
  10. "I Knew I Loved You"
  11. "Void"
  12. "Darkness"
  13. "Break Me Shake Me"
  14. "Unlovable"
  15. "Crash and Burn"
  16. "Truly Madly Deeply"
  17. "Pop!ular"
  18. "I Want You" / "Tears of Pearls" / "Violet"
  19. "So Beautiful"

Also features "I Knew I Loved You" (Vocoder Version) as a bonus feature.

2015 Special Edition Bonus CD
  1. "Affirmation"
  2. "The Lover After Me"
  3. "Creepin' Up on You"
  4. "I Like the Way"
  5. "Strange Relationship"
  6. "To the Moon and Back"
  7. "I Knew I Loved You" (Vocoder Version)
  8. "Void"

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue
Europe
20 April 2006 Glasgow Scotland Clyde Auditorium
21 April 2006 Newcastle upon Tyne England Newcastle City Hall
23 April 2006 Manchester Manchester Apollo
24 April 2006 Nottingham Nottingham Royal Centre
26 April 2006 London Hammersmith Apollo
27 April 2006 Ipswich Ipswich Regent
29 April 2006 Bristol Colston Hall
30 April 2006 Portsmouth Portsmouth Guildhall
2 May 2006 Sheffield Sheffield City Hall
3 May 2006 Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Civic Hall
6 May 2006 Dublin Ireland Vicar Street
7 May 2006 Belfast Northern Ireland Waterfront Hall
Oceania
4 July 2006 Sydney Australia Sydney Opera House
5 July 2006
Asia
16 July 2006 Bangkok Thailand Suan Lum Night Bazaar
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