Too Close for Comfort Tour

The Too Close for Comfort Tour was the first world tour embarked upon by Australian singer-songwriter Darren Hayes as a solo artist, following his split from Savage Garden. Beginning on 31 August 2002, the tour has passed across Australia, the United Kingdom, Europe and Southern Asia.

Too Close for Comfort Tour
Tour by Darren Hayes
Cover of the DVD release of the tour
Associated albumSpin
Start date31 August 2002
End date26 November 2002
Legs6
No. of shows7 in Oceania
26 in Europe
2 in North America
8 in Asia
43 Total
Darren Hayes concert chronology
Alternative Image
2015 special edition DVD cover

Content

The tour features Hayes performing the majority of his first solo album, Spin (with the exception of "I Can't Ever Get Enough of You"), as well as a selection of Savage Garden hit singles, as well as the first song that he and Daniel Jones wrote together, "I'll Bet He Was Cool". Specificus supported Hayes during all the Australian dates, and Aneiki supported Hayes across all of the other dates.

The tour was filmed for DVD release, with footage from the three dates at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, on 11, 12 and 16 October 2002, being featured. The DVD release itself is in fact a 'tour film', chronicling the journey across the entire tour, from start to finish, with footage filmed backstage, in Darren's hotel room, before every live performance, and two frank interviews with Darren, interspliced with the concert footage. All of the material for the film, bar the two interviews, was filmed in 2002. However, due to ongoing commitments, Darren was unable to find the time to record interview material for the project, and it lay on the shelf until early 2004. The first interview, recorded at that time, was originally due to be the basis of the film, however, his record label, Columbia Records, did not wish his fanbase to see his "darker side" (a direct quote from the film), and at that point, the film itself, including the concert footage, remained unreleased. However, when Darren decided to start his own label, Powdered Sugar, he filmed a second, more up-to-date interview in 2005, and the film was re-edited, and finally released in stores on 13 January 2006, nearly four years after the initial capture of the concert. The film contains elements of both interviews, as well as a substantial amount of backstage footage, with the concert.

The concert footage contained on the DVD is much shorter than the actual setlist itself, with "Dirty", "To the Moon and Back", "The Lover After Me", "Chained to You", "Crush" and "Spin" all being removed from the final cut, and the live performance of "Affirmation" instead being placed at the end of the film. Darren stated during the 2005 interview that this was because he was in an "extremely bad place" at the time, and thus decided to remove all of the "darker" performances from the cut, and instead retain more "emotional" material.

Setlist
  1. "Creepin' Up on You"
  2. "Dirty"
  3. "Heart Attack"
  4. "Strange Relationship"
  5. "Insatiable"
  6. "To the Moon and Back" (Acoustic)
  7. "The Lover After Me" (Acoustic)
  8. "Chained to You" (Acoustic)
  9. "Good Enough"
  10. "I Want You"
  11. "I Miss You"
  12. "Like It or Not"
  13. "Crush (1980 Me)"
  14. "What You Like"
  15. "Affirmation"
  16. "I'll Bet He Was Cool"
  17. "I Knew I Loved You"
  18. "Truly Madly Deeply"
  19. "Spin"

DVD track list

Original Release
  1. "Creepin' Up on You"
  2. "Heart Attack"
  3. "Strange Relationship"
  4. "Insatiable"
  5. "Good Enough"
  6. "I Want You"
  7. "I Miss You"
  8. "Like It or Not"
  9. "What You Like"
  10. "I'll Bet He Was Cool"
  11. "I Knew I Loved You"
  12. "Truly Madly Deeply"
  13. "Affirmation"

2015 Special Edition Bonus CD
  1. "Creepin' Up on You"
  2. "Dirty"
  3. "Heart Attack"
  4. "Good Enough"
  5. "Strange Relationship"
  6. "Insatiable"
  7. "What You Like"
  8. "Affirmation"

Tour Dates
Date City Country Venue
Oceania
31 August 2002 Melbourne Australia Palais Theatre
7 September 2002 Brisbane Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
9 September 2002 Sydney Enmore Theatre
10 September 2002
12 September 2002 Melbourne Forum Theatre
13 September 2002 Adelaide Thebarton Theatre
15 September 2002 Perth Burswood Entertainment Complex
Europe
26 September 2002 Carlisle United Kingdom Carlisle Sands Centre
27 September 2002 Glasgow Clyde Auditorium
28 September 2002 Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle City Hall
30 September 2002 Leicester De Montfort Hall
1 October 2002 Cambridge Cambridge Corn Exchange
3 October 2002 Manchester Manchester Apollo
4 October 2002
5 October 2002 Sheffield Sheffield City Hall
7 October 2002 Bristol Colston Hall
8 October 2002 Portsmouth Portsmouth Guildhall
10 October 2002 Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Civic Hall
11 October 2002 London Hammersmith Apollo
12 October 2002
14 October 2002 Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Civic Hall
15 October 2002 Plymouth Plymouth Pavilions
16 October 2002 London Hammersmith Apollo
18 October 2002 Belfast Maysfield Leisure Centre
19 October 2002 Dublin Ireland Vicar Street
22 October 2002 Copenhagen Denmark K.B. Hallen
23 October 2002 Stockholm Sweden Annexet
25 October 2002 Saint Petersburg Russia Ice Palace
27 October 2002 Moscow Kremlin Palace
30 October 2002 Riga Latvia Ķīpsala International Exposition Centre
31 October 2002 Tallinn Estonia Saku Suurhall Arena
2 November 2002 Helsinki Finland Espoo Arena
North America
8 November 2002 Mexico City Mexico Teatro Metropólitan
9 November 2002
Asia
12 November 2002 Tokyo Japan Ebisu Garden Hall
13 November 2002
15 November 2002 Nagoya Bottom Line
17 November 2002 Osaka Namba Hatch
19 November 2002 Singapore Singapore Fort Canning
21 November 2002 Taipei Taiwan Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
23 November 2002 Quezon City Philippines Araneta Coliseum
26 November 2002 Bangkok Thailand Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre

Cancellations

Some of the Australian dates were cancelled for various reasons.

Some of the Asian dates were cancelled due to the terrorist threats in that region at the time, in particular relation to the Bali Bombings.

One of the Russian dates was declared a national day of mourning as a result of the Moscow theater hostage crisis.

  • 5 September - Newcastle Civic Theatre
  • 9 September - Wollongong Entertainment Centre
  • 10 September - Canberra Royal Theatre
  • 28 October - Kremlin Palace, Moscow

Live Band
  • Musical Director, Keyboards - Andrew Dorsett
  • Band Leader, Bass Guitar, Additional Guitar - Lee Novak
  • Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Catherine Wood
  • Drums - Jerohn Garnet
  • Backing Vocals - Angi Bekker, Tina Kopa

Production
  • Tour Production Manager - Colin Skals
  • Show Designer & Lighting Director - Bruce Ramus
  • Film Director - Grant Marshall
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