Carpe Diem Tour Explained

The Carpe Diem Tour was a headlining concert tour by American singer Chris Brown, in support of his fifth studio album Fortune. The tour included shows in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Trinidad. It began on November 14, 2012 in Denmark and ended on December 27, 2012 in Trinidad.

Background

In May 2012, boy band The Wanted revealed to Capital FM that Brown was planning to launch a tour in the United States in July of the same year to support his fifth studio album, Fortune, and that there was a possibility they could be one of the supporting acts for the tour. Tom Parker, a member of the band, stated: "There's talk about us, he's got his American tour coming up in July, maybe we'll go on that for a few shows which will be cool".^[1] However, details for a tour were not announced until September 25, 2012, when twelve dates for European venues were revealed.^[2] An extra date for the European leg was announced on September 26, 2012.^[3] The African tour dates were announced on September 28, 2012.^[4]

Setlist

The following set list is representative of the show on December 5, 2012. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour.

1. "Beautiful People"
2. "I Can Only Imagine"
3. "Forever"
4. "She Ain't You"
5. "Take It to the Head"
6. "Birthday Cake"
7. "Take You Down"
8. "Biggest Fan"
9. "2012"
10. "No Bullshit"
11. "I Can Transform Ya"
12. "Bassline"
13. "Look At Me Now"
14. "Deuces"
15. "All Back"
16. "Don't Judge Me"
17. "Yeah 3x"
18. "Don't Wake Me Up"
19. "Turn Up The Music"

Dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe[5] [6]
November 14, 2012	Copenhagen	Denmark	Forum Copenhagen
November 17, 2012	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
November 19, 2012	Stockholm	Sweden	Ericsson Globe
November 22, 2012	Berlin	Germany	O2 World
November 23, 2012	Stuttgart		Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
November 27, 2012	Dortmund		Westfalenhallen
November 29, 2012	Frankfurt		Festhalle
November 30, 2012	Basel	Switzerland	St. Jakobshalle
December 3, 2012	Dublin	Ireland	The O2
December 5, 2012	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis
December 6, 2012	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome
December 7, 2012	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
December 9, 2012
Asia[7]
December 11, 2012	Dubai		Meydan Racecourse
Africa
December 15, 2012	Johannesburg	South Africa	Coca-Cola Dome
December 17, 2012	Durban		Moses Mabhida Stadium
December 19, 2012	Cape Town		Grand West Arena
December 20, 2012
December 30, 2012	Abidjan	Ivory Coast	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny

Personnel

• Choreography – Anwar "Flii Stylz" Burton, Christopher Brown, Richmond "Rich" Talauega and Anthony "Tone" Talauega
• Creative direction – Anwar "Flii Stylz" Burton, Josh Thomas and Christopher Brown
• Art direction – Shaun Harrison ^[8]
• Graphic Designer – Cooper Sebastian
• Stage director – Steven Bryson
• Production manager – Michael "Huggy" Carter
• Stylist – Seth Chernoff
• Dancers – Kento Mori, Mona Berntsen, Hefa Leone Tuita, J.D Rainey, Jack Fletcher, Roi Chen, Devon Perri, Timor Steffens, Taja Riley, Randi Kemper, Eyal (Pipo) Layani, Ragon Miller and Alexandria Kaye-Upshur
• DJ – DJ Babey Drew^{[9] [10]}

Source:^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Wanted Tease Potential US Tour Plans With Chris Brown. Capital FM. May 4, 2012. September 26, 2012.
2. Greenwald. David. Chris Brown Announces 'Carpe Diem' World Tour Launch. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. September 25, 2012. September 26, 2012.
3. Web site: Pittman . Sarah . Chris Brown Seizes The Day . . September 26, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150623032051/http://www.pollstar.com/news_article.aspx?ID=802835 . June 23, 2015 . dead .
4. News: Chris Brown brings Carpe Diem Tour to South Africa. Times Live. Avusa. September 28, 2012. September 29, 2012.
5. Web site: Chris Brown Announces European Dates for 'Carpe Diem' World Tour. Rap-Up. Devin Lazerine. September 25, 2012. September 26, 2012.
6. Web site: Chris Brown to end Carpe Diem Tour in Trinidad . SoundVillage. Herman Scott Media . November 29, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121220125451/http://soundvillage.net/news/chris-brown-to-end-carpe-diem-tour-in-trindiad/ . December 20, 2012 . dead .
7. News: Crane. Kelly. Chris Brown returns to UAE. Gulf News. Al Nisr Publishing. November 18, 2012. 18 November 2012.
8. Web site: Cargo.
9. [DJ Babey Drew]
10. Web site: DJ Babey Drew | Love & Hip Hop Atlanta | VH1.com . 2013-05-16 . 2013-05-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130524174428/http://www.vh1.com/shows/love_and_hip_hop_atlanta/cast_member.jhtml?personalityId=16047 . dead .
11. Book: Carpe Diem Tour Program . 2012 . USA .