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All I Want for Christmas Is You: A Night of Joy and Festivity

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All I Want for Christmas Is You, a Night of Joy & Festivity
Residency by Mariah Carey
Location
  • North America
  • Europe
VenueVarious
Associated albumsMerry Christmas
Merry Christmas II You
Start dateDecember 15, 2014 (2014-12-15)
End dateDecember 15, 2019 (2019-12-15)
Legs8
No. of shows56
Attendance222,308
Box office$22,524,202
Mariah Carey concert chronology
Mariah Carey's Christmas tour chronology
All I Want for Christmas Is You: A Night of Joy and Festivity
(2014–2019) 		Merry Christmas to All! / Merry Christmas One and All!
(2022–2023)

All I Want for Christmas Is You, a Night of Joy and Festivity was the second concert residency by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. Originally performed annually at the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan, New York, the residency began on December 15, 2014, and ended on December 15, 2019, after completing eight legs and fifty-six shows in various countries around the world. The main set list for the show encompassed songs from Merry Christmas and Merry Christmas II You, alongside additional non-holiday tracks from Carey's discography.

Background and development

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Mariah Carey released her fourteenth studio album, titled Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse, on May 27, 2014.[1] It debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 album chart with opening week sales of 58,000 copies in the United States, and number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[1][2] Carey embarked on her eighth concert tour called The Elusive Chanteuse Show in October and November later that year, whereby she performed concerts throughout East Asia, South East Asia and Australasia.[1][2] During the Australasian leg, Carey announced that she would take up residency at the Beacon Theatre in the New York City borough of Manhattan to be performed annually in December, as a twentieth anniversary celebration of the release of her first Christmas album, Merry Christmas, in 1994, as well as her second Christmas album, Merry Christmas II You (2010).[3][4] Carey said in an announcement "I can't imagine being anywhere more special than live on stage, in my hometown, celebrating with my fans during the Christmas season, my most treasured time of the year, I can't wait!"[3]

Critical reception

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Jim Farber of the New York Daily News stated that while Carey "seemed nervous and out-of-breath," the show had "a strange allure."[5] Steven J. Horowitz from Billboard praised the singer's first performance at the venue, writing: "Carey accomplished what she came to do: spread Christmas cheer."[6] Jon Caramanica from The New York Times who also reviewed the first show wrote the singer felt "utterly at ease" and commended her engagement with the audience.[7]

Commercial performance

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Following the announcement of the residency in October 2014, tickets for shows on December 15, 16, 18 and 20 went on pre-sale on November 3 for Citigroup cardholders, while general release followed a week later on November 10.[3] Additional dates for December 21 and 22 were later released.[8] Billboard later announced that the six dates generated a 100% attendance, with Carey playing to a total of 16,196 people and the shows grossing $1,563,173 in total.[9]

In October 2015, a new string of dates were announced once again at the Beacon Theatre with tickets available on October 17 via Ticketmaster.[10]

Set list

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  1. "Sugar Plum Fairy Introlude" (Ballet Introduction)
  2. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" / "Gloria (In Excelsis Deo)"
  3. "Charlie Brown Christmas"
  4. "Fantasy" (Interlude)
  5. "Oh Santa!"
  6. "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
  7. "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" / "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" / "Jingle Bells" (Children's Choir Interlude)
  8. "Jesus Oh What a Wonderful Child" (Interlude) (Performed by Trey Lorenz and choir)
  9. "Silent Night"
  10. "Joy to the World"
  11. "This Christmas" (Band Interlude)
  12. "When Christmas Comes"
  13. "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) / Housetop Celebration"
  14. "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" (Children's Choir Interlude)
  15. "Carol of the Bells" (Dance Interlude) (contains elements from "Sing We Now of Christmas")
  16. "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again"
  17. "O Holy Night"
  18. "Emotions"
  19. "We Belong Together"
  20. "Hero"
Encore
  2. "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
  3. "All I Want for Christmas Is You Reprise" (Outro)
Notes
  • "We Belong Together" was added to the set list on December 18, 2014.
  • On December 7, 2016, John Legend joined Carey during the performance of "When Christmas Comes" on the sixteenth night.[13]
  • On December 8, 2016, R. Kelly joined Carey onstage to perform "The Christmas Song", in place of "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again".[14]
  • On December 23, 2016, Jussie Smollett joined Carey during the performance of "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again".
  • "The Star" was temporarily sung on December 2, 2017 to November 30, 2019.
  • "Emotions" was not performed on select dates in Europe.
  • "Que je t'aime" was performed on the first show in Paris.
  • A snippet of "Miss You Most (At Christmas time)" was performed on the third Las Vegas show and in Brussels.
  • Starting on December 1, 2018, a piano interlude of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" replaced the "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" interlude.
  • "The Distance" was performed from December 1 to 17, 2018.
  • A snippet of "One Child" was performed in Leeds.
  • A snippet of "Caution" was performed in Brussels.
  • A snippet of "Jesus Born On This Day" was performed in Madrid.
  • Starting on November 22, the "Santa Medley" interlude was replaced by a performance of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Mariah's children.
  • From November 23 to December 13, 2019, "Always Be My Baby" temporarily replaced "We Belong Together".
  • On December 7, 2019, an interlude of "This Christmas" sung by the background singers was added.

Shows

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Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
Leg 1 — North America[9][11]
December 15, 2014 New York City United States Beacon Theatre 16,196 / 16,196 $1,563,173
December 16, 2014
December 18, 2014
December 20, 2014
December 21, 2014
December 22, 2014
Leg 2 — North America[10]
December 8, 2015 New York City United States Beacon Theatre 20,720 / 20,720 $2,054,071
December 9, 2015
December 11, 2015
December 12, 2015
December 14, 2015
December 15, 2015
December 17, 2015
December 18, 2015
Leg 3 — North America[12]
December 5, 2016 New York City United States Beacon Theatre 23,392 / 24,169 $2,369,921
December 7, 2016
December 8, 2016
December 10, 2016
December 11, 2016
December 13, 2016
December 14, 2016
December 16, 2016
December 17, 2016
Leg 4 — North America[13]
December 2, 2017 New York City United States Beacon Theatre 8,127 / 8,127 $847,479
December 4, 2017
December 5, 2017
Leg 5 — Europe[14][15]
December 9, 2017 Paris France AccorHotels Arena 6,479 / 7,622 $645,330
December 10, 2017 Manchester England Manchester Arena 9,371 / 9,371 $927,176
December 11, 2017 London The O2 Arena 15,074 / 16,290 $1,525,000
Leg 6 — North America[16][17]
December 14, 2017 Las Vegas United States The Colosseum at Caesars Palace 14,533 / 17,434 $1,897,495
December 16, 2017
December 17, 2017
December 20, 2017
December 22, 2017
Leg 7 — Europe
December 1, 2018 Stavanger Norway Sørmarka Arena — —
December 3, 2018 Gothenburg Sweden Scandinavium
December 4, 2018 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena
December 5, 2018 Berlin Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena 7,535 / 7,535 $513,894
December 7, 2018 Paris France AccorHotels Arena 5,308 / 7,800 $501,640
December 9, 2018 Nottingham England Motorpoint Arena Nottingham 5,553 / 6,200 $467,977
December 10, 2018 Leeds First Direct Arena 5,102 / 5,102 $392,522
December 11, 2018 London The O2 Arena 11,212 / 15,140 $1,163,710
December 13, 2018 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome 8,024 / 8,024 $606,854
December 14, 2018 Brussels Belgium Forest National 6,226 / 6,226 $436,474
December 17, 2018 Madrid Spain WiZink Center 6,552 / 6,552 $758,973
Leg 8 — North America[18]
November 22, 2019 Las Vegas United States The Colosseum at Caesars Palace 17,483 / 17,483 $2,710,305
November 23, 2019
November 27, 2019
November 29, 2019
November 30, 2019
December 7, 2019 Atlantic City Hard Rock Live 7,000 / 7,000
December 9, 2019 Oxon Hill The Theater at MGM 6,244 / 6,244 $827,461
December 10, 2019
December 12, 2019 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena 5,835 / 5,835 $494,792
December 13, 2019 Boston Wang Theatre 3,347 / 3,347 $451,589
December 15, 2019 New York City Madison Square Garden 12,995 / 12,995 $1,368,366
Total 222,308 / 235,412
(94%) 		$22,524,202

Cancelled shows

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Date City Country Venue Reason
November 17, 2017 Windsor Canada Caesars Windsor Upper respiratory infection[19][20][21][22][23]
November 18, 2017 Chicago United States Chicago Theatre
November 20, 2017 Bethlehem Sands Bethlehem Event Center
November 21, 2017 Niagara Falls Seneca Niagara Events Center
November 22, 2017 Northfield Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park
November 24, 2017 Oxon Hill MGM National Harbor
November 25, 2017 Atlantic City Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
November 27, 2017 New York City Beacon Theatre
November 28, 2017
December 1, 2017
November 28, 2020 Honolulu Neal S. Blaisdell Arena COVID-19 pandemic[24]

References

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  2. ^ a b Brandle, Lars (September 18, 2014). "Mariah Carey Announces 'Elusive Chanteuse' Tour of Australia". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Gamboa, Glen (October 31, 2014). "Mariah Carey sets holiday shows at Beacon Theatre". Newsday. Archived from the original on July 9, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  4. ^ Smith, Courtney E. (November 3, 2014). "Mariah Carey Announces NYC Christmas Concerts". Radio.com. Archived from the original on May 28, 2024. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  5. ^ Farber, Jim (December 15, 2014). "Mariah Carey overdoes herself at wavering Beacon Theatre show: concert review". Daily News. New York. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  6. ^ Horowitz, Steven J. (December 16, 2014). "Mariah Carey Brings Christmas Cheer to NYC's Beacon Theater". Billboard. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  7. ^ Caramanica, Jon (December 16, 2014). "A Diva and a Holiday, Intertwined". The New York Times. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  8. ^ "Mariah Carey kicks off Christmas extravaganza in NYC". Rap-Up. December 16, 2014. Archived from the original on October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. January 28, 2015. Archived from the original on January 5, 2017.
  10. ^ a b Goodman, Jessica (October 9, 2015). "Mariah Carey announces second annual Christmas concert series". E! News. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  11. ^ @touringdata (3 March 2020). "ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU TOUR, @MariahCarey $22,090,619 Gross ($433,149 avg.) 208,081 Tickets Sold (4,080 av…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ^ "Current Boxscore". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 5, 2017.
  13. ^ "Current Boxscore - Beacon 2017". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 30, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  14. ^ "Current Boxscore - London 2017". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 30, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  15. ^ "Current Boxscore - Manchester 2017". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 24, 2018.
  16. ^ "Current Boxscore". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 30, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  17. ^ "Mariah Carey brings Christmas concert series to Las Vegas". torontosun.
  18. ^ Mariah Carey Charts (Fan Page) (December 7, 2019). "Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You tour continues tonight with a SOLD OUT show at Hard Rock Live's Etess Arena in Atlantic City. The venue has a capacity of 7,000". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  19. ^ "Carey show at Caesars cancelled". The Windsor Star. November 16, 2017. p. A3.
  20. ^ "Mariah Carey Cancels First Shows of Christmas Concert Due to Respiratory Infection | Entertainment Tonight". www.etonline.com.
  21. ^ "Mariah Carey Cancels Opening Shows of Christmas Tour Due to Respiratory Infection". Billboard.
  22. ^ Baillie, Katie (November 25, 2017). "Mariah Carey cancels more Christmas tour shows for 'a few extra days rest'".
  23. ^ "Mariah Carey Further Postpones Christmas Tour Over Health Issues". E! Online. November 25, 2017.
  24. ^ Star-Advertiser staff (July 17, 2020). "Mariah Carey concert at Blaisdell canceled". Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
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