A New Journey

Celtic Woman: A New Journey is the second on-stage production by the group Celtic Woman. The show was filmed at Slane Castle in County Meath, Ireland and featured Hayley Westenra as a new addition to the group. The album was released on 30 January 2007. This album broke a long-standing record when it surpassed the 81-week run of the original Celtic Woman album.

Celtic Woman: A New Journey
Studio album by
Released30 January 2007
Recorded23 & 24 August 2006
GenreCeltic, new-age, adult contemporary, classical
LanguageEnglish, Irish, Italian
LabelManhattan
ProducerDavid Downes
Celtic Woman chronology
Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration
(2006)
Celtic Woman: A New Journey
(2007)
Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey
(2008)

The tour began on 14 February 2007 in Tampa with initial dates announced through 29 June 2007. New dates for Europe running 22 September 22 to 9 October 2007 were announced in May 2007 along with fall North American dates running 10 October to 17 November 2007 and some Japan dates. The tour finished on 6 October 2008 in Amsterdam.

The album opened at #4 on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 71,000 copies in its first week.[1] On 29 March 2007, the album was certified gold by the RIAA, signifying U.S. sales in excess of 500,000 units, while the longform video was certified double platinum on the same date.[2]

Performers

Track listing

No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."The Sky and the Dawn and the Sun"Chloë Agnew, Órla Fallon, Lisa Kelly, Máiréad Nesbitt, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Hayley Westenra05:19
2."The Prayer"Agnew04:20
3."Newgrange"Fallon03:07
4."Over the Rainbow"Agnew, Fallon, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra02:37
5."Granuaile's Dance"Nesbitt03:40
6."The Blessing"Kelly03:49
7."Dúlamán"Ní Mhaolchatha03:05
8."Beyond the Sea"Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra03:20
9."The Last Rose of Summer"Westenra, Ní Mhaolchatha03:36
10."Caledonia"Kelly04:49
11."Lascia ch'io pianga"Westenra, Nesbitt03:31
12."Carrickfergus"Orla Fallon (Harp by Orla Fallon)03:43
13."Vivaldi's Rain"Agnew02:11
14."The Voice"Kelly, Nesbitt03:05
15."Scarborough Fair"Westenra03:13
16."Mo Ghile Mear"Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra04:50

Bonus Tracks on deluxe edition

No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
17."Sing Out!"Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha04:04
18."Shenandoah - The Pacific Slope" (Live from Slane Castle)Nesbitt04:43
19."At The Céilí" (Live from Slane Castle)Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha04:59
20."Spanish Lady" (Live from Slane Castle)Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra02:23

Additional Bonus Track on various digital download editions

No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
21."Green The Whole Year Round" (Live Version)Kelly 

Bonus Tracks on Japanese limited special edition

No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
17."Somewhere" (Live from Slane Castle)Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Ní Mhaolchatha02:20
18."Sing Out!"Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha04:04
19."Spanish Lady" (Live from Slane Castle)Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra02:23
20."You Raise Me Up" (Live from Slane Castle)Agnew, Fallon, Kelly, Nesbitt, Ní Mhaolchatha, Westenra5:21*

DVD set list

2006

Act 1

  1. "The Sky And The Dawn And The Sun"-(All)
  2. "The Prayer"-(Chloe)
  3. "Caledonia"-(Lisa)
  4. "Newgrange"-(Orla)
  5. "Orinoco Flow"-(Lisa, Meav, & Orla)
  6. "Dulaman"-(Meav)
  7. "The Blessing"-(Lisa)
  8. "Scarborough Fair"-(Hayley)
  9. "Granuaile's Dance"-(Mairead)
  10. "Over The Rainbow"-(Chloe, Hayley, Meav, & Orla)
  11. "Beyond The Sea"-(All)

●Intermission - Gown change Act 2

  1. "At The Cèili"-(Lisa, Mariead, Meav, & Orla) - Ceili dresses
  2. "Lascia Ch'io Pianga"-(Hayley & Mairead)
  3. "Carrickfergus"-(Orla w/harp)
  4. "Sing Out!"-(Chloe, Lisa, Mairead, Meav, & Orla)
  5. "Panis Angelicus"-(Chloe)
  6. "The Last Rose Of Summer"-(Hayley & Meav)
  7. "Spanish Lady"-(Chloe, Hayley, Lisa, Meav, & Orla)
  8. "Shenandoah-The Pacific Slope"-(Mairead)
  9. "The Voice"-(Lisa & Mairead)
  10. "Danny Boy"-(Meav)
  11. "Somewhere"-(Chloe, Lisa, Meav, & Orla)
  12. "Mo Ghile Mear"-(All)
  13. "You Raise Me Up"-(All)
  14. "At the Ceili(Finale)"-(Mairead)

Tour

To promote the album Celtic Woman embarked on the New Journey Tour from February 2007 to October 2008.

The Celtic Woman performers change their outfits at least three times (Act 1:White evening gowns and Act 2: Ceili dresses for At the Ceili and Ball gowns).

Shows

Date City Country Venue Line-Up
North America
14 February 2007 Tampa United States Carol Morsani Hall Chloe, Lisa, Meav, Orla, Mairead
15 February 2007
17 February 2007 Jacksonville Moran Theater
18 February 2007 Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center
19 February 2007 Sunrise BankAtlantic Center
21 February 2007 Greenville Bi-Lo Center
22 February 2007 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center
23 February 2007 Baltimore Hippodrome Theatre
24 February 2007
26 February 2007 Philadelphia Academy of Music
27 February 2007
1 March 2007 Wilkes Barre F.M. Kirby Center
2 March 2007 Wallingford Chevrolet Theatre
3 March 2007
5 March 2007 Providence Providence Performing Arts Center
6 March 2007
8 March 2007 Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena
9 March 2007 Boston Wang Theatre Chloe, Lisa, Hayley, Orla, Mairead
10 March 2007
11 March 2007 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
13 March 2007 Pittsburgh Benedum Center
14 March 2007
16 March 2007 New York City Radio City Music Hall
17 March 2007
22 March 2007 Charlotte Ovens Auditorium
23 March 2007
24 March 2007 Nashville Andrew Jackson Hall
25 March 2007
27 March 2007 Atlanta Fox Theatre
28 March 2007
30 March 2007 Raleigh Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
31 March 2007
2 April 2007 Cincinnati Cincinnati Music Hall
3 April 2007 Detroit Fox Theatre
4 April 2007 Cleveland Palace Theatre at Playhouse Square
5 April 2007 Columbus Palace Theatre
11 April 2007 Indianapolis Murat Theatre Chloe Lisa Meav Orla Mairead
12 April 2007 South Bend Morris Performing Arts Center
13 April 2007 Louisville The Louisville Palace
14 April 2007
15 April 2007 Milwaukee Milwaukee Theatre
17 April 2007 Minneapolis Orpheum Theatre
18 April 2007
19 April 2007 Peoria Peoria Civic Center
20 April 2007 Rosemont Rosemont Theatre
21 April 2007
22 April 2007 St. Louis Fox Theatre
24 April 2007 Kansas City Kansas City Music Hall
25 April 2007 Little Rock Robinson Center
27 April 2007 Memphis Orpheum Theatre
28 April 2007 Baton Rouge Baton Rouge River Center Arena
1 May 2007 Albuquerque Kiva Auditorium
2 May 2007 Tempe Gammage Memorial Auditorium
3 May 2007
4 May 2007 Palm Desert McCallum Theatre Chloe, Lisa, Hayley, Orla, Mairead
5 May 2007 Los Angeles Greek Theatre
7 May 2007 San Diego Copley Symphony Hall
8 May 2007 Long Beach Terrace Theater
10 May 2007 Boise Velma V. Morrison Center
11 May 2007 Portland Rose Garden
12 May 2007 Seattle WaMu Theater
13 May 2007 Spokane INB Performing Arts Center
15 May 2007 Sacramento Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
16 May 2007 San Jose San Jose Civic Auditorium
18 May 2007 San Rafael Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium
19 May 2007 Oakland Paramount Theatre
20 May 2007 Fresno William Saroyan Theatre
22 May 2007 West Valley City E Center
1 June 2007 Memphis Orpheum Theatre
2 June 2007 Atlanta Fox Theatre
3 June 2007 Orlando Amway Arena
4 June 2007 Chattanooga Chattanooga Memorial Auditorium
5 June 2007 Richmond Landmark Theater
6 June 2007 Portsmouth nTelos Pavilion
8 June 2007 Boston Wang Theatre
9 June 2007
10 June 2007
12 June 2007 Albany Times Union Center
13 June 2007 Buffalo Shea's Performing Arts Center
15 June 2007 Toronto Canada Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts
16 June 2007 Montreal Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
17 June 2007 Ottawa Southam Hall
20 June 2007 Portland United States Cumberland County Civic Center
21 June 2007 Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard
22 June 2007 Springfield MassMutual Center
23 June 2007 Philadelphia Mann Center for the Performing Arts
24 June 2007 Wolf Trap Filene Center
28 June 2007 Morrison Red Rocks Amphitheatre
29 June 2007
North America - Fall
10 October 2007 Estero United States Germain Arena Chloe, Lisa, Orla, Lynn, Mairead
12 October 2007 Gainesville O'Connell Center
13 October 2007 North Charleston North Charleston Coliseum
15 October 2007 Raleigh Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
16 October 2007
18 October 2007 Miami American Airlines Arena
19 October 2007 West Palm Beach Dreyfoos Hall
20 October 2007
21 October 2007 Tampa Carol Morsani Hall
Two shows
23 October 2007 Charlotte Ovens Auditorium
24 October 2007
25 October 2007
27 October 2007 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
28 October 2007 University Park Bryce Jordan Center
30 October 2007 Huntington Big Sandy Superstore Arena
1 November 2007 Reading Sovereign Center
2 November 2007 Akron E. J. Thomas Hall
3 November 2007 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena
4 November 2007 Saginaw The Theater at the Dow Event Center
6 November 2007 Indianapolis Conseco Fieldhouse
7 November 2007 Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
9 November 2007 Lexington Rupp Arena
10 November 2007 Springfield Sangamon Auditorium
11 November 2007 Madison Alliant Energy Center
13 November 2007 Moline iWireless Center
14 November 2007 Des Moines Wells Fargo Arena
15 November 2007 Omaha Qwest Center Omaha
16 November 2007 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center
17 November 2007 Fargo Fargodome
Asia
26 November 2007 Tokyo Japan Orchard Hall Chloe, Lisa, Orla, Lynn, Mairead
27 November 2007
28 November 2007
29 November 2007 Osaka Koseinenkin
1 December 2007 Nagoya Kinro Hall
North America
13 February 2008 Grand Prairie United States Nokia Live Chloe, Orla, Lynn, Alex, Mairead
14 February 2008
16 February 2008 Bossier City CenturyTel Center
17 February 2008 Houston Toyota Center
19 February 2008 Austin Frank Erwin Center
20 February 2008 Tulsa Mabee Center
22 February 2008 Birmingham BJCC Concert Hall
23 February 2008 Pensacola Pensacola Civic Center
24 February 2008 Augusta William B. Bell Auditorium
26 February 2008 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum Complex
27 February 2008 Nashville Sommet Center
28 February 2008 Memphis FedExForum
29 February 2008 Knoxville Knoxville Civic Auditorium
2 March 2008 Savannah Johnny Mercer Theatre
4 March 2008 Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center
5 March 2008 Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
7 March 2008 Norfolk Chrysler Hall
8 March 2008 Baltimore Royal Farms Arena
10 March 2008 Providence Providence Performing Arts Center
11 March 2008
12 March 2008
14 March 2008 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
15 March 2008 New York City Radio City Music Hall
16 March 2008
17 March 2008 Pittsburgh Mellon Arena
20 March 2008 Wilkes-Barre Wachovia Arena
21 March 2008 Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena
22 March 2008 Wallingford Oakdale Theatre
26 March 2008 Rochester Mayo Civic Center
27 March 2008 Rockford Rockford MetroCentre
28 March 2008 St. Louis Fox Theatre
29 March 2008
30 March 2008 Kansas City Sprint Center
1 April 2008 Louisville The Louisville Palace
2 April 2008
4 April 2008 Chicago Auditorium Theatre
5 April 2008
6 April 2008
8 April 2008 Duluth Duluth Entertainment Convention Center
9 April 2008 Green Bay Resch Center
11 April 2008 Toledo SeaGate Convention Centre
12 April 2008 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
16 April 2008 Portland Rose Garden
17 April 2008 Seattle Paramount Theatre
18 April 2008
19 April 2008
20 April 2008
22 April 2008 Boise Taco Bell Arena
23 April 2008 Yakima Yakima SunDome
24 April 2008 Spokane Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
26 April 2008 Salt Lake City Kingsbury Hall
27 April 2008
28 April 2008
29 April 2008
1 May 2008 San Francisco Orpheum Theatre
2 May 2008
3 May 2008
4 May 2008
6 May 2008 Sacramento Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
9 May 2008 Chula Vista Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
10 May 2008 Palm Desert McCallum Theatre
11 May 2008 Phoenix Dodge Theatre
12 May 2008 Tucson Centennial Hall
14 May 2008 Bakersfield Rabobank Arena
15 May 2008 Long Beach Terrace Theater
16 May 2008 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Bowl
17 May 2008 Los Angeles Greek Theatre
18 May 2008
Europe
27 September 2008 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
29 September 2008 Stuttgart Germany Liederhalle Ember
30 September 2008 Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle
1 October 2008 Salzburg Austria Salzburgarena
4 October 2008 Düsseldorf Germany Philipshalle
5 October 2008 Berlin Tempodrom
6 October 2008 Amsterdam Netherlands Heineken Music Hall

Personnel

Performers:

The Garden Symphony Orchestra was recorded at Slane Studios, Dublin, Ireland Directed by William Harris Celtic Woman Band:

  • Keyboards: David Downes
  • Drums and Percussion: Ray Fean
  • Guitars: Ryan Eoghan
  • Bagpipes, Uilleann pipes and Whistle: Jason Riley
  • Bass Guitar: Eoghan O'Neill
  • Percussion: Nicki Baley
  • Bagpipes: Anthony Byrne

The Antonas Choir was recorded at Dunbar Studios, Wicklow, Ireland Directed by Rosemary Collier All songs were arranged by David Downes

Charts and certifications

References

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