All I Want for Christmas Is You: A Night of Joy and Festivity
All I Want for Christmas Is You, a Night of Joy and Festivity is the first concert residency by American singer Mariah Carey. 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. Billboard revealed that the six dates had sold out with a total of 16,196 tickets while grossing $1.5 million during the first leg of the residency. The main set list for the show encompassed songs from Merry Christmas and Merry Christmas II You, with additional non-holiday tracks.
Residency by Mariah Carey | |
Location |
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Venue | Various |
Associated albums | Merry Christmas & Merry Christmas II You |
Start date | December 15, 2014 |
End date | December 15, 2019 |
Legs | 8 |
No. of shows |
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Attendance | 123,780 (94%) |
Mariah Carey concert chronology |
Background and development
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
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
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]
Opening Acts
- KnowleDJ (from December 1-18, 2018)
Set list
- "Sugar Plum Fairy Introlude" (Ballet introduction)
- "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Gloria (In Excelsis Deo)"
- "Charlie Brown Christmas"
- "Fantasy" (Teaser)
- "Oh Santa!"
- "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
- Santa Medley: "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" / "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" / "Jingle Bells" (Performed by children) [Interlude]
- "Jesus Oh What a Wonderful Child" (Performed by Trey Lorenz and choir) [Interlude]
- "Silent Night" (With choir)
- "Joy to the World" (With choir)
- Band Introductions
- "When Christmas Comes"
- "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) / Housetop Celebration"
- "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" (Performed by children) [Interlude]
- "Carol of the Bells" (With elements from "Sing We Now of Christmas", performed by background dancers) [Interlude]
- "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again"
- "O Holy Night"
- "Emotions"
- "We Belong Together"
- "Hero"
- "Hero Reprise"
- "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
- "All I Want for Christmas Is You Reprise" (Outro)
Notes:
- "Emotions" was not performed on the first night, in Stavanger, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Berlin, Nottingham, Leeds, on the second London show, Amsterdam and Brussels.
- "We Belong Together" was not performed on the first and second nights.
- John Legend joined Carey during the performance of "When Christmas Comes" on the sixteenth night.[13]
- "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again" was replaced by a cover of Nat King Cole's song "The Christmas Song" on the seventeenth night. R. Kelly joined Carey on stage.[14]
- Jussie Smollett joined Carey during the performance of "Christmas Time Is in the Air Again" on the twenty-third night.
- "The Star" was added to the setlist on the twenty-fourth night.
- "Que je t'aime" was performed on the first Paris show.
- A snippet of "Miss You Most (At Christmas Time)" was performed on the third Las Vegas show and in Brussels.
- The "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" interlude was replaced by a "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" piano solo in 2018 and 2019.
- "The Distance" was performed in all the dates in Europe in 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.
- The "Santa Medley" interlude was replaced by a performance of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Mariah's children in 2019.
- "We Belong Together" was replaced by "Always Be My Baby" on the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth Las Vegas shows and during the eighth North American leg (except in New York City).
- "The Star" was not performed in December 2019.
- "This Christmas" was performed by the background singers in December 2019.
Shows
Grosses have been reported for the 51 of the 56 shows that occurred between December 2014 and December 2019. The total attendance for those shows was 208,081 people and the total gross was $22,090,619.[11]
Date | Venue | City | Country | Sellouts/Shows | Attendance/Capacity | Revenue | ||||
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Leg 1 — North America[9] | ||||||||||
December 15, 2014 | Beacon Theatre | New York City | United States | 6/6 | 16,196 / 16,196 (100%) | $1,563,173 | ||||
December 16, 2014 | ||||||||||
December 18, 2014 | ||||||||||
December 20, 2014 | ||||||||||
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December 22, 2014 | ||||||||||
Leg 2 — North America[10] | ||||||||||
December 8, 2015 | Beacon Theatre | New York City | United States | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||
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 | Beacon Theatre | New York City | United States | 7/9 | 23,392 / 24,169 (96%) | $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 | Beacon Theatre | New York City | United States | 3/3 | 8,127 / 8,127 (100%) | $847,479 | ||||
December 4, 2017 | ||||||||||
December 5, 2017 | ||||||||||
Leg 5 — Europe[14][15] | ||||||||||
December 9, 2017 | AccorHotels Arena | Paris | France | 0/1 | 6,479 / 7,622 (85%) | $645,330 | ||||
December 10, 2017 | Manchester Arena | Manchester | England | 1/1 | 9,371 / 9,371 (100%) | $927,176 | ||||
December 11, 2017 | The O2 Arena | London | 0/1 | 15,074 / 16,290 (92%) | $1,525,000 | |||||
Leg 6 — North America[16][17] | ||||||||||
December 14, 2017 | The Colosseum at Caesars Palace | Las Vegas | United States | 0/5 | 14,533 / 17,434 (83%) | $1,897,495 | ||||
December 16, 2017 | ||||||||||
December 17, 2017 | ||||||||||
December 20, 2017 | ||||||||||
December 22, 2017 | ||||||||||
Leg 7 — Europe | ||||||||||
December 1, 2018 | Sørmarka Arena | Stavanger | Norway | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||
December 3, 2018 | Scandinavium | Gothenburg | Sweden | |||||||
December 4, 2018 | Royal Arena | Copenhagen | Denmark | |||||||
December 5, 2018 | Mercedes-Benz Arena | Berlin | Germany | 1/1 | 7,535 / 7,535 (100%) | $513,894 | ||||
December 7, 2018 | AccorHotels Arena | Paris | France | 0/1 | 5,308 / 7,800 (69%) | $501,640 | ||||
December 9, 2018 | Motorpoint Arena Nottingham | Nottingham | England | 0/1 | 5,553 / 6,200 (90%) | $467,977 | ||||
December 10, 2018 | First Direct Arena | Leeds | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||
December 11, 2018 | The O2 Arena | London | 0/1 | 11,212 / 15,140 (74%) | $1,163,710 | |||||
December 13, 2018 | Ziggo Dome | Amsterdam | Netherlands | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||
December 14, 2018 | Forest National | Brussels | Belgium | |||||||
December 17, 2018 | WiZink Center | Madrid | Spain | |||||||
Leg 8 — North America | ||||||||||
November 22, 2019 | The Colosseum at Caesars Palace | Las Vegas | United States | — | — | — | ||||
November 23, 2019 | ||||||||||
November 27, 2019 | ||||||||||
November 29, 2019 | ||||||||||
November 30, 2019 | ||||||||||
December 7, 2019 | Hard Rock Live | Atlantic City | ||||||||
December 9, 2019 | The Theater at MGM | Oxon Hill | ||||||||
December 10, 2019 | ||||||||||
December 12, 2019 | Mohegan Sun Arena | Uncasville | ||||||||
December 13, 2019 | Wang Theatre | Boston | ||||||||
December 15, 2019 | Madison Square Garden | New York City | ||||||||
Total | 18/29 | 123,780/135,884 (91%) | $12,422,795 |
Cancelled shows
Date | Venue | City | Country | Reason |
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November 17, 2017 | Caesars Windsor | Windsor | Canada | Upper respiratory infection[18][19][20][21][22] |
November 18, 2017 | Chicago Theatre | Chicago | United States | |
November 20, 2017 | Sands Bethlehem Event Center | Bethlehem | ||
November 21, 2017 | Seneca Niagara Events Center | Niagara Falls | ||
November 22, 2017 | Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park | Cleveland | ||
November 24, 2017 | MGM National Harbor | Oxon Hill | ||
November 25, 2017 | Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa | Atlantic City | ||
November 27, 2017 | Beacon Theatre | New York City | ||
November 28, 2017 | ||||
December 1, 2017 | ||||
November 28, 2020 | Neal S. Blaisdell Arena | Honolulu | COVID-19 pandemic[23] | |
References
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