Take the Crown Stadium Tour

{{Infobox concert

| concert_tour_name = Take the Crown Stadium Tour

| image = RobbieW TaketheCrownTourPoster.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| landscape = yes

| alt =

| caption = Promotional poster for the tour

| artist = Robbie Williams

| support_act = Olly Murs

| location = Europe

| type =

| album = Take the Crown

| start_date = 14 June 2013

| end_date = 25 August 2013

| number_of_legs =

| number_of_shows = 26

| gross =

| last_tour = Close Encounters Tour
(2006)

| this_tour = Take the Crown Stadium Tour
(2013)

| next_tour = Swings Both Ways Live
(2014)

}}

The Take the Crown Stadium Tour was a concert tour by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams in promotion of his ninth studio album Take the Crown{{cite web |url=http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/96000/Robbie-Williams-Announces-2013-European-Stadium-Tour-With-Olly-Murs-As-Special-Guest |title=Robbie Williams Announces 2013 European Stadium Tour With Olly Murs As Special Guest |publisher=Entertainment Wise |date=26 November 2012 |access-date=26 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129051647/http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/96000/Robbie-Williams-Announces-2013-European-Stadium-Tour-With-Olly-Murs-As-Special-Guest |archive-date=29 November 2012 }} The tour was his first solo tour since the Close Encounters Tour (2006).{{cite web|url=http://www.robbiewilliams.com/news-blogs/robbie-announces-take-the-crown-stadium-tour-2013-pre-sale-starts-thursday |title=Robbie Announces Take The Crown Stadium Tour 2013 – Pre-Sale Starts Thursday! |publisher=Robbie Williams |date=26 November 2012 |access-date=26 November 2012}} In July 2013, the tour ranked 35th on Pollstar's annual "Top 100 Mid Year Worldwide Tours". It earned $20 million from nine shows.{{cite web |url=http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/charts2013/2013MidYearTop100WorldwideTours.pdf |title=Pollstar Top 100 Worldwide Tours: Mid-Year 2013|date=12 July 2013 |work=Pollstar |access-date=29 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717125604/http://pollstarpro.com/files/charts2013/2013MidYearTop100WorldwideTours.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 July 2013}}{{ref|a}}

Opening acts

Olly Murs{{cite web|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/music/919054-robbie-williams-announces-2013-european-stadium-tour-with-olly-murs |title=Robbie Williams announces 2013 European stadium tour with Olly Murs |publisher=Metro |date=26 November 2012 |access-date=26 November 2012}}

File:TakeTheCrownTourStage.jpg, June 2013]]

Setlist

"Hey Wow Yeah Yeah"
"Let Me Entertain You" (contains elements of "I Want to Take You Higher")
"Monsoon"
"Not Like The Others"
"Minnie The Moocher"
"Kids" (performed with Olly Murs)
"Sin Sin Sin"
"Bodies"
"Come Undone" (contains elements of "Walk on the Wild Side" and "Never Forget")
"Everything Changes"
"Strong"
"Gospel"
"Be a Boy" (contains elements of "Use Somebody")
"Millennium"
"Better Man"
"Sexed Up"
"Me and My Monkey"
"Candy" (contains elements of "Billie Jean" and "Blitzkrieg Bop" )
"Hot Fudge" (contains elements of "Listen to the Music") / "Rudebox" (contains elements of "Vogue")
"Rock DJ"

;Encore

Tour dates

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|+ List of 2013 concerts{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/robbie-williams/369572-robbie-williams-take-the-crown-stadium-tour-info-here-olly-murs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129101400/http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/robbie-williams/369572-robbie-williams-take-the-crown-stadium-tour-info-here-olly-murs |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 November 2012 |title=Robbie Williams Announces 2013 Stadium Tour! |publisher=MTV |date=26 November 2012 |access-date=26 November 2012}}

!width="150"|Date

!width="150"|City

!width="150"|Country

!width="250"|Venue

14 June 2013

|Dublin

|Ireland

|Aviva Stadium

18 June 2013

|rowspan="4"|Manchester

|rowspan="4"|England

|rowspan="4"|Etihad Stadium

19 June 2013

21 June 2013

22 June 2013

25 June 2013

|rowspan="2"|Glasgow

|rowspan="2"|Scotland

|rowspan="2"|Hampden Park

26 June 2013

29 June 2013

|rowspan="4"|London

|rowspan="4"|England

|rowspan="4"|Wembley Stadium

30 June 2013

2 July 2013

5 July 2013

10 July 2013

|Gelsenkirchen

|Germany

|Veltins-Arena

13 July 2013

|Amsterdam

|Netherlands

|Amsterdam Arena

17 July 2013

|Vienna

|Austria

|Trabrennbahn Krieau

20 July 2013

|Gothenburg

|Sweden

|Ullevi

22 July 2013

|rowspan="2"|Copenhagen

|rowspan="2"|Denmark

|rowspan="2"|Parken Stadium

23 July 2013

27 July 2013

|Hanover

|Germany

|AWD-Arena

31 July 2013

|Milan

|Italy

|San Siro

3 August 2013

|Brussels

|Belgium

|Stade Roi Baudouin

7 August 2013

|Munich

|rowspan="2"|Germany

11 August 2013

13 August 2013

|Croatia

16 August 2013

|Zurich

|Switzerland

|Letzigrund

20 August 2013

|Tallinn

|Estonia

|Tallinn Song Festival Grounds

25 August 2013

|Stavanger

|Norway

|Viking Stadion

DVD release

In July 2013, it was revealed the concert at the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds in Tallinn, Estonia will be live-streamed in numerous cinemas in Europe.{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a496920/robbie-williams-take-the-crown-tallinn-show-to-be-aired-live-in-cinemas.html |title=Robbie Williams 'Take the Crown' Tallinn show to be aired live in cinemas|author=Rigby, Sam |date=9 July 2013 |publisher=Digital Spy |access-date=20 August 2013|archive-url=http://www.freezepage.com/1377002590SFLZQXXUHU?url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a496920/robbie-williams-take-the-crown-tallinn-show-to-be-aired-live-in-cinemas.html |archive-date=20 August 2013}} Believed to be called "The Experience: Live from Tallinn", a trailer for the event was released on Williams' YouTube channel.{{cite AV media|people=Williams, Robbie|date=9 July 2013|title=Robbie Williams The Experience: Live from Tallinn Take The Crown Stadium Tour 2013|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyyrB7jBYxc&list=PLGBhV9l7OidLh0Mo-hQSSqhEs56toa9Rx|access-date=20 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613014922/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyyrB7jBYxc&list=PLGBhV9l7OidLh0Mo-hQSSqhEs56toa9Rx|archive-date=13 June 2022|via=YouTube|url-status=dead}} Footage for the trailer was obtained from his shows at Wembley Stadium. Also featured on the channel are behind the scenes vignettes for each concert location. On 5 December 2014 the concert recorded in Estonia was released on commercial video release in both Blu-ray and DVD formats, Robbie Williams – Live in Tallinn.

Notes

:1.{{note|a}}Data from study is collected from all worldwide concerts held between 1 January – 30 June 2012. All monetary figures are based in US dollars. All information is based upon extensive research conducted by Pollstar.