BUTTERFLY: World Tour 1998

Tn January 11, 1998, Mariah Carey kicked-off her Butterfly Tour at the Tokyo Dome - a 50,000-capacity venue where two years earlier, three concerts had sold out within minutes. This time, Mariah even topped herself, selling out four dates in the same time frame.

After her first and only concert in Taiwan, Mariah and her crew proceeded to Australia which marks the only time she visited Downunder ever. None of the following tours included stops in Australia. One of the tour highlights was a performance of "Hopelessly Devoted To You" with Olivia Newton John in Melbourne, where also the final Australian concert was cancelled due to illness, and was never rescheduled.

Honolulu (Hawaii) was the only show during the tour that was performed on US-territory. Originally, this concert was planned to be the first stop of an extended US Tour which was cancelled due to the filming of "Double-O-Soul," a movie that never saw the light of the day.

The Butterfly Tour was the only tour whose footage was included in an official home video and DVD. "Around The World" shows selected songs from the tour, focusing on the show in Hawaii.

TOUR DATES

January 11, 1998 - Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo Dome
January 14, 1998 - Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo Dome
January 17, 1998 - Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo Dome
January 21, 1998 - Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo Dome
January 24, 1998 - Taipei, Taiwan - Municipal Stadium
January 31, 1998 - Brisbane, Australia - Entertainment Center
February 3, 1998 - Sydney, Australia - Enternainment Center
February 6, 1998 - Sydney, Australia - Entertainment Center
February 10, 1998 - Perth, Australia - Burswood Dome
February 13, 1998 - Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena
February 16, 1998 - Melbourne, Australia - Flinders Park [cancelled]
February 21, 1998 - Honolulu, Hawaii - Aloha Stadium

SETLIST

1. Looking In / Butterfly [Intro]
2. Emotions
3. The Roof
4. My All
5. Close My Eyes
6. Daydream Interlude
7. Dreamlover
8. I'll Be There
9. Make It Happen
10. One Sweet Day
11. Fantasy [Remix]
12. Babydoll [Japan Only]
13. Whenever You Call [Not performed in Japan]
14. Honey
15. Breakdown [Australia only]
16. Vision Of Love
17. Butterfly
18. Without You [Australia only]
19. Hero
20. Butterfly [Outro]

PICTURES Various Pictures February 13, 1998 Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia