Mylenium Tour is

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's 1999-2000 concert tour in support of her fifth studio album, ''

Innamoramento ''Innamoramento'' is the fifth studio album by Mylène Farmer, released on 7 April 1999. With sales of 1.5 million, the album is one the singer's most successful ones. It reached Diamond status in France and landed Farmer a number of awards, incl ...

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Critical reception and commercial success

According to the French magazine ''Instant-Mag'', the "Mylenium Tour is more beautiful han the 1996 tourby the originality of the selection of songs, the grandiose stage, an entry even more impressive, and especially an overwhelming and perfect end, perhaps more comparable to that of the 1989 tour."''Instant-Mag'', No. 4, 2000, p. 10-13 More than 450,000 people attended the concert series''Le Dictionnaire des Chansons de Mylène Farmer'', Benoît Cachin, 2006, Tournon Ed., p. 176,177 that cost more than 20 million euros."Mylenium Tour
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Set list

Introduction # "Mylenium" (Opening) # "L'Amour naissant" Act I #

" L'Âme-stram-gram" # " Beyond My Control" (replaced by " Que mon cœur lâche" in Russia) # " Rêver" # "Il n'y a pas d'ailleurs" (Not performed in Russia) # "Mylène Is Calling (Interlude)" Act II #

" Optimistique-moi" # "Medley" ("

Pourvu qu'elles soient douces "" (English: "As Long as They're Soft/Gentle/or Sweet") is a 1988 synthpop song by the French artist Mylène Farmer. Third single from her second studio album '' Ainsi soit je...'', it was released on 12 September 1988. The long music video ver ...

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Maman a tort "Maman a tort" is a 1984 song recorded by French artist Mylène Farmer. It was the debut single from Farmer's first studio album '' Cendres de Lune'', and marked the beginning of her collaboration with her long-time composer, Laurent Boutonnat. ...

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Sans contrefaçon "Sans contrefaçon" ("Without Forgery/Counterfeit") is a 1987 song recorded by French artist Mylène Farmer. It was released on 16 October 1987 as the first single from her second studio album, '' Ainsi soit je...''. It was a big hit in 1987 and i ...

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Désenchantée "Désenchantée" (; feminine of ''désenchanté'', which is French for "Disenchanted" or "Disappointed") is a 1991 song recorded by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. The first single from her third studio album '' L'Autre...'', it was r ...

" Act III #

"Méfie-toi" # " Dessine-moi un mouton" # "

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" # "Pas le temps de vivre" (replaced by "

Je t'aime mélancolie "Je t'aime mélancolie" (English: "I Love You Melancholy") is a 1991 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer. The song was released as the third single from her third studio album '' L'autre...,'' in December 1991. Characterized by its ...

" in Russia) Act IV #

Je te rends ton amour "Je te rends ton amour" (English: "I'm Giving You Your Love Back") is a 1999 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer. The second Single (music), single from her fifth studio album ''Innamoramento'', it was released on 8 June 1999. The s ...

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Souviens-toi du jour "Souviens-toi du jour" (English: "Remember the Day") is a 1999 song recorded by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. It was the third single from her fifth studio album ''Innamoramento'' and was released on 2 September 1999. Inspired by Pri ...

" Encore #

"Dernier Sourire" # "

" # "Mylenium" (Closing)

Tour dates

There were a total of 43 shows, from September 21, 1999 to March 8, 2000, in four countries (

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Content

Credits and personnel

* Production: Tuxedo Tour * Editions: Requiem Publishing * Design entertainment: Mylène Farmer * Set designer: Guy-Claude François * Costumes designed by: Dominique Borg * Make-up & hair: Pierre Vinuesa * Lighting design: Fred Peveri * Sound: Laurent Buisson * Sound engineer: Thierry Rogen * Production director: Paul Van Parys * Musical direction: Yvan Cassar * Musicians: Yvan Cassar, Eric Chevalier (keyboards), Jeff Dahlgren, Brian Ray (guitar), Jerry Watts Jr (bass), Abraham Laboriel Jr (drums) * Choristers: Johana Manchec-Ferdinand, Esther Dobong' Na Essienne * Choreography: Mylène Farmer (" L'Âme-Stram-Gram", " Optimistique-moi", "

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"); Christophe Danchaud ("Méfie-toi", " Dessine-moi un mouton") ; Mylène Farmer and Christophe Danchaud ("

"). * Management: Thierry Suc * Dancers: Christophe Danchaud, Valérie Bony, Augustin Madrid Ocampo Jr, Midori Anami, Lysander O. Abadia, Andrew Cheng, Richard Patten, Corey Smith * Sponsors:

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* Photos: Claude Gassian * Design: Henry Neu / Com' N.B * Tour Truck Drivers: Andy Barr, Davey Forbes, Mark Philips, Rob Bailey.

Critical reception and commercial success

Set list

Tour dates

Content

Credits and personnel

References

Further reading and press