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A Summer Night with Olivia Newton-John was the eighteenth concert tour by Australian singer Olivia Newton-John, in support of her sixth soundtrack ''A Few Best Men''. The tour name drifts from her 1978 hit, "Summer Nights", from the musical film ''Grease''. It is Newton-John largest tour since the Heartstrings World Tour, which runs from 2002 to 2005. It was her first tour in the United Kingdom in over 30 years. It was be followed by a concert tour of similar name, Summer Nights, which is mostly a residency show. ==Background and development== The tour first leg began in February in Australia, where Newton-John did seven concerts (two added by popular demand). The West Australian Symphony Orchestra participated to the Perth concerts, Melbourne Pops Orchestra to the Melbourne concerts and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra to the Sydney concerts. A new medley with some songs from ''A Few Best Men'' was added to the setlist. Newton-John also performed on a few dates of her Australian leg the Australian Bicentenary song, "It's Always Australia for Me", from the 1988 album, ''The Rumour''. Olivia also did an interview by David Campbell to Australian talk show ''Morning'' about the concerts and her long career. She and Campbell sang "You're the One That I Want" at a Sydney concert. In Asia, she received extensive exposure by local media and was interviewed to newspapers such as ''Jakarta Globe'', ''Bangkok Post'' and ''The Philippine Star''. The tour North American leg began in August, with a concert at Northalsted Market Days. The medley from ''A Few Best Men'' was removed, but "Weightless" continued in the setlist. A new medley with three old ballads by Newton-John was added; it consists of "Suspended in Time" (from ''Xanadu'' soundtrack), "Boats Against the Current" (from ''Totally Hot'' album) and "Shaking You" (from ''Two of a Kind'' soundtrack). The two later were performed for the first time by Olivia. The 2013 setlists doesn't have any songs from ''A Few Best Men'' soundtrack, and the ballads medley was withdrawn (only "Suspended in Time" was performed at North American concerts). United Kingdom concerts had a new medley added recalling Newton-John's participation on Eurovision Song Contest 1974, consisted by "Long Live Love" (UK's entrant to that year contest), "Angel Eyes" (another choice to represent the UK) and a cover of "Waterloo" (1974 Eurovision winner by Swedish group ABBA). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A Summer Night with Olivia Newton-John」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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