The Recovery Tour
The Recovery Tour was a series of European concerts by American rapper Eminem, in support of his 2010 album Recovery as well as his 2009 album Relapse. Instead of widely touring the album, Eminem took the tour to three European festivals, performing to over 200,000 people over three nights. In November 2010, Eminem headlined the F1 Rocks 2010 in São Paulo. In the following year, another eight shows on festivals in North America and Europe were announced. The tour was also extended to 3 stadium shows in Australia that took place in December 2011. They were his first Australian shows since 2001.
Background
Eminem had widely before the release of Relapse stated that he would not tour the album, due to his daughter, Hailie, not liking him being away from home. However, on 23 February 2010, it was announced that Eminem would return to the live stage by headlining three major European festivals - T in the Park 2010 in Scotland, Oxegen 2010 in Ireland and Openair Festival in Frauenfeld, Switzerland. Eminem's website quoted him as saying:
Podcasts:
The Tour
by: Mary J. BligeOh, it's been such a long long time
Looks like I'd get you off of my mind
But I can't
Just the thought of you, my love
And my whole world turns misty blue
Oh, honey, just the mention of your name
Turns the flicker to a flame
Listen to me good baby
I think of the things that we used to do
And my whole world turns misty blue
Baby, baby, baby, baby
When I say that I'm glad we're through
Deep in my heart, I know I've lied, I've lied
Baby, baby, when I say that I'm glad we're through
Oh, deep in my heart, I know I've lied
I know I've lied
Oh, oh, hey
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, I can't forget you
Heaven knows I try, heaven knows I try
And, oh, hey, hey, hey
Oh, no I can't, no I can't, oh, I can't, I can't forget you
And my whole world turns misty blue
Hey, hey, yeah
Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, I can't
Said I can't forget you
If you know the song, sing along
Ooh, cause my whole world turns misty blue
And I wanna say, before I go right now tonight y'all
BecauseI don't have any thing else unless
You wanna hear it
I wanna say from the bottom of my heart
Now I really know what love is
>From a distance
And it's real love
And I wanna thank each and every one of you
For supporting me, cause I couldn't have done it without you
And I'd be misty blue if I didn't have your love
And if it was you
I'd be out there screamin and cheerin for you