Kiss My Brass

Bette Midler hit the road for the first time in four years with her 2003–05 Kiss My Brass concert tour. The first leg of the tour kicked off on December 10 in Chicago and went through the middle of February. The tour hit the top 40 cities across the U.S. with one stop in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The first leg of the tour ended in Atlantic City, New Jersey and the second leg of the tour began in Manchester, New Hampshire and ended in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

10 Australian dates were added in April and May 2005. It was the first Australian tour for Midler in 26 years.

On the tour, she performed well-known hits and characters, as well as selected songs from her release, Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook.

Setlist
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 * 1) "Kiss My Brass" / "Big Noise from Winnetka"
 * 2) "Stuff Like That There"
 * 3) "Skylark"
 * 4) "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
 * 5) "Judge Judy" (Sketch Intermission)
 * 6) "I'm Sorry"
 * 7) "Nobody Else But You"
 * 8) "Friends"
 * 9) "Tenderly"
 * 10) "Chapel of Love"
 * 11) "That's How Heartaches are Made"
 * 12) "I Think It's Going to Rain Today"
 * 13) "When a Man Loves a Woman"
 * 14) "Walk Right In"
 * 15) "Those Wonderful Sophie Tucker Jokes"
 * 16) "Shiver Me Timbers"
 * 17) "Delores Delago: Fishtails Over Broadway" (Sketch Intermission)
 * 18) "I Had a Dream"
 * 19) "Everything's Coming Up Roses"
 * 20) "Tonight"
 * 21) "Cabaret"
 * 22) "You'll Never Walk Alone"
 * 23) "Tomorrow"
 * 24) "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
 * 25) "All That Jazz"
 * 26) "One"
 * 27) "Hello, Dolly!"
 * 28) "Give My Regards to Broadway"
 * 29) "Oklahoma"
 * 30) "I Like to Be Told" / "September"
 * 31) "From A Distance"
 * 32) "Do You Wanna Dance"
 * 33) "Wind Beneath My Wings"
 * 34) "Keep On Rockin'"
 * 35) "The Rose"
 * 36) "Friends"
 * 37) "White Christmas"

Personnel

 * Bette Midler – Lead vocals
 * Bette Sussman – Musical director, piano
 * Irwin Fisch – Synthesizers, keyboards
 * Sonny Emory – Drums
 * Lenny Castro – Percussion
 * Taku Hirano – Percussion
 * John Harrington – Guitar
 * Mike Miller – Guitar
 * Zev Katz – Bass
 * Sam Sims – Bass
 * Kyra Da Costa – Background vocals
 * Kamilah Martin – Background vocals
 * Nicolette Hart – Background vocals
 * Eric Wangensteen – Trumpet
 * Scott Steen – Trumpet
 * Andrew Lippman – Trombone
 * Mando Dorame – Tenor saxophone
 * Jim Jedeikin – Baritone saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet, flute