List of Emma Bunton concert tours

A Girl Like Me promotional tour

Tour by Emma Bunton
Associated album	A Girl Like Me
Start date	24 March 2001
End date	23 November 2001
Legs	1
No. of shows	6 total
Emma Bunton concert chronology
A Girl Like Me promotional tour (2001) Free Me promotional tour (2004)

These were the promotional appearances by Bunton in support of her debut album.^[3] The performances served to promote her first solo studio album A Girl Like Me, starting on 24 March and ending on 23 November 2001.

Bunton's debut solo album, A Girl Like Me, released in the United Kingdom on 16 April 2001 by Virgin Records. The album debuted and peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart, with 21,500 copies sold in its first week. Although initial success was promising, A Girl Like Me fell down the chart quickly. However, singles "What Took You So Long?", "Take My Breath Away", and "We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight" helped the album stay on the UK Albums Chart for several weeks. On 7 September 2001, A Girl Like Me was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 100,000 copies,^[1] ultimately becoming the 147th best-selling album in the UK for 2001.^[2] The album brought the UK number-one "What Took You So Long?" as well as top five hits "What I Am" (a cover of a 1988 song by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians) and "Take My Breath Away" and the top 20 hit "We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight". The album sold 125,000 copies in the UK. Disappointing sales led to Bunton's leaving Virgin in 2002.^[4] Bunton performed at Party at the Palace, an event that was held at Buckingham Palace Garden on 3 June 2002 in commemoration of the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II. Her solo performance at the event was a cover of The Supremes' 1964 hit "Baby Love".

The MCM Café concert was broadcast on MTV France on 15 October 2001.^[5]

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
24 March 2001	London	United Kingdom	London Astoria
26 April 2001	Copenhagen	Denmark	The Voice Hall[6]
31 July 2001	Milan	Italy	Italian Music Festival[7]
3 October 2001	Paris	France	MCM Café[8]
20 October 2001	London	United Kingdom	C3 London[9]
Oceania
23 November 2001	Sydney	Australia	Pitt Street[10]

Free Me promotional tour

Tour by Emma Bunton
Associated album	Free Me
Start date	10 May 2004
End date	4 September 2004
Legs	1
No. of shows	8 total
Emma Bunton concert chronology
A Girl Like Me promotional tour (2001) Free Me promotional tour (2004)

These were the promotional performances by Bunton^[3] to promote the album Free Me.^[11] They started on 10 May and ended on 4 September 2004.^[12]

Bunton's second album, Free Me, was released in 2003 through 19 Entertainment/Universal Records. The album was largely produced by Mike Peden and Yak Bondy. Other contributions on the album courtesy of Cathy Dennis, Henry Binns and Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi. It spent over twelve weeks inside the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number seven and selling over 141,712 copies, earning gold award status. The album was widely acclaimed by critics as being the "one of best solo Spice records ever" due to its catchy and fun use of sounds from the Motown and the 1960s era. The lead single, "Free Me", sold well in the UK, peaking at number five on the UK Singles Chart. "Maybe" was released as the second single in the autumn of 2003, and also gained extensive airplay throughout the UK, peaking at number six, one position lower than its predecessor. In the spring of 2004, the album and its third single, "I'll Be There", were released. The single, like its two predecessors, performed well on the charts, peaking at number seven. Later in the year, the fourth single, "Crickets Sing for Anamaria", was released. Despite its harder beat and grittier sound, by now the impact of Free Me was beginning to wear off, and the song only came in at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart, totalling 25,000 copies, and becoming Bunton's lowest-selling single. In the United States, both "Free Me" and "Maybe" were dance club regulars, reaching numbers four and six on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play respectively.

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
10 May 2004	London	United Kingdom	Hyde Park
20 May 2004			Southern FM Hall
29 May 2004			London Astoria[13]
3 June 2004			The Mall[14]
6 June 2004	Great Yarmouth		Weston-super-Mare[15]
20 June 2004	Milton Keynes		The National Bowl[16]
20 July 2004	Milan	Italy	Verona Arena[17]
4 September 2004	Lich	Germany	Hit Radio FFH[18]