High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Close Encounters Tour is Robbie Williams` 2006 worldwide concert tour. It kicked off in Durban`s ABSA Stadium on 10 April, and ended in Melbourne on 18 December. The tour was a great success financially, with every date selling out the morning the tickets went on sale. Williams broke the World Record for selling 1.6 million tickets in a single day of going on sale in November 2005.