Liquid Blue has the official WORLD RECORD
and has been certified as the "World's Most Traveled Band".
The Official World Record
Current Official Numbers:
Continents: 7
Countries: 115
US States: 40
Cities: 461
Viewing The Tour Photos and
How To Use This Page
Scroll down and you will find a list of every country, state and city Liquid
Blue has visited along with links to photos, both on stage and off stage. The
cities section (much further below) provide direct links to photos from every
city the band has visited, in order, from 1996 to the present. The list of
countries (just below) has links to the "country page" with a list of cities and
links to photos. Photos are always contained on city pages.
Complete List of Countries
Visited
These are in order by the date of the first performance in each nation.
Liquid Blue's world record was acknowledged in New York City at Times
Square on January 11th, 2011.
7 continents, 100+ countries and over 400 cities...
Music has been the vehicle that has taken the members of Liquid Blue on
an unprecedented journey around the world. The band has played clubs, arenas
and even stadiums in Asia & Europe in support of their original music.
Touring in the USO program has taken the band to the Middle East and
military bases worldwide. The group has even performed aboard cruise liners
in places such as the Caribbean and elsewhere.
Book: Believe The
Unbelievable
Liquid Blue's world record was published in this book in 2011.
With 100+ countries visited, Liquid Blue lays claim to the title of the
world's most traveled band. A startling comparison would be the Rolling
Stones, a band that has toured together for over 40 years. From 1962 to
2007, the Stones visited 40 countries. Liquid Blue visited 100+ countries in
seven years, from 2001 to 2008. About one-fourth (26) of these countries
were visited on USO (Armed Forces Entertainment) tours of U.S. military
bases. Of all the countries visited, the band played on land or in the
territorial waters of all but 8 of them. These countries were visited on
side trips in between dates or after the conclusion of a tour and are not
counted towards the official record. Even if you remove countries in which
the band performed in the official territorial water of that country, Liquid
Blue still remains among the top traveled bands in history. The band has
performed in the majority of the nations (77) as a six or seven member unit.
The rest of the countries were visited as a duo (Acoustic Blue). Liquid
Blue's founding members, Scott Stephens and Michael Vangerov, are the only
members to travel to ALL the countries. See the table below for a detailed
analysis of each and every country visited.
Touring History By Year
Year
Nations
States
Total
2000
01
01
02
2001
21
03
24
2002
11
02
13
2003
02
06
08
2004
33
09
42
2005
13
08
21
2006
34
07
41
2007
24
07
31
2008
16
08
24
2009
14
09
23
2010
04
17
21
2011
05
14
19
Totals:
178
97
2756
Top-10 Liquid Blue Globetrotters
Liquid Blue has been performing internationally since about the year
2000, but not all band members have been to each of the 115 countries. Below
is a list of the number of countries visited by band members.
In political geography and international politics a country is a
geographical entity, a territory, most commonly associated with the notions of
state or nation. In common usage, it is used casually in the sense of both
"nation" and "state". Definitions may vary. There are dozens of non-sovereign
territories which constitute geographical countries, but are not sovereign
states. Several states have overseas dependencies, with territory and citizenry
separate from their own. They are sometimes listed together with states on lists
of countries. Note: Each and every country listed in the above table is
listed as a "country" or "nation" on many official lists. All countries that
we've also listed as territories are not recognized by the United Nations as
states but are still recognized as countries due to portions of self-government.
State
A state
is an independent territory with a government, a population, and sovereignty
over these. The entire landmass of the Earth, along with coastal seas is
considered to be divided among such countries. There are currently 193 states
recognized by the United Nations — its 192 members and the Vatican City. In
addition to these, there are other non sovereign territories which, under the
philosophy of self-determination, wish to be considered countries in this sense.
Nation
A nation is a 'set of people with a common identity who have formed a
nation-state or usually aspire to do so. In this sense of country, the reference
is more likely to be to a group that supposedly shares a common ethnic origin,
language, religion, or history (real or illusory). The term has become
synonymous with 'country' where nations without sovereignty (that is, nations
that are not states) have aimed to identify themselves on the same terms as
sovereign states.
Constituent Countries
Four of the constituent parts of the United Kingdom, which itself may be
considered a country in the sense of this article, are called first order
administrative areas and sometimes referred to countries in their own right:
England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Northern Ireland is also
sometimes referred to as a province of the United Kingdom. Note: Both the
UK and it's constituent countries can be considered "countries".
Territorial waters
Territorial waters, or a territorial sea, is a belt of coastal waters
extending at most twelve nautical miles from the shore of a littoral state that
is regarded as the sovereign territory of the state.
A sovereign state has complete jurisdiction over internal waters. Territorial
waters extend up to 12 nautical miles (22 km) from the mean low water mark
adjacent to land, or from internal waters, as per the 1982 United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea. Note: All of the Liquid Blue "Cruise Shows" were in territorial waters of a
listed nation. Also, in every case not only did the band perform at least a
portion of their show while the ship was in territorial waters, but also visited
the country on foot by day.
Former Yugoslavia
Although Yugoslavia is no longer a nation, Liquid Blue visited the area when
it was still "The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" (1992-2003). Prior to that,
Yugoslavia was a nation with various official names since 1918, all of which
contained the name, Yugoslavia.
Side Trips
All countries listed as "side trips" were visited (but not performed in) by
Liquid Blue during off time while on tour in other countries. These are counted
as "countries visited" since they were in fact visited while the band was on
tour.
World Map
Areas in red show countries visited by Liquid Blue. The band has visited
"almost" every country in Europe, North America, South America and
Australia.