ELTON JOHN ~ Paris La Défense Arena. Nanterre.

*** CONCERT DAY 2 # 2 -- JUNE 11 - 12, 2022 ***

 

 🕖 Set Times:
5:30 pm — Doors Open
7:01 pm — Elton John (UK)

Support Act: ---

 

~ FAREWELL YELLOW BRICK ROAD - THE FINAL TOUR 2022 ~

(Farewell Yellow Brick Road is an ongoing farewell tour by British musician Elton John. It began in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 8 September 2018. The tour will consist of more than 300 concerts worldwide, and it won an Billboard Music Award in the category Top Rock Tour.)

 Wonderful Crazy Night is a greatest hits album - single disc version, a 2-CD version, a 3-CD deluxe box set -  (for the 50th anniversay celebration association E. John & B. Taupin) by English singer-songwriter pianist Elton John. It was released on November 10, 2017. In January 2019, the British Phonographic Industry certified Diamonds Platinum for sales of 300,000 units. In the United States the Recording Industry Association of America certified Diamonds Gold for sales of 500,000 units.

Wonderful Crazy Night is the thirtieth studio album by English singer-songwriter pianist Elton John. It was released on February 5, 2016. It is John's first album since 2006's The Captain & the Kid to feature the Elton John Band. Producer T Bone Burnett, Elton John.

 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the seventh studio album by English singer-songwriter pianist Elton John, released on October 5,1973. The album has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and is widely regarded as John's best. Producer Gus Dudgeon.
 

ELTON JOHN (Band)

Sir Elton Hercules John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight) — vocals, piano (1962–present)
Davey Johnstone — guitar, backing vocals (1971–1977, 1982–present)
Nigel Olsson — drums  (1969–1975, 1980–1984, 1988, 2001–present)
 Ray Cooper – percussion (1973–1977, 1979, 1985–87, 1993–95, 2009–present)
 John Mahon — percussion, backing vocals (1997–present)
Kim Bullard — keyboards (2009–present)
Matt Bissonette — bass, backing vocals (2012–present) 

The Setlist
ELTON JOHN

 

Intro Audio Tape: Pinball Wizard (The Who song - Tommy - 1969) (Film Single - 1975)

Bennie and the Jets (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - 1973)
Philadelphia Freedom (Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy - 1975)
I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues (Too Low for Zero - 1983)
Border Song (Elton John - 1970) (dedicated to Aretha Franklin)

 Tiny Dancer (Madman Across the Water - 1971)
Have Mercy on the Criminal (Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player - 1973)
Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time) (Honky Château - 1972) (with extended outro) 

 Take Me to the Pilot (Elton John - 1970)
Someone Saved My Life Tonight (Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy - 1975)
Levon (Madman Across the Water - 1971)
Candle in the Wind (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - 1973) (Single - 1997) (piano solo)

 

Interlude

 
Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - 1973)(intro bells & ARP played on tape)

 Burn Down the Mission (Tumbleweed Connection - 1970)
Sad Songs (Say So Much) (Breaking Hearts - 1984)
Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word (Blue Moves - 1976)

(Band Introductions)

 Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me (Caribou - 1974)
The Bitch Is Back (Caribou - 1974) >
> I'm Still Standing (Too Low for Zero - 1983) >
> Crocodile Rock (Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player - 1973) >
> Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - 1973)

Encore

Cold Heart (The Lockdown Sessions - 2021) (Elton alone on piano & vocals; everything else on tape)
Your Song (Elton John - 1970)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - 1973)

Outro Audio Tape: Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (Elton John & Kiki Dee song - 1976)

 

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 Time Set: 2h25