Elton_John_2004_Tour

Elton John 2004 Tour

Elton John 2004 Tour

2004 concert tour by Elton John

The 2004 Tour was a concert tour by Elton John that took place in 2004 covering three continents, fourteen countries and twenty-nine cities.[1]

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Tour

Elton John and his band set out on tour on 13 February 2004.[2] Elton held the second ever residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace while Céline Dion was continuing her A New Day... residency. The show was called 'The Red Piano' because of the prominent red piano that Elton played on stage.[3] The idea for the show originated in 2004 by Elton John and David LaChapelle. The Red Piano was originally scheduled to be 75 shows over three years. John ended his residency at the Colosseum on 22 April 2009. Elton eventually performed two-hundred and forty-three shows.[4]

Elton and the band then went on to tour the United States and Elton then went in to perform several shows in Europe after which Elton went on to tour Europe with rest of his band.

Elton the performed five shows with the Royal Academy of Music in the United Kingdom.[5] After which he traveling to the United States to perform a further five shows at Radio City Music Hall with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.

Elton and the band then went to perform their first show in Gibraltar[6] and went on to perform in China,[7] South Korea[8] and Taiwan.[9]

Tour dates

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Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

Setlist

Standard North American Setlist
  1. Bennie and the Jets
  2. The Bitch Is Back
  3. Levon
  4. Daniel
  5. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
  6. Ballad of the Boy in the Red Shoes
  7. Philadelphia Freedom
  8. Rocket Man
  9. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
  10. I Want Love
  11. Tiny Dancer
  12. Take Me to the Pilot
  13. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
  14. Nikita
  15. Original Sin
  16. Candle in the Wind
  17. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
  18. Believe
  19. All the Girls Love Alice
  20. I'm Still Standing
  21. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
  22. Crocodile Rock
  23. Pinball Wizard
  24. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
  25. Your Song
Standard Solo Setlist
  1. Your Song
  2. The Greatest Discovery
  3. Border Song
  4. I Need You to Turn To
  5. The One
  6. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
  7. Ballad of the Boy in the Red Shoes
  8. Honky Cat
  9. Daniel
  10. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
  11. Rocket Man
  12. I'm Still Standing
  13. Ticking
  14. Tiny Dancer
  15. Blue Eyes
  16. Sacrifice
  17. Philadelphia Freedom
  18. Nikita
  19. Candle in the Wind
  20. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
  21. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
  22. Original Sin
  23. Carla/Etude
  24. Tonight
  25. Bennie and the Jets
  26. Crocodile Rock
  27. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Royal Academy Setlist
  1. Sixty Years On
  2. The Greatest Discovery
  3. I Need You to Turn To
  4. Border Song
  5. The King Must Die
  6. Burn Down the Mission
  7. Believe
  8. Come Down in Time
  9. Tell Me When the Whistle Blows
  10. Tiny Dancer
  11. Madman Across the Water
  12. Holiday Inn
  13. Levon
  14. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
  15. This Train Don't Stop There Anymore
  16. Philadelphia Freedom
  17. Have Mercy on the Criminal
  18. Carla/Etude
  19. Tonight
  20. Take Me to the Pilot
  21. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
  22. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
  23. Your Song
  24. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
Royal Orchestra Setlist
  1. Sixty Years On
  2. The Greatest Discovery
  3. I Need You to Turn To
  4. Border Song
  5. The King Must Die
  6. Burn Down the Mission
  7. Believe
  8. Come Down in Time
  9. Tell Me When the Whistle Blows
  10. Tiny Dancer
  11. Madman Across the Water
  12. Holiday Inn
  13. Levon
  14. Sorry Seems To Be the Hardest Word
  15. This Train Don't Stop There Anymore
  16. Freaks in Love
  17. Philadelphia Freedom
  18. Have Mercy on the Criminal
  19. Carla/Etude
  20. Tonight
  21. Take Me to the Pilot
  22. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
  23. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
  24. Your Song

References

  1. [1]
    Archived 24 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine eltonography.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
  2. [2]
    Archived 24 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine eltonography.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
  3. [3]
    Archived 12 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine yamaha.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
  4. [4]
    ctlondon.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
  5. [5]
    Archived 26 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine ram.ac.uk, Retrieved 30 August 2011
  6. [6]
    Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine eltonography.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
  7. [7]
    Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine eltonography.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
  8. [8]
    Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine eltonography.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
  9. [9]
    Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine eltonography.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011

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