Follow the Yellow Brick Road Tour explained

Concert Tour Name:Follow the Yellow Brick Road Tour
Artist:Elton John
Album:Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (40th anniversary)
Location:North America • Europe
Start Date:12 March 2014
End Date:31 December 2014
Number Of Legs:5
Number Of Shows:60
Last Tour:The Diving Board Tour
(2013–14)
This Tour:Follow the Yellow Brick Road Tour
(2014)
Next Tour:All the Hits Tour
(2015)

Follow the Yellow Brick Road Tour was a concert tour by English musician Elton John taking place in North America and Europe in promotion of the 40th anniversary re-release of 1973's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.[1] [2]

Background

The tour to support the 40th anniversary re-release of 1973's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road started on 12 March 2014 in Beaumont, Texas and ended in December 2014 in New York City.[3]

Set list

  1. "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"
  2. "Bennie and the Jets"
  3. "Candle in the Wind"
  4. "Grey Seal"
  5. "Levon"
  6. "Tiny Dancer"
  7. "Holiday Inn"
  8. "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters"
  9. "Believe"
  10. "Philadelphia Freedom"
  11. "Roy Rogers"
  12. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
  13. "Rocket Man"
  14. "Hey Ahab"
  15. "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
  16. "The One"
  17. "Oceans Away"
  18. "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
  19. "Sad Songs"
  20. "All the Girls Love Alice"
  21. "Home Again"
  22. "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
  23. "I'm Still Standing"
  24. "The Bitch Is Back"
  25. "Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n Roll)"
  26. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
Encore
  1. "Your Song"
  2. "Crocodile Rock"

Tour dates

Date! scope="col" style="width:10em;"
CityCountryVenueAttendanceRevenue
North America[4]
12 March 2014BeaumontUnited StatesFord Arena8,218 / 8,218$764,418
13 March 2014DallasAmerican Airlines Center14,516 / 14,516$1,387,432
15 March 2014BirminghamBJCC Arena——
16 March 2014PensacolaPensacola Bay Center8,137 / 8,629$791,152
19 March 2014TupeloBancorpSouth Arena——
21 March 2014New OrleansSmoothie King Center15,138 / 16,251$1,217,726
22 March 2014Bossier CityCenturyLink Center12,992 / 12,992$1,105,872
11 June 2014CharlestonCharleston Civic Center——
12 June 2014Virginia BeachFarm Bureau Live——
14 June 2014CharlottePNC Music Pavilion——
15 June 2014ManchesterGreat Stage Park——
Europe
21 June 2014LeighEnglandLeigh Sports Village Stadium16,445 / 16,578$1,747,084
22 June 2014St. GallenSwitzerlandKybunpark——
24 June 2014NottinghamEnglandCapital FM Arena Nottingham——
28 June 2014BuckinghamshireStoke Park Country Club——
29 June 2014ColchesterColchester Community Stadium16,517 / 16,539$1,805,166
2 July 2014NewcastleMetro Radio Arena——
4 July 2014CalellaSpainJardín Botánico del Cap Roig——
5 July 2014AalborgDenmarkSkovdalen Atletikstadion——
6 July 2014HalleGermanyGerry Weber Stadion6,921 / 7,087$801,155
10 July 2014FuldaFulda Domplatz6,175 / 7,000$622,401
11 July 2014DresdenTheaterplatz vor der Semperoper——
12 July 2014KielSparkassen-Arena——
15 July 2014CarcassonneFranceThéâtre Jean-Deschamps——
16 July 2014LyonTheatre Romain Fourviere——
18 July 2014CarhaixLa Prairie de Kerampuilh——
19 July 2014MainzGermanyNordmole Zollhafen9,148 / 9,315$987,924
20 July 2014MönchengladbachWarsteiner HockeyPark7,189 / 7,980$801,872
22 July 2014RegensburgSchloss Thurn und Taxis——
23 July 2014LörrachMarktplatz Lörrach——
24 July 2014NyonSwitzerlandNyon Festival Grounds——
26 July 2014Monte CarloMonacoSalle des Etoiles——
North America[5]
13 September 2014VancouverCanadaRogers Arena——
14 September 2014
17 September 2014SpokaneUnited StatesSpokane Veterans Memorial Arena——
19 September 2014West Valley CityMaverik Center10,052 / 10,052$707,188
20 September 2014DenverPepsi Center14,570 / 14,570$1,104,800
25 September 2014PortlandModa Center12,098 / 13,782$1,192,072
27 September 2014SeattleKeyArena——
1 October 2014SacramentoSleep Train Arena——
2 October 2014San JoseSAP Center14,519 / 14,896$1,299,635
4 October 2014Los AngelesStaples Center32,182 / 32,182$3,363,049
5 October 2014
Europe
1 November 2014MadridSpainPalacio de Deportes de la Comunidad——
2 November 2014BilbaoBizkaia Arena——
5 November 2014KrakówPolandKraków Arena——
6 November 2014MinskBelarusMinsk-Arena——
9 November 2014RussiaIce Palace Saint Petersburg——
10 November 2014HelsinkiFinlandHartwall Areena——
12 November 2014CopenhagenDenmarkForum Copenhagen——
14 November 2014GothenburgSwedenScandinavium——
15 November 2014OsloNorwayOslo Spektrum——
16 November 2014StavangerSørmarka Arena——
19 November 2014ParisFrancePalais Omnisports Paris Bercy——
20 November 2014MontpellierPark&Suites Arena——
22 November 2014LilleZénith de Lille——
24 November 2014HanoverGermanyTUI Arena6,808 / 8,028$629,937
27 November 2014MunichOlympiahalle9,341 / 9,716$887,076
29 November 2014NurembergNuremberg Arena5,578 / 5,837$569,028
30 November 2014StuttgartHanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle7,648 / 8,043$736,806
3 December 2014ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadion8,587 / 10,500$971,668
4 December 2014MilanItalyMediolanum Forum9,064 / 9,064$785,800
6 December 2014BarcelonaSpainPalau Sant Jordi——
9 December 2014DublinIreland3Arena——
North America[6]
31 December 2014BrooklynUnited StatesBarclays Center16,470 / 16,470$3,097,229
Total116,865 / 117,782$10,841,354

Personnel

Sources:[7] [8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GYBR Song-by-Song: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road . Elton John . 22 March 2014 . 30 March 2014 . 18 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141018063131/http://www.eltonjohn.com/gybr-song-by-song-goodbye-yellow-brick-road/ . dead .
  2. Web site: GYBR Song-by-Song: This Song Has No Title and Grey Seal . Elton John . 8 March 2014 . 30 March 2014 . 18 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141018013342/http://www.eltonjohn.com/gybr-song-by-song-this-song-has-no-title-and-grey-seal/ . dead .
  3. Web site: Elton and the Band for Dublin, Ireland . Elton John . 14 February 2014 . 30 March 2014 . 23 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923235931/http://www.eltonjohn.com/elton-and-the-band-for-dublin-ireland/ . dead .
  4. Box score:
    • Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores . 4 June 2014 . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . https://web.archive.org/web/20150123163002/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore . 23 January 2015 . 4 June 2014 . dead . dmy.
    • Billboard Boxscore : Current Scores . 24 September 2014 . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . https://www.webcitation.org/6SpiXdrww?url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore . 24 September 2014 . 24 September 2014 . dead . dmy.
    • Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores . 8 October 2014 . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . https://www.webcitation.org/6TB477YD6?url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore . 8 October 2014 . 8 October 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
  6. Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores . January 21, 2014 . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . https://web.archive.org/web/20150123163002/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore . 23 January 2015 . January 21, 2014 . dead . dmy .
  7. Web site: ELTON FOR AUSTRALIA IN NOVEMBER . https://archive.today/20130122013858/http://www.eltonjohn.com/news/news_details.aspx?postid=fde56b9b-7b55-49bb-a7e1-5246a8867f8d . dead . 22 January 2013 . Elton John . 20 July 2012 . 10 September 2012 .
  8. Web site: NEW BASS PLAYER FOR ELTON'S BAND . Elton John . 3 September 2012 . 27 August 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120907052709/http://www.eltonjohn.com/news/news_details.aspx?postid=87ddba76-04db-42bf-a013-b7e75a8d373c . 7 September 2012 . dmy-all .

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