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Their harmonies, and what I can only describe as the purity of their singing, were astounding. "Border Song" 4. Kanzler Because Elton was Elton, Dodger Stadium wasnt just a concert, it was a pageant, a spectacle, a kitchen-sink showbiz extravaganza (all for a $10 general admission ticket). John is reaching new audiences through hit-making collaborations with younger artists, including Britney Spears (Hold Me Closer,an update of Tiny Dancer) and Dua Lipa(Cold Heart). AND The Eagles.AND Joe Walsh.. AND Chaka Khan..Wow! The second set would show off the power of Elton Johns back catalogue as he came back with a hit-laden second set that highlighted his number one album from the same year, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. Aqueous Big Maybelle Show Elton John Concerts By Year.1970 (48 concerts)1971 (122 concerts)1972 (88 concerts)1973 (74 concerts)1974 (68 concerts)1975 (22 concerts)1976 (62 concerts)1977 (10 concerts)1978 (3 concerts)1979 (123 concerts)1980 (65 concerts)1981 (2 concerts)1982 (119 concerts)1983 (1 concerts)1984 (131 concerts)1985 (34 concerts)1986 (97 concerts)1987 Set list [ edit] Grow Some Funk of Your Own Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Island Girl Rocket Man Hercules Bennie and the Jets Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding Love Song ( Lesley Duncan cover) Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds ( The Beatles cover) Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me Empty Sky Someone Saved My Life Tonight Don't Go Breaking My Heart Use this setlist for your event review and get all updates automatically! Hilburn has remained a fan of Johns all these years, noting his appreciation for some of Johns more recent albums, including one made in 2010 with Troubadour attendee Russell, and for Johns continued interest in and patronage of up and coming artists. What a showman! I was there as member of the security.
Carson and Gaile the tour included two legs (United Kingdom and North America) and a total of 62 shows. Happy times, & great to remember them! No one had ever done that before, he wrote in his 2019 memoir, Me. Not Elvis, not the Beatles., At 28, he was about to perform two sold-out shows at Dodger Stadium, where the last concert attraction was said Beatles in 1966. Buzzby Candle in the Wind
, [url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/elton-john/1975/mcnichols-sports-arena-denver-co-5bda8ba8.html][img]https://www.setlist.fm/widgets/setlist-image-v1?id=5bda8ba8[/img][/url] Oct 17 1975 Elton John Setlist at Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA, USA Edit setlist Tour: West of the Rockies Tour statistics Add setlist Setlist First Set Your Song I Need You to Turn To Border Song Take Me to the Pilot Dan Dare (Pilot of the Future) Country Comfort Levon Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time) Hercules While John describes the 1975 stadium concerts as the pinnacle of his career at that time, he wasnt in the happiest place. He recalled a dark period of instability (dramatized in the2019 biopic Rocketman)that included a pill overdose three days ahead of the shows. It didnt even matter that they hadnt appeared on the UK album chart for more than two years. We stayed in Peckham with his gran for the weekend. Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message. sternfeld An era had ended. Joe Atman Fergie We were 18 and we had a ball! Gallant A friendship with tennis star and equal-rights champion Billie Jean King, struck at an L.A. party in 73, led to his fourth No. Greg Andrews "Border Song" 5. The first major rock/pop concert I ever went to (in the middle of my O levels) and still the greatest. On Oct. 23, John, sporting a lime-green suit and matching bowler hat, had received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. By October 1972, he was headlining two nights at the Forum, on the heels of three consecutive Top 10 hits: Honky Cat, Rocket Man and his first-ever U.S. No. Mick and i got to the front and went around the side of the stage and saw my hero Bernie Taupin chatting with musicians. Success followed success. Show Elton John Concerts By Year.1970 (48 concerts)1971 (122 concerts)1972 (88 concerts)1973 (74 concerts)1974 (68 concerts)1975 (22 concerts)1976 (62 concerts)1977 (10 concerts)1978 (3 concerts)1979 (124 concerts)1980 (65 concerts)1981 (2 concerts)1982 (118 concerts)1983 (1 concerts)1984 (131 concerts)1985 (34 concerts)1986 (97 concerts)1987 The tour included a total of 17 shows across the United States and Canada. If life didnt come easily to him, writing some of the rock eras most indelible hit songs and performing them for thousands did. If I rememeber correctly, the coconut matting laid on the grass was not enough protection and there were a lot of complaints later about holding shows there.. A day Ill never forget. LynPen Okay Learn more Learn more Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message. Aviv Davidson These two shows, the culmination of "Elton John Week" in the city and played in front of 55,000 people each night, were filmed for British television and remain some of the most famous concerts John has ever given. ProgFan1 It didn't take long. I Saw Her Standing There, Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy Elton John / Joe Walsh / Emmylou Harris Oct 25, 1975 Los Angeles, California, United States Uploaded by Pedronw Good Morning to the Night Bennie and the Jets Philadelphia Freedom I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues Border Song Tiny Dancer Have Mercy on the Criminal Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time) Take Me to the Pilot They were the first group signed to Eltons Rocket Records label. This leg of the tour, which included a midnight show in Glasgow, ended on 4 June in Cardiff. I strolled around in a white suit with a baseball bat and a can of Coors. Neck-kerchiefed TV staple Charles Nelson Reilly cavorted backstage. They came to London on a wave of nostalgic popularity in the US and brought it across the Atlantic. A hit-packed Beach Boys set started with Wouldnt It Be Nice (seen above in their Live Aid performance ten years hence) and ended with Fun Fun Fun some 22 songs later. Jackstrw We werent overly impressed with Rufus, and I cant remember Stackridge at all (we got there late, so they may have been the openers). Best concert ever! gpab, Setlist History: John Lennon Performs Live With Elton John, Setlist History: On This Day in 1970, Elton John Played His First American Show, Elton John at Barclays Arena, Hamburg, Germany, Elton John at Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany, Elton John at The O2 Arena, London, England, Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time), I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues. Alice in Chains The western leg of the US tour began on 29 September 1975, at the San Diego Sports Arena, and finished up on 25 and 26 October at Dodger Stadium in Los Angelesthe first time a rock act had played there since The Beatles in 1966. Agent Curigallego Im afraid it wasnt just Elton being upstaged by the Beach Boys (not to mention the Eagles), for the oldies among us (i.e. He began a soulful solo rendition of the classic track Your Song, with the opening piano notes hitting the audiences ears before the rise of the curtain, and his piano starting at the back left of the stage before slowly moving (on its own) to the front as the song continued. Though would have to say that the Beach Boys stole the show and the place rocked when they were on stage. West of the Rockies Writing Marvin Gaye They dress up, its like a big party. Tour: Bitter Fingers Backstreet Boys Jimi Hendrix Surfs Up makes the few hairs left stand up on my neck even now. Which is how King found herself onstage with John at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 25 and 26, in front of 55,000 fans, singing background vocals on Philadelphia Freedom and a handful of other songs. Still got the progra. Johnny Burnette Animal Liberation Orchestra As for Lipa, I love her dearly, John said. I had just started Cheadle grammar school and was a moody Elton fan due to his early songs. I too was one of those that left before he had finished. Hes Elton John whose debut Tuesday night at the Troubadour was, in almost every way, magnificent., It was the end of the 60s, says Hilburn today. If you read this Elton inwant my 3.50 back that i paid for the ticket out of my pocket money. grub8787 Over 40 years on, and still THE best gig I can remember. The trouble with all-day shows during the summer is that being hot, I tended to drink beer to cool down. Add setlist, 7 activities (last edit by Syl76, 2 Nov 2019, 18:21 Etc/UTC). And so rather than seeing it as a chore Im going on stage every night thinking, What are they going to be wearing tonight? Chameleon. I remember the day as being roasty, not quite as hot as 76 but getting there. In August 1970, Elton John played his first US gig at the 300-capacity Troubadour club in Los Angeles. "Rocket Man (I Think It's. It was a lovely day. Wed invested in his LP released a week or two earlier in May and learnt it off by heart! West of the Rockies I started off in Los Angeles at the Troubadour (club), and I want it to end here because its been a magical place for me, John said in an Associated Press interview. Carol Channing Beth Nielsen Chapman In October 74, he was back at the Forum, this time for four nights, and headlong into what the Pet Shop Boys Neil Tennant once dubbed the imperial phase to describe the peak of a hitmakers career: Eltons songbook now included Saturday Nights Alright for Fighting, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Bennie and the Jets, Dont Let the Sun Go Down on Me and The Bitch Is Back, razor-sharp hard rock, followed by cathartic longing for innocence, followed by magical proto soul-rap, followed by heart-stopping balladry, and then back to grinning, note-perfect riff rock, all casually filled with audio memes (Bennies Moha Suuu, Dont Let the Suns Dont dizzzcard me) that still wont dislodge from your brain some 50 years on. If I hadnt got sober, I wouldnt be here and I wouldnt have had the wonderful things that have happened to me since, he said. Ted Daffans Texans Oct 25 1975 Elton John Setlist at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA, USA Edit setlist Tour: West of the Rockies Tour statistics Add setlist Setlist Your Song I Need You to Turn To Border Song Take Me to the Pilot Dan Dare (Pilot of the Future) Country Comfort Levon Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time) Hercules Empty Sky Christina Aguilera His last two albums, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy and Rock of the Westies, had entered the Billboard album chart at No. Within five years, his reputation cemented by a string of hits including Rocket Man and Daniel, fans packed LA's Dodger Stadium for two rousing, sequin-bedecked concerts. John had been creating poptastic rock and roll anthems and they were hitting the airwaves with a sense of fantastical futurism, all packaged in flamboyant costumes and dressed in number one albums. One had bought the blow, the other the baccy but neither thought to get papers, with non to be had anywhere in the stadium, I waited for a lull in the argument and just held my spare pack up and waited. Following opening sets by Emmylou Harris and Joe Walsh, Elton John and the band were later joined on stage by Billie Jean King and the 45-member James Cleveland Choir singing on selected numbers.
, [url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/elton-john/1975/seattle-center-coliseum-seattle-wa-1bd1e974.html][img]https://www.setlist.fm/widgets/setlist-image-v1?id=1bd1e974[/img][/url] Boy George It is definitely the farewell tour, he said, although a short-term residency, such as Kate Bush's three weeks at London's Hammersmith Apollo in 2014, has its appeal. Nacio Herb Brown Forty-seven years after his first Dodger Stadium performance, John will close the U.S. leg of his farewell tour at the same iconic venue. I have also just watched some You Tube videos of Mark Knopfler ( with EC playing along on Money For Nothing) and the guy at the back on percussion was Ray Cooper. Below is the setlist from a recent Las Vegas performance. Saturday Nights Alright for Fighting. The weather also played its part. "Rocket Man" 7. Great memories! What a line up!.. What a day..! All in all a great day out that was just a little soured by Eltons blatant plugging of his latest album. Remember it well a great day out Beach boys and the Eagles were great.Elton was good but lost the audience slightly being a bit self indulgent doing all of Captain Fantastic,but Ray Coopers extravagant performance, and the best ever of some one saved my life tonight stayed with me forever so all was not lost with Elton.See all the sets Stackridge were ok,Joe Walsh brilliant as ever,just before he joined the Eagles I believe, and Rufus were ok .The Beach Boys just killed with hit after hit and had the audience rocking and a great sunny day to go with it.Great memories.. My first all day concert got of to a great start when I scored a lump of Leb Gold that would choke a donkey off two cross-dressers sat behind us (Obviously there for Elton) in exchange for a spare pack of Rizlas I had. Great to see more details. Brilliant day went with a mate who lived just outside London, I had come down from Scarborough. After the Eagles had played I wandered off to visit the Gents and returned to my friends to watch the Beach Boys. 3 Blocks East He had those great songs that reminded me of the Band, and then there were Bernies lyrics: I hope you dont mind / that I put down in words. I loved that line.. Learn More{{/message}}. (Longtime drummer Nigel Olsson is still with John, but wasnt part of the band in 75). I was at this concert.. great line up..and a red hot day.. remember jeff skunk baxter playing guitar in eltons band.. joe walsh coming on in a packing case as guest of the eagles. I remember being very dissapointed with Elton John, after the Beachboys got everyone going, singing along, enjoying the day, then Elton John came on and after a few of his more popular numbers he proceeded to play everything from his latest album. Im not sure about the choice of support acts. Wish we were still there. "Have Mercy on the Criminal" 7. He and Dee had a 1976 hit with the bouncyDon't Go Breaking My Heart"and she was with him at his first L.A. stadium show. SashHil You could feel the hairs go up on everyones necks. He is the co-author of the oral history I Want My MTV: An Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution., Elton John performing at Dodger Stadium in October 1975. Good times. 3 Mile Island One of the best songs which seems to have fallen off the set list was Daniel. ABBA A memorable day very hot & sunny. Stackridge wasnt new to us and it was so exciting to be in at the start of Joe Walsh joining the Eagles. This performance was another stone to be laid and at the time there was no better builder than Elton John. A wonderful day, went with my very good friend Paul (RIP, gone much too soon). [url=https://www.setlist.fm/edit?setlist=5bda8ba8&step=song]Edit this setlist[/url] | [url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/elton-john-63d6be6f.html]More Elton John setlists[/url], Setlist History: John Lennon Performs Live With Elton John, Setlist History: On This Day in 1970, Elton John Played His First American Show, Special Events Center, Salt Lake City, UT, Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time), Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. I remember hanging backstage with Cary Grant and his daughter like it was yesterday., Cidny Bullens was about to go on the road as a backup singer with Bob Dylans Rolling Thunder Revue when John asked her to join his tour instead. When you work with a different artist, you always learn something from them, and thats the whole point, he said. Elton was so happy that day, says his friend Billie Jean King. Chuck Berry This page tries to capture as many of those dates as possible, but there are likely still some missing here and there. Beln Aguilera davepol Yes I was 19 too. Such turmoil is far removed from his life now, which includes his two sons with Furnish. Anal Cunt John famously performed at the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1975 and emerged towards the end of Sunday's concert sporting a variation of the jeweled Dodger uniform he wore nearly 50 years. Mildred J. Hill & Patty Hill But with many of his fans unfamiliar with the songs, Elton was widely perceived to have been amiably upstaged by the second-on-the-bill Beach Boys. I enjoyed the Eagles and have been a fan ever since. #EltonFarewellTour #EltonLive pic.twitter.com/t8K05079mE. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Elton John may be on his farewell tour, but he still has a lot left to say, When Elton John became a rock star: The untold story of the Troubadour concert, Paul Stanley of KISS dives into debate over transgender acceptance versus kids transitioning, Has the Justin Timberlake Its Gonna Be May meme passed its expiration date? He remembers one moment in particular from the two Dodger Stadium shows. And hes never lost the longing for that applause., As the clock nears midnight on Sunday and John works his way through those classic songs for a final time, he says, I dont know how theyre going to get him off that stage., Craig Marks is the Los Angeles Times music editor. Will never forget it (still have the programme!). The Crystals Yes, I agree with a lot of the comments. https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-beach-boys/1975/wembley-stadium-london-england-43d1e7b3.html. Elton John Concert Details Date: October 26, 1975 Venue: Dodger Stadium Location: Los Angeles, California, United States Band Genres Classic Rock, Glam Rock, Piano Rock, Pop, Pop Rock, Rock, Rock And Roll, Singer-Songwriter, Soft Rock, Piano, British, Mellow Gold, and Adult Contemporary. Its hard to imagine the landscape of 1975 when Elton John, complete in sequinned Dodgers Baseball team kit, strode onto the stage in California. Indeed, twenty-four hours later I was onstage at Dodger Stadium. The shows, he concluded with no false modesty, were a complete triumph.. They upstaged everyone on the bill with shear talent, vocal ability and musicianship. Tour: Billie Jean King sang backing vocals and Elton slipped Holiday Inn in to the 20-song set list, a unique event on this tour. I was there on that beautiful sunny day and the music was sublime and the atmosphere w@s incredible for me the stand out act was joe Walsh what a a great guitarist .with the sings I havent changed and Rocky Mountain way WOW! So its not as if Im stopping doing anything, John said. In The Times, Hilburn called the concert his finest hour here. Those are the gigs you live for, John wrote in Me. It was a pinnacle.. (Bullens, then Cindy, transitioned in 2011, and uses she/her pronouns to refer to that stage of their career.) The Amazing Keystone Big Band Im happy, Im contented, said John, whos in his third decade of sobriety. Purer95 Whats going to be the reaction tonight? At the stage of my career, its just an astonishingly rewarding thing to happen., He was a tender 23 when Robert Hilburn, the then-Los Angeles Times music critic,predicted Johns stardomafter the Troubadour appearance in West Hollywood. "Bennie and the Jets" 2. Bob Dylan The Beach Boy were retro-fun & their set was very well received. Everyone was so happy. Rock music has a new star. The tour is set to conclude in Sweden next July. For these shows, Elton and the band shared the stage with the New York Community Choir and performed encores with Kiki Dee, Alice Cooper and the drag queen, Divine. And dont be surprised if Britney Spears, who made her comeback with Johns blessing and tunes on this summers Top 10 single Hold Me Closer, joins the all-star cavalcade of guests (Dua Lipa, Brandi Carlile, Kiki Dee) for Sundays swan song. Alejandro Aranda Happy, music & beer filled student days. Below is the setlist from a recent Las Vegas performance. Nol Coward Imagine the joy of seeing them play together again post 94 after Hell Froze Over. I was there, still have the t-shirt somewhere. Here, we thought wed take a trip back to that heady time. Following those six nights at the Troubadour the nine-song set opened with Your Song and included both a Beatles and Rolling Stones cover Johns star was ascendant. Arthur Big Boy Crudup Bennie and the Jets I remember seeing Evil Knevil when I was picking up my tickets for this concert. jeez what a bloody anti climax. Elton John & Leon Russell The Isley Brothers The 5th Dimension Elton John before his performance at Dodger Stadium in 1975. His last two albums, "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" and "Rock of the Westies," had entered the Billboard. Jann Arden Aged just 17 and attending my first serious concert!! Robert Burns Angie Aparo John and his manager/romantic partner, John Reid, had flown their friends and families, along with a British documentary film crew, from London to L.A. to help celebrate this milestone, and all had gathered at Johns secluded Beverly Hills estate the day prior to the Dodger Stadium concert to hobnob, sip champagne and fete the host. Revisit some of the performances from the pinnacle of his rise to fame, below. Achlles Oleta Adams Stackridge performed first in a half empty stadium. Doris Day Elton John & Kiki Dee The Beatles To see that (single) become a success makes me feel so happy, that shes hopefully feeling the love from those people.. And that, wrote John, was when I decided to try and commit suicide again., John goes on to say he had no intention of actually killing himself, having swallowed a load of Valium and thrown himself in his swimming pool in full view of his guests. Dominicvarney Then it's back to work on projects already in progress, including The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical., I'll be recording with other people, and Ill be hopefully writing an album for myself. The beach boys were amazing and elton john had a job following them. "Take Me to the. In the first half of his set, Elton played hits like "Rocket Man," "Philadelphia Freedom," and "Bennie and the Jets." But he then chose to perform the whole of his new album Captain Fantastic and. The concert featured special appearances from tennis star Billie Jean King, fresh from her sixth Wimbledon singles title, to sing backing vocals on Philadelphia Freedom. Your email address will not be published. An Evening with Elton John (57) Back in the U.S.S.A. Someone Saved My Life Tonight Sara Bareilles Ashbury It was a brilliant idea because having watched the documentaries and all the news footage about her horrible time with her family and conservatorship, I wanted her to feel appreciated by music fans again," John said. That song is on his 1974 album Caribou. RyanE I particularly enjoyed The Bitch is Back which was the final track on the album. Tour: DidierA So good to hear comments from other people who were there. Over the course of each 3 hour concert, split into two sets, John was joined onstage by the 45-member Rev. Clay Aiken Tori Amos 1. Sammy Cahn Add setlist, 12 activities (last edit by Syl76, 2 Nov 2019, 18:21 Etc/UTC). Elton John and his band performed two sell - out shows at October 25 and 26 1975 at Los Angeles Dodger Stadium.Set list:- Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word . Elton was so happy that day, King tells The Times. Our relationship with L.A. has always been sacrosanct, says Taupin, who lives in the Santa Ynez Valley. He has previously served as the top editor of Spin, Blender and Billboard magazines. i was 13 yep never heard of em but WOW bloody hell were they bloody awesome. In 1975, she jumped off Johns piano at Dodger Stadium, at Eltons behest. The three-night stand is Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 17, 19 and 20. ElectricVelvet (43) Breaking Hearts (62) Caribou (50) Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player (29) Elton John 1970 World Tour (68) European Express (55) Farewell Yellow Brick Road World Tour (295) Follow the Yellow Brick Road (48) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (79) Greatest Hits - Solo (1) I Saw Her Standing There. 1 hit single Don't Go Breaking My Heart) in Toronto in March 1976, and began touring the UK on 29 April in Leeds. This week, 47 years later, John returns to Dodger Stadium to perform three shows, on Nov. 17, 19 and 20, his last-ever U.S. concerts (so he says), as part of his long-running, wildly lucrative Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour. The Eagles & The Beach Boys were fabulous. Use this setlist for your event review and get all updates automatically! Pistol80 Its the last show of my final tour in America, so lets end it with a bang, shall we?Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium, the Original concert event, is streaming live November 20, only on @disneyplus. Anita Harris On June 21, 1975, Elton John headlined a huge, all-day concert at Wembley Stadium for a sellout crowd of 72,000. Id expected The Eagles would be the highlight, and they were excellent, as was Joe Walsh, but The Beach Boys stood above all the rest Elton John sadly proved a bit anti-climactic, it was like trying to top The Alamo with a George Formby film. With their double disc compilation Endless Summer having topped the American chart the previous autumn and a second retrospective, Spirit Of America, just going gold, the Beach Boys were well and truly back in style, if largely for their 1960s catalog. This weekend, John will close out the North American leg of his last tour at the ballpark. Aznar Lebn Aitana Just our boy putting on a dramatic show for friends and relatives. The Kiki Dee Band Sonny Dae and His Knights The Beach Boys Wonderful. Not sure Elton would agree, but (to quote Grand Funk Railroad), were kind of an American Band from L.A.. The Bitch Is Back. The bands fourth album Extravaganza had been released five months earlier. ", The tour concluded in mid-August with a record-breaking seven sold-out nights at Madison Square Garden. One of the most memorable open-air events of the decade turned into a triumph for the Beach Boys. Whilst he was starting the song a plane did fly high over the stadium and I can still see the sun glinting off its wings. Elton John wields a baseball bat atop his piano at Dodger Stadium. Rock on Beach Boys and Eagles. Rocket Man (I Think Its Going to Be a Long, Long Time) Great weather too. diwickham "Tiny Dancer" 6. Better Off Dead Remember the queues for the ladies and often went in the gents where no one was waiting haha. peterandkaye I still feel lucky to have been there & I think it only cost a fiver. niinaXOs And I picked Elton, because Elton was Elton, says Bullens. Add setlist, 19 activities (last edit by Syl76, 2 Nov 2019, 18:21 Etc/UTC). John and his new band (now without Jeff "Skunk" Baxter but including backing vocalists Cindy Bullens, Jon Joyce and Ken Gold) warmed up for their Rock of the Westies Tour by playing five shows in three nights at The Troubadour nightclub in Los Angeles, the place where John had first played in America five years before. Yes, like so many, we were really there for the Beach Boys on a little cassette deck their greatest hits double album was the sound track to a drive round Scotland with a mate the previous summer aged 17 in his dads Moggie Minor. Being an Elton John fanatic I he was fantastic, had bought the album so new all the songs. Then finally Elto my hero the man i went to see, imhad hiscearly albums and couldnt wait. (Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket The rock n roll giant's enduring body of work includes Your Song," Tiny Dancer and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. He's earned six Grammy Awards, including a Legend Award, and is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. Great comments. What a fantastic day and such a resounding and thrilling endorsement of my growing appreciation of the Eagles. Then came the Beach Boys, who ?
, [url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/elton-john/1975/mcnichols-sports-arena-denver-co-5bda8ba8.html][img]https://www.setlist.fm/widgets/setlist-image-v1?id=5bda8ba8[/img][/url] Oct 17 1975 Elton John Setlist at Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA, USA Edit setlist Tour: West of the Rockies Tour statistics Add setlist Setlist First Set Your Song I Need You to Turn To Border Song Take Me to the Pilot Dan Dare (Pilot of the Future) Country Comfort Levon Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time) Hercules While John describes the 1975 stadium concerts as the pinnacle of his career at that time, he wasnt in the happiest place. He recalled a dark period of instability (dramatized in the2019 biopic Rocketman)that included a pill overdose three days ahead of the shows. It didnt even matter that they hadnt appeared on the UK album chart for more than two years. We stayed in Peckham with his gran for the weekend. Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message. sternfeld An era had ended. Joe Atman Fergie We were 18 and we had a ball! Gallant A friendship with tennis star and equal-rights champion Billie Jean King, struck at an L.A. party in 73, led to his fourth No. Greg Andrews "Border Song" 5. The first major rock/pop concert I ever went to (in the middle of my O levels) and still the greatest. On Oct. 23, John, sporting a lime-green suit and matching bowler hat, had received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. By October 1972, he was headlining two nights at the Forum, on the heels of three consecutive Top 10 hits: Honky Cat, Rocket Man and his first-ever U.S. No. Mick and i got to the front and went around the side of the stage and saw my hero Bernie Taupin chatting with musicians. Success followed success. Show Elton John Concerts By Year.1970 (48 concerts)1971 (122 concerts)1972 (88 concerts)1973 (74 concerts)1974 (68 concerts)1975 (22 concerts)1976 (62 concerts)1977 (10 concerts)1978 (3 concerts)1979 (124 concerts)1980 (65 concerts)1981 (2 concerts)1982 (118 concerts)1983 (1 concerts)1984 (131 concerts)1985 (34 concerts)1986 (97 concerts)1987 The tour included a total of 17 shows across the United States and Canada. If life didnt come easily to him, writing some of the rock eras most indelible hit songs and performing them for thousands did. If I rememeber correctly, the coconut matting laid on the grass was not enough protection and there were a lot of complaints later about holding shows there.. A day Ill never forget. LynPen Okay Learn more Learn more Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message. Aviv Davidson These two shows, the culmination of "Elton John Week" in the city and played in front of 55,000 people each night, were filmed for British television and remain some of the most famous concerts John has ever given. ProgFan1 It didn't take long. I Saw Her Standing There, Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy Elton John / Joe Walsh / Emmylou Harris Oct 25, 1975 Los Angeles, California, United States Uploaded by Pedronw Good Morning to the Night Bennie and the Jets Philadelphia Freedom I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues Border Song Tiny Dancer Have Mercy on the Criminal Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time) Take Me to the Pilot They were the first group signed to Eltons Rocket Records label. This leg of the tour, which included a midnight show in Glasgow, ended on 4 June in Cardiff. I strolled around in a white suit with a baseball bat and a can of Coors. Neck-kerchiefed TV staple Charles Nelson Reilly cavorted backstage. They came to London on a wave of nostalgic popularity in the US and brought it across the Atlantic. A hit-packed Beach Boys set started with Wouldnt It Be Nice (seen above in their Live Aid performance ten years hence) and ended with Fun Fun Fun some 22 songs later. Jackstrw We werent overly impressed with Rufus, and I cant remember Stackridge at all (we got there late, so they may have been the openers). Best concert ever! gpab, Setlist History: John Lennon Performs Live With Elton John, Setlist History: On This Day in 1970, Elton John Played His First American Show, Elton John at Barclays Arena, Hamburg, Germany, Elton John at Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany, Elton John at The O2 Arena, London, England, Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time), I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues. Alice in Chains The western leg of the US tour began on 29 September 1975, at the San Diego Sports Arena, and finished up on 25 and 26 October at Dodger Stadium in Los Angelesthe first time a rock act had played there since The Beatles in 1966. Agent Curigallego Im afraid it wasnt just Elton being upstaged by the Beach Boys (not to mention the Eagles), for the oldies among us (i.e. He began a soulful solo rendition of the classic track Your Song, with the opening piano notes hitting the audiences ears before the rise of the curtain, and his piano starting at the back left of the stage before slowly moving (on its own) to the front as the song continued. Though would have to say that the Beach Boys stole the show and the place rocked when they were on stage. West of the Rockies Writing Marvin Gaye They dress up, its like a big party. Tour: Bitter Fingers Backstreet Boys Jimi Hendrix Surfs Up makes the few hairs left stand up on my neck even now. Which is how King found herself onstage with John at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 25 and 26, in front of 55,000 fans, singing background vocals on Philadelphia Freedom and a handful of other songs. Still got the progra. Johnny Burnette Animal Liberation Orchestra As for Lipa, I love her dearly, John said. I had just started Cheadle grammar school and was a moody Elton fan due to his early songs. I too was one of those that left before he had finished. Hes Elton John whose debut Tuesday night at the Troubadour was, in almost every way, magnificent., It was the end of the 60s, says Hilburn today. If you read this Elton inwant my 3.50 back that i paid for the ticket out of my pocket money. grub8787 Over 40 years on, and still THE best gig I can remember. The trouble with all-day shows during the summer is that being hot, I tended to drink beer to cool down. Add setlist, 7 activities (last edit by Syl76, 2 Nov 2019, 18:21 Etc/UTC). And so rather than seeing it as a chore Im going on stage every night thinking, What are they going to be wearing tonight? Chameleon. I remember the day as being roasty, not quite as hot as 76 but getting there. In August 1970, Elton John played his first US gig at the 300-capacity Troubadour club in Los Angeles. "Rocket Man (I Think It's. It was a lovely day. Wed invested in his LP released a week or two earlier in May and learnt it off by heart! West of the Rockies I started off in Los Angeles at the Troubadour (club), and I want it to end here because its been a magical place for me, John said in an Associated Press interview. Carol Channing Beth Nielsen Chapman In October 74, he was back at the Forum, this time for four nights, and headlong into what the Pet Shop Boys Neil Tennant once dubbed the imperial phase to describe the peak of a hitmakers career: Eltons songbook now included Saturday Nights Alright for Fighting, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Bennie and the Jets, Dont Let the Sun Go Down on Me and The Bitch Is Back, razor-sharp hard rock, followed by cathartic longing for innocence, followed by magical proto soul-rap, followed by heart-stopping balladry, and then back to grinning, note-perfect riff rock, all casually filled with audio memes (Bennies Moha Suuu, Dont Let the Suns Dont dizzzcard me) that still wont dislodge from your brain some 50 years on. If I hadnt got sober, I wouldnt be here and I wouldnt have had the wonderful things that have happened to me since, he said. Ghirardelli Chocolate Company Revenue,
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Ted Daffans Texans Oct 25 1975 Elton John Setlist at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA, USA Edit setlist Tour: West of the Rockies Tour statistics Add setlist Setlist Your Song I Need You to Turn To Border Song Take Me to the Pilot Dan Dare (Pilot of the Future) Country Comfort Levon Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time) Hercules Empty Sky Christina Aguilera His last two albums, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy and Rock of the Westies, had entered the Billboard album chart at No. Within five years, his reputation cemented by a string of hits including Rocket Man and Daniel, fans packed LA's Dodger Stadium for two rousing, sequin-bedecked concerts. John had been creating poptastic rock and roll anthems and they were hitting the airwaves with a sense of fantastical futurism, all packaged in flamboyant costumes and dressed in number one albums. One had bought the blow, the other the baccy but neither thought to get papers, with non to be had anywhere in the stadium, I waited for a lull in the argument and just held my spare pack up and waited. Following opening sets by Emmylou Harris and Joe Walsh, Elton John and the band were later joined on stage by Billie Jean King and the 45-member James Cleveland Choir singing on selected numbers.
, [url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/elton-john/1975/seattle-center-coliseum-seattle-wa-1bd1e974.html][img]https://www.setlist.fm/widgets/setlist-image-v1?id=1bd1e974[/img][/url] Boy George It is definitely the farewell tour, he said, although a short-term residency, such as Kate Bush's three weeks at London's Hammersmith Apollo in 2014, has its appeal. Nacio Herb Brown Forty-seven years after his first Dodger Stadium performance, John will close the U.S. leg of his farewell tour at the same iconic venue. I have also just watched some You Tube videos of Mark Knopfler ( with EC playing along on Money For Nothing) and the guy at the back on percussion was Ray Cooper. Below is the setlist from a recent Las Vegas performance. Saturday Nights Alright for Fighting. The weather also played its part. "Rocket Man" 7. Great memories! What a line up!.. What a day..! All in all a great day out that was just a little soured by Eltons blatant plugging of his latest album. Remember it well a great day out Beach boys and the Eagles were great.Elton was good but lost the audience slightly being a bit self indulgent doing all of Captain Fantastic,but Ray Coopers extravagant performance, and the best ever of some one saved my life tonight stayed with me forever so all was not lost with Elton.See all the sets Stackridge were ok,Joe Walsh brilliant as ever,just before he joined the Eagles I believe, and Rufus were ok .The Beach Boys just killed with hit after hit and had the audience rocking and a great sunny day to go with it.Great memories.. My first all day concert got of to a great start when I scored a lump of Leb Gold that would choke a donkey off two cross-dressers sat behind us (Obviously there for Elton) in exchange for a spare pack of Rizlas I had. Great to see more details. Brilliant day went with a mate who lived just outside London, I had come down from Scarborough. After the Eagles had played I wandered off to visit the Gents and returned to my friends to watch the Beach Boys. 3 Blocks East He had those great songs that reminded me of the Band, and then there were Bernies lyrics: I hope you dont mind / that I put down in words. I loved that line.. Learn More{{/message}}. (Longtime drummer Nigel Olsson is still with John, but wasnt part of the band in 75). I was at this concert.. great line up..and a red hot day.. remember jeff skunk baxter playing guitar in eltons band.. joe walsh coming on in a packing case as guest of the eagles. I remember being very dissapointed with Elton John, after the Beachboys got everyone going, singing along, enjoying the day, then Elton John came on and after a few of his more popular numbers he proceeded to play everything from his latest album. Im not sure about the choice of support acts. Wish we were still there. "Have Mercy on the Criminal" 7. He and Dee had a 1976 hit with the bouncyDon't Go Breaking My Heart"and she was with him at his first L.A. stadium show. SashHil You could feel the hairs go up on everyones necks. He is the co-author of the oral history I Want My MTV: An Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution., Elton John performing at Dodger Stadium in October 1975. Good times. 3 Mile Island One of the best songs which seems to have fallen off the set list was Daniel. ABBA A memorable day very hot & sunny. Stackridge wasnt new to us and it was so exciting to be in at the start of Joe Walsh joining the Eagles. This performance was another stone to be laid and at the time there was no better builder than Elton John. A wonderful day, went with my very good friend Paul (RIP, gone much too soon). [url=https://www.setlist.fm/edit?setlist=5bda8ba8&step=song]Edit this setlist[/url] | [url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/elton-john-63d6be6f.html]More Elton John setlists[/url], Setlist History: John Lennon Performs Live With Elton John, Setlist History: On This Day in 1970, Elton John Played His First American Show, Special Events Center, Salt Lake City, UT, Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time), Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. I remember hanging backstage with Cary Grant and his daughter like it was yesterday., Cidny Bullens was about to go on the road as a backup singer with Bob Dylans Rolling Thunder Revue when John asked her to join his tour instead. When you work with a different artist, you always learn something from them, and thats the whole point, he said. Elton was so happy that day, says his friend Billie Jean King. Chuck Berry This page tries to capture as many of those dates as possible, but there are likely still some missing here and there. Beln Aguilera davepol Yes I was 19 too. Such turmoil is far removed from his life now, which includes his two sons with Furnish. Anal Cunt John famously performed at the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1975 and emerged towards the end of Sunday's concert sporting a variation of the jeweled Dodger uniform he wore nearly 50 years. Mildred J. Hill & Patty Hill But with many of his fans unfamiliar with the songs, Elton was widely perceived to have been amiably upstaged by the second-on-the-bill Beach Boys. I enjoyed the Eagles and have been a fan ever since. #EltonFarewellTour #EltonLive pic.twitter.com/t8K05079mE. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Elton John may be on his farewell tour, but he still has a lot left to say, When Elton John became a rock star: The untold story of the Troubadour concert, Paul Stanley of KISS dives into debate over transgender acceptance versus kids transitioning, Has the Justin Timberlake Its Gonna Be May meme passed its expiration date? He remembers one moment in particular from the two Dodger Stadium shows. And hes never lost the longing for that applause., As the clock nears midnight on Sunday and John works his way through those classic songs for a final time, he says, I dont know how theyre going to get him off that stage., Craig Marks is the Los Angeles Times music editor. Will never forget it (still have the programme!). The Crystals Yes, I agree with a lot of the comments. https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-beach-boys/1975/wembley-stadium-london-england-43d1e7b3.html. Elton John Concert Details Date: October 26, 1975 Venue: Dodger Stadium Location: Los Angeles, California, United States Band Genres Classic Rock, Glam Rock, Piano Rock, Pop, Pop Rock, Rock, Rock And Roll, Singer-Songwriter, Soft Rock, Piano, British, Mellow Gold, and Adult Contemporary. Its hard to imagine the landscape of 1975 when Elton John, complete in sequinned Dodgers Baseball team kit, strode onto the stage in California. Indeed, twenty-four hours later I was onstage at Dodger Stadium. The shows, he concluded with no false modesty, were a complete triumph.. They upstaged everyone on the bill with shear talent, vocal ability and musicianship. Tour: Billie Jean King sang backing vocals and Elton slipped Holiday Inn in to the 20-song set list, a unique event on this tour. I was there on that beautiful sunny day and the music was sublime and the atmosphere w@s incredible for me the stand out act was joe Walsh what a a great guitarist .with the sings I havent changed and Rocky Mountain way WOW! So its not as if Im stopping doing anything, John said. In The Times, Hilburn called the concert his finest hour here. Those are the gigs you live for, John wrote in Me. It was a pinnacle.. (Bullens, then Cindy, transitioned in 2011, and uses she/her pronouns to refer to that stage of their career.) The Amazing Keystone Big Band Im happy, Im contented, said John, whos in his third decade of sobriety. Purer95 Whats going to be the reaction tonight? At the stage of my career, its just an astonishingly rewarding thing to happen., He was a tender 23 when Robert Hilburn, the then-Los Angeles Times music critic,predicted Johns stardomafter the Troubadour appearance in West Hollywood. "Bennie and the Jets" 2. Bob Dylan The Beach Boy were retro-fun & their set was very well received. Everyone was so happy. Rock music has a new star. The tour is set to conclude in Sweden next July. For these shows, Elton and the band shared the stage with the New York Community Choir and performed encores with Kiki Dee, Alice Cooper and the drag queen, Divine. And dont be surprised if Britney Spears, who made her comeback with Johns blessing and tunes on this summers Top 10 single Hold Me Closer, joins the all-star cavalcade of guests (Dua Lipa, Brandi Carlile, Kiki Dee) for Sundays swan song. Alejandro Aranda Happy, music & beer filled student days. Below is the setlist from a recent Las Vegas performance. Nol Coward Imagine the joy of seeing them play together again post 94 after Hell Froze Over. I was there, still have the t-shirt somewhere. Here, we thought wed take a trip back to that heady time. Following those six nights at the Troubadour the nine-song set opened with Your Song and included both a Beatles and Rolling Stones cover Johns star was ascendant. Arthur Big Boy Crudup Bennie and the Jets I remember seeing Evil Knevil when I was picking up my tickets for this concert. jeez what a bloody anti climax. Elton John & Leon Russell The Isley Brothers The 5th Dimension Elton John before his performance at Dodger Stadium in 1975. His last two albums, "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" and "Rock of the Westies," had entered the Billboard. Jann Arden Aged just 17 and attending my first serious concert!! Robert Burns Angie Aparo John and his manager/romantic partner, John Reid, had flown their friends and families, along with a British documentary film crew, from London to L.A. to help celebrate this milestone, and all had gathered at Johns secluded Beverly Hills estate the day prior to the Dodger Stadium concert to hobnob, sip champagne and fete the host. Revisit some of the performances from the pinnacle of his rise to fame, below. Achlles Oleta Adams Stackridge performed first in a half empty stadium. Doris Day Elton John & Kiki Dee The Beatles To see that (single) become a success makes me feel so happy, that shes hopefully feeling the love from those people.. And that, wrote John, was when I decided to try and commit suicide again., John goes on to say he had no intention of actually killing himself, having swallowed a load of Valium and thrown himself in his swimming pool in full view of his guests. Dominicvarney Then it's back to work on projects already in progress, including The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical., I'll be recording with other people, and Ill be hopefully writing an album for myself. The beach boys were amazing and elton john had a job following them. "Take Me to the. In the first half of his set, Elton played hits like "Rocket Man," "Philadelphia Freedom," and "Bennie and the Jets." But he then chose to perform the whole of his new album Captain Fantastic and. The concert featured special appearances from tennis star Billie Jean King, fresh from her sixth Wimbledon singles title, to sing backing vocals on Philadelphia Freedom. Your email address will not be published. An Evening with Elton John (57) Back in the U.S.S.A. Someone Saved My Life Tonight Sara Bareilles Ashbury It was a brilliant idea because having watched the documentaries and all the news footage about her horrible time with her family and conservatorship, I wanted her to feel appreciated by music fans again," John said. That song is on his 1974 album Caribou. RyanE I particularly enjoyed The Bitch is Back which was the final track on the album. Tour: DidierA So good to hear comments from other people who were there. Over the course of each 3 hour concert, split into two sets, John was joined onstage by the 45-member Rev. Clay Aiken Tori Amos 1. Sammy Cahn Add setlist, 12 activities (last edit by Syl76, 2 Nov 2019, 18:21 Etc/UTC). Elton John and his band performed two sell - out shows at October 25 and 26 1975 at Los Angeles Dodger Stadium.Set list:- Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word . Elton was so happy that day, King tells The Times. Our relationship with L.A. has always been sacrosanct, says Taupin, who lives in the Santa Ynez Valley. He has previously served as the top editor of Spin, Blender and Billboard magazines. i was 13 yep never heard of em but WOW bloody hell were they bloody awesome. In 1975, she jumped off Johns piano at Dodger Stadium, at Eltons behest. The three-night stand is Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 17, 19 and 20. ElectricVelvet (43) Breaking Hearts (62) Caribou (50) Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player (29) Elton John 1970 World Tour (68) European Express (55) Farewell Yellow Brick Road World Tour (295) Follow the Yellow Brick Road (48) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (79) Greatest Hits - Solo (1) I Saw Her Standing There. 1 hit single Don't Go Breaking My Heart) in Toronto in March 1976, and began touring the UK on 29 April in Leeds. This week, 47 years later, John returns to Dodger Stadium to perform three shows, on Nov. 17, 19 and 20, his last-ever U.S. concerts (so he says), as part of his long-running, wildly lucrative Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour. The Eagles & The Beach Boys were fabulous. Use this setlist for your event review and get all updates automatically! Pistol80 Its the last show of my final tour in America, so lets end it with a bang, shall we?Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium, the Original concert event, is streaming live November 20, only on @disneyplus. Anita Harris On June 21, 1975, Elton John headlined a huge, all-day concert at Wembley Stadium for a sellout crowd of 72,000. Id expected The Eagles would be the highlight, and they were excellent, as was Joe Walsh, but The Beach Boys stood above all the rest Elton John sadly proved a bit anti-climactic, it was like trying to top The Alamo with a George Formby film. With their double disc compilation Endless Summer having topped the American chart the previous autumn and a second retrospective, Spirit Of America, just going gold, the Beach Boys were well and truly back in style, if largely for their 1960s catalog. This weekend, John will close out the North American leg of his last tour at the ballpark. Aznar Lebn Aitana Just our boy putting on a dramatic show for friends and relatives. The Kiki Dee Band Sonny Dae and His Knights The Beach Boys Wonderful. Not sure Elton would agree, but (to quote Grand Funk Railroad), were kind of an American Band from L.A.. The Bitch Is Back. The bands fourth album Extravaganza had been released five months earlier. ", The tour concluded in mid-August with a record-breaking seven sold-out nights at Madison Square Garden. One of the most memorable open-air events of the decade turned into a triumph for the Beach Boys.