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Follow the Yellow Brick Road Tour

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]

Follow the Yellow Brick Road Tour
Tour by Elton John
LocationNorth America • Europe
Associated albumGoodbye Yellow Brick Road (40th anniversary)
Start date12 March 2014
End date31 December 2014
Legs5
No. of shows60
Elton John concert chronology

Background

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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

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  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
  27. "Your Song"
  28. "Crocodile Rock"

Tour dates

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List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
North America[4]
12 March 2014 Beaumont United States Ford Arena 8,218 / 8,218 $764,418
13 March 2014 Dallas American Airlines Center 14,516 / 14,516 $1,387,432
15 March 2014 Birmingham BJCC Arena — —
16 March 2014 Pensacola Pensacola Bay Center 8,137 / 8,629 $791,152
19 March 2014 Tupelo BancorpSouth Arena — —
21 March 2014 New Orleans Smoothie King Center 15,138 / 16,251 $1,217,726
22 March 2014 Bossier City CenturyLink Center 12,992 / 12,992 $1,105,872
11 June 2014 Charleston Charleston Civic Center — —
12 June 2014 Virginia Beach Farm Bureau Live — —
14 June 2014 Charlotte PNC Music Pavilion — —
15 June 2014[a] Manchester Great Stage Park — —
Europe
21 June 2014 Leigh England Leigh Sports Village Stadium 16,445 / 16,578 $1,747,084
22 June 2014 St. Gallen Switzerland Kybunpark — —
24 June 2014 Nottingham England Capital FM Arena Nottingham — —
28 June 2014 Buckinghamshire Stoke Park Country Club — —
29 June 2014 Colchester Colchester Community Stadium 16,517 / 16,539 $1,805,166
2 July 2014 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena — —
4 July 2014[b] Calella Spain Jardín Botánico del Cap Roig — —
5 July 2014 Aalborg Denmark Skovdalen Atletikstadion — —
6 July 2014 Halle Germany Gerry Weber Stadion 6,921 / 7,087 $801,155
10 July 2014 Fulda Fulda Domplatz 6,175 / 7,000 $622,401
11 July 2014 Dresden Theaterplatz vor der Semperoper — —
12 July 2014 Kiel Sparkassen-Arena — —
15 July 2014[c] Carcassonne France Théâtre Jean-Deschamps — —
16 July 2014[d] Lyon Theatre Romain Fourviere — —
18 July 2014[e] Carhaix La Prairie de Kerampuilh — —
19 July 2014 Mainz Germany Nordmole Zollhafen 9,148 / 9,315 $987,924
20 July 2014 Mönchengladbach Warsteiner HockeyPark 7,189 / 7,980 $801,872
22 July 2014[f] Regensburg Schloss Thurn und Taxis — —
23 July 2014[g] Lörrach Marktplatz Lörrach — —
24 July 2014[h] Nyon Switzerland Nyon Festival Grounds — —
26 July 2014[i] Monte Carlo Monaco Salle des Etoiles — —
North America[5]
13 September 2014 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena — —
14 September 2014
17 September 2014 Spokane United States Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena — —
19 September 2014 West Valley City Maverik Center 10,052 / 10,052 $707,188
20 September 2014 Denver Pepsi Center 14,570 / 14,570 $1,104,800
25 September 2014 Portland Moda Center 12,098 / 13,782 $1,192,072
27 September 2014 Seattle KeyArena — —
1 October 2014 Sacramento Sleep Train Arena — —
2 October 2014 San Jose SAP Center 14,519 / 14,896 $1,299,635
4 October 2014 Los Angeles Staples Center 32,182 / 32,182 $3,363,049
5 October 2014
Europe
1 November 2014 Madrid Spain Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad — —
2 November 2014 Bilbao Bizkaia Arena — —
5 November 2014 Kraków Poland Kraków Arena — —
6 November 2014 Minsk Belarus Minsk-Arena — —
9 November 2014 Saint Petersburg Russia Ice Palace Saint Petersburg — —
10 November 2014 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Areena — —
12 November 2014 Copenhagen Denmark Forum Copenhagen — —
14 November 2014 Gothenburg Sweden Scandinavium — —
15 November 2014 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum — —
16 November 2014 Stavanger Sørmarka Arena — —
19 November 2014 Paris France Palais Omnisports Paris Bercy — —
20 November 2014 Montpellier Park&Suites Arena — —
22 November 2014 Lille Zénith de Lille — —
24 November 2014 Hanover Germany TUI Arena 6,808 / 8,028 $629,937
27 November 2014 Munich Olympiahalle 9,341 / 9,716 $887,076
29 November 2014 Nuremberg Nuremberg Arena 5,578 / 5,837 $569,028
30 November 2014 Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle 7,648 / 8,043 $736,806
3 December 2014 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion 8,587 / 10,500 $971,668
4 December 2014 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum 9,064 / 9,064 $785,800
6 December 2014 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi — —
9 December 2014 Dublin Ireland 3Arena — —
North America[6]
31 December 2014 Brooklyn United States Barclays Center 16,470 / 16,470 $3,097,229
Total 116,865 / 117,782 $10,841,354

Personnel

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Sources:[7][8]

Notes

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  1. ^ The 15 June 2014 oncert in Manchester, Tennessee, at the Great Stage Park is a part of Bonnaroo Music Festival.
  2. ^ The 4 July 2014 concert in Calella, Spain, at the Jardin Botanico del Cap Roig is a part of the Festival Jardins de Cap Roig.
  3. ^ The 15 July 2014 concert in Carcassonne, France, at the Théâtre Jean-Deschamps is a part of the Festival de Carcassonne.
  4. ^ The 16 July 2014 concert in Lyon, France, at the Theatre Romain Fourviere is a part of the Les Nuits de Fourvière.
  5. ^ The 18 July 2014 concert in Carhaix, France, at the La Prairie de Kerampuilh is a part of the Vieilles Charrues Festival.
  6. ^ The 22 July 2014 concert in Regensburg, Germany, at the Schloss Thurn und Taxis is a part of the Thurn und Taxis Castle Festival.
  7. ^ The 23 July 2014 concert in Lorrach, Germany, at the Marktplatz Lorrach is a part of the Stimmen Festival.
  8. ^ The 24 July 2014 concert in Nyon, Switzerland, at the Nyon Festival Grounds is a part of the Paléo Festival.
  9. ^ The 26 July 2014 concert in Monte Carlo, Monaco, at the Salle des Etoiles is a part of the Monte-Carlo Sporting Summer Festival.
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References

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  1. ^ "GYBR Song-by-Song: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". Elton John. 22 March 2014. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  2. ^ "GYBR Song-by-Song: This Song Has No Title and Grey Seal". Elton John. 8 March 2014. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Elton and the Band for Dublin, Ireland". Elton John. 14 February 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  4. ^ Box score:
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  6. ^ "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 21 January 2014. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
  7. ^ "ELTON FOR AUSTRALIA IN NOVEMBER". Elton John. 20 July 2012. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  8. ^ "NEW BASS PLAYER FOR ELTON'S BAND". Elton John. 3 September 2012. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
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