The stadium stage is "enormous and fantastic. #EltonFarewellTour #EltonLive pic.twitter.com/t8K05079mE. "Tiny Dancer" 5. Concert Details Date: October 13, 1975 Venue: Pacific Coliseum Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 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. Hilburn said John's performance that August night was, in almost every way, magnificent and called his songs (written with lyricist Bernie Taupin) staggeringly original.. I was almost 18. "Take Me to the. 1, a first for any artist. Still got the progra. I had just started Cheadle grammar school and was a moody Elton fan due to his early songs. Learn More{{/message}}. Here, we thought wed take a trip back to that heady time. Remember the queues for the ladies and often went in the gents where no one was waiting haha. 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. Everyone was so happy.. Use this setlist for your event review and get all updates automatically!
I thought Rufus were great, Chaka Kahn was playing drums for a while and was then introduced to sing lead vocals for Rufus if I remember correctly. Chiddy Great comments. Ive done a lot of concerts in 50 years. Imagine the joy of seeing them play together again post 94 after Hell Froze Over. His last two albums, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy and Rock of the Westies, had entered the Billboard album chart at No. Rocky Mountain Way was roarin! Ellie Greenwich peterandkaye But to be honest with you, when I come off stage in Stockholm next July 8, Ill be looking forward to having a holiday, I'll be looking forward to taking a breather, he said. I remember it like yesterday. I was there as member of the security. Ashbury 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. 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 Brown Dirt Cowboy. With opening sets by Emmylou Harris and soon-to-be Eagles member Joe Walsh, John graced the stage with a famously understated fashion. 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. We werent overly impressed with Rufus, and I cant remember Stackridge at all (we got there late, so they may have been the openers). 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! Have loved The Beach Boys ever since. Not my first big concert, but my fave big stadium gig. I remember that beautiful sunny day in that huge old stadium. Rocket Man (I Think Its Going to Be a Long, Long Time) The Eagles were good but not fantastic and Elton was okay with stuff we were familiar with until he laboured through most tracks from his new LP Captain Fantastic. Find the setlist from Elton John shows you attended, powered by Setlist.fm, and create a playlist in your Spotify or Apple Music library.. Find your show He has previously served as the top editor of Spin, Blender and Billboard magazines. 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 The 5th Dimension 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. Fun times. 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.. raysgigs
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So good to hear comments from other people who were there. But Elton was the best. Wed invested in his LP released a week or two earlier in May and learnt it off by heart! I was there. I remember the day as being roasty, not quite as hot as 76 but getting there. George Gershwin 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. Apollo Junction The Eagles & The Beach Boys were fabulous. 19 year old at the time.. Fab gig just before I went to work overseas in Brussels. 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. Stackridge wasnt new to us and it was so exciting to be in at the start of Joe Walsh joining the Eagles. They upstaged everyone on the bill with shear talent, vocal ability and musicianship. ElectricVelvet I Saw Her Standing There. The server responded with {{status_text}} (code {{status_code}}). We All Fall in Love Sometimes Mick and i got to the front and went around the side of the stage and saw my hero Bernie Taupin chatting with musicians. Tour statistics Back in England, John was a skilled, hardworking piano player and tunesmith who had tried for years to gain a foothold in the business, with middling results. Someone Saved My Life Tonight It was a lovely day. Candle in the Wind I was there, still have the t-shirt somewhere. It's hard to imagine the landscape of 1975 when Elton John, complete in sequinned Dodgers Baseball team kit, strode onto the stage in California. Becky385 After the Eagles had played I wandered off to visit the Gents and returned to my friends to watch the Beach Boys. 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. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds The three-night stand is Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 17, 19 and 20. [1], Quotations related to West of the Rockies Tour at Wikiquote, Last edited on 26 February 2023, at 20:35, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, "Elton John Concert Map by tour: Rock of the Westies | setlist.fm", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=West_of_the_Rockies_Tour&oldid=1141790407, This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 20:35. Use this setlist for your event review and get all updates automatically! All Stripped Down Marvin Gaye During this performance, Elton would play 31 songs over a three-hour set, an almost unfathomable effort in consideration of live concerts as we know them today. Though would have to say that the Beach Boys stole the show and the place rocked when they were on stage. 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. Edit setlist Apr 9 2023 Elton John at The O2 Arena, London, England Artist: Elton John , Tour: Farewell Yellow Brick Road World Tour , Venue: The O2 Arena , London, England Set Times: Doors: 6:00 PM Show: 7:35 PM - 9:55 PM Good Morning to the Night Bennie and the Jets Philadelphia Freedom I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues Border Song Pedro Aznar Anastacia Tour statistics 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 . 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. 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 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. The tour kicked off way back in September 2018 and was supposed to run for three years, but COVID had other plans, and so John will head to Australia and then Europe for the final, final farewell shows in 2023, having already raked in well more than $600 million in what has become the third highest-grossing tour in history. Stackridge were the opening act. I loved him for that.. Grunners The schedule would be demanding for any artist, but a genial, healthy-looking Elton showed no sign of strain in an interview last week, a few hours before a San Diego concert. I recognised some songs but couldnt keep still, they were great, this was music WOW. PMPM Lipa, Kiki Dee and Brandi Carlile will join him on stage Sunday, and it's no coincidence that all are women. (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) Elton John greets Jennifer Grant backstage as her father, actor Cary Grant, looks on. The Rock of the Westies Tour was a North American concert tour by English musician and composer Elton John, in support of his 10th studio album Rock of the Westies. the tour included two legs (United Kingdom and North America) and a total of 62 shows. The tour is set to conclude in Sweden next July. DidierA His influence spans generations, making this last North American stop on his farewell tour one for the record books, said Ayo Davis, president of Disney Branded Television. Jimi Hendrix Part-way through this leg of the tour, Ray Cooper fell ill and was forced to miss roughly a dozen shows. Kiki Dee joined in on these shows, which were benefit concerts for the Jules Stein Foundation and were commemorated by the promotional book "Five Years of Fun". I particularly enjoyed The Bitch is Back which was the final track on the album. ABBA Great day out, I was 16 or 17 beer n gear was the order of the day. To be honest, he writes in an email, it wasnt that big a deal. 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. So, for us, the new stuff performed by Elton in his outlandish Cowboy kit blew us away we stayed to the end. And most famously, for the second sets, John came out dressed in a Bob Mackie-designed sequined Dodgers baseball uniform and cap, ELTON and the number 1 in Dodger blue on the back. The Eagles and the Beach Boys definately upstaged Elton John who I thought was poor. Janis Joplin, tsclkd Tour: In 2019, President Emmanuel Macron gave Frances highest award to John for his contributions to the arts and efforts to fight HIV/AIDS around the world. Surfs Up makes the few hairs left stand up on my neck even now. Over the course of each 3 hour concert, split into two sets, John was joined onstage by the 45-member Rev. I also recall Jackson Browne joining the Eagles (on Takin It Easy???) niinaXOs I was there aged 13 with my freind Mick who was 15. This performance was another stone to be laid and at the time there was no better builder than Elton John. The three-hour event will open with Countdown to Elton Live," which includes an interview with John and celebrity shout-outs. 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. They were touring their third album Rufusized, featuring the US hit Once You Get Started. Joe Walsh was still a solo artist at the time, but was soon to join the Eagles, who followed him onto the Wembley stage. Aged just 17 and attending my first serious concert!! Rock music has a new star. 1.
, [url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/elton-john/1975/dodger-stadium-los-angeles-ca-43da8ba7.html][img]https://www.setlist.fm/widgets/setlist-image-v1?id=43da8ba7[/img][/url] Leonard Bernstein What a line up!.. What a day..! Here are our top 10 picks, Aerosmith is saying farewell with Peace Out tour, which hits L.A. in December. The Crystals 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. Tour: It was the only time I really felt in control of what I did, John wrote of playing live. Elton John wields a baseball bat atop his piano at Dodger Stadium. While he doesnt tend to release new material so often today, the enigmatic singer Elton John has cemented a legacy within popular culture like no other. The trouble with all-day shows during the summer is that being hot, I tended to drink beer to cool down. 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. filez but Elton John came on!!??!! Legends live. Is the Yellow Brick Road tour really goodbye? An era had ended. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Fergie The California vibes rang out from Wembley Stadium, and the Beach Boys enjoyed one of the high points of their international career. Hes wearing a T-shirt commemorating Billie Jean Kings victory over Bobby Riggs in their 1973 Battle of the Sexes tennis match. Christina Aguilera Will never forget it (still have the programme!). On 29 June 1976 in Landover, Maryland, the eastern half of the US got the newly named "Louder Than Concorde (But Not Quite As Pretty)" tour, a testament to the onslaught Elton and his ferocious band were delivering to a country in the midst of its Bicentennial celebration. I remember being very impressed with funky Rufus & the irrepressible Chaka Khan. West of the Rockies Brilliant day went with a mate who lived just outside London, I had come down from Scarborough. Like many others, I left half way through his set. Elton John before his performance at Dodger Stadium in 1975. Everyone was so happy. All in all a great day out that was just a little soured by Eltons blatant plugging of his latest album. 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. Went with my best friend Beverley. Add setlist, 7 activities (last edit by Syl76, 2 Nov 2019, 18:21 Etc/UTC). Love and fond memories from me . 2CELLOS Your email address will not be published. Christine and the Queens Security was provided by wasps rfc. Add setlist, 19 activities (last edit by Syl76, 2 Nov 2019, 18:21 Etc/UTC). Gene Autry That day was the start of a life long obsession with Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys. Taupin, who took a rare turn onstage in 75, banging on a tambourine, will of course be there, for all three concerts. Wed been through all of that fire and rain.