Greatest Hits Tour (Elton John)

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Greatest Hits Tour
Tour by Elton John
EltonJohn GreatestHitsTourPoster.jpg
Promotional poster for tour
Start date 14 February 2011
End date 21 September 2012
Legs 17
Number of shows 75 in North America
56 in Europe
3 in South America
2 in Asia
10 in Oceania
146 in Total
Elton John concert chronology

The Greatest Hits Tour[1] is a concert tour by Elton John. The tour started on February 2011 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada[2] and has visited the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australasia. The tour placed ninth on Pollstar's "Top 50 Worldwide Tours (Mid-Year)", earning over $40 million with 57 shows.[3]

Background

The first edition of the tour took place in 2011 in Victoria, British Columbia. The tour then moved on through the United States with two of the concerts taking place in Hawaii.[4][5]

The North American leg of the tour came to a close with five concerts in Canada. Elton played a total of twelve concerts in Canada over the course of the 2011 tour.[6]

The tour moved onto Europe after the United States leg. The tour began in Cardiff, Wales.[7] Due to high demand for tickets a second concert was added.[8] The summer European leg of the tour came to a close in Hertfordshire, England with a performance at Magic Summer Live.[9]

Elton and the band returned to Europe in November for six concerts in mainly taking place in Eastern Europe. This included Elton's first concert in Slovenia, which was originally planned to take place in July 2011 but was rescheduled.[10]

Shortly after the European Elton and the band will briefly performed in Asia. Both of them were his debut performances in those countries. He will in Indonesia and Malaysia for the first time.

Elton and the band then traveled to Australasia. Elton performed his first concert in Dunedin, New Zealand. Also this was the first concert that took place at the venue.[11][12] Elton and the band will then go on to perform their 15th tour of Australia in November and December 2011.[13]

The tour was extended once again into 2012. The first concert of the 2012 was announced on 28 September 2011 via eltonjohn.com. The concert will take place at B2net Stadium in Chesterfield.[14][15][16][17] More European shows in Germany were announced on 9 November 2011.[18]

It was announced via eltonjohn.com on 26 October 2011: "Elton and the band will return to Honolulu's Blaisdell Arena on Friday, January 6, 2012, at 8pm, performing their Greatest Hits Live concert."[19][20][21] A second date at the venue was announced due to high ticket demand.[22]

It was announced on eltonjohn.com on 7 November 2011 that Elton would perform his first ever concert in Peru on 1 February 2012.[23] Elton was supposed to perform a concert at the Sentul International Convention Center in Jakarta, Indonesia on 18 November 2011 but the concert was postphoned until Elton's 2012 Asian tour[24][25][26]

Opening acts

Set list

This setlist is representative of the show in Lima. It does not represent all concerts throughout the tour.[37]

  1. "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)"
  2. "I'm Still Standing"
  3. "Levon"
  4. "Madman Across the Water"
  5. "Holiday Inn"
  6. "Tiny Dancer"
  7. "Philadelphia Freedom"
  8. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
  9. "Candle in the Wind"
  10. "Rocket Man"
  11. "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
  12. "Hey Ahab"
  13. "Gone to Shiloh"
  14. "Monkey Suit"
  15. "Sacrifice"
  16. "Honky Cat"
  17. "Daniel"
  18. "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"
  19. "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
  20. "The Bitch Is Back"
  21. "Are You Ready for Love"
  22. "Bennie and the Jets"
  23. "Crocodile Rock"
Encore
  1. "Your Song"
  2. "Nikita"

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
North America[38][39]
14 February 2011 Victoria Canada Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
15 February 2011
17 February 2011 Eugene United States Matthew Knight Arena
19 February 2011 Reno Reno Events Center
24 February 2011 Kahului Maui Arts And Cultural Center
25 February 2011
11 March 2011 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
12 March 2011 Worcester DCU Center
16 March 2011 New York City Madison Square Garden
18 March 2011 Norfolk Ted Constant Convocation Center
20 March 2011 New York City Madison Square Garden
23 March 2011 Pittsburgh Consol Energy Center
25 March 2011 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
26 March 2011 Baltimore 1st Mariner Arena
27 March 2011 University Park Bryce Jordan Center
6 April 2011 Bismarck Bismarck Civic Center
8 April 2011 Spokane Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
9 April 2011 Boise Taco Bell Arena
10 April 2011 Billings Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark
12 April 2011* Denver Wells Fargo Theatre
15 April 2011 Louisville KFC Yum! Center
16 April 2011 Springfield JQH Arena
17 April 2011 Peoria Carver Arena
22 April 2011 Wilkes-Barre Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza
23 April 2011 Rochester Blue Cross Arena
3 May 2011 Sioux City Gateway Arena
4 May 2011 La Crosse La Crosse Center
6 May 2011 Duluth AMSOIL Arena
7 May 2011 Winnipeg Canada MTS Centre
10 May 2011 Saskatoon Credit Union Centre
11 May 2011 Regina Brandt Centre
12 May 2011
14 May 2011 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
Europe[38][39]
5 June 2011* Scarborough England Scarborough Open Air Theatre
8 June 2011 Cardiff Wales Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
9 June 2011
10 June 2011 Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
12 June 2011 Shrewsbury England Greenhous Meadow
14 June 2011 Munich Germany Olympiahalle
16 June 2011* Douglas England Nobles Park
17 June 2011 Leipzig Germany Volkerschlachtdenkmal
18 June 2011 Berlin O2 World Berlin
19 June 2011 Cologne Lanxess Arena
21 June 2011 Hanover TUI Arena
22 June 2011 Mannheim SAP Arena
25 June 2011 Northampton England Northampton County Cricket Ground
26 June 2011 Hove Hove County Cricket Ground
28 June 2011[A] Cork Ireland The Docklands
1 July 2011 Freiburg Germany Messe Freiburg Open Air
5 July 2011 Istanbul Turkey Küçükçiftlik Park
6 July 2011 Ankara Ankara Arena
North America[40]
9 July 2011[B] Quebec City Canada Plains of Abraham
Europe[40][41]
12 July 2011 Padua Italy Anfiteatro Camerini
13 July 2011[C] Rome Auditorium Parco della Musica
14 July 2011[D] Lucca Piazza Napoleone
16 July 2011[E] Pori Finland Kirjurinluoto Arena
17 July 2011[F] Hertfordshire England Hatfield House
North America[40][42]
3 September 2011 Bethel United States Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
4 September 2011 Saratoga Springs Saratoga Performing Arts Center
7 September 2011 Noblesville Verizon Wireless Music Center
8 September 2011 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center
9 September 2011* Oshawa Canada General Motors Centre
10 September 2011* Windsor WFCU Centre
13 September 2011* Sydney Centre 200
14 September 2011* Summerside Consolidated Credit Union Place
15 September 2011*
21 September 2011*[G] Austin United States Moody Theater
South America
23 September 2011[H] Rio de Janeiro Brazil Parque Olímpico Cidade do Rock
Europe[42][43]
3 November 2011 Riga Latvia Arena Riga
4 November 2011 Vilnius Lithuania Siemens Arena
7 November 2011 Saint Petersburg Russia Ice Palace Saint Petersburg
8 November 2011 Kiev Ukraine Kiev Palace of Sports
11 November 2011 Ljubljana Slovenia Arena Stožice
14 November 2011 Moscow Russia Crocus City Hall
Asia[42][43]
20 November 2011 Kallang Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium
22 November 2011 Genting Highlands Malaysia Arena of Stars
Oceania[42][43]
25 November 2011 Dunedin New Zealand Forsyth Barr Stadium
26 November 2011 Sydney Australia Lyric Theatre
27 November 2011
30 November 2011 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre
3 December 2011 Hunter Valley Hope Estate Winery Amphitheatre
4 December 2011
6 December 2011 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
7 December 2011
9 December 2011 Adelaide Coopers Brewery Amphitheatre
11 December 2011 Perth Burswood Dome
North America[43][44]
6 January 2012 Honolulu United States Neal S. Blaisdell Center
7 January 2012
South America[43][44]
1 February 2012 Lima Peru Estadio Nacional
North America
3 February 2012 San José Costa Rica Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá
4 February 2012* Panama City Panama Figali Convention Center
South America[45]
5 February 2012 Caracas Venezuela Estadio de Fútbol Universidad Simón Bolívar
North America[46][47][48]
24 February 2012 Zapopan Mexico Estadio Omnilife
6 March 2012 Augusta United States James Brown Arena
7 March 2012 North Charleston North Charleston Coliseum
9 March 2012 Sunrise BankAtlantic Center
10 March 2012 Orlando Amway Center
13 March 2012 Estero Germain Arena
15 March 2012 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center
16 March 2012 Raleigh RBC Center
17 March 2012 Richmond Richmond Coliseum
20 March 2012 Evansville Ford Center
21 March 2012 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium
22 March 2012 Madison Alliant Energy Center
24 March 2012 Grand Forks Ralph Engelstad Arena
21 April 2012* Fort Wayne Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
22 April 2012* Mankato Verizon Wireless Center
24 April 2012* Lethbridge Canada ENMAX Centre
25 April 2012* Red Deer ENMAX Centrium
26 April 2012* Grande Prairie Canada Games Arena
Europe[43][44][46][47][49]
1 June 2012[I] Wetzlar Germany Hessentagsarena
3 June 2012 Taunton England Taunton County Ground
4 June 2012[J] London The Mall
5 June 2012 Harrogate Great Yorkshire Showground
7 June 2012 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena
9 June 2012 Chesterfield England B2net Stadium
10 June 2012 Falkirk Scotland Falkirk Stadium
13 June 2012 Newcastle England Metro Radio Arena
15 June 2012 Birmingham LG Arena
16 June 2012[K] Blackpool Blackpool Tower Promenade
20 June 2012 Nice France Palais Nikaia
22 June 2012 Lyon Halle Tony Garnier
29 June 2012 Ludwigslust Germany Schloss Ludwigslust
30 June 2012[L] Kiev Ukriane Maidan Nezalezhnosti
2 July 2012[M] Ibiza Spain The Sunset Strip
3 July 2012 Oberhausen Germany König Pilsener Arena
4 July 2012 Augustenborg Denmark Augustenborg Slotspark
7 July 2012 Łódź Poland Atlas Arena
10 July 2012 Bratislava Slovakia Ondrej Nepela Arena
12 July 2012[N] Locarno Switzerland Piazza Grande Locarno
13 July 2012*[O] Zürich Dolder Kunsteisbahn am Adlisberg
14 July 2012 Würzburg Germany Residenzplatz
18 July 2012 Tüßling Schloss Tüßling
20 July 2012 Ulm Münsterplatz
21 July 2012[P] Nîmes France Arena of Nîmes
North America[50]
7 September 2012* Sarnia Canada RBC Centre
11 September 2012 Jackson United States Mississippi Coliseum
12 September 2012 Huntsville Von Braun Center
14 September 2012 Tampa USF Sun Dome
15 September 2012 Savannah Savannah Civic Center
16 September 2012 Johnson City Freedom Hall Civic Center
18 September 2012 Wheeling WesBanco Arena
19 September 2012* Peterborough Canada Peterborough Memorial Centre
Europe
21 September 2012[Q] London England Wembley Arena
  • *Denotes an Elton John solo concert
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
19 April 2011 La Crosse, Wisconsin La Crosse Center Rescheduled to 4 May 2011[67][68]
23 June 2011 Freiburg, Germany Messe Freiburg Open Air Rescheduled to 1 July 2011
2 July 2011 Izola, Slovenia Mestni Stadion Izola Rescheduled to 11 November 2011 and moved to Arena Stožice in Ljubljana.[69]
3 July 2011 Zagreb, Croatia Arena Zagreb Cancelled[70]
5 July 2011 Budva, Montenegro Amphitheater Sveti Stefan Cancelled. This concert was a part of the Budva City Theater Festival.[71]
27 August 2011 The Hague, Netherlands Scheveningen Beach Cancelled. This concert was a part of the Royal Beach Concert.[72]
1 September 2011 Lima, Peru Explanada del Monumental Cancelled[73]
13 September 2011 Clarkston, Michigan DTE Energy Music Theatre Cancelled[74]
16 September 2011 Camden, New Jersey Susquehanna Bank Center Cancelled[75]
18 November 2011 Bogor, Indonesia SICC Auditorium Rescheduled to 17 November 2012 and moved to the Mata Elang International Stadium[76]
12 June 2012 Ludwigslust, Germany Schloss Ludwigslust Rescheduled to 29 June 2012
8 July 2012 Gdańsk, Poland Ergo Arena Cancelled
8 September 2012* Peterborough, Ontario Peterborough Memorial Centre Rescheduled to 19 September 2012[77]
22 September 2012 Amsterdam, Netherlands Ziggo Dome Cancelled

Box office score data

Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue
Maui Arts and Cultural Center Kahului, Hawaii 11,394 / 11,394 (100%) $1,588,241[78]
Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut 6,158 / 6,158 (100%) $1,076,890[79]
Madison Square Garden New York City, New York 36,338 / 36,338 (100%) $3,471,360[80]
Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, Virginia 8,335 / 8,335 (100%) $892,075[81]
Bryce Jordan Center University Park, Pennsylvania 12,818 / 12,818 (100%) $810,595[82]
Civic Center Bismarck, North Dakota 8,813 / 8,813 (100%) $792,825[83]
Veterans Memorial Arena Spokane, Washington 11,604 / 11,604 (100%) $1,011,298[80]
Taco Bell Arena Boise, Idaho 12,688 / 12,688 (100%) $811,328[84]
Rimrock Auto Arena Billings, Montana 10,352 / 10,352 (100%) $908,661[84]
Carver Arena Peoria, Illinois 10,542 / 11,000 (96%) $1,000,142[85]
Gateway Arena Sioux City, Iowa 8,074 / 8,074 (100%) $895,975[83]
La Crosse Center La Crosse, Wisconsin 6,416 / 6,516 (98%) $668,692[83]
AMSOIL Arena Duluth, Minnesota 7,698 / 7,698 (100%) $794,300[83]
O2 World Berlin, Germany 9,276 / 11,696 (79%) $843,143[86]
General Motors Centre Oshawa, Ontario 7,327 / 7,327 (100%) $1,016,440[87]
Centre 200 Sydney, Nova Scotia 6,447 / 6,500 (99%) $912,908[88]
Consolidated Credit Union Place Summerside, Prince Edward Island 11,409 / 11,409 (100%) $1,512,040[88]
Entertainment Centre Brisbane, Australia 12,227 / 12,795 (95%) $2,318,140[89]
Rod Laver Arena Melbourne, Australia 22,233 / 22,466 (99%) $3,684,280[89]
Blaisdell Arena Honolulu, Hawaii 13,822 / 13,822 (100%) $1,247,710[90]
Auditorio Nacional Mexico City, Mexico 18,916 / 19,274 (98%) $1,542,640[91]
Ricardo Saprissa Stadium San José, Costa Rica 12,363 / 14,000 (88%) $1,068,300[92]
Figali Convention Center Panama City, Panama 2,990 / 3,500 (85%) $468,647[92]
Estadio de Fútbol Universidad Simón Bolívar Caracas, Venezuela 4,793 / 5,000 (96%) $1,994,300[92]
BankAtlantic Center Sunrise, Florida 14,049 / 15,197 (92%) $1,237,318[93]
Wings Stadium Kalamazoo, Michigan 6,220 / 6,220 (100%) $638,635[94]
Alliant Energy Center Madison, Wisconsin 8,674 / 8,674 (100%) $644,996[94]
Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Fort Wayne, Indiana 11,740 / 11,740 (100%) $1,026,660[95]
Verizon Wireless Center Mankato, Minnesota 6,921 / 6,921 (100%) $763,075[95]
USF Sun Dome Tampa, Florida 10,009 / 10,009 (100%) $906,665[96]
TOTAL 330,646 / 338,338 (98%) $36,548,279

Tour band

External links

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