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. L-Brit A memorable day very hot & sunny. Dixie Lily. Better Off Dead Backstreet Boys, [traditional] Success followed success. It's a big week for Carlile, whoearned seven Grammy nodsTuesday.
, [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] All in all a great day out that was just a little soured by Eltons blatant plugging of his latest album. What an amazing day. {{#message}}{{{message}}}{{/message}}{{^message}}Your submission failed. Even though the server responded OK, it is possible the submission was not processed. I believe it was the second day, and we were singing Dont Let the Sun Go Down on Me. The sun was going down behind Dodger Stadium, and we were onstage watching it go down, and everyone in the crowd had their Zippo lighters out. 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. Use this setlist for your event review and get all updates automatically! 1. Over the course of each 3 hour concert, split into two sets, John was joined onstage by the 45-member Rev. Eagles were also great as were the beach boys and good old Elton who was probably at the top of game then . The Beach Boys 1 hit single Don't Go Breaking My Heart) in Toronto in March 1976, and began touring the UK on 29 April in Leeds. Introduced by BBC radio DJ Johnnie Walker, the proceedings were opened as early as 11.30am on that Saturday morning by British rock outfit Stackridge. We All Fall in Love Sometimes Antibalas Tower of Babel That day was the start of a life long obsession with Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys. jeez what a bloody anti climax. Here, we thought wed take a trip back to that heady time. Aged just 17 and attending my first serious concert!! 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 was there. 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 . 3 Mile Island The final L.A. concert will bestreamed live on Disney+starting at 11 p.m. EST Sunday. And so rather than seeing it as a chore Im going on stage every night thinking, What are they going to be wearing tonight? 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. We werent overly impressed with Rufus, and I cant remember Stackridge at all (we got there late, so they may have been the openers). Marvin Gaye At that time the Eagles & Joe Walsh were not yet established as mainstream acts it was still cool to like them! Antnio Carlos Jobim I feel elated with working. LynPen 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. filez I remember that beautiful sunny day in that huge old stadium. However, he became a megastar and the eagles, too. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds By the time 1975 rolled around, John was an unstoppable force. 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. Beach boys super as were the eagles. 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. #EltonFarewellTour #EltonLive pic.twitter.com/t8K05079mE. 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). DidierA What a showman! Im happy, Im contented, said John, whos in his third decade of sobriety. And I picked Elton, because Elton was Elton, says Bullens. She is now a minority owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers and will be at the shows this week. 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. Add setlist, 12 activities (last edit by Syl76, 2 Nov 2019, 18:21 Etc/UTC). Astounding concert.A friend and I left the Northeast at 5am going past RabyCastle where Elton performed brilliantly some 25 years later.Who could have dreamt that on that cloudless summer morn? Not sure Elton would agree, but (to quote Grand Funk Railroad), were kind of an American Band from L.A.. They dress up, its like a big party. One quirky memory: a guy clearly out of his head on something walked to the front, beneath the stage, and climbed into a giant speaker a bass bin I think in mid-concert. Ive never been as happy personally than I am now, at 75 years of age.. What a fantastic day and such a resounding and thrilling endorsement of my growing appreciation of the Eagles. 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 Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding Like many others, I left half way through his set. Backstreet Boys Ever shameless, John changed the vodka and tonics from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road to tequila sunrises as a sop to the locals (and maybe to the Eagles, whose new guitarist, Joe Walsh, opened the show.) Curigallego Anyway, a great day. 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. Required fields are marked *. Antwerp Philharmonic Orchestra I was 13 remember and there were girls everywhere around me with their tops off smoking funny baccy. Yat182 Just as many others did. Elton cried after the concert was over, says Bullens. Great memories! I was staying in halls of residence in Limehouse & went with a group of mates. Tori Amos 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. I remember being very impressed with funky Rufus & the irrepressible Chaka Khan. ElectricVelvet Mildred J. Hill & Patty Hill Buzzby West of the Rockies The mood completely changed.Why would he do that. Fun times. The three-hour event will open with Countdown to Elton Live," which includes an interview with John and celebrity shout-outs. His last two albums, "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" and "Rock of the Westies," had entered the Billboard. Alejandro Aranda In January, John heads to Australia and New Zealand, then moves on to Britain and Europe. Great comments. 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! Elton Johns audacious 1970 U.S. debut at a Los Angeles nightclub moved a critic to declare that the slight young Englishman would become one of rock's most important stars. 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. Elton John, New Orleans, Jan. 19, 2022 1. Tour: Legends live. SimonCurtis "Bennie and the Jets" "Philadelphia Freedom" "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" "Border Song" "Tiny Dancer" "Have Mercy on the. It was a lovely day. "Bennie and the Jets" 2. 1 hit, Philadelphia Freedom, a tribute of sorts to Kings World TeamTennis club. 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. https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-beach-boys/1975/wembley-stadium-london-england-43d1e7b3.html. Stackridge were the opening act. The sun provided another moment of joy for the audience as Johns seminal song Dont Let The Sun Go Down On Me seemingly coincided with the beautiful setting Californian sun. Chameleon. I cant remember the other acts as we waited for Elton. We were 18 and we had a ball! Ryan Adams Then came the Beach Boys, who ?
All I had to drink with me was a four pack of Long Life. Their harmonies, and what I can only describe as the purity of their singing, were astounding. 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? RyanE I was there as member of the security. 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 Philadelphia Freedom Beach boys sang the songs of summer and from there sixties heyday. On June 21, 1975, Elton John headlined a huge, all-day concert at Wembley Stadium for a sellout crowd of 72,000. Not my first big concert, but my fave big stadium gig. 10 Year Gap (Bullens, then Cindy, transitioned in 2011, and uses she/her pronouns to refer to that stage of their career.) Screamin Jay Hawkins 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. 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. Use this setlist for your event review and get all updates automatically! Janis Joplin, tsclkd Your email address will not be published. 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. Andrea Gioe Check out their set list and marvel! Rocky Mountain Way was roarin! ABBA John would continue with another solo number I Need You to Turn To before being joined by his band which had recently been chopped and changed from its classic line-up. AlphaJorge Johns unstoppable performance in October 1975 at the Los Angeles Dodgers stadium in California. Anal Cunt 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. Loved by critics and adored by fans, he resembled something entirely different. 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. Bobbee296 The Bitch Is Back Add setlist, 13 activities (last edit by eckythump, 27 Apr 2020, 01:29 Etc/UTC). It was the perfect day. When you work with a different artist, you always learn something from them, and thats the whole point, he said. The Kiki Dee Band Anyway, we were there for them all. MidSummer Music, they called it, and it was some event. His songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin, who was there that day, wholeheartedly agrees. In October 1975, Elton John was the biggest pop star in the world. Have loved The Beach Boys ever since. Setlists Elton John setlist: Play on YouTube Play on Spotify The extrovert Ray Cooper was on percussion. [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. 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. 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. Billie Jean King sang backing vocals and Elton slipped Holiday Inn in to the 20-song set list, a unique event on this tour. Margiedrew I Saw Her Standing There. 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". Went to see Elton and The Eagles mostly but The Beach Boys were amazing. 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. 2CELLOS But Im not traveling. I remember the day as being roasty, not quite as hot as 76 but getting there. Fleetwood_Crack 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. In 1975, she jumped off Johns piano at Dodger Stadium, at Eltons behest. Fergie It didnt even matter that they hadnt appeared on the UK album chart for more than two years.