Face to Face 2003

Face to Face 2003 was a concert tour by Elton John and Billy Joel. The pair performed under the Face to Face concert series, which was constantly proving more popular amongst fans.^[1][2]

Face to Face 2003

National tour by Elton John and Billy Joel
Location	U.S., North America
Start date	21 February 2003
End date	8 May 2003
Legs	1
No. of shows	28
Elton John tour chronology 2003 Tour (2003) Face to Face 2003 (2003) 2004 Tour (2004) Billy Joel tour chronology Face to Face 2002 (2002) Face to Face 2003 (2003) Face to Face 2009 (2009)

The tour started on 21 February in Birmingham, Alabama^[3] and travelled throughout the United States for twenty four concert^[4] dates until 8 May in Rosemont, Illinois, where the tour came to a close after this concert had been rescheduled from March.^[5]

Joel stated in 2012 that he would no longer tour with Elton because it restrains his setlists.^[6][7]

Set list

This set list is representative of the first performance in Las Vegas. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.^[8]

Elton and Billy with the band

1. "Your Song"
2. "Just the Way You Are"
3. "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"

Elton John with his band

1. "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"
2. "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
3. "Philadelphia Freedom"
4. "The Wasteland"
5. "I Want Love"
6. "Rocket Man"
7. "Take Me to the Pilot"
8. "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
9. "Tiny Dancer"
10. "Crocodile Rock"

Billy Joel with his band

1. "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant"
2. "Movin' Out"
3. "Prelude/Angry Young Man"
4. "Allentown"
5. "An Innocent Man"
6. "The River of Dreams"
7. "I Go to Extremes"
8. "New York State of Mind"
9. "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"
10. "Only the Good Die Young"

Billy and Elton with the band

1. "My Life"
2. "The Bitch Is Back"
3. "You May Be Right"
4. "Bennie and the Jets"
5. "A Hard Day's Night"
6. "Great Balls of Fire"
7. "Piano Man"

Tour dates

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[9]
21 February 2003	Birmingham	United States	Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex	17,398 / 17,398	$1,930,860
24 February 2003	Houston		Compaq Center	16,160 / 16,160	$2,043,984
26 February 2003	San Antonio		SBC Center	16,835 / 16,835	$1,407,325
28 February 2003	Dallas		American Airlines Center	17,881 / 17,881	$1,937,460
2 March 2003	Oklahoma City		Ford Center	17,871 / 17,871	$1,941,910
4 March 2003	Indianapolis		Conseco Fieldhouse	15,644 / 15,644	$1,706,866
7 March 2003	Pittsburgh		Mellon Arena	16,684 / 16,684	$1,765,475
9 March 2003	Buffalo		HSBC Arena	18,727 / 18,727	$1,996,750
12 March 2003	Lexington		Rupp Arena	—	—
14 March 2003	Columbia		Carolina Center	15,672 / 15,672	$1,394,470
16 March 2003	Raleigh		RBC Center	18,505 / 18,505	$1,861,195
28 March 2003	Paradise		MGM Grand Garden Arena	27,418 / 27,418	$4,462,200
29 March 2003
1 April 2003	Ames		Hilton Coliseum	14,400 / 14,400	$1,436,215
6 April 2003	Madison		Kohl Center	15,854 / 15,854	$1,752,050
8 April 2003	Milwaukee		Bradley Center	17,647 / 17,647	$2,073,705
12 April 2003	Rosemont		Allstate Arena	—	$5,912,385
15 April 2003	Cleveland		Gund Arena	19,777 / 19,777	$2,187,660
17 April 2003	St. Paul		Xcel Energy Center	18,162 / 18,162	$2,194,690
19 April 2003	Fargo		Fargodome	22,852 / 22,852	$1,675,477
22 April 2003	Columbus		Nationwide Arena	23,782 / 23,782	$1,877,400
24 April 2003	Albany		Pepsi Arena	31,015 / 31,015	$3,547,735
26 April 2003
30 April 2003	Rosemont		Allstate Arena	—	[a]
2 May 2003	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills	41,836 / 41,836	$4,669,250
3 May 2003
5 May 2003	St. Louis		Savvis Center	18,247 / 18,247	$1,964,765
8 May 2003	Rosemont		Allstate Arena	—	[a]
Total				405,683 / 405,683	$49,974,352

Notes

1. The gross data is representative of the three shows in Rosemont, Illinois at the Allstate Arena on 10 April, 30 April, and 8 May respectively.

References

1. Archived 26 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine billyjoel.com, Retrieved 2 September 2011
2. Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine eltonography.com, Retrieved 2 September 2011
3. top40-chart.com, Retrieved 2 September 2011
4. billyjoelfan.com, Retrieved 2 September 2011
5. thisdayinrock.com, Retrieved 2 September 2011
6. "Billy Joel Won't Tour with Elton due to Setlist Constraints". EltonDaily.com. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
7. "Billy Joel mixes lots of music into his Q&A". Gainesville.com. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
8. Spencer Patterson (28 March 2003). "Yin/yang relationship keys John/Joel tour". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
9. Box score:

   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 11. 15 March 2003. p. 19. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 12. 22 March 2003. p. 26. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 13. 29 March 2003. p. 16. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 14. 5 April 2003. p. 16. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 15. 12 April 2003. p. 14. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 16. 19 April 2003. p. 16. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 17. 26 April 2003. p. 23. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 18. 3 May 2003. p. 30. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 19. 10 May 2003. p. 26. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 20. 17 May 2003. p. 26. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 21. 24 May 2003. p. 18. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 22. 31 May 2003. p. 36. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses". Billboard. Vol. 115, no. 23. 7 June 2003. p. 20. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 22 June 2014.

External links

• Information Site with Tour Dates