Farewell Yellow Brick Road

Farewell Yellow Brick Road was the forty-ninth concert tour by English musician Elton John. It began in Allentown, Pennsylvania, US, on 8 September 2018, and ended in Stockholm, Sweden, on 8 July 2023. It consisted of 330 concerts worldwide.^[1] The tour's name and its poster reference John's 1973 album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

Farewell Yellow Brick Road

Tour by Elton John
Promotional poster
Location	Europe North America Oceania
Start date	8 September 2018 (2018-09-08)
End date	8 July 2023 (2023-07-08)
Legs	9
No. of shows	330
Attendance	6.1 million
Box office	$939.1 million
Elton John concert chronology

According to Billboard, the tour grossed $939.1 million from 328 shows,^[2] making it the third-highest-grossing tour of all time.

Background

Elton John performing "Rocket Man" during his 2023 Glastonbury show

On 24 January 2018, it was announced that Elton John would be retiring from touring and would soon embark on a three-year tour. The first concert was announced to take place at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 8 September 2018 followed by an extensive tour of the United States and Canada before moving on to Europe. John cited spending time with his children along with David Furnish as the reason for his retirement. Tickets went on sale on 24 February and within hours tickets for the first 60 shows were sold out.^[3]

Further North American tour dates were announced on 26 September 2018. John's official website stated: "Salt Lake City, Tacoma, Memphis, Charlotte and Western Canada as well as return dates in Toronto, Philadelphia, Nashville, Cleveland and more".^[4] Thirteen days later, concerts were revealed for Lille, Paris, Bordeaux and Nîmes, taking place in Summer 2019.^[5]

A Winter 2020 tour taking place in the United Kingdom and Ireland was announced on 8 November 2018. The original announcement detailed sixteen concerts taking place across England, Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland. It was later postponed to 2021, along with the rest of the second European leg and the third North American leg, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6][7][8] On 15 September 2021, the European leg was postponed to 2023 after John sustained a hip injury.^[9]

On 23 June 2021, a stadium leg was announced which was to go across Europe, North America and Oceania. It should have started in Frankfurt in the Deutsche Bank Park, but the new stadium stage had already been used in Oslo in the Telenor Arena. The stadium tour stopped in several major cities such as Milan, Paris, Liverpool, London, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington D.C., Las Vegas, in Los Angeles with three shows at Dodger Stadium, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.^[10]

John performing in Sydney, Australia, on 18 January 2023

After it was announced in January 2022 that the tour would resume, music director Davey Johnstone stated that the band would wear masks and have tests every two days during the tour.^[11] John's first show back took place in New Orleans, Louisiana. He had to temporarily postpone two shows in Dallas after testing positive for COVID-19 and experiencing mild symptoms, and resumed the tour again after making a full recovery. John would go on to perform tour dates across the UK and Europe for 2022 and 2023, when the tour wrapped up.^[12][13][14] At the 27 March 2022 performance in Lincoln, Nebraska, a live hookup was established during the concert and Elton's Oscars charity benefit, which he had not missed in 30 years of hosting, but opted to perform in Lincoln on that date because of the postponements. During the 24 September 2022 performance at Washington, D.C., United States President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden invited John to perform at the White House, where he was presented with the National Humanities Medal.

On 2 December 2022, John announced the final show of his UK Tour would be headlining Glastonbury Festival in 2023 saying "There is no more fitting way to say goodbye to my British fans".^[15] The show was watched by 120,000 people on site and with an average of 7.3 million viewers on BBC One, breaking the record of Diana Ross, who held it with 3.1 million viewers, making him the most watched festival act ever.^[16]

The tour ended in Stockholm, Sweden, on 8 July 2023.

Commercial performance

John announced the farewell tour in January 2018 with arena legs in both North America and Europe, to begin in Pennsylvania in September 2018.^[17] By the end of the first leg of the tour in North American arenas, on 18 March 2019, it had grossed over $125 million^[18] and won a Billboard Music Award in the category Top Rock Tour.^[19]

The tour's first three North American legs combined to $268.2 million over 116 shows, while his North American stadium run from July – Nov. 2022 brought in $222.1 million across 33 shows.^[20] The tour's 2019 European arena leg grossed $49.9 million, while the 2022 European stadium leg grossed $69.2 million in 2022, resulting in a combined worldwide total of $749.9 million from 5 million tickets sold by November 2022.^[20]

In January 2023, the Oceania leg grossed $40.9 million and sold 242,000 tickets.^[21] In total, the Australia & NZ shows in 2020 & 2023 have sold 875,000 tickets alone.^[22] By the end of the Oceania stadium leg in January 2023, Billboard reported that the tour has grossed $817.9 million from 278 shows and over 5.3 million tickets sold,^[21] making it the highest-grossing tour of all-time after surpassing the previous record-holder, Ed Sheeran's ÷ Tour at $776.2 million. It became the first tour in history to surpass $800 million, and $900 million.^{[citation needed]}

By the final show in July 2023, the tour surpassed $939.1 million in gross and 6.1 million ticket sales, extending the record for highest-grossing tour in history.^[2]

Recordings

On 30 May 2018, it was announced that Elton John had partnered with Peex to personalise the volume for fans' concert experiences, plus recording the show to relive it.^[23][24]

On 18 May 2022, Disney Original Documentary and Disney+ announced that John's November 2022 shows at Dodger Stadium would be recorded for a documentary titled Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: The Final Elton John Performances and the Years That Made His Legend, directed by R.J. Cutler and David Furnish.^[25] The film premieres at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival as Elton John: Never Too Late.^[26]

Before that, the Dodger Stadium concert on 20 November 2022 was livestreamed on Disney+ as Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium. That concert featured guest appearances by Brandi Carlile, Kiki Dee and Dua Lipa. The recording would go on to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) at the 75th ceremony in 2024, allowing John to attain EGOT status.^[27]

Elton's Glastonbury set on 25 June was broadcast on BBC One and BBC Radio 2.

Set list

The set list was changed several times during the tour. Starting from minor changes in terms of releasing and adding a few songs until the concert in Sydney on 7 March 2020, to a restructuring of the set list after the lockdown.

The first set list is from the concert in Stuttgart, Germany where the first set list was played, which was used in this form until John's last concert before the lockdown. This set list is characterized by the use of more deep cuts than the others. John played songs such as "Indian Sunset", "All the Girls Love Alice" and "Believe", which were rarely played live.

1. "Bennie and the Jets"
2. "All the Girls Love Alice"
3. "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
4. "Border Song"
5. "Tiny Dancer"
6. "Philadelphia Freedom"
7. "Indian Sunset"
8. "Rocket Man"
9. "Take Me to the Pilot"
10. "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"
11. "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
12. "Levon"
13. "Candle in the Wind"
14. "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"
15. "Burn Down the Mission"
16. "Daniel"
17. "Believe"
18. "Sad Songs"
19. "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
20. "The Bitch Is Back"
21. "I'm Still Standing"
22. "Crocodile Rock"
23. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
24. "Your Song"
25. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"

The second set list was used from the first concert after the lockdown to the last concert of the tour, except for the Glastonbury Festival performance. This set sticks with John's greatest record and live hits, with the exception of the deep cut "Have Mercy on the Criminal".

1. "Bennie and the Jets"
2. "Philadelphia Freedom"
3. "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
4. "Border Song"
5. "Tiny Dancer"
6. "Have Mercy on the Criminal"
7. "Rocket Man"
8. "Take Me to the Pilot"
9. "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
10. "Levon"
11. "Candle in the Wind"
12. "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"
13. "Burn Down the Mission"
14. "Sad Songs"
15. "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"
16. "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
17. "The Bitch Is Back"
18. "I'm Still Standing"
19. "Crocodile Rock"
20. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
21. "Cold Heart"
22. "Your Song"
23. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"

This set list is from Elton John's concert at the Glastonbury Festival, which was also his last concert in the UK.

1. "Pinball Wizard"
2. "The Bitch Is Back"
3. "Bennie and the Jets"
4. "Daniel"
5. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
6. "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
7. "Philadelphia Freedom"
8. "Are You Ready for Love"
9. "Sad Songs"
10. "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
11. "Until I Found You"
12. "Your Song"
13. "Candle in the Wind"
14. "Tiny Dancer"
15. "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
16. "Crocodile Rock"
17. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
18. "I'm Still Standing"
19. "Cold Heart"
20. "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
21. "Rocket Man"

Notes

• In many shows (e.g. on 4 June 2022 in Milan, on 19 May 2023 in Cologne and on 28 May 2023 in Antwerp), "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" is also included between "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" and "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me".
• During the show in Greensboro, North Carolina, on 19 April 2022, Elton John gave a shout-out to Nathan Chen for using his song "Rocket Man" during Chen's gold medal-winning performance at the Winter Olympics. Chen and other members of the figure skating team were in attendance at the concert.^[28]
• Before the encore of John's final show on 8 July 2023, Coldplay appeared on the screen via a live broadcast from their Music of the Spheres concert in Gothenburg to send him a retirement message.^[29]
• During some 2019 European shows, the song "Crocodile Rock" was not played.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue
North America[30][31][32]
8 September 2018	Allentown	United States	PPL Center	8,983 / 8,983	$1,492,859
11 September 2018	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center	29,531 / 29,531	$4,273,021
12 September 2018
15 September 2018	Buffalo		KeyBank Center	15,581 / 15,641	$2,033,001
16 September 2018	University Park		Bryce Jordan Center	12,421 / 12,421	$1,662,468
19 September 2018	Hartford		XL Center	12,311 / 12,311	$1,430,695
21 September 2018	Washington, D.C.		Capital One Arena	30,315 / 30,315	$4,464,426
22 September 2018
25 September 2018	Toronto	Canada	Scotiabank Arena	31,886 / 31,886	$3,590,343
26 September 2018
28 September 2018	Ottawa		Canadian Tire Centre	14,160 / 14,160	$1,330,020
29 September 2018	Quebec City		Videotron Centre	14,553 / 14,553	$1,473,260
4 October 2018	Montreal		Bell Centre	16,466 / 16,466	$1,681,260
6 October 2018	Boston	United States	TD Garden	13,946 / 14,168	$1,953,520
9 October 2018	Uniondale		Nassau Coliseum	11,984 / 11,984	$1,648,995
10 October 2018	Pittsburgh		PPG Paints Arena	14,452 / 14,452	$1,998,879
12 October 2018	Detroit		Little Caesars Arena	30,218 / 30,218	$4,037,241
13 October 2018
15 October 2018	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena	12,689 / 12,689	$1,698,338
18 October 2018	New York City		Madison Square Garden	29,435 / 29,435	$4,846,015
19 October 2018
23 October 2018	Louisville		KFC Yum! Center	17,412 / 17,412	$1,990,938
24 October 2018	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena	14,447 / 14,513	$2,179,947
26 October 2018	Chicago		United Center	31,066 / 31,066	$4,431,187
27 October 2018
30 October 2018	St. Louis		Enterprise Center	15,495 / 15,495	$1,867,478
2 November 2018	Columbus		Schottenstein Center	14,399 / 14,399	$1,708,401
3 November 2018	Cleveland		Quicken Loans Arena	16,252 / 16,252	$1,923,705
6 November 2018	Boston		TD Garden	14,073 / 14,073	$2,047,084
8 November 2018	New York City		Madison Square Garden	29,514 / 29,514	$5,178,733
9 November 2018
23 November 2018	Sunrise		BB&T Center	14,182 / 14,182	$2,055,879
24 November 2018	Miami		American Airlines Arena	13,996 / 13,996	$2,119,362
30 November 2018	Atlanta		State Farm Arena	24,920 / 24,920	$3,310,272
1 December 2018
4 December 2018	Birmingham		Legacy Arena	13,774 / 13,774	$1,466,013
6 December 2018	New Orleans		Smoothie King Center	14,573 / 14,573	$1,807,489
8 December 2018	Houston		Toyota Center	25,794 / 25,794	$3,958,024
9 December 2018
12 December 2018	San Antonio		AT&T Center	15,037 / 15,037	$1,707,532
14 December 2018	Dallas		American Airlines Center	28,928 / 28,928	$4,297,806
15 December 2018
11 January 2019	Boise		Taco Bell Arena	9,063 / 9,063	$1,189,869
12 January 2019	Portland		Moda Center	14,584 / 14,584	$1,843,608
15 January 2019	Fresno		Save Mart Center	12,271 / 12,271	$1,677,265
16 January 2019	Sacramento		Golden 1 Center	14,241 / 14,241	$1,860,305
18 January 2019	Oakland		Oracle Arena	14,749 / 14,749	$2,017,373
19 January 2019	San Jose		SAP Center	13,835 / 13,835	$1,992,673
22 January 2019	Los Angeles		Staples Center	57,213 / 57,213[a]	$8,513,984[a]
23 January 2019
25 January 2019
26 January 2019	Glendale		Gila River Arena	13,899 / 13,899	$1,864,926
29 January 2019	San Diego		Pechanga Arena	11,517 / 11,555	$1,361,249
30 January 2019	Los Angeles		Staples Center	[a]	[a]
1 February 2019	Inglewood		The Forum	29,408 / 29,408	$3,973,836
2 February 2019
6 February 2019	Denver		Pepsi Center	27,711 / 27,711	$4,208,205
7 February 2019
9 February 2019	Tulsa		BOK Center	13,363 / 13,363	$1,629,219
12 February 2019	Omaha		CHI Health Center Omaha	14,738 / 14,738	$1,811,131
13 February 2019	Kansas City		Sprint Center	14,292 / 14,292	$1,974,229
15 February 2019	Rosemont		Allstate Arena	28,400 / 28,400	$3,942,660
16 February 2019
21 February 2019	Minneapolis		Target Center	29,949 / 29,949	$4,205,786
22 February 2019
27 February 2019	Cincinnati		U.S. Bank Arena	13,456 / 13,456	$1,678,397
1 March 2019	Albany		Times Union Center	12,617 / 12,617	$1,629,499
2 March 2019	Newark		Prudential Center	13,949 / 13,949	$2,141,546
5 March 2019	New York City		Madison Square Garden	29,821 / 29,821	$5,249,700
6 March 2019
8 March 2019	Brooklyn		Barclays Center	30,108 / 30,108	$4,295,346
9 March 2019
12 March 2019	Raleigh		PNC Arena	14,885 / 14,885	$2,050,728
13 March 2019	Columbia		Colonial Life Arena	13,331 / 13,331	$1,833,220
15 March 2019	Jacksonville		VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena	12,370 / 12,370	$1,779,255
16 March 2019	Sunrise		BB&T Center	14,517 / 14,517	$2,109,042
18 March 2019[b]	Orlando		Amway Center	13,446 / 13,446	$1,833,937
Europe
1 May 2019	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle	20,565 / 20,565	$2,706,734
2 May 2019
4 May 2019	Kraków	Poland	Tauron Arena Kraków	13,972 / 13,972	$1,164,007
7 May 2019	Prague	Czech Republic	O2 Arena	13,722 / 13,722	$1,500,712
9 May 2019	Bremen	Germany	ÖVB Arena	8,656 / 8,656	$973,112
11 May 2019	Stuttgart		Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle	9,841 / 9,841	$1,444,671
12 May 2019	Oberhausen		König Pilsener Arena	10,139 / 10,139	$1,204,533
18 May 2019	Copenhagen	Denmark	Royal Arena	13,186 / 13,186	$2,041,790
19 May 2019	Gothenburg	Sweden	Scandinavium	9,701 / 9,701	$1,157,857
22 May 2019	Hanover	Germany	TUI Arena	9,808 / 9,920	$1,101,335
23 May 2019	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis	16,348 / 16,348	$1,588,629
26 May 2019	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle	11,108 / 11,108	$1,227,321
29 May 2019	Verona	Italy	Verona Arena	11,932 / 11,932	$1,122,434
1 June 2019	Wiesbaden	Germany	Bowling Green	10,280 / 10,280	$1,159,911
4 June 2019	Bergen	Norway	Koengen	22,500 / 22,500	$2,201,784
6 June 2019	Copenhagen	Denmark	Royal Arena	13,279 / 13,279	$2,076,110
8 June 2019	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome	12,551 / 12,551	$1,022,623
9 June 2019	Hove	England	First Central County Ground	18,210 / 18,210	$1,935,090
12 June 2019	Dublin	Ireland	3Arena	16,848 / 16,848	$3,048,861
13 June 2019
15 June 2019	Cardiff	Wales	Cardiff City Stadium	30,558 / 30,558	$2,863,159
17 June 2019[c]	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome	12,764 / 12,764	$1,025,363
18 June 2019	Lille	France	Stade Pierre-Mauroy	26,517 / 26,517	$2,630,997
20 June 2019	Paris		AccorHotels Arena	12,653 / 13,081	$2,192,829
22 June 2019	Bordeaux		Arkéa Arena	8,044 / 8,044	$1,371,623
23 June 2019[d]	Nîmes		Arena of Nîmes	14,000 / 14,000	$1,485,776
26 June 2019	Madrid	Spain	WiZink Center	11,490 / 11,490	$1,129,930
29 June 2019[e]	Montreux	Switzerland	Stadium Saussaz	14,723 / 14,723	$3,108,660
3 July 2019	Graz	Austria	Messe Congress Graz	9,675 / 9,675	$1,318,618
5 July 2019	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle	11,532 / 11,532	$1,277,077
7 July 2019[f]	Lucca	Italy	Mura Storiche	19,737 / 19,737	$2,266,040
North America
4 September 2019	Salt Lake City	United States	Vivint Smart Home Arena	13,521 / 13,521	$1,802,270
6 September 2019	Las Vegas		T-Mobile Arena	31,274 / 31,274	$4,596,868
7 September 2019
10 September 2019	Anaheim		Honda Center	27,870 / 27,870	$3,776,139
11 September 2019
13 September 2019	San Francisco		Chase Center	28,380 / 28,380	$4,374,647
15 September 2019
17 September 2019	Tacoma		Tacoma Dome	38,728 / 38,728	$5,833,950
18 September 2019
21 September 2019	Vancouver	Canada	Rogers Arena	45,425 / 45,425	$5,329,012
22 September 2019
24 September 2019
27 September 2019	Edmonton		Rogers Place	30,806 / 30,806	$3,216,169
28 September 2019
1 October 2019	Saskatoon		SaskTel Centre	26,380 / 26,380	$2,615,473
2 October 2019
4 October 2019	Winnipeg		Bell MTS Place	25,283 / 25,283	$2,725,778
5 October 2019
19 October 2019[g]	Milwaukee	United States	Fiserv Forum	13,012 / 13,012	$1,718,769
23 October 2019	Toronto	Canada	Scotiabank Arena	32,202 / 32,202	$3,767,643
24 October 2019[h]
28 October 2019	Nashville	United States	Bridgestone Arena	14,624 / 14,624	$2,320,071
30 October 2019	Memphis		FedExForum	14,435 / 14,435	$1,825,808
1 November 2019	Atlanta		State Farm Arena	23,708 / 23,708	$3,897,797
2 November 2019
4 November 2019[i]	Tampa		Amalie Arena	14,961 / 14,961	$2,190,160
6 November 2019	Charlotte		Spectrum Center	15,834 / 15,834	$2,163,283
8 November 2019	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center	31,230 / 31,230	$4,608,305
9 November 2019
11 November 2019	Cleveland		Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse	16,621 / 16,621	$2,168,485
13 November 2019	Pittsburgh		PPG Paints Arena	15,011 / 15,011	$2,182,135
15 November 2019	Boston		TD Garden	14,112 / 14,112	$2,046,734
16 November 2019	Uniondale		Nassau Coliseum	12,125 / 12,125	$1,722,978
Oceania[citation needed]
30 November 2019	Perth	Australia	Perth Oval	44,079 / 45,415	$5,965,750
1 December 2019
4 December 2019	Adelaide		Adelaide Botanic Park	32,523 / 32,966	$3,603,260
5 December 2019
7 December 2019[j]	Geelong		Mt Duneed Estate	20,849 / 20,849	$2,160,861
10 December 2019	Melbourne		Rod Laver Arena	51,556 / 52,838	$7,994,560
11 December 2019
14 December 2019
15 December 2019
18 December 2019	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre	21,425 / 23,210	$2,979,870
19 December 2019
21 December 2019	Sydney		First State Super Theatre	16,337 / 16,407	$2,752,960
23 December 2019
7 January 2020			Qudos Bank Arena	44,438 / 44,438[k]	$6,235,455[k]
9 January 2020
11 January 2020	Hunter Valley		Hope Estate Winery	38,200 / 38,343	$5,217,200
12 January 2020
14 January 2020	Sydney		Qudos Bank Arena	[l]	[m]
16 January 2020	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre	10,830 / 10,892	$1,568,700
18 January 2020[j]	Mount Cotton		Sirromet Wines	26,185 / 26,185	$3,229,690
19 January 2020[j]
22 January 2020	Bathurst		Carrington Park	19,149 / 20,063	$2,330,340
25 January 2020	Macedon		Hanging Rock	40,327 / 40,327	$4,456,150
26 January 2020
29 January 2020[j]	Wahgunyah		All Saints Estate Winery	11,175 / 11,175	$1,324,180
31 January 2020[j]	Coldstream		Rochford Winery Yarra Valley	24,440 / 24,440	$2,699,520
1 February 2020[j]
4 February 2020	Dunedin	New Zealand	Forsyth Barr Stadium	33,731 / 34,035	$4,117,990
6 February 2020	Napier		Mission Estate Winery	52,979 / 52,979	$5,838,600
15 February 2020[n]
16 February 2020[o]	Auckland		Mount Smart Stadium	35,350 / 35,453	$4,825,850
22 February 2020	Melbourne	Australia	AAMI Park	29,967 / 30,536	$4,430,850
25 February 2020	Coffs Harbour		Coffs Harbour International Stadium	33,055 / 33,241	$3,992,190
26 February 2020
29 February 2020	Townsville		North Queensland Stadium	21,535 / 21,817	$2,323,100
3 March 2020	Sunshine Coast		Sunshine Coast Stadium	30,023 / 30,023	$4,363,793
4 March 2020
7 March 2020	Sydney		Western Sydney Stadium	26,596 / 26,596	$4,311,638
North America[p][44][45][46]
19 January 2022	New Orleans	United States	Smoothie King Center	14,454 / 14,454	$1,972,978
21 January 2022	Houston		Toyota Center	25,951 / 25,951	$4,243,554
22 January 2022
29 January 2022	North Little Rock		Simmons Bank Arena	15,482 / 15,482	$2,476,445
30 January 2022	Oklahoma City		Paycom Center	13,393 / 13,393	$1,865,204
1 February 2022	Kansas City		T-Mobile Center	13,741 / 13,741	$2,368,483
4 February 2022	Chicago		United Center	30,467 / 30,467	$5,436,666
5 February 2022
8 February 2022	Detroit		Little Caesars Arena	28,278 / 28,278	$5,175,499
9 February 2022
22 February 2022	New York City		Madison Square Garden	29,893 / 29,893	$6,860,968
23 February 2022
25 February 2022	Newark		Prudential Center	13,889 / 13,889	$2,674,238
27 February 2022	Hollywood		Hard Rock Live	6,519 / 6,519	$2,991,322
1 March 2022	Brooklyn		Barclays Center	29,365 / 29,365	$4,907,543
2 March 2022
5 March 2022	Uniondale		Nassau Coliseum	24,428 / 24,428	$4,358,411
6 March 2022
10 March 2022[q]	Dallas		American Airlines Center	28,661 / 28,661	$5,693,417
11 March 2022[r]
19 March 2022	Fargo		Fargodome	20,896 / 20,896	$3,135,020
22 March 2022	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center	30,517 / 30,517	$5,696,798
23 March 2022
26 March 2022	Des Moines		Wells Fargo Arena	12,866 / 12,866	$1,942,673
27 March 2022	Lincoln		Pinnacle Bank Arena	13,143 / 13,143	$2,147,508
30 March 2022	St. Louis		Enterprise Center	13,801 / 13,801	$2,312,462
1 April 2022[s]	Indianapolis		Gainbridge Fieldhouse	14,789 / 14,789	$2,312,462
2 April 2022	Milwaukee		Fiserv Forum	12,714 / 12,714	$1,825,203
5 April 2022	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena	11,939 / 11,939	$1,889,981
8 April 2022	Knoxville		Thompson–Boling Arena	15,842 / 15,842	$2,619,600
9 April 2022	Lexington		Rupp Arena	15,974 / 15,974	$2,338,510
12 April 2022	Columbus		Schottenstein Center	14,382 / 14,382	$2,289,637
13 April 2022	Hershey		Giant Center	14,488 / 14,488	$2,481,655
16 April 2022	Louisville		KFC Yum! Center	17,496 / 17,496	$2,222,386
19 April 2022	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum	15,635 / 15,635	$2,592,331
20 April 2022	Columbia		Colonial Life Arena	13,400 / 13,400	$1,876,370
23 April 2022	Jacksonville		VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena	12,599 / 12,599	$2,283,615
24 April 2022	Tampa		Amalie Arena	14,774 / 14,774	$2,210,391
27 April 2022	Orlando		Amway Center	13,555 / 13,555	$1,957,787
28 April 2022	Miami		FTX Arena	14,230 / 14,230	$2,991,909
Europe
21 May 2022	Oslo	Norway	Telenor Arena	38,989 / 38,989	$3,638,883
22 May 2022
27 May 2022	Frankfurt	Germany	Deutsche Bank Park	32,693 / 32,693	$4,041,393
29 May 2022	Leipzig		Red Bull Arena	30,781 / 30,781	$3,705,765
1 June 2022	Bern	Switzerland	Stadion Wankdorf	19,936 / 19,936	$4,023,776
4 June 2022	Milan	Italy	San Siro	48,885 / 48,885	$4,532,457
7 June 2022	Horsens	Denmark	CASA Arena Horsens	25,000 / 25,000	$3,686,404
9 June 2022	Arnhem	Netherlands	GelreDome	32,623 / 32,623	$3,663,843
11 June 2022	Paris	France	Paris La Défense Arena	62,220 / 62,220	$9,846,099
12 June 2022
15 June 2022	Norwich	England	Carrow Road	22,989 / 22,989	$3,672,322
17 June 2022	Liverpool		Anfield	34,666 / 34,666	$4,659,375
19 June 2022	Sunderland		Stadium of Light	33,771 / 33,771	$4,609,018
22 June 2022	Bristol		Ashton Gate	42,090 / 42,090[t]	$5,906,700[t]
24 June 2022[u]	London		Hyde Park	—	—
26 June 2022	Bristol		Ashton Gate	—[t]	—[t]
29 June 2022	Swansea	Wales	Swansea.com Stadium	18,439 / 18,439	$2,468,309
1 July 2022	Cork	Ireland	Páirc Uí Chaoimh	31,821 / 31,821	$4,514,326
3 July 2022	Watford	England	Vicarage Road	38,357 / 38,357	$6,218,612
4 July 2022
North America
15 July 2022	Philadelphia	United States	Citizens Bank Park	38,870 / 38,870	$6,263,878
18 July 2022	Detroit		Comerica Park	33,838 / 33,838	$4,267,268
23 July 2022	East Rutherford		MetLife Stadium	99,827 / 99,827	$14,876,417
24 July 2022
27 July 2022	Foxborough		Gillette Stadium	96,039 / 96,039	$16,681,506
28 July 2022
30 July 2022	Cleveland		Progressive Field	38,495 / 38,495	$5,812,888
5 August 2022	Chicago		Soldier Field	48,413 / 48,413	$7,118,811
7 September 2022	Toronto	Canada	Rogers Centre	88,493 / 88,493	$12,758,371
8 September 2022
10 September 2022	Syracuse	United States	JMA Wireless Dome	37,231 / 37,231	$6,606,217
13 September 2022	Charleston		Credit One Stadium	12,178 / 12,178	$2,800,325
16 September 2022	Pittsburgh		PNC Park	38,058 / 38,058	$5,677,913
18 September 2022	Charlotte		Bank of America Stadium	49,349 / 49,394	$7,442,573
22 September 2022	Atlanta		Mercedes-Benz Stadium	47,156 / 47,156	$7,843,802
24 September 2022	Washington, D.C.		Nationals Park	39,434 / 39,434	$7,193,710
30 September 2022	Arlington		Globe Life Field	38,316 / 38,316	$6,876,473
2 October 2022	Nashville		Nissan Stadium	48,368 / 48,368	$7,700,419
8 October 2022	Santa Clara		Levi's Stadium	77,554 / 77,554	$13,424,470
9 October 2022
16 October 2022	Tacoma		Tacoma Dome	37,806 / 37,806	$8,301,505
17 October 2022
21 October 2022	Vancouver	Canada	BC Place	78,700 / 78,700	$11,875,443
22 October 2022
29 October 2022	San Antonio	United States	Alamodome	49,240 / 49,240	$8,296,026
1 November 2022	Las Vegas		Allegiant Stadium	45,792 / 45,792	$7,832,026
4 November 2022	Denver		Ball Arena	12,949 / 12,949	$4,336,028
9 November 2022	San Diego		Petco Park	38,828 / 38,828	$8,842,163
11 November 2022	Phoenix		Chase Field	99,394 / 99,394	$15,682,863
12 November 2022
17 November 2022	Los Angeles		Dodger Stadium	142,970 / 142,970	$23,462,993
19 November 2022
20 November 2022[v]
Oceania[50][51]
8 January 2023	Newcastle	Australia	McDonald Jones Stadium	47,230 / 47,230	$8,424,664
10 January 2023
13 January 2023	Melbourne		AAMI Park	58,129 / 58,129	$10,282,598
14 January 2023
17 January 2023	Sydney		Allianz Stadium	65,327 / 65,327	$11,274,550
18 January 2023
21 January 2023	Brisbane		Suncorp Stadium	43,500 / 43,500	$6,950,826
24 January 2023	Christchurch	New Zealand	Orangetheory Stadium	27,867 / 27,867	$3,964,296
Europe[w]
23 March 2023	Liverpool	England	M&S Bank Arena	18,730 / 18,730	$3,138,562
24 March 2023
26 March 2023	Birmingham		Resorts World Arena	12,159 / 12,159	$2,077,333
28 March 2023	Dublin	Ireland	3Arena	17,030 / 17,030	$3,309,770
29 March 2023
31 March 2023	Belfast	Northern Ireland	SSE Arena	8,224 / 8,224	$1,565,824
2 April 2023	London	England	The O2 Arena	164,963 / 164,963[x]	$28,062,692[x]
4 April 2023
5 April 2023
8 April 2023
9 April 2023
12 April 2023
13 April 2023
16 April 2023
17 April 2023
27 April 2023	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle	11,556 / 11,556	$1,783,016
2 May 2023	Hamburg		Barclays Arena	35,468 / 35,468	$5,769,268
4 May 2023
5 May 2023
8 May 2023	Berlin		Mercedes-Benz Arena	36,293 / 36,293	$5,896,665
10 May 2023
11 May 2023
16 May 2023	Cologne		Lanxess Arena	44,701 / 44,701	$6,392,290
18 May 2023
19 May 2023
22 May 2023	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi	28,138 / 28,138	$3,392,473
23 May 2023
27 May 2023	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis	37,487 / 37,487	$4,829,492
28 May 2023
30 May 2023	London	England	The O2 Arena	—[x]	—[x]
31 May 2023	Manchester		AO Arena	44,178 / 44,178	$7,436,134
2 June 2023
3 June 2023
6 June 2023	Leeds		First Direct Arena	10,741 / 10,741	$3,199,513
8 June 2023	Birmingham		Utilita Arena Birmingham	38,747 / 38,747	$5,869,785
10 June 2023
11 June 2023
13 June 2023	Aberdeen	Scotland	P&J Live	20,301 / 20,301	$3,046,642
15 June 2023
17 June 2023	Glasgow		OVO Hydro	23,754 / 23,754	$4,215,054
18 June 2023
21 June 2023	Paris	France	Accor Arena	39,502 / 39,502[y]	$6,586,575[y]
25 June 2023[z]	Pilton	England	Worthy Farm	—	—
27 June 2023	Paris	France	Accor Arena	—[y]	—[y]
28 June 2023
1 July 2023	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion	21,000 / 21,000	$4,822,555
2 July 2023
5 July 2023	Copenhagen	Denmark	Royal Arena	13,458 / 13,458	$2,283,490
7 July 2023	Stockholm	Sweden	Tele2 Arena	72,300 / 72,300	$7,635,445
8 July 2023
Total				5,994,810 / 6,003,519 (99.85%)	$891,832,542

Cancelled shows

Date	City	Country	Venue	Cause
30 May 2019	Verona	Italy	Verona Arena	Heavy cold[53]
11 December 2020	Liverpool	England	M&S Bank Arena	Unforeseen circumstances[54]
21 September 2021	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Arena	Initially postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions, later cancelled after the Russian invasion of Ukraine due to Russian ownership of the arena and failure to find a replacement[55][56]
22 September 2021
14 February 2022	Toronto	Canada	Scotiabank Arena	COVID-19 restrictions in Canada[57]
15 February 2022
18 February 2022	Montreal		Bell Centre
19 February 2022
4 November 2022	Houston	United States	Minute Maid Park	Updated 2022 MLB postseason schedule[58]
27 January 2023	Auckland	New Zealand	Mt Smart Stadium	2023 Auckland Anniversary Weekend floods[59][60]
28 January 2023
13 May 2023	Mannheim	Germany	SAP Arena	Virus infection[61]

Personnel

• Elton John – lead vocals, piano
• Davey Johnstone – guitars, backing vocals,^[aa] music director
• Nigel Olsson – drums, backing vocals
• Matt Bissonette – bass guitar, backing vocals
• John Mahon – percussion, backing vocals
• Kim Bullard – keyboards
• Ray Cooper – percussion
• John Jorgenson – guitar, backing vocals (1 May 2019 – 7 July 2019)

Notes

1. Boxscore data is combined for shows on 22, 23, 25 and 30 January 2019
2. Originally scheduled to take place on 27 November 2018, but was postponed due to John contracting an ear infection.^[33]
3. Originally scheduled to take place on 15 May 2019, but was postponed due to band illness.^[34]
4. Part of the Festival de Nîmes.^[35]
5. Part of the Montreux Jazz Festival.^[36] Originally scheduled to take place at Auditorium Stravinski on 29 and 30 June 2019, the venue was moved due to production demands.
6. Part of the Lucca Summer Festival.^[37][38]
7. Originally scheduled to take place on 19 February 2019, but was postponed due to necessary technical production adjustments.^[39]
8. Originally scheduled to take place on 22 October 2019, but was postponed due to Toronto Raptors' Home Opener.^[40]
9. Originally scheduled to take place on 28 November 2018, but was postponed due to John contracting an ear infection.^[41]
10. Part of A Day on the Green.^[42]
11. Boxscore combined with the boxscore from 7–9 January 2020.
12. Boxscore combined with the boxscore from 7–9 January 2020.
13. Boxscore combined with the boxscore from 7–9 January 2020.
14. Originally scheduled for 8 February 2020.
15. Originally scheduled to take place on 9 February. John then ended the show early due to loss of voice, having been diagnosed with walking pneumonia earlier that day.^[43]
16. The third North American leg was scheduled to take place from 26 March to 8 July 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
17. The shows in Dallas on 10 & 11 March 2023 were originally scheduled for 25 & 26 January, but were postponed due to John's extraction of Covid.
18. The shows in Dallas on 10 & 11 March 2023 were originally scheduled for 25 & 26 January, but were postponed due to John's extraction of Covid.
19. Originally scheduled to take place on 25 October 2019, but John postponed it to 26 October due to illness. It was then moved to 26 March 2020 to accommodate with Toronto's rescheduled date, until finally being moved to 1 April because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[47] After being rescheduled to 26 October 2019, the concert was postponed again to 26 March 2020 due to John falling ill.^[48]
20. Boxscore data is combined for shows on 22 and 26 June 2022
21. The 24 June 2022 concert in London is part of American Express Presents BST Hyde Park.^[49]
22. This concert was livestreamed on Disney+ worldwide.
23. This leg was originally set to take place from September to December 2021, but were rescheduled due to John's hip injury https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58582258
24. Boxscore data is combined for shows on 22 and 26 June 2022
25. Boxscore data is combined for shows on 22 and 26 June 2022
26. The 25 June 2023 concert in Pilton is part of the Glastonbury Festival.^[52]
27. On 22 March 2019 it was announced that Johnstone would temporarily leave the tour for the necessary surgery and recovery period, following a persistent shoulder injury.^[62]