Big Picture Tour

Big Picture Tour

Tour by Elton John
Associated album	The Big Picture
Start date	8 October 1997
End date	7 December 1998
Legs	7
Number of shows	116 in total
Elton John concert chronology

In the fall of 1997, Elton John set out on tour to promote his latest album The Big Picture with the Big Picture Tour. The album was a commercial success reaching No. 9 on the US Billboard 200 and No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart.^[1] The 1997 tour started off in North America and ended in Europe.^[2]

The second year of the tour also started off in North America but was interrupted by John's and Billy Joel's 1998 Face to Face Tour.^[3] Elton returned to the US after the tour before completing four sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden and returning and ending the tour in Europe.^[4]

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Tickets Sold / Available	Revenue
North America
8 October 1997	Atlanta	United States	Roxy Theatre
10 October 1997	Winston-Salem		Lawrence Joel Coliseum	14,356 / 14,356	$507,255
11 October 1997	Virginia Beach		GTE Amphitheatre	20,000 / 20,000	$678,080
14 October 1997	North Charleston		North Charleston Coliseum
15 October 1997	Columbia		Colonial Center
17 October 1997	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center	12,700 / 12,700	$452,054
18 October 1997	Louisville		Freedom Hall
22 October 1997	Moline		Mark of the Quad Cities
24 October 1997	Ames		Hilton Coliseum
25 October 1997	Fargo		Fargodome
28 October 1997	Evansville		Roberts Stadium
29 October 1997	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena	12,617 / 12,617	$548,840
4 November 1997	University Park		Bryce Jordan Center	14,992 / 14,992	$587,110
5 November 1997	Amherst		Mullins Center
7 November 1997	Kanata	Canada	Corel Center	17,630 / 17,630	$634,741
8 November 1997	Quebec City		Colisee de Quebec	16,048 / 16,048	$575,742
11 November 1997	Montreal		Molson Center	32,374 / 32,374	$1,253,687
12 November 1997
14 November 1997	Birmingham	United States	Jefferson Civic Center Arena	18,138 / 18,138	$567,004
15 November 1997	Knoxville		Thompson–Boling Arena
19 November 1997	Oklahoma City		The Myriad
21 November 1997	Tallahassee		Leon County Civic Center
22 November 1997	Memphis		Pyramid Arena
Europe
11 December 1997	Glasgow	Scotland	SE&CC
12 December 1997	Newcastle	England	Newcastle Arena
14 December 1997	Manchester		Manchester Evening News Arena
15 December 1997	Birmingham		National Exhibition Centre
16 December 1997
19 December 1997	London		Wembley Arena
20 December 1997
North America
21 January 1998	Biloxi	United States	Mississippi Coast Coliseum
23 January 1998	Nashville		Nashville Arena
24 January 1998	St. Louis		Kiel Center	20,740 / 20,740	$906,620
28 January 1998	Dallas		Reunion Arena	17,852 / 17,852	$742,116
29 January 1998	Houston		The Summit
31 January 1998	San Antonio		Alamodome
2 February 1998	Tupelo		Tupelo Coliseum
6 February 1998	San Jose		San Jose Arena	17,232 / 17,232	$785,380
7 February 1998	Oakland		Oakland Coliseum Arena
9 February 1998	Seattle		KeyArena
9 February 1998
12 February 1998	Portland		Rose Garden
14 February 1998	Paradise		MGM Grand Garden Arena	14,126 / 14,126	$1,425,200
20 February 1998	Inglewood		Great Western Forum	32,579 / 32,579	$1,398,623
21 February 1998
North America (second leg)
17 April 1998	Chicago	United States	United Center
21 April 1998	Minneapolis		Target Center
22 April 1998
24 April 1998	Milwaukee		Bradley Center
29 April 1998
30 April 1998	Cincinnati		The Crown
4 May 1998	Miami		Miami Arena
5 May 1998	Tampa		Ice Palace	18,803 / 18,803	$829,495
8 May 1998	Atlanta		Lakewood Amphitheater	38,008 / 38,008	$1,383,359
9 May 1998
11 May 1998	New York City		Avery Fisher Hall
13 May 1998	Virginia Beach		GTE Amphitheatre
15 May 1998	Boston		Fleet Center	35,642 / 35,642	$1,563,121
16 May 1998
Europe
1 July 1998	Paris	France	Bercy
North America
7 August 1998	Austin	United States	Frank Erwin Center
8 August 1998	Dallas		Starplex Amphitheater
11 August 1998	Salt Lake City		Delta Center
13 August 1998	Sacramento		Arco Arena
15 August 1998	Oakland		Oakland Coliseum Arena
17 August 1998	Phoenix		America West Arena
18 August 1998	Chula Vista		Coors Amphitheater	17,500 / 17,500	$718,590
21 August 1998	Anaheim		Arrowhead Pond	25,311 / 25,311	$1,252,895
22 August 1998
24 August 1998	Greenwood Village		Fiddlers Green Amphitheater
28 August 1998	Tinley Park		New World Theatre	24,192 / 24,192	$876,300
29 August 1998	Noblesville		Deer Creek Music Center	18,010 / 18,010	$713,365
31 August 1998	Toronto	Canada	Molson Amphitheatre
1 September 1998	Buffalo	United States	Marine Midland Arena	15,446 / 15,446	$753,107
5 September 1998	Bristow		Nissan Pavilion	21,284 / 22,500	$807,616
6 September 1998	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion
9 September 1998	Columbus		Polaris Amphitheater
11 September 1998	Madison		Kohl Center
12 September 1998	Cleveland		Gund Arena
15 September 1998	Albany		Pepsi Arena	14,482 / 14,482	$682,671
16 September 1998	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center	13,019 / 13,522	$601,909
18 September 1998	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills	34,375 / 34,375	$1,650,023
19 September 1998
23 September 1998	Philadelphia		First Union Center
25 September 1998
26 September 1998	University Park		Bryce Jordan Center
29 September 1998	Richmond		Richmond Coliseum
30 September 1998	Greenville		BI-LO Center	13,725 / 13,725	$642,794
2 October 1998	Miami		Miami Arena
3 October 1998	Orlando		Orlando Arena
4 October 1998	Sunrise		National Car Rental Center
9 October 1998	Chapel Hill		Dean Smith Center
10 October 1998	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum
13 October 1998	New York City		Madison Square Garden	73,315 / 73,315	$3,600,234
14 October 1998
17 October 1998
18 October 1998
Europe
4 November 1998	Ghent	Belgium	Flanders Expo
6 November 1998	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Ahoy Rotterdam
9 November 1998	Zurich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
10 November 1998	Stuttgart	Germany	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
12 November 1998	Lyon	France	Halle Tony Garnier
14 November 1998	Pesaro	Italy	Pesaro Palasport
15 November 1998	Milan		Fila Forum
18 November 1998	Frankfurt	Germany	Festhalle Frankfurt
19 November 1998	Cologne		Cologne Arena
21 November 1998	Erfurt		Messehalle
23 November 1998	Hanover		HanoverMessehalle
26 November 1998	Sheffield	England	Sheffield Arena
27 November 1998	Manchester		Manchester Evening News Arena
30 November 1998	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
1 December 1998
2 December 1998
4 December 1998	Stockholm	Sweden	The Globe
6 December 1998	Amnéville	France	Galaxie Amnéville
7 December 1998	Paris		Bercy

1997 setlists

Standard North American Setlist 

1. Simple Life
2. The One
3. Grey Seal
4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
5. Honky Cat
6. Can You Feel the Love Tonight
7. Tiny Dancer
8. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
9. If The River Can Bend
10. I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That
11. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
12. The Last Song
13. Daniel
14. Love's Got a Lot to Answer For
15. Take Me to the Pilot
16. Something About the Way You Look Tonight
17. Made in England
18. Believe
19. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
20. Philadelphia Freedom
21. Levon
22. Bennie and the Jets
23. Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
24. Sand and Water
25. The Bitch Is Back
26. Your Song

Standard European Setlist 

1. Simple Life
2. The One
3. Grey Seal
4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
5. Honky Cat
6. Sacrifice
7. Tiny Dancer
8. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
9. If The River Can Bend
10. I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That
11. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
12. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
13. The Last Song
14. Daniel
15. Love's Got a Lot to Answer For
16. Take Me to the Pilot
17. Something About the Way You Look Tonight
18. Made in England
19. Believe
20. Philadelphia Freedom
21. Bennie and the Jets
22. Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
23. I'm Still Standing
24. The Bitch Is Back
25. Your Song

1998 setlists

Standard North American setlist 

1. Simple Life
2. The One
3. Grey Seal
4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
5. Honky Cat
6. Can You Feel the Love Tonight
7. Tiny Dancer
8. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
9. If The River Can Bend
10. I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That
11. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
12. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
13. The Last Song
14. Daniel
15. Sad Songs (Say So Much)
16. Take Me to the Pilot
17. Something About the Way You Look Tonight
18. Made in England
19. Believe
20. Philadelphia Freedom
21. Bennie and the Jets
22. Great Balls of Fire
23. The Bitch Is Back
24. Your Song

Standard European setlist 

1. Circle of Life
2. I'm Still Standing
3. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
4. Honky Cat
5. Hercules
6. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
7. Levon
8. Simple Life
9. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
10. I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That
11. Rocket Man
12. House
13. Nikita
14. Crocodile Rock
15. Your Song
16. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
17. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
18. Something About the Way You Look Tonight
19. The Bitch Is Back
20. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
21. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
22. Great Balls of Fire

References

1. "The Big picture". chartstats.com. 1997. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
2. "Elton John Concerts in 1997". eltonography.com. 1997-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
3. "Elton John Face to Face... Without Billy Joel 30 June 1998 Zurich Switzerland". guitars101.com. 2010. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
4. "Elton John Concerts in 1998". eltonography.com. 2010. Retrieved 2011-11-16.

External links

• Information Site with Tour Dates