Face to Face 2010
Tour by Elton John and Billy Joel | |||||||||||||
Start date | 3 February 2010 | ||||||||||||
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End date | 11 March 2010 | ||||||||||||
Legs | 1 | ||||||||||||
Number of shows | 12 in Total | ||||||||||||
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In early February 2010 Elton John and Billy Joel set out on another leg of their ever-popular concert series Face to Face.[1] Most of these shows had been rescheduled from the year before when John had contracted E.Coli forcing the pair to cancel the concerts planned for the fall of 2009, Joel was also unwell at the time of the gigs the previous year.[2][3][4][5]
Despite several outlets reporting four summer concerts in Chicago, Pittsburgh and Boston, Joel denied these rumors in the trade press that he canceled a summer 2010 leg of the tour, claiming that those concerts were never booked in the first place and saying that he intended to take the year off from performing and music.[6] Joel told Rolling Stone magazine: "We'll probably pick it up again. It's always fun playing with him."
Joel stated in 2012 that he would no longer tour with Elton because it restrains his setlists.[7][8]
Shows
Date | City | Country | Venue | Tickets Sold/Available | Box Office | |
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North America | ||||||
3 February 2010 | Seattle | United States | KeyArena | 27,605 / 27,605 (100%) | $3,779,949 | |
6 February 2010 | ||||||
10 February 2010 | Portland | Rose Garden | 15,440 / 15,440 (100%) | $1,879,099 | ||
13 February 2010 | Oakland | Oracle Arena | 16,902 / 16,902 (100%) | $2,045,887 | ||
16 February 2010 | San Jose | HP Pavilion at San Jose | 15,909 / 15,909 (100%) | $1,861,681 | ||
19 February 2010 | Salt Lake City | EnergySolutions Arena | 16,057 / 16,057 (100%) | $1,729,539 | ||
22 February 2010 | Denver | Pepsi Center | 15,470 / 15,470 (100%) | $1,790,533 | ||
25 February 2010 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma City Arena | — | — | ||
27 February 2010 | Kansas City | Sprint Center | 17,682 / 17,682 (100%) | $2,112,261 | ||
3 March 2010 | Wichita | Intrust Bank Arena | 14,029 / 14,029 (100%) | $1,706,428 | ||
9 March 2010 | Buffalo | HSBC Arena | 17,691 / 17,691 (100%) | $1,824,428 | ||
11 March 2010 | Albany | Times Union Center | 13,874 / 13,874 (100%) | $1,623,929 | ||
- Cancellations and rescheduled shows
7 July 2010 | Chicago, Illinois | Wrigley Field | Cancelled [9] |
14 July 2010 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | PNC Park | Cancelled [10] |
21 July 2010 | Boston, Massachusetts | Fenway Park | Cancelled [11] |
24 July 2010 | Boston, Massachusetts | Fenway Park | Cancelled [12] |
Setlist
Elton John & Billy Joel & Bands
- Your Song
- Just the Way You Are
- Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
- My Life
Elton John & Band
- Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
- Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
- Levon
- Madman Across the Water
- Tiny Dancer
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Daniel
- Rocket Man
- Philadelphia Freedom
- I'm Still Standing
- Crocodile Rock
Billy Joel & Band
- Prelude/Angry Young Man
- Movin' Out
- Allentown
- Zanzibar
- Don't Ask Me Why
- She's Always a Woman
- Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
- River of Dreams
- We Didn't Start the Fire
- It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
- Only the Good Die Young
Elton John & Billy Joel & Bands
- I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
- Uptown Girl
- The Bitch is Back
- You May Be Right
- Bennie and the Jets
- Candle in the Wind
- Piano Man
References
- ↑ eltonography.com, Retrieved 2 September 2011
- ↑ eltonjohnnews.blogspot.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
- ↑ eltonjohnnews.blogspot.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
- ↑ eltonjohnnews.blogspot.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
- ↑ eltonjohnnews.blogspot.com, Retrieved 30 August2011
- ↑ blogs.suntimes.com, Retrieved 29 August 2011
- ↑ "Billy Joel Won't Tour with Elton due to Setlist Constraints". EltonDaily.com. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
- ↑ "Billy Joel mixes lots of music into his Q&A". Gainesville.com. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
- ↑ "Summer concert with Billy Joel at Wrigley is cancelled". EltonFan. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ↑ "Billy dismisses rumors he yanked tour with Elton". EltonFan. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ↑ "Billy dismisses rumors he yanked tour with Elton". EltonFan. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ↑ "Billy dismisses rumors he yanked tour with Elton". EltonFan. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
External links
Media related to Face to Face 2010 at Wikimedia Commons Quotations related to Face to Face 2010 at Wikiquote
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