Follow the Yellow Brick Road Tour

Follow the Yellow Brick Road Tour

Tour by Elton John
Associated album	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Start date	12 March 2014
End date	31 December 2014
Legs	5
Number of shows	20 in North America 40 in Europe 60 in Total
Elton John concert chronology

Follow the Yellow Brick Road Tour is a concert tour by British musician Elton John taking place in North America and Europe in promotion of the 40th anniversary re-release of 1973's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.^[1][2]

Background

The tour to support the 40th anniversary re-release of 1973's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road started on 12 March 2014 in Beaumont, Texas and will currently end in December 2014 in New York City.^[3]

Set list

1. "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"
2. "Bennie and the Jets"
3. "Candle in the Wind"
4. "Grey Seal"
5. "Levon"
6. "Tiny Dancer"
7. "Holiday Inn"
8. "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters"
9. "Believe"
10. "Philadelphia Freedom"
11. "Roy Rogers"
12. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
13. "Rocket Man"
14. "Hey Ahab"
15. "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
16. "The One"
17. "Oceans Away"
18. "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
19. "Sad Songs"
20. "All the Girls Love Alice"
21. "Home Again"
22. "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
23. "I'm Still Standing"
24. "The Bitch Is Back"
25. "Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n Roll)"
26. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"

Encore

27. "Your Song"
28. "Crocodile Rock"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, amount of available tickets and gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue
North America[4]
12 March 2014	Beaumont	United States	Ford Arena	—	—
13 March 2014	Dallas		American Airlines Center	15,726 / 15,726	$1,384,078
15 March 2014	Birmingham		BJCC Arena	—	—
16 March 2014	Pensacola		Pensacola Bay Center	—	—
19 March 2014	Tupelo		BancorpSouth Arena	—	—
21 March 2014	New Orleans		Smoothie King Center	—	—
22 March 2014	Bossier City		CenturyLink Center	—	—
11 June 2014	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center	—	—
12 June 2014	Virginia Beach		Farm Bureau Live	—	—
14 June 2014	Charlotte		PNC Music Pavilion	—	—
15 June 2014[lower-alpha 1]	Manchester		Great Stage Park	—	—
Europe
21 June 2014	Leigh	England	Leigh Sports Village Stadium	—	—
22 June 2014	St. Gallen	Switzerland	AFG Arena	—	—
24 June 2014	Nottingham	England	Capital FM Arena Nottingham	—	—
28 June 2014	Buckinghamshire		Stoke Park Country Club	—	—
29 June 2014	Colchester		Colchester Community Stadium	—	—
2 July 2014	Newcastle		Metro Radio Arena	—	—
4 July 2014[lower-alpha 2]	Calella	Spain	Jardín Botánico del Cap Roig	—	—
5 July 2014	Aalborg	Denmark	Skovdalen Atletikstadion	—	—
6 July 2014	Halle	Germany	Gerry Weber Stadion	—	—
10 July 2014	Fulda		Fulda Domplatz	—	—
11 July 2014	Dresden		Theaterplatz vor der Semperoper	—	—
12 July 2014	Kiel		Sparkassen-Arena	—	—
15 July 2014[lower-alpha 3]	Carcassonne	France	Théâtre Jean-Deschamps	—	—
16 July 2014[lower-alpha 4]	Lyon		Theatre Romain Fourviere	—	—
18 July 2014[lower-alpha 5]	Carhaix		La Prairie de Kerampuilh	—	—
19 July 2014	Mainz	Germany	Nordmole Zollhafen	—	—
20 July 2014	Mönchengladbach		Warsteiner HockeyPark	—	—
22 July 2014[lower-alpha 6]	Regensburg		Schloss Thurn und Taxis	—	—
23 July 2014[lower-alpha 7]	Lörrach		Marktplatz Lörrach	—	—
24 July 2014[lower-alpha 8]	Nyon	Switzerland	Nyon Festival Grounds	—	—
26 July 2014[lower-alpha 9]	Monte Carlo	Monaco	Salle des Etoiles	—	—
North America[5]
13 September 2014	Vancouver	Canada	Rogers Arena	—	—
14 September 2014
17 September 2014	Spokane	United States	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	—	—
19 September 2014	West Valley City		Maverik Center	10,052 / 10,052	$707,188
20 September 2014	Denver		Pepsi Center	14,570 / 14,570	$1,104,800
25 September 2014	Portland		Moda Center	13,573 / 13,782	$1,192,072
27 September 2014	Seattle		KeyArena	—	—
1 October 2014	Sacramento		Sleep Train Arena	—	—
2 October 2014	San Jose		SAP Center at San Jose	—	—
4 October 2014	Los Angeles		Staples Center	32,182 / 32,182	$3,363,049
5 October 2014
Europe
1 November 2014	Madrid	Spain	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad	—	—
2 November 2014	Bilbao		Bizkaia Arena	—	—
5 November 2014	Krakow	Poland	Kraków Arena	—	—
6 November 2014	Minsk	Belarus	Minsk-Arena	—	—
9 November 2014	Saint Petersburg	Russia	Ice Palace Saint Petersburg	—	—
10 November 2014	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Areena	—	—
12 November 2014	Copenhagen	Denmark	Forum Copenhagen	—	—
14 November 2014	Gothenburg	Sweden	Scandinavium	—	—
15 November 2014	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum	—	—
16 November 2014	Stavanger		Sørmarka Arena	—	—
19 November 2014	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports Paris Bercy	—	—
20 November 2014	Montpellier		Park&Suites Arena	—	—
22 November 2014	Lille		Zénith de Lille	—	—
24 November 2014	Hanover	Germany	TUI Arena	—	—
27 November 2014	Munich		Olympiahalle	—	—
29 November 2014	Nuremberg		Nuremberg Arena	—	—
30 November 2014	Stuttgart		Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle	—	—
3 December 2014	Zurich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion	—	—
4 December 2014	Milan	Italy	Mediolanum Forum	—	—
6 December 2014	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi	—	—
9 December 2014	Dublin	Ireland	3Arena	—	—
North America[6]
31 December 2014	Brooklyn	United States	Barclays Center	16,470 / 16,470	$3,090,167
Total				102,573 / 102,782	$10,841,354

Tour band

• Elton John – Piano, vocals
• Davey Johnstone – Guitar, banjo, backing vocals
• Matt Bissonette – Bass guitar, backing vocals
• Kim Bullard – keyboards
• John Mahon – Percussion, backing vocals
• Nigel Olsson – drums, backing vocals
• Luka Šulić – Cello
• Stjepan Hauser – Cello
• Lisa Stone – Backing vocals
• Rose Stone – Backing vocals
• Tata Vega – Backing vocals
• Jean Witherspoon – Backing vocals

Sources:^[7][8]

Notes

1. The 15 June 2014 oncert in Manchester, Tennessee, at the Great Stage Park is a part of Bonnaroo Music Festival.
2. The 4 July 2014 concert in Calella, Spain, at the Jardin Botanico del Cap Roig is a part of the Festival Jardins de Cap Roig.
3. The 15 July 2014 concert in Carcassonne, France, at the Théâtre Jean-Deschamps is a part of the Festival de Carcassonne.
4. The 16 July 2014 concert in Lyon, France, at the Theatre Romain Fourviere is a part of the Les Nuits de Fourvière.
5. The 18 July 2014 concert in Carhaix, France, at the La Prairie de Kerampuilh is a part of the Vieilles Charrues Festival.
6. The 22 July 2014 concert in Regensburg, Germany, at the Schloss Thurn und Taxis is a part of the Thurn und Taxis Castle Festival.
7. The 23 July 2014 concert in Lorrach, Germany, at the Marktplatz Lorrach is a part of the Stimmen Festival.
8. The 24 July 2014 concert in Nyon, Switzerland, at the Nyon Festival Grounds is a part of the Paléo Festival.
9. The 26 July 2014 concert in Monte Carlo, Monaco, at the Salle des Etoiles is a part of the Monte-Carlo Sporting Summer Festival.

External links

• Elton John's official website

References

1. "GYBR Song-by-Song: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". Elton John. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
2. "GYBR Song-by-Song: This Song Has No Title and Grey Seal". Elton John. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
3. "Elton and the Band for Dublin, Ireland". Elton John. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
4. Box score:
   • "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 4 June 2014. Archived from the original on 4 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
5. • "Billboard Boxscore : Current Scores". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 24 September 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 8 October 2014. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 19 November 2014. Archived from the original on 20 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
6. "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. January 21, 2014. Archived from the original on January 21, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
7. "ELTON FOR AUSTRALIA IN NOVEMBER". Elton John. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
8. "NEW BASS PLAYER FOR ELTON'S BAND". Elton John. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2013.