Medusa Tour

Medusa Tour

Tour by Elton John
Start date	23 September 1999
End date	10 December 2000
Legs	5
Number of shows	79 in total
Elton John concert chronology

The Medusa Tour was a concert tour by Elton John that lasted from 1999^[1] to 2000. The tour was a continuation of the previous tour, An Evening with Elton John. The tour started on 23 September 1999 in Jacksonville, Florida and came to an end on 10 December 2000 in Montgomery, Alabama.^[2]

After visiting Europe in the summer of 2000, Elton John and the band performed Greatest Hits Live. This was a set of three concerts, two of which were at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The two shows at Madison Square Garden were recorded and released as Elton John One Night Only – The Greatest Hits.^[3]

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Tickets Sold / Available	Revenue
North America (first leg)
23 September 1999[4]	Jacksonville	United States	Jacksonville Coliseum
24 September 1999	Atlanta		Philips Arena	18,919 / 18,919	$966,802
25 September 1999	Paradise		MGM Grand Garden Arena	8,500 / 8,500	$1,760,020
28 September 1999[5]	Springfield		Springfield Arena
29 September 1999	Rockford		Metro Center
1 October 1999[6]	Champaign		Assembly Hall
2 October 1999	Moline		Mark of the Quad Cities
6 October 1999	Daytona Beach		Ocean Center
8 October 1999[7]	Savannah		Savannah Civic Center
9 October 1999	Augusta		Richmond County Civic Center
12 October 1999	Boston		Fleet Center	17,158 / 17,158	$828,093
15 October 1999	New York City		Madison Square Garden	38,172 / 38,172	$2,097,980
16 October 1999
27 October 1999	Mobile		Mobile Civic Center
29 October 1999[8]	North Little Rock		Alltel Arena	16,255 / 16,255	$724,649
30 October 1999	Oklahoma City		The Myriad
3 November 1999	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium
6 November 1999	Minneapolis		Target Center	16,167 / 16,167	$848,644
9 November 1999	Chicago		Arie Crown Theater	11,722 / 11,722	$919,610
10 November 1999
12 November 1999
15 November 1999	Winnipeg	Canada	Winnipeg Arena	15,350 / 15,350	$734,625
17 November 1999	Calgary		Canadian Airlines Saddledome	17,448 / 17,448	$715,077
18 November 1999	Edmonton		Skyreach Centre	17,078 / 17,078	$735,924
20 November 1999	Vancouver		GM Place	18,192 / 18,192	$823,673
30 December 1999	Las Vegas	United States	Thomas & Mack Center	10,598 / 12,072	$3,091,801
North America (second leg)
7 January 2000	Honolulu	United States	Blaisdell Arena	25,191 / 25,191	$1,525,815
8 January 2000
9 January 2000
4 February 2000	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum	9,117 / 9,117	$389,653
5 February 2000	Fayetteville		Crown Coliseum	10,216 / 10,216	$408,056
9 February 2000	Valley Center		Kansas Coliseum
11 February 2000	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum
12 February 2000	Las Cruces		Pan American Center	12,738 / 12,738	$601,560
15 February 2000	Tucson		Tucson Convention Center
20 February 2000	Reno		Lawlor Events Center	12,240 / 12,240	$729,900
17 March 2000	Lakeland		Lakeland Center
18 March 2000	Albany		Albany Civic Center
5 April 2000	Binghamton		Veterans Memorial Arena
7 April 2000	Portland		County Civic Center
8 April 2000	Amherst		Mullins Center	9,535 / 10,587	$463,974
9 April 2000	Erie		Tullio Arena
14 April 2000	Evansville		Roberts Stadium	8,073 / 12,577	$379,705
15 April 2000	Indianapolis		Conseco Fieldhouse	12,750 / 15,620	$674,650
18 April 2000	Syracuse		Oncenter War Memorial Arena
19 April 2000	Trenton		Sovereign Bank Arena
21 April 2000	Wilkes-Barre		First Union Arena
22 April 2000	Hershey		Hersheypark Arena	8,950 / 8,950	$488,570
25 April 2000	Beaumont		Montagne Center
28 April 2000	Birmingham		B.J.C.C
29 April 2000	Atlanta		Philips Arena
Europe
31 May 2000	Copenhagen	Denmark	Rosenborg Castle
1 June 2000	Reykjavík	Iceland	Laugardalsvöllur
9 September 2000	Athens	Greece	Odeon of Herodes Atticus
10 September 2000
16 September 2000	Marbella	Spain	Estadio De Futbol
Greatest Hits Live
18 October 2000	Wilkes-Barre	United States	First Union Arena
20 October 2000	New York City		Madison Square Garden
21 October 2000
Europe
3 November 2000	Estoril	Portugal	Unknown Venue
11 November 2000	Paris	France	L'Olympia
13 November 2000	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
14 November 2000
16 November 2000	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis
18 November 2000	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Ahoy Arena
19 November 2000	Hannover	Germany	Hannover Arena
21 November 2000	Frankfurt		Festhalle Frankfurt
22 November 2000	Dortmund		Westfalenhallen
24 November 2000	Zurich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
25 November 2000	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
27 November 2000	Firenze	Italy	Palasport
28 November 2000	Milan		The Forum
North America
2 December 2000	Bossier City	United States	CenturyTel Center
3 December 2000	Tulsa		Tulsa Convention Center
5 December 2000	Johnson City		Freedom Hall
6 December 2000	Wheeling		Wheeling Civic Center
8 December 2000	Macon		Macon Coliseum
9 December 2000	Albany		Albany Civic Center
10 December 2000	Montgomery		Garrett Coliseum

Set lists

Standard early US set list 

1. Your Song
2. The Greatest Discovery
3. Someone Saved My Live Tonight
4. Border Song
5. Daniel
6. Harmony
7. Honky Cat
8. Rocket Man
9. Tiny Dancer
10. Philadelphia Freedom
11. Nikita
12. Sacrifice
13. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
14. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
15. Ticking
16. Carla/Etude
17. Tonight
18. Burn Down the Mission
19. The One
20. Blue Eyes
21. Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)
22. Take Me to the Pilot
23. Crocodile Rock
24. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
25. Circle of Life
26. Bennie and the Jets
27. Candle in the Wind

Standard European set list 

1. Your Song
2. The Greatest Discovery
3. Someone Saved My life Tonight
4. Border Song
5. Daniel
6. Harmony
7. Honky Cat
8. Rocket Man
9. Tiny Dancer
10. Philadelphia Freedom
11. American Triangle
12. Nikita
13. Sacrifice
14. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
15. I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues
16. Ticking
17. Carla/Etude
18. Tonight
19. Burn Down the Mission
20. The One
21. Blue Eyes
22. Take Me to the Pilot
23. Crocodile Rock
24. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
25. Circle of Life
26. Bennie and the Jets
27. Candle in the Wind

Greatest Hits Live set list 

1. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
2. Candle in the Wind
3. Bennie and the Jets
4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
5. Little Jeannie
6. Philadelphia Freedom
7. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
8. Tiny Dancer
9. Daniel
10. Rocket Man
11. Club at the End of the Street
12. Blue Eyes
13. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
    with Mary J. Blige
14. The One
15. I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That
16. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
17. Sacrifice
18. Come Together
19. Your Song
    with Ronan Keating
20. Sad Songs (Say So Much)
    with Bryan Adams
21. I'm Still Standing
22. Crocodile Rock
23. Saturday Nights Alright for Fighting
24. The Bitch Is Back
25. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
26. Don't Go Breaking My Heart
    with Kiki Dee

Standard later US set list 

1. Your Song
2. The Greatest Discovery
3. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
4. Border Song
5. Daniel
6. Harmony
7. Honky Cat
8. Rocket Man
9. Tiny Dancer
10. Philadelphia Freedom
11. American Triangle
12. Nikita
13. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
14. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
15. Ticking
16. Carla/Etude
17. Tonight
18. Take Me to the Pilot
19. The One
20. Blue Eyes
21. Crocodile Rock
22. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
23. Circle of Life
24. Bennie and the Jets
25. Candle in the Wind

References

1. eltonography.com. Retrieved 1 September 2011
2. eltonography.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011
3. imdb.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011
4. jacksonville.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011
5. songkick.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011
6. songkick.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011
7. savannahnow.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011
8. littlerock.about.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011

External links

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