Rocket Man: Greatest Hits Live

Rocket Man: Greatest Hits Live

Tour by Elton John
Associated album	Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits
Start date	28 September 2007
End date	8 May 2010
Legs	4
Number of shows	73 in North America 4 in Asia 15 in Oceania 2 in Middle East 27 in Europe 6 in South America 127 in Total
Elton John concert chronology

Rocket Man: Greatest Hits Live was a concert tour by Elton John which lasted for four years from 2007 to 2010.^[1][2][3]

While performing the Red Piano Europe^[4] concerts Elton also performed a concert series known as Rocket Man and at the same time performing on The Captain and the Kid Tour.^[5]

The first performance took place on 28 September 2007 in Missoula, Montana.^[6] The final concert took place on 8 May 2010 in Boca del Río, Mexico.^[7]

Background

The first Rocket Man took place on 28 September 2007 in Missoula, Montana.^[8] The tour consisted of 23 concerts including 10 in North America, 2 in Asia and 11 in Oceania.

The tour ended with two solo performances in Tokyo, Japan at the Nippon Budokan^[9] and eleven solo concerts in Australia.^[10]

The 2008 leg of the tour consisted of 68 concert performances.^[11] The tour started in January with a performance in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates^[12][13] before travelling to Europe and the North America to perform a series of solo concerts.

After touring North America by himself Elton then continued the tour backed by his band before travelling to Asia and for the second year running Oceania.^[14] After finishing the tour of Australia, Elton & the band briefly returned to the United States before returning once again to Europe. The European tour included several large open-air concerts, including

• Liberty Stadium in Swansea, Wales^[15]
• The Darlington Arena in Darlington, England^[16][17]
• Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, England^[18]

The tour also included two performances in Surrey, England.^[19][20][21]

On 4 May 2008 Elton performed in Chigwell, Essex at Alan Sugar's 40th Wedding Anniversary.^[22][23]

The tour ended on 15 November in Uncasville, Connecticut.^[24]

The 2009 leg of the tour started off with four performances in South America, it was only the fourth time that Elton had performed a tour in South America.^[25] After touring South America Elton moved into North America where he performed a series of concerts before continuing to Europe.

The European leg of the tour started with a large open-air concert in Limerick, Ireland at Thomond Park.^[26][27][28] Elton continued to perform two more open-air concerts in England.^[29][30][31]

In the fall of 2009 Elton toured with Ray Cooper in Europe.^[32][33]

The 2010 leg of the tour was the last time that Elton John would tour the Rocket Man concert series.^[34] The tour started with two performances in Hawaii with Ray Cooper. It was the first time that Elton had performed there in nine years.^[35][36][37]

The tour moved on to South Africa for five shows, where Elton again performed with Ray Cooper.^{[38][39][40][41]}

After returning from South Africa Elton set out on the last leg of the Rocket Man tour. Elton was once again backed by his band. The first and last dates of this leg were performances in Mexico, where Elton had not performed a concert since 2001.^[42][43]

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Tickets Sold / Available	Revenue
North America
28 September 2007	Missoula	United States	Adams Center
29 September 2007	Bozeman		Brick Breeden Fieldhouse	8,747 / 8,747	$735,109
30 September 2007	Casper		Casper Events Center
5 October 2007	Columbia		Mizzou Arena	14,015 / 14,015	$984,499
6 October 2007	Omaha		Qwest Center	17,017 / 17,017	$1,486,040
7 October 2007	Sioux Falls		Sioux Falls Arena
12 October 2007	Kansas City		Sprint Center	17,503 / 17,503	$1,486,040
13 October 2007	Moline		i wireless Center
9 November 2007	North Charleston		North Charleston Coliseum
10 November 2007	Orlando		Amway Arena
11 November 2007	Estero		Germain Arena
Asia
20 November 2007^[S]	Tokyo	Japan	Nippon Budokan
21 November 2007^[S]
Oceania
24 November 2007^[S]	Adelaide	Australia	Barossa Arts and Convention Centre
25 November 2007^[S]	Canungra		Elysian Fields Polo Estate
28 November 2007^[S]	Sydney		Acer Arena	12,392 / 12,392	$1,869,665
30 November 2007^[S]	Canberra		Stage 88
1 December 2007^[S]	Hunter Valley		Tempus Two Winery
2 December 2007^[S]
4 December 2007^[S]	Townsville		Dairy Farmers Stadium
6 December 2007^[S]	New Plymouth	New Zealand	TSB Bowl of Brooklands
8 December 2007^[S]	Launceston	Australia	Aurora Stadium
15 December 2007^[S]	Werribee		Werribee Park
16 December 2007^[S]
Middle East
22 January 2008	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	Emirates Palace Hotel
Europe
24 January 2008	Tenerife	Spain	Golf Costa Adeje
North America
28 February 2008^[S]	Portland	United States	Cumberland County Civic Center
2 March 2008^[S]	Sudbury	Canada	Sudbury Community Arena
3 March 2008^[S]	Kitchener		Kitchener Memorial Auditorium
6 March 2008^[S]	Manchester	United States	Verizon Wireless Arena
10 March 2008^[S]	Newark		Bob Carpenter Center
12 March 2008	Savannah		Savannah Civic Center
11 April 2008	Missoula		Adams Event Center	7,087 / 7,087	$638,059
12 April 2008	Pullman		Beasley Coliseum
13 April 2008
18 April 2008	Bakersfield		Rabobank Arena
19 April 2008	Anaheim		Honda Center
23 April 2008	Tallahassee		Leon County Civic Center
24 April 2008	Gainesville		O'Connell Center
25 April 2008	Pensacola		Pensacola Civic Center
Europe
3 May 2008^[A]	Ischgl	Austria	Idalp
Asia
7 May 2008	Kallang	Singapore	Singapore Indoor Stadium
Oceania
10 May 2008	Perth	Australia	Perth Oval
12 May 2008	Sydney		Sydney Entertainment Centre
14 May 2008	Auckland	New Zealand	Vector Arena
17 May 2008	Darwin	Australia	TIO Stadium
Asia
20 May 2008	Chek Lap Kok	Hong Kong	AsiaWorld-Arena
North America
28 May 2008^[S]	Anchorage	United States	Sullivan Arena
29 May 2008^[S]	Fairbanks		Carlson Center
30 May 2008^[S]	Anchorage		Sullivan Arena
Europe
28 June 2008^[S]	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
29 June 2008	Swansea	Wales	Liberty Stadium
2 July 2008	Halle	Germany	Gerry Weber Stadion
3 July 2008	Leipzig		Volkerschlachtdenkmal
5 July 2008	Darlington	England	The Darlington Arena
6 July 2008	Perth	Scotland	McDiarmid Park
8 July 2008	Konstanz	Germany	Bodenseestadion
9 July 2008^[S]	Venice	Italy	Piazza San Marco
11 July 2008	Surrey	England	Mercedes-Benz World
12 July 2008	Doncaster		Keepmoat Stadium
13 July 2008	Surrey		Mercedes-Benz World
North America
19 July 2008	Atlantic City	United States	Boardwalk Hall
21 July 2008	Essex Junction		Champlain Valley Exposition
12 September 2008	Calgary	Canada	Pengrowth Saddledome	16,789 / 16,789	$1,860,356
13 September 2008	Edmonton		Rexall Place	16,208 / 16,208	$1,778,756
15 September 2008	Saskatoon		Credit Union Centre	12,966 / 12,966	$1,556,218
16 September 2008	Regina		Brandt Centre	13,595 / 13,595	$1,774,014
17 September 2008
19 September 2008	Winnipeg		MTS Centre	30,202 / 30,202	$3,450,775
20 September 2008
26 September 2008^[S]	Halifax		Halifax Metro Centre	23,583 / 23,583	$3,204,635
27 September 2008^[S]
28 September 2008^[S]	Moncton		Moncton Coliseum	8,499 / 9,000	$1,129,991
30 September 2008^[S]	Saint John		Harbour Station	7,997 / 8,000	$1,774,014
2 October 2008^[S]	St. John's		Mile One Centre	16,327 / 16,327	$2,150,517
3 October 2008^[S]
15 October 2008	Hershey	United States	Giant Center
17 October 2008	Charlottesville		John Paul Jones Arena
18 October 2008	Wilkes-Barre		Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza
14 November 2008	Uncasville		Mohegan Sun Arena
15 November 2008
South America
17 January 2009	São Paulo	Brazil	Anhembi Sambadrome
19 January 2009	Rio de Janeiro		Praça da Apoteose
22 January 2009	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Estadio Alberto J. Armando
24 January 2009	Santiago	Chile	Movistar Arena
25 January 2009	Caracas	Venezuela	Hotel Eurobuilding
29 January 2009	Bogota	Colombia	Centro de Ferias Corferias
North America
31 January 2009	Mexico City	Mexico	Exconvento de las Vizcaínas
1 April 2009	Rapid City	United States	Don Barnett Arena
3 April 2009	Laramie		Arena-Auditorium
4 April 2009	Colorado Springs		World Arena
Europe
6 June 2009	Limerick	Ireland	Thomond Park
10 June 2009	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
13 June 2009	Bristol	England	Bristol County Cricket Ground
14 June 2009	Norfolk		Holkham Hall
20 June 2009	Skien	Norway	Skagerak Arena
21 June 2009	Boras	Sweden	Boras Arena
27 June 2009	Lisbon	Portugal	Pavilhão Atlântico
30 June 2009	Wiesbaden	Germany	Wiesbaden Bowling Green
3 July 2009	Dresden		Theaterplatz
4 July 2009	Nuremberg		Easy-Credit-Stadium
5 July 2009	Stuttgart		Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
7 July 2009	Verona	Italy	Verona Arena
8 July 2009	Pula	Croatia	Pula Arena
11 September 2009^[S]	Naples	Italy	Piazza del Plebiscito
Middle East
11 September 2009^[B]	Dubai	UAE	Meydan Racecourse
North America[44][45]
3 April 2010	Mérida	Mexico	Chichen Itza
6 April 2010	Corpus Christi	United States	American Bank Center
9 April 2010	Lubbock		United Spirit Arena
10 April 2010	Austin		Frank Erwin Center
15 April 2010	Hoffman Estates		Sears Centre
16 April 2010	Des Moines		Wells Fargo Arena
17 April 2010	Ashwaubenon		Resch Center
24 April 2010	Grand Rapids		Van Andel Arena
25 April 2010	Toledo		Lucas County Arena
30 April 2010	Reading		Sovereign Center
1 May 2010	Youngstown		Covelli Centre
8 May 2010	Boca del Río	Mexico	Estadio Luis de la Fuente
9 July 2010	Kingston	Canada	K-Rock Centre
10 July 2010	Hamilton		Copps Coliseum
12 July 2010	Sault Ste. Marie		Essar Centre
16 July 2010	Prince George		CN Centre
17 July 2010	Kelowna		Prospera Place
18 July 2010	Yakima	United States	Yakima SunDome
22 July 2010	Tucson		Tucson Arena
24 July 2010	Chula Vista		Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
28 July 2010	Lake Tahoe		Harveys Outdoor Arena

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^A This concert was a part of "Top of the Mountain"

^B This concert was a part of "Dubai World Cup"

^S This concert was a solo concert

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

16 June 2010	Augustenborg, Denmark	Slotspark	Cancelled
21 July 2010	Tucson, Arizona	Tucson Arena	Rescheduled to July 22, 2010[46]

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External links

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