It was an amazing day with great performances but towards the end the heat was taking a toll upon us and we left during the last set to seek beer before we completely dehydrated. I have a wonderful husband, a great family, I have great friends, a wonderful career. Listen to the studio versions of the Beach Boys set list from the Wembley Stadium show in this uDiscover Music playlist. Saturday Nights Alright for Fighting. Bob Dylan The Amazing Keystone Big Band I feel modern. Following opening sets by Emmylou Harris and Joe Walsh, Elton John and the band were later joined on stage by Billie Jean King and the 45-member James Cleveland Choir singing on selected numbers. Back in England, John was a skilled, hardworking piano player and tunesmith who had tried for years to gain a foothold in the business, with middling results. It included the single Someone Saved My Life Tonight, seen above in a 1982 performance. ProgFan1 John had been creating poptastic rock and roll anthems and they were hitting the airwaves with a sense of fantastical futurism, all packaged in flamboyant costumes and dressed in number one albums. "Philadelphia Freedom" 3. John and his new band (now without Jeff "Skunk" Baxter but including backing vocalists Cindy Bullens, Jon Joyce and Ken Gold) warmed up for their Rock of the Westies Tour by playing five shows in three nights at The Troubadour nightclub in Los Angeles, the place where John had first played in America five years before. Tour statistics Find the setlist from Elton John shows you attended, powered by Setlist.fm, and create a playlist in your Spotify or Apple Music library.. Find your show The whole day was a great time. Elton John Concerts filez jeez what a bloody anti climax. Elton John's Final Tour Revisits LA Glory - NBC Los Angeles They dress up, its like a big party. Packed on the matting already mentioned, we all roasted in the sun drinking whatever wed brought not everybody had and in those days the concessions were small affairs. Not sure Elton would agree, but (to quote Grand Funk Railroad), were kind of an American Band from L.A.. I was there on that beautiful sunny day and the music was sublime and the atmosphere w@s incredible for me the stand out act was joe Walsh what a a great guitarist .with the sings I havent changed and Rocky Mountain way WOW! On 29 June 1976 in Landover, Maryland, the eastern half of the US got the newly named "Louder Than Concorde (But Not Quite As Pretty)" tour, a testament to the onslaught Elton and his ferocious band were delivering to a country in the midst of its Bicentennial celebration. Candle in the Wind. Use this setlist for your event review and get all updates automatically! I thought Rufus were great, Chaka Kahn was playing drums for a while and was then introduced to sing lead vocals for Rufus if I remember correctly. Sep 29 1975 Elton John Setlist at San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA, USA Edit setlist Tour: West of the Rockies Tour statistics Add setlist Setlist First Set Your Song I Need You to Turn To Border Song Take Me to the Pilot Dan Dare (Pilot of the Future) Country Comfort Levon Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time) Hercules I remember seeing Evil Knevil when I was picking up my tickets for this concert. Fleetwood_Crack The final L.A. concert will bestreamed live on Disney+starting at 11 p.m. EST Sunday. Anyway, we were there for them all. And I picked Elton, because Elton was Elton, says Bullens. James Cleveland Choir and by famed local car dealer Cal Worthington, accompanied by a real-live lion, one of the wild animals featured in his TV commercials. Anal Cunt Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Louder Than Concorde Tour - Wikipedia I also recall Jackson Browne joining the Eagles (on Takin It Easy???) This performance was another stone to be laid and at the time there was no better builder than Elton John. Ellie Greenwich Curigallego ", The tour concluded in mid-August with a record-breaking seven sold-out nights at Madison Square Garden. John and his manager/romantic partner, John Reid, had flown their friends and families, along with a British documentary film crew, from London to L.A. to help celebrate this milestone, and all had gathered at Johns secluded Beverly Hills estate the day prior to the Dodger Stadium concert to hobnob, sip champagne and fete the host. Concert Details Date: October 07, 1975 Venue: Utah Special Events Center Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States Band Genres Classic Rock, Glam Rock, Piano Rock, Pop, Pop Rock, Rock, Rock And Roll, Singer-Songwriter, Soft Rock, Piano, British, Mellow Gold, and Adult Contemporary. Pistol80 It's hard to imagine the landscape of 1975 when Elton John, complete in sequinned Dodgers Baseball team kit, strode onto the stage in California. Add setlist, 12 activities (last edit by Syl76, 2 Nov 2019, 18:21 Etc/UTC). "Bennie and the Jets" "Philadelphia Freedom" "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" "Border Song" "Tiny Dancer" "Have Mercy on the. The Eagles & The Beach Boys were fabulous. "Bennie and the Jets" 2. Elton John - Concerts with Setlists | Setlisting John promised more bell and whistles than at the tour's other concerts but hopefully without any elephants or giraffes coming on stage, he said, a wry reference to The Lion King.The Tony-winning hit musical with songs by John and Tim Rice marksits 25th anniversary on Broadwaythis month. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); About Us Contributors Terms of Service Privacy Policy 2023 uDiscover Music, Beach Boys photo - Courtesy: Capitol Records Archives, Elton John - Someone Saved My Life Tonight (Old Grey Whistle Test 1982), The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice (Live Aid 1985), Andrew Lloyd Webber Composes Anthem For The Coronation Of King Charles III, Bowie Odyssey 73, Fourth Instalment In Odyssey Series, Due Next Month, World Premiere Announced For Joan Armatradings Symphony No.1, Perfect Harmony: The Mamas And The Papas At Their Finest, No Matter What: Beatles Protegs Badfinger Break Out On Their Own, Look Sharp: The Cutting-Edge Pop Of Joe Jacksons Debut Album, 702, Tame Impala, And Brick & Lace: Currently Trending Songs, Best Iggy Pop Songs: 20 Tracks With An Insatiable Lust For Life, Fancy: Behind Bobbie Gentrys Womens Lib Statement. Lifes been good so far. Its hard to imagine the landscape of 1975 when Elton John, complete in sequinned Dodgers Baseball team kit, strode onto the stage in California. King and her wife, Ilana Kloss, have remained close friends with John over the years, absent a five-year period, King says, when Johns addiction-fueled behavior was too much for her to bear.