Of course, following the customary encore break, we were treated to a powerful one-two punch of the classic ‘Your Song’ and tour namesake ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’, not only showing that Elton knows how to pick a setlist properly, but finishing off with one of his strongest and most fitting tracks. ‘Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me’

The CD just showed up in my collection, and I listened to it in the car with my mom, who drove my hobbled self around the Chicago suburbs—to school, to physical therapy appointments, to football games where I was perched on crutches on the sideline. ‘Indian Sunset’ Watch Elton John's George Michael Tribute, Elton John and John Reid's Explosive Relationship, See the First Trailer for the Elton John Biopic, Elton John and Putin Have a Better Relationship Than the U.S. and Russia. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the appropriate ending, as Sir Elton John bids farewell and band credits roll, movie-style, on the video screen. When Elton John announced in early 2018 that he was set to say goodbye to his fans with one final world tour, many would’ve found it hard to believe. ‘Sad Songs (Say So Much)’ Get the latest Classic Rock news, features, updates and giveaways straight to your inbox, Review: Elton John at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, December 10th, 2019. The show featured a share of ovation-raising moments, from John leading an outright jam during "Levon" to striking down the keys for the bridge of "Burn Down the Mission" to eerily performing "Funeral For A Friend" as fog rolled off the stage and into the nearby audience. A welcome email is on its way. At the height of the Reagan years, it was probably just a killer pop song. Creaky joints no longer enable him to jump around his piano with glee (as shown in archive video on the massive screen behind him during “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”). Tickets: Ticketek, Thursday, December 19th, 2019

That was likely the thought that countless fans were thinking when they rolled up to the Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday evening, with supporters new and old gearing up to send off the musical icon in style. Tickets: Ticketek, Sunday, January 12th, 2020 Love for music, of course. 365 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3L4. “Ten years ago, I didn’t have a family of my own,” he said. And like so many times before, the 72-year-old John delivered once again. ‘Daniel’ We may earn a commission from these links. They stay that way through Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me, The Bitch Is Back and I’m Still Standing, the video screen reeling in the years as the man’s life flashes before our eyes. © 2020 The Star Phoenix, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. All rights reserved. He played 14 of the 20 songs from his seminal “Elton John’s Greatest Hits” volumes 1 and 2. And the song—which is ostensibly about a man ending a relationship with a woman—is, in my mind, about this tiny little girl saving my life every night. A heartfelt, driving Levon – with an instrumental reference to the Beatles’ Day Tripper – captures this, but it’s truly on display with Candle In The Wind. However, apart from a few variations on his vocal delivery, it’s hard to find anything about the icon’s performance that leaves anything to be desired if you’re arriving straight from a listen of his discography. I’ve had enough applause for a thousand lifetimes.” (Yes, that’s an echo of what he said a year ago.). After wishing us farewell and thanking us once again for our unending support, it felt as though we had been transported into a copy of his latest greatest hits album, with rocking tunes like ‘The Bitch Is Back’, ‘Crocodile Rock’, and ‘Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting’ receiving some of the biggest and most positive responses for the night.

The next issue of The StarPhoenix Headline News will soon be in your inbox. And yet, “Burn Down the Mission,” one of his concert staples, a song he’s performed frequently over his nearly 50 years of live shows, can be heard today—at a time when the Democratic Party is espousing worker-party values and rich people are hauled off in irons for bribing their kids into elite schools—as a socialist anthem. Emerging after an instrumental interlude in floral suit and pink trousers, John takes the band thorough a dramatic rendering of Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding, which showcases a blistering guitar solo by Davey Johnstone. God, how could I forget you guys? For some, it was a final trip through the songs and stories that have found on a slot on life's soundtrack for five decades. He maxed out sales as 25,000 people showed up over two nights, generating $3.3 million in concert revenue from eager fans who grew up with his massive stable of hits. Far from it: the consummate and ineffable performer, John radiated passion and power from his seat at the piano. What matters, and John seems to understand this like any great artist, is that the song belongs to the person in the $250 seat, or in the car with his mom, or bouncing around a darkened bedroom with a baby girl in your arms in the wee hours of the morning. After more than 50 years in the game, one could forgive Elton John if he was to appear somewhat past it, or if his performance left something to be desired. His Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour is all of this, with an emphasis on taking stock of things making it so much more. Sadly, it’s the real deal, and with performances like this on offer, it’s going to be a shame to have to bid them farewell as the tour continues. ‘Tiny Dancer’ Michael Sebastian was named editor-in-chief of Esquire in June 2019 where he oversees print and digital content, strategy and operations. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. What I care about is bringing you together and having a great time. All 25 songs were co-written with his friend Bernie Taupin, who he gives full credit as his lyricist and muse.

Elton John performs at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, SK on Tuesday, October 1, 2019. tap here to see other videos from our team. But Saskatoon was lucky enough to earn a pair of back-to-back tour dates. ‘Burn Down The Mission’ Ultimately, it doesn’t matter what any of his songs are actually about. Tickets: Ticketek, Thursday, January 9th, 2020 ‘Crocodile Rock’ John kept to the same setlist that he performed in Nashville last October, but no matter — a key-slamming "Bennie and the Jets" or extended "Rocket Man" could be played a dozen times over and still be met with an elated "thank you" from onlookers. My colleague and music writer Melissa Ruggieri wrote a rapturous review December 1, 2018 on the presumption these would be his final concerts ever in Atlanta: Hearing his voice waver slightly toward the end of Friday's epic performance at State Farm Arena as he said while seated at his piano, 'I will miss you all so much, but I've had enough applause for a million, million years,' even the toughest cynic would recognize the truthfulness in his intention. Performers come and go, but there will never be anyone quite like him again.

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Tickets: Ticketek, Tuesday, January 7th, 2020 “I need to be with them. The three-hour show was virtually identical to what he played 11 months earlier in the same space. Rodney Ho writes about entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. John couldn’t say anything without the whole audience screaming with delight. Tickets: Ticketek, Saturday, January 11th, 2020 Bt near the end of the show, he received his only boos of the night when he said Saturday night’s State Farm concert would be his final show ever in Atlanta. Tickets: Ticketek, Tuesday, January 14th, 2020 It’s hard to imagine anyone carrying a tour with this kind of unrelenting enthusiasm, but John has proven throughout his career he isn’t just anyone. Show compassion and love. He isn’t the type of man to mess with a winning formula.

MORE: Bob Dylan covers 'Ring of Fire' on latest bootleg release: Listen. "I don't care, when I come here, who you vote for or what color you are ... or what religion you are," John said. Again, it comes down to the paradox, the specificity and ambiguity, which allow his listeners to pour whatever feelings they might have into his music—whether it's socialism or, in my case, something far more personal. Her instincts were correct.) Having kicked off his final local tour at the end of November, Sir Elton found his way into Melbourne on Tuesday night, kicking off the first of four dates in the Victorian capital with a show that his fans will never forget. An Elton John album first came into my possession when I was a 14-year-old high-school freshmen, who’d just broken his leg playing football. Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, QLD

With fist-pumping zeal (and a few wardrobe changes), the night played as an extended, over-the-top "thank you" from storyteller to fans and back again.


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