In 2002, Elton John and Billy Joel continued on their success Face to Face concert series.[1][2]

Face to Face 2002
National tour by Elton John and Billy Joel
LocationU.S., North America
Start date13 January 2002
End date13 October 2002
Legs2
No. of shows28
Elton John tour chronology
Songs from the West Coast Tour
(2001–02)
Face to Face 2002
(2002)
A Journey Through Time
(2002)
Billy Joel tour chronology
Face to Face 2001
(2001)
Face to Face 2002
(2002)
Face to Face 2003
(2003)

The tour started in the winter of 2002 and continued until the fall of the same year. The concerts scheduled for 11 March through 6 April were cancelled and then postponed until the fall of the same year due to Joel's ill health.[3][4][5]

Joel stated in 2012 that he would no longer tour with Elton because it restrains his setlists.[6][7]

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue Tickets sold / available Revenue
First Leg[8]
13 January 2002 Washington, D.C. United States MCI Center 18,606 / 18,606 $1,922,735
16 January 2002 University Park Bryce Jordan Center[9] 15,030 / 15,030 $1,610,618
18 January 2002 Washington, D.C. MCI Center 37,214 / 37,214 $3,845,470
20 January 2002
22 January 2002 Boston FleetCenter[10] 68,155 / 71,564 $7,236,695
24 January 2002
29 January 2002
31 January 2002
4 February 2002 Hartford Hartford Civic Center 47,475 / 48,666 $3,845,470
6 February 2002
8 February 2002
13 February 2002 Philadelphia First Union Center 112,248 / 112,248 $12,986,840
15 February 2002
17 February 2002
19 February 2002
22 February 2002
24 February 2002
3 March 2002 Sunrise National Car Rental Center 58,226 / 58,226 $5,818,001
5 March 2002
7 March 2002
9 March 2002 Tampa Ice Palace 20,628 / 21,045 $2,329,530
15 March 2002 New York City Madison Square Garden[11] 18,799 / 19,325 $2,168,960
Second Leg
13 September 2002 Tampa United States St. Pete Times Forum 16,011 / 19,012 $1,673,535
17 September 2002 Atlanta Philips Arena 19,409 / 19,409 $2,025,750
20 September 2002 Boston FleetCenter[12] 17,483 / 17,483 $1,835,530
23 September 2002 New York City Madison Square Garden 18,634 / 18,634 $2,141,030
25 September 2002 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum 33,884 / 33,884 $3,582,020
27 September 2002
2 October 2002 East Rutherford Continental Airlines Arena[13] 59,688 / 59,688 $6,192,840
4 October 2002
8 October 2002
11 October 2002 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum 33,884 / 33,884 $3,582,020
13 October 2002

Setlists

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Standard setlist

Elton John & Billy Joel & Bands

  1. Your Song
  2. Just the Way You Are
  3. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

Elton John & Band

  1. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
  2. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
  3. Philadelphia Freedom
  4. I Want Love
  5. Rocket Man
  6. Take Me to the Pilot
  7. Have Mercy on the Criminal
  8. Tiny Dancer
  9. This Train Don't Stop There Anymore
  10. I'm Still Standing
  11. Crocodile Rock

Billy Joel & Band

  1. Prelude/Angry Young Man
  2. Allentown
  3. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
  4. Summer, Highland Falls
  5. Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)
  6. The River of Dreams
  7. New York State of Mind
  8. Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)
  9. All for Leyna
  10. I Go to Extremes
  11. Only The Good Die Young
  12. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

Elton John & Billy Joel & Bands

  1. My Life
  2. The Bitch Is Back
  3. You May Be Right
  4. Bennie and the Jets
  5. A Hard Day's Night
  6. Great Balls of Fire
  7. Candle in the Wind
  8. Piano Man

References

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  1. ^ [1] Archived 24 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine eltonography.com, Retrieved 5 September 2011
  2. ^ [2] prnewswire.com, Retrieved 5 September 2011
  3. ^ [3] Archived 31 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine eltonjohnworld.com, Retrieved 5 September 2011
  4. ^ [4] geocities.ws, Retrieved 5 September 2011
  5. ^ [5] Archived 31 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine eltonjohnworld.com, Retrieved 5 September 2011
  6. ^ "Billy Joel Won't Tour with Elton due to Setlist Constraints". EltonDaily.com. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  7. ^ "Billy Joel mixes lots of music into his Q&A". Gainesville.com. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  8. ^ Face to Face Tour
  9. ^ [6] songkick.com, Retrieved 5 September 2011
  10. ^ [7] setlist.fm, Retrieved 5 September 2011
  11. ^ [8] nytimes.com, Retrieved 5 September 2011
  12. ^ [9] Archived 31 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine eltonjohnworld.com, Retrieved 5 September 2011
  13. ^ [10] nydailynews.com, Retrieved 5 September 2011
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