In early February 2010, Elton John and Billy Joel set out on another leg of their concert series Face to Face.[1] Most of these shows had been rescheduled from the year before when John had contracted E. coli, forcing the pair to cancel the concerts planned for the fall of 2009. Joel had also fallen unwell at the time of the gigs the previous year.[citation needed]
National tour by Elton John and Billy Joel | |||||||||||||
Location | U.S., North America | ||||||||||||
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Start date | 3 February 2010 | ||||||||||||
End date | 11 March 2010 | ||||||||||||
Legs | 1 | ||||||||||||
No. of shows | 12 | ||||||||||||
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Despite several outlets reporting four summer concerts in Chicago, Pittsburgh and Boston, Joel denied rumours in the trade press announcing that he cancelled a summer 2010 leg of the tour, claiming that those concerts were never booked in the first place and that he intended to take the year off from performing and music.[2] Joel told Rolling Stone magazine: "We'll probably pick it up again. It's always fun playing with him."
Joel stated in 2012 that he would no longer tour with Elton because it restrained his setlists.[3][4]
Tour dates
editDate | City | Country | Venue | Tickets Sold/Available | Box Office | |
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North America | ||||||
3 February 2010 | Seattle | United States | KeyArena | 27,605 / 27,605 (100%) | $3,779,949 | |
6 February 2010 | ||||||
10 February 2010 | Portland | Rose Garden | 15,440 / 15,440 (100%) | $1,879,099 | ||
13 February 2010 | Oakland | Oracle Arena | 16,902 / 16,902 (100%) | $2,045,887 | ||
16 February 2010 | San Jose | HP Pavilion at San Jose | 15,909 / 15,909 (100%) | $1,861,681 | ||
19 February 2010 | Salt Lake City | EnergySolutions Arena | 16,057 / 16,057 (100%) | $1,729,539 | ||
22 February 2010 | Denver | Pepsi Center | 15,470 / 15,470 (100%) | $1,790,533 | ||
25 February 2010 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma City Arena | 12,668 / 12,668 (100%) | $1,378,170 | ||
27 February 2010 | Kansas City | Sprint Center | 17,682 / 17,682 (100%) | $2,112,261 | ||
3 March 2010 | Wichita | Intrust Bank Arena | 14,029 / 14,029 (100%) | $1,706,428 | ||
9 March 2010 | Buffalo | HSBC Arena | 17,691 / 17,691 (100%) | $1,824,428 | ||
11 March 2010 | Albany | Times Union Center | 13,874 / 13,874 (100%) | $1,623,929 |
- Cancellations and rescheduled shows
7 July 2010 | Chicago | Wrigley Field | Cancelled[5] |
14 July 2010 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | PNC Park | Cancelled[6] |
21 July 2010 | Boston, Massachusetts | Fenway Park | Cancelled[6] |
24 July 2010 | Boston, Massachusetts | Fenway Park | Cancelled[6] |
Setlist
editElton John & Billy Joel & Bands
- Your Song
- Just the Way You Are
- Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
- My Life
Elton John & Band
- Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
- Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
- Levon
- Madman Across the Water
- Tiny Dancer
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Daniel
- Rocket Man
- Philadelphia Freedom
- I'm Still Standing
- Crocodile Rock
Billy Joel & Band
- Prelude/Angry Young Man
- Movin' Out
- Allentown
- Zanzibar
- Don't Ask Me Why
- She's Always a Woman
- Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
- River of Dreams
- We Didn't Start the Fire
- It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
- Only the Good Die Young
Elton John & Billy Joel & Bands
- I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
- Uptown Girl
- The Bitch is Back
- You May Be Right
- Bennie and the Jets
- Candle in the Wind
- Piano Man
References
edit- ^ Bodoh, David. "Elton John Concerts and Tours". Eltonography.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
- ^ DeRogatis, Jim. "Billy Joel: "There was never a tour booked this summer!"". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 2010-04-13. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
- ^ JoyceKane (2012-03-03). "Billy Joel Won't Tour with Elton due to Setlist Constraints". EltonDaily.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
- ^ Crabbe, Nathan (2012-03-01). "Billy Joel mixes lots of music into his Q&A". Gainesville Sun. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
- ^ "Summer concert with Billy Joel at Wrigley is cancelled". eltonfan.net. 2010-02-20. Archived from the original on 2022-05-28. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
- ^ a b c "Billy dismisses rumors he yanked tour with Elton". eltonfan.net. 2010-02-27. Archived from the original on 2022-05-28. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
External links
editQuotations related to Face to Face 2010 at Wikiquote