Tour by Elton John | |
Associated album | Reg Strikes Back |
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Start date | 9 September 1988 |
End date | 10 June 1989 |
Legs | 3 |
Number of shows | 87 in Total |
Elton John concert chronology |
Elton John started the Reg Strikes Back tour in promotion of the album with the same name.[1] It was his self-proclaimed comeback album, and his way of fighting back against bad press. It started on 9 September 1988[2] and ended on 10 June 1989.[3]
Instrumentation
Elton does not play a grand piano on this tour, replacing it with a Roland RD-1000 digital piano, a mainstay of the Elton sound. Where Elton uses a Yamaha DCFIIISPRO concert grand piano with MIDI output on stage and has done since his switch to Yamaha pianos in 1993, the rack form of the RD-1000, the MKS20, has been in his rack ever since, and its bright, expressive pianos and warm electric pianos are part of Elton's live sound to this day.
Tour dates
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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North America | |||
9 September 1988 | Miami | United States | Miami Arena[4] |
10 September 1988[5] | |||
11 September 1988 | Tampa | USF Sun Dome | |
13 September 1988 | Columbia | Merriweather Post Pavilion | |
14 September 1988 | Cuyahoga Falls | Blossom Music Center | |
16 September 1988 | Hoffman Estates | Poplar Creek Music Theater | |
17 September 1988 | |||
18 September 1988 | Milwaukee | Marcus Amphitheater | |
20 September 1988 | Greenwood Village | Fiddlers Green Amphitheater | |
23 September 1988 | Los Angeles | Hollywood Bowl[6] | |
24 September 1988 | |||
25 September 1988 | |||
27 September 1988 | Costa Mesa | Pacific Amphitheatre | |
30 September 1988 | Dallas | Starplex Amphitheater | |
1 October 1988 | Houston | The Summit | |
4 October 1988 | Philadelphia | The Spectrum | |
5 October 1988 | |||
7 October 1988 | Hartford | Hartford Civic Center | |
8 October 1988 | Worcester | The Centrum | |
9 October 1988 | |||
10 October 1988 | |||
12 October 1988 | Auburn Hills | The Palace of Auburn Hills | |
13 October 1988 | |||
14 October 1988 | |||
15 October 1988 | |||
17 October 1988 | New York City | Madison Square Garden | |
18 October 1988[7] | |||
20 October 1988 | |||
21 October 1988 | |||
22 October 1988 | |||
Asia with Eric Clapton | |||
31 October 1988 | Nagoya | Japan | Rainbow Hall |
2 November 1988 | Tokyo | Tokyo Dome | |
4 November 1988 | Nippon Budokan | ||
5 November 1988 | Osaka | Osaka Stadium | |
Europe[8] | |||
20 March 1989 | Lyon | France | Halle Tony Garnier |
23 March 1989 | Paris | Bercy | |
24 March 1989 | |||
25 March 1989 | |||
26 March 1989[9] | |||
27 March 1989 | |||
29 March 1989 | Brussels | Belgium | Forest National |
30 March 1989 | |||
1 April 1989 | Düsseldorf | Germany | Philipshalle |
2 April 1989 | Kiel | Ostseehalle | |
4 April 1989 | Berlin | Deutschlandhalle | |
6 April 1989 | Hamburg | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle | |
7 April 1989 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Brøndby Hall |
9 April 1989 | Stockholm | Sweden | Globe Arena |
10 April 1989 | Oslo | Norway | Drammenshallen |
12 April 1989 | Essen | Germany | Grugahalle |
13 April 1989 | Cologne | Koln Sporthalle | |
14 April 1989 | Frankfurt | Festhalle Frankfurt | |
15 April 1989 | |||
17 April 1989 | Saarbrücken | Saarlandhalle | |
19 April 1989 | Lausanne | Switzerland | Patinoire De Malley |
21 April 1989 | Marbella | Spain | Estadio Municipal |
23 April 1989 | Madrid | Palacio de Deportes | |
25 April 1989 | Barcelona | Palau dels Esports de Barcelona | |
26 April 1989 | Verona | Italy | Verona Arena |
27 April 1989 | Milan | Palatrussardi | |
28 April 1989 | Rome | The Palaeur | |
1 May 1989 | Vienna | Austria | Wiener Stadthalle |
2 May 1989 | |||
3 May 1989 | Zurich | Switzerland | Hallenstadion |
5 May 1989 | |||
6 May 1989 | |||
8 May 1989 | Stuttgart | Germany | Schleyerhalle |
17 May 1989 | Birmingham | England | National Exhibition Centre |
18 May 1989 | |||
19 May 1989 | |||
21 May 1989 | London | Wembley Arena | |
22 May 1989 | |||
23 May 1989 | |||
24 May 1989 | |||
25 May 1989 | |||
27 May 1989 | |||
28 May 1989 | |||
29 May 1989 | |||
30 May 1989 | |||
1 June 1989 | Edinburgh | Scotland | Edinburgh Playhouse |
2 June 1989 | |||
5 June 1989 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | King's Hall |
6 June 1989 | |||
8 June 1989 | Dublin | Ireland | RDS Stadium |
9 June 1989 | |||
10 June 1989 |
Setlist
- Sixty Years On
- I Need You to Turn To
- The King Must Die
- Burn Down the Mission
- Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word
- Have Mercy on the Criminal
- Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
- Tiny Dancer
- The Ballad of Danny Bailey
- I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
- Philadelphia Freedom
- The Bitch Is Back
- Sad Songs (Say So Much)
- Kiss The Bride
- A Word in Spanish
- Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
- Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Part Two)
- Nikita
- Daniel
- Rocket Man
- I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That
- Candle in the Wind
- Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
- Your Song
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
- I'm Still Standing
- Song for Guy
References
- ^ [1] eltonography.com, Retrieved 29 August 2011
- ^ [2] eltonography.com, Retrieved 29 August 2011
- ^ [3] eltonography.com, Retrieved 4 September 2011
- ^ [4] articles.sun-sentinel.com, Retrieved 29 August 2011
- ^ [5] articles.sun-sentinel.com, Retrieved 29 August 2011
- ^ [6] seeing-stars.com, Retrieved 29 August 2011
- ^ [7] guitars101.com, Retrieved 29 August 2011
- ^ [8] en.allexperts.com, Retrieved 29 August 2011
- ^ [9] songkick.com, Retrieved 29 August 2011
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