Elton John, NEC Birmingham, England

[batesy1959]

I have just got back from seeing Elton John live at the NEC in Birmingham England.
He hit the stage at 8pm and performed solid through to 10.40pm singing a good mixture of old songs and new tracks from the "Songs from the West Coast " album.
He had the whole audience rocking right from the start with "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" followed closely by "Benny an The Jets" and then had everyone singing along to the likes of "Daniel" "Philadelphia Freedom" and "Rocket Man" to name but a few.
The new tracks were sung fantastically well and it was quite obvious that Elton and the Band were really enjoying themselves.
To round the night off they did "Pinball Wizard", Elton mentioning the sad passing of John Entwhistle and then dedicating "Dont Let The Sun Go Down On Me" to him and then finally finishing off with "Your Song".
A FANTASTIC night out (5th time I have seen him live) and I'm sure he was better than ever. If you get the chance go and see him.
Batesy 1959

 

[T.H. Oughts]

Cooooooooooooooooool

I'm about a year to late though. I will not be in Birmingham until May next year....

 

[batesy1959]

T H Oughts EJ is Touring (but not NZ)

Hi T H Oughts, I know that Elton is off to the States in the Autumn after he has finished in Europe to do some concerts with the band and also with Billy Joel, however I dont think that it is going to be a world tour to take in you good people in NZ.

Its a shame because as I said he is better than ever and you would have really enjoyed the show.

Batesy 1959

 

[JennyOmanHill]

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So good to hear that the "Rocket Man" is sounding as good as ever!

I've been very fortunate to see Sir Elton many times, but also many years ago! He never disappoints and performs with 100 percent effort! Glad he's still around after all these years!

Thanks for the report!