Face to Face 1998
Tour by Elton John and Billy Joel | |||||||||||||
Start date | 4 March 1998 | ||||||||||||
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End date | 30 June 1998 | ||||||||||||
Legs | 3 | ||||||||||||
No. of shows | 28 in total | ||||||||||||
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Riding on the success of their previous two tours, Elton John and Billy Joel once again hit the stadiums in 1998. The production had previously only toured the United States and Canada, but this time they visited Australia,[1] New Zealand, Japan,[2] and Europe,[3] avoiding any North American cities.[4]
On 6 June, Joel pulled out of a concert at Wembley Stadium in London, England due to illness. John performed the show without him, playing several of Joel's songs.[5] The same happened in Zurich, Switzerland at Letzigrund Stadium on 30 June; this was the last night of the 1998 tour.[6]
Joel stated in 2012 that he would no longer tour with John because it restricts his setlists.[7][8]
Tour dates[]
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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Oceania | |||
4 March 1998 | Perth | Australia | Subiaco Oval |
7 March 1998 | Auckland | New Zealand | Ericsson Stadium |
8 March 1998 | |||
10 March 1998 | Brisbane | Australia | ANZ Stadium |
12 March 1998 | Sydney | Sydney Cricket Ground | |
14 March 1998 | |||
15 March 1998 | |||
18 March 1998 | Adelaide | Adelaide Oval | |
20 March 1998 | Melbourne | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
21 March 1998 | |||
Asia | |||
26 March 1998 | Fukuoka | Japan | Fukuoka Dome |
28 March 1998 | Osaka | Osaka Dome | |
30 March 1998 | Tokyo | Tokyo Dome | |
31 March 1998 | |||
3 April 1998[9] | Nagoya | Nagoya Dome | |
Europe | |||
29 May 1998[10] | Dublin | Ireland | Croke Park |
30 May 1998 | |||
2 June 1998 | Glasgow | Scotland | Ibrox Stadium |
6 June 1998[11] | London | England | Wembley Stadium |
7 June 1998 | |||
10 June 1998 | Düsseldorf | Germany | Rheinstadion |
12 June 1998 | Berlin | Berlin Olympic Stadium | |
14 June 1998 | Munich | Munich Olympic Stadium | |
16 June 1998 | Vienna | Austria | Ernst-Happel-Stadion |
22 June 1998 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Parken Stadium |
25 June 1998 | Helsinki | Finland | Helsinki Olympic Stadium |
27 June 1998 | Gothenburg | Sweden | Ullevi Stadium |
30 June 1998 | Zurich | Switzerland | Letzigrund Stadium |
Setlists[]
show
Standard Oceania setlist
show
Standard Asian setlist
show
Standard European setlist
show
6 June 1998 - London (Without Billy Joel)
show
10 June 1998 - Dusseldorf (Without Billy Joel)
show
30 June 1998 - Zurich (Without Billy Joel)
References[]
- ^ [1] Archived 24 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine eltonography.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
- ^ [2] Archived 24 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine eltonography.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
- ^ [3] Archived 24 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine eltonography.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) eltonography.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
- ^ [4] Archived 24 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine eltonography.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
- ^ [5] Archived 24 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine eltonography.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
- ^ "Billy Joel Won't Tour with Elton due to Setlist Constraints". EltonDaily.com. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ "Billy Joel mixes lots of music into his Q&A". Gainesville.com. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ [6] setlist.fm, Retrieved 30 August 2011
- ^ [7] Archived 10 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine davidrosenthal.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
- ^ [8] Songkick.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
External links[]
Quotations related to Face to Face 1998 at Wikiquote
Categories:
- 1998 concert tours
- Billy Joel concert tours
- Co-headlining concert tours
- Elton John concert tours