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Yeah, I saw him in 2002 with Billy Joel and they were both great. Lots of camaraderie and goofing around.Quote
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ycagwywpmdThis couldn't be more different from September 99 when I saw him on a 'solo concert tour'. On stage for the entire evening was a piano, piano stool and Elton John. Nothing, or nobody else. All evening was 'play play play, sing sing sing' with barely a mumbled 'good evening' or 'goodbye'. Then it was probably pick up pay cheque, helicopter home and in bed with cup of cocoa before we had walked back to the car park.Quote
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i enjoyed his vegas show. i went same weekend as the stones in 2012. his voice is kind of shot but he has a great band. best part of vegas show was him telling stories between songs. elton was my first concert in 197cough cough. not somebody i listen to a lot now but still like some of his stuff. yellow brick, tumbleweed, madman etc. i'm going to pass on this tour, too much money. i'd rather keep the vegas show i saw as the last impression of him.
His lack of congeniality was palpable, the lack of atmosphere helped to make it the most disappointing concert I have ever been to. I try to be benevolent, he had just had heart surgery, and had his financial problems of course.
Poor chap.........
But don't think I'll be trying for a final show ticket.....
wow what a strange experience you had. I saw him around 2002 and he had a full band and was telling lots of stories. some so long that a fan yelled "just get to the songs" and Elton replied "sorry I've been known to ramble a bit"
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keefriff99Motley Crue is the one band I can see not breaking their word. The hatred between certain members is palpable.Quote
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too bad he's scamming like this now- just a trick to sell tickets and create urgency - I thought he was better than this - worse than motley crue
Mötley Crüe?! (how dare you forget the umlauts!). There was urgency though, they haven't toured since and nothing suggests that they ever will. Kiss, Scorpions and Ozzy, however, are very much guilty of pulling the retirement tour crap.
they will never tour again. the crue might play 1 show for some special occasion but we will never see a big long tour from them again
Yeah I was really surprised to see Nikki and Tommy together...Tommy said that Nikki unfollowed him on Twitter the day after their tour ended, and that he was really hurt by that.Quote
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too bad he's scamming like this now- just a trick to sell tickets and create urgency - I thought he was better than this - worse than motley crue
Mötley Crüe?! (how dare you forget the umlauts!). There was urgency though, they haven't toured since and nothing suggests that they ever will. Kiss, Scorpions and Ozzy, however, are very much guilty of pulling the retirement tour crap.
they will never tour again. the crue might play 1 show for some special occasion but we will never see a big long tour from them again
yup but nikki and tommy are working on music for something. maybe a few new songs for the crue movie coming out soon. would be nice to have them round album all of the import only tracks, b sides, the 2 digital singles and a few new tunes and release it as a single cd. "American zero" is one of the bands best post 1995 songs
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too bad he's scamming like this now- just a trick to sell tickets and create urgency - I thought he was better than this - worse than motley crue
Mötley Crüe?! (how dare you forget the umlauts!). There was urgency though, they haven't toured since and nothing suggests that they ever will. Kiss, Scorpions and Ozzy, however, are very much guilty of pulling the retirement tour crap.
Add Status Quo and The Who to that group..
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DGA35
New batch of cities just announced. Big Western Canada tour with 2 shows in each city. Amex presales start tomorrow so I'll try to get Vancouver tickets.
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New batch of cities just announced. Big Western Canada tour with 2 shows in each city. Amex presales start tomorrow so I'll try to get Vancouver tickets.
Tacoma Washington, a year from now. Both shows middle of week, a traffic nightmare.
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I heard Tacomadome sucks for acoustics? Was there ever any sports team that played out of there? A buddy of mine drove down from BC to see Scorpions, I believe, about a year ago. For a concert it could probably hold 20k?
Nice to see Key Arena is getting another renovation and hopefully an NHL team in a couple years. Will make a good rivalry with the Canucks. Hopefully Seattle will get another NBA team either by another team moving or expansion.
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I heard Tacomadome sucks for acoustics? Was there ever any sports team that played out of there? A buddy of mine drove down from BC to see Scorpions, I believe, about a year ago. For a concert it could probably hold 20k?
Nice to see Key Arena is getting another renovation and hopefully an NHL team in a couple years. Will make a good rivalry with the Canucks. Hopefully Seattle will get another NBA team either by another team moving or
expansion.
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I saw Elton at the Boston Garden last night (Nov. 6), and he was truly outstanding. Musically, visually - just everything - top notch. One of the best shows I've seen in a long time - maybe ever. At times he can 'paint by numbers' but make no mistake - his band can rock, hard. 2nd set may have lagged a bit behind the first half - but man, the 1st half was amazing. Rocket Man went on for what seemed like 10 minutes, with a great riff going between Elton and stellar guitarist Davey Johnstone. Likewise - Levon was the one other song where they 'went off script' for an extended jam which was simply epic.
Great visuals throughout. And they were LOUD (someone else mentioned that somewhere). Tough (and expensive!) ticket - this was the 2nd Boston show in two months, and they were both sold out clean. If you get the chance to see him - GO! Really impressive. 5 stars.
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Come to think of it - Sir Hercules is the only one in the British pop aristocracy that actually plays an instrument.
Sir Roderick, Sir Ivan, Sir James, Sir Michael or Sir Harry don't.
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Come to think of it - Sir Hercules is the only one in the British pop aristocracy that actually plays an instrument.
Sir Roderick, Sir Ivan, Sir James, Sir Michael or Sir Harry don't.
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Come to think of it - Sir Hercules is the only one in the British pop aristocracy that actually plays an instrument.
Sir Roderick, Sir Ivan, Sir James, Sir Michael or Sir Harry don't.
Sir Paul?
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Rocket Man went on for what seemed like 10 minutes, with a great riff going between Elton and stellar guitarist Davey Johnstone. Likewise - Levon was the one other song where they 'went off script' for an extended jam which was simply epic.
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Elton just announced a third show in Vancouver a couple days after his original two which I'm sure will sell out fast. I believe he will only be the second artist to ever do 3 shows at Rogers Arena since Garth Brooks did 3 back in the late 90s.