Elton John - 1986-11-17 - Melbourne, Australia (FM)

Elton John
1986-11-17 
Melbourne Sports Entertainment Center
Melbourne, Australia
FM Broadcast
320 kbps
Artwork Included

CD 1:
01. Funeral For A Friend
02. One Horse Town
03. Philadelphia Freedom
04. Levon
05. Rocket Man
06. The Bitch is Back
07. Daniel
08. Song For You > Blue Eyes > I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues
09. Bennie & The Jets
10. Introduction of the band
11. Heartache All Over The World
12. Nikita

CD 2:
01. Sad Songs
02. This Town
03. I'm Still Standing
04. Sixty Years On
05. I Need You to Turn to
06. The Greatest Discovery
07. Tonight
08. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
09. The King Must Die
10. Cold As Christmas
11. Take Me to the Pilot
12. Carla Etude
13. Tiny Dancer
14. Have Mercy On The Criminal
15. Slow Rivers 

CD 3:
01. Madman Across The Water
02. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
03. Candle In The Wind
04. Burn Down The Mission
05. Your Song
06. Saturday Nights Alright For Fighting

Elton John - 1986-11-17 - Melbourne, Australia (FM)

1986: From November 5 to December 14, 1986, Elton John performed 28 shows in 5 different Australian cities - Brisbane, Melborne, Adelaide, Perth, and Sydney. The Tour de Force, which was the culmination of 5 months of planning, saw Elton playing 2 sets each night - the first featuring by his regular 14 piece band and the 2nd including the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Each concert lasted er4 3 hours and featured over 30 songs. The last night of the tour, in Sydney, was taped for the album Live in Australia, which was released in June 1987. Elton suffered from coughing fits throughout the tour, which doctors finally diagnosed as being caused by nodules on his vocal chords. Elton would have surgery to correct the issue in early 1987, and while he was til able to sing,  though in a much lower register. This soundboard recording captures Elton during his Australian venture, on Noevmber 17, 1986, 31 years ago today, in Melbourne,