Elton John - 2000-04-18 - Syrause NY (Ex Aud)

Elton John
2000-04-18
Syracuse War Memorial
Syracuse, NY
Excellent Audience Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

CD 1:
01. Your Song
02. Skyline Pigeon
03. The Greatest dDiscovery
04. Border Song
05. Daniel
06. Harmony
07. Honky Cat
08. Rocket Man
09. Tiny Dancer
10. Someday Out Of The Blue
11. Philadelphia Freedom

CD 2:
01. Blessed
02. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
03. I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
04. Ticking
05. Carla Etude > Tonight
06. Burn Down The Mission
07. The One
08. Blue Eyes
09. Empty Garden

CD 3:
01. Take Me To The Pilot
02. Crocodile Rock
03. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
04. Can You Feel The Love Tonight
05. Bennie And The Jets
06. Candle In The Wind

Elton John  - 2000-04-18 - Syracuse NY (Ex Aud)

Elton John was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 1994, along with the Grateful Dead, The Band, The Animals, Bob Marley and John Lennon, just to list a few members of that class. Elton was inducted by an Axl Rose of Guns & Roses, as unlikely a choice as you could imagine! During his acceptance speech, Elton acknowledged his longtime song writing partner, Bernie Taupin, who he brought him on stage to share the award.  Bernie was eventually inducted in the Musical Excellence category in 2023.

In any event, this excellent audience recording skips ahead 6 years after that ceremomy, to capture Elton in Syracuse on April 18, 2000, 26 years ago today.  Over a year prior, in February 1999, Elton launched a solo acoustic tour which would stretch into 2000 and feature shows in North America and Europe. My wife and I were fortunate to catch Elton near the end of the 1999 leg of that tour, on October 15, 1999 at Madison Square Garden. Elton played over 2 dozen songs in a show that lasted over 3 hours, with no breaks, making the 20,000 seat arena feel like an intimate piano bar. Truly one of the most memorable shows of the almost 175 concerts I have been fortunate enough to attend.