Elton John - 1984-06-30 - London, UK (FM)

Elton John

1984-06-30

Wembley Stadium

London, UK

FM broadcast

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Tiny Dancer

02. Hercules

03. Rocket Man

04. Daniel

05. Restless

06. Candle In The Wind

07. The Bitch Is Back

08. Don't Let The Sun Go Down

09. Sad Songs (Say So Much)

10. Bennie and The Jets

11. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

12. Philadelphia Freedom

13. Blue Eyes

14. I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues

15. Kiss The Bride

16. One More Arrow

17. Band Intros

18. Too Low For Zero

19. I'm Still Standing

20. Your Song

21. Saturday Nights Alright For Fighting

22. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

23. Crocodile Rock

24. Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On

25. I Saw Her Standing There

26. Twist And Shout

Elton John - 1984-06-30 - London, UK (FM)

In early spring 1976, tickets went on sale for Elton John at Madison Square Garden, a then unheard of 7 show stand at the World's Greatest Arena which would conclude his world wide Louder Than The Concorde (But Not Quite As Pretty) Tour. Elton, while not yet a Sir, was easily the biggest rock star in the world at the time. So, it came as no surprise that my buddies and I decided our first concert experience had to be Elton at the Garden. Shut out from getting tickets through Ticketron, we opted for the local scalper, who sold us floor seats for $25. My dad gave me hell for paying three times the face value ($8.50!) to go see "some long haired rock and roller" (pretty ironic given the state of Elton's hair line). Parental disapproval aside, we made the trek from NJ to The Garden on August 15, 1976. That concert eventually inspired my self published book, Ten Rules Of The Road That I Learned At My First Concert. Since that 1976 show, I've seen Elton live 5 more times, all at MSG: 

• in October 1992 - The One tour
• in October 1999 - a solo performance
• n September 2005 - the 30th anniversary of Captain Fantastic
• in March 2007 - his 60th birthday concert
• in November 2018 - the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour

This FM broadcast captures Elton in the 1980s, a decade where I didn't see him live, headlining at Wembly Stadium on June 30, 1984, 39 years ago today,