Elton John - 2002-12-01 - London, UK (TV SBD)

Elton John

with the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra

2002-12-01

Royal Opera House

London, UK

TV Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Skyline Pigeon

02. Border Song

03. Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters

04. Tiny Dancer

05. Original Sin

06. Holiday Inn

07. Someone Saved My Life Tonight

08. Circle Of Life

09. Sixty Years On

10. I Need You To Turn To

11. The Greatest Discovery

12. Carla Etude > Tonight

13. Take Me To The Pilot

14. This Train Don't Stop There Anymore

15. Have Mercy On The Criminal

16. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

17. Believe

18. Philadelphia Freedom

19. Burn Down The Mission

20. Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me

21. Your Song

22. Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)

Elton John - 2002-12-01 - London, UK (TV SBD)

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: 

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

This TV soundboard recording captures Elton in London, on December 1, 2002, 23 years ago today, backed by the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra.