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Follow the Yellow Brick Road Tour
Elton John concert chronology
Tour by Elton John
Location	North America • Europe
Associated album	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (40th anniversary)
Start date	12 March 2014
End date	31 December 2014
Legs	5
No. of shows	60
The Diving Board Tour (2013–14) Follow the Yellow Brick Road Tour (2014) All the Hits Tour (2015)

Follow the Yellow Brick Road Tour was a concert tour by English musician Elton John taking place in North America and Europe in promotion of the 40th anniversary re-release of 1973's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.^[1]^[2]

Background

The tour to support the 40th anniversary re-release of 1973's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road started on 12 March 2014 in Beaumont, Texas and ended in December 2014 in New York City.^[3]

Set list

"Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"
"Bennie and the Jets"
"Candle in the Wind"
"Grey Seal"
"Levon"
"Tiny Dancer"
"Holiday Inn"
"Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters"
"Believe"
"Philadelphia Freedom"
"Roy Rogers"
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
"Rocket Man"
"Hey Ahab"
"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
"The One"
"Oceans Away"
"Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
"Sad Songs"
"All the Girls Love Alice"
"Home Again"
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
"I'm Still Standing"
"The Bitch Is Back"
"Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n Roll)"
"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
Encore
"Your Song"
"Crocodile Rock"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue
North America^[4]
12 March 2014	Beaumont	United States	Ford Arena	8,218 / 8,218	$764,418
13 March 2014	Dallas		American Airlines Center	14,516 / 14,516	$1,387,432
15 March 2014	Birmingham		BJCC Arena	—	—
16 March 2014	Pensacola		Pensacola Bay Center	8,137 / 8,629	$791,152
19 March 2014	Tupelo		BancorpSouth Arena	—	—
21 March 2014	New Orleans		Smoothie King Center	15,138 / 16,251	$1,217,726
22 March 2014	Bossier City		CenturyLink Center	12,992 / 12,992	$1,105,872
11 June 2014	Charleston		Charleston Civic Center	—	—
12 June 2014	Virginia Beach		Farm Bureau Live	—	—
14 June 2014	Charlotte		PNC Music Pavilion	—	—
15 June 2014^[a]	Manchester		Great Stage Park	—	—
Europe
21 June 2014	Leigh	England	Leigh Sports Village Stadium	16,445 / 16,578	$1,747,084
22 June 2014	St. Gallen	Switzerland	Kybunpark	—	—
24 June 2014	Nottingham	England	Capital FM Arena Nottingham	—	—
28 June 2014	Buckinghamshire		Stoke Park Country Club	—	—
29 June 2014	Colchester		Colchester Community Stadium	16,517 / 16,539	$1,805,166
2 July 2014	Newcastle		Metro Radio Arena	—	—
4 July 2014^[b]	Calella	Spain	Jardín Botánico del Cap Roig	—	—
5 July 2014	Aalborg	Denmark	Skovdalen Atletikstadion	—	—
6 July 2014	Halle	Germany	Gerry Weber Stadion	6,921 / 7,087	$801,155
10 July 2014	Fulda		Fulda Domplatz	6,175 / 7,000	$622,401
11 July 2014	Dresden		Theaterplatz vor der Semperoper	—	—
12 July 2014	Kiel		Sparkassen-Arena	—	—
15 July 2014^[c]	Carcassonne	France	Théâtre Jean-Deschamps	—	—
16 July 2014^[d]	Lyon		Theatre Romain Fourviere	—	—
18 July 2014^[e]	Carhaix		La Prairie de Kerampuilh	—	—
19 July 2014	Mainz	Germany	Nordmole Zollhafen	9,148 / 9,315	$987,924
20 July 2014	Mönchengladbach		Warsteiner HockeyPark	7,189 / 7,980	$801,872
22 July 2014^[f]	Regensburg		Schloss Thurn und Taxis	—	—
23 July 2014^[g]	Lörrach		Marktplatz Lörrach	—	—
24 July 2014^[h]	Nyon	Switzerland	Nyon Festival Grounds	—	—
26 July 2014^[i]	Monte Carlo	Monaco	Salle des Etoiles	—	—
North America^[5]
13 September 2014	Vancouver	Canada	Rogers Arena	—	—
14 September 2014	Vancouver	Canada	Rogers Arena	—	—
17 September 2014	Spokane	United States	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	—	—
19 September 2014	West Valley City		Maverik Center	10,052 / 10,052	$707,188
20 September 2014	Denver		Pepsi Center	14,570 / 14,570	$1,104,800
25 September 2014	Portland		Moda Center	12,098 / 13,782	$1,192,072
27 September 2014	Seattle		KeyArena	—	—
1 October 2014	Sacramento		Sleep Train Arena	—	—
2 October 2014	San Jose		SAP Center	14,519 / 14,896	$1,299,635
4 October 2014	Los Angeles		Staples Center	32,182 / 32,182	$3,363,049
5 October 2014	Los Angeles		Staples Center	32,182 / 32,182	$3,363,049
Europe
1 November 2014	Madrid	Spain	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad	—	—
2 November 2014	Bilbao	Spain	Bizkaia Arena	—	—
5 November 2014	Kraków	Poland	Kraków Arena	—	—
6 November 2014	Minsk	Belarus	Minsk-Arena	—	—
9 November 2014	Saint Petersburg	Russia	Ice Palace Saint Petersburg	—	—
10 November 2014	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Areena	—	—
12 November 2014	Copenhagen	Denmark	Forum Copenhagen	—	—
14 November 2014	Gothenburg	Sweden	Scandinavium	—	—
15 November 2014	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum	—	—
16 November 2014	Stavanger	Norway	Sørmarka Arena	—	—
19 November 2014	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports Paris Bercy	—	—
20 November 2014	Montpellier		Park&Suites Arena	—	—
22 November 2014	Lille		Zénith de Lille	—	—
24 November 2014	Hanover	Germany	TUI Arena	6,808 / 8,028	$629,937
27 November 2014	Munich		Olympiahalle	9,341 / 9,716	$887,076
29 November 2014	Nuremberg		Nuremberg Arena	5,578 / 5,837	$569,028
30 November 2014	Stuttgart		Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle	7,648 / 8,043	$736,806
3 December 2014	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion	8,587 / 10,500	$971,668
4 December 2014	Milan	Italy	Mediolanum Forum	9,064 / 9,064	$785,800
6 December 2014	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi	—	—
9 December 2014	Dublin	Ireland	3Arena	—	—
North America^[6]
31 December 2014	Brooklyn	United States	Barclays Center	16,470 / 16,470	$3,097,229
Total				116,865 / 117,782	$10,841,354

Personnel

Elton John – piano, vocals
Davey Johnstone – guitar, banjo, backing vocals
Matt Bissonette – bass guitar, backing vocals
Kim Bullard – keyboards
John Mahon – percussion, backing vocals
Nigel Olsson – drums, backing vocals
Luka Šulić – cello
Stjepan Hauser – cello
Lisa Stone – backing vocals
Rose Stone – backing vocals
Tata Vega – backing vocals
Jean Witherspoon – backing vocals

Sources:^[7]^[8]

Notes

^ The 15 June 2014 oncert in Manchester, Tennessee, at the Great Stage Park is a part of Bonnaroo Music Festival.
^ The 4 July 2014 concert in Calella, Spain, at the Jardin Botanico del Cap Roig is a part of the Festival Jardins de Cap Roig.
^ The 15 July 2014 concert in Carcassonne, France, at the Théâtre Jean-Deschamps is a part of the Festival de Carcassonne.
^ The 16 July 2014 concert in Lyon, France, at the Theatre Romain Fourviere is a part of the Les Nuits de Fourvière.
^ The 18 July 2014 concert in Carhaix, France, at the La Prairie de Kerampuilh is a part of the Vieilles Charrues Festival.
^ The 22 July 2014 concert in Regensburg, Germany, at the Schloss Thurn und Taxis is a part of the Thurn und Taxis Castle Festival.
^ The 23 July 2014 concert in Lorrach, Germany, at the Marktplatz Lorrach is a part of the Stimmen Festival.
^ The 24 July 2014 concert in Nyon, Switzerland, at the Nyon Festival Grounds is a part of the Paléo Festival.
^ The 26 July 2014 concert in Monte Carlo, Monaco, at the Salle des Etoiles is a part of the Monte-Carlo Sporting Summer Festival.

External links

Elton John's official website

References

^ "GYBR Song-by-Song: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". Elton John. 22 March 2014. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
^ "GYBR Song-by-Song: This Song Has No Title and Grey Seal". Elton John. 8 March 2014. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
^ "Elton and the Band for Dublin, Ireland". Elton John. 14 February 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
^
Box score:
- "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 4 June 2014. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
^
- "Billboard Boxscore : Current Scores". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 24 September 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 8 October 2014. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
^ "Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 21 January 2014. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
^ "ELTON FOR AUSTRALIA IN NOVEMBER". Elton John. 20 July 2012. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
^ "NEW BASS PLAYER FOR ELTON'S BAND". Elton John. 3 September 2012. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2013.

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Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Greatest Hits Volume II The Thom Bell Sessions Lady Samantha Greatest Hits Vol. 3 The Complete Thom Bell Sessions To Be Continued The Very Best of Elton John Rare Masters Greatest Hits 1976–1986 Chartbusters Go Pop Classic Elton John Love Songs Prologue Greatest Hits 1970–2002 Elton John's Christmas Party Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits Diamonds Elton: Jewel Box
Extended plays	"I've Been Loving You" The Thom Bell Sessions Remixed
Other albums	Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin The Union Good Morning to the Night Revamp & Restoration
Video albums	The Afternoon Concert The Night Time Concert Night and Day Concert Live in Australia The Very Best of Elton John Live in Barcelona Love Songs Elton John One Night Only – The Greatest Hits Dream Ticket Elton 60 – Live at Madison Square Garden The Red Piano
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