Breaking Hearts Tour

Breaking Hearts Tour
Tour by Elton John
Start date 21 August 1984 (1984-08-21)
End date 18 November 1984 (1984-11-18)
Legs 1
Shows 39
Elton John tour chronology
European Express Tour
(1984)
Breaking Hearts Tour
(1984)
Ice on Fire Tour
(1985-1986)

Breaking Hearts Tour is the North American leg of the Breaking Hearts Tour. The European leg was dubbed "European Express". The tour started on 21 August 1984, at The Forum in Los Angeles, California. It included four sold-out concerts in New York City performed at Madison Square Garden.[1]

Contents

The Tour

The tour started on 17 August 1984, and continued until 18 November 1984. The tour covered twenty-one states and three provinces in Canada.[2]

One night in Madison Square Garden, Elton failed to stand up and was administered oxygen for half a minute; he went on with the show. "Bennie And The Jets", as usual, had snippets of "In The Mood", "Baby You're A Rich Man", "Chattanooga Choo Choo" and "Charlie Brown Theme Song"; "Rocket Man", for its part, had "Close Encounters Theme" as a snippet by Davey Johnstone.[3]

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
21 August Los Angeles United States The Forum
22 August
23 August
24 August Las Vegas Thomas & Mack Center
28 August Daly City Cow Palace
30 August Oakland Oakland Coliseum
31 August Tacoma Tacoma Dome
1 September Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum
2 September Houston United States The Summit
7 September Denver McNichols Sports Arena
9 September East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theatre
11 September Chicago Rosemont Horizon
12 September Detroit Joe Louis Arena
13 September Toronto Canada Maple Leaf Gardens
18 September St. Paul United States St. Paul Civic Center
20 September Kansas City Kemper Arena
28 September Houston The Summit
3 October Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
6 October Atlanta Omni Coliseum
7 October Murfreesboro Murphy Center
9 October Knoxville Stokely Athletic Center
13 October Hollywood Hollywood Sportatorium
17 October Landover Capital Centre
18 October Pittsburgh Civic Arena
23 October New York City Madison Square Garden
24 October
25 October
26 October
28 October Philadelphia The Spectrum
30 October Montreal Canada Montreal Forum
3 November Worcester United States The Centrum
4 November
5 November
7 November Raleigh Reynolds Coliseum
8 November Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
12 November New York City Madison Square Garden
17 November Tampa USF Sun Dome
18 November

Setlist

  1. "Tiny Dancer"
  2. "Levon"
  3. "Lil 'Frigerator"
  4. "Rocket Man"
  5. "Daniel"
  6. "Restless"
  7. "Candle in the Wind"
  8. "The Bitch Is Back"
  9. "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me"
  10. "Who Wears These Shoes"
  11. "Sad Songs (Say So Much)"
  12. "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word"
  13. "Bennie and the Jets"
  14. "Philadelphia Freedom"
  15. "Blue Eyes"
  16. "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
  17. "Kiss the Bride"
  18. "I'm Still Standing"
  19. "Your Song"
  20. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
  21. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
  22. "Crocodile Rock"

References

  1. ^ [1] eltonography.com, Retrieved 29 August 2011
  2. ^ [2] eltonography.com, Retrieved 29 August 2011
  3. ^ [3] eltonjohnallsongslist.blogspot.com, Retrieved 29 August 2011

External links

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