Medusa Tour

Medusa Tour
Tour by Elton John
Start date September 23, 1999
End date April 29, 2000
Legs 5
Shows 73 in total
Elton John tour chronology
An Evening with Elton John
(1999)
Medusa Tour
(1999-2000)
Stately Home Tour
(2000)

The Medusa Tour was a concert tour by Elton John that lasted from 1999[1] to 2000. The tour was a continuation of the previous tour, An Evening with Elton John. The tour started on September 23, 1999 in Jacksonville, Florida and came to an end on December 10, 2000 in Montgomery, Alabama.[2]

After visiting Europe in the summer of 2000, Elton John and the band performed Greatest Hits Live. This was a set of three concerts, two of which were at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The two shows at Madison Square Garden were recorded and released as Elton John One Night Only – The Greatest Hits.[3]

Contents

1999 Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
North America (first leg)
September 23[4] Jacksonville United States Jacksonville Coliseum
September 24 Atlanta Philips Arena
September 25 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
September 28[5] Springfield Springfield Arena
September 29 Rockford Metro Center
October 1[6] Champaign Assembly Hall
October 2 Moline Mark Of The Quad Cities
October 6 Daytona Beach Ocean Center
October 8[7] Savannah Savannah Civic Center
October 9 Augusta, GA Richmond County Civic Center
October 27 Mobile Mobile Civic Center
October 29[8] North Little Rock Alltel Arena
October 30 Oklahoma City The Myriad
November 3 Omaha Omaha Civic Auditorium
November 6 Minneapolis Target Center
November 9 Chicago Arie Crown Theatre
November 10
November 15 Winnipeg Canada Winnipeg Arena
November 17 Calgary Canadian Airlines Saddledome
November 18 Edmonton Skyreach Centre

2000 Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
North America (first leg)
January 7 Honolulu United States Blaisdell Arena
January 8
January 9
February 4 Columbia Carolina Coliseum
February 5 Fayetteville Crown Coliseum
February 9 Valley Center Kansas Coliseum
February 11 Albuquerque Tingley Coliseum
February 12 Las Cruces Pan American Center
February 15 Tucson Tucson Convention Center
February 20 Reno Lawlor Events Center
March 17 Lakeland Lakeland Center
March 18 Albany Civic Center
April 5 Binghamton Veterans Memorial Arena
April 7 Portland County Civic Center
April 8 Amherst Mullins Center
April 14 Evansville Roberts Stadium
April 15 Indianapolis Conseco Fieldhouse
April 18 Syracuse Oncenter War Memorial Arena
April 19 Trenton Sovereign Bank Arena
April 21 Wilkes-Barre First Union Arena
April 22 Hershey Hersheypark Arena
April 25 Beaumont Montagne Center
April 28 Birmingham B.J.C.C
April 29 Atlanta Philips Arena
Europe
May 31 Copenhagen Denmark Rosenborg Castle
June 1 Reykjavik Iceland Laugardalsvöllur
September 9 Athens Greece Odeon of Herodes Atticus
September 10
September 16 Marbella Spain Estadio De Futbol
Greatest Hits Live
October 18 Wilkes-Barre United States First Union Arena
October 20 New York City Madison Square Garden
October 21
Europe
November 3 Estoril Portugal Unknown Venue
November 11 Paris France L'Olympia
November 13 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
November 14
November 16 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis
November 18 Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy Arena
November 19 Hannover Germany Hannover Arena
November 21 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt
November 22 Dortmund Westfalenhallen
November 24 Zurich Switzerland Hallenstadion
November 25 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle
November 27 Firenze Italy Palasport
November 28 Milan The Forum
North America
December 2 Bossier City United States CenturyTel Center
December 3 Tulsa Tulsa Convention Center
December 5 Johnson City Freedom Hall
December 6 Wheeling Wheeling Civic Center
December 8 Macon Macon Coliseum
December 9 Albany Gray Civic Center
December 10 Montgomery Garrett Coliseum

Set lists

References

  1. ^ [1] eltonography.com. Retrieved 1 September 2011
  2. ^ [2] eltonography.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011
  3. ^ [3] imdb.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011
  4. ^ [4] jacksonville.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011
  5. ^ [5] songkick.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011
  6. ^ [6] songkick.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011
  7. ^ [7] savannahnow.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011
  8. ^ [8] littlerock.about.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011

External links

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