The Captain and the Kid Tour
The Captain and the Kid Tour is a concert tour by Elton John which lasted from September 2006[1][2] until Jaunary 2008.[3] The tour was to promote the album of the same name.
The tour started on 15 September 2006, in Sacramento, California. The tour covered sixteen states in the United States and eight provinces in Canada. The tour travelled from the United States to Europe and then to South Africa. The tour came to a close in Johannesburg on 19 January 2008.
2006 tour
After the 2006 European tour, John performed more shows in Las Vegas before going back to Europe to perform two shows in Eastern Europe. He then returned to the United States to embark on The Captain & The Kid Tour to promote his new album of the same name.
John returned to Las Vegas for the last time in 2006 to perform eleven Red Piano shows. After these shows, he went back on the road to promote The Captain & The Kid once more, visiting New York then major cities in Canada. John then returned to Europe to perform two nights in Basel, Switzerland, to perform in the Avo Session Basel in mid-November.[4] John and his band then visited Australia and New Zealand promoting The Captain & The Kid.[5]
Tour dates
Setlists
Standard US Setlist
- Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
- Bennie and the Jets
- Philadelphia Freedom
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Believe
- Tiny Dancer
- I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
- Take Me to the Pilot
- I Want Love
- Someone Saved My Life Tonight
- Postcards from Richard Nixon
- Tinderbox
- Blues Never Fade Away
- The Bridge
- Old '67
- Captain and the Kid
- Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
- Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
- Rocket Man
- Levon
- Crocodile Rock
- The Bitch Is Back
- Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
- Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
- Your Song
Standard European Setlist
- Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
- Bennie and the Jets
- Philadelphia Freedom
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Daniel
- Rocket Man
- I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
- Take Me to the Pilot
- Someone Saved My Life Tonight
- Postcards from Richard Nixon
- Tinderbox
- Blues Never Fade Away
- The Bridge
- The Captain and the Kid
- Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
- Crocodile Rock
- The Bitch Is Back
- Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
- Your Song
Standard Australian Setlist
- Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
- Bennie And The Jets
- Philadelphia Freedom
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Believe
- Tiny Dancer
- I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
- Take Me to the Pilot
- I Want Love
- Someone Saved My Life Tonight
- Postcards from Richard Nixon
- Just Like Noah’s Ark
- The Bridge
- The Captain and the Kid
- The One
- Candle in the Wind
- Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
- Rocket Man
- Daniel
- I'm Still Standing
- Crocodile Rock
- The Bitch Is Back
- Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
- Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
- Your Song
2007 tour
After returning to Las Vegas briefly Elton John and the band travelled to Europe to continue promoting The Captain & The Kid throughout Europe including a solo concert in Madrid. John performed at The Concert for Diana once at the very beginning; he opened the show with a solo performance of "Your Song". John later returned with the rest of his band to close with concert. They played three songs but were originally scheduled to play four, but "Crocodile Rock" was dropped from the setlist because piano complications before John's performance pushed his appearance later into the evening and they could not exceed the sound curfew in place.[6]
Tour dates
Setlists
Standard US Setlist
- Sixty Years On
- Madman Across the Water
- Where to Now St. Peter?
- Hercules
- High Flying Bird
- Holiday Inn
- Burn Down the Mission
- Take Me to the Pilot
- Daniel
- Honky Cat
- Rocket Man
- I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues
- The Bridge
- Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
- Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word
- Bennie and the Jets
- All The Girls Love Alice
- Tiny Dancer
- Something About the Way You Look Tonight
- Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
- I'm Still Standing
- The Bitch is Back
- Crocodile Rock
- Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
- Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
- Your Song
Standard European Setlist
- Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
- The Bitch Is Back
- Hercules
- Madman Across the Water
- Tiny Dancer
- Daniel
- Rocket Man
- Honky Cat
- Sacrifice
- I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
- Burn Down the Mission
- The Bridge
- Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
- Candle in the Wind
- Bennie and the Jets
- Philadelphia Freedom
- Are You Ready for Love
- Something About the Way You Look Tonight
- Sad Songs (Say So Much)
- I'm Still Standing
- Crocodile Rock
- Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
- Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
- Your Song
2008 tour
These South African shows marked the end of The Captain and the Kid tour in which Elton John had been promoting his latest album The Captain & the Kid.[7]
Tour dates
Setlist
Standard Setlist
- Love Lies Bleeding/Funeral for a Friend
- The Bitch Is Back
- Madman Across the Water
- Tiny Dancer
- Levon
- Believe
- Take Me to the Pilot
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Daniel
- Rocket Man
- Honky Cat
- Sacrifice
- Someone Saved My Life Tonight
- I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
- Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
- Candle in the Wind
- Circle of Life
- Bennie and the Jets
- Philadelphia Freedom
- Sad Songs (Say So Much)
- I'm Still Standing
- Crocodile Rock
- Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
- Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
- Your Song
References
- ^ [1] eltonography.com, Retrieved 2 September 2011
- ^ [2] eltonography.com, Retrieved 2 September 2011
- ^ [3] eltonography.com, Retrieved 2 September 2011
- ^ [4] avo.ch, Retrieved 30 August 2011
- ^ [5] brisent.com.au, Retrieved 30 August 2011
- ^ [6] top40.about.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
- ^ [7] eltonjohn-crazywater-news.blogspot.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
External links
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:The_Captain_and_the_Kid_Tour The Captain and the Kid Tour] at Wikimedia Commons
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