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- ↑ "1980".
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- ↑ "Search for setlists: tour:(1980 World Tour) – setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm.
- ↑ Terry Bangley (29 December 2015). "ELTON JOHN "PORTLAND,OR" 1980" . Retrieved 19 June 2017– via YouTube.
- 1 2 "1980". eltonjohn.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ↑ "Elton John Concerts". www.eltonography.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ↑ "Elton John Average Setlists of tour: 1980 World Tour – setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
