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Start date | 4 March 1998 | ||||||||||||
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End date | 30 June 1998 | ||||||||||||
Legs | 3 | ||||||||||||
No. of shows | 28 in total | ||||||||||||
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Riding on the success of their previous two tours, Elton John and Billy Joel once again hit the stadiums in 1998. The production had previously only toured the United States and Canada, but this time they visited Australia, [1] New Zealand, Japan, [2] and Europe, [3] avoiding any North American cities. [4]
On 6 June, Joel pulled out of a concert at Wembley Stadium in London, England due to illness. John performed the show without him, playing several of Joel's songs. [5] The same happened in Zurich, Switzerland at Letzigrund Stadium on 30 June; this was the last night of the 1998 tour. [6]
Joel stated in 2012 that he would no longer tour with John because it restricts his setlists. [7] [8]
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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Oceania | |||
4 March 1998 | Perth | Australia | Subiaco Oval |
7 March 1998 | Auckland | New Zealand | Ericsson Stadium |
8 March 1998 | |||
10 March 1998 | Brisbane | Australia | ANZ Stadium |
12 March 1998 | Sydney | Sydney Cricket Ground | |
14 March 1998 | |||
15 March 1998 | |||
18 March 1998 | Adelaide | Adelaide Oval | |
20 March 1998 | Melbourne | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
21 March 1998 | |||
Asia | |||
26 March 1998 | Fukuoka | Japan | Fukuoka Dome |
28 March 1998 | Osaka | Osaka Dome | |
30 March 1998 | Tokyo | Tokyo Dome | |
31 March 1998 | |||
3 April 1998 [9] | Nagoya | Nagoya Dome | |
Europe | |||
29 May 1998 [10] | Dublin | Ireland | Croke Park |
30 May 1998 | |||
2 June 1998 | Glasgow | Scotland | Ibrox Stadium |
6 June 1998 [11] | London | England | Wembley Stadium |
7 June 1998 | |||
10 June 1998 | Düsseldorf | Germany | Rheinstadion |
12 June 1998 | Berlin | Olympiastadion | |
14 June 1998 | Munich | Olympiastadion | |
16 June 1998 | Vienna | Austria | Ernst-Happel-Stadion |
22 June 1998 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Parken Stadium |
25 June 1998 | Helsinki | Finland | Helsinki Olympic Stadium |
27 June 1998 | Gothenburg | Sweden | Ullevi |
30 June 1998 | Zurich | Switzerland | Letzigrund |
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