Live from the Rainbow Theatre

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Live from the Rainbow Theatre
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Live album by
Elton John
Released12 April 2025
Recorded7 May 1977
Venue Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park, London
Label Universal
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Live from the Rainbow Theatre is a live album by English musician Elton John released on 12 April 2025 as a limited-edition LP for Record Store Day, followed by a wider release on 25 July 2025. [1] It was recorded during a series of performances at the Rainbow Theatre in 1977, accompanied by percussionist Ray Cooper. The live recordings were originally broadcast by BBC Radio 1 and had long circulated on bootleg albums. Concert footage was also televised, but the official release marked the first authorized issue of the recordings.

Contents

The album includes 12 of the 25 songs from John's 7 May concert at the Rainbow Theatre in London. [2]

Track listing

All songs written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin except where noted.

Side A

  1. "The Greatest Discovery"
  2. "Border Song"
  3. "Cage the Songbird" (John–Taupin/Davey Johnstone)
  4. "Where to Now St. Peter?"
  5. "Ticking"
  6. "Better Off Dead"

Side B

  1. "Sweet Painted Lady"
  2. "Tonight"
  3. "Idol"
  4. "I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)"
  5. "Roy Rogers"
  6. "Dan Dare (Pilot of the Future)"
  7. "Goodbye" (previously unreleased extended version, available on CD edition and streaming)

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Live from the Rainbow Theatre
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [3] 66

References

  1. ↑ Friedlander, Matt (12 June 2025). "Elton John is "incredibly proud of" the archival Live from the Rainbow Theatre album, which will get its wide release in July". American Songwriter. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  2. ↑ Higgins, John F. (12 April 2025). "Rainbow Rocks Record Store Day 2025". eltonjohn.com. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Elton John with Ray Cooper – Live from the Rainbow Theatre". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
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