Made in England Tour

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Made in England Tour
Tour by Elton John
Associated album Made in England
Start date20 May 1995
End date25 November 1995
Legs3
No. of shows77 in total
Elton John concert chronology

On the back of the success of the album, Made in England , Elton John went out on tour to promote it. The 1995 leg of the tour covered fifteen European countries, but strangely missing out John's homeland of the United Kingdom. [1] [2] [3] John with his band then crossed the Atlantic Ocean for an extensive tour of the United States, playing forty-two concerts in just under three months, [4] [5] [6] [7] including seven sold out concerts at New York City's legendary Madison Square Garden, which has become a staple venue for any Elton John tour. [8]

Contents

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
Europe
20 May 1995 Liévin France Stade Couvert Régional
21 May 1995 [lower-alpha 1] Rotterdam NetherlandsMullerpier
23 May 1995 Leipzig GermanyMessehalle
25 May 1995 Vienna Austria Rathausplatz
27 May 1995 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
28 May 1995
30 May 1995 Bologne ItalyPalasport
31 May 1995 Pordenone Pordenone Parco Galvani
2 June 1995 Brussels BelgiumHeysel Exhibition Center
3 June 1995 Marne-la-Vallée France Disneyland Paris
4 June 1995 Nancy Zenith De Nancy
6 June 1995MoscowRussia Kremlin Palace
7 June 1995
9 June 1995 Stockholm Sweden The Globe
11 June 1995 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
14 June 1995
16 June 1995 Copenhagen Denmark Forum Copenhagen
17 June 1995 Hamburg Germany Lüneburg
18 June 1995 Poznań Poland Poznań Stadium
20 June 1995BerlinGermany Waldbühne
22 June 1995 Hamburg Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld
24 June 1995 Frankfurt Frankfurt Wald Stadium
25 June 1995 Düsseldorf Rheinstadion
27 June 1995 Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
28 June 1995 Lyon France Halle Tony Garnier
30 June 1995 Monte Carlo Monaco Sporting Club Concert Hall
1 July 1995
2 July 1995 Munich Germany Olympiahalle
4 July 1995 Pamplona Spain Reyno de Navarra Stadium
5 July 1995 Nîmes FranceAntic Arena
7 July 1995 Bielefeld GermanySeidenstickerhalle
9 July 1995 [lower-alpha 2] Frauenfeld SwitzerlandPferderennbahn
North America
4 August 1995 Raleigh United States Walnut Creek Amphitheater
5 August 1995 Bristow Nissan Pavilion
6 August 1995 Charlotte Blockbuster Pavilion
9 August 1995 Burgettstown Star Lake Amphitheater
11 August 1995 Camden Blockbuster Sony Center
12 August 1995
13 August 1995 Hartford Meadows Music Theatre
16 August 1995 Mansfield Great Woods Center
18 August 1995
19 August 1995
20 August 1995 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion
24 August 1995 Chicago United Center
25 August 1995
26 August 1995 Columbus Polaris Amphitheater
29 August 1995 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center
30 August 1995 Maryland Heights Riverport Amphitheatre
1 September 1995 Atlanta Lakewood Amphitheater
2 September 1995
7 September 1995 Portland Memorial Coliseum
8 September 1995 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum
9 September 1995 [9] Tacoma United States Tacoma Dome
10 September 1995 [10]
15 September 1995 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre
16 September 1995
18 September 1995 Salt Lake City Delta Center
22 September 1995 [11] Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl
23 September 1995
26 September 1995 Bonner Springs Sandstone Amphitheater
28 September 1995 Milwaukee Bradley Center
29 September 1995 Minneapolis Target Center
2 October 1995 Montreal Canada Montreal Forum
3 October 1995
6 October 1995 Auburn Hills United States The Palace of Auburn Hills [12]
7 October 1995
8 October 1995 Cleveland Gund Arena
12 October 1995 New York City Madison Square Garden
13 October 1995 [13]
14 October 1995
17 October 1995
19 October 1995
20 October 1995
South America [14]
3 November 1995 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio Monumental
7 November 1995 Santiago Chile Estadio Nacional de Chile
14 November 1995 Caracas Venezuela La Rinconada Hippodrome
16 November 1995 Bogotá Colombia El Campín
18 November 1995 San José Costa Rica Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
20 November 1995 Montevideo Uruguay Estadio Gran Parque Central
22 November 1995SantiagoChile Estadio Nacional
24 November 1995 São Paulo Brazil Estádio do Ibirapuera
25 November 1995 Rio de Janeiro Estádio da Gávea

Setlists

Standard European setlist
  1. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
  2. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
  3. I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That
  4. Sacrifice
  5. Dixie Lily
  6. Honky Cat
  7. Come Down in Time
  8. House
  9. Simple Life
  10. The One
  11. Take Me to the Pilot
  12. Made in England
  13. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
  14. Rocket Man
  15. Can You Feel the Love Tonight
  16. Lies
  17. Candle in the Wind
  18. Believe
  19. Pain
  20. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
  21. Pinball Wizard
  22. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
  23. Bennie and the Jets
  24. The Last Song
Standard North American setlist
  1. I'm Still Standing
  2. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
  3. I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That
  4. Sacrifice
  5. Dixie Lily
  6. Honky Cat
  7. Come Down in Time
  8. Blessed
  9. Simple Life
  10. The One
  11. Take Me to the Pilot
  12. Made in England
  13. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
  14. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
  15. Bennie and the Jets
  16. Candle in the Wind
  17. Levon
  18. Rocket Man
  19. Can You Feel the Love Tonight
  20. Believe
  21. Pain
  22. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
  23. Pinball Wizard
  24. The Bitch Is Back
  25. Your Song
  26. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
  27. The Last Song

Box office score data

VenueCityTickets Sold / AvailableGross Revenue
Walnut Creek AmphitheaterRaleigh19,998 / 19,998$523,105
Star Lake AmphitheaterBurgettstown21,412 / 21,412$542,684
Blockbuster Sony CenterCamden45,455 / 45,455$1,099,628
Riverbend Music CenterCincinnati16,325 / 16,325
Riverport AmphitheatreMaryland Heights19,949 / 19,949$608,692
Pacific ColiseumVancouver16,053 / 16,053$583,599
Hollywood BowlLos Angeles34,543 / 34,543$1,398,172
Target CenterMinneapolis19,010 / 19,010$605,401
Montreal ForumMontreal29,925 / 32,000$929,393
The Palace of Auburn HillsAuburn Hills34,511 / 34,511$1,191,455
Madison Square GardenNew York City91,134 / 91,134$3,530,399
Total348,315 / 350,390(99%)$11,012,528

Personnel

Notes

  1. Part of Maaspop Festival.
  2. Part of Out in the Green.

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