Tour by Elton John | |
Location | North America • Africa • Europe • Oceania |
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Associated album | The Captain & the Kid |
Start date | 15 September 2006 |
End date | 19 January 2008 |
Legs | 6 |
No. of shows | 67 |
Elton John concert chronology |
The Captain and the Kid Tour was a concert tour by Elton John which lasted from September 2006 [1] [2] until January 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.
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 and 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 City 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. [5]
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]
The South African shows marked the end of the tour. [7]
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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North America | |||
15 September 2006 | Sacramento | United States | ARCO Arena |
16 September 2006 | San Jose | HP Pavilion at San Jose | |
19 September 2006 | West Valley City | E-Center | |
20 September 2006 | Boise | Taco Bell Arena | |
22 September 2006 | Seattle | KeyArena | |
23 September 2006 | |||
24 September 2006 | Portland | Rose Garden | |
27 September 2006 | Vancouver | Canada | General Motors Place |
29 September 2006 | Calgary | Pengrowth Saddledome | |
30 September 2006 | Edmonton | Rexall Place | |
6 October 2006 | Pittsburgh | United States | Mellon Arena |
7 October 2006 | Atlantic City | Boardwalk Hall | |
1 November 2006 | Uniondale | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | |
2 November 2006 | |||
4 November 2006 | Toronto | Canada | Air Canada Centre |
5 November 2006 | Hamilton | Copps Coliseum | |
6 November 2006 | London | John Labatt Centre | |
10 November 2006 | Ottawa | Scotiabank Place | |
11 November 2006 | Montreal | Bell Centre | |
Europe | |||
17 November 2006 [A] | Basel | Switzerland | Messe Basel |
18 November 2006 [A] | |||
Oceania | |||
26 November 2006 | Brisbane | Australia | Brisbane Entertainment Centre |
28 November 2006 | Sydney | Sydney Entertainment Centre | |
29 November 2006 | |||
1 December 2006 | |||
3 December 2006 | Melbourne | Rod Laver Arena | |
6 December 2006 | Wellington | New Zealand | Westpac Stadium |
8 December 2006 | Melbourne | Australia | Rod Laver Arena |
9 December 2006 | Adelaide | Adelaide Entertainment Centre | |
11 December 2006 | Perth | Burswood Dome | |
North America | |||
23 February 2007 | El Paso | United States | Don Haskins Center |
24 February 2007 | Albuquerque | Tingley Coliseum | |
21 March 2007 | Hartford | Hartford Civic Center | |
22 March 2007 | Providence | Dunkin' Donuts Center | |
25 March 2007 | New York City | Madison Square Garden | |
28 April 2007 | San Juan | Puerto Rico | José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum |
29 April 2007 [B] | Tobago | West Indies | Plymouth Recreational Grounds |
4 May 2007 | Greenville | United States | BI-LO Center |
5 May 2007 | Birmingham | Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex | |
Europe | |||
20 May 2007 | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Spain | Plaza de Toros de Vitoria-Gasteiz |
24 May 2007 | Sheffield | England | Hallam FM Arena |
26 May 2007 | Plymouth | Home Park | |
29 May 2007 | Versailles | France | Château de Versailles |
1 June 2007 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | Odyssey Arena |
3 June 2007 | Carlisle | England | Brunton Park |
8 June 2007 | Baden-Baden | Germany | Rennplatz |
9 June 2007 | Aschaffenburg | Castle Lowenstein | |
16 June 2007 | Kyiv | Ukraine | Maidan Nezalezhnosti |
20 June 2007 | Malmö | Sweden | Malmö Stadion |
22 June 2007 | Fredrikstad | Norway | Fredrikstad Stadion |
23 June 2007 | Valencia | Spain | Plaza de Toros |
24 June 2007 | Odense | Denmark | Fionia Park |
26 June 2007 | Kristiansand | Norway | Start Stadium |
1 July 2007 [C] | London | England | Wembley Stadium |
3 July 2007 [D] [S] | Madrid | Spain | Polideportivo Villalba |
6 July 2007 | St. Petersburg | Russia | Palace Square |
7 July 2007 [E] | Werchter | Belgium | Werchter Park |
9 July 2007 [F] | Cork | Ireland | The Docklands |
10 July 2007 [G] | Lucca | Italy | Piazza Napoleone |
14 July 2007 | Glasgow | Scotland | Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre |
15 July 2007 | Inverness | Tulloch Caledonian Stadium | |
8 September 2007 | Vevey | Switzerland | Place du Marche |
11 September 2007 | Paris | France | Zénith de Paris |
14 September 2007 | Riga | Latvia | Arena Riga |
15 September 2007 | Tallinn | Estonia | Saku Suurhall Arena |
18 September 2007 | Moscow | Russia | Red Square |
23 September 2007 | Baku | Azerbaijan | Tofiq Bahramov Stadium |
Africa | |||
13 January 2008 | Cape Town | South Africa | Newlands Cricket Ground |
16 January 2008 | Durban | ABSA Stadium | |
18 January 2008 | Johannesburg | Coca-Cola Dome | |
19 January 2008 |
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Venue | City | Tickets sold / available | Gross revenue |
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Point Theatre | Dublin, Ireland | 12,294 / 12,294 (100%) | $2,787,729 [8] |
ARCO Arena | Sacramento, California | 13,782 / 13,782 (100%) | $1,290,415 [8] |
HP Pavilion | San Jose, California | 13,878 / 13,878 (100%) | $1,497,314 [8] |
E Center | West Valley City, Utah | 10,095 / 10,267 (99%) | $845,845 [8] |
Taco Bell Arena | Boise, Idaho | 11,444 / 11,444 (100%) | $849,760 [8] |
Rose Garden | Portland, Oregon | 13,176 / 13,176 (100%) | $1,292,245 [8] |
Pengrowth Saddledome | Calgary, Canada | 17,257 / 17,257 (100%) | $1,881,382 [8] |
Rexall Place | Edmonton, Canada | 16,496 / 16,496 (100%) | $1,770,058 [8] |
Mellon Arena | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 13,101 / 17,179 (74%) | $1,115,660 [8] |
Copps Coliseum | Hamilton, Canada | 16,106 / 16,106 (100%) | $1,558,513 [8] |
John Labatt Centre | London, England | 10,057 / 10,057 (100%) | $1,284,051 [8] |
Scotiabank Place | Ottawa, Canada | 15,467 / 15,467 (100%) | $1,455,098 [8] |
Bell Centre | Montreal, Canada | 18,208 / 18,208 (100%) | $1,794,154 [8] |
Arena Riga | Riga, Latvia | 13,856 / 13,856 (100%) | $972,400 [8] |
Saku Suurhall Arena | Tallinn, Estonia | 10,000 / 10,000 (100%) | $1,045,893 [8] |
Total | 206,217 / 208,780 (≈100%) | $21,289,856 |
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