The Final Curtain Tour

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The Final Curtain Tour
Tour by Elton John
The Final Curtain Tour.jpg
Promotional poster
Start date8 August 2015
End date10 October 2015
Legs1
No. of shows6
Box office$6,587,305
Elton John concert chronology

The Final Curtain Tour was a concert tour by English musician Elton John which took place in North America in 2015.

Contents

Background

Elton John decided to wind down a 50-year career to focus on family. [1] [2]

Set list

This set list is representative of the performance on 3 October 2015 in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

  1. "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"
  2. "Bennie and the Jets"
  3. "Candle in the Wind"
  4. "All the Girls Love Alice"
  5. "Levon"
  6. "Tiny Dancer"
  7. "Believe"
  8. "Daniel"
  9. "Philadelphia Freedom"
  10. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
  11. "Rocket Man"
  12. "Hey Ahab"
  13. "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
  14. "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters"
  15. "Your Song"
  16. "Burn Down the Mission"
  17. "Sad Songs (Say So Much)"
  18. "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"
  19. "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
  20. "The Bitch Is Back"
  21. "I'm Still Standing"
  22. "Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n Roll)"
  23. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
Encore
  1. "Crocodile Rock"

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue

DateCityCountryVenueTickets Sold/AvailableBox Office
North America [3] [4]
8 August 2015 Lake Tahoe United States Harveys Outdoor Arena 7,514 / 7,514 (100%)$1,168,615
2 October 2015 Sioux Falls Denny Sanford Premier Center 10,922 / 10,922 (100%)$1,393,026
3 October 2015 Omaha CenturyLink Center Omaha 15,350 / 15,350 (100%)$1,763,546
6 October 2015 Rapid City Rushmore Plaza Civic Center 8,856 / 8,856 (100%)$644,607
7 October 2015 Billings Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark 11,583 / 11,583 (100%)$816,292
10 October 2015 Boise Taco Bell Arena 11,271 / 11,271 (100%)$801,219
TOTAL65,496 / 65,496 (100%)$6,587,305

Personnel

Notes

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