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| Tour by Elton John | |
| Start date | 8 March 2004 |
|---|---|
| End date | 23 September 2004 |
| Legs | 9 |
| No. of shows | 36 |
| Elton John concert chronology | |
The 2004 Tour was a concert tour by Elton John that took place in 2004 covering three continents, fourteen countries and twenty-nine cities. [1]
Elton John and his band set out on tour on 13 February 2004. [2] Elton held the second ever residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace while Céline Dion was continuing her A New Day... residency. The show was called 'The Red Piano' because of the prominent red piano that Elton played on stage. [3] The idea for the show originated in 2004 by Elton John and David LaChapelle. The Red Piano was originally scheduled to be 75 shows over three years. John ended his residency at the Colosseum on 22 April 2009. Elton eventually performed two-hundred and forty-three shows. [4]
Elton and the band then went on to tour the United States and Elton then went in to perform several shows in Europe after which Elton went on to tour Europe with rest of his band.
Elton the performed five shows with the Royal Academy of Music in the United Kingdom. [5] After which he traveling to the United States to perform a further five shows at Radio City Music Hall with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
Elton and the band then went to perform their first show in Gibraltar [6] and went on to perform in China, [7] South Korea [8] and Taiwan. [9]
| Date | City | Country | Venue | Tickets Sold / Available | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America | |||||
| 8 March 2004 [A] | Kamloops | Canada | Sport Mart Place | ||
| 16 April 2004 | Reading | United States | Sovereign Center | 8,675 / 8,675 | $755,690 |
| 17 April 2004 | Amherst | William D. Mullins Memorial Center | 7,613 / 9,266 | $518,331 | |
| 23 April 2004 | Manchester | Verizon Wireless Arena | 10,966 / 10,966 | $905,237 | |
| 24 April 2004 | Portland | Cumberland County Civic Center | 8,341 / 8,341 | $665,825 | |
| 27 April 2004 | Bridgeport | Arena at Harbor Yard | 18,508 / 18,508 | $1,692,749 | |
| 28 April 2004 | |||||
| Europe | |||||
| 26 May 2004 [A] | Palermo | Italy | Velodromo Paolo Borsellino | ||
| 28 May 2004 [A] | Bayonne | France | Arene de Bayonne | ||
| 30 May 2004 [A] | Nicosia | Cyprus | Davila Moat | ||
| 1 June 2004 [A] | Karlstad | Sweden | Löfbergs Lila Arena | ||
| 3 June 2004 [A] | Stavanger | Norway | Gamle Stavanger Stadion | ||
| 5 June 2004 [A] | Langesund | Krogshavn | |||
| 6 June 2004 [A] | Aalborg | Denmark | Kongress Kultur Center | ||
| 8 June 2004 [A] | Genova | Italy | Piazza Del Mare | ||
| 9 June 2004 [A] | Reggio Calabria | Stadio Oreste Granillo | |||
| 11 June 2004 | Bristol | England | Ashton Gate Stadium | 21,840 / 21,840 | $1,944,569 |
| 16 June 2004 | Suffolk | Portman Road | 22,746 / 22,746 | $2,207,065 | |
| 18 June 2004 | Aberdeen | Scotland | Pittodrie Stadium | ||
| 20 June 2004 | Kent | England | The Hop Farm Country Park | ||
| 28 June 2004 [B] | Birmingham | National Exhibition Centre | |||
| 29 June 2004 [B] | |||||
| 1 July 2004 [B] | London | Wembley Arena | |||
| 3 July 2004 [B] | |||||
| 4 July 2004 [B] | Royal Albert Hall | ||||
| North America | |||||
| 13 July 2004 [C] | New York City | United States | Radio City Music Hall | 28,984 / 28,984 | $5,290,740 |
| 14 July 2004 [C] | |||||
| 15 July 2004 [C] | |||||
| 17 July 2004 [C] | |||||
| 18 July 2004 [C] | |||||
| Europe | |||||
| 10 September 2004 | Gibraltar | Gibraltar | Victoria Stadium | ||
| Asia | |||||
| 14 September 2004 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre | 7,713 / 7,926 | $954,943 |
| 17 September 2004 | Seoul | South Korea | Seoul Olympics Main Stadium | ||
| 19 September 2004 | Shanghai | China | Grand Stage | 11,194 / 14,000 | $1,220,495 |
| 21 September 2004 | |||||
| 23 September 2004 | Taipei | Taiwan | Chung Shan Football Stadium | 9,570 / 10,000 | $697,518 |
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