Matt BaronFollowing Elton John’s announcement Wednesday in New York City that he’ll be wrapping up his touring career with a three-year farewell tour, we now have the full details.
The tour, dubbed Farewell Yellow Brick Road, will kick off September 8 in Allentown, PA, and will include 300 shows across five continents, hitting North America, Europe, Asia, South America and Australasia before wrapping in 2021. Elton says his stage production will take fans on “a musical and highly visual journey spanning a 50-year career of hits like no one has ever seen before.”
“It’s all around the world, every continent you can possibly think of, I’m going to,” Elton said at the press conference. “And it’ll be the best production I’ve ever done, and it’ll be a wonderful way to thank people, and it’s a way of going out with a bang. I don’t want to go out with a whimper, I wanna go out with a big bang. I’m not the sort of guy who’s a whimper-y guy.”
The press conference began with a five-minute long virtual reality presentation that took fans onstage with Elton at his legendary 1970 gig at L.A.’s Troubadour club, with him at Dodger Stadium, into outer space, and then through his entire career. It’s not know if there will be any VR elements as part of the farewell tour staging.
Elton’s partner on the tour is Gucci, which will be providing all of his stage outfits. At the press conference, Elton was sporting a fabulous floral jacket with rhinestone lapels, with “Gucci Loves Elton” spelled out on the back in pearls.
Tickets for the shows go on sale to the general public February 2 at 10 a.m. local time, with VIP packages and tickets available at EltonJohn.com. You must register using the Ticketmaster Verified Fan program; registration is open now and continues through Saturday. Pre-sales start January 30 at 10 a.m. and run through January 31 at 10 p.m. local time.
American Express Card members can grab tickets starting Thursday, January 25 at 10 a.m. local time. VIP packages will also go on sale at the same time, and will feature on-stage photo ops at Elton’s piano, backstage tours, custom merchandise and other goodies.
Here are the North American dates of Elton’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour:
9/8 — Allentown, PA, PPL Center
9/11 — Philadelphia, PA, The Wells Fargo Center
9/12 — Philadelphia, PA, The Wells Fargo Center
9/15 — Buffalo, NY, KeyBank Center
9/16 — University Park, PA, Bryce Jordan Center
9/19 — Hartford, CT, XL Center
9/21 — Washington D.C., Capital One Arena
9/22 — Washington D.C., Capital One Arena
9/25 — Toronto, ON, Air Canada Centre
9/26 — Toronto, ON, Air Canada Centre
9/28 — Ottawa, ON, Canadian Tire Centre
9/29 — Québec City, QC, Videotron Centre
10/4 — Montreal, QC, Bell Centre
10/6 — Boston, MA, TD Garden
10/10 — Pittsburgh, PA, PPG Paints Arena
10/12 — Detroit, MI, Little Caesars Arena
10/15 — Grand Rapids, MI, Van Andel Arena
10/18 — New York, NY, Madison Square Garden
10/19 — New York, NY, Madison Square Garden
10/23 — Louisville, KY, KFC Yum! Center
10/24 — Nashville, TN, Bridgestone Arena
10/26 — Chicago, IL, United Center
10/27 — Chicago, IL, United Center
10/30 — St. Louis, MO, Scottrade Center
11/2 — Columbus, OH, Schottenstein Center
11/3 — Cleveland, OH, Quicken Loans Arena
11/8 — New York, NY, Madison Square Garden
11/23 — Sunrise, FL, BB&T Center
11/24 — Miami, FL, AmericanAirlines Arena
11/27 — Orlando, FL, Amway Center
11/28 — Tampa, FL, Amalie Arena
11/30 — Atlanta, GA, Philips Arena
12/1 — Atlanta, GA, Philips Arena
12/4 — Birmingham, AL, Legacy Arena at The BJCC
12/6 — New Orleans, LA, Smoothie King Center
12/8 — Houston, TX, Toyota Center
12/9 — Houston, TX, Toyota Center
12/12 — San Antonio, TX, AT&T Center
12/14 — Dallas, TX, American Airlines Center
12/15 — Dallas, TX, American Airlines Center
1/11 — Boise, ID, Taco Bell Arena
1/12 — Portland, OR, Moda Center
1/15 — Fresno, CA, Save Mart Center
1/16 — Sacramento, CA, Golden1 Center
1/18 — Oakland, CA, Oracle Arena
1/19 — San Jose, CA, SAP Center at San Jose
1/22 — Los Angeles, CA, STAPLES Center
1/23 — Los Angeles, CA, STAPLES Center
1/26 — Glendale, AZ, Gila River Arena
1/29 — San Diego, CA, Valley View Casino Center
2/7 — Denver, CO, Pepsi Center
2/9 — Tulsa, OK, BOK Center
2/12 — Omaha, NE, CenturyLink Center
2/13 — Kansas City, MO, Sprint Center
2/19 — Milwaukee, WI, Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center
2/21 — Minneapolis, MN, Target Center
2/27– Cincinnati, OH, U.S. Bank Arena
3/1 — Albany, NY, Times Union Center
3/8 — Brooklyn, NY, Barclays Center
3/12 — Raleigh, NC, PNC Arena
3/13 — Columbia, SC, Colonial Life Arena
3/15 — Jacksonville, FL, Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
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