Medusa Tour

Medusa Tour
Tour by Elton John
Start date	September 23, 1999
End date	April 29, 2000
Legs	5
Shows	73 in total
Elton John tour chronology
An Evening with Elton John (1999) Medusa Tour (1999-2000) Stately Home Tour (2000)

The Medusa Tour was a concert tour by Elton John that lasted from 1999^[1] to 2000. The tour was a continuation of the previous tour, An Evening with Elton John. The tour started on September 23, 1999 in Jacksonville, Florida and came to an end on December 10, 2000 in Montgomery, Alabama.^[2]

After visiting Europe in the summer of 2000, Elton John and the band performed Greatest Hits Live. This was a set of three concerts, two of which were at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The two shows at Madison Square Garden were recorded and released as Elton John One Night Only – The Greatest Hits.^[3]

1999 Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America (first leg)
September 23[4]	Jacksonville	United States	Jacksonville Coliseum
September 24	Atlanta		Philips Arena
September 25	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena
September 28[5]	Springfield		Springfield Arena
September 29	Rockford		Metro Center
October 1[6]	Champaign		Assembly Hall
October 2	Moline		Mark Of The Quad Cities
October 6	Daytona Beach		Ocean Center
October 8[7]	Savannah		Savannah Civic Center
October 9	Augusta, GA		Richmond County Civic Center
October 27	Mobile		Mobile Civic Center
October 29[8]	North Little Rock		Alltel Arena
October 30	Oklahoma City		The Myriad
November 3	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium
November 6	Minneapolis		Target Center
November 9	Chicago		Arie Crown Theatre
November 10
November 15	Winnipeg	Canada	Winnipeg Arena
November 17	Calgary		Canadian Airlines Saddledome
November 18	Edmonton		Skyreach Centre

2000 Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America (first leg)
January 7	Honolulu	United States	Blaisdell Arena
January 8
January 9
February 4	Columbia		Carolina Coliseum
February 5	Fayetteville		Crown Coliseum
February 9	Valley Center		Kansas Coliseum
February 11	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum
February 12	Las Cruces		Pan American Center
February 15	Tucson		Tucson Convention Center
February 20	Reno		Lawlor Events Center
March 17	Lakeland		Lakeland Center
March 18	Albany		Civic Center
April 5	Binghamton		Veterans Memorial Arena
April 7	Portland		County Civic Center
April 8	Amherst		Mullins Center
April 14	Evansville		Roberts Stadium
April 15	Indianapolis		Conseco Fieldhouse
April 18	Syracuse		Oncenter War Memorial Arena
April 19	Trenton		Sovereign Bank Arena
April 21	Wilkes-Barre		First Union Arena
April 22	Hershey		Hersheypark Arena
April 25	Beaumont		Montagne Center
April 28	Birmingham		B.J.C.C
April 29	Atlanta		Philips Arena
Europe
May 31	Copenhagen	Denmark	Rosenborg Castle
June 1	Reykjavik	Iceland	Laugardalsvöllur
September 9	Athens	Greece	Odeon of Herodes Atticus
September 10
September 16	Marbella	Spain	Estadio De Futbol
Greatest Hits Live
October 18	Wilkes-Barre	United States	First Union Arena
October 20	New York City		Madison Square Garden
October 21
Europe
November 3	Estoril	Portugal	Unknown Venue
November 11	Paris	France	L'Olympia
November 13	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
November 14
November 16	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis
November 18	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Ahoy Arena
November 19	Hannover	Germany	Hannover Arena
November 21	Frankfurt		Festhalle Frankfurt
November 22	Dortmund		Westfalenhallen
November 24	Zurich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
November 25	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
November 27	Firenze	Italy	Palasport
November 28	Milan		The Forum
North America
December 2	Bossier City	United States	CenturyTel Center
December 3	Tulsa		Tulsa Convention Center
December 5	Johnson City		Freedom Hall
December 6	Wheeling		Wheeling Civic Center
December 8	Macon		Macon Coliseum
December 9	Albany		Gray Civic Center
December 10	Montgomery		Garrett Coliseum

Set lists

Standard early US set list

1. Your Song
2. The Greatest Discovery
3. Someone Saved My Live Tonight
4. Border Song
5. Daniel
6. Harmony
7. Honky Cat
8. Rocket Man
9. Tiny Dancer
10. Philadelphia Freedom
11. Nikita
12. Sacrifice
13. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
14. I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
15. Ticking
16. Carla/Etude
17. Tonight
18. Burn Down The Mission
19. The One
20. Blue Eyes
21. Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)
22. Take Me To The Pilot
23. Crocodile Rock
24. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
25. Circle Of Live
26. Bennie And The Jets
27. Candle In The Wind

Standard European set list

1. Your Song
2. The Greatest Discovery
3. Someone Saved My life Tonight
4. Border Song
5. Daniel
6. Harmony
7. Honky Cat
8. Rocket Man
9. Tiny Dancer
10. Philadelphia Freedom
11. American Triangle
12. Nikita
13. Sacrifice
14. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
15. I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues
16. Ticking
17. Carla/Etude
18. Tonight
19. Burn Down The Mission
20. The One
21. Blue Eyes
22. Take Me To The Pilot
23. Crocodile Rock
24. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
25. Circle Of Life
26. Bennie And The Jets
27. Candle In The Wind

Greatest Hits Live set list

1. Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
2. Candle in the Wind
3. Bennie and The Jets
4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
5. Little Jeannie
6. Philadelphia Freedom
7. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
8. Tiny Dancer
9. Daniel
10. Rocket Man
11. Club at the End of the Street
12. Blue Eyes
13. I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues
    with Mary J. Blige
14. The One
15. I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That
16. Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word
17. Sacrifice
18. Come Together
19. Your Song
    with Ronan Keating
20. Sad Songs (Say So Much)
    with Bryan Adams
21. I'm Still Standing
22. Crocodile Rock
23. Saturday Nights Alright (For Fighting)
24. The Bitch is Back
25. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
26. Don't Go Breaking My Heart
    with Kiki Dee

Standard later US set list

1. Your Song
2. The Greatest Discovery
3. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
4. Border Song
5. Daniel
6. Harmony
7. Honky Cat
8. Rocket Man
9. Tiny Dancer
10. Philadelphia Freedom
11. American Triangle
12. Nikita
13. Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word
14. I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues
15. Ticking
16. Carla/Etude
17. Tonight
18. Take Me To The Pilot
19. The One
20. Blue Eyes
21. Crocodile Rock
22. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
23. Circle Of Life
24. Bennie And The Jets
25. Candle in the Wind

References

1. ^ [1] eltonography.com. Retrieved 1 September 2011
2. ^ [2] eltonography.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011
3. ^ [3] imdb.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011
4. ^ [4] jacksonville.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011
5. ^ [5] songkick.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011
6. ^ [6] songkick.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011
7. ^ [7] savannahnow.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011
8. ^ [8] littlerock.about.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011

External links

Media related to Medusa Tour at Wikimedia Commons Quotations related to Medusa Tour at Wikiquote

• Elton John's official website
• Elton John at the Internet Movie Database
• Information Site with Tour Dates