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Farewell Yellow Brick Road
Tour by Elton John
Promotional poster
Start date8 September 2018 (2018-09-08)
End date8 July 2023 (2023-07-08)
Legs9
No. of shows330 (including 2 festival shows)
Attendance6.1 million
Box office$939.1 million
Elton John concert chronology

Farewell Yellow Brick Road was the forty-ninth concert tour by English musician Elton John. It began in Allentown, Pennsylvania, US, on 8 September 2018, and ended in Stockholm, Sweden, on 8 July 2023. It was intended to be John's final tour and consisted of 330 concerts worldwide.[1] The tour's name and its poster reference John's 1973 album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

According to Billboard, the tour has grossed $939.1 million from 328 shows,[2] making it the second highest-grossing tour of all time.

Background

Elton John performing "Rocket Man" during his Glastonbury show 2023.

On 24 January 2018, it was announced that Elton John would be retiring from touring and would soon embark on a three-year tour. The first concert was announced to take place at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 8 September 2018 followed by an extensive tour of the United States and Canada before moving on to Europe. John cited spending time with his children as the reason for his retirement. Tickets went on sale on 24 February and within hours tickets for the first 60 shows were sold out.[3]

Further North American tour dates were announced on 26 September 2018. John's official website stated: "Salt Lake City, Tacoma, Memphis, Charlotte and Western Canada as well as return dates in Toronto, Philadelphia, Nashville, Cleveland and more".[4] Thirteen days later, concerts were revealed for Lille, Paris, Bordeaux and Nîmes, taking place in Summer 2019.[5]

A Winter 2020 tour taking place in the United Kingdom and Ireland was announced on 8 November 2018. The original announcement detailed sixteen concerts taking place across England, Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland. It was later postponed to 2021, along with the rest of the second European leg and the third North American leg, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6][7][8] On 15 September 2021, the European leg was postponed to 2023 after John sustained a hip injury.[9]

On 23 June 2021, a stadium leg was announced which was to go across Europe, North America and Oceania. It should have started in Frankfurt in the Deutsche Bank Park, but the new stadium stage had already been used in Oslo in the Telenor Arena. The stadium tour stopped in several major cities such as Milan, Paris, Liverpool, London, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington D.C., Las Vegas, in Los Angeles with three shows at Dodger Stadium, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.[10]

John performing in Sydney, Australia, on 18 January 2023

After it was announced in January 2022 that the tour would resume, music director Davey Johnstone stated that the band would wear masks and have tests every two days during the tour.[11] John's first show back took place in New Orleans, Louisiana. He had to temporarily postpone two shows in Dallas after testing positive for COVID-19 and experiencing mild symptoms, and resumed the tour again after making a full recovery. John would go on to perform tour dates across the UK and Europe for 2022 and 2023, when the tour wrapped up.[12][13][14] At the 27 March 2022 performance in Lincoln, Nebraska, a live hookup was established during the concert and Elton's Oscars charity benefit, which he had not missed in 30 years of hosting, but opted to perform in Lincoln on that date because of the postponements. During the 24 September 2022 performance at Washington, D.C., United States President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden invited John to perform at the White House, where he was presented with the National Humanities Medal.

On 2 December 2022, John announced the final show of his UK Tour would be headlining Glastonbury Festival in 2023 saying "There is no more fitting way to say goodbye to my British fans".[15] The show was watched by 120,000 people on site and with an average of 7.3 million viewers on BBC One, breaking the record of Diana Ross, who held it with 3.1 million viewers, making him the most watched festival act ever.[16]

The tour ended in Stockholm, Sweden, on 8 July 2023.

Commercial performance

John announced the farewell tour in January 2018 with arena legs in both North America and Europe, to begin in Pennsylvania in September 2018.[17] By the end of the first leg of the tour in North American arenas, on 18 March 2019, it had grossed over $125 million[18] and won a Billboard Music Award in the category Top Rock Tour.[19]

The tour's first three North American legs combined to $268.2 million over 116 shows, while his North American stadium run from July – Nov. 2022 brought in $222.1 million across 33 shows.[20] The tour's 2019 European arena leg grossed $49.9 million, while the 2022 European stadium leg grossed $69.2 million in 2022, resulting in a combined worldwide total of $749.9 million from 5 million tickets sold by November 2022.[21]

In January 2023, the Oceania leg grossed $40.9 million and sold 242,000 tickets.[22] In total, the Australia & NZ shows in 2020 & 2023 have sold 875,000 tickets alone.[23] By the end of the Oceania stadium leg in January 2023, Billboard reported that the tour has grossed $817.9 million from 278 shows and over 5.3 million tickets sold,[24] making it the highest-grossing tour of all-time after surpassing the previous record-holder, Ed Sheeran's ÷ Tour at $776.2 million. It became the first tour in history to surpass $800 million, and $900 million.[citation needed]

By the final show in July 2023, the tour surpassed $939.1 million in gross and 6.1 million ticket sales, extending the record for highest-grossing tour in history.[25]

Recordings

On 30 May 2018, it was announced that Elton John had partnered with Peex to personalise the volume for fans' concert experiences, plus recording the show to relive it.[26][27]

On 18 May 2022, Disney Original Documentary and Disney+ announced that John's November 2022 shows at Dodger Stadium would be recorded for a documentary titled Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: The Final Elton John Performances And the Years That Made His Legend, directed by R.J. Cutler and David Furnish.[28]

Before that, the Dodger Stadium concert on 20 November 2022 was livestreamed on Disney+ as Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium. That concert featured guest appearances by Brandi Carlile, Kiki Dee and Dua Lipa. The recording would go on to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) at the 75th ceremony in 2024, allowing John to attain EGOT status.[29]

Elton's Glastonbury set on 25 June was broadcast on BBC One and BBC Radio 2.

Set list

The set list was changed several times during the tour. Starting from minor changes in terms of releasing and adding a few songs until the concert in Sydney on 7 March 2020, to a restructuring of the set list after the lockdown.

The first set list is from the concert in Stuttgart, Germany where the first set list was played, which was used in this form until John's last concert before the lockdown. This set list is characterized by the use of more deep cuts than the others. John played songs like Indian Sunset, All the Girls Love Alice and Believe, which were rarely played live by John.

  1. "Bennie and the Jets"
  2. "All the Girls Love Alice"
  3. "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
  4. "Border Song"
  5. "Tiny Dancer"
  6. "Philadelphia Freedom"
  7. "Indian Sunset"
  8. "Rocket Man"
  9. "Take Me to the Pilot"
  10. "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"
  11. "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
  12. "Levon"
  13. "Candle in the Wind"
  14. "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"
  15. "Burn Down the Mission"
  16. "Daniel"
  17. "Believe"
  18. "Sad Songs"
  19. "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
  20. "The Bitch Is Back"
  21. "I'm Still Standing"
  22. "Crocodile Rock"
  23. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
  24. "Your Song"
  25. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"

The second set list was used from the first concert after the lockdown to the last concert of the tour, except for the Glastonbury Festival performance. This set sticks with John's greatest record and live hits, with the exception of the deep cut Have Mercy on the Criminal.

  1. "Bennie and the Jets"
  2. "Philadelphia Freedom"
  3. "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
  4. "Border Song"
  5. "Tiny Dancer"
  6. "Have Mercy on the Criminal"
  7. "Rocket Man"
  8. "Take Me to the Pilot"
  9. "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
  10. "Levon"
  11. "Candle in the Wind"
  12. "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"
  13. "Burn Down the Mission"
  14. "Sad Songs"
  15. "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"
  16. "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
  17. "The Bitch Is Back"
  18. "I'm Still Standing"
  19. "Crocodile Rock"
  20. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
  21. "Cold Heart"
  22. "Your Song"
  23. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"

This set list is from Elton John's concert at the Glastonbury Festival, which was also his last concert in the UK.

  1. "Pinball Wizard"
  2. "The Bitch Is Back"
  3. "Bennie and the Jets"
  4. "Daniel"
  5. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
  6. "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
  7. "Philadelphia Freedom"
  8. "Are You Ready for Love"
  9. "Sad Songs"
  10. "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
  11. "Until I Found You"
  12. "Your Song"
  13. "Candle in the Wind"
  14. "Tiny Dancer"
  15. "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
  16. "Crocodile Rock"
  17. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
  18. "I'm Still Standing"
  19. "Cold Heart"
  20. "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
  21. "Rocket Man"

Notes

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
North America[32][33][34]
8 September 2018 Allentown United States PPL Center 8,983 / 8,983 $1,492,859
11 September 2018 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 29,531 / 29,531 $4,273,021
12 September 2018
15 September 2018 Buffalo KeyBank Center 15,581 / 15,641 $2,033,001
16 September 2018 University Park Bryce Jordan Center 12,421 / 12,421 $1,662,468
19 September 2018 Hartford XL Center 12,311 / 12,311 $1,430,695
21 September 2018 Washington, D.C. Capital One Arena 30,315 / 30,315 $4,464,426
22 September 2018
25 September 2018 Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena 31,886 / 31,886 $3,590,343
26 September 2018
28 September 2018 Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre 14,160 / 14,160 $1,330,020
29 September 2018 Quebec City Videotron Centre 14,553 / 14,553 $1,473,260
4 October 2018 Montreal Bell Centre 16,466 / 16,466 $1,681,260
6 October 2018 Boston United States TD Garden 13,946 / 14,168 $1,953,520
9 October 2018 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum 11,984 / 11,984 $1,648,995
10 October 2018 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 14,452 / 14,452 $1,998,879
12 October 2018 Detroit Little Caesars Arena 30,218 / 30,218 $4,037,241
13 October 2018
15 October 2018 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena 12,689 / 12,689 $1,698,338
18 October 2018 New York City Madison Square Garden 29,435 / 29,435 $4,846,015
19 October 2018
23 October 2018 Louisville KFC Yum! Center 17,412 / 17,412 $1,990,938
24 October 2018 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 14,447 / 14,513 $2,179,947
26 October 2018 Chicago United Center 31,066 / 31,066 $4,431,187
27 October 2018
30 October 2018 St. Louis Enterprise Center 15,495 / 15,495 $1,867,478
2 November 2018 Columbus Schottenstein Center 14,399 / 14,399 $1,708,401
3 November 2018 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena 16,252 / 16,252 $1,923,705
6 November 2018 Boston TD Garden 14,073 / 14,073 $2,047,084
8 November 2018 New York City Madison Square Garden 29,514 / 29,514 $5,178,733
9 November 2018
23 November 2018 Sunrise BB&T Center 14,182 / 14,182 $2,055,879
24 November 2018 Miami American Airlines Arena 13,996 / 13,996 $2,119,362
30 November 2018 Atlanta State Farm Arena 24,920 / 24,920 $3,310,272
1 December 2018
4 December 2018 Birmingham Legacy Arena 13,774 / 13,774 $1,466,013
6 December 2018 New Orleans Smoothie King Center 14,573 / 14,573 $1,807,489
8 December 2018 Houston Toyota Center 25,794 / 25,794 $3,958,024
9 December 2018
12 December 2018 San Antonio AT&T Center 15,037 / 15,037 $1,707,532
14 December 2018 Dallas American Airlines Center 28,928 / 28,928 $4,297,806
15 December 2018
11 January 2019 Boise Taco Bell Arena 9,063 / 9,063 $1,189,869
12 January 2019 Portland Moda Center 14,584 / 14,584 $1,843,608
15 January 2019 Fresno Save Mart Center 12,271 / 12,271 $1,677,265
16 January 2019 Sacramento Golden 1 Center 14,241 / 14,241 $1,860,305
18 January 2019 Oakland Oracle Arena 14,749 / 14,749 $2,017,373
19 January 2019 San Jose SAP Center 13,835 / 13,835 $1,992,673
22 January 2019 Los Angeles Staples Center 57,213 / 57,213[a] $8,513,984[a]
23 January 2019
25 January 2019
26 January 2019 Glendale Gila River Arena 13,899 / 13,899 $1,864,926
29 January 2019 San Diego Pechanga Arena 11,517 / 11,555 $1,361,249
30 January 2019 Los Angeles Staples Center [a] [a]
1 February 2019 Inglewood The Forum 29,408 / 29,408 $3,973,836
2 February 2019
6 February 2019 Denver Pepsi Center 27,711 / 27,711 $4,208,205
7 February 2019
9 February 2019 Tulsa BOK Center 13,363 / 13,363 $1,629,219
12 February 2019 Omaha CHI Health Center Omaha 14,738 / 14,738 $1,811,131
13 February 2019 Kansas City Sprint Center 14,292 / 14,292 $1,974,229
15 February 2019 Rosemont Allstate Arena 28,400 / 28,400 $3,942,660
16 February 2019
21 February 2019 Minneapolis Target Center 29,949 / 29,949 $4,205,786
22 February 2019
27 February 2019 Cincinnati U.S. Bank Arena 13,456 / 13,456 $1,678,397
1 March 2019 Albany Times Union Center 12,617 / 12,617 $1,629,499
2 March 2019 Newark Prudential Center 13,949 / 13,949 $2,141,546
5 March 2019 New York City Madison Square Garden 29,821 / 29,821 $5,249,700
6 March 2019
8 March 2019 Brooklyn Barclays Center 30,108 / 30,108 $4,295,346
9 March 2019
12 March 2019 Raleigh PNC Arena 14,885 / 14,885 $2,050,728
13 March 2019 Columbia Colonial Life Arena 13,331 / 13,331 $1,833,220
15 March 2019 Jacksonville VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena 12,370 / 12,370 $1,779,255
16 March 2019 Sunrise BB&T Center 14,517 / 14,517 $2,109,042
18 March 2019[b] Orlando Amway Center 13,446 / 13,446 $1,833,937
Europe
1 May 2019 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle 20,565 / 20,565 $2,706,734
2 May 2019
4 May 2019 Kraków Poland Tauron Arena Kraków 13,972 / 13,972 $1,164,007
7 May 2019 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena 13,722 / 13,722 $1,500,712
9 May 2019 Bremen Germany ÖVB Arena 8,656 / 8,656 $973,112
11 May 2019 Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle 9,841 / 9,841 $1,444,671
12 May 2019 Oberhausen König Pilsener Arena 10,139 / 10,139 $1,204,533
18 May 2019 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena 13,186 / 13,186 $2,041,790
19 May 2019 Gothenburg Sweden Scandinavium 9,701 / 9,701 $1,157,857
22 May 2019 Hanover Germany TUI Arena 9,808 / 9,920 $1,101,335
23 May 2019 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis 16,348 / 16,348 $1,588,629
26 May 2019 Munich Germany Olympiahalle 11,108 / 11,108 $1,227,321
29 May 2019 Verona Italy Verona Arena 11,932 / 11,932 $1,122,434
1 June 2019 Wiesbaden Germany Bowling Green 10,280 / 10,280 $1,159,911
4 June 2019 Bergen Norway Koengen 22,500 / 22,500 $2,201,784
6 June 2019 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena 13,279 / 13,279 $2,076,110
8 June 2019 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome 12,551 / 12,551 $1,022,623
9 June 2019 Hove England First Central County Ground 18,210 / 18,210 $1,935,090
12 June 2019 Dublin Ireland 3Arena 16,848 / 16,848 $3,048,861
13 June 2019
15 June 2019 Cardiff Wales Cardiff City Stadium 30,558 / 30,558 $2,863,159
17 June 2019[c] Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome 12,764 / 12,764 $1,025,363
18 June 2019 Lille France Stade Pierre-Mauroy 26,517 / 26,517 $2,630,997
20 June 2019 Paris AccorHotels Arena 12,653 / 13,081 $2,192,829
22 June 2019 Bordeaux Arkéa Arena 8,044 / 8,044 $1,371,623
23 June 2019[d] Nîmes Arena of Nîmes 14,000 / 14,000 $1,485,776
26 June 2019 Madrid Spain WiZink Center 11,490 / 11,490 $1,129,930
29 June 2019[e] Montreux Switzerland Stadium Saussaz 14,723 / 14,723 $3,108,660
3 July 2019 Graz Austria Messe Congress Graz 9,675 / 9,675 $1,318,618
5 July 2019 Munich Germany Olympiahalle 11,532 / 11,532 $1,277,077
7 July 2019[f] Lucca Italy Mura Storiche 19,737 / 19,737 $2,266,040
North America
4 September 2019 Salt Lake City United States Vivint Smart Home Arena 13,521 / 13,521 $1,802,270
6 September 2019 Las Vegas T-Mobile Arena 31,274 / 31,274 $4,596,868
7 September 2019
10 September 2019 Anaheim Honda Center 27,870 / 27,870 $3,776,139
11 September 2019
13 September 2019 San Francisco Chase Center 28,380 / 28,380 $4,374,647
15 September 2019
17 September 2019 Tacoma Tacoma Dome 38,728 / 38,728 $5,833,950
18 September 2019
21 September 2019 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena 45,425 / 45,425 $5,329,012
22 September 2019
24 September 2019
27 September 2019 Edmonton Rogers Place 30,806 / 30,806 $3,216,169
28 September 2019
1 October 2019 Saskatoon SaskTel Centre 26,380 / 26,380 $2,615,473
2 October 2019
4 October 2019 Winnipeg Bell MTS Place 25,283 / 25,283 $2,725,778
5 October 2019
19 October 2019[g] Milwaukee United States Fiserv Forum 13,012 / 13,012 $1,718,769
23 October 2019 Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena 32,202 / 32,202 $3,767,643
24 October 2019[h]
28 October 2019 Nashville United States Bridgestone Arena 14,624 / 14,624 $2,320,071
30 October 2019 Memphis FedExForum 14,435 / 14,435 $1,825,808
1 November 2019 Atlanta State Farm Arena 23,708 / 23,708 $3,897,797
2 November 2019
4 November 2019[i] Tampa Amalie Arena 14,961 / 14,961 $2,190,160
6 November 2019 Charlotte Spectrum Center 15,834 / 15,834 $2,163,283
8 November 2019 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 31,230 / 31,230 $4,608,305
9 November 2019
11 November 2019 Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 16,621 / 16,621 $2,168,485
13 November 2019 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 15,011 / 15,011 $2,182,135
15 November 2019 Boston TD Garden 14,112 / 14,112 $2,046,734
16 November 2019 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum 12,125 / 12,125 $1,722,978
Oceania[44]
30 November 2019 Perth Australia Perth Oval 44,079 / 45,415 $5,965,750
1 December 2019
4 December 2019 Adelaide Adelaide Botanic Park 32,523 / 32,966 $3,603,260
5 December 2019
7 December 2019[j] Geelong Mt Duneed Estate 20,849 / 20,849 $2,160,861
10 December 2019 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena 51,556 / 52,838 $7,994,560
11 December 2019
14 December 2019
15 December 2019
18 December 2019 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre 21,425 / 23,210 $2,979,870
19 December 2019
21 December 2019 Sydney First State Super Theatre 16,337 / 16,407 $2,752,960
23 December 2019
7 January 2020 Qudos Bank Arena 44,438 / 44,438[k] $6,235,455[k]
9 January 2020
11 January 2020 Hunter Valley Hope Estate Winery 38,200 / 38,343 $5,217,200
12 January 2020
14 January 2020 Sydney Qudos Bank Arena [l] [m]
16 January 2020 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre 10,830 / 10,892 $1,568,700
18 January 2020[j] Mount Cotton Sirromet Wines 26,185 / 26,185 $3,229,690
19 January 2020[j]
22 January 2020 Bathurst Carrington Park 19,149 / 20,063 $2,330,340
25 January 2020 Macedon Hanging Rock 40,327 / 40,327 $4,456,150
26 January 2020
29 January 2020[j] Wahgunyah All Saints Estate Winery 11,175 / 11,175 $1,324,180
31 January 2020[j] Coldstream Rochford Winery Yarra Valley 24,440 / 24,440 $2,699,520
1 February 2020[j]
4 February 2020 Dunedin New Zealand Forsyth Barr Stadium 33,731 / 34,035 $4,117,990
6 February 2020 Napier Mission Estate Winery 52,979 / 52,979 $5,838,600
15 February 2020[n]
16 February 2020[o] Auckland Mount Smart Stadium 35,350 / 35,453 $4,825,850
22 February 2020 Melbourne Australia AAMI Park 29,967 / 30,536 $4,430,850
25 February 2020 Coffs Harbour Coffs Harbour International Stadium 33,055 / 33,241 $3,992,190
26 February 2020
29 February 2020 Townsville North Queensland Stadium 21,535 / 21,817 $2,323,100
3 March 2020 Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast Stadium 30,023 / 30,023 $4,363,793
4 March 2020
7 March 2020 Sydney Western Sydney Stadium 26,596 / 26,596 $4,311,638
North America[p][47][48][49]
19 January 2022 New Orleans United States Smoothie King Center 14,454 / 14,454 $1,972,978
21 January 2022 Houston Toyota Center 25,951 / 25,951 $4,243,554
22 January 2022
29 January 2022 North Little Rock Simmons Bank Arena 15,482 / 15,482 $2,476,445
30 January 2022 Oklahoma City Paycom Center 13,393 / 13,393 $1,865,204
1 February 2022 Kansas City T-Mobile Center 13,741 / 13,741 $2,368,483
4 February 2022 Chicago United Center 30,467 / 30,467 $5,436,666
5 February 2022
8 February 2022 Detroit Little Caesars Arena 28,278 / 28,278 $5,175,499
9 February 2022
22 February 2022 New York City Madison Square Garden 29,893 / 29,893 $6,860,968
23 February 2022
25 February 2022 Newark Prudential Center 13,889 / 13,889 $2,674,238
27 February 2022 Hollywood Hard Rock Live 6,519 / 6,519 $2,991,322
1 March 2022 Brooklyn Barclays Center 29,365 / 29,365 $4,907,543
2 March 2022
5 March 2022 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum 24,428 / 24,428 $4,358,411
6 March 2022
10 March 2022[q] Dallas American Airlines Center 28,661 / 28,661 $5,693,417
11 March 2022[r]
19 March 2022 Fargo Fargodome 20,896 / 20,896 $3,135,020
22 March 2022 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center 30,517 / 30,517 $5,696,798
23 March 2022
26 March 2022 Des Moines Wells Fargo Arena 12,866 / 12,866 $1,942,673
27 March 2022 Lincoln Pinnacle Bank Arena 13,143 / 13,143 $2,147,508
30 March 2022 St. Louis Enterprise Center 13,801 / 13,801 $2,312,462
1 April 2022[s] Indianapolis Gainbridge Fieldhouse 14,789 / 14,789 $2,312,462
2 April 2022 Milwaukee Fiserv Forum 12,714 / 12,714 $1,825,203
5 April 2022 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena 11,939 / 11,939 $1,889,981
8 April 2022 Knoxville Thompson–Boling Arena 15,842 / 15,842 $2,619,600
9 April 2022 Lexington Rupp Arena 15,974 / 15,974 $2,338,510
12 April 2022 Columbus Schottenstein Center 14,382 / 14,382 $2,289,637
13 April 2022 Hershey Giant Center 14,488 / 14,488 $2,481,655
16 April 2022 Louisville KFC Yum! Center 17,496 / 17,496 $2,222,386
19 April 2022 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum 15,635 / 15,635 $2,592,331
20 April 2022 Columbia Colonial Life Arena 13,400 / 13,400 $1,876,370
23 April 2022 Jacksonville VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena 12,599 / 12,599 $2,283,615
24 April 2022 Tampa Amalie Arena 14,774 / 14,774 $2,210,391
27 April 2022 Orlando Amway Center 13,555 / 13,555 $1,957,787
28 April 2022 Miami FTX Arena 14,230 / 14,230 $2,991,909
Europe
21 May 2022 Oslo Norway Telenor Arena 38,989 / 38,989 $3,638,883
22 May 2022
27 May 2022 Frankfurt Germany Deutsche Bank Park 32,693 / 32,693 $4,041,393
29 May 2022 Leipzig Red Bull Arena 30,781 / 30,781 $3,705,765
1 June 2022 Bern Switzerland Stadion Wankdorf 19,936 / 19,936 $4,023,776
4 June 2022 Milan Italy San Siro 48,885 / 48,885 $4,532,457
7 June 2022 Horsens Denmark CASA Arena Horsens 25,000 / 25,000 $3,686,404
9 June 2022 Arnhem Netherlands GelreDome 32,623 / 32,623 $3,663,843
11 June 2022 Paris France Paris La Défense Arena 62,220 / 62,220 $9,846,099
12 June 2022
15 June 2022 Norwich England Carrow Road 22,989 / 22,989 $3,672,322
17 June 2022 Liverpool Anfield 34,666 / 34,666 $4,659,375
19 June 2022 Sunderland Stadium of Light 33,771 / 33,771 $4,609,018
22 June 2022 Bristol Ashton Gate 42,090 / 42,090[t] $5,906,700[t]
24 June 2022[u] London Hyde Park — —
26 June 2022 Bristol Ashton Gate Stadium —[t] —[t]
29 June 2022 Swansea Wales Swansea.com Stadium 18,439 / 18,439 $2,468,309
1 July 2022 Cork Ireland Páirc Uí Chaoimh 31,821 / 31,821 $4,514,326
3 July 2022 Watford England Vicarage Road 38,357 / 38,357 $6,218,612
4 July 2022
North America
15 July 2022 Philadelphia United States Citizens Bank Park 38,870 / 38,870 $6,263,878
18 July 2022 Detroit Comerica Park 33,838 / 33,838 $4,267,268
23 July 2022 East Rutherford MetLife Stadium 99,827 / 99,827 $14,876,417
24 July 2022
27 July 2022 Foxborough Gillette Stadium 96,039 / 96,039 $16,681,506
28 July 2022
30 July 2022 Cleveland Progressive Field 38,495 / 38,495 $5,812,888
5 August 2022 Chicago Soldier Field 48,413 / 48,413 $7,118,811
7 September 2022 Toronto Canada Rogers Centre 88,493 / 88,493 $12,758,371
8 September 2022
10 September 2022 Syracuse United States JMA Wireless Dome 37,231 / 37,231 $6,606,217
13 September 2022 Charleston Credit One Stadium 12,178 / 12,178 $2,800,325
16 September 2022 Pittsburgh PNC Park 38,058 / 38,058 $5,677,913
18 September 2022 Charlotte Bank of America Stadium 49,349 / 49,394 $7,442,573
22 September 2022 Atlanta Mercedes-Benz Stadium 47,156 / 47,156 $7,843,802
24 September 2022 Washington, D.C. Nationals Park 39,434 / 39,434 $7,193,710
30 September 2022 Arlington Globe Life Field 38,316 / 38,316 $6,876,473
2 October 2022 Nashville Nissan Stadium 48,368 / 48,368 $7,700,419
8 October 2022 Santa Clara Levi's Stadium 77,554 / 77,554 $13,424,470
9 October 2022
16 October 2022 Tacoma Tacoma Dome 37,806 / 37,806 $8,301,505
17 October 2022
21 October 2022 Vancouver Canada BC Place 78,700 / 78,700 $11,875,443
22 October 2022
29 October 2022 San Antonio United States Alamodome 49,240 / 49,240 $8,296,026
1 November 2022 Las Vegas Allegiant Stadium 45,792 / 45,792 $7,832,026
4 November 2022 Denver Ball Arena 12,949 / 12,949 $4,336,028
9 November 2022 San Diego Petco Park 38,828 / 38,828 $8,842,163
11 November 2022 Phoenix Chase Field 99,394 / 99,394 $15,682,863
12 November 2022
17 November 2022 Los Angeles Dodger Stadium 142,970 / 142,970 $23,462,993
19 November 2022
20 November 2022[v]
Oceania[53][54]
8 January 2023 Newcastle Australia McDonald Jones Stadium 47,230 / 47,230 $8,424,664
10 January 2023
13 January 2023 Melbourne AAMI Park 58,129 / 58,129 $10,282,598
14 January 2023
17 January 2023 Sydney Allianz Stadium 65,327 / 65,327 $11,274,550
18 January 2023
21 January 2023 Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 43,500 / 43,500 $6,950,826
24 January 2023 Christchurch New Zealand Orangetheory Stadium 27,867 / 27,867 $3,964,296
Europe[w]
23 March 2023 Liverpool England M&S Bank Arena 18,730 / 18,730 $3,138,562
24 March 2023
26 March 2023 Birmingham Resorts World Arena 12,159 / 12,159 $2,077,333
28 March 2023 Dublin Ireland 3Arena 17,030 / 17,030 $3,309,770
29 March 2023
31 March 2023 Belfast Northern Ireland SSE Arena 8,224 / 8,224 $1,565,824
2 April 2023 London England The O2 Arena 164,963 / 164,963[x] $28,062,692[x]
4 April 2023
5 April 2023
8 April 2023
9 April 2023
12 April 2023
13 April 2023
16 April 2023
17 April 2023
27 April 2023 Munich Germany Olympiahalle 11,556 / 11,556 $1,783,016
2 May 2023 Hamburg Barclays Arena 35,468 / 35,468 $5,769,268
4 May 2023
5 May 2023
8 May 2023 Berlin Mercedes-Benz Arena 36,293 / 36,293 $5,896,665
10 May 2023
11 May 2023
16 May 2023 Cologne Lanxess Arena 44,701 / 44,701 $6,392,290
18 May 2023
19 May 2023
22 May 2023 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi 28,138 / 28,138 $3,392,473
23 May 2023
27 May 2023 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis 37,487 / 37,487 $4,829,492
28 May 2023
30 May 2023 London England The O2 Arena —[x] —[x]
31 May 2023 Manchester AO Arena 44,178 / 44,178 $7,436,134
2 June 2023
3 June 2023
6 June 2023 Leeds First Direct Arena 10,741 / 10,741 $3,199,513
8 June 2023 Birmingham Utilita Arena Birmingham 38,747 / 38,747 $5,869,785
10 June 2023
11 June 2023
13 June 2023 Aberdeen Scotland P&J Live 20,301 / 20,301 $3,046,642
15 June 2023
17 June 2023 Glasgow OVO Hydro 23,754 / 23,754 $4,215,054
18 June 2023
21 June 2023 Paris France Accor Arena 39,502 / 39,502[y] $6,586,575[y]
25 June 2023[z] Pilton England Worthy Farm — —
27 June 2023 Paris France Accor Arena —[y] —[y]
28 June 2023
1 July 2023 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion 21,000 / 21,000 $4,822,555
2 July 2023
5 July 2023 Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena 13,458 / 13,458 $2,283,490
7 July 2023 Stockholm Sweden Tele2 Arena 72,300 / 72,300 $7,635,445
8 July 2023
Total 5,994,810 / 6,003,519 (99.85%) $891,832,542

Cancelled shows

Date City Country Venue Cause
30 May 2019 Verona Italy Verona Arena Heavy cold[56]
11 December 2020 Liverpool England M&S Bank Arena Unforeseen circumstances[57]
21 September 2021 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Arena Failure to find a replacement venue due to Russian ownership of the arena[58][59]
22 September 2021
14 February 2022 Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena COVID-19 restrictions in Canada[60]
15 February 2022
18 February 2022 Montreal Bell Centre
19 February 2022
4 November 2022 Houston United States Minute Maid Park Updated 2022 MLB postseason schedule[61]
27 January 2023 Auckland New Zealand Mt Smart Stadium 2023 Auckland Anniversary Weekend floods[62][63]
28 January 2023
13 May 2023 Mannheim Germany SAP Arena Virus infection[64]

Tour band

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Boxscore data is combined for shows on 22, 23, 25 and 30 January 2019
  2. ^ Originally scheduled to take place on 27 November 2018, but was postponed due to John contracting an ear infection.[35]
  3. ^ Originally scheduled to take place on 15 May 2019, but was postponed due to band illness.[36]
  4. ^ Part of the Festival de Nîmes.[37]
  5. ^ Part of the Montreux Jazz Festival.[38] Originally scheduled to take place at Auditorium Stravinski on 29 and 30 June 2019, the venue was moved due to production demands.
  6. ^ Part of the Lucca Summer Festival.[39][40]
  7. ^ Originally scheduled to take place on 19 February 2019, but was postponed due to necessary technical production adjustments.[41]
  8. ^ Originally scheduled to take place on 22 October 2019, but was postponed due to Toronto Raptors' Home Opener.[42]
  9. ^ Originally scheduled to take place on 28 November 2018, but was postponed due to John contracting an ear infection.[43]
  10. ^ a b c d e f Part of A Day on the Green.[45]
  11. ^ a b Boxscore combined with the boxscore from 7–9 January 2020.
  12. ^ Boxscore combined with the boxscore from 7–9 January 2020.
  13. ^ Boxscore combined with the boxscore from 7–9 January 2020.
  14. ^ Originally scheduled for 8 February 2020.
  15. ^ Originally scheduled to take place on 9 February. John then ended the show early due to loss of voice, having been diagnosed with walking pneumonia earlier that day.[46]
  16. ^ The third North American leg was scheduled to take place from 26 March to 8 July 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  17. ^ The shows in Dallas on 10 & 11 March 2023 were originally scheduled for 25 & 26 January, but were postponed due to John's extraction of Covid.
  18. ^ The shows in Dallas on 10 & 11 March 2023 were originally scheduled for 25 & 26 January, but were postponed due to John's extraction of Covid.
  19. ^ Originally scheduled to take place on 25 October 2019, but John postponed it to 26 October due to illness. It was then moved to 26 March 2020 to accommodate with Toronto's rescheduled date, until finally being moved to 1 April because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[50] After being rescheduled to 26 October 2019, the concert was postponed again to 26 March 2020 due to John falling ill.[51]
  20. ^ a b c d Boxscore data is combined for shows on 22 and 26 June 2022
  21. ^ The 24 June 2022 concert in London is part of American Express Presents BST Hyde Park.[52]
  22. ^ This concert was livestreamed on Disney+ worldwide.
  23. ^ This leg was originally set to take place from September to December 2021, but were rescheduled due to John's hip injury https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58582258
  24. ^ a b c d Boxscore data is combined for shows on 22 and 26 June 2022
  25. ^ a b c d Boxscore data is combined for shows on 22 and 26 June 2022
  26. ^ The 25 June 2023 concert in Pilton is part of the Glastonbury Festival.[55]
  27. ^ On 22 March 2019 it was announced that Johnstone would temporarily leave the tour for the necessary surgery and recovery period, following a persistent shoulder injury.[65]

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