Songs from the West Coast Tour
Tour by Elton John
Associated albumSongs from the West Coast
Start date5 October 2001
End date15 December 2002
Legs7
No. of shows70
Elton John concert chronology
  • 2001 Solo Tour
    (2001)
  • Songs from the West Coast Tour
    (2001–02)
  • Face to Face 2002
    (2002)

Songs from the West Coast Tour was a concert tour by Elton John that took place between 2001 and 2002 to promote John's latest album at that time, Songs from the West Coast.

The 2001 leg visited Canada, the United States, Mexico and Japan.[1] It was the first time Elton John had visited Japan since 1998 Face to Face.[2][3] It was also the first time Elton John visited Mexico since The One Tour in 1992.[4][5]

It was the first tour for Nigel Olsson to play drums for the Elton John Band since 1984's Breaking Hearts Tour.

The tour continued in 2002 after Face to Face 2002 and a tour of Australia. The tour started in Benidorm, Spain[6] and came to a close in Birmingham, England on 15 December.

Setlists

Standard 2001 setlist
  1. Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
  2. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
  3. Bennie And The Jets
  4. Philadelphia Freedom
  5. Ballad Of The Boy In The Red Shoes
  6. The Wasteland
  7. Rocket Man
  8. Daniel
  9. Roy Rogers
  10. Mansfield
  11. (Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket
  12. I Want Love
  13. Birds
  14. Country Comfort
  15. Take Me to the Pilot
  16. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
  17. Holiday Inn
  18. American Triangle
  19. Original Sin
  20. Levon
  21. I'm Still Standing
  22. The Bitch is Back
  23. Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
  24. Believe
  25. Crocodile Rock
  26. Your Song
  27. Don't Let The Sun Go Down on Me[7]
Standard 2002 setlist
  1. Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
  2. Bennie And The Jets
  3. Daniel
  4. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
  5. Ballad Of The Boy In The Red Shoes
  6. Philadelphia Freedom
  7. The Wasteland
  8. Rocket Man
  9. I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
  10. I Want Love
  11. This Train Don't Stop There Anymore
  12. Take Me to the Pilot
  13. Sacrifice
  14. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
  15. Oh My Sweet Carolina (Ryan Adams cover)
  16. American Triangle
  17. Have Mercy on the Criminal
  18. Holiday Inn
  19. Tiny Dancer
  20. Original Sin
  21. I'm Still Standing
  22. Crocodile Rock
  23. Pinball Wizard
  24. Don't Let The Sun Go Down on Me
  25. Your Song[8]

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
North America[9]
5 October 2001 Cleveland United States CSU Convocation Center
6 October 2001 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre
9 October 2001 Ottawa Corel Centre
10 October 2001 Quebec City Colisée Pepsi
12 October 2001 Columbus United States Jerome Schottenstein Center
13 October 2001 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
22 October 2001 Mexico City Mexico National Auditorium
23 October 2001
25 October 2001
Asia[10]
12 November 2001 Osaka Japan Osaka-jō Hall
13 November 2001 Tokyo Nippon Budokan
15 November 2001
17 November 2001 Hong Kong China Hong Kong Coliseum
18 November 2001
20 November 2001
22 November 2001 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium
23 November 2001 Bangkok Thailand Hua Mark Indoor Stadium
North America
27 November 2001 New York City United States Madison Square Garden
28 November 2001
30 November 2001 Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena
7 December 2001 Fresno Selland Arena
8 December 2001 Paradise MGM Grand Garden Arena
9 December 2001 San Diego Cox Arena
Europe
22 May 2002 Benidorm Spain Benidorm Football Stadium
25 May 2002 Verona Italy Verona Arena
26 May 2002 Pesaro Palazzetto dello Sport
28 May 2002 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
29 May 2002 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis
31 May 2002 Copenhagen Denmark Parken Stadium
1 June 2002 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
2 June 2002
4 June 2002 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Areena
5 June 2002
7 June 2002 Gothenburg Sweden Scandinavium
8 June 2002 Stockholm Globen Arena
10 June 2002 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle Frankfurt
11 June 2002 Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy Arena
13 June 2002 Kiel Germany Ostseehalle
14 June 2002 Berlin Max-Schmeling-Halle
15 June 2002 Erfurt Messehalle
20 June 2002 Düsseldorf Messe Düsseldorf
22 June 2002 Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
23 June 2002 Munich Olympiahalle
25 June 2002 Vienna Austria Schloss Schunn Palace
26 June 2002 Riesa Germany Sachsen Arena
29 June 2002 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
30 June 2002
2 July 2002 Birmingham England National Exhibition Centre
3 July 2002
5 July 2002 Newcastle Telewest Arena
7 July 2002 Killarney Ireland Fitzgerald Stadium
9 July 2002 Liverpool England King's Dock
North America
5 September 2002 Richmond United States Richmond Coliseum
6 September 2002 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center
7 September 2002 Greenville BI-LO Center
10 September 2002 Biloxi Coast Coliseum
12 September 2002 Jacksonville Jacksonville Coliseum
Europe
26 November 2002 Nottingham England Nottingham Arena
3 December 2002 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena
5 December 2002 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena
7 December 2002 Glasgow Scotland Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
8 December 2002
9 December 2002 Sheffield England Sheffield Arena
11 December 2002 London Wembley Arena
12 December 2002
13 December 2002
15 December 2002 Birmingham National Exhibition Centre

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2011.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) eltonography.com, Retrieved 9 September 2011
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2011.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) eltonography.com, Retrieved 9 September 2011
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2011.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) eltonography.com, Retrieved 9 September 2011
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) eltonography.com, Retrieved 9 September 2011
  5. ^ [1] Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine eltonography.com, Retrieved 9 September 2011
  6. ^ [2] keypublishing.co.uk, Retrieved 9 September 2011
  7. ^ "Elton John - Live in Cleveland (October 5th, 2001) Soundboard Recording". Retrieved 10 February 2022 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ "Elton John - 2002/07/02 - Live in Birmingham, UK (Full Concert) Soundboard Recording". Retrieved 10 February 2022 – via YouTube.
  9. ^ [3] MTV.com, Retrieved 10 September 2011
  10. ^ [4] webrabbit.netfirms.com, Retrieved 10 September 2011

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