ELTON JOHN RETURNS TO STAGE – Back to Back dates at Xcel Energy Center March 22 & 23

ELTON JOHN RETURNS TO STAGE FOR LONG-AWAITED  FAREWELL YELLOW BRICK ROAD TOUR  

TOUR RESUMED IN NEW ORLEANS AT SMOOTHIE KING CENTER  

(Courtesy of Rocket Entertainment) 

Wednesday night marked the highly anticipated return of Elton John’s global  Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour. Fittingly resuming in one of America’s most famed music metropolises, New Orleans,  Elton played to a roaring sold out crowd. 

The show kicked off with his iconic hit, “Bennie and the Jets” and followed by back-to-back classics such as “Tiny  Dancer,” “Rocket Man,” “I’m Still Standing,” “Crocodile Rock” and more. Additionally, Elton performed his latest  chart-topping hit “Cold Heart (PNAU REMIX)” from his 2021 studio album The Lockdown Sessions, which is currently  peaking at #7 on Billboard’s Hot 100, #1 on Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, as well as charting as the #1  single in the UK upon release. 

Elton John will play 40+ arena dates in North America through April 2022 before embarking to Europe to kick off his  stadium run and remaining arena dates. This summer, Elton will take his final bow in North America, playing in major  stadiums in cities such as Vancouver, Toronto, East Rutherford, Chicago and more. The North American stadium run  will kick off at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on July 15, 2022 before concluding with back-to-back performances  at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on November 19 and 20, 2022 — commemorating his iconic performance at the  historic venue in October 1975. 2023 kicks off with two shows in Auckland New Zealand on January 27 and 28, followed  by soon-to-be-announced dates in Australia as well as arena dates across the continent of Europe before the epic 4-year tour formally concludes later that year. Please visit www.EltonJohn.com/Tours for more details on the previously announced  dates.  

Recently winning the 2021 iHeartRadio “Golden Icon” Award, the tour has also received top accolades including the  2020 iHeartRadio Music Award for “Tour Of The Year,” 2020 Pollstar “Major Tour of the Year” and the 2019  Billboard Music Award for the “Top Rock Tour.” The Elton John Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour kicked off to a sold out crowd on September 8, 2018 and has since received rave reviews around the world. The critically acclaimed show takes  the audience on a magical journey through his incredible 50-year career with never-before-seen-photos and videos, all set  to the tune of some of Elton’s most beloved songs from his legendary catalog including, “Bennie and the Jets,” “Rocket  Man,” “Tiny Dancer,” and “Philadelphia Freedom.”  

FAREWELL YELLOW BRICK ROAD TOUR – SET LIST  

1. Bennie And The Jets  
2. Philadelphia Freedom 
3. Border Song  
4. Tiny Dancer  
5. Have Mercy On The Criminal 
6. Rocket Man 
7. Take Me To The Pilot  
8. Someone Saved My Life Tonight  
9. Levon 
10. Candle In The Wind (solo) 
11. Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding  
12. Burn Down The Mission  
13. Sad Songs (Say So Much) 
14. Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me  
15. The Bitch Is Back  
16. I’m Still Standing  
17. Crocodile Rock  
18. Saturday’s Alright For Fighting  
19. Cold Heart (solo)  
20. Your Song 
21. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road  

FAREWELL YELLOW BRICK ROAD TOUR – NORTH AMERICAN ARENA DATES Wednesday, January 19, 2022 New Orleans, LA Smoothie King Center Friday, January 21, 2022 Houston, TX Toyota Center 

Saturday, January 22, 2022 Houston, TX Toyota Center 

Tuesday, January 25, 2022 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center Wednesday, January 26, 2022 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center Saturday, January 29, 2022 N. Little Rock, AR Simmons Bank Arena Sunday, January 30, 2022 Oklahoma City, OK Paycom Center 

Tuesday, February 1, 20222 Kansas City, MO T-Mobile Center Friday, February 4, 2022 Chicago, IL United Center 

Saturday, February 5, 20222 Chicago, IL United Center 

Tuesday, February 8, 20222 Detroit, MI Little Caesars Arena Wednesday, February 9, 2022 Detroit, MI Little Caesars Arena Tuesday, February 22, 2022 New York City, NY Madison Square Garden Wednesday, February 23, 2022 New York City, NY Madison Square Garden Friday, February 25, 2022 Newark, NJ Prudential Center Sunday, February 27, 2022 Hollywood, FL Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino** Tuesday, March 1, 2022 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center Wednesday, March 2, 2022 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center Saturday, March 5, 2022 Long Island, NY Nassau Coliseum Sunday, March 6, 2022 Long Island, NY Nassau Coliseum Wednesday, March 9, 2022 Montreal, QC Bell Centre 

Thursday, March 10, 2022 Montreal, QC Bell Centre 

Saturday, March 12, 2022 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena Sunday, March 13, 2022 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena Saturday, March 19, 2022 Fargo, ND Fargodome 

Tuesday, March 22, 2022 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center Wednesday, March 23, 2022 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center Saturday, March 26, 2022 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena 

Sunday, March 27, 2022 Lincoln, NE Pinnacle Bank Arena Wednesday, March 30, 2022 St. Louis, MO Enterprise Center Friday, April 1, 2022 Indianapolis, IN Gainbridge Fieldhouse Saturday, April 2, 2022 Milwaukee, WI Fiserv Forum 

Tuesday, April 5, 2022 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena Friday, April 8, 2022 Knoxville, TN Thompson-Boling Arena Saturday, April 9, 2022 Lexington, KY Rupp Arena 

Tuesday, April 12, 2022 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center Wednesday, April 13, 2022 Hershey, PA Giant Center 

Saturday, April 16, 2022 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Columbia, SC Colonial Life Arena Saturday, April 23, 2022 Jacksonville, FL Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena Sunday, April 24, 2022 Tampa, FL Amalie Arena 

Wednesday, April 27, 2022 Orlando, FL Amway Center

Thursday, April 28, 2022 Miami, FL FTX Arena 

**Elton John & His Band 

FAREWELL YELLOW BRICK ROAD – THE FINAL TOUR – NORTH AMERICAN STADIUM DATES Friday, July 15, 2022 Philadelphia, PA Citizens Bank Park 

Monday, July 18, 2022 Detroit, MI Comerica Park 

Saturday, July 23, 2022 East Rutherford, NJ MetLife Stadium 

Thursday, July 28, 2022 Foxboro, MA Gillette Stadium 

Saturday, July 30, 2022 Cleveland, OH Progressive Field 

Friday, August 5, 2022 Chicago, IL Soldier Field 

Wednesday, September 7, 2022 Toronto, ON Rogers Centre 

Saturday, September 10, 2022 Syracuse, NY Carrier Dome 

Friday, September 16, 2022 Pittsburgh, PA PNC Park 

Sunday, September 18, 2022 Charlotte, NC Bank of America Stadium 

Thursday, September 22, 2022 Atlanta, GA Mercedes-Benz Stadium 

Saturday, September 24, 2022 Washington, DC Nationals Park 

Friday, September 30, 2022 Arlington, TX Globe Life Field 

Sunday, October 2, 2022 Nashville, TN Nissan Stadium 

Friday, October 21, 2022 Vancouver, BC BC Place 

Saturday, October 29, 2022 San Antonio, TX Alamodome 

Friday, November 4, 2022 Houston, TX Minute Maid Park 

Saturday, November 12, 2022 Phoenix, AZ Chase Field 

Saturday, November 19, 2022 Los Angeles, CA Dodgers Stadium 

Sunday, November 20, 2022 Los Angeles, CA Dodgers Stadium  

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ABOUT ELTON JOHN: 

Elton’s career achievements to date are unsurpassed in their breadth and longevity. Elton is one of the top-selling solo artists  of all time. In the UK and US charts alone he has 1 diamond, 32 platinum or multi-platinum, and 21 gold albums as well as  over 70 Top 40 hits. He has sold more than 300 million records worldwide. 

He holds the record for the biggest-selling single of all time, “Candle in the Wind 1997”, which sold over 33 million copies.  Released in 2017 ‘Diamonds’ the Ultimate Greatest Hits album, became Elton’s 40th UK Top 40 album and has spent over  200 consecutive weeks in the top 75 of the UK album charts, over 110 of these in the top 20. This release celebrated 50  years of his songwriting partnership with Bernie Taupin. August 2018 saw Elton named as the most successful male solo  artist in Billboard Hot 100 chart history, having logged 67 entries, including nine No. 1s and 27 Top 10s. ‘The Lockdown  Sessions’, an album of collaborations recorded during the COVID-19 Pandemic, was released in October 2021 and went  straight to number 1 in the UK album Charts, becoming Elton’s 8th UK number 1 album in the process. It’s lead single  “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) with Dua Lipa” became a bona fide global hit, reaching number 1 in the UK and Australian  singles charts. Its success meant that Elton became the first ever solo artist to score a UK Top 10 hit single in 6 consecutive  decades. In America, he holds the record for longest span between Billboard top 40 hits at 50 years. 

Elton announced the ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour at New York’s Gotham Hall in January 2018. Encompassing 5  continents, and over 350 dates, this 5-year-long tour started in September 2018 and marks his retirement from touring after  more than 50 years on the road. In 2019 it was named Billboard’s Top Rock Tour and Pollstar’s Major Tour Of The Year.  To date, Elton has delivered more than 4,000 performances in more than 80 countries since launching his first tour in 1970.  2019 also saw the release of ‘Rocketman’ and global bestselling autobiography, ‘ME’. An epic fantasy musical motion  picture of Elton’s life, ‘Rocketman’ has been a commercial and critical hit, taking close to $200m at the box office. It has 

won an Oscar, two Golden Globe Awards and a Critics’ Choice Award and garnered BAFTA nominations. Its soundtrack  was also nominated for a GRAMMY Award. 

Among the many awards and honours bestowed upon him are six GRAMMYs, including a GRAMMY Legend award, a  Tony and two Oscars, a Best British Male Artist BRIT Award, induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the  Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Kennedy Center Honor, Legend of Live Award, 13 Ivor Novello Awards between 1973 and  2001 and a knighthood from HM Queen Elizabeth II for “services to music and charitable services”. 

In 1992, Elton established the Elton John AIDS Foundation, which today is one of the leading non-profit HIV/AIDS  organizations and has raised over $515 million to date in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. In June 2019 President  Emmanuel Macron presented Elton the Légion d’honneur, France’s highest award, for his lifetime contribution to the arts  and the fight against HIV/AIDS. Elton was awarded the Companion of Honour in the 2021 New Year Honours list. The  highest acknowledgement in the list, Elton became one of only 64 people to hold the honour. September 2019 saw The  Royal Mail issue a set of 12 stamps as a tribute to Elton being one of the most popular and enduring music artists of all  time. Elton was only the second individual music artist to be featured in a dedicated stamp issue. In July 2020 the Royal  Mint released an Elton John commemorative coin, the second in their music legends series to celebrate ‘one of the most  successful and enduring artists of all time’. Always a tireless champion of new artists, Elton has been a leading industry  voice in lobbying the government for young artists visa-free touring rights in Europe post Brexit. 

ABOUT AEG PRESENTS:  

AEG Presents is one of the world’s largest live music companies. The company is dedicated to all aspects of live  contemporary music performances, including producing and promoting global concert tours, regional music events, and  world-renowned festivals. AEG Presents operates in North America, Europe, and Asia with 15 regional offices. Touring  artists include Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Elton John, Celine Dion,  Kenny Chesney, and more. The festival roster includes the iconic Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, New Orleans  Jazz & Heritage Festival, Stagecoach, Desert Trip, Firefly, Hangout, and British Summertime at Hyde Park, totaling more  than 40. The company owns, manages, or exclusively promotes in more than 75 clubs and theaters worldwide, including  Agora Theatre, Cleveland; Forest Hills Stadium and Webster Hall, New York; Shrine Auditorium and The Fonda, Los  Angeles and Eventim Apollo, London. AEG presents more than 12,000 shows annually and conducts business under such  globally renowned brands as AEG Presents, Goldenvoice, The Bowery Presents, Concerts West, Messina Touring Group,  Marshall Arts LTD, and Madison House Presents. For more information, visit www.aegpresents.com. 

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