Face to Face 2009
Continental tour by Elton John and Billy Joel | |||||||||||||
Location | North America | ||||||||||||
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Start date | 2 March 2009 | ||||||||||||
End date | 1 August 2009 | ||||||||||||
Legs | 3 | ||||||||||||
No. of shows | 27 | ||||||||||||
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Face to Face 2009 was a 2009 concert tour by Elton John and Billy Joel, their first concert tour together in 7 years since Face to Face 2003. The tour originally consisted of four legs throughout the year. The last leg, in fall 2009, was cancelled due to an E. coli infection that John had picked up.[citation needed]
Joel stated in 2012 that he would no longer tour with John because it restrains his setlists.[1][2]
Tour
The cancelled shows were rescheduled for the following year (Face to Face 2010).[citation needed]
The first two legs focused on arenas in the United States as would have the fourth leg, but it was cancelled. The third leg focused on the major baseball stadiums in the United States.[3]
Tour dates
Date | City | Country | Venue | Attendance | Revenue |
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North America | |||||
2 March 2009 | Jacksonville | United States | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena | 13,433 / 13,433 | $1,807,308 |
5 March 2009 | Tampa | St. Pete Times Forum | 19,401 / 19,401 | $2,141,042 | |
7 March 2009 | Charlotte | Time Warner Cable Arena | 17,908 / 17,908 | $1,913,847 | |
10 March 2009 | Cincinnati | U.S. Bank Arena | 16,065 / 16,065 | $1,914,327 | |
14 March 2009 | Atlanta | Philips Arena | 18,883 / 18,883 | $2,049,955 | |
17 March 2009 | Tulsa | BOK Center | 17,335 / 17,335 | $1,940,793 | |
19 March 2009 | Houston | Toyota Center | 16,612 / 16,612 | $2,125,479 | |
21 March 2009 | San Antonio | AT&T Center | 17,203 / 17,203 | $1,893,547 | |
26 March 2009 | Phoenix | US Airways Center | 17,495 / 17,495 | $2,129,764 | |
28 March 2009 | Anaheim | Honda Center | 33,548 / 33,548 | $3,576,465 | |
30 March 2009 | |||||
2 May 2009 | Fargo | Fargodome | 20,573 / 20,573 | $1,616,699 | |
5 May 2009 | St. Paul | Xcel Energy Center | 18,273 / 18,273 | $2,509,482 | |
7 May 2009 | Madison | Kohl Center | 15,943 / 15,943 | $1,883,487 | |
12 May 2009 | Omaha | Qwest Center Omaha | 17,211 / 17,211 | $2,258,537 | |
14 May 2009 | St. Louis | Scottrade Center | 19,692 / 19,692 | $2,450,119 | |
16 May 2009 | Nashville | Sommet Center | 17,211 / 17,211 | $2,258,537 | |
19 May 2009 | Indianapolis | Conseco Fieldhouse | 16,840 / 16,840 | $2,013,316 | |
21 May 2009 | Auburn Hills | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 20,827 / 20,827 | $2,320,120 | |
23 May 2009 | Cleveland | Quicken Loans Arena | 20,045 / 20,045 | $2,562,259 | |
26 May 2009 | Toronto | Canada | Air Canada Centre | 37,266 / 37,266 | $6,236,533 |
30 May 2009 | |||||
1 June 2009 | Ottawa | Scotiabank Place | 19,440 / 19,440 | $2,576,723 | |
3 June 2009 | Montreal | Bell Centre | 16,555 / 16,555 | $2,394,576 | |
11 July 2009 | Washington, D.C. | United States | Nationals Park | 38,617 / 38,617 | $4,638,645 |
14 July 2009 | Columbus | Nationwide Arena | 18,395 / 18,395 | $2,027,791 | |
16 July 2009 | Chicago | Wrigley Field | 77,520 / 77,520 | $11,154,840 | |
18 July 2009 | Foxborough | Gillette Stadium | 52,007 / 52,007 | $6,209,342 | |
21 July 2009 | Chicago | Wrigley Field | [a] | [a] | |
30 July 2009 | Philadelphia | Citizens Bank Park | 89,690 / 89,690 | $11,853,455 | |
1 August 2009 | |||||
Total | 665,371 / 665,371 (100%) | $83,818,343 |
- Cancellations and rescheduled shows
4 November 2009 | Seattle, Washington | KeyArena | Rescheduled to 3 February 2010 [4] |
7 November 2009 | Seattle, Washington | KeyArena | Rescheduled to 6 February 2010 [5] |
10 November 2009 | Portland, Oregon | Rose Garden | Rescheduled to 10 February 2010 [6] |
14 November 2009 | Oakland, California | Oracle Arena | Rescheduled to 13 February 2010 [7][8] |
17 November 2009 | San Jose, California | HP Pavilion | Rescheduled to 16 February 2010 [9][10] |
20 November 2009 | Salt Lake City, Utah | EnergySolutions Center | Rescheduled to 19 February 2010 [11] |
22 November 2009 | Denver, Colorado | Pepsi Center | Rescheduled to 22 February 2010 [12] |
25 November 2009 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Ford Center | Rescheduled to 25 February 2010 [13] |
28 November 2009 | Little Rock, Arkansas | Verizon Center | Cancelled [14] |
1 December 2009 | Kansas City, Missouri | Sprint Center | Rescheduled to 27 February 2010 [15] |
4 December 2009 | Buffalo, New York | HSBC Arena | Rescheduled to 9 March 2010 [16] |
7 December 2009 | Albany, New York | Times Union Center | Rescheduled to 11 March 2010 [17] |
Setlist
Elton John & Billy Joel & Bands
- Your Song
- Just the Way You Are
- Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
- My Life
Elton John & Band
- Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
- Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
- Levon
- Madman Across the Water
- Tiny Dancer
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Daniel
- Rocket Man
- Philadelphia Freedom
- I'm Still Standing
- Crocodile Rock
Billy Joel & Band
- Prelude/Angry Young Man
- Movin' Out
- Allentown
- Zanzibar
- Don't Ask Me Why
- She's Always a Woman
- Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
- River of Dreams
- We Didn't Start the Fire
- It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
- Only the Good Die Young
Elton John & Billy Joel & Bands
- I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
- Uptown Girl
- The Bitch is Back
- You May Be Right
- Bennie and the Jets
- Candle in the Wind
- Piano Man
Notes
References
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- ^ "Billy Joel mixes lots of music into his Q&A". Gainesville.com. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
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