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Farewell Yellow Brick Road
Tour by Elton John
Promotional poster
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania
Start date8 September 2018 (2018-09-08)
End date8 July 2023 (2023-07-08)
Legs9
No. of shows330
Attendance6.1 million
Box office$939.1 million
Elton John concert chronology

Farewell Yellow Brick Road was the forty-ninth concert tour by British musician Elton John. It began in Allentown, Pennsylvania, US, on 8 September 2018, and ended in Stockholm, Sweden, on 8 July 2023. It consisted of 330 concerts worldwide.[1] The tour grossed $939.1 million, making it the third-highest-grossing tour of all time.[2] The tour's name and its poster reference John's 1973 album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

Background

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

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 along with David Furnish 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

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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.[20]

In January 2023, the Oceania leg grossed $40.9 million and sold 242,000 tickets.[21] In total, the Australia & NZ shows in 2020 & 2023 have sold 875,000 tickets alone.[22] 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,[21] 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.[2]

Recordings

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On 30 May 2018, it was announced that John had partnered with Peex to personalise the volume for fans' concert experiences, plus recording the show to relive it.[23][24]

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.[25] The film premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival as Elton John: Never Too Late.[26]

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.[27]

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

Set list

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2019−2020
  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 (Say So Much)"
  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"
    Encore
  24. "Your Song"
  25. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
2022−2023
  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 (Say So Much)"
  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"
    Encore
  21. "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)"
  22. "Your Song"
  23. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
Notes
  • Throughout the tour, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" was dedicated to several people who passed and late friends of John's, including Queen Elizabeth II, Ryan White, George Michael, Shane Warne, Taylor Hawkins; his former bandmates Dee Murray, Bob Birch, Roger Pope, and Guy Babylon; and the people of Ukraine following the 2022 Russian invasion.[28][29][30][31][32][33][34]
  • From 2 November 2019 to 4 February 2020, "I Want Love" replaced "Believe".
  • "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" was performed on select dates in July 2022.
  • During the Greensboro show, John gave a shout-out to Nathan Chen and other members of the figure skating team were in attendance at the concert.[35]
  • During the Hollywood show, John only performed "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding", "Bennie and the Jets" , "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues", "Tiny Dancer", "Rocket Man", "Take Me to the Pilot", "Someone Saved My Life Tonight", "Levon", "Candle in the Wind", "Burn Down the Mission", "Sad Songs (Say So Much)", "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", "The Bitch Is Back", "I'm Still Standing", "Crocodile Rock", "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", and "Your Song".[36]
  • During the final show in Los Angeles, Brandi Carlile, Kiki Dee, and Dua Lipa joined John onstage to perform "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", and "Cold Heart", respectively.[37]
  • During the show at Glastonbury, John only performed "Pinball Wizard", "The Bitch Is Back", "Bennie and the Jets", "Daniel", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues", "Philadelphia Freedom", "Are You Ready for Love" with Jacob Lusk, "Sad Songs (Say So Much)", "Someone Saved My Life Tonight", "Until I Found You" with Stephen Sanchez, "Your Song", "Candle in the Wind", "Tiny Dancer" with Brandon Flowers, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" with Rina Sawayama, "Crocodile Rock", "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", "I'm Still Standing", "Cold Heart", "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", and "Rocket Man".[38]
  • During the final show in Stockholm, Coldplay appeared on the screen via a live broadcast to send him a retirement message.[39]

Tour dates

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List of 2018 concerts[40]
Date (2018) City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
8 September Allentown United States PPL Center 8,983 / 8,983 $1,492,859
11 September Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 29,531 / 29,531 $4,273,021
12 September
15 September Buffalo KeyBank Center 15,581 / 15,641 $2,033,001
16 September University Park Bryce Jordan Center 12,421 / 12,421 $1,662,468
19 September Hartford XL Center 12,311 / 12,311 $1,430,695
21 September Washington, D.C. Capital One Arena 30,315 / 30,315 $4,464,426
22 September
25 September Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena 31,886 / 31,886 $3,590,343
26 September
28 September Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre 14,160 / 14,160 $1,330,020
29 September Quebec City Videotron Centre 14,553 / 14,553 $1,473,260
4 October Montreal Bell Centre 16,466 / 16,466 $1,681,260
6 October Boston United States TD Garden 13,946 / 14,168 $1,953,520
9 October Uniondale Nassau Coliseum 11,984 / 11,984 $1,648,995
10 October Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 14,452 / 14,452 $1,998,879
12 October Detroit Little Caesars Arena 30,218 / 30,218 $4,037,241
13 October
15 October Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena 12,689 / 12,689 $1,698,338
18 October New York City Madison Square Garden 58,949 / 58,949[a] $10,024,748[a]
19 October
23 October Louisville KFC Yum! Center 17,412 / 17,412 $1,990,938
24 October Nashville Bridgestone Arena 14,447 / 14,513 $2,179,947
26 October Chicago United Center 31,066 / 31,066 $4,431,187
27 October
30 October St. Louis Enterprise Center 15,495 / 15,495 $1,867,478
2 November Columbus Schottenstein Center 14,399 / 14,399 $1,708,401
3 November Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena 16,252 / 16,252 $1,923,705
6 November Boston TD Garden 14,073 / 14,073 $2,047,084
8 November New York City Madison Square Garden —[a] —[a]
9 November
23 November Sunrise BB&T Center 14,182 / 14,182 $2,055,879
24 November Miami American Airlines Arena 13,996 / 13,996 $2,119,362
30 November Atlanta State Farm Arena 24,920 / 24,920 $3,310,272
1 December
4 December Birmingham Legacy Arena 13,774 / 13,774 $1,466,013
6 December New Orleans Smoothie King Center 14,573 / 14,573 $1,807,489
8 December Houston Toyota Center 25,794 / 25,794 $3,958,024
9 December
12 December San Antonio AT&T Center 15,037 / 15,037 $1,707,532
14 December Dallas American Airlines Center 28,928 / 28,928 $4,297,806
15 December
List of 2019 concerts[41][42][43]
Date (2019) City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
11 January Boise United States Taco Bell Arena 9,063 / 9,063 $1,189,869
12 January Portland Moda Center 14,584 / 14,584 $1,843,608
15 January Fresno Save Mart Center 12,271 / 12,271 $1,677,265
16 January Sacramento Golden 1 Center 14,241 / 14,241 $1,860,305
18 January Oakland Oracle Arena 14,749 / 14,749 $2,017,373
19 January San Jose SAP Center 13,835 / 13,835 $1,992,673
22 January Los Angeles Staples Center 57,213 / 57,213[b] $8,513,984[b]
23 January
25 January
26 January Glendale Gila River Arena 13,899 / 13,899 $1,864,926
29 January San Diego Pechanga Arena 11,517 / 11,555 $1,361,249
30 January Los Angeles Staples Center —[b] —[b]
1 February Inglewood[c] The Forum 29,408 / 29,408 $3,973,836
2 February
6 February Denver Pepsi Center 27,711 / 27,711 $4,208,205
7 February
9 February Tulsa BOK Center 13,363 / 13,363 $1,629,219
12 February Omaha CHI Health Center Omaha 14,738 / 14,738 $1,811,131
13 February Kansas City Sprint Center 14,292 / 14,292 $1,974,229
15 February Rosemont Allstate Arena 28,400 / 28,400 $3,942,660
16 February
21 February Minneapolis Target Center 29,949 / 29,949 $4,205,786
22 February
27 February Cincinnati U.S. Bank Arena 13,456 / 13,456 $1,678,397
1 March Albany Times Union Center 12,617 / 12,617 $1,629,499
2 March Newark Prudential Center 13,949 / 13,949 $2,141,546
5 March New York City Madison Square Garden 29,821 / 29,821 $5,249,700
6 March
8 March Brooklyn Barclays Center 30,108 / 30,108 $4,295,346
9 March
12 March Raleigh PNC Arena 14,885 / 14,885 $2,050,728
13 March Columbia Colonial Life Arena 13,331 / 13,331 $1,833,220
15 March Jacksonville VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena 12,370 / 12,370 $1,779,255
16 March Sunrise BB&T Center 14,517 / 14,517 $2,109,042
18 March[d] Orlando Amway Center 13,446 / 13,446 $1,833,937
1 May Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle 20,565 / 20,565 $2,706,734
2 May
4 May Kraków Poland Tauron Arena Kraków 13,972 / 13,972 $1,164,007
7 May Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena 13,722 / 13,722 $1,500,712
9 May Bremen Germany ÖVB Arena 8,656 / 8,656 $973,112
11 May Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle 9,841 / 9,841 $1,444,671
12 May Oberhausen König Pilsener Arena 10,139 / 10,139 $1,204,533
18 May Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena 26,465 / 26,465[e] $4,117,900[e]
19 May Gothenburg Sweden Scandinavium 9,701 / 9,701 $1,157,857
22 May Hanover Germany TUI Arena 9,808 / 9,920 $1,101,335
23 May Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis 16,348 / 16,348 $1,588,629
26 May Munich Germany Olympiahalle 11,108 / 11,108 $1,227,321
29 May Verona Italy Verona Arena 11,932 / 11,932 $1,122,434
1 June Wiesbaden Germany Bowling Green 10,280 / 10,280 $1,159,911
4 June Bergen Norway Koengen 22,500 / 22,500 $2,201,784
6 June Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena —[e] —[e]
8 June Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome 25,315 / 25,315[f] $2,047,986[f]
9 June Hove England First Central County Ground 18,210 / 18,210 $1,935,090
12 June Dublin Ireland 3Arena 16,848 / 16,848 $3,048,861
13 June
15 June Cardiff Wales Cardiff City Stadium 30,558 / 30,558 $2,863,159
17 June[g] Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome —[f] —[f]
18 June Villeneuve-d'Ascq[i] France Stade Pierre-Mauroy 26,517 / 26,517 $2,630,997
20 June Paris AccorHotels Arena 12,653 / 13,081 $2,192,829
22 June Bordeaux Arkéa Arena 8,044 / 8,044 $1,371,623
23 June[h] Nîmes Arena of Nîmes 14,000 / 14,000 $1,485,776
26 June Madrid Spain WiZink Center 11,490 / 11,490 $1,129,930
29 June[i] Montreux Switzerland Stadium Saussaz 14,723 / 14,723 $3,108,660
3 July Graz Austria Messe Congress Graz 9,675 / 9,675 $1,318,618
5 July Munich Germany Olympiahalle 11,532 / 11,532 $1,277,077
7 July[j] Lucca Italy Mura Storiche 19,737 / 19,737 $2,266,040
4 September Salt Lake City United States Vivint Smart Home Arena 13,521 / 13,521 $1,802,270
6 September Paradise[ii] T-Mobile Arena 31,274 / 31,274 $4,596,868
7 September
10 September Anaheim Honda Center 27,870 / 27,870 $3,776,139
11 September
13 September San Francisco Chase Center 28,380 / 28,380 $4,374,647
15 September
17 September Tacoma Tacoma Dome 38,728 / 38,728 $5,833,950
18 September
21 September Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena 45,425 / 45,425 $5,329,012
22 September
24 September
27 September Edmonton Rogers Place 30,806 / 30,806 $3,216,169
28 September
1 October Saskatoon SaskTel Centre 26,380 / 26,380 $2,615,473
2 October
4 October Winnipeg Bell MTS Place 25,283 / 25,283 $2,725,778
5 October
19 October[k] Milwaukee United States Fiserv Forum 13,012 / 13,012 $1,718,769
23 October Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena 32,202 / 32,202 $3,767,643
24 October[l]
28 October Nashville United States Bridgestone Arena 14,624 / 14,624 $2,320,071
30 October Memphis FedExForum 14,435 / 14,435 $1,825,808
1 November Atlanta State Farm Arena 23,708 / 23,708 $3,897,797
2 November
4 November[m] Tampa Amalie Arena 14,961 / 14,961 $2,190,160
6 November Charlotte Spectrum Center 15,834 / 15,834 $2,163,283
8 November Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 31,230 / 31,230 $4,608,305
9 November
11 November Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 16,621 / 16,621 $2,168,485
13 November Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 15,011 / 15,011 $2,182,135
15 November Boston TD Garden 14,112 / 14,112 $2,046,734
16 November Uniondale Nassau Coliseum 12,125 / 12,125 $1,722,978
30 November Perth Australia Perth Oval 44,079 / 45,415 $5,965,750
1 December
4 December Adelaide Adelaide Botanic Park 32,523 / 32,966 $3,603,260
5 December
7 December[n] Geelong Mt Duneed Estate 20,849 / 20,849 $2,160,861
10 December Melbourne Rod Laver Arena 51,556 / 52,838 $7,994,560
11 December
14 December
15 December
18 December Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre 21,425 / 23,210 $2,979,870
19 December
21 December Sydney First State Super Theatre 16,337 / 16,407 $2,752,960
23 December
List of 2020 concerts[43]
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
7 January Sydney Australia Qudos Bank Arena 44,438 / 44,438[o] $6,235,455[o]
9 January
11 January Hunter Valley Hope Estate Winery 38,200 / 38,343 $5,217,200
12 January
14 January Sydney Qudos Bank Arena —[o] —[o]
16 January Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre 10,830 / 10,892 $1,568,700
18 January[n] Mount Cotton Sirromet Wines 26,185 / 26,185 $3,229,690
19 January[n]
22 January Bathurst Carrington Park 19,149 / 20,063 $2,330,340
25 January Macedon[iii] Hanging Rock 40,327 / 40,327 $4,456,150
26 January
29 January[n] Wahgunyah[iv] All Saints Estate Winery 11,175 / 11,175 $1,324,180
31 January[n] Coldstream[v] Rochford Winery Yarra Valley 24,440 / 24,440 $2,699,520
1 February[n]
4 February Dunedin New Zealand Forsyth Barr Stadium 33,731 / 34,035 $4,117,990
6 February Napier[vi] Mission Estate Winery 52,979 / 52,979 $5,838,600
15 February[p]
16 February[q] Auckland Mount Smart Stadium 35,350 / 35,453 $4,825,850
22 February Melbourne Australia AAMI Park 29,967 / 30,536 $4,430,850
25 February Coffs Harbour Coffs Harbour International Stadium 33,055 / 33,241 $3,992,190
26 February
29 February Townsville North Queensland Stadium 21,535 / 21,817 $2,323,100
3 March Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast Stadium 30,023 / 30,023 $4,363,793
4 March
7 March Parramatta[vii] Western Sydney Stadium 26,596 / 26,596 $4,311,638
List of 2022 concerts[r][55][56]
Date (2022) City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
19 January New Orleans United States Smoothie King Center 14,454 / 14,454 $1,972,978
21 January Houston Toyota Center 25,951 / 25,951 $4,243,554
22 January
29 January North Little Rock Simmons Bank Arena 15,482 / 15,482 $2,476,445
30 January Oklahoma City Paycom Center 13,393 / 13,393 $1,865,204
1 February Kansas City T-Mobile Center 13,741 / 13,741 $2,368,483
4 February Chicago United Center 30,467 / 30,467 $5,436,666
5 February
8 February Detroit Little Caesars Arena 28,278 / 28,278 $5,175,499
9 February
22 February New York City Madison Square Garden 29,893 / 29,893 $6,860,968
23 February
25 February Newark Prudential Center 13,889 / 13,889 $2,674,238
27 February Hollywood Hard Rock Live 6,519 / 6,519 $2,991,322
1 March Brooklyn Barclays Center 29,365 / 29,365 $4,907,543
2 March
5 March Uniondale Nassau Coliseum 24,428 / 24,428 $4,358,411
6 March
10 March[s] Dallas American Airlines Center 28,661 / 28,661 $5,693,417
11 March[s]
19 March Fargo Fargodome 20,896 / 20,896 $3,135,020
22 March Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center 30,517 / 30,517 $5,696,798
23 March
26 March Des Moines Wells Fargo Arena 12,866 / 12,866 $1,942,673
27 March Lincoln Pinnacle Bank Arena 13,143 / 13,143 $2,147,508
30 March St. Louis Enterprise Center 13,801 / 13,801 $2,312,462
1 April[t] Indianapolis Gainbridge Fieldhouse 14,789 / 14,789 $2,312,462
2 April Milwaukee Fiserv Forum 12,714 / 12,714 $1,825,203
5 April Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena 11,939 / 11,939 $1,889,981
8 April Knoxville Thompson–Boling Arena 15,842 / 15,842 $2,619,600
9 April Lexington Rupp Arena 15,974 / 15,974 $2,338,510
12 April Columbus Schottenstein Center 14,382 / 14,382 $2,289,637
13 April Hershey Giant Center 14,488 / 14,488 $2,481,655
16 April Louisville KFC Yum! Center 17,496 / 17,496 $2,222,386
19 April Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum 15,635 / 15,635 $2,592,331
20 April Columbia Colonial Life Arena 13,400 / 13,400 $1,876,370
23 April Jacksonville VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena 12,599 / 12,599 $2,283,615
24 April Tampa Amalie Arena 14,774 / 14,774 $2,210,391
27 April Orlando Amway Center 13,555 / 13,555 $1,957,787
28 April Miami FTX Arena 14,230 / 14,230 $2,991,909
21 May[u] Fornebu[v] Norway Telenor Arena 38,989 / 38,989 $3,638,883
22 May[u]
27 May Frankfurt Germany Deutsche Bank Park 32,693 / 32,693 $4,041,393
29 May Leipzig Red Bull Arena 30,781 / 30,781 $3,705,765
1 June Bern Switzerland Stadion Wankdorf 19,936 / 19,936 $4,023,776
4 June Milan Italy San Siro 48,885 / 48,885 $4,532,457
7 June Horsens Denmark CASA Arena Horsens 25,000 / 25,000 $3,686,404
9 June Arnhem Netherlands GelreDome 32,623 / 32,623 $3,663,843
11 June Nanterre[viii] France Paris La Défense Arena 62,220 / 62,220 $9,846,099
12 June
15 June Norwich England Carrow Road 22,989 / 22,989 $3,672,322
17 June Liverpool Anfield 34,666 / 34,666 $4,659,375
19 June Sunderland Stadium of Light 33,771 / 33,771 $4,609,018
22 June Bristol Ashton Gate 42,090 / 42,090[w] $5,906,700[w]
24 June[x] London Hyde Park N/a N/a
26 June Bristol Ashton Gate —[w] —[w]
29 June Swansea Wales Swansea.com Stadium 18,439 / 18,439 $2,468,309
1 July Cork Ireland Páirc Uí Chaoimh 31,821 / 31,821 $4,514,326
3 July Watford England Vicarage Road 38,357 / 38,357 $6,218,612
4 July
15 July Philadelphia United States Citizens Bank Park 38,870 / 38,870 $6,263,878
18 July Detroit Comerica Park 33,838 / 33,838 $4,267,268
23 July East Rutherford MetLife Stadium 99,827 / 99,827 $14,876,417
24 July
27 July Foxborough Gillette Stadium 96,039 / 96,039 $16,681,506
28 July
30 July Cleveland Progressive Field 38,495 / 38,495 $5,812,888
5 August Chicago Soldier Field 48,413 / 48,413 $7,118,811
7 September Toronto Canada Rogers Centre 88,493 / 88,493 $12,758,371
8 September
10 September Syracuse United States JMA Wireless Dome 37,231 / 37,231 $6,606,217
13 September Charleston Credit One Stadium 12,178 / 12,178 $2,800,325
16 September Pittsburgh PNC Park 38,058 / 38,058 $5,677,913
18 September Charlotte Bank of America Stadium 49,349 / 49,394 $7,442,573
22 September Atlanta Mercedes-Benz Stadium 47,156 / 47,156 $7,843,802
24 September Washington, D.C. Nationals Park 39,434 / 39,434 $7,193,710
30 September Arlington Globe Life Field 38,316 / 38,316 $6,876,473
2 October Nashville Nissan Stadium 48,368 / 48,368 $7,700,419
8 October Santa Clara Levi's Stadium 77,554 / 77,554 $13,424,470
9 October
16 October Tacoma Tacoma Dome 37,806 / 37,806 $8,301,505
17 October
21 October Vancouver Canada BC Place 78,700 / 78,700 $11,875,443
22 October
29 October San Antonio United States Alamodome 49,240 / 49,240 $8,296,026
1 November Paradise[ii] Allegiant Stadium 45,792 / 45,792 $7,832,026
4 November Denver Ball Arena 12,949 / 12,949 $4,336,028
9 November San Diego Petco Park 38,828 / 38,828 $8,842,163
11 November Phoenix Chase Field 99,394 / 99,394 $15,682,863
12 November
17 November Los Angeles Dodger Stadium 142,970 / 142,970 $23,462,993
19 November
20 November
List of 2023 concerts[y]
Date (2023) City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
8 January Newcastle Australia McDonald Jones Stadium 47,230 / 47,230 $8,424,664
10 January
13 January Melbourne AAMI Park 58,129 / 58,129 $10,282,598
14 January
17 January Sydney Allianz Stadium 65,327 / 65,327 $11,274,550
18 January
21 January Brisbane Suncorp Stadium 43,500 / 43,500 $6,950,826
24 January Christchurch New Zealand Orangetheory Stadium 27,867 / 27,867 $3,964,296
23 March Liverpool England M&S Bank Arena 18,730 / 18,730 $3,138,562
24 March
26 March Birmingham Resorts World Arena 12,159 / 12,159 $2,077,333
28 March Dublin Ireland 3Arena 17,030 / 17,030 $3,309,770
29 March
31 March Belfast Northern Ireland SSE Arena 8,224 / 8,224 $1,565,824
2 April London England The O2 Arena 164,963 / 164,963[z] $28,062,692[z]
4 April
5 April
8 April
9 April
12 April
13 April
16 April
17 April
27 April Munich Germany Olympiahalle 11,556 / 11,556 $1,783,016
2 May Hamburg Barclays Arena 35,468 / 35,468 $5,769,268
4 May
5 May
8 May Berlin Mercedes-Benz Arena 36,293 / 36,293 $5,896,665
10 May
11 May
16 May Cologne Lanxess Arena 44,701 / 44,701 $6,392,290
18 May
19 May
22 May Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi 28,138 / 28,138 $3,392,473
23 May
27 May Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis 37,487 / 37,487 $4,829,492
28 May
30 May London England The O2 Arena —[z] —[z]
31 May Manchester AO Arena 44,178 / 44,178 $7,436,134
2 June
3 June
6 June Leeds First Direct Arena 10,741 / 10,741 $3,199,513
8 June Birmingham Utilita Arena Birmingham 38,747 / 38,747 $5,869,785
10 June
11 June
13 June Aberdeen Scotland P&J Live 20,301 / 20,301 $3,046,642
15 June
17 June Glasgow OVO Hydro 23,754 / 23,754 $4,215,054
18 June
21 June Paris France Accor Arena 39,502 / 39,502[aa] $6,586,575[aa]
25 June[ab] Pilton England Worthy Farm N/a N/a
27 June Paris France Accor Arena —[aa] —[aa]
28 June
1 July Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion 21,000 / 21,000 $4,822,555
2 July
5 July Copenhagen Denmark Royal Arena 13,458 / 13,458 $2,283,490
7 July Stockholm Sweden Tele2 Arena 72,300 / 72,300 $7,635,445
8 July
Total 5,994,810 / 6,003,519
(99.85%)		 $891,832,542

Cancelled shows

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Date City Country Venue Cause
30 May 2019 Verona Italy Verona Arena Heavy cold[63]
11 December 2020 Liverpool England M&S Bank Arena Unforeseen circumstances[64]
21 September 2021 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Arena Initially postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions, later cancelled after the Russian invasion of Ukraine due to Russian ownership of the arena and failure to find a replacement[65][66]
22 September 2021
14 February 2022 Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena COVID-19 restrictions in Canada[67]
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[68]
27 January 2023 Auckland New Zealand Mt Smart Stadium 2023 Auckland Anniversary Weekend floods[69][70]
28 January 2023
13 May 2023 Mannheim Germany SAP Arena Virus infection[71]

Personnel

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See also

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Notes

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Cities

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  1. ↑ Promoted as Lille
  2. 1 2 Promoted as Las Vegas
  3. ↑ Promoted as Woodend
  4. ↑ Promoted as Rutherglen
  5. ↑ Promoted as Yarra Valley
  6. ↑ Promoted as Hawke's Bay
  7. ↑ Promoted as Sydney
  8. ↑ Promoted as Paris

Other

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Boxscore data is combined for shows on 18–19 and 26–27 October 2018
  2. 1 2 3 4 Boxscore data is combined for shows on 22–25 and 30 January 2019
  3. ↑ Promoted as Los Angeles
  4. ↑ Rescheduled from 27 November 2018 due to John's ear infection.[44]
  5. 1 2 3 4 Boxscore data is combined for shows on 18 May and 6 June 2019
  6. 1 2 3 4 Boxscore data is combined for shows on 8 and 17 June 2019
  7. ↑ Rescheduled from 15 May 2019 due to band illness.[45]
  8. ↑ Part of the Festival de Nîmes.[46]
  9. ↑ Part of the Montreux Jazz Festival.[47] Originally scheduled to take place at Auditorium Stravinski on 29 and 30 June 2019, the venue was moved due to production demands.
  10. ↑ Part of the Lucca Summer Festival.[48][49]
  11. ↑ Rescheduled from 19 February 2019 due to necessary technical production adjustments.[50]
  12. ↑ Rescheduled from 22 October 2019 to avoid conflict with the Toronto Raptors' Home Opener.[51]
  13. ↑ Rescheduled from 28 November 2018 due to John's ear infection.[52]
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Part of A Day on the Green.[53]
  15. 1 2 3 4 Boxscore combined with the boxscore from 7 and 9 January 2020.
  16. ↑ Rescheduled from 8 February 2020.
  17. ↑ The show, originally scheduled for 9 February 2020, ended early due to loss of voice.[54]
  18. ↑ Dates from 19 January to 28 April 2022 were originally scheduled from 26 March to 8 July 2020, but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  19. 1 2 Rescheduled from 25 and 26 January 2022 due to John's extraction of COVID-19.
  20. ↑ 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.[57] After being rescheduled to 26 October 2019, the concert was postponed again to 26 March 2020 due to John falling ill.[58]
  21. 1 2 Rescheduled from 25 and 26 September 2021 due to John's hip surgery.[59]
  22. ↑ Promoted as Oslo
  23. 1 2 3 4 Boxscore data is combined for shows on 22 and 26 June 2022
  24. ↑ The 24 June 2022 concert in London is part of American Express Presents BST Hyde Park.[60]
  25. ↑ The European leg was originally set to take place from September to December 2021, but were rescheduled due to John's hip injury. [61]
  26. 1 2 3 4 Boxscore data is combined for shows on 22 and 26 June 2022
  27. 1 2 3 4 Boxscore data is combined for shows on 21 and 26–27 June 2023.
  28. ↑ Part of the Glastonbury Festival.[62]
  29. ↑ 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.[72]

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