![]() It exceeded any possible expectations!! The sound live is so all encompassing, the piano so mesmerizing and so many of my favorite EJ songs! To hear 'Your Song' done in concert is just the most beautiful experience! Other numbers especially noteworthy in this concert were 'Philadelphia Freedom', 'I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues', 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' and one of his newest songs 'Good Heart'. I have been an Elton John fan since the 70s and this concert in Roanoke was the first chance I have had to see him and The Elton John Band perform live. Aiming to please the audience, he always provides a selection of his great hits as well as some of the lesser known tracks from his older albums for some variation, something that usually pleases the hungry crowd.ĥ0 years of performances, and Elton John’s stamina remains incredibly impressive, and if you are lucky enough to get your hands on a ticket, you can expect to watch a performance of anything up to 2 hours, and I promise, it will fly by! One man holding the attention of an arena audience seems like an incredible feat, but Elton John at home on the stage, has this down to a tee. Over the years of course, his voice has grown weaker, but the magic remains and his performances do not lose their power, as he is backed up by a stellar band. Part of the magic of his performances is seeing him sit alone at his piano, accompanying himself and improvising to his own score. And a knighthood from the Queen? Goodness me Elton! The scope of his work is remarkable, from singer-songwriter music through to songs for feature films. His single ‘Candle in the Wind’ selling 33 million copies alone, there are few who could even dream of topping that. There aren’t many artists who have sold more then 300 million records worldwide, but Elton John is one of these superstar legends. I will certainly remember this concert but NOT for the right reasons.Įveryone who stepped into that stadium lastnight was FAILED & LET DOWN. Then we witnessed the stewards on the pitch chatting to each other, texting, filming Elton John & basically doing everything BUT supervise the crowds. People were entering with rucksacks, large shopping bags, golf umbrellas that could be used as weapons had there been fights etc. May I remind the event organisers/security team of The Manchester Arena riously. In this day and age where terrorism & knife crime is at its worst in the Uk, I would expect more.ALOT more. No personal searches were done & no one was scanned either. Then there was the security.or should I say lack of.? We entered via gate 9, I had a tag put on my bag saying it had been checked. I don’t expect to pay the money we did to see a mega star on his Farewell tour to listen to it like we had to. If you didn’t know the words to the songs then you wouldn’t know what the hell he was singing because of the poor quality. The speakers in the centre of the stadium were about 1-2 seconds delayed so there was a constant echo. Our night was ruined from the minute the music started. The sound Tech staff should hang their heads in shame. The sound quality was absolutely dreadful. He publicly came out in 1988 and has since been a vocal figure for important social causes such as the AIDS crisis and gay marriage in the UK.Įlton John is an amazing singer but lastnight at Cardiff City Stadium was such a disappointment. Outside of music, Elton has been a important figure for LGBT rights around the world. It spawned the hit single ‘Your Song’ and landed the album at number 4 and 5 on the US charts respectively.ġ972’s ‘Honky Chateau’ became Elton’s first number one album and would be followed by 6 more consecutively, most famously ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ which stayed at the top spot for two months. ![]() ![]() The release of Elton’s self-titled second album saw him take the first leap towards stardom. With Bernie writing the lyrics and Elton the music (a tried and tested method that still works today), the duo began writing popular works for other artists such as ‘LuLu’ before beginning on Elton’s solo material. The new couple helped Elton secure a job as a pub pianist where he worked until he formed a now legendary partnership with Bernie Taupin in 1967, following an advert in the NME. His musical talents were clear from an early age, taking up the piano aged 3 and getting a scholarship to the Royal Academy of music at 11.Īfter a turbulent relationship with Elton’s father, who expressed very little interest in the young musician, Elton’s mother divorced and remarried. ![]() Born in 1947 as Reginald Kenneth Dwight, Elton experienced a fairly restrictive childhood growing up in Middlesex.
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