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1 Mar 2009

Elton Tourin' Pennsylvania: The Statistics

Elton John has done 58 concerts live in Pennsylvania, US while on Tour.

He has been in Philadelphia 35 times, Pittsburgh (9), Wilkes Barre (3), Burgettstown (2), Harrisburg (2), Hershey (2), State College (2) and finally Erie (1), Penn State (1) and Reading (1).

Elton's favourite places are The Spectrum Theatre, Philadelphia (18), First Union Center, Philadelphia (8), Civic Arena, Pittsburgh (5), Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia (3), Bryce Jordan Center, State College (2), Electric Factory, Philadelphia (2), Farm Arena, Harrisburgh (2), First Union Arena, Wilkes Barre (2), Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh (2), Stare Lake Amphitheatre, Burgettstown (2), Tower Theatre, Philadelphia (2), Bryce Jordan Center, Penn State (1), Civic Center, Erie (1), Giant Center, Hershey (1), Hershey Arena, Hershey (1), Mann Music Center, Philadelphia (1), Sovereign Center, Reading (1), Star Lake Amphitheatre, Pittsburgh (1), Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh (1), Wachovia Center, Philadelphia (1), Wachovia Arena, Wilkes Barre (1).

First time he played in Pennsylvania was on November 1970 on the "Elton John Tour" (2 shows). Then it was Spring Tour 1971 (2), "Honky Chateau Tour" (2), "1973-74 Yellow Brick Road Tour" (2), 1974's "Caribou Tour" (3), "Louder Than Concorde Tour" (1976, 3 shows), "Back In The USSA 1979" (2), "Jump Up! Tour" (1), "Breaking Hearts Tour" (2), 1985/96 World Tour (2), "Reg Strikes Back Tour" (2), "1989-90 World Tour" (3), "The One Tour" (5), "Summer Of 1994 Billy Joel" (4), "Made In England Tour" (1), "1997/98 The big picture tour" (4), "An Evening With Elton John" (1), "The Medusa Tour" (3), "Greatest Hits Live" (2000, 1), "2001/02/03 - Face to face with Billy Joel" (8), 2003's Elton John & His Band Tour" (1), "Peachtree Road Tour" (1), "Captain And The Kid Tour" (1), and recent "Rocket Man Tour" (2).

The largest set list was the "Back In The USSA" Tour, with 31 songs and the shortest the "Elton John Tour" with only 14 songs on the set list.

He has played 174 different songs in Pennsylvania while on Tour.

The songs most played are Your song (56), Rocket man (53), Don't let the sun go down on me (43), Bennie and the jets (42), I guess that's why they call it the blues (41), Philadelphia freedom (41), Saturday night's alright (41), The bitch is back (39), Funeral for a friend (38), Love Lies Bleeding (36), Take me to the pilot (36), Daniel (35), Levon (31), Crocodile rock (29), Mona lisas and mad hatters (27), Candle in the wind (26), Tiny dancer (26), I'm still standing (25).

Then it comes: Goodbye yellow brick road (23), Sorry seems to be the hardest word (22), Burn down the mission (20), Sad songs (20), Someone saved my life tonight (19), The one (19), I don't wanna go on with you like that (17), Honky cat (16), Great balls of fire (15), Simple life (14), Pinball wizard (13), All the girls love Alice (12), My life (12), Piano man (12), You may be right (12), Blue eyes (10), Border song (10), Can you feel the love tonight (10), I want love (10), Mona lisas and mad hatters part two (10).

Follows: Lucy in the sky with diamonds (9), Captain Fantastic & Brown Dirt Cowboy (8), Just the way you are (8), Sacrifice (8), Sixty years on (8), The last song (8), Tonight (8), Grey seal (7), Hercules (7), Here comes the sun (7), This train don't stop there anymore (7), Believe (6), Better off dead (6), Can I put you on (6), Country comfort (6), Empty garden (6), Harmony (6), Honky tonk women (6), Island girl (6), Skyline pigeon (6), The king must die (6), Love Song (5), I saw her standing there (5), The show must go on (5), Ticking (5), Whole lotta shakin' (5).

And the rest: A hard days night, Blessed, Carla / Etude, Circle of life, Don't go breaking my heart, Get back, Have mercy on the criminal, Honesty, I need you to turn to, I think I'm going to kill myself, Lucille, Madman across the water, New York state of mind, My baby left me, Recover your soul, Restless, Something about the way you look tonight, The greatest discovery, Amoreena, Brown sugar, Come down in time, Empty Sky, Grimsby, Grow some funk of your own, Healing hands, High-flying bird, Holiday inn, I'm going to be a teenage idol, Nikita, Sleeping with the past, Someday out of the blue, Stone's throw from hurtin', Talking old soldiers, Teacher I need you, Tell me when the whistle blows, Twist and shout, You're so static, We all fall in love sometimes / Curtains, When a woman doesn't want you, Where to now St. Peter?, Whitewash county, A word in spanish, Bad side of the moon, Ballad of the boy in the red shoes, Crazy water, Ego, Elderberry wine, Friends, Goodbye Marlon Brando, He'll have to go, I fell like a bullet, I heard it through the grapevine, Idol, Kiss the bride, Li'l'frigerator, Made in England, Mama can't buy you love, One horse town, One more arrow, Paris, Part time love, Roy Rogers, Singin' in the rain, Song for guy, Song for you, Suzie (Dramas), The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-34), This town, Who wears these shoes?, A woman's needs, All that I'm allowed (I'm thankful), Answer in the sky, Ball and chain, Ballad of a well known gun, Blues never fade away, Chloe, Club at the end of the street, Come together, Dear John, Dixie Lily, Elton's song, Freaks in love, House, If the river can bend, Jumping Jack Flash, Little Jeannie, Love's got a lot to answer for, Mercedes Benz, My elusive drug, Original sin, Pain, Porch swing in Tupelo, Postcards from Richard Nixon, Sand and water, The Bridge, The Captain and the Kid, The honey roll, The wasteland, They call her the cat, Tinderbox, Turn the ligths out when you leave, Weight of the world, Where have all the good times gone.

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