Face to Face 2009

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]

Face to Face 2009
Tour by Elton John and Billy Joel
Start date2 March 2009
End date1 August 2009
Legs3
No. of shows27
Elton John tour chronology
Rocket Man: Greatest Hits Live
(2007–10)
Face to Face 2009
(2009)
Face to Face 2010
(2010)
Billy Joel tour chronology
Face to Face 2003
(2003)
Face to Face 2009
(2009)
Face to Face 2010
(2010)

Joel stated in 2012 that he would no longer tour with John because it restrains his setlists.[1][2]

Tour

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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

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List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
DateCityCountryVenueAttendanceRevenue
North America
2 March 2009JacksonvilleUnited StatesJacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena13,433 / 13,433$1,807,308
5 March 2009TampaSt. Pete Times Forum19,401 / 19,401$2,141,042
7 March 2009CharlotteTime Warner Cable Arena17,908 / 17,908$1,913,847
10 March 2009CincinnatiU.S. Bank Arena16,065 / 16,065$1,914,327
14 March 2009AtlantaPhilips Arena18,883 / 18,883$2,049,955
17 March 2009TulsaBOK Center17,335 / 17,335$1,940,793
19 March 2009HoustonToyota Center16,612 / 16,612$2,125,479
21 March 2009San AntonioAT&T Center17,203 / 17,203$1,893,547
26 March 2009PhoenixUS Airways Center17,495 / 17,495$2,129,764
28 March 2009AnaheimHonda Center33,548 / 33,548$3,576,465
30 March 2009
2 May 2009FargoFargodome20,573 / 20,573$1,616,699
5 May 2009St. PaulXcel Energy Center18,273 / 18,273$2,509,482
7 May 2009MadisonKohl Center15,943 / 15,943$1,883,487
12 May 2009OmahaQwest Center Omaha17,211 / 17,211$2,258,537
14 May 2009St. LouisScottrade Center19,692 / 19,692$2,450,119
16 May 2009NashvilleSommet Center17,211 / 17,211$2,258,537
19 May 2009IndianapolisConseco Fieldhouse16,840 / 16,840$2,013,316
21 May 2009Auburn HillsThe Palace of Auburn Hills20,827 / 20,827$2,320,120
23 May 2009ClevelandQuicken Loans Arena20,045 / 20,045$2,562,259
26 May 2009TorontoCanadaAir Canada Centre37,266 / 37,266$6,236,533
30 May 2009
1 June 2009OttawaScotiabank Place19,440 / 19,440$2,576,723
3 June 2009MontrealBell Centre16,555 / 16,555$2,394,576
11 July 2009Washington, D.C.United StatesNationals Park38,617 / 38,617$4,638,645
14 July 2009ColumbusNationwide Arena18,395 / 18,395$2,027,791
16 July 2009ChicagoWrigley Field77,520 / 77,520$11,154,840
18 July 2009FoxboroughGillette Stadium52,007 / 52,007$6,209,342
21 July 2009ChicagoWrigley Field[a][a]
30 July 2009PhiladelphiaCitizens Bank Park89,690 / 89,690$11,853,455
1 August 2009
Total665,371 / 665,371 (100%)$83,818,343
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
4 November 2009Seattle, WashingtonKeyArenaRescheduled to 3 February 2010 [4]
7 November 2009Seattle, WashingtonKeyArenaRescheduled to 6 February 2010 [5]
10 November 2009Portland, OregonRose GardenRescheduled to 10 February 2010 [6]
14 November 2009Oakland, CaliforniaOracle ArenaRescheduled to 13 February 2010 [7][8]
17 November 2009San Jose, CaliforniaHP PavilionRescheduled to 16 February 2010 [9][10]
20 November 2009Salt Lake City, UtahEnergySolutions CenterRescheduled to 19 February 2010 [11]
22 November 2009Denver, ColoradoPepsi CenterRescheduled to 22 February 2010 [12]
25 November 2009Oklahoma City, OklahomaFord CenterRescheduled to 25 February 2010 [13]
28 November 2009Little Rock, ArkansasVerizon CenterCancelled [14]
1 December 2009Kansas City, MissouriSprint CenterRescheduled to 27 February 2010 [15]
4 December 2009Buffalo, New YorkHSBC ArenaRescheduled to 9 March 2010 [16]
7 December 2009Albany, New YorkTimes Union CenterRescheduled to 11 March 2010 [17]

Setlist

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Standard setlist

Elton John & Billy Joel & Bands

  1. Your Song
  2. Just the Way You Are
  3. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
  4. My Life

Elton John & Band

  1. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
  2. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
  3. Levon
  4. Madman Across the Water
  5. Tiny Dancer
  6. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  7. Daniel
  8. Rocket Man
  9. Philadelphia Freedom
  10. I'm Still Standing
  11. Crocodile Rock

Billy Joel & Band

  1. Prelude/Angry Young Man
  2. Movin' Out
  3. Allentown
  4. Zanzibar
  5. Don't Ask Me Why
  6. She's Always a Woman
  7. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
  8. River of Dreams
  9. We Didn't Start the Fire
  10. It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
  11. Only the Good Die Young

Elton John & Billy Joel & Bands

  1. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
  2. Uptown Girl
  3. The Bitch is Back
  4. You May Be Right
  5. Bennie and the Jets
  6. Candle in the Wind
  7. Piano Man

Notes

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  1. ^ a b The score data is representative of the two shows in Chicago, Illinois at Wrigley Field on 16 July and 21 July respectively.

References

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  1. ^ "Billy Joel Won't Tour with Elton due to Setlist Constraints". EltonDaily.com. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Billy Joel mixes lots of music into his Q&A". Gainesville.com. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) eltonography.com, Retrieved 2 September 2011
  4. ^ "Seattle concerts rescheduled". Elton John. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  5. ^ "Three Face2Face concerts postponed". Elton John. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
  6. ^ "Portland concert rescheduled". Elton John. Retrieved 16 December 2011.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Bay Area concerts rescheduled". Elton John. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  8. ^ "Oakland concert postponed". Elton John. Archived from the original on 23 January 2010. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
  9. ^ "Bay Area concerts rescheduled". Elton John. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  10. ^ "San Jose concert postponed". Elton John. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  11. ^ "Salt Lake City concert rescheduled". Elton John. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  12. ^ "Denver concert rescheduled". Elton John. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  13. ^ "Oklahoma City concert rescheduled". Elton John. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  14. ^ "Little Rock concert cancelled". Elton John. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  15. ^ "Kansas City concert rescheduled". Elton John. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  16. ^ "Buffalo concert rescheduled". Elton John. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  17. ^ "Albany concert rescheduled". Elton John. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
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