Face to Face 1994

{{Short description|1994 concert tour by Elton John and Billy Joel}}

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{{Infobox concert

| concert_tour_name = Face to Face 1994

| artist = Elton John and Billy Joel

| type = National

| location = U.S., North America

| start_date = July 8, 1994

| end_date = August 21, 1994

| number_of_legs = 1

| number_of_shows = 21 in total

| Misc =

{{Extra tour chronology

| Group = Elton John

| Type = tour

| Last tour = The One Tour
(1992–93)

| This tour = Face to Face 1994
(1994)

| Next tour = Face to Face 1995
(1995)

}}{{Extra tour chronology

| Group = Billy Joel

| Type = tour

| Last tour = River of Dreams Tour
(1993–95)

| This tour = Face to Face 1994
(1994)

| Next tour = Face to Face 1995
(1995)

}}

}}

Beginning in 1994, Elton John toured extensively with Billy Joel on a series of Face to Face tours, making them the longest running and most successful concert tandem in pop music history.{{cite web|url=http://tampabay.metromix.com/music/concert/billy-joel-and-elton-downtown-area/808679/content |title=Billy Joel & Elton John - St. Pete Times Forum - Tampa, FL Events | Metromix Tampa Bay |access-date=2008-12-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115042336/http://tampabay.metromix.com/music/concert/billy-joel-and-elton-downtown-area/808679/content |archive-date=January 15, 2009 |df=mdy }} tampabay.metromix.com, Retrieved 29 August 2011 During these shows, the two played their own songs, each other's songs and performed duets. They grossed over US $46 million in just 24 days in their sold out 2003 tour.[http://www.soundspike.com/news/2/15308-elton-john-news-elton-john-billy-joel-plan-more-face-2-face-time/]{{Dead link|date=August 2019|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} soundspike.com, Retrieved 29 August 2011{{Cite magazine|last=Waddell|first=Ray|date=21 November 2005|title=Billy Joel Tour Selling Out|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/1402973/billy-joel-tour-selling-out|access-date=1 July 2021|magazine=Billboard}} John and Joel resumed the Face to Face tour in March 2009 and it ended again in March 2010. Joel denied rumors in the trade press that he canceled a summer 2010 leg of the tour, claiming there were never any dates booked and that he intended to take the year off.{{cite web|url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/derogatis/2010/02/billy_joel_there_was_never_a_t.html |title=Jim DeRogatis |access-date=2010-03-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413210856/http://blogs.suntimes.com/derogatis/2010/02/billy_joel_there_was_never_a_t.html |archive-date=April 13, 2010 |df=mdy }} blogs.suntimes.com, Retrieved 29 August 2011 Joel stated in 2012 that he would no longer tour with John because it restrains his setlists.{{cite web|url=http://www.eltondaily.com/2012/03/billy-joel-wont-tour-with-elton-due-to.html |title=Billy Joel Won't Tour with Elton due to Setlist Constraints |date=March 3, 2012 |publisher=EltonDaily.com |access-date=2012-03-07}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120301/articles/120309937 |title=Billy Joel mixes lots of music into his Q&A |publisher=Gainesville.com |access-date=2012-03-07}}

The 1994 tour proved a major success playing to huge audiences in packed stadiums across the U.S. starting in East Coast America and ending in South East America.[http://www.eltonography.com/cgi-bin/find_concerts.cgi?YEAR=1994] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928052801/http://www.eltonography.com/cgi-bin/find_concerts.cgi?YEAR=1994|date=September 28, 2011}} eltonography.com, Retrieved 29 August 2011[http://www.shio.org/BJ/concerts/#1994] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625091350/http://www.shio.org/BJ/concerts/|date=June 25, 2007}} shio.org, Retrieved 29 August 2011