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Face to Face 2003

{{Short description|2003 concert tour by Elton John and Billy Joel}}

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{{Infobox concert

| concert_tour_name = Face to Face 2003

| artist = Elton John and Billy Joel

| type = National

| location = U.S., North America

| start_date = 21 February 2003

| end_date = 8 May 2003

| number_of_legs = 1

| number_of_shows = 28

| Misc =

{{Extra tour chronology

| Group = Elton John

| Type = tour

| Last tour = 2003 Tour
(2003)

| This tour = Face to Face 2003
(2003)

| Next tour = 2004 Tour
(2004)

}}{{Extra tour chronology

| Group = Billy Joel

| Type = tour

| Last tour = Face to Face 2002
(2002)

| This tour = Face to Face 2003
(2003)

| Next tour = Face to Face 2009
(2009)

}}

}}

Face to Face 2003 was a concert tour by Elton John and Billy Joel. The pair performed under the Face to Face concert series, which was constantly proving more popular amongst fans.[http://www.billyjoel.com/us/content/st-paul-elton-john-billy-joel-most-powerful-when-united] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326024950/http://www.billyjoel.com/us/content/st-paul-elton-john-billy-joel-most-powerful-when-united |date=26 March 2012 }} billyjoel.com, Retrieved 2 September 2011[http://www.eltonography.com/cgi-bin/find_concerts.cgi?YEAR=2003] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928051822/http://www.eltonography.com/cgi-bin/find_concerts.cgi?YEAR=2003 |date=28 September 2011 }} eltonography.com, Retrieved 2 September 2011

The tour started on 21 February in Birmingham, Alabama[http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=4419] top40-chart.com, Retrieved 2 September 2011 and travelled throughout the United States for twenty four concert[http://www.billyjoelfan.com/Concerts/Dates/2003/Main.shtml] billyjoelfan.com, Retrieved 2 September 2011 dates until 8 May in Rosemont, Illinois, where the tour came to a close after this concert had been rescheduled from March.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110413052810/http://www.thisdayinrock.com/index.php/general/2003-billy-joel-and-elton-john-postpone-their/]}} thisdayinrock.com, Retrieved 2 September 2011

Joel stated in 2012 that he would no longer tour with Elton 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=3 March 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}}

Set list

This set list is representative of the first performance in Las Vegas. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.{{cite web|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2003/mar/28/yinyang-relationship-keys-johnjoel-tour/|title=Yin/yang relationship keys John/Joel tour|author=Spencer Patterson|work=Las Vegas Sun|date=28 March 2003|access-date=22 June 2014}}

Elton and Billy with the band

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

Elton John with his band

  1. "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"
  2. "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
  3. "Philadelphia Freedom"
  4. "The Wasteland"
  5. "I Want Love"
  6. "Rocket Man"
  7. "Take Me to the Pilot"
  8. "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
  9. "Tiny Dancer"
  10. "Crocodile Rock"

Billy Joel with his band

  1. "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant"
  2. "Movin' Out"
  3. "Prelude/Angry Young Man"
  4. "Allentown"
  5. "An Innocent Man"
  6. "The River of Dreams"
  7. "I Go to Extremes"
  8. "New York State of Mind"
  9. "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"
  10. "Only the Good Die Young"

Billy and Elton with the band

  1. "My Life"
  2. "The Bitch Is Back"
  3. "You May Be Right"
  4. "Bennie and the Jets"
  5. "A Hard Day's Night"
  6. "Great Balls of Fire"
  7. "Piano Man"

Tour dates

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|+ List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue

scope="col" style="width:14em;"| Date

! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| City

! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Country

! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| Venue

! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Attendance

! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Revenue

colspan="6"|North AmericaBox score:

  • {{cite magazine|date=15 March 2003|title=Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses|magazine=Billboard|volume=115|issue=11|pages=19|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MQ8EAAAAMBAJ&q=march+15+2003+billboard&pg=PA40|access-date=22 June 2014}}
  • {{cite magazine|date=22 March 2003|title=Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses|magazine=Billboard|volume=115|issue=12|pages=26|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fw8EAAAAMBAJ&q=march+22+2003+billboard&pg=PA93|access-date=22 June 2014}}
  • {{cite magazine|date=29 March 2003|title=Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses|magazine=Billboard|volume=115|issue=13|pages=16|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qw8EAAAAMBAJ&q=march+29+2003+billboard&pg=PA69|access-date=22 June 2014}}
  • {{cite magazine|date=5 April 2003|title=Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses|magazine=Billboard|volume=115|issue=14|pages=16|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQ8EAAAAMBAJ&q=april+5+2003+billboard&pg=PA69|access-date=22 June 2014}}
  • {{cite magazine|date=12 April 2003|title=Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses|magazine=Billboard|volume=115|issue=15|pages=14|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fA0EAAAAMBAJ&q=april+12+2003+billboard&pg=PA71|access-date=22 June 2014}}
  • {{cite magazine|date=19 April 2003|title=Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses|magazine=Billboard|volume=115|issue=16|pages=16|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gg0EAAAAMBAJ&q=april+19+2003+billboard&pg=PA37|access-date=22 June 2014}}
  • {{cite magazine|date=26 April 2003|title=Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses|magazine=Billboard|volume=115|issue=17|pages=23|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jQ0EAAAAMBAJ&q=april+26+2003+billboard|access-date=22 June 2014}}
  • {{cite magazine|date=3 May 2003|title=Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses|magazine=Billboard|volume=115|issue=18|pages=30|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mA0EAAAAMBAJ&q=may+3+2003+billboard&pg=PA76|access-date=22 June 2014}}
  • {{cite magazine|date=10 May 2003|title=Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses|magazine=Billboard|volume=115|issue=19|pages=26|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qg0EAAAAMBAJ&q=may+10+2003+billboard&pg=RA1-PA81|access-date=22 June 2014}}
  • {{cite magazine|date=17 May 2003|title=Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses|magazine=Billboard|volume=115|issue=20|pages=26|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQ0EAAAAMBAJ&q=may+17+2003+billboard|access-date=22 June 2014}}
  • {{cite magazine|date=24 May 2003|title=Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses|magazine=Billboard|volume=115|issue=21|pages=18|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vQ0EAAAAMBAJ&q=may+24+2003+billboard|access-date=22 June 2014}}
  • {{cite magazine|date=31 May 2003|title=Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses|magazine=Billboard|volume=115|issue=22|pages=36|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yQ0EAAAAMBAJ&q=may+31+2003+billboard|access-date=22 June 2014}}
  • {{cite magazine|date=7 June 2003|title=Billboard Boxscore — Concert Grosses|magazine=Billboard|volume=115|issue=23|pages=20|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xg4EAAAAMBAJ&q=june+7+2003+billboard&pg=PA85|access-date=22 June 2014}}
21 February 2003

|Birmingham

|rowspan="28"|United States

|Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex

|17,398 / 17,398

|$1,930,860

24 February 2003

|Houston

|Compaq Center

|16,160 / 16,160

|$2,043,984

26 February 2003

|San Antonio

|SBC Center

|16,835 / 16,835

|$1,407,325

28 February 2003

|Dallas

|American Airlines Center

|17,881 / 17,881

|$1,937,460

2 March 2003

|Oklahoma City

|Ford Center

|17,871 / 17,871

|$1,941,910

4 March 2003

|Indianapolis

|Conseco Fieldhouse

|15,644 / 15,644

|$1,706,866

7 March 2003

|Pittsburgh

|Mellon Arena

|16,684 / 16,684

|$1,765,475

9 March 2003

|Buffalo

|HSBC Arena

|18,727 / 18,727

|$1,996,750

12 March 2003

|Lexington

|Rupp Arena

|{{n/a}}

|{{n/a}}

14 March 2003

|Columbia

|Carolina Center

|15,672 / 15,672

|$1,394,470

16 March 2003

|Raleigh

|RBC Center

|18,505 / 18,505

|$1,861,195

28 March 2003

|rowspan="2"|Paradise

|rowspan="2"|MGM Grand Garden Arena

|rowspan="2"|27,418 / 27,418

|rowspan="2"|$4,462,200

29 March 2003
1 April 2003

|Ames

|Hilton Coliseum

|14,400 / 14,400

|$1,436,215

6 April 2003

|Madison

|Kohl Center

|15,854 / 15,854

|$1,752,050

8 April 2003

|Milwaukee

|Bradley Center

|17,647 / 17,647

|$2,073,705

12 April 2003

|Rosemont

|Allstate Arena

|{{n/a}}

|$5,912,385

15 April 2003

|Cleveland

|Gund Arena

|19,777 / 19,777

|$2,187,660

17 April 2003

|St. Paul

|Xcel Energy Center

|18,162 / 18,162

|$2,194,690

19 April 2003

|Fargo

|Fargodome

|22,852 / 22,852

|$1,675,477

22 April 2003

|Columbus

|Nationwide Arena

|23,782 / 23,782

|$1,877,400

24 April 2003

|rowspan="2"|Albany

|rowspan="2"|Pepsi Arena

|rowspan="2"|31,015 / 31,015

|rowspan="2"|$3,547,735

26 April 2003
30 April 2003

|Rosemont

|Allstate Arena

|{{n/a}}

|{{efn|name="Rosemont"|The gross data is representative of the three shows in Rosemont, Illinois at the Allstate Arena on 10 April, 30 April, and 8 May respectively.}}

2 May 2003

|rowspan="2"|Auburn Hills

|rowspan="2"|The Palace of Auburn Hills

|rowspan="2"|41,836 / 41,836

|rowspan="2"|$4,669,250

3 May 2003
5 May 2003

|St. Louis

|Savvis Center

|18,247 / 18,247

|$1,964,765

8 May 2003

|Rosemont

|Allstate Arena

|{{n/a}}

|{{efn|name="Rosemont"}}

colspan="4"|Total

|405,683 / 405,683

|$49,974,352

Notes

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References

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External links

  • [http://www.eltonography.com/tours/index.html Information Site with Tour Dates]

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Category:2003 concert tours

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Category:Co-headlining concert tours

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