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Medusa Tour

{{Short description|1999–2000 concert tour by Elton John}}

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{{Infobox concert

| concert_tour_name = Medusa Tour

| artist = Elton John

| location = North America • Europe

| start_date = 23 September 1999

| end_date = 10 December 2000

| number_of_legs = 5

| number_of_shows = 79 in total

| last_tour = An Evening with Elton John
(1999)

| this_tour = Medusa Tour
(1999–2000)

| next_tour = Stately Home Tour
(2000)

}}

The Medusa Tour was a concert tour by Elton John that lasted from 1999{{cite web |url=http://www.eltonography.com/cgi-bin/find_concerts.cgi?YEAR=1999 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-09-01 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424032004/http://www.eltonography.com/cgi-bin/find_concerts.cgi?YEAR=1999 |archive-date=24 April 2012 |df=dmy-all }} eltonography.com. Retrieved 1 September 2011 to 2000. The tour was a continuation of the previous tour, An Evening with Elton John. The tour started on 23 September 1999 in Jacksonville, Florida and came to an end on 10 December 2000 in Montgomery, Alabama.{{cite web |url=http://www.eltonography.com/cgi-bin/find_concerts.cgi?YEAR=2000 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-09-01 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424032018/http://www.eltonography.com/cgi-bin/find_concerts.cgi?YEAR=2000 |archive-date=24 April 2012 |df=dmy-all }} eltonography.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011

After visiting Europe in the summer of 2000, Elton John and the band performed Greatest Hits Live. This was a set of three concerts, two of which were at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The two shows at Madison Square Garden were recorded and released as Elton John One Night Only – The Greatest Hits.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303960/] imdb.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011

Tour dates

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

!width="150"|Date

!width="150"|City

!width="150"|Country

!width="250"|Venue

!width="180"|Tickets sold / available

!width="150"|Revenue

style="background:#ddd;"

|colspan="6"|North America (first leg)

23 September 1999[http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/082999/met_1b1Elton.html] jacksonville.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011

|Jacksonville

|rowspan="21"|United States

|Jacksonville Coliseum

24 September 1999

|Atlanta

|Philips Arena

|18,919 / 18,919

|$966,802

25 September 1999

|Paradise

|MGM Grand Garden Arena

|8,500 / 8,500

|$1,760,020

28 September 1999[http://www.songkick.com/venues/97979-springfield-arena] songkick.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011

|Springfield

|Springfield Arena

29 September 1999

|Rockford

|MetroCentre

1 October 1999[http://www.songkick.com/concerts/904123-elton-john-at-assembly-hall] songkick.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011

|Champaign

|Assembly Hall

2 October 1999

|Moline

|MARK of the Quad Cities

6 October 1999

|Daytona Beach

|Ocean Center

8 October 1999[http://savannahnow.com/stories/100999/LOCelton.shtml] savannahnow.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011

|Savannah

|Savannah Civic Center

9 October 1999

|Augusta

|Richmond County Civic Center

12 October 1999

|Boston

|Fleet Center

|17,158 / 17,158

|$828,093

15 October 1999

|rowspan="2"|New York City

|rowspan="2"|Madison Square Garden

|rowspan="2"|38,172 / 38,172

|rowspan="2"|$2,097,980

16 October 1999
27 October 1999

|Mobile

|Mobile Civic Center

29 October 1999[http://littlerock.about.com/od/sportsandvenues/p/alltel.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227223821/http://littlerock.about.com/od/sportsandvenues/p/alltel.htm |date=27 December 2011 }} littlerock.about.com, Retrieved 1 September 2011

|North Little Rock

|Alltel Arena

|16,255 / 16,255

|$724,649

30 October 1999

|Oklahoma City

|The Myriad

3 November 1999

|Omaha

|Omaha Civic Auditorium

6 November 1999

|Minneapolis

|Target Center

|16,167 / 16,167

|$848,644

9 November 1999

|rowspan="3"|Chicago

|rowspan="3"|Arie Crown Theater

|rowspan="3"|11,722 / 11,722

|rowspan="3"|$919,610

10 November 1999
12 November 1999
15 November 1999

|Winnipeg

|rowspan="4"|Canada

|Winnipeg Arena

|15,350 / 15,350

|$734,625

17 November 1999

|Calgary

|Canadian Airlines Saddledome

|17,448 / 17,448

|$715,077

18 November 1999

|Edmonton

|Skyreach Centre

|17,078 / 17,078

|$735,924

20 November 1999

|Vancouver

|GM Place

|18,192 / 18,192

|$823,673

30 December 1999

|Las Vegas

|United States

|Thomas & Mack Center

|10,598 / 12,072

|$3,091,801

style="background:#ddd;"

|colspan="6"|North America (second leg)

7 January 2000

|rowspan="3"|Honolulu

| rowspan="26" |United States

|rowspan="3"|Blaisdell Arena

|rowspan="3"|25,191 / 25,191

|rowspan="3"|$1,525,815

8 January 2000
9 January 2000
4 February 2000

|Columbia

|Carolina Coliseum

|9,117 / 9,117

|$389,653

5 February 2000

|Fayetteville

|Crown Coliseum

|10,216 / 10,216

|$408,056

8 February 2000

|Lubbock

|United Spirit Arena

9 February 2000

|Valley Center

|Kansas Coliseum

11 February 2000

|Albuquerque

|Tingley Coliseum

12 February 2000

|Las Cruces

|Pan American Center

|12,738 / 12,738

|$601,560

15 February 2000

|Tucson

|Tucson Convention Center

20 February 2000

|Reno

|Lawlor Events Center

|12,240 / 12,240

|$729,900

17 March 2000

|Lakeland

|Lakeland Center

18 March 2000

|Albany

|Albany Civic Center

5 April 2000

|Binghamton

|Veterans Memorial Arena

7 April 2000

|Portland

|County Civic Center

8 April 2000

|Amherst

|Mullins Center

|9,535 / 10,587

|$463,974

9 April 2000

|Erie

|Tullio Arena

14 April 2000

|Evansville

|Roberts Stadium

|8,073 / 12,577

|$379,705

15 April 2000

|Indianapolis

|Conseco Fieldhouse

|12,750 / 15,620

|$674,650

18 April 2000

|Syracuse

|Oncenter War Memorial Arena

19 April 2000

|Trenton

|Sovereign Bank Arena

21 April 2000

|Wilkes-Barre

|First Union Arena

22 April 2000

|Hershey

|Hersheypark Arena

|8,950 / 8,950

|$488,570

25 April 2000

|Beaumont

|Montagne Center

28 April 2000

|Birmingham

|BJCC

29 April 2000

|Atlanta

|Philips Arena

colspan="6"|Europe
31 May 2000

|Copenhagen

|Denmark

|Rosenborg Castle

1 June 2000

|Reykjavík

|Iceland

|Laugardalsvöllur

9 September 2000

|rowspan="2"|Athens

|rowspan="2"|Greece

|rowspan="2"|Odeon of Herodes Atticus

10 September 2000
16 September 2000

|Marbella

|Spain

|Estadio De Futbol

style="background:#ddd;"

|colspan="6"|Greatest Hits Live

18 October 2000

|Wilkes-Barre

|rowspan="3"|United States

|First Union Arena

20 October 2000

|rowspan="2"|New York City

|rowspan="2"|Madison Square Garden

21 October 2000
style="background:#ddd;"

|colspan="4"|Europe

3 November 2000

|Estoril

|Portugal

|Unknown Venue

11 November 2000

|Paris

|France

|L'Olympia

13 November 2000

|rowspan="2"|Oslo

|rowspan="2"|Norway

|rowspan="2"|Oslo Spektrum

14 November 2000
16 November 2000

|Antwerp

|Belgium

|Sportpaleis

18 November 2000

|Rotterdam

|Netherlands

|Ahoy Arena

19 November 2000

|Hanover

|rowspan="3"|Germany

|Hanover Arena

21 November 2000

|Frankfurt

|Festhalle Frankfurt

22 November 2000

|Dortmund

|Westfalenhallen

24 November 2000

|Zürich

|Switzerland

|Hallenstadion

25 November 2000

|Vienna

|Austria

|Wiener Stadthalle

27 November 2000

|Firenze

|rowspan="2"|Italy

|Palasport

28 November 2000

|Milan

|The Forum

style="background:#ddd;"

|colspan="6"|North America

2 December 2000

|Bossier City

|rowspan="7"|United States

|CenturyTel Center

3 December 2000

|Tulsa

|Tulsa Convention Center

5 December 2000

|Johnson City

|Freedom Hall

6 December 2000

|Wheeling

|Wheeling Civic Center

8 December 2000

|Macon

|Macon Coliseum

9 December 2000

|Albany

|Albany Civic Center

10 December 2000

|Montgomery

|Garrett Coliseum

Set lists

{{hidden

|headercss = background: #ccccff; font-size: 100%; width: 90%;

|header = Standard early US set list

|content =

  1. Your Song
  2. The Greatest Discovery
  3. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
  4. Border Song
  5. Daniel
  6. Harmony
  7. Honky Cat
  8. Rocket Man
  9. Tiny Dancer
  10. Philadelphia Freedom
  11. Nikita
  12. Sacrifice
  13. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
  14. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
  15. Ticking
  16. Carla/Etude
  17. Tonight
  18. Burn Down the Mission
  19. The One
  20. Blue Eyes
  21. Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)
  22. Take Me to the Pilot
  23. Crocodile Rock
  24. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
  25. Circle of Life
  26. Bennie and the Jets
  27. Candle in the Wind

}}

{{hidden

|headercss = background: #ccccff; font-size: 100%; width: 90%;

|header = Standard European set list

|content =

  1. Your Song
  2. The Greatest Discovery
  3. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
  4. Border Song
  5. Daniel
  6. Harmony
  7. Honky Cat
  8. Rocket Man
  9. Tiny Dancer
  10. Philadelphia Freedom
  11. American Triangle
  12. Nikita
  13. Sacrifice
  14. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
  15. I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues
  16. Ticking
  17. Carla/Etude
  18. Tonight
  19. Burn Down the Mission
  20. The One
  21. Blue Eyes
  22. Take Me to the Pilot
  23. Crocodile Rock
  24. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
  25. Circle of Life
  26. Bennie and the Jets
  27. Candle in the Wind

}}

{{hidden

|headercss = background: #ccccff; font-size: 100%; width: 90%;

|header = Greatest Hits Live set list

|content =

  1. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
  2. Candle in the Wind
  3. Bennie and the Jets
  4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
    with Billy Joel
  5. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
  6. Little Jeannie
  7. Philadelphia Freedom
  8. Tiny Dancer
  9. Can You Feel The Love Tonight
  10. Daniel
  11. Rocket Man
  12. Club At The End Of The Street
  13. Blue Eyes
  14. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
    with Mary J. Blige
  15. The One
  16. I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That
  17. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
  18. Sacrifice
  19. Come Together
  20. Your Song
    with Ronan Keating
  21. Sad Songs (Say So Much)
    with Bryan Adams
  22. I'm Still Standing
  23. Crocodile Rock
  24. Saturday Nights Alright for Fighting
    with Anastacia
  25. The Bitch Is Back
  26. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
  27. Don't Go Breaking My Heart
    with Kiki Dee

}}

{{hidden

|headercss = background: #ccccff; font-size: 100%; width: 90%;

|header = Standard later US set list

|content =

  1. Your Song
  2. The Greatest Discovery
  3. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
  4. Border Song
  5. Daniel
  6. Harmony
  7. Honky Cat
  8. Rocket Man
  9. Tiny Dancer
  10. Philadelphia Freedom
  11. American Triangle
  12. Nikita
  13. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
  14. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
  15. Ticking
  16. Carla/Etude
  17. Tonight
  18. Take Me to the Pilot
  19. The One
  20. Blue Eyes
  21. Crocodile Rock
  22. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
  23. Circle of Life
  24. Bennie and the Jets
  25. Candle in the Wind

}}

References

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External links

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

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