A couple of minutes after 9:00 p.m., he has appeared on stage carrying a sublime black tailcoat with sequins and behind the pink lenses of thick spherical glasses that flashed to take a seat earlier than a grand piano and open the present with ‘Bennie and the Jets ‘ in entrance of 16,000 folks.
“Barcelona, good night time! We are very completely happy to be right here after such a very long time. Thank you in your persistence”, the British star has expressed to an viewers with whom she has lastly been capable of meet after suspending the live performance twice: it was introduced for October 2020, it was postponed to October 2022 and at last to May 2023.
Supported by guitarist Davey Johnstone, drummer Nigel Olsson, percussionists Ray Cooper and John Mahon, Kim Bullard on keyboards and Matt Bissonette on bass, he has adopted with ‘Philadelphia Freedom’, ‘I suppose that is why they name it the blues ‘, throughout which photographs of the British photographer Martin Parr have been projected, and ‘Border tune’, which has been devoted to the queen of soul, Aretha Franklin, who coated it.
‘Tiny Dancer’, ‘Rocket Man’ and ‘Someone saved my life tonight’
He hasn’t made the viewers wait too lengthy earlier than singing one of many nice hymns, the thrilling ‘Tiny dancer’, from the album ‘Madman throughout the water’ (1971), and he has continued to journey again in time with the highly effective ‘Have mercy on the legal’, from the album ‘Don’t shoot me, I’m solely the piano participant’ (1973), sealed with an incredible solo by Johnstone.
The public has joined forces to sing and activate the lights of the mobiles with the magical ‘Rocket Man’, reciprocated by a protracted applause on the finish, and the get together has continued with ‘Take me to the pilot’ and ‘Someone saved my life tonight ‘, from the album ‘Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy’ (1975), which John has confessed is one among his “favourites”.
His virtuosity on the piano and that of his musicians have continued to allure the general public with ‘Levon’ and ‘Candle within the wind’, and after exchanging the tailcoat for a blue go well with, additionally with cuffs and lapels armed with sequins, he has joined forces with the guitar and bass for a prolonged musical introduction of ‘Funeral for a good friend – Love lies bleeding’, adopted by ‘Burn down the mission’ and ‘Sad songs (say a lot)’.
One of probably the most emotional moments has include ‘Sorry appears to be the toughest phrase’ and ‘Don’t let the solar go down on me’, to later revolutionize the general public with the energetic ‘The bitch is again’, ‘I ‘m nonetheless standing’, ‘Crocodile rock’ and ‘Saturday night time’s alright for preventing’, throughout which he has not stopped exhibiting complicity along with his military of musicians and which has culminated in an explosion of confetti.
With her third ‘look’ of the night time, a sublime white robe lengthy to the toes and with a satin impact, she has shared with the general public the brand new ‘Cold coronary heart’, the results of the collaboration with Dua Lipa, adopted by the tender and long-awaited ‘ Your tune’ and ‘Goodbye yellow brick street’, with which he has sealed a two-hour present and 23 songs.
Concert 306 of his farewell tour
“It has been spectacular. Thank you in your loyalty,” declared the singer, who added that that is the 306th live performance of his farewell tour and the tenth of his profession in Barcelona, the place he’ll return this Tuesday, May 23, in a live performance which, just like the one this Monday, has additionally offered out all of the tickets.
After passing by means of the Catalan capital, ‘The Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ will take them by means of Antwerp (Belgium), additionally with a double date and a tour of the United Kingdom with stops in London; Manchester, the place he’ll give three live shows; Leeds and Birmingham, additionally with a triple appointment.
He seals a profession with greater than 4,000 live shows in 80 international locations
At the tip of June it would proceed by means of Paris (France); Zurich (Switzerland); Copenhagen (Denmark) and Stockholm (Sweden), the place on July 8 he’ll put an finish to a profession of 38 gold data, 31 platinum and multi-platinum albums, greater than 50 ‘Top 40’ hits and greater than 4,000 performances in additional of 80 international locations since their first tour, in 1970.
Throughout his profession he has offered greater than 300 million data worldwide and has achieved the document for the best-selling single of all time, with ‘Candle within the Wind’, which offered greater than 33 million copies, in addition to as 5 Grammy Awards, together with a Grammy Legend, a Tony Award, an Oscar, a Brit Award, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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