On the band’s “Rocket Man: Greatest Hits Live” tour, Sir Elton John’s drummer, Nigel Olsson, took time to speak with The Daily Toreador about how the band has changed throughout the years, the different places it has performed and to encourage the audience to use the bathrooms before the show begins. °How’s the tour been […]
CHICHEN ITZA, Mexico — Pop legend Elton John has entertained thousands of fans at an open air concert at the ancient Mayan pyramids of Chichen Itza in southeastern Mexico. Nearly 6,000 spectators who paid between 80 and 800 dollars (60-600 euros) per ticket heard some of the British singer-songwriter’s most popular classics on Saturday, with […]
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — The “Rocket Man” touches down at Lake Tahoe this summer. Elton John, the most successful male recording artist according to Billboard, performs July 25 at the Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys. It will be John’s first Tahoe appearance. He played in 2001 at Reno’s Lawlor Events Center. John will […]
Elton John is coming back to Tucson. The singer and pianist will play a show at the Tucson Arena at 8 p.m. July 21. Tickets for the concert will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday for $39 to $139. John and his band will perform their “Rocket Man: The Greatest Hits Live” show, featuring […]
Elton John is planning a return to the stage – the “Rocket Man” is ready to write another musical. The singer has previously composed scores for theater hits “Aida” and the “Lion King”, as well as “Billy Elliot the Musical”, based on the 2000 film, and insists he is eager to begin working on another […]
Are you gaga for this music ICON? Have you followed his four-decade career? Do you know EVERY word to EVERY one of his songs?? Are you inspired by his philanthropic efforts and his work for the Elton John AIDS Foundation? Will you be the first in line to buy his new album, “You Are Never […]
Sir Elton John is making a special trip to Indianapolis next month to lead a celebration of the life of Ryan White — a Kokomo teen who died of AIDS 20 years ago in April — The Children’s Museum is announcing today. White’s mother, Jeanne White-Ginder, who lives in Florida, said Monday that she wrote […]
Six further US concerts have been announced for Elton and the band. They will play the following dates: Friday, April 16, Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa Saturday, April 17, Resch Center, Green Bay, Wisconsin Saturday, April 24, Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Missouri Sunday April 25, Lucas County Arena, Toledo, Ohio Friday, April 30, […]
Dance St. Louis and the Fox Theatre have teamed up to bring “Billy Elliot the Musical” the hit show about a boy who loves ballet, to the Fox stage from August 10-28, 2011. Subscribers to the Fox’s Broadway series and to the Dance St. Louis season will find the show on their 2010-2011 schedules; renewal […]
Reporting from Calgary, Canada – Twenty toned and lithe dancers shook their hips in exaggerated movements, pounding Dodger blue baseball bats into the ballet studio floor in time to the staccato beats of Elton John’s “Bennie and the Jets.” “You’re giving me hips, but you’re giving me ballet hips. I want jazz hips,” said the […]