Elton John Announces Farewell Yellow Brick Road UK Dates

Elton John will tour the UK for the last time from November 2020.

Elton gave advance warning of this retirement making the announcement four years before the tour will finish.

In a statement Sir Elton said, “The Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour will take us to many places that have meant a lot to me over the last fifty years, but these UK shows will be incredibly special. The UK is home, and where my heart will always be. To celebrate some of the incredible moments we’ve shared with my British fans over the years will be wonderful. These homecoming shows will be very emotional, and a lot of fun.”

The UK dates are:

Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road UK tour dates
6 November 2020: O2 arena, London
7 November: O2 Arena, London
9 November: Resorts World Arena, Birmingham
11 November: Resorts World Arena, Birmingham
13 November: Echo Arena, Liverpool
14 November: Echo Arena, Liverpool
17 November: Manchester Arena
20 November: Events Complex, Aberdeen
21 November: Events Complex, Aberdeen
24 November: SSE Hydro, Glasgow
25 November: SSE Hydro, Glasgow
7 December: First Direct Arena, Leeds

This was the Elton John setlist for the first show on the tour.

Bennie and the Jets (from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, 1973)
All the Girls Love Alice (from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, 1973)
I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues (from Too Low For Zero, 1983)
Border Song (from Elton John, 1970)
Tiny Dancer (from Madman Across The Water, 1971)
Philadelphia Freedom (single, 1975)
Indian Sunset (from Madman Across The Water, 1971)
Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time) (from Honky Chateau, 1972)
Take Me To The Pilot (from Elton John, 1970)
Someone Saved My Life Tonight (from Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, 1975)
Levon (from Madman Across The Water, 1971)
Candle in the Wind (from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, 1973)

Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding (from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, 1973)
Burn Down the Mission (from Tumbleweed Connection, 1970)
Believe (from Made In England, 1995)
Daniel (from Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player, 1973)
Sad Songs (Say So Much) (from Breaking Hearts, 1984)
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me (from Caribou, 1974)
The Bitch Is Back (from Caribou, 1974)
I’m Still Standing (from Too Low For Zero, 1983)
Crocodile Rock (from Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player, 1973)
Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting (from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, 1973)

Encore:
Your Song (from Elton John, 1970)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, 1973)

Australia and New Zealand dates for Farewell Yellow Brick Road are yet to be announced for December 2019 to February 2020.

Elton John fans also have the Rocketman biopic to look forward to in 2019.