Big Picture Tour

In the fall of 1997, Elton John set out on tour to promote his latest album The Big Picture with the Big Picture Tour. The album was a commercial success reaching No. 9 on the US Billboard 200 and No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart.[1] The 1997 tour started off in North America and ended in Europe.[2]

Big Picture Tour
Tour by Elton John
Associated albumThe Big Picture
Start date8 October 1997
End date7 December 1998
Legs7
No. of shows116 in total
Elton John concert chronology

The second year of the tour also started off in North America but was interrupted by John's and Billy Joel's 1998 Face to Face Tour.[3] Elton returned to the US after the tour before completing four sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden and returning and ending the tour in Europe.[4]

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue Tickets sold / available Revenue
North America
8 October 1997 Atlanta United States Roxy Theatre
10 October 1997 Winston-Salem Lawrence Joel Coliseum 14,356 / 14,356 $507,255
11 October 1997 Virginia Beach GTE Amphitheatre 20,000 / 20,000 $678,080
14 October 1997 North Charleston North Charleston Coliseum
15 October 1997 Columbia Colonial Center
17 October 1997 Charleston Charleston Civic Center 12,700 / 12,700 $452,054
18 October 1997 Louisville Freedom Hall
22 October 1997 Moline MARK of the Quad Cities
24 October 1997 Ames Hilton Coliseum
25 October 1997 Fargo Fargodome
28 October 1997 Evansville Roberts Stadium
29 October 1997 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena 12,617 / 12,617 $548,840
4 November 1997 University Park Bryce Jordan Center 14,992 / 14,992 $587,110
5 November 1997 Amherst Mullins Center
7 November 1997 Kanata Canada Corel Center 17,630 / 17,630 $634,741
8 November 1997 Quebec City Colisée de Québec 16,048 / 16,048 $575,742
11 November 1997 Montreal Molson Center 32,374 / 32,374 $1,253,687
12 November 1997
14 November 1997 Birmingham United States Jefferson Civic Center Arena 18,138 / 18,138 $567,004
15 November 1997 Knoxville Thompson–Boling Arena
19 November 1997 Oklahoma City The Myriad
21 November 1997 Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center
22 November 1997 Memphis Pyramid Arena
Europe
11 December 1997 Glasgow Scotland SE&CC
12 December 1997 Newcastle England Newcastle Arena
14 December 1997 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena
15 December 1997 Birmingham National Exhibition Centre
16 December 1997
19 December 1997 London Wembley Arena
20 December 1997
North America
21 January 1998 Biloxi United States Mississippi Coast Coliseum
23 January 1998 Nashville Nashville Arena
24 January 1998 St. Louis Kiel Center 20,740 / 20,740 $906,620
28 January 1998 Dallas Reunion Arena 17,852 / 17,852 $742,116
29 January 1998 Houston The Summit
31 January 1998 San Antonio Alamodome
2 February 1998 Tupelo Tupelo Coliseum
6 February 1998 San Jose San Jose Arena 17,232 / 17,232 $785,380
7 February 1998 Oakland Oakland Coliseum Arena
9 February 1998 Seattle KeyArena
10 February 1998
12 February 1998 Portland Rose Garden
14 February 1998 Paradise MGM Grand Garden Arena 14,126 / 14,126 $1,425,200
20 February 1998 Inglewood Great Western Forum 32,579 / 32,579 $1,398,623
21 February 1998
North America (second leg)
17 April 1998 Chicago United States United Center
21 April 1998 Minneapolis Target Center
22 April 1998
24 April 1998 Milwaukee Bradley Center
29 April 1998
30 April 1998 Cincinnati The Crown
4 May 1998 Miami Miami Arena
5 May 1998 Tampa Ice Palace 18,803 / 18,803 $829,495
8 May 1998 Atlanta Lakewood Amphitheater 38,008 / 38,008 $1,383,359
9 May 1998
11 May 1998 New York City Avery Fisher Hall
13 May 1998 Virginia Beach GTE Amphitheatre
15 May 1998 Boston Fleet Center 35,642 / 35,642 $1,563,121
16 May 1998
Europe
1 July 1998 Paris France Bercy
North America
7 August 1998 Austin United States Frank Erwin Center
8 August 1998 Dallas Starplex Amphitheater
11 August 1998 Salt Lake City Delta Center
13 August 1998 Sacramento ARCO Arena
15 August 1998 Oakland Oakland Coliseum Arena
17 August 1998 Phoenix America West Arena
18 August 1998 Chula Vista Coors Amphitheater 17,500 / 17,500 $718,590
21 August 1998 Anaheim Arrowhead Pond 25,311 / 25,311 $1,252,895
22 August 1998
24 August 1998 Greenwood Village Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
28 August 1998 Tinley Park New World Music Theatre 24,192 / 24,192 $876,300
29 August 1998 Noblesville Deer Creek Music Center 18,010 / 18,010 $713,365
31 August 1998 Toronto Canada Molson Amphitheatre
1 September 1998 Buffalo United States Marine Midland Arena 15,446 / 15,446 $753,107
5 September 1998 Bristow Nissan Pavilion 21,284 / 22,500 $807,616
6 September 1998 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion
9 September 1998 Columbus Polaris Amphitheater
11 September 1998 Madison Kohl Center
12 September 1998 Cleveland Gund Arena
15 September 1998 Albany Pepsi Arena 14,482 / 14,482 $682,671
16 September 1998 Hartford Hartford Civic Center 13,019 / 13,522 $601,909
18 September 1998 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 34,375 / 34,375 $1,650,023
19 September 1998
23 September 1998 Philadelphia First Union Center
25 September 1998
26 September 1998 University Park Bryce Jordan Center
29 September 1998 Richmond Richmond Coliseum
30 September 1998 Greenville BI-LO Center 13,725 / 13,725 $642,794
2 October 1998 Miami Miami Arena
3 October 1998 Orlando Orlando Arena
4 October 1998 Sunrise National Car Rental Center
9 October 1998 Chapel Hill Dean Smith Center
10 October 1998 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
13 October 1998 New York City Madison Square Garden 73,315 / 73,315 $3,600,234
14 October 1998
17 October 1998
18 October 1998
Europe
4 November 1998 Ghent Belgium Flanders Expo
6 November 1998 Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy
9 November 1998 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
10 November 1998 Stuttgart Germany Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
12 November 1998 Lyon France Halle Tony Garnier
14 November 1998 Pesaro Italy Pesaro Palasport
15 November 1998 Milan Fila Forum
18 November 1998 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle Frankfurt
19 November 1998 Cologne Cologne Arena
21 November 1998 Erfurt Messehalle
23 November 1998 Hanover HanoverMessehalle
26 November 1998 Sheffield England Sheffield Arena
27 November 1998 Manchester Manchester Evening News Arena
30 November 1998 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
1 December 1998
2 December 1998
4 December 1998 Stockholm Sweden The Globe
6 December 1998 Amnéville France Galaxie Amnéville
7 December 1998 Paris Bercy

1997 setlists
Standard North American Setlist
  1. Simple Life
  2. The One
  3. Grey Seal
  4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  5. Honky Cat
  6. Can You Feel the Love Tonight
  7. Tiny Dancer
  8. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
  9. If The River Can Bend
  10. I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That
  11. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
  12. The Last Song
  13. Daniel
  14. Love's Got a Lot to Answer For
  15. Take Me to the Pilot
  16. Something About the Way You Look Tonight
  17. Made in England
  18. Believe
  19. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
  20. Philadelphia Freedom
  21. Levon
  22. Bennie and the Jets
  23. Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
  24. Sand and Water
  25. The Bitch Is Back
  26. Your Song
Standard European Setlist
  1. Simple Life
  2. The One
  3. Grey Seal
  4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  5. Honky Cat
  6. Sacrifice
  7. Tiny Dancer
  8. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
  9. If The River Can Bend
  10. I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That
  11. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
  12. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
  13. The Last Song
  14. Daniel
  15. Love's Got a Lot to Answer For
  16. Take Me to the Pilot
  17. Something About the Way You Look Tonight
  18. Made in England
  19. Believe
  20. Philadelphia Freedom
  21. Bennie and the Jets
  22. Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
  23. I'm Still Standing
  24. The Bitch Is Back
  25. Your Song

1998 setlists
Standard North American setlist
  1. Simple Life
  2. The One
  3. Grey Seal
  4. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  5. Honky Cat
  6. Can You Feel the Love Tonight
  7. Tiny Dancer
  8. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
  9. If The River Can Bend
  10. I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That
  11. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
  12. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
  13. The Last Song
  14. Daniel
  15. Sad Songs (Say So Much)
  16. Take Me to the Pilot
  17. Something About the Way You Look Tonight
  18. Made in England
  19. Believe
  20. Philadelphia Freedom
  21. Bennie and the Jets
  22. Great Balls of Fire
  23. The Bitch Is Back
  24. Your Song
Standard European setlist
  1. Circle of Life
  2. I'm Still Standing
  3. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  4. Honky Cat
  5. Hercules
  6. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
  7. Levon
  8. Simple Life
  9. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
  10. I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That
  11. Rocket Man
  12. House
  13. Nikita
  14. Crocodile Rock
  15. Your Song
  16. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
  17. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
  18. Something About the Way You Look Tonight
  19. The Bitch Is Back
  20. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
  21. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
  22. Great Balls of Fire
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References
  1. "The Big picture". Official Charts Company. 1997. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  2. "Elton John Concerts in 1997". eltonography.com. 20 December 1997. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  3. "Elton John Face to Face... Without Billy Joel 30 June 1998 Zurich Switzerland". guitars101.com. 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  4. "Elton John Concerts in 1998". eltonography.com. 2010. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
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