The One Tour (Elton John tour)

The One Tour
Tour by Elton John
LocationEurope • North America • Asia • South America • Oceania
Associated albumThe One
Start date26 May 1992
End date20 June 1993
Legs7
No. of shows154 in total
Elton John concert chronology

Elton John and his band set out on The One Tour just under a month prior to the album's release. The album proved a big success as did the world tour which lasted for two years.[1][2]

Tour

This was John's first tour since his rehabilitation from drug and alcohol addictions and bulimia in 1990. This is the last tour to feature his Roland RD-1000 digital piano. He would start playing his current Yamaha Disklavier piano shortly after.

The first European leg lasted from 26 May to 21 July visiting 13 countries ending at Barcelona Mini Stadium during the 1992 Summer Olympics. The show, filmed in front of 30,000 fans, was released on VHS and later on DVD.[3]

John and the band then moved on to the United States where The One was a commercial success. John returned to Dodger Stadium for two sold-out shows as well as another two at Shea Stadium. John also played six sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden, playing to approximately 120,000 people over the six shows. He finished the tour with two performances in Mexico, where he had never performed in concert before,[4] and two in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The tour was seen by 3 million people over 130 shows.

The 1993 leg of the tour started with nineteen shows in Australia, four shows in Hong Kong, and two shows in Singapore, where John had never previously performed.[5] The tour when went on to North America and then Europe. It ended in a concert in Istanbul, Turkey at the Istanbul Stadium on 20 June 1993.[1]

As in Europe, John dedicated "The Show Must Go On" to Freddie Mercury and performed this number away from the keyboard, with a hand-held microphone. Also, he dedicated "The Last Song" to the people suffering from AIDS. George Michael appeared at Dodger Stadium performing "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" with John as an encore.

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Attendance Box Office
Europe
26 May 1992 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum — —
27 May 1992
29 May 1992 Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Olympic Stadium
31 May 1992 Copenhagen Denmark Østerbro Stadium
1 June 1992 Dortmund Germany Westfalenhallen
2 June 1992
4 June 1992 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt
6 June 1992[a] Nürburg Nürburgring
7 June 1992 Bremen Weserstadion
9 June 1992 Munich Olympiahalle
10 June 1992
12 June 1992
13 June 1992 Vienna Austria Prater Stadium
15 June 1992 Berlin Germany Waldbühne
16 June 1992
18 June 1992 Paris France Hippodrome de Vincennes
19 June 1992 Rotterdam Netherlands Feijenoord Stadion
21 June 1992 Sheffield England Sheffield Arena
22 June 1992
26 June 1992 London Wembley Stadium
27 June 1992
28 June 1992
30 June 1992 Birmingham National Indoor Arena
1 July 1992 Brussels Belgium Forest National
3 July 1992 Lausanne Switzerland Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
4 July 1992 Basel St. Jakob Stadium
6 July 1992 Bologna Italy Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
8 July 1992 Rome Stadio Olimpico
10 July 1992 Monza Stadio Brianteo
11 July 1992 Nîmes France Arena of Nîmes
12 July 1992
13 July 1992 Madrid Spain Las Ventas
15 July 1992 Sevilla Estadio Benito Villamarín
16 July 1992 Lisbon Portugal Estádio José Alvalade
18 July 1992 Oviedo Spain Estadio Carlos Tartiere
19 July 1992 A Coruña Estadio Riazor
21 July 1992 Barcelona Mini Estadi
North America
11 August 1992 Atlanta United States Lakewood Amphitheater — —
12 August 1992
14 August 1992 Charlotte Blockbuster Pavilion
15 August 1992 Raleigh Walnut Creek Amphitheater 20,601 / 20,601 $508,336[6]
17 August 1992 Cuyahoga Falls Blossom Music Center — —
19 August 1992 Toronto Canada Exhibition Stadium 51,056 / 51,056 $1,066,065[6]
21 August 1992 New York City United States Shea Stadium 122,388 / 122,388 $4,594,205[7]
22 August 1992
24 August 1992 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center — —
25 August 1992
29 August 1992 Los Angeles Dodger Stadium 99,453 / 120,174 $3,422,520[8]
30 August 1992
2 September 1992 Greenwood Village Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre — —
4 September 1992 Maryland Heights Riverport Amphitheatre 20,000 / 20,000 $543,904[9]
6 September 1992 Nashville Starwood Amphitheatre — —
11 September 1992 Hoffman Estates Poplar Creek Music Theater
12 September 1992
13 September 1992 Burgettstown Star Lake Amphitheater 21,543 / 21,543 $544,882[10]
15 September 1992 Mansfield Woods Performing Arts Center — —
16 September 1992
18 September 1992
19 September 1992 Columbia Merriweather Post Pavilion
20 September 1992
22 September 1992 Philadelphia The Spectrum 36,437 / 36,437 $1,038,455[11]
23 September 1992
25 September 1992 Albany Knickerbocker Arena — —
26 September 1992 Syracuse Carrier Dome 39,082 / 39,082 $1,017,203[12]
1 October 1992 Hartford Hartford Civic Center 16,365 / 16,365 $446,827[11]
2 October 1992 New York City Madison Square Garden 113,406 / 113,406 $3,345,477[12]
3 October 1992
5 October 1992
7 October 1992
9 October 1992
10 October 1992
11 October 1992
16 October 1992 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 41,318 / 41,318 $1,177,593[12]
17 October 1992
20 October 1992 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 20,434 / 20,434 $561,517[12]
21 October 1992
23 October 1992 Austin Frank Erwin Center — —
25 October 1992 Dallas Starplex Amphitheater 20,111 / 20,111 $540,333[13]
28 October 1992 Phoenix Desert Sky Pavilion 19,617 / 19,945 $527,236[13]
30 October 1992 Oakland Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena — —
31 October 1992 Sacramento ARCO Arena 16,015 / 16,015 $440,413[14]
2 November 1992 Inglewood Great Western Forum — —
4 November 1992
13 November 1992 Mexico City Mexico Estadio Azteca 180,000 / 180,000 $4,006,410[14]
14 November 1992
South America
21 November 1992 Buenos Aires Argentina River Plate Stadium — —
22 November 1992
Oceania
13 February 1993 Auckland New Zealand Mount Smart Stadium — —
16 February 1993 Melbourne Australia National Tennis Centre
17 February 1993
19 February 1993
20 February 1993
23 February 1993 Perth Perth Entertainment Centre
24 February 1993
26 February 1993 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
27 February 1993
1 March 1993 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre
2 March 1993
4 March 1993 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre 73,044 / 77,000 $2,085,746
5 March 1993
6 March 1993
8 March 1993
9 March 1993
11 March 1993
12 March 1993
Asia
16 March 1993 Hong Kong Hong Kong Coliseum — —
17 March 1993
19 March 1993
20 March 1993
23 March 1993 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium
24 March 1993
North America
9 April 1993 Landover United States Capital Centre 17,384 / 17,384 $512,828
10 April 1993 Philadelphia The Spectrum 18,426 / 18,988 $525,141
13 April 1993 Montreal Canada Montreal Forum 30,452 / 30,452 $866,142
14 April 1993
16 April 1993 Boston United States Boston Garden 30,311 / 30,311 $888,964
17 April 1993
20 April 1993 Fairborn Nutter Center 11,818 / 11,818 $406,640
21 April 1993 Milwaukee Bradley Center 18,444 / 18,444 $461,100
23 April 1993 Pittsburgh Civic Arena — —
24 April 1993 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 20,816 / 20,816 $593,256
25 April 1993 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 16,697 / 16,697 $442,471
30 April 1993 Lexington Rupp Arena — —
1 May 1993 Knoxville Thompson–Boling Arena 17,821 / 17,821 $395,266
3 May 1993 Orlando Orlando Arena 30,232 / 30,232 $848,588
4 May 1993
5 May 1993 Miami Miami Arena — —
7 May 1993 Chapel Hill Dean Smith Center 15,262 / 15,262 $375,623
8 May 1993 Atlanta The Omni — —
Europe
12 May 1993 London England Earls Court Exhibition Centre — —
13 May 1993
15 May 1993 Dortmund Germany Westfalenhallen
16 May 1993
18 May 1993 Ghent Belgium Flanders Expo
19 May 1993 Strasbourg France Rhénus Sport
21 May 1993 Frankfurt Germany Festhalle Frankfurt
22 May 1993
24 May 1993 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
25 May 1993
26 May 1993
27 May 1993
30 May 1993 Hanover Germany Garbsen
31 May 1993 Nuremberg Frankenstadion
2 June 1993 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
3 June 1993
4 June 1993 Salzburg Austria Residenzplatz
6 June 1993 Milan Italy Forum di Assago
7 June 1993 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi
8 June 1993 Valencia Estadio Luis Casanova
10 June 1993 Marbella Estadio Municipal de Marbella
12 June 1993 Tenerife Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López
Middle East
17 June 1993 Tel Aviv Israel Yarkon Park — —
Europe
18 June 1993 Athens Greece Athens Olympic Stadium — —
20 June 1993 Istanbul Turkey İnönü Stadium

1992 setlists

Standard Early European Sstlist
  1. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
  2. I'm Still Standing
  3. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
  4. Philadelphia Freedom
  5. Burn Down the Mission
  6. Simple Life
  7. The One
  8. I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That
  9. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters Parts 1 & 2
  10. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
  11. Daniel
  12. The Last Song
  13. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
  14. Sad Songs (Say So Much)
  15. Rocket Man
  16. Saturday Nights Alright for Fighting
Standard UK setlist
  1. Philadelphia Freedom
  2. Burn Down the Mission
  3. Simple Life
  4. The One
  5. I'm Still Standing
  6. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters Parts 1 & 2
  7. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
  8. Daniel
  9. Blue Avenue
  10. Sad Songs (Say So Much)
  11. Rocket Man
  12. The Show Must Go On
  13. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
  14. Sacrifice
  15. Candle in the Wind
Standard Later European setlist
  1. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
  2. I'm Still Standing
  3. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
  4. Tiny Dancer
  5. Philadelphia Freedom
  6. Burn Down the Mission
  7. Simple Life
  8. The One
  9. I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That
  10. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters Parts 1 & 2
  11. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
  12. Daniel
  13. Blue Avenue
  14. The Last Song
  15. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
  16. Sad Songs (Say So Much)
  17. The Show Must Go On
  18. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
  19. Sacrifice
  20. Song for Guy
  21. Your Song
Standard US setlist
  1. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
  2. I'm Still Standing
  3. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
  4. Philadelphia Freedom
  5. Runaway Train
  6. Burn Down the Mission
  7. Tiny Dancer
  8. Simple Life
  9. The One
  10. I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That
  11. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters Parts 1 & 2
  12. The Last Song
  13. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
  14. Rocket Man
  15. All the Girls Love Alice
  16. Sad Songs (Say So Much)
  17. The Show Must Go On
  18. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
  19. The Bitch Is Back
  20. Candle in the Wind
  21. Your Song

1993 setlists

Standard Australasian setlist
  1. Intro
  2. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
  3. I'm Still Standing
  4. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
  5. Philadelphia Freedom
  6. Burn Down the Mission
  7. Tiny Dancer
  8. Healing Hands
  9. Simple Life
  10. The One
  11. I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That
  12. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters Parts 1 & 2
  13. The Last Song
  14. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
  15. Rocket Man
  16. All the Girls Love Alice
  17. Sad Songs (Say So Much)
  18. The Show Must Go On
  19. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
  20. Crocodile Rock
  21. The Bitch Is Back
  22. Sacrifice
  23. Candle in the Wind
  24. Song for Guy/Your Song
Standard US setlist
  1. Pinball Wizard
  2. The Bitch Is Back
  3. Take Me to the Pilot
  4. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
  5. Philadelphia Freedom
  6. Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)
  7. Simple Life
  8. The One
  9. I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That
  10. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters Parts 1 & 2
  11. Come Down in Time
  12. A Woman's Needs
  13. High Flying Bird
  14. Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
  15. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
  16. Rocket Man
  17. Bennie and the Jets
  18. The Show Must Go On
  19. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
  20. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
  21. Candle in the Wind
  22. The Last Song
Standard European setlist
  1. Pinball Wizard
  2. The Bitch Is Back
  3. Take Me to the Pilot
  4. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
  5. Philadelphia Freedom
  6. Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)
  7. Simple Life
  8. The One
  9. I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That
  10. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters Parts 1 & 2
  11. Come Down in Time
  12. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
  13. The Last Song
  14. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
  15. Rocket Man
  16. Bennie and the Jets
  17. Sad Songs (Say So Much)
  18. The Show Must Go On
  19. Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
  20. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
  21. Jumping Jack Flash
  22. Your Song
  23. Sacrifice

Personnel

  • Elton John – Roland RD-1000 digital piano and lead vocals
  • Davey Johnstone – guitars/backing vocals
  • Bob Birch – bass
  • Mark Taylor – keyboards/guitar
  • Guy Babylon – keyboards
  • Charlie Morgan – drums
  • Mortonette Jenkins – backing vocals
  • Marlena Jeter – backing vocals
  • Natalie Jackson – backing vocals

Notes

  1. ^ The 6 June 1992 concert in Nürburg was part of Rock Am Ring.

References

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  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) eltonography.com, Retrieved 29 August 2011
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  6. ^ a b Billboard Boxscore (PDF). New York: BPI Communications. 5 September 1992. p. 19. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
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  10. ^ Billboard Boxscore (PDF). New York: BPI Communications. 10 October 1992. p. 17. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
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  12. ^ a b c d BIllboard Boxscore (PDF). New York: BPI Communications. 7 November 1992. p. 20. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  13. ^ a b Billboard Boxscore (PDF). New York: BPI Communications. 21 November 1992. p. 22. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  14. ^ a b Billboard Boxscore (PDF). New York: BPI Communicationsa. 28 November 1992. p. 18. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

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