Hi,
My name is Giuseppe Caruso, and I'm an Italian EJ fan. I saw the concert Elton gave in Birmingham (UK), on the 15th of December, and I'm writing you just to give you some information about that date!
In a few words: the concert was wonderful, but the crowd was REALLY AWFUL!!! Everyone was sitted, clapping their stupid hands only at the end of every song! When I tried to stand up, an old lady sitted behind me told me to stay seated. I tried many times to reach the stage, and every time I was stopped by the Arena's security-man. After many tries, I scored the goal (at least), but it was only due to the help of an EJ security-man, who told me I could stand up just in front of the stage, singing and dancing!!! Elton was really very happy of this, and gave me a big, wonderful smile! Only after this moment (he was singing If The River Can Bend), some people reached the stage (but they were just 60-70 persons!) to dance at the bottom of it.
Due to this terrible crowd, Elton decided to cut the show short: he cutted off "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" and "I'm Still Standing" from the list, and the concert lasted just 2 hour and 15 mins.
The set list is the following:
Simple Life The One Grey Seal Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Honky Cat Sacrifice Tiny Dancer I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues If The River Can Bend I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word The Last Song Daniel Love's Got A Lot To Answer For Take Me To The Pilot Something About The Way You Look Tonight Made In England Believe Philadelphia Freedom Bennie And The Jets Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) Encore The Bitch Is Back Last Encore Your Song
As you can see, he didn't perform Someone Saved... (MY FAVOURITE!!!), I'm Still Standing (he performed it in the other UK dates, as first encore, with The Bitch Is Back), and Sand And Water...
I'll never go again in England to see a concert, and (as he told in Manchester) also Elton will do the same!!!
Giuseppe Caruso giuselton@usa.net
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