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Elton John and band performed in Odense on June 24, 2007
Tuesday, June 26 2007

Fan report by Martin Aamand.

Both Elton and the band were in high spirits when they played a sold-out concert at Fionia Park in Odense, Denmark on June 24, 2006 in front of an audience of almost 20,000 people. Despite dark clouds looming on the horizon, the rain gave way to dry weather for the entire concert.

Elton wore clad in a black suit with intricate broidery on both the back and the sleeves, a dark blue shirt and blue glasses with ‘EJ’ spelled out in rhinestones (diamonds?) on the right side. Additional accessories included an anonymous silver ear stud (obviously in his right ear) and the well-known silver-cross necklace.

Elton entered the stage at 8:24pm and the concert came to an end around two-and-a-half hours later, with no surprises to the set list but with the usual abundance of musical brilliance that we’ve come to expect from the world’s greatest performer.

At age sixty, this multitalented artist is still doing the handstand atop his piano! When was the last time you saw Mick Jagger or Paul McCartney perform anything even slightly similar?

He made several jokes (and in-jokes) throughout the evening – most notably about Glastonbury: ‘We could be at Glastonbury tonight, if we’d been invited, but we’d much rather be here with you!’ Hard to tell if he was being sarcastic or not, for in all honesty, who wouldn’t want to be at that muddiest of places in Elton’s (non-European) home country? The jokes also made their way into the band introductions, particularly when time came for Guy Babylon to be introduced and Elton named him ‘President of the National Chihuahua Association in Florida’, much to the delight of fellow band members.

Highlights included a 10-minute version of ‘Rocket Man’, a fabulous solo rendition of ‘Candle in the Wind’ and a very touching version of ‘Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me’. Having accentuated the performances of these songs in particular – though my personal favourite still remains ‘Sad Songs’ – I should say that every single song in the set list was a delight beyond compare. As inevitable as ‘Your Song’ finishing the concert remains, as unforgettable was the concert that took place in the very centre of our Lilliputian kingdom in the North.

Thank you, Elton! (Come back soon…)

Following is the complete set list of the Odense show on June 24, 2007:

  • Funeral For A Friend
  • Love Lies Bleeding
  • The Bitch Is Back
  • Hercules
  • Madman Across The Water
  • Tiny Dancer
  • Daniel
  • Rocket Man
  • Honky Cat
  • Sacrifice
  • I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues
  • Burn Down The Mission
  • The Bridge
  • Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
  • Candle In The Wind
  • Bennie And The Jets
  • Philadelphia Freedom
  • Are You Ready For Love
  • Something About The Way You Look Tonight
  • Sad Songs (Say So Much)
  • I’m Still Standing
  • Crocodile Rock
  • Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)

  • Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me
  • Your Song

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