Fan report by Gary Landon.

In Gainesville, he started at 8:10pm and played the exact same 2 1/2 hour setlist as Anaheim. Elton did apologize after "The Bitch Is Back", and again before "Your Song" for the mess and inconvenience he those there by being sick a few weeks ago.

Elton's vocals and the band were very sharp with the only noticable miscue a false start to "All The Girls Love Alice" by Davey which had the band all laughing. Like Anaheim, Elton did not talk as much between songs as he often does.

As the show was on the campus of the University of Florida'Gators', during "Crocodile Rock", many of the Gator fans were doing the 'Gator chomp' with their arms as they sang along - the band really got a kick out of that.

The crowd was great and loud all night. Elton clearly had a lot of fun from the expressions on his face. He also gave some hilarious introductions for some of the band (you would get in trouble if you printed what he said).

Following is the complete set list of the Gainesville show on April 24, 2008:

• Funeral For A Friend
  
• Love Lies Bleeding
  
• The Bitch Is Back
  
• Madman Across The Water
  
• Tiny Dancer
  
• Levon
  
• Believe
  
• Take Me To The Pilot
  
• Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  
• Daniel
  
• Rocket Man
  
• Honky Cat
  
• Holiday Inn
  
• All The Girls Love Alice
  
• I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
  
• Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
  
• Candle In The Wind
  
• Pinball Wizard
  
• Bennie And The Jets
  
• Philadelphia Freedom
  
• 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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