Fan report and photos by Mark S. Giles.

Support act Richard Fleeshman performed "Can You Hear Me ?", the song he co-wrote with Elton.

I suppose the big news is that Elton announced that he's only doing one show in the UK in 2010, at Watford FC, followed by Billy Joel shows in 2011.

The show went without a hitch. It rained an hour before the start, but stopped before the support act came on. Elton didn't seem in a particularly good mood at the start, but soon got into the swing of it.

Highlights for me were "Burn Down The Mission", the new intro for "Take Me To The Pilot", "I Want Love" (it was nice to hear something from "Songs From The West Coast"), "All The Young Girls Love Alice", and "Skyline Pigeon" with the band (I am not sure if I've ever heard it with the band). The rest was as per usual.

The live CD by Concert Live sounds good, but the pictures on the bonus disc are a bit disappointing.

Following is the complete set list of the Bristol show on June 13, 2009:

• Funeral For A Friend
  
• Love Lies Bleeding
  
• Saturday Night Alright (For Fighting)
  
• Burn Down The Mission
  
• Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  
• I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues
  
• Daniel
  
• Honky Cat
  
• I Want Love
  
• Rocket Man
  
• Sad Songs (Say So Much)
  
• Take Me To The Pilot
  
• Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
  
• Tiny Dancer
  
• Sacrifice
  
• Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me
  
• All The Young Girls Love Alice
  
• Candle In The Wind (solo)
  
• Skyline Pigeon
  
• Are You Ready For Love
  
• Bennie And The Jets
  
• The Bitch Is Back
  
• Crocodile Rock
  
• I’m Still Standing
  
• Your Song

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