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Elton John and band performed in Leipzig on July 3, 2008
Friday, July 4 2008

Fan report by Marcel Zürcher.

Holiday Inn .. With our city trip to Leipzig there's not only the fact that elton & his band were playing in front of this 91 meters high impressive monumental, which will celebrate his 100 year of being build in 2013; we've had also the opportunity to check-in at the Holiday Inn near the main station.

Leipzig & his culture .. Daniel & me took the sightseeing bus to discover some historical points from this interesting city. Along with the Völkerschlachtdenkmal there is e.g. the house of Schiller, who wrote "Lied an die Freude" back in 1785.

Perfect concert .. Sir Elton & band were in a great mood again. during the instrumental parts of few songs Elton put his left arm in the air and played with one hand, which he really enjoyed. "Madman Across the Water" was one of the evening's highlights with its improvisations. Powerfully played by Elton and the boys were "Levon" and "Believe". These two genious songs were rarely played live in Europe over the past few years. So happy enough to welcome them back to the set list.

Just one negative point is to say, that there is no newer song - especially from "The Captain & the Kid" - in the set.

We all know that Davey Johnstone is the best, if not the king of his genre. But what he did during the final of the song "Honky Cat" just blew us away! He took all possibilities out of his banjo and played some groovy fragments we - as hardcore-fans - had never heard before .. absolutely amazing!

Elton gave all of the band members a hobby, so for example Guy Babylon is exporting pumpkins, Bob Birch is hopping everywhere and Davey walks very cool around, which he enjoyed to demonstrate, what a funny moment!

During "Bennie and the Jets" the party in front of the stage began! Untill the end of "I'm Still Standing", Elton sang the last refrain in his mysterious vocal-part, as he did in his recent solo shows, that was very cool!

After a 5-minute-autograph-session, which made the crowd even more enthusiatic, the boys powered on with a fantastic rendition of "Pinball Wizard". All of us played a mean pinball!

Following is the complete set listLeipzig show on July 3, 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
  • Sacrifice
  • Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
  • I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
  • Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
  • Candle In The Wind
  • Bennie and The Jets
  • Philadelphia Freedom
  • I'm Still Standing
  • Crocodile Rock
  • Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)

  • Pinball Wizard
  • Your Song

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