Big Picture Tour

In the fall of 1997, Elton John set out on tour to promote his latest album The Big Picture with the Big Picture Tour. The album was a commercial success reaching No. 9 on the US Billboard 200 and No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart. The 1997 tour started off in North America and ended in Europe.

The second year of the tour also started off in North America but was interrupted by John's and Billy Joel's 1998 Face to Face Tour. Elton returned to the US after the tour before completing four sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden and returning and ending the tour in Europe.

Tour dates

Date

City

Country

Venue

North America

8 October 1997

Atlanta

United States

Roxy Theatre

10 October 1997

Winston-Salem

Lawrence Joel Coliseum

11 October 1997

Virginia Beach

GTE Amphitheatre

14 October 1997

North Charleston

North Charleston Coliseum

15 October 1997

Columbia

Colonial Center

17 October 1997

Charleston

Charleston Civic Center

18 October 1997

Louisville

Freedom Hall

22 October 1997

Moline

Mark Of The Quad Cities

24 October 1997

Ames

HILTON Coliseum

25 October 1997

Fargo

Fargodome

28 October 1997

Evansville

Roberts Stadium

29 October 1997

Grand Rapids

Van Andel Arena

4 November 1997

University Park

Bryce Jordan Center

5 November 1997

Amherst

Mullins Center

7 November 1997

Kanata

Canada

Corel Center

8 November 1997

Quebec City

Colisee Arena

11 November 1997

Montreal

Molson Center

12 November 1997

14 November 1997

Birmingham

United States

Jefferson Civic Center Arena

15 November 1997

Knoxville

Thompson–Boling Arena

19 November 1997

Oklahoma City

The Myriad

21 November 1997

Tallahassee

Leon County Civic Center

22 November 1997

Memphis

Pyramid Arena

Europe

11 December 1997

Glasgow

Scotland

SE&CC

12 December 1997

Newcastle

England

Newcastle Arena

14 December 1997

Manchester

Nynex Arena

15 December 1997

Birmingham

National Exhibition Centre

16 December 1997

19 December 1997

London

Wembley Arena

20 December 1997

North America

21 January 1998

Biloxi

United States

Mississippi Coast Coliseum

23 January 1998

Nashville

Nashville Arena

24 January 1998

St. Louis

Kiel Center

28 January 1998

Dallas

Reunion Arena

29 January 1998

Houston

Toyota Center

31 January 1998

San Antonio

Alamodome

2 February 1998

Tupelo

Tupelo Coliseum

6 February 1998

San Jose

San Jose Arena

7 February 1998

Oakland

Oakland Coliseum Arena

9 February 1998

Seattle

KeyArena

9 February 1998

12 February 1998

Portland

Rose Garden

14 February 1998

Paradise

MGM Grand Garden Arena

20 February 1998

Inglewood

The Forum

20 February 1998

North America (second leg)

17 April 1998

Chicago

United States

United Center

21 April 1998

Minneapolis

Target Center

22 April 1998

24 April 1998

Milwaukee

Bradley Center

29 April 1998

30 April 1998

Cincinnati

The Crown

4 May 1998

Miami

Miami Arena

5 May 1998

Tampa

Ice Palace

8 May 1998

Atlanta

Lakewood Amphitheater

9 May 1998

11 May 1998

New York City

Avery Fisher Hall

13 May 1998

Virginia Beach

GTE Amphitheatre

15 May 1998

Boston

Fleet Center

16 May 1998

Europe

1 July 1998

Paris

France

Bercy

North America

7 August 1998

Austin

United States

Frank Erwin Center

8 August 1998

Dallas

Starplex Amphitheater

11 August 1998

Salt Lake City

Delta Center

13 August 1998

Sacramento

Arco Arena

15 August 1998

Oakland

Oakland Coliseum Arena

17 August 1998

Phoenix

America West Arena

18 August 1998

Chula Vista

Coors Amphitheater

21 August 1998

Anaheim

Arrowhead Pond

22 August 1998

24 August 1998

Greenwood Village

Fiddlers Green Amphitheater

28 August 1998

Tinley Park

New World Theatre

29 August 1998

Noblesville

Deer Creek Music Center

31 August 1998

Toronto

Canada

Molson Amphitheatre

1 September 1998

Buffalo

United States

Marine Midland Arena

5 September 1998

Bristow

Nissan Pavilion

6 September 1998

Columbia

Merriweather Post Pavilion

9 September 1998

Columbus

Polaris Amphitheater

11 September 1998

Madison

Kohl Center

12 September 1998

Cleveland

Gund Arena

15 September 1998

Albany

Pepsi Arena

16 September 1998

Hartford

Hartford Civic Center

18 September 1998

Auburn Hills

The Palace of Auburn Hills

19 September 1998

23 September 1998

Philadelphia

First Union Center

25 September 1998

26 September 1998

University Park

Bryce Jordan Center

29 September 1998

Richmond

Richmond Coliseum

30 September 1998

Greenville

BI-LO Center

2 October 1998

Miami

Miami Arena

3 October 1998

Orlando

Orlando Arena

4 October 1998

Sunrise

National Car Rental Center

9 October 1998

Chapel Hill

Dean Smith Center

10 October 1998

Charlotte

Charlotte Coliseum

13 October 1998

New York City

Madison Square Garden

14 October 1998

17 October 1998

18 October 1998

Europe

4 November 1998

Ghent

Belgium

Flanders Expo

6 November 1998

Rotterdam

Netherlands

Ahoy Rotterdam

9 November 1998

Zurich

Switzerland

Hallenstadion

10 November 1998

Stuttgart

Germany

Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle

12 November 1998

Lyon

France

Halle Tony Garnier

14 November 1998

Pesaro

Italy

Pesaro Palasport

15 November 1998

Milan

Fila Forum

18 November 1998

Frankfurt

Germany

Festhalle Frankfurt

19 November 1998

Cologne

Cologne Arena

21 November 1998

Erfurt

Messehalle

23 November 1998

Hanover

HanoverMessehalle

26 November 1998

Sheffield

England

Sheffield Arena

27 November 1998

Manchester

MEN Arena

30 November 1998

Oslo

Norway

Oslo Spektrum

1 December 1998

2 December 1998

4 December 1998

Stockholm

Sweden

The Globe

6 December 1998

Amnéville

France

Galaxie Amnéville

7 December 1998

Paris

Bercy

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