Reg Strikes Back Tour
Elton John started the Reg Strikes Back tour in promotion of the album with the same name. It was his self-proclaimed comeback album, and his way of fighting back against bad press. It started on 9 September 1988 and ended on 10 June 1989.
Instrumentation
Elton does not play a grand piano on this tour, replacing it with a Roland RD-1000 digital piano, a mainstay of the Elton sound. Where Elton uses a Yamaha DCFIIISPRO concert grand piano with MIDI output on stage and has done since his switch to Yamaha pianos in 1993, the rack form of the RD-1000, the MKS20, has been in his rack ever since, and its bright, expressive pianos and warm electric pianos are part of Elton's live sound to this day.
Tour dates
Date |
City |
Country |
Venue |
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North America |
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9 September 1988 |
Miami |
United States |
Miami Arena |
10 September 1988 |
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11 September 1988 |
Tampa |
USF Sun Dome |
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13 September 1988 |
Columbia |
Merriweather Post Pavilion |
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14 September 1988 |
Cuyahoga Falls |
Blossom Music Center |
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16 September 1988 |
Hoffman Estates |
Poplar Creek Music Theater |
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17 September 1988 |
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18 September 1988 |
Milwaukee |
Marcus Amphitheater |
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20 September 1988 |
Greenwood Village |
Fiddlers Green Amphitheater |
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23 September 1988 |
Los Angeles |
Hollywood Bowl |
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24 September 1988 |
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25 September 1988 |
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27 September 1988 |
Costa Mesa |
Pacific Amphitheatre |
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30 September 1988 |
Dallas |
Starplex Amphitheater |
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1 October 1988 |
Houston |
The Summit |
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4 October 1988 |
Philadelphia |
The Spectrum |
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5 October 1988 |
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7 October 1988 |
Hartford |
Hartford Civic Center |
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8 October 1988 |
Worcester |
The Centrum |
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9 October 1988 |
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10 October 1988 |
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12 October 1988 |
Auburn Hills |
The Palace of Auburn Hills |
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13 October 1988 |
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14 October 1988 |
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15 October 1988 |
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17 October 1988 |
New York City |
Madison Square Garden |
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18 October 1988 |
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20 October 1988 |
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21 October 1988 |
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22 October 1988 |
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Asia with Eric Clapton |
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31 October 1988 |
Nagoya |
Japan |
Rainbow Hall |
2 November 1988 |
Tokyo |
Tokyo Dome |
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4 November 1988 |
Nippon Budokan |
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5 November 1988 |
Osaka |
Osaka Stadium |
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Europe |
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20 March 1989 |
Lyon |
France |
Halle Tony Garnier |
23 March 1989 |
Paris |
Bercy |
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24 March 1989 |
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25 March 1989 |
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26 March 1989 |
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27 March 1989 |
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29 March 1989 |
Brussels |
Belgium |
Forest National |
30 March 1989 |
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1 April 1989 |
Düsseldorf |
Germany |
Philipshalle |
2 April 1989 |
Kiel |
Ostseehalle |
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4 April 1989 |
Berlin |
Deutschlandhalle |
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6 April 1989 |
Hamburg |
Alsterdorfer Sporthalle |
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7 April 1989 |
Copenhagen |
Denmark |
Brøndby Hall |
9 April 1989 |
Stockholm |
Sweden |
Globe Arena |
10 April 1989 |
Oslo |
Norway |
Drammenshallen |
12 April 1989 |
Essen |
Germany |
Grugahalle |
13 April 1989 |
Cologne |
Koln Sporthalle |
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14 April 1989 |
Frankfurt |
Festhalle Frankfurt |
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15 April 1989 |
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17 April 1989 |
Saarbrücken |
Saarlandhalle |
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19 April 1989 |
Lausanne |
Switzerland |
Patinoire De Malley |
21 April 1989 |
Marbella |
Spain |
Estadio Municipal |
23 April 1989 |
Madrid |
Palacio de Deportes |
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25 April 1989 |
Barcelona |
Palau dels Esports de Barcelona |
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26 April 1989 |
Verona |
Italy |
Verona Arena |
27 April 1989 |
Milan |
Palatrussardi |
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28 April 1989 |
Rome |
The Palaeur |
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1 May 1989 |
Vienna |
Austria |
Wiener Stadthalle |
2 May 1989 |
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3 May 1989 |
Zurich |
Switzerland |
Hallenstadion |
5 May 1989 |
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6 May 1989 |
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8 May 1989 |
Stuttgart |
Germany |
Schleyerhalle |
17 May 1989 |
Birmingham |
England |
National Exhibition Centre |
18 May 1989 |
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19 May 1989 |
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21 May 1989 |
London |
Wembley Arena |
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22 May 1989 |
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23 May 1989 |
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24 May 1989 |
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25 May 1989 |
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27 May 1989 |
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28 May 1989 |
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29 May 1989 |
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30 May 1989 |
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1 June 1989 |
Edinburgh |
Scotland |
Edinburgh Playhouse |
2 June 1989 |
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5 June 1989 |
Belfast |
Northern Ireland |
King's Hall |
6 June 1989 |
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8 June 1989 |
Dublin |
Ireland |
RDS Stadium |
9 June 1989 |
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10 June 1989 |
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Setlist
- Sixty Years On
- I Need You to Turn To
- The King Must Die
- Burn Down the Mission
- Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word
- Have Mercy on the Criminal
- Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
- Tiny Dancer
- The Ballad of Danny Bailey
- I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
- Philadelphia Freedom
- The [...] Is Back
- Sad Songs (Say So Much)
- A Word in Spanish
- Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
- Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Part Two)
- Daniel
- Rocket Man
- I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That
- Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
- Your Song
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
- I'm Still Standing
External links
pl:Reg Strikes Back Tour