Elton Tourin' England: The Statistics

Elton John has done 357 concerts live in England while on Tour.

He has been in London (115 times), Birmingham (32), Manchester (21), Leeds (13), Sheffield (13), Liverpool (12), Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (9), Bristol (8), Newcastle (8), Southampton (8), Bournemouth (7), Nottingham (7), Brighton (6), Coventry (6), Croydon (5), Leicester (4), Derbyshire (3), Oxford (3), Preston (3), Watford (3), Blackpool (2), Bedfordshire (2), Chelmford (2), Edmonton (2), Exeter (2), Hampshire (2), Huddersfield (2), Hull (2), Lancaster (2), Lancs (2), Lincolnshire (2), Newport (2), Northamptonshire (2), Plymouth (2), St. Austell (2), Taunton (2), Weybridge (2), Berkshire (1), Bolton (1), Bradford (1), Brixton (1), Canterbury (1), Carlisle (1), Chester-Le-Street (1), Cleethorpes (1), Darlington (1), Doncaster (1), Durham (1), Guildford (1), Halifax (1), Hanley (1), Hemel Hempsted (1), Hove (1), Kilmarnock (1), Kingston (1), Krumlin (1), Lanchester (1), Loughborough (1), Mile End Road (1), Norwich City (1), Paddock Wood (1), Perth (1), Port Talbot (1), Reading (1), Stirling (1), Stockton-On-Tees (1), Strock-On-Trent (1), Swansea (1), Swindon (1), Twickenham (1), Uxbridge (1), Waltham Forest (1), Wolverhampton (1) and Worcester (1).

Elton's favourite places are Wembley Arena, London (25); Hammersmith Odeon, London (24); NEC, Birmingham (19); Royal Albert Hall, London (14); Apollo Theatre, Manchester (9); City Hall, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (9); City Hall, Sheffield (7); Empire Theatre, Liverpool (7); Rainbow Theatre, London (6); Royal Drury Lane Theatre, London (6); Wembley Stadium, London (6); Birmingham Odeon, Birmingham (5); Earl's Court, London (5); Gaumont Theatre, Southampton (5); Brighton Dome, Brighton (4); Carling Apollo Harmmersmith, London (4); City Hall, Newcastle (4); Colston Hall, Bristol (4); Fairfield Hall, Croydon (4); MEN Arena, Manchester (4); Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham (4); Sheffield Arena, Sheffield (4); The Hippodrome, Bristol (4); Town Hall, Birmingham (4); Winter Gardens, Bournemouth (4); Coventry Theatre, Coventry (3); Guildhall, Preston (3); Leeds Castle, Leeds (3); O2 Arena, London (3); University, Leeds (3); Belle Vue, Manchester (2); Brighton Center, Brighton (2); Broadlands, Hampshire (2); Burghley Park, Lincolnshire (2); Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire (2); Chatsworth House, Derbyshire (2); Coliseum, St. Austell (2); De Monfort Hall, Leicester (2); Echo Arena, Liverpool (2); Free Trade Hall, Manchester (2); Grand Theatre, Leeds (2); Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield (2); Hampstead County Club, London (2); Hampton Court Palace, London (2); Hard Rock, Manchester (2); Harewood House, Leeds (2); Hyland House, Chelmford (2); International Centre, Bournemouth (2); King's Dock Waterfront, Liverpool (2); Mercedes Benz World, Weybridge (2); New Theatre, Coventry (2); Newport Center, Newport (2); NIA, Birmingham (2); Nottingham Arena, Nottingham (2); Opera House, Blackpool (2); Queen Elizabeth Hall, Antwerp London (2); Queen's Hall, Leeds (2); Roundhouse Chalk Farm, London (2); Shaw Theatre NYT, Lancs (2); Shepherds Bush Empire, London (2); Telewest Arena, Newcastle (2),; The Hippodrome, Birmingham (2); University, Lancaster (2); Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire (2); ABC Theatre, Plymouth (1); ABC Theatre, Stockton-On-Tees (1); American School, London (1); Arts Festival, Lanchester (1); Assembly Rooms, Derby (1); Bailey's Club, Watford (1); Balfour Webnet Darlington Arena, Darlington (1); Britannia Stadium, Stroke-On-Trent (1); Brunel University, Uxbridge (1); Brunton Park, Carlisle (1); Carrow Road Stadium, Norwich City (1); City Hall, Hull (1); Civic Hall, Guildford (1); Civic Hall, Wolverhampton (1); Cooks Ferry Inn, Edmonton (1); County Ground, Swindon (1); County Cricket Ground, Hove (1); County Cricket Ground, Taunton (1); County Cricket Ground, Worcester (1); Crumlin Festival, Halifax (1); Crystal Palace Bowl, London (1); Durham County Cricket Ground, Chester-Le-Street (1); Evening News Arena, Manchester (1); Fitness First Stadium, Bournemouth (1); Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield (1); Guildhall, Portsmouth (1); Guildhall, Southampton (1); Hyde Park, London (1); Highclere Castle, Berkshire (1); Highfield Road, Coventry (1); Home Park, Plymouth (1); Hop Farm Country Park, Paddock Wood (1); Imperial College, London (1); Kassam Stadium, Oxford (1); KC Stadium, Hull (1); Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster (1); Liberty Stadium, Swansea (1); Lyceum Ballroom Theatre, London (1); Macalpine Stadium, Huddersfield (1); Madjeski Stadium, Reading (1); Margam Park, Port Talbot (1); Marquee Club, London (1); McDiarmid Park, Perth (1); Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle (1); Mothers, Birmingham (1); National Ice Arena, Nottingham (1); New Theatre, Oxford (1); Newcastle Arena, Newcastle (1); Nynex Arena, Manchester (1); Odeon, Taunton (1); Oxford Theatre, Oxford (1); Pavillion, Hemel Hempsted (1); Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool (1); Polytechnic, Kingston (1); Powderham Castle, Exeter (1); Raby Castle, Durham (1); Revolution Club, London (1); Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (1); Shaw Theatre, London (1); Speakeasy, London (1); St. Lawrence Cricket Ground, Canterbury (1); St. Mary's College, Twickenham (1); St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton (1); Sundown, Brixton (1); Sundown, Mile End Road (1); Sundown Theatre, Edmonton (1); Technical College, Waltham Forest (1); The Bumpers Club, London (1); The Fox, Croydon (1); The Valley Stadium, London (1); Town Hall, Watford (1); University, Bradford (1); University, Exeter (1); University, Leicester (1); University, Loughborough (1); University, Southampton (1); University, Stirling (1); University College, London (1); Vicarage Road, Watford (1); Victoria Hall, Hanley (1); Wintergardens, Cleethorpes (1); Wanderers FC Stadium, Bolton (1) and Yorkshire Jazz, Folk & Blues Festival, Krumlin (1).

First time he played in England was on March 1970 on the "Elton John Tour" (11 shows). Then it was “Tumbleweed Connection Tour” (25), “Madman Across The Water Tour” (13), “Honky Chateau Tour” (13), “Don’t Shoot Me! Tour” (19), “Yellow Brick Road Tour” (10), “1974 - Christmas At The Odeon Series” (5), “Louder Than Concorde Tour” (24), “The Rainbow Theatre Concerts” (6), “A single man in Concert” (25), “1982 - On Tour in the U.K. (37); “The European Express Tour (6), “1985/86 World Tour” (29), “ Reg Strikes back Tour (12), “The One Tour” (8), “1993/94/95 - An evening with E.J. & Ray Cooper“ (12), “The Big Picture Tour” (8), Face To Face 1998 Tour without Billy Joel due to illness (2), “An Evening with Elton John Tour“ (5), “The Stately Home Tour” (17), "Songs From The West Coast Tour" (13), “Elton John Solo Tour” (5), “Elton John & His Band Tour” (2), 2004 – “Elton John With the R.A.M. Orchestra & Choir Shows” (5), “Peachtree Road Tour” (28), “The Red Piano Tour” (9) and finally "Rocket Man Tour" (9).

The largest set list was on "An Evening With Elton John & Ray Cooper", in 1993, with 31 songs and the shortest "The Elton John Tour", in 1970, with only 10 songs on the set list.

He has played 162 different songs in England while on Tour.

The songs most played are Your song (352 times), Rocket Man (283), Bennie and the jets (252), Daniel (249), Don't let the sun go down on me (213), Saturday night's alright (198), Take me to the pilot (195), Funeral for a friend (189), Candle in the wind (175), Crocodile rock (173), Sorry seems to be the hardest word (171), Love lies bleeding (165), The bitch is back (161), I guess that's why they call it the blues (152).

Then it comes: Philadelphia freedom (146), Someone saved my life tonight (133), Goodbye yellow brick road (131), Border song (130), Pinball wizard (129), I'm still standing (124), Tiny dancer (124), Honky cat (122), Burn down the mission (114), Better off dead (113), Tonight (104), Sixty years on (103), Levon (100), Blue eyes (97), Sacrifice (85), Hercules (77), Mona lisas and mad hatters (76), The king must die (75).

Follows: Sad songs (say so much) (73), Skyline pigeon (69), Where to now St. Peter? (69), The one (68), Country comfort (67), Song for Guy (67), Holiday Inn (66), Whole lotta shakin' (64), Nikita (62), Get back (61), Empty garden (56), All the girls love Alice (53), Madman across the water (53), Believe (52), Can I put you on (52), Indian Sunset (50), I think I'm going to kill myself (50), Honky tonk women (49), Have mercy on the criminal (47), I don't wanna go on with you like that (47), The greatest discovery (47), I need you to turn to (44), I saw her standing there (43), Talking old soldiers (43), Ticking (42), Are you ready for love (39), My baby left me (39), Twist and shout (38), All quiet on the western front (37), Elton's song (37), Where have all the good times gone (37), Chloe (36), Restless (35), Carla / Etude (32), Crazy water (31), I heard it through the grapevine (31), Lucy in the sky with diamonds (31), Roy Rogers (31), I want love (30), Can I get a wittness ? (29), Elderberry wine (29), Highlander (29), One horse town (29), Passengers (29), Shoot down the moon (29), Song for you (29), Tell me when the whistle blows (29), This town (29), Wrap her up (29), They call her the cat (28), Turn the ligths out when you leave (28), Circle of life (27), Amoreena (26), Captain Fantastic & Brown Dirt Cowboy (26), Friends (26), The honey roll (26), The last song (26), Part time love (25), Empty Sky (24), Grow some funk of your own (24), High-flying bird (24), Island girl (24), We all fall in love sometimes / Curtains (24), Kiss the bride (23), Ball and chain (21), Ballad of the boy in the red shoes (20), Mona lisas and mad hatters part two (20), This train don't stop there anymore (20), Harmony (19), Teacher I need you (19), Idol (18), Simple life (18), All that I'm allowed (I'm thankful) (17), Don't go breaking my heart (16), Original sin (15), Something about the way you look tonight (15), Can you feel the love tonight (14), All the nasties (13), America (13), Ballad of a well known gun (13), Grey seal (13), Razor face (13), Rotten peaches (13), Suzie (Dramas) (13), The wasteland (13), A word in spanish (12), American triangle (11), Electricity (11), Live like horses (11), Oh my sweet Carolina (11), The north (11), Bad side of the moon (10), I've seen that movie too (10), Porch swing in Tupelo (10), The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-34) (10), This song has no title (10).

And the rest: If the river can bend, The show must go on, Come down in time, House, Weight of the world, Answer in the sky, Bite your lip, get up and dance, Blue avenue, Cage the songbird, Dan dare (pilot of the future), Freaks in love, Goodbye, I fell like a bullet, My elusive drug, One more arrow, Rock me when he's gone, Sweet painted lady, Too low for zero, White Christmas, Grimsby, Love's got a lot to answer for, Made In England, Moon river, Great balls of fire, The bridge, Rudolph the red noised reindeer, Runaway train, Jumping jack flash, Piano man, Uptown girl, Auld Lang Syne, I can't keep this from you, I will cry tonight, In a door / Generation of love, Solar prestige a gammon, Baby you're a rich man (excerpt), Charlie Brown theme song (excerpt), Dear Prudence (excerpt), In the mood (excerpt), Oh Susannah! (snippet), Singin' in the rain (excerpt), The stripper (snippet).