Rock of the Westies Tour

Tour byElton John
Poster for the concert in Los Angeles, USA
Location	North America
Associated album	Rock of the Westies
Start date	29 September 1975
End date	26 October 1975
Legs	1
No. of shows	17 in the United States 2 in Canada 19 in total
Elton John concert chronology
Caribou Tour (1974) Rock of the Westies Tour (1975) Louder Than Concorde Tour (1976)

TheRock of the Westies Tour was a North Americanconcert tour by English musician and composerElton John, in support of his 10th studio albumRock of the Westies. The tour included a total of 17 shows across the United States and Canada.

John and his new band (now withoutJeff "Skunk" Baxter but including backing vocalistsCindy Bullens, Jon Joyce and Ken Gold) warmed up for theirRock of the Westies Tour by playing five shows in three nights atThe Troubadour nightclub in Los Angeles, the place where John had first conquered America exactly five years before.Kiki Dee joined in on these shows, which were benefit concerts for theJules Stein Foundation and were commemorated by the promotional book "Five Years of Fun".

The western leg of the US tour began on 29 September 1975, at theSan Diego Sports Arena, and finished up on 25 and 26 October atDodger Stadium in Los Angeles, the first time a rock act had played there sinceThe Beatles in 1966. These two shows, the culmination of"Elton John Week" in the city and played in front of 55,000 people each night, were filmed forBritish television and remain some of the most famous concerts John has ever given. Following opening sets byEmmylou Harris andJoe Walsh, John and the band were later joined on stage byBillie Jean King and the 45-member James Cleveland Choir singing on selected numbers.^[1]

1. "Your Song"
2. "I Need You to Turn To"
3. "Border Song"
4. "Take Me to the Pilot"
5. "Dan Dare (Pilot of the Future)"
6. "Country Comfort"
7. "Levon"
8. "Rocket Man"
9. "Hercules"
10. "Empty Sky"
11. "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding"
12. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
13. "Bennie and the Jets"
14. "Harmony"
15. "Dixie Lily"
16. "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy"
17. "The Bitch Is Back"
18. "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
19. "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
20. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"(The Beatles cover)
21. "(Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket"
22. "I Saw Her Standing There"(The Beatles cover)
23. "Island Girl"
24. "Philadelphia Freedom"
25. "We All Fall in Love Sometimes"
26. "Curtains"
27. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"

Encore:

1. "Pinball Wizard"(The Who cover)^[3]

• Elton John – lead vocals, piano
• Davey Johnstone – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Caleb Quaye – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Kenny Passarelli – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Roger Pope – drums
• James Newton Howard – keyboards,electric piano, synthesizer
• Ray Cooper – percussion
• Cindy Bullens – backing vocals
• Jon Joyce – backing vocals
• Ken Gold – backing vocals^[4]

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