The Captain and the Kid Tour was a concert tour by Elton John which lasted from September 2006 eltonography.com, retrieved 2 September 2011 eltonography.com, retrieved 2 September 2011 until January 2008. eltonography.com, retrieved 2 September 2011 The tour was to promote the album of the same name.
The tour started on 15 September 2006, in Sacramento, California. The tour covered sixteen states in the United States and eight provinces in Canada. The tour travelled from the United States to Europe and then to South Africa. The tour came to a close in Johannesburg on 19 January 2008.
Background After the 2006 European tour, John performed more shows in Las Vegas before going back to Europe to perform two shows in Eastern Europe. He then returned to the United States to embark on the Captain and the Kid Tour to promote his new album of the same name.
John returned to Las Vegas for the last time in 2006 to perform eleven Red Piano shows. After these shows, he went back on the road to promote The Captain & the Kid once more, visiting New York City then major cities in Canada. John then returned to Europe to perform two nights in Basel, Switzerland, to perform in the Avo Session Basel in mid-November. avo.ch, retrieved 30 August 2011 John and his band then visited Australia and New Zealand.
After returning to Las Vegas briefly, John and the band travelled to Europe to continue promoting The Captain & the Kid throughout Europe including a solo concert in Madrid. John performed at the Concert for Diana once at the very beginning; he opened the show with a solo performance of "Your Song". John later returned with the rest of his band to close with concert. They played three songs but were originally scheduled to play four, but "Crocodile Rock" was dropped from the setlist because piano complications before John's performance pushed his appearance later into the evening and they could not exceed the sound curfew in place. top40.about.com, retrieved 30 August 2011
The South African shows marked the end of the tour. eltonjohn-crazywater-news.blogspot.com, retrieved 30 August 2011
Tour dates DateCityCountryVenueNorth America15 September 2006SacramentoUnited StatesARCO Arena16 September 2006San JoseHP Pavilion at San Jose19 September 2006West Valley CityE-Center20 September 2006BoiseTaco Bell Arena22 September 2006SeattleKeyArena23 September 200624 September 2006PortlandRose Garden27 September 2006VancouverCanadaGeneral Motors Place29 September 2006CalgaryPengrowth Saddledome30 September 2006EdmontonRexall Place6 October 2006PittsburghUnited StatesMellon Arena7 October 2006Atlantic CityBoardwalk Hall1 November 2006UniondaleNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum2 November 20064 November 2006TorontoCanadaAir Canada Centre5 November 2006HamiltonCopps Coliseum6 November 2006LondonJohn Labatt Centre10 November 2006OttawaScotiabank Place11 November 2006MontrealBell CentreEurope17 November 2006BaselSwitzerlandMesse Basel18 November 2006Oceania26 November 2006BrisbaneAustraliaBrisbane Entertainment Centre28 November 2006SydneySydney Entertainment Centre29 November 20061 December 20063 December 2006MelbourneRod Laver Arena6 December 2006WellingtonNew ZealandWestpac Stadium8 December 2006MelbourneAustraliaRod Laver Arena9 December 2006AdelaideAdelaide Entertainment Centre11 December 2006PerthBurswood DomeNorth America23 February 2007El PasoUnited StatesDon Haskins Center24 February 2007AlbuquerqueTingley Coliseum21 March 2007HartfordHartford Civic Center22 March 2007ProvidenceDunkin' Donuts Center25 March 2007New York CityMadison Square Garden28 April 2007San JuanPuerto RicoJosé Miguel Agrelot Coliseum29 April 2007TobagoWest IndiesPlymouth Recreational Grounds4 May 2007GreenvilleUnited StatesBI-LO Center5 May 2007BirminghamBirmingham–Jefferson Convention ComplexEurope20 May 2007Vitoria-GasteizSpainPlaza de Toros de Vitoria-Gasteiz24 May 2007SheffieldEnglandHallam FM Arena26 May 2007PlymouthHome Park29 May 2007VersaillesFranceChâteau de Versailles1 June 2007BelfastNorthern IrelandOdyssey Arena3 June 2007CarlisleEnglandBrunton Park8 June 2007Baden-BadenGermanyRennplatz9 June 2007AschaffenburgCastle Lowenstein16 June 2007KyivUkraineMaidan Nezalezhnosti20 June 2007MalmöSwedenMalmö Stadion22 June 2007FredrikstadNorwayFredrikstad Stadion23 June 2007ValenciaSpainPlaza de Toros24 June 2007OdenseDenmarkFionia Park26 June 2007KristiansandNorwayStart Stadium1 July 2007LondonEnglandWembley Stadium3 July 2007MadridSpainPolideportivo Villalba6 July 2007St. PetersburgRussiaPalace Square7 July 2007WerchterBelgiumWerchter Park 9 July 2007CorkIrelandThe Docklands10 July 2007LuccaItalyPiazza Napoleone14 July 2007GlasgowScotlandScottish Exhibition & Conference Centre15 July 2007InvernessTulloch Caledonian Stadium8 September 2007VeveySwitzerlandPlace du Marche11 September 2007ParisFranceZénith de Paris14 September 2007RigaLatviaArena Riga15 September 2007TallinnEstoniaSaku Suurhall Arena18 September 2007MoscowRussiaRed Square23 September 2007BakuAzerbaijanTofiq Bahramov StadiumAfrica13 January 2008Cape TownSouth AfricaNewlands Cricket Ground16 January 2008DurbanABSA Stadium18 January 2008JohannesburgCoca-Cola Dome19 January 2008
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
Box office score data
VenueCityTickets sold / availableGross revenuePoint TheatreDublin, Ireland12,294 / 12,294 (100%)$2,787,729ARCO ArenaSacramento, California13,782 / 13,782 (100%)$1,290,415HP PavilionSan Jose, California13,878 / 13,878 (100%)$1,497,314E CenterWest Valley City, Utah10,095 / 10,267 (99%)$845,845Taco Bell ArenaBoise, Idaho11,444 / 11,444 (100%)$849,760Rose GardenPortland, Oregon13,176 / 13,176 (100%)$1,292,245Pengrowth SaddledomeCalgary, Canada17,257 / 17,257 (100%)$1,881,382Rexall PlaceEdmonton, Canada16,496 / 16,496 (100%)$1,770,058Mellon ArenaPittsburgh, Pennsylvania13,101 / 17,179 (74%)$1,115,660Copps ColiseumHamilton, Canada16,106 / 16,106 (100%)$1,558,513John Labatt CentreLondon, England10,057 / 10,057 (100%)$1,284,051Scotiabank PlaceOttawa, Canada15,467 / 15,467 (100%)$1,455,098Bell CentreMontreal, Canada18,208 / 18,208 (100%)$1,794,154Arena RigaRiga, Latvia13,856 / 13,856 (100%)$972,400Saku Suurhall ArenaTallinn, Estonia10,000 / 10,000 (100%)$1,045,893Total206,217 / 208,780 (≈100%)$21,289,856
References
External links Information site with tour dates