The Songs from the West Coast Tour was a concert tour by Elton John that took place between 2001 and 2002 to promote John's latest album at that time, Songs from the West Coast.
The 2001 leg visited Canada, the United States, Mexico and Japan. eltonography.com, Retrieved 9 September 2011 It was the first time John had visited Japan since 1998 Face to Face. eltonography.com, Retrieved 9 September 2011 eltonography.com, Retrieved 9 September 2011 It was also the first time John visited Mexico since the One Tour in 1992. eltonography.com, Retrieved 9 September 2011 eltonography.com, Retrieved 9 September 2011
It was the first tour for Nigel Olsson to play drums for the Elton John Band since 1984's Breaking Hearts Tour.
The tour continued in 2002 after Face to Face 2002 and a tour of Australia. The tour started in Benidorm, Spain keypublishing.co.uk, Retrieved 9 September 2011 and came to a close in Birmingham, England on 15 December.
Set list
Tour dates DateCityCountryVenueNorth America MTV.com, Retrieved 10 September 20115 October 2001ClevelandUnited StatesCSU Convocation Center6 October 2001TorontoCanadaAir Canada Centre9 October 2001OttawaCorel Centre10 October 2001Quebec CityColisée Pepsi12 October 2001ColumbusUnited StatesJerome Schottenstein Center13 October 2001DetroitJoe Louis Arena22 October 2001Mexico CityMexicoNational Auditorium23 October 200125 October 2001Asia webrabbit.netfirms.com, Retrieved 10 September 201112 November 2001OsakaJapanOsaka-jō Hall13 November 2001TokyoNippon Budokan15 November 200117 November 2001Hong KongChinaHong Kong Coliseum18 November 200120 November 200122 November 2001SingaporeSingapore Indoor Stadium23 November 2001BangkokThailandHua Mark Indoor StadiumNorth America27 November 2001New York CityUnited StatesMadison Square Garden28 November 200130 November 2001ManchesterVerizon Wireless Arena7 December 2001FresnoSelland Arena8 December 2001ParadiseMGM Grand Garden Arena9 December 2001San DiegoCox ArenaEurope22 May 2002BenidormSpainBenidorm Football Stadium25 May 2002VeronaItalyVerona Arena26 May 2002PesaroPalazzetto dello Sport28 May 2002ParisFrancePalais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy29 May 2002AntwerpBelgiumSportpaleis31 May 2002CopenhagenDenmarkParken Stadium1 June 2002OsloNorwayOslo Spektrum2 June 20024 June 2002HelsinkiFinlandHartwall Areena5 June 20027 June 2002GothenburgSwedenScandinavium8 June 2002StockholmGloben Arena10 June 2002FrankfurtGermanyFesthalle Frankfurt11 June 2002RotterdamNetherlandsAhoy Arena13 June 2002KielGermanyOstseehalle14 June 2002BerlinMax-Schmeling-Halle15 June 2002ErfurtMessehalle20 June 2002DüsseldorfMesse Düsseldorf22 June 2002StuttgartHanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle23 June 2002MunichOlympiahalle25 June 2002ViennaAustriaSchloss Schunn Palace26 June 2002RiesaGermanySachsen Arena29 June 2002ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadion30 June 20022 July 2002BirminghamEnglandNational Exhibition Centre3 July 20025 July 2002NewcastleTelewest Arena7 July 2002KillarneyIrelandFitzgerald Stadium9 July 2002LiverpoolEnglandKing's DockNorth America5 September 2002RichmondUnited StatesRichmond Coliseum6 September 2002RoanokeRoanoke Civic Center7 September 2002GreenvilleBI-LO Center10 September 2002BiloxiCoast Coliseum12 September 2002JacksonvilleJacksonville ColiseumEurope26 November 2002NottinghamEnglandNottingham Arena3 December 2002ManchesterManchester Evening News Arena5 December 2002BelfastNorthern IrelandOdyssey Arena7 December 2002GlasgowScotlandScottish Exhibition and Conference Centre8 December 20029 December 2002SheffieldEnglandSheffield Arena11 December 2002LondonWembley Arena12 December 200213 December 200215 December 2002BirminghamNational Exhibition Centre
References
External links Information site with tour dates