The Captain and the Kid Tour explained

Concert Tour Name:The Captain and the Kid Tour
Album:The Captain & the Kid
Location:North America • Africa • Europe • Oceania
Artist:Elton John
Start Date:15 September 2006
End Date:19 January 2008
Number Of Legs:6
Number Of Shows:67
Last Tour:2006 European Tour
(2006)
This Tour:The Captain and the Kid Tour
(2006–08)
Next Tour:
(2007–10)

The Captain and the Kid Tour was a concert tour by Elton John which lasted from September 2006[1] [2] until January 2008.[3] 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.[4] John and his band then visited Australia and New Zealand.[5]

After returning to Las Vegas briefly, Elton 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.[6]

The South African shows marked the end of the tour.[7]

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
North America
15 September 2006SacramentoUnited StatesARCO Arena
16 September 2006San JoseHP Pavilion at San Jose
19 September 2006West Valley CityE-Center
20 September 2006BoiseTaco Bell Arena
22 September 2006SeattleKeyArena
23 September 2006
24 September 2006PortlandRose Garden
27 September 2006VancouverCanadaGeneral Motors Place
29 September 2006CalgaryPengrowth Saddledome
30 September 2006EdmontonRexall Place
6 October 2006PittsburghUnited StatesMellon Arena
7 October 2006Atlantic CityBoardwalk Hall
1 November 2006UniondaleNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
2 November 2006
4 November 2006TorontoCanadaAir Canada Centre
5 November 2006HamiltonCopps Coliseum
6 November 2006LondonJohn Labatt Centre
10 November 2006OttawaScotiabank Place
11 November 2006MontrealBell Centre
Europe
17 November 2006BaselSwitzerlandMesse Basel
18 November 2006
Oceania
26 November 2006BrisbaneAustraliaBrisbane Entertainment Centre
28 November 2006SydneySydney Entertainment Centre
29 November 2006
1 December 2006
3 December 2006MelbourneRod Laver Arena
6 December 2006WellingtonNew ZealandWestpac Stadium
8 December 2006MelbourneAustraliaRod Laver Arena
9 December 2006AdelaideAdelaide Entertainment Centre
11 December 2006PerthBurswood Dome
North America
23 February 2007El PasoUnited StatesDon Haskins Center
24 February 2007AlbuquerqueTingley Coliseum
21 March 2007HartfordHartford Civic Center
22 March 2007ProvidenceDunkin' Donuts Center
25 March 2007New York CityMadison Square Garden
28 April 2007San JuanPuerto RicoJosé Miguel Agrelot Coliseum
29 April 2007TobagoWest IndiesPlymouth Recreational Grounds
4 May 2007GreenvilleUnited StatesBI-LO Center
5 May 2007BirminghamBirmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex
Europe
20 May 2007Vitoria-GasteizSpainPlaza de Toros de Vitoria-Gasteiz
24 May 2007SheffieldEnglandHallam FM Arena
26 May 2007PlymouthHome Park
29 May 2007VersaillesFranceChâteau de Versailles
1 June 2007BelfastNorthern IrelandOdyssey Arena
3 June 2007CarlisleEnglandBrunton Park
8 June 2007Baden-BadenGermanyRennplatz
9 June 2007AschaffenburgCastle Lowenstein
16 June 2007KyivUkraineMaidan Nezalezhnosti
20 June 2007MalmöSwedenMalmö Stadion
22 June 2007FredrikstadNorwayFredrikstad Stadion
23 June 2007ValenciaSpainPlaza de Toros
24 June 2007OdenseDenmarkFionia Park
26 June 2007KristiansandNorwayStart Stadium
1 July 2007LondonEnglandWembley Stadium
3 July 2007MadridSpainPolideportivo Villalba
6 July 2007St. PetersburgRussiaPalace Square
7 July 2007WerchterBelgiumWerchter Park
9 July 2007CorkIrelandThe Docklands
10 July 2007LuccaItalyPiazza Napoleone
14 July 2007GlasgowScotlandScottish Exhibition & Conference Centre
15 July 2007InvernessTulloch Caledonian Stadium
8 September 2007VeveySwitzerlandPlace du Marche
11 September 2007ParisFranceZénith de Paris
14 September 2007RigaLatviaArena Riga
15 September 2007TallinnEstoniaSaku Suurhall Arena
18 September 2007MoscowRussiaRed Square
23 September 2007BakuAzerbaijanTofiq Bahramov Stadium
Africa
13 January 2008Cape TownSouth AfricaNewlands Cricket Ground
16 January 2008DurbanABSA Stadium
18 January 2008JohannesburgCoca-Cola Dome
19 January 2008
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

Box office score data

VenueCityTickets sold / availableGross revenue
Point TheatreDublin, Ireland12,294 / 12,294 (100%)$2,787,729[8]
ARCO ArenaSacramento, California13,782 / 13,782 (100%)$1,290,415
HP PavilionSan Jose, California13,878 / 13,878 (100%)$1,497,314
E CenterWest Valley City, Utah10,095 / 10,267 (99%)$845,845
Taco Bell ArenaBoise, Idaho11,444 / 11,444 (100%)$849,760
Rose GardenPortland, Oregon13,176 / 13,176 (100%)$1,292,245
Pengrowth SaddledomeCalgary, Canada17,257 / 17,257 (100%)$1,881,382
Rexall PlaceEdmonton, Canada16,496 / 16,496 (100%)$1,770,058
Mellon ArenaPittsburgh, Pennsylvania13,101 / 17,179 (74%)$1,115,660
Copps ColiseumHamilton, Canada16,106 / 16,106 (100%)$1,558,513
John Labatt CentreLondon, England10,057 / 10,057 (100%)$1,284,051
Scotiabank PlaceOttawa, Canada15,467 / 15,467 (100%)$1,455,098
Bell CentreMontreal, Canada18,208 / 18,208 (100%)$1,794,154
Arena RigaRiga, Latvia13,856 / 13,856 (100%)$972,400
Saku Suurhall ArenaTallinn, Estonia10,000 / 10,000 (100%)$1,045,893
Total206,217 / 208,780 (≈100%)$21,289,856

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-10-02 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110928051438/http://www.eltonography.com/cgi-bin/find_concerts.cgi?YEAR=2006 . 28 September 2011 . eltonography.com, retrieved 2 September 2011
  2. Web site: Eltonography.com: Elton John Concerts and Tours . 2012-02-01 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120424032144/http://www.eltonography.com/cgi-bin/find_concerts.cgi?YEAR=2007 . 24 April 2012 . eltonography.com, retrieved 2 September 2011
  3. Web site: Eltonography.com: Elton John Concerts and Tours . 2012-02-01 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120424032152/http://www.eltonography.com/cgi-bin/find_concerts.cgi?YEAR=2008 . 24 April 2012 . eltonography.com, retrieved 2 September 2011
  4. Web site: Festival History - Information - AVO Session . 2011-09-02 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110512062145/http://www.avo.ch/en/infos/geschichte . 12 May 2011 . avo.ch, retrieved 30 August 2011
  5. http://www.brisent.com.au/default.asp?PageID=136&CalendarShowMonth=7&CalendarShowYear=2015
  6. http://top40.about.com/od/popmusicpicsandvideos/ig/Concert-for-Diana-in-Pictures/Elton-John---Concert-for-Diana.htm
  7. http://eltonjohn-crazywater-news.blogspot.com/2006/08/first-review-for-captain-and-kid.html
  8. Web site: TourIntel Box Office Score. 22 March 2011 . TourIntel. 9 June 2012.