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BILLY JOEL & ELTON JOHN
FACE 2 FACE
SATURDAY, MAY 23RD AT 7:30 P.M.
Please Note: 35mm, digital and disposable cameras WILL be allowed. Professional audio and/ or video recording devices WILL NOT be allowed.
Billy Joel and Elton John, the most successful and longest-running concert pairing in pop history, will reunite for their Face 2 Face tour on March 2, 2009 in Jacksonville, FL. Billy and Elton open the concert with a series of duets, playing twin pianos and trading vocals. Each artist then performs a set with his own band. A grand finale brings the two superstars and their supporting musicians back together for a closing encore. This includes some of both Billy and Elton’s greatest hits along with an unpredictable selection of rock and roll classics.
Tickets for the May 23, 7:30pm Quicken Loans Arena performance go on sale this Saturday, January 17 at 10:00am and will be available at all Ticketmaster locations, Ticketmaster.com, www.livenation.com, the Quicken Loans Arena box office and charge by phone at 216-241-5555 or 330-945-9400.
Concert dates announced for the March segment of the Face 2 Face tour immediately sold out and include Jacksonville FL, Tampa FL, Charlotte NC, Cincinnati OH, Atlanta GA, Tulsa OK, Houston TX, Phoenix AZ and Anaheim CA.
"The great thing about performing with Elton is that he is such a good piano player and that makes me have to dig deep to keep up with him, not to mention I've got the best seat in the house-only one piano away from Elton John!” said Billy.
“I love touring with Billy. I have the greatest respect for him and we’re such good friends,” Elton said.
“Billy Joel and Elton John together on one stage is more than a concert – it will be an incomparable night of music,” said Cavaliers and Quicken Loans Arena President Len Komoroski. “We are excited to welcome these two legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees back to Cleveland.”
Billy and Elton played the first date of their co-headlining Face 2 Face tour on July 8, 1994 at the 62,000-capacity Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia PA. That Veterans Stadium concert began a run of 21 sold-out performances in 13 cities and established a winning formula for all future Face 2 Face concerts. The duo last toured together in 2003.
Perhaps the high point of that 1994 maiden voyage was the series of five concerts at 75,000-capacity Giants Stadium in New Jersey. In his review of the July 22 performance, Neil Strauss of the New York Times wrote: “Musically, the two gifted, idiosyncratic artists exist in the nether world between pop and rock, where Broadway show tunes, classical compositions, ragtime, gospel and rock-`n'-roll mingle freely.”
The 1994 Face 2 Face Tour played its final concert August 20 at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, FL. It had become one of the ten biggest US tours of all time. In March and April 1995, the Face 2 Face Tour returned for twelve encore performances at some of the country’s largest stadiums.
Three years later, the tour that conquered North America took Europe, Japan and Australia by storm with a total of 30 performances.
Billy and Elton last toured together in 2003 with 24 sellouts. There could be no doubt that Face 2 Face starring Billy and Elton was, according to Billboard, “the most successful touring package of all time.
Related Links:
Billy Joel Official Site
Elton John Official Site
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Phone: 1-800-820-CAVS - Address: 1 Center Court, Cleveland, OH 44115
Date: Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
