Face to Face 1998

Face to Face 1998
Tour by Elton John and Billy Joel
LocationOceania • Asia • Europe
Start date4 March 1998 (1998-03-04)
End date30 June 1998 (1998-06-30)
Legs3
No. of shows28 in total
Elton John tour chronology
Big Picture Tour
(1997–98) 		Face to Face 1998
(1998) 		An Evening with Elton John
(1999)
Billy Joel tour chronology
Face to Face 1995
(1995) 		Face to Face 1998
(1998) 		Face to Face 2001
(2001)

Riding on the success of their previous two tours, Elton John and Billy Joel once again hit the stadiums in 1998. The production had previously only toured the United States and Canada, but this time they visited Australia,[1] New Zealand, Japan,[2] and Europe,[3] avoiding any North American cities.[4]

On 6 June, Joel pulled out of a concert at Wembley Stadium in London, England due to illness. John performed the show without him, playing several of Joel's songs.[5] The same happened in Zurich, Switzerland at Letzigrund Stadium on 30 June; this was the last night of the 1998 tour.[6]

Joel stated in 2012 that he would no longer tour with John because it restricts his setlists.[7][8]

  1. ^ [1] Archived 24 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine eltonography.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
  2. ^ [2] Archived 24 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine eltonography.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
  3. ^ [3] Archived 24 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine eltonography.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) eltonography.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
  5. ^ [4] Archived 24 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine eltonography.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
  6. ^ [5] Archived 24 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine eltonography.com, Retrieved 30 August 2011
  7. ^ "Billy Joel Won't Tour with Elton due to Setlist Constraints". EltonDaily.com. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  8. ^ "Billy Joel mixes lots of music into his Q&A". Gainesville.com. Retrieved 7 March 2012.