Great news for Elton John fans in the UK (and Europe)!! You might think youve seen him play live before, but youve never seen anything like this!!
The Red Piano show, designed by acclaimed artist and photographer, David LaChapelle, has been running at The Colosseum, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas to packed houses since 2004. Last year's O2 show in London, in Sir Elton's 60th birthday year and marking 40 years of touring, received rave reviews and encouraged him to take the Red Piano on tour in the UK for the first time
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The larger-than-life set, complete with Elton's iconic Yamaha red grand piano, has been designed to reflect Elton's flamboyance alongside his peerless musicianship. The theme throughout The Red Piano is love, symbolised by the colour red and articulated through the songs and state-of-the art effects and high-end imagery.
During the shows, audiences will be treated to live performances of the phenomenal back catalogue of Elton John and BernieTaupin, including hits such as Rocket Man, Yellow Brick Road and Candle In The Wind.
As Elton himself said: "We can't wait to see how British audiences react to the Red Piano. The show is stuffed with hits, it's brash, bright and colourful. Over the past four years we have played almost 200 Red Piano shows at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and every single one has been an event - the band and I have had a ball!
David LaChapelle created the show with the Las Vegas ambience very firmly in mind, but for a long time we have been working towards bringing the show to Europe. Finally, last year, London became Las Vegas when we brought the Red Piano to the O2 Arena - and what a night that was! So this year we're going to sprinkle that Vegas magic over Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester. See you there!"
Those European dates in full are here:
19-Nov-08 Birmingham England, UK Birmingham NIA
22-Nov-08 Munich Germany Olympiahalle
24-Nov-08 Hamburg Germany Color Line Arena
26-Nov-08 Cologne Germany Kolnarena
29-Nov-08 Copenhagen Denmark Parken Stadium
01-Dec-08 Helsinki Finland Hartwall-Areena
04-Dec-08 Stockholm Sweden Globe Arena
05-Dec-08 Oslo Norway Spektrum
09-Dec-08 Paris France Palais Omnisports Bercy
11-Dec-08 Berlin Germany 02 World
13-Dec-08 London England, UK 02 Arena
16-Dec-08 Birmingham England, UK Birmingham NIA
17-Dec-08 Liverpool England, UK Liverpool Echo Arena
18-Dec-08 Liverpool England, UK Liverpool Echo Arena
20-Dec-08 Manchester England, UK Manchester MEN Arena
21-Dec-08 Manchester England, UK Manchester MEN Arena
For full box office details see here:
http://www.marshall-arts.com/index.php?option=com_gigcal&task=viewartist&...
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Sir Elton is very excited to announce the hotly-tipped up-and-coming new star Jamie Lidell as Special Guest on all the Red Piano shows. Jamie's current album Jim is a revelation - Motown meets electronica in a bunch of timeless songs that pulsate with soul, funk and pop. With fans like Feist, Beck, Jools Holland and Sir Elton himself, and a gold-lame-clad live persona, Red Piano audiences are in for a real treat when Jamie opens the show.
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