One of my girlfriends & I had been talking about going to Elton John but hadn't quite gotten our act together in terms of getting tickets. Yesterday we decided we still wanted to go and would head down and see what the scalpers could offer us. This was a great way to see the show - we ended up with tix that were worth R$550 for R$250. We were on the floor and had an awesome view of both Elton and James Blunt, who opened for him.
On the way in several people warned us about getting robbed so I was a bit nervous....getting scalped tix was a bit sketchy as this cop came up to us as we were walking with one scalper and asked us if we had tickets and if we were buying them from the guy, I said we didn't have tickets but that the guy hadn't offered us tickets (which he had but I didn't want to make any trouble... not sure what the laws are on reselling tix here...) we ended up buying them from someone else. Oh and the washrooms in the Sambódromo are nothing short of terrifying... but other than that it was a great venue.
I enjoyed James Blunt a LOT, much more than I expected to. I will have to buy some of the songs I heard last night from iTunes later.
Elton was fantastic as always, funniest thing was I think he was wearing the same outfit he wore when I saw him in Calgary last year and may have even done the same set. My viewpoint was much better from where we were here, and it's always magical to watch a concert from under the stars. It even rained very briefly (which was a bit of a relief from the heat!) I just felt really lucky to be there.
Elton John played for over two hours. He is such an amazing entertainer and I really enjoy the members of his band as well, especially the drummer who is an original member of the band and the blond guitar player who is probably pushing 70 but is still just too cool for words and even almost hot.
Here is the list of what Elton sang last night:
"Funeral for a friend / Love lies
bleeding"
"The bitch is back"
"Madman across the water"
"Tiny
dancer"
"Levon"
"Believe"
"Take me to the
pilot"
"Goodbye yellow brick road"
"Daniel"
"Rocket
man"
"Honky cat"
"Sacrifice"
"Dont let the sun go
down on me"
"I guess that’s why they
call it the blues"
"Sorry seems to be
the hardest word"
"Candle in the
wind"
"Bennie and the jets"
"Sad songs (say so much)"
"Philadelphia freedom"
"I’m still
standing"
"Crocodile rock"
"Saturday night is alright for fighting"
After the curtain call:
"Skyline pigeon"
"Your song"
I hadn't heard "Skyline pigeon" before but the Brazilians sure had.
Yay!
After the concert my night took a bit of a turn for the worse but I'll put that in a separate post...
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