Face to Face 2001

In the winter of 2001, Elton John and Billy Joel toured with their Face to Face concert series.[1][2] The tour started in Honolulu, Hawaii (where they had not performed together before).[3] The first leg of the tour closed at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada on 17 and 18 February.[4]

Face To Face 2001
Tour by Elton John and Billy Joel
Start date12 January 2001
End date16 May 2001
Legs2
No. of shows33 in total
Elton John tour chronology
Stately Home Tour
(2000)		 Face to Face 2001
(2001)		 2001 Solo Tour
(2001)
Billy Joel tour chronology
Face to Face 1998
(1998)		 Face to Face 2001
(2001)		 Face to Face 2002
(2002)

The tour resumed on 9 April in Denver[5] and the 2001 performances closed at the Target Center in Minneapolis[6] on 15 and 16 May.

John and Joel performed the 'Face To Face' concerts again the following year.[7] Joel stated in 2012 that he would no longer tour with John because of setlist constraints.[8][9]

Tour dates

[10][11][12]

Date City Country Venue
North America
19 January 2001 San Diego United States Cox Arena
22 January 2001 Vancouver Canada General Motors Place
24 January 2001 Tacoma United States Tacoma Dome
26 January 2001 Portland Rose Garden
29 January 2001 Salt Lake City Delta Center
31 January 2001 Sacramento ARCO Arena
2 February 2001 Oakland The Arena in Oakland
4 February 2001 San Jose San Jose Arena
6 February 2001 Inglewood Great Western Forum
9 February 2001
11 February 2001
13 February 2001 Phoenix America West Arena
17 February 2001 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
18 February 2001
9 April 2001 Denver Pepsi Center
12 April 2001 Kansas City Kemper Arena
14 April 2001 Memphis Pyramid Arena
17 April 2001 New Orleans New Orleans Arena
19 April 2001 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
21 April 2001 Nashville Gaylord Entertainment Center
24 April 2001 Atlanta Philips Arena
26 April 2001 Louisville Freedom Hall
28 April 2001 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
3 May 2001 Montreal Canada Molson Centre
5 May 2001 Syracuse United States Carrier Dome
7 May 2001 Rosemont Allstate Arena
9 May 2001
11 May 2001
13 May 2001 Cincinnati Firstar Center
15 May 2001 Minneapolis Target Center
16 May 2001

Box office score data
Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue
Cox Arena San Diego 12,795 / 12,795 (100%) $1,400,528
Dome Tacoma 22,580 / 22,580 (100%) $2,093,520
General Motors Place Vancouver 18,358 / 18,358 (100%) $1,578,733
Rose Garden Portland 18,114 / 18,114 (100%) $1,775,685
Delta Center Salt Lake City 16,538 / 16,538 (100%) $1,668,470
ARCO Arena Sacramento 16,080 / 16,123 (99%) $1,485,460
Alameda Coliseum Oakland 17,047 / 17,128 (99%) $1,558,057
Compaq Center San Jose 17,657 / 17,657 (100%) $1,665,320
The Forum Inglewood 52,861 / 52,861 (100%) $4,886,945
America West Arena Phoenix 17,541 / 19,126 (92%) $1,754,000
MGM Grand Las Vegas 26,977 / 26,977 (100%) $4,843,650
Pepsi Center Denver 18,546 / 18,546 (100%) $2,119,580
The Pyramid Memphis 13,894 / 19,686 (71%) $1,544,000
Coliseum Charlotte 23,061 / 23,061 (100%) $2,173,865
Arena New Orleans 16,625 / 17,096 (97%) $1,838,737
Gaylord Center Nashville 17,303 / 17,303 (100%) $1,733,145
Philips Arena Atlanta 19,892 / 19,892 (100%) $1,990,010
Coliseum Greensboro 21,958 / 21,958 (100%) $2,042,490
Molson Centre Montreal 18,711 / 18,711 (100%) $1,886,351
Carrier Dome Syracuse 38,653 / 38,653 (100%) $3,452,430
Allstate Arena Rosemont 52,946 / 52,946 (100%) $6,393,525
Firstar Center Cincinnati 16,683 / 16,683 (100%) $1,910,505
Target Center Minneapolis 36,609 / 36,609 (100%) $4,015,565
TOTAL 531,429 / 539,401 (99%) $55,810,571

References
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  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) eltonography.com, Retrieved 2 September 2011
  8. "Billy Joel Won't Tour with Elton due to Setlist Constraints". EltonDaily.com. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  9. "Billy Joel mixes lots of music into his Q&A". Gainesville.com. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  10. findarticles.com, Retrieved 2 September 2011
  11. thefreelibrary.com, Retrieved 2 September 2011
  12. vh1.com, Retrieved 2 September 2011

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