Elton 60 - Live at Madison Square Garden DVD boxset release and competition
Posted on September 25, 2007 - DVD, Elton John
Elton John celebrated his 60th birthday on March 25th this year by making his 60th appearance at Madison Square Garden in New York in front of 20,000 fans.
Sir Elton’s 60th show at the legendary venue featured special appearances by Robin Williams and Whoopi Goldberg and ended with an emotional rendition of Your Song.
During the three-hour plus show he paid tribute to John Lennon, who famously joined him on stage at the Garden in November 1974 in what turned out to be former Beatle’s last concert performance before his death. … Sir Elton’s long-time songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin, led the crowd in singing Happy Birthday to him, as a basketball shirt-style banner reading “Elton 60″ was unveiled in his honour at the venue.
This much in demand performance is now to be made available in three DVD formats, along with extra footage, on September 24th. Additionally, a 12 track live album will be available exclusively through iTunes from September 3rd.
The two-disc package features all 33 songs on the 2007 Madison Square Garden set list, including classics such as “Your Song,” “Crocodile Rock” and “Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)” and rare live cuts including the appropriately named opener, “Sixty Years On,” plus “Madman Across the Water,” “Ballad of a Well-Known Gun” and “Roy Rogers.”
The DVD set will also be loaded with special extra features, including a wealth of “Live, Rare and Unseen” concert tracks, such as a 1970 version of “Border Song” from Swiss Television, BBC renditions of “Tiny Dancer” and “Levon” from 1971, and a mini-set of selected “New York Stories” performances culled from Elton’s seemingly endless catalogue of live performances in NY and album tracks that mention the Big Apple.
To coincide with the release of his 60th birthday celebration DVD, Elton John will premier his awesome Caesar’s Palace Red Piano show for the first time ever outside of Las Vegas at London’s O2 Arena on the 5th September. Elton John has sold over 250 million records world wide.
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“ELTON 60” TRACKLISTING
DISC ONE
60 LIVE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
1. SIXTY YEARS ON /
2. MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER
3. WHERE TO NOW ST PETER?
4. HERCULES
5. BALLAD OF A WELL KNOWN GUN
6. TAKE ME TO THE PILOT
7. HIGH FLYING BIRD
8. HOLIDAY INN
9. BURN DOWN THE MISSION
10. BETTER OFF DEAD
11. LEVON
12. EMPTY GARDEN (HEY HEY JOHNNY)
EASTER EGG
SATURDAY NIGHT’S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING (Thank You Australia Concert 1984, Elton’s 37th)
LIVE, RARE & UNSEEN
1. YOUR SONG (Elton at 50 Montage)
2. BORDER SONG (Swiss TV, 1970 )
3. SIXTY YEARS ON (BBC IN CONCERT, 1970)
4. TINY DANCER (BBC Sounds For Saturday, 1971)
5. LEVON (BBC Sounds For Saturday 1971)
6. HONKY CAT (Royal Festival Hall, 1972)
7. ROCKET MAN (Royal Festival Hall, 1972)
8. CROCODILE ROCK (Royal Variety Show, 1972)
9. GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD (TOTP 1973)
10. DANIEL (Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre 1976)
11. SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT (Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre 1976)
12. CANDLE IN THE WIND (Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre 1976)
13. SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD (Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre 1976)
14. I’M STILL STANDING (Night & Day Concert, Wembley, 1984)
15. BENNIE & THE JETS (Night & Day Concert, Wembley, 1984)
16. SONG FOR GUY (Thank You Australia Concert, 1984)
17. THIS TRAIN DON’T STOP THERE ANYMORE (BBC TOTPTSWO, 2001)
18. TINDERBOX (BBC ‘In Session’ outtake from Saint Luke’s, 2006)
THE BRIDGE (Audio only – album version)
DISC TWO
60 LIVE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRESENTATION
13. DANIEL
14. HONKY CAT
15. ROCKET MAN
16. I GUESS THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES
17. THE BRIDGE
18. ROY ROGERS
19. MONA LISAS AND MAD HATTERS
20. SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD
21. BENNIE AND THE JETS
22. ALL THE GIRLS LOVE ALICE
23. TINY DANCER
24. SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT
25. PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM
26. SAD SONGS (SAY SO MUCH)
27. DON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME
28. I’M STILL STANDING
29. THE BITCH IS BACK
30. CROCODILE ROCK
31. SATURDAY NIGHT’S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING
32. FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND/LOVE LIES BLEEDING
33. YOUR SONG
ELTON’S NEW YORK STORIES
1. MONA LISAS & MAD HATTERS (Royal Festival Hall 1972)
2. WOULDN’T HAVE YOU ANY OTHER WAY (NYC) (BBC ‘In Session’ St Luke’s 2006)
3. EMPTY GARDEN (HEY HEY JOHNNY)
(Hammersmith Odeon 1982)
4. BELIEVE (Madison Square Garden 1995)
5. WE ALL FALL IN LOVE SOMETIMES/CURTAINS (Madison Square Garden 2005)
THE BRIDGE (Audio only – album version)
BONUS CD (ONLY IN COLLECTOR’S BOX)
1. SIXTY YEARS ON
2. BALLAD OF A WELL KNOWN GUN
3. WHERE TO NOW ST PETER?
4. HOLIDAY INN
5. MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER
6. LEVON
7. HERCULES
8. MONA LISAS AND MAD HATTERS
9. ROY ROGERS
10. HIGH FLYING BIRD
11. BETTER OFF DEAD
12. EMPTY GARDEN (HEY HEY JOHNNY)
13. SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT
14. THE BRIDGE
15. BURN DOWN THE MISSION
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