Billy Joel and Elton John extend tour into March
update: Billy Joel and Elton John , who recently kicked off their latest Face to Face co-headlining tour, have added several more dates to the run, including the outing's first April stop.
Second shows have been added in both Ft. Lauderdale and Tampa, as have new stops in New York and New Jersey. Tickets for all four of the new dates go on sale this Saturday (1/26), according to John's official website. Details appear in the itinerary below.
Joel and John's current outing, which is the duo's fifth co-headlining run since 1994, has already sold out multiple nights--as many as six--in Boston; Hartford, Conn.; Philadelphia; and Washington, D.C. The pair's previous Face to Face excursion was the No. 5 top-grossing tour of 2001, and raked in a total of $57.2 million over the course of 31 shows.
John, who wrapped up the U.S. leg of his solo run last month, is touring in support of last year's "Songs from the West Coast" (Rocket/Universal), which features the singles "I Want Love" and "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore."
Joel's most recent releases are two albums that simultaneously surfaced in October. The first, "Fantasies & Delusions: Music for Solo Piano" (Columbia/Sony Classical), features pianist Richard Joo performing ten of Joel's original piano compositions. The second, "Essential Billy Joel" (Columbia), is a two-disc set that houses 36 of the musician's previously released pop hits and two classical compositions.
Joel, along with Tony Bennett, recently received a Grammy nomination in the Best Pop Collaboration category for a duet rendition of Joel's classic song "New York State of Mind" that appears on Bennett's "Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues" (Columbia), released last November.
January
16 - University Park, PA - Bryce Jordan Center (on sale now)
18 - Washington, DC - MCI Center (on sale now)
20 - Washington, DC - MCI Center (on sale now)
22 - Boston, MA - FleetCenter (sold out)
24 - Boston, MA - FleetCenter (sold out)
29 - Boston, MA - FleetCenter (sold out)
31 - Boston, MA - FleetCenter (sold out)
February
2 - Boston, MA - FleetCenter (sold out; postponed until 4/3)
4 - Hartford, CT - Hartford Civic Center (sold out)
6 - Hartford, CT - Hartford Civic Center (sold out)
8 - Hartford, CT - Hartford Civic Center (sold out)
9 - Hartford, CT - Hartford Civic Center (sold out)
13 - Philadelphia, PA - First Union Center (sold out)
15 - Philadelphia, PA - First Union Center (sold out)
17 - Philadelphia, PA - First Union Center (sold out)
19 - Philadelphia, PA - First Union Center (sold out)
22 - Philadelphia, PA - First Union Center (sold out)
24 - Philadelphia, PA - First Union Center (sold out)
March
3 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - National Car Rental Center (sold out)
5 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - National Car Rental Center (on sale 1/26)
9 - Tampa, FL - Ice Palace (sold out)
11 - Tampa, FL - Ice Palace (on sale 1/26)
15, 18 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden (sold out)
20 - Uniondale, NY - Nassau Coliseum (on sale 1/26)
April
3 - Boston, MA - FleetCenter (make-up date for 2/2)
6 - East Rutherford, NJ - Continental Airlines Arena (on sale 1/26
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