Concert Tour Name: | European Express Tour |
Album: | Breaking Hearts |
Artist: | Elton John |
Type: | Continental |
Location: | Europe |
Start Date: | 17 April 1984 |
End Date: | 30 June 1984 |
Number Of Legs: | 1 |
Number Of Shows: | 52 |
Last Tour: | Too Low for Zero Tour (1984) |
This Tour: | European Express Tour (1984) |
Next Tour: | Breaking Hearts Tour (1984) |
The European Express Tour was the European leg of Elton John's 1984 Breaking Hearts Tour.
The European Express Tour, which was a continuation of the Too Low for Zero Tour of Oceania took place across three months during the summer of 1984. The tour included several countries that Elton and his band had not previously performed in. This included Poland,[1] Czechoslovakia,[2] Hungary, Yugoslavia, Italy, Austria and Spain.
The tour came to an end at London's Wembley Stadium on 30 June 1984. This concert was recorded for broadcast on the U.S. Showtime cable network and Britain's BBC Radio 1. The performance was later released on VHS as Night and Day Concert.[3]
This set list is representative of the performance on 28 May 1984 in Paris, France. It does not represent the set list at all concerts for the duration of the tour.