Peachtree Road Tour Explained

Concert Tour Name:	Peachtree Road Tour
Album:	Peachtree Road
Location:	North America • Europe
Artist:	Elton John
Start Date:	4 November 2004
End Date:	14 December 2005
Number Of Legs:	6
Number Of Shows:	81
Last Tour:	2004 Tour (2004)
This Tour:	Peachtree Road Tour (2004–05)
Next Tour:	2006 European Tour (2006)

The Peachtree Road Tour was a concert tour by Elton John. The tour started in on 4 November 2004 with the album launch in Atlanta.^[1] The tour was to promote John's album Peachtree Road. The tour moved on to Europe for two dates at the end of the year. The following year, 2005, John toured in promotion with the album in North America before returning tour Europe once again. The tour came to an end on 14 December 2005 in Zürich, Switzerland.^[2]

On the European tour John and his band performed several very large-scale concerts at Reading,^[3] Southampton,^[4] Norwich,^[5] Huddersfield, Stoke-on-Trent,^[6] Coventry,^[7] Watford and Dublin.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Tickets sold / available	Revenue
North America
4 November 2004	Atlanta	United States	The Tabernacle
5 November 2004
Europe
7 December 2004	Newcastle	England	Metro Radio Arena
9 December 2004	Sheffield		Hallam FM Arena
13 December 2004	London		Hammersmith Apollo
16 December 2004
17 December 2004
18 December 2004
North America
18 March 2005	Sunrise	United States	Office Depot Center	15,979 / 15,979	$1,170,085
19 March 2005	Orlando		TD Waterhouse Centre	13,702 / 13,702	$795,050
23 March 2005	Oklahoma City		Ford Center	14,027 / 19,420	$1,060,150
24 March 2005	Dallas		American Airlines Center	17,595 / 17,595	$1,112,330
26 March 2005	Houston		Toyota Center	15,926 / 15,926	$1,060,150
22 April 2005	Milwaukee		Bradley Center
23 April 2005	Rosemont		Allstate Arena	15,434 / 15,434	$1,338,300
24 April 2005	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills	18,278 / 18,278	$1,367,863
28 April 2005	Kansas City		Kemper Arena	15,516 / 15,516	$1,002,390
29 April 2005	Minneapolis		Target Center	14,613 / 14,613	$1,081,125
3 May 2005	Denver		Pepsi Center	14,015 / 14,015	$1,231,627
5 May 2005	Glendale		Glendale Arena	14,824 / 14,824	$1,243,230
6 May 2005	San Diego		Cox Arena	10,485 / 10,485	$847,424
7 May 2005	Anaheim		Arrowhead Pond	13,359 / 13,359	$1,227,560
Europe
24 May 2005	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
26 May 2005	Reading	England	Madejski Stadium	20,764 / 20,764	$1,902,692
28 May 2005	Southampton		St Mary's Stadium	25,925 / 25,925	$2,432,630
29 May 2005	Norwich		Carrow Road	21,903 / 21,903	$2,047,579
1 June 2005	Bratislava	Slovakia	Tyrsovo Nabrezie
3 June 2005	Huddersfield	England	Galpharm Stadium
4 June 2005	Stoke-on-Trent		Britannia Stadium
5 June 2005	Bolton		Reebok Stadium
8 June 2005	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Spektrum
10 June 2005	Nottingham	England	National Ice Centre
11 June 2005	Coventry		Highfield Road
12 June 2005	Glasgow	Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
14 June 2005	Cardiff	Wales	Cardiff International Arena
15 June 2005
16 June 2005	Peterborough	England	The Embankment
18 June 2005	Watford		Vicarage Road	23,450 / 23,450	$2,938,980
19 June 2005	Swindon		County Ground
25 June 2005	Edinburgh	Scotland	Easter Road Stadium
26 June 2005	Kilmarnock		Rugby Park
29 June 2005	Marbella	Spain	Mijas Costa Hipodrome
30 June 2005	Guadalajara		Municipal Football Stadium
2 July 2005	Dublin	Ireland	RDS Arena	27,563 / 30,000	$2,098,608
7 July 2005	Bonn	Germany	Museumsplatz
9 July 2005	Aarhus		Aarhus Stadion
10 July 2005	Bielefeld		Schuco Arena
12 July 2005	Perugia	Italy	Jazz Arena
13 July 2005	Bergamo		Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
1 September 2005
3 September 2005	Rome		Colosseum
North America
6 September 2005	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre	33,935 / 33,935	$3,061,428
7 September 2005
9 September 2005	Philadelphia	United States	Wachovia Center	15,616 / 15,616	$1,442,995
10 September 2005	Washington, D.C.		MCI Center	16,459 / 16,459	$1,429,790
16 September 2005	Boston		TD Banknorth Garden	31,164 / 31,164	$2,648,935
17 September 2005
21 September 2005	New York City		Madison Square Garden	46,708 / 46,708	$4,123,815
23 September 2005
24 September 2005
30 September 2005	Nashville		Gaylord Entertainment Center
1 October 2005	Atlanta		Philips Arena	15,605 / 15,605	$1,335,525
4 November 2005	Memphis		FedExForum	13,314 / 13,314	$844,833
5 November 2005	Cincinnati		U.S. Bank Arena	12,398 / 17,000	$734,565
8 November 2005	Richmond		Richmond Coliseum	11,214 / 11,214	$679,810
9 November 2005	Winston-Salem		LJVM Coliseum	11,755 / 11,755	$497,756
12 November 2005	Charlotte		Bobcats Arena	14,600 / 14,600	$774,295
16 November 2005	Columbia		Colonial Center	12,404 / 12,404	$522,466
18 November 2005	Columbus		Nationwide Arena	16,567 / 16,567	$969,065
19 November 2005	Indianapolis		Conseco Fieldhouse
Europe
29 November 2005	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Areena
30 November 2005	Turku		Elysée Arena
2 December 2005	Stockholm	Sweden	Globen Arena
3 December 2005	Gothenburg		Scandinavium
5 December 2005	Hamburg	Germany	Color Line Arena
8 December 2005	Stuttgart		Schleyerhalle
12 December 2005	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis
14 December 2005	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion

Cancellations and rescheduled shows

<	--Date-->	<	--City, (State or Country)-->	<	--Venue-->	<	--Reason/Additional Info-->
10 December 2004	Nottingham, England	National Ice Centre	Rescheduled to 10 June 2005^[8]
12 December 2004	Glasgow, Scotland	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre	Rescheduled to 12 June 2005^[9]
4 March 2005	Bossier City, Louisiana	CenturyTel Center	Cancelled^[10]
5 March 2005	New Orleans	New Orleans Arena	Cancelled
8 March 2005	Richmond, Virginia	Richmond Coliseum	Cancelled
9 March 2005	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Cancelled
11 March 2005	Columbus, Ohio	Nationwide Arena	Cancelled
12 March 2005	Indianapolis	Conseco Fieldhouse	Cancelled
14 March 2005	Columbia, South Carolina	Colonial Center	Cancelled
20 March 2005	Gainesville, Florida	O'Connell Center	Cancelled^[11]
6 December 2005	Oberhausen	König Pilsener Arena	Postponed to 1 June 2006
9 December 2005	Mannheim	SAP Arena	Postponed to 31 May 2006

External links

• Information site with tour dates

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eltonography.com: Elton John Concerts and Tours . 2012-02-03 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120424032200/http://www.eltonography.com/cgi-bin/find_concerts.cgi?YEAR=2004 . 24 April 2012 . dmy-all . eltonography.com, Retrieved 2 September 2011
2. http://www.eltonography.com/cgi-bin/find_concerts.cgi?YEAR=2005
3. http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~596382,00.html
4. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/964177.print/
5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2005/05/26/music_feature_elton_john_preparations_20050526_feature.shtml
6. http://www.stokecity-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/elton_john_to_play_at_britannia_stadium_207285/index.shtml
7. http://www.ccfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10269~595947,00.html
8. Web site: Elton cancels Nottingham concert . EltonFan . 2012-02-04.
9. Web site: Elton cancels Glasgow concert . EltonFan . 2012-02-04.
10. Web site: Elton John concerts canceled . EltonFan . 2012-02-04.
11. Web site: Elton John concerts canceled . EltonFan . 2012-02-04.