The Million Dollar Piano Explained

Type:	Residency
Concert Name:	The Million Dollar Piano
Artist:	Elton John
Venue:	The Colosseum at Caesars Palace
Location:	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Start Date:	September 28, 2011
End Date:	May 17, 2018
Number Of Shows:	16 in 2011 21 in 2012 27 in 2013 16 in 2014 34 in 2015 31 in 2016 25 in 2017 27 in 2018 197 in total
Last Tour:	The Red Piano (2004–09)
This Tour:	The Million Dollar Piano (2011–18)

The Million Dollar Piano was a concert residency by British musician Elton John, which took place at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. It was John's second concert residency in Las Vegas after The Red Piano.

Home media

The Million Dollar Piano was recorded in February 2012 at a sell out show at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The film was broadcast to cinemas across the world in April 2014 before being released on home media on July 1, 2014. The Blu-ray and DVD both feature additional songs from John's tour in Kyiv. The set also features a behind-the-scenes look at 'The Making of The Million Dollar Piano'. Both the DVD and Blu-ray releases have been praised for their video and sound quality.

Set list

This set list is representative of most of the performances of the residency.

1. "The Bitch Is Back"
2. "Bennie and the Jets"
3. "Rocket Man"
4. "Levon"
5. "Tiny Dancer"
6. "Your Song"
7. "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters"
8. "Better Off Dead"
9. "Indian Sunset"
10. "Blue Eyes"
11. "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
12. "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
13. "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
14. "Philadelphia Freedom"
15. "I'm Still Standing"
16. "Crocodile Rock"
17. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"

Encore

1. "Circle of Life"

Concert dates

Date	Attendance	Revenue
Leg 1^[1]
September 28, 2011	66,964 / 66,964 (100%)	$11,439,215
September 30, 2011
October 1, 2011
October 2, 2011
October 6, 2011
October 7, 2011
October 8, 2011
October 9, 2011
October 13, 2011
October 14, 2011
October 15, 2011
October 18, 2011
October 19, 2011
October 21, 2011
October 22, 2011
October 23, 2011
Leg 2^[2]
February 9, 2012	20,672 / 20,672 (100%)	$3,605,365
February 10, 2012
February 11, 2012
February 14, 2012
February 16, 2012
Leg 3^[3]
April 13, 2012	20,901 / 20,901 (100%)	$3,723,640
April 14, 2012
April 15, 2012
April 18, 2012
April 19, 2012
Leg 4^[4]
October 10, 2012	43,763 / 44,617 (98%)	$7,099,620
October 11, 2012
October 12, 2012
October 13, 2012
October 18, 2012
October 19, 2012
October 20, 2012
October 21, 2012
October 26, 2012
October 27, 2012
October 28, 2012
Leg 5^[5]
April 20, 2013	48,353 / 50,460 (96%)	$7,671,630
April 21, 2013
April 23, 2013
April 24, 2013
April 27, 2013
April 30, 2013
May 1, 2013
May 4, 2013
May 5, 2013
May 8, 2013
May 9, 2013
May 10, 2013
May 11, 2013
Leg 6^[6]
September 18, 2013	57,889 / 57,889 (100%)	$8,930,160
September 19, 2013
September 21, 2013
September 24, 2013
September 25, 2013
September 27, 2013
September 28, 2013
October 1, 2013
October 2, 2013
October 5, 2013
October 6, 2013
October 9, 2013
October 10, 2013
October 12, 2013
Leg 7^[7]
March 29, 2014	64,694 / 65,665 (99%)	$10,027,440
March 30, 2014
April 1, 2014
April 3, 2014
April 5, 2014
April 6, 2014
April 9, 2014
April 10, 2014
April 12, 2014
April 16, 2014
April 18, 2014
April 19, 2014
April 22, 2014
April 23, 2014
April 25, 2014
April 26, 2014
Leg 8^[8]
January 16, 2015	23,806 / 24,066 (99%)	$3,775,415
January 17, 2015
January 19, 2015
January 20, 2015
January 23, 2015
January 24, 2015
Leg 9^[9]
March 18, 2015	68,636 / 71,284 (96%)	$10,391,410
March 20, 2015
March 21, 2015
March 23, 2015
March 24, 2015
March 27, 2015
March 28, 2015
March 30, 2015
March 31, 2015
April 3, 2015
April 4, 2015
April 6, 2015
April 7, 2015
April 10, 2015
April 11, 2015
April 13, 2015
April 14, 2015
Leg 10^[10]
October 13, 2015	46,330 / 46,330 (100%)	$7,363,760
October 14, 2015
October 16, 2015
October 17, 2015
October 20, 2015
October 21, 2015
October 23, 2015
October 24, 2015
October 27, 2015
October 30, 2015
October 31, 2015
Leg 11
January 19, 2016	—	—
January 20, 2016
January 22, 2016
January 23, 2016
January 26, 2016
January 27, 2016
January 29, 2016
January 31, 2016
Leg 12
April 16, 2016	41,813 / 42,115 (99%)	$6,590,665
April 17, 2016
April 19, 2016
April 20, 2016
April 22, 2016
April 23, 2016
April 26, 2016
April 27, 2016
April 29, 2016
April 30, 2016
Leg 13^[11]
October 12, 2016	41,895 / 41,895 (100%)	$6,799,085
October 14, 2016
October 15, 2016
October 19, 2016
October 21, 2016
October 22, 2016
October 26, 2016
October 28, 2016
October 29, 2016
October 30, 2016
Leg 14^[12]
December 28, 2016	16,827 / 16,827 (100%)	$3,121,740
December 29, 2016
December 31, 2016
January 1, 2017
Leg 15^[13]
February 7, 2017	41,573 / 41,915 (99%)	$6,645,790
February 8, 2017
February 10, 2017
February 11, 2017
February 13, 2017
February 14, 2017
February 15, 2017
February 18, 2017
February 19, 2017
February 20, 2017
Leg 16
October 11, 2017	58,496 / 58,496 (100%)	$9,686,250
October 13, 2017
October 14, 2017
October 15, 2017
October 18, 2017
October 20, 2017
October 21, 2017
October 24, 2017
October 25, 2017
October 27, 2017
October 28, 2017
November 1, 2017
November 3, 2017
November 4, 2017
Leg 17
February 9, 2018	54,936 / 54,936 (100%)	$10,077,310
February 10, 2018
February 11, 2018
February 14, 2018
February 16, 2018
February 17, 2018
February 18, 2018
February 21, 2018
February 22, 2018
February 25, 2018
February 27, 2018
March 1, 2018
March 2, 2018
Leg 18
April 28, 2018	58,970 / 58,970 (100%)	$14,242,301
April 29, 2018
May 1, 2018
May 2, 2018
May 4, 2018
May 5, 2018
May 6, 2018
May 8, 2018
May 9, 2018
May 11, 2018
May 12, 2018
May 15, 2018
May 16, 2018
May 17, 2018
Total	776,518 / 784,002 (99%)	$131,190,796

Personnel

• Elton John – vocals, piano
• Davey Johnstone – guitar
• Bob Birch – bass
• John Mahon – percussion
• Nigel Olsson – drums
• Kim Bullard – keyboards
• Ray Cooper – percussion

Notes and References

1. Leg 1 boxscore:
   • Billboard Boxscore - Current Scores . October 15, 2011 . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . https://www.webcitation.org/62E8BuH0l?url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsp . October 6, 2011 . October 3, 2011 . dead.
   • Billboard Boxscore – Current Scores . October 22, 2011 . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . https://www.webcitation.org/62OgnETDe?url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsp . October 13, 2011 . October 13, 2011 . dead.
   • Billboard Boxscore - Current Scores . October 29, 2011 . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . https://www.webcitation.org/62aRtR6E1?url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsp . October 20, 2011 . October 20, 2011 . dead.
   • Billboard Boxscore — Current Scores . November 5, 2011 . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . https://www.webcitation.org/62jzr4ts8?url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsp . October 27, 2011 . October 27, 2011 . dead.
2. Leg 2 boxscore:
   • Billboard Boxscore . March 5, 2012 . Prometheus Global Media . Billboard . July 19, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120421085036/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsp . April 21, 2012.
3. Leg 3 boxscore:
   • May 5, 2012 . Billboard Boxscore . Billboard . 124 . 15 . New York City, New York . Prometheus Global Media . 0006-2510 . April 30, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120421085036/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsp . April 21, 2012 . dead.
4. Leg 4 boxscore:
   • November 3, 2012 . Billboard Boxscore . Billboard . 124 . 41 . New York City, New York . Prometheus Global Media . 0006-2510 . October 25, 2012 . https://www.webcitation.org/6BgTt0vxG?url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsp . October 25, 2012 . dead.
   • November 10, 2012 . Billboard Boxscore . Billboard . 124 . 42 . New York City, New York . Prometheus Global Media . 0006-2510 . November 2, 2012 . https://www.webcitation.org/6BtCH0kdh?url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/currentboxscore.jsp . November 3, 2012 . dead.
5. Leg 5 boxscore:
   • https://web.archive.org/web/20150423200026/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore . April 23, 2015 . Billboard Biz: Current Boxscore . May 15, 2013 . May 18, 2013 . Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . dead.
6. Leg 6 boxscore:
   • Billboard Biz: Current Boxscore . October 16, 2013 . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20150423200026/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore . April 23, 2015 . dead.
7. Leg 7 boxscore:
   • Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores . April 30, 2014 . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20150423200026/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore . April 23, 2015 . dead.
8. Leg 8 boxscore:
   • Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores . January 28, 2015 . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20150423200026/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore . April 23, 2015 . dead.
9. Leg 9 boxscore:
   • Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores . April 22, 2015 . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20150423200026/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore . April 23, 2015 . dead.
10. Web site: Elton John returns Las Vegas with The Million Dollar Piano in October . April 4, 2015 . FTN News . June 28, 2017.
11. Leg 13 boxscore:
    • Web site: Current Boxscore . November 9, 2016 . FTN News . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161109194432/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore . November 9, 2016 . June 28, 2017.
12. Leg 14 boxscore:
    • Web site: Current Boxscore . https://web.archive.org/web/20170119174920/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore. dead. January 19, 2017. January 19, 2017 . FTN News . January 19, 2017.
13. Leg 15 boxscore:
    • Web site: Current Boxscore . https://web.archive.org/web/20170228200925/http://www.billboard.com/biz/current-boxscore . dead . February 28, 2017 . FTN News . February 28, 2017 . June 28, 2017.