Saw the show last night. Really good. Billy comes out to the tune of Yankee Doodle and Elton walks on with that Buckingham Palace music playing. They then go through a half dozen duets of their combined songs before splitting into two separate mini-concerts delving deeper into their vast catalogue of material, before uniting again at the end for another round of duets and an encore duet performance of Piano Man.
Biggest surprises:
Elton - Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding (sounded record-perfect)
Billy - Zanzabar (wtf?)
As I mentioned earlier, tickets were in the "Channelside Club", which is basically an entire private section of the third and fourth floors of the arena with comfy chairs multiple semi-free bars and several stations serving up prime rib, wings, fajitas, oriental chicken, empenadas, soups and salads, desserts, etc. It's pretty much like going to a concert on a cruise ship, and I'll be exploring the option again if any other shows come around that I or Dorothy want to see.
In the "friends don't let friends call drunk" section, I must apologize to Steve, whom I called during Billy's set to let him hear some of it. Unfortunately, the music was so loud, even as I retreated farther and farther into the lounge and away from the epicenter of the blast, I couldn't hear a thing and couldn't do much more than shout a few disconnected comments into the phone before giving up, since he sounded thoroughly annoyed. Oh well.
I think my wife has her camera with her, so maybe I'll find a picture or two to post later.
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Fajitas! Awesome, Zanzibar good!; Palace music entrance....Good!!!! Calling while concert...priceless. Sounds like a good show bro. Hey Billy Supple hit my Facebook page. I sent him this-a-way
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