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Showtime Classic: Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour

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Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour ranks as #17 among the top tours from 2000 to 2020. Photo by Steve Jennings

Sound Co

Clair Global

Tour Dates

2018-Present

Crew

FOH Engineer: Matt Herr

Systems Engineer: Nick Giameos

Monitor Engineer: Alan Richardson

Audio Techs: Rolf Gerling, Simon Matthews, Dale Sticha, Rick Salazar, Chris Sobchack, Simon Grocott, Tony Smith

Gear

FOH

Console: Yamaha Rivage PM10

Outboard: (3) Bricasti M7s, (2) Lake LM44s.

Drum Submixer: Soundcraft GB8

Speakers: Mains: (32) Clair Cohesion CO-12 — 16/side; Side Hangs: (32) Clair Cohesion CO-12 — 16/side; Rear Hangs: (24) Cohesion CO-10 — 12/side; Subs: (18) Cohesion CP-218, 12/flown, 6 ground-stacked

Amps: (54) Lab.gruppen PLM 20000Q and PLM 20K44

MON

Console: RML Labs Software Audio Console

Speakers: (2) Clair 12am wedges, (2) 212am wedges

Mics: Audio-Technica AE6100 (band vocals), Sennheiser E825 (Nigel vox); AKG 414s, AKG 460s; Sennheiser 609s, E604s, MD421s; Shure SM56s, SM57s, SM58s, Beta 52.

Tour Notes

Elton John has sold more than 300 million records in his 50-year career and has been showered with accolades — Grammy Awards, BRIT Awards, an Academy and Tony Award, and even a British knighthood since 1998. The tour, which launched Sept. 8, 2018, is expected to resume as Covid-19 restrictions ease once the pandemic is under control.