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The multi-year tour currently stands at #2 on the all-time charts, behind only Taylor Swift’s Eras tour. Photo by Steve Jennings

Tour: Farewell Yellow Brick Road

Sound Company: Clair Global

Crew

  • FOH Engineer: Matt Herr
  • Systems Engineer: Nick Giameos
  • Monitor Engineer: Alan Richardson
  • Monitor Tech: Rolf Gerling
  • RF/Stage Tech: Simon Matthews
  • P.A. Techs: Lucas Kinney, Stephen Tang

 

Gear

FOH

  • Console: Yamaha Rivage PM10
  • Speakers: Mains: (32) Clair Cohesion CO12 (16/side); Side Hangs: (32) Clair Cohesion CO12 (16/side); Rear Hangs: (24) Cohesion CO10 (12/side); Subs: (18) Cohesion CP218 (12/flown, 6 ground-stacked)
  • Amps: (54) Lab Gruppen PLM 20000Q, PLM 20K44

 

MON

  • Console: Custom monitor console for Elton John
  • Speakers: Clair 12AM, 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 Details

Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, which began back in September 2018 as a final three-year trek, continued with Covid-postponed shows into 2023. According to Billboard, the tour has grossed $939.1 million from 328 shows, making it the second highest-grossing tour of all time, behind Taylor Swift’s 2023 Eras tour, which has already topped $1 billion.