GREENSBORO — Elton John, the No. 1 top-performing solo male artist, will bring his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour to the Greensboro Coliseum on May 23.
Tickets for the coliseum show will be $69.50, $124.50 & $224.50.
The American Express pre-sale of tickets for card members begins at 10 a.m. Thursday and runs through 10 p.m. Nov. 18. Tickets go on public sale at 10 a.m. Nov. 22 at ticketmaster.com. Tickets and VIP packages can be purchased on EltonJohn.com.
The Greensboro date was among 24 new stops announced Wednesday on his sold-out Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour. These new dates complete the second year of the North American leg of Elton’s three-year worldwide tour, counting 43 dates in 2020. The tour will conclude in 2021.
"The Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour is the most bombastic, elaborate, high-tech arena show he’s ever attempted," Rolling Stone magazine said.
The tour made a concert stop in Charlotte last week at the Spectrum Center.Â
John previously performed solo shows at the coliseum on Nov. 8, 1974. and July 13, 1976, said Andrew Brown, coliseum public relations manager. His April 28, 2001, concert there with Billy Joel attracted 21,935 fans, ranking it No. 6 among the coliseum's best-attended concerts. Â
John wraps 2019 with one of his most successful years to date. In addition to the tour, the film "Rocketman" has drawn commercial success and rave reviews, as has John’s memoir, "Me," which hit No. 1 on the New York Times Best Sellers list.
The Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour marks the superstar’s last-ever tour, the end of half a century on the road for one of pop culture’s most enduring performers. Kicking off to a sold-out crowd on Sept. 8, 2018, in Allentown, Pa., the tour has since received rave reviews in every market.
A limited number of exclusive VIP packages also will be available starting at 10 a.m. Thursday. These exclusive offers can include premium tickets, on-stage photo opportunities at Elton John’s piano, backstage tours, limited-edition lithographs and custom merchandise.
For more information and to register in advance, visit EltonJohn.com.
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Elton John in a 1980 concert at New York City's Central Park.
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Elton John performs at his Farewell Yellow Brick Road concert stop at CHI Health Center Omaha on Feb. 12, 2019.
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Elton John performs at his Farewell Yellow Brick Road concert stop at CHI Health Center Omaha on Feb. 12, 2019.
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Elton John performs at his Farewell Yellow Brick Road concert stop at CHI Health Center Omaha on Feb. 12, 2019.
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(COPY SCAN / the Omaha World-Herald) 1971 W-H file photo of Elton John in Omaha.
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Pop legend Elton John sings and plays his piano at the Berglund Center Friday night to a sold out audience.
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Omaha, NEB Elton John's piano is reflected in his sparkly sunglasses during a concert at the CenturyLink Center Omaha on Saturday, October 03, 2015. CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD *DONT RUN BIG*
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British pop star Elton John in concert in New York's Madison Square Garden on Aug. 5, 1982.
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Elton John and Leon Russell performed together at the BOK Center in 2010. Elton John donated $5,000 to the Leon Russell Monument Fund. Photo by Steve Todoroff
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Pop musician Elton John, 1976. Imaging 07/2003.
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Elton John finishes up a song in front of screaming fans at Lawrence Joel Coliseum in Winston Salem, NC.
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JEANNA DUERSCHERL | The Roanoke Times 03/15/12 Elton John and Davey Johnstone play "Saturday" as the first song of the evening at the Roanoke Civic Center.
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Leon Russell and Elton John became friends in the early 1970s. Elton John contributed $5,000 to the Leon Russell Monument Fund. Photo by Don Nix. Courtesy of the Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture, Steve Todoroff Collection.
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(COPY SCAN / the Omaha World-Herald) W-H file photo of Elton John during concert in Omaha. (1982?)
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(COPY SCAN / the Omaha World-Herald) 1971 W-H file photo of Elton John in Omaha.
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Elton John on stage at the Roanoke Civic Center. Photo by stephanie klein-davis
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