1997 Elton John World Tour

Fargodome, Fargo, North Dakota

1997 Elton John World Tour

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My God it’s cold here. The warmest it got today was -3 degrees Centigrade (that’s 26 Fahrenheit), and when we checked in to the hotel at 6.30, after the bus ride, it was more like -10 (15 Fahrenheit?)… Bit of a shock, considering we were in the 80′s about 12

Hilton Coiseum, Des Moines, Iowa

1997 Elton John World Tour

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Still raining…In fact it hasn’t stopped since 4pm yesterday. I woke up at about 8.30, and John Mahon and I wandered down for breakfast at around 9.30, to be told that breakfast FINISHED at 9!!!!! Have you ever heard anything like it? I’ve never come across a hotel that didn’t

Elton John 1997 week 5

1997 Elton John World Tour, Gallery

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Drive to Des Moines

1997 Elton John World Tour

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Drive to Des Moines. Well, it’s possible I heard the “Phantom Cleaner” last night, but it’s more likely that it was someone coming back to their room late and using the shower!! The drive to Des Moines took about 3 hours. The Embassy Suites Hotel we’re staying in tonight is

The Mark, Moline, Illinois

1997 Elton John World Tour

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Well, I slept really well, and I certainly didn’t hear any hoovering going on in the middle of the night, although I DID hear someone using a vacuum cleaner at about 7am!They don’t believe in windows in this place. The dining room was almost as dark as my bedroom, but

Drive to Bettendorf, Iowa

1997 Elton John World Tour

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Drive to Bettendorf, Iowa. Up at 8am, shower, dress, pack… downstairs to pay incidental charges, and into the cafe for breakfast before we set off. What can I say about the bus journey… lots of flat land, with the remains of cornfields… lots of freeway… I caught up on e

Well the intention was there…

1997 Elton John World Tour

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…but I didn’t manage to get up before 10.30… I just made it before the 11am breakfast curfew, and then I did some office work.. paying bills (by phone), doing my road expenses, boring stuff… sending a few e mails to people back home.. until I suddenly realised it was

What did I do today?

1997 Elton John World Tour

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Nothing… well almost nothing.I let myself sleep until 11.30, ordered breakfast before it finished (at Midday on Sunday), and went for a walk. Frankly, downtown Louisville on a Sunday is a ghost town! The area is really a business district, so it stands to reason that not much happens here

Louisville, Kentucky

1997 Elton John World Tour

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We arrived at the hotel a shade after 4am, so it was about 5am before I got my bags, made it to my room and fell back into bed. What a noisy hotel… the elderly couple in the room adjoining mine yelled at each other from 7am, then the maid

Charleston, West Virginia, Civic Center

1997 Elton John World Tour

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The gig is literally across the road from the hotel, on the far corner of the shopping mall. after a swim and a short workout, I was searching for breakfast up in the food court. The weather has certainly changed. It is overcast and spitting with rain periodically. I’m glad