Elton John Live In Anchorage

Sir Elton John was amazing last night! Honestly, I hadn't set the bar too high, since we'd heard that he wasn't bringing his band or back-up singers, just his piano. Well, even without all this back up support, he put on a fantastic show. He played for over 2 hours, plus signed albums, tickets, t-shirts, hats and even a red shoe, for audience members lucky enough to have floor seats. He even took the time to find the label on one of his black Elton John t-shirts so he could sign where the signature could be seen.


As for the concert, the sound was really good, the lights show accompanying him was entertaining and we were very happy he had the large screens up for us way up in the nose bleed section. The top picture pretty closely resembles our view, although Elton wasn't out of focus like in the picture. The next two are examples of the live video on the big screen.

Probably my only real complaint has nothing to do with Elton John, but more to do with some of the audience members. We made the mistake of getting tickets in the "wet section". We thought we'd be have a drink during the show, however, no one in our group was willing to leave our seat to miss a single minute of his show, to go stand in a huge line for a beer. However, a lot of other people didn't feel the same way and we had a constant flow of people coming up and down the stairs. You'll see a head or two in the short video clip I've downloaded, but don't let that distract you, please, from EJ's performance.





Having a star of his caliber come to Alaska, is a very rare event. I think it's usually because our largest venue can only fit around 8,000 people, which would probably add up to chump change for a large tour.

The reason Elton John came up was he really wanted to hit all 50 states on this tour and had never been to Alaska before. We can only hope more performers of his caliber will decide to make the trip. Personally, I'm hoping for either Pearl Jam, Audio Slave or The Foo Fighters. A lady can dream......

Anchorage has a history of canceled music concerts. I can name a few that directly effected us. Stone Temple Pilots were supposed to do a New Years Show in 1996, but their lead singer, Scott Weiland, ended up in rehab. In 1997, the Red Hot Chili Peppers canceled due to a serious motorcycle accident. These are just the two I now the facts about. Several different headliners have canceled from either low ticket sales, or expense to put on a show here. There have been so many bands that have canceled that, I think I can speak for most of us living in Alaska, that it's a shock when a real popular headliner actually shows up and, therefore, we tend to be a little reluctant to buy tickets.

Not so with Elton John, though. His tickets sold out within and hour, for both nights in Anchorage and I heard it was less than 3 hours for Fairbanks.

Thank You, Sir Elton John, for an unforgettable and unbelievable evening in Anchorage, Alaska.