And now, a stream-of-consciousness style review of Elton John's "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" tour, at the Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento, October 1st, 2014. Almost arrived late due to insane traffic weirdness. Audience appears to be mostly middle-aged women. But I ended up seated behind a whole row of bros who stood up basically all the time. What we all had in common - a great time. John was a great performer, maybe not as virtuosic as Billy Joel, but very talented He loved the crowd, at mid-point let people come right up to the stage, and high-fived a little boy. People kept jumping onto the stage to try to give him a hug. Got up from piano after every song to walk around the stage and wave specifically at each section of the audience. At the end, signed autographs for the people next to the stage. Someone brought him a flag. ??? Sparkly. So sparkly. Terrible backdrops. One of the best parts about my s...
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