The Million Dollar Piano, Elton John's concert extravaganza
regularly plays to audiences at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace
in Las Vegas.
Now it has been captured on film for a worldwide-engagement at
cinemas across the globe.
CinemaLive,
in association with Rocket Music Entertainment Group, Fathom Events,
Yamaha Entertainment Group of America and Universal Music bring this concert event to cinemas for two nights in the US, on March
18 & 26.
The concert will be shown in an expected 500
theaters across the US and 1,200 in over 40 countries
including the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Brazil,
Mexico, Canada and Australia.
Tickets will be available to the public at participating theater box offices and online at fathomevents.com starting on Friday, Feb. 14.
The concert includes
all of Elton's greatest hits from throughout his career including
'Rocket Man', 'Tiny Dancer', 'Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting',
'I'm Still Standing', 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road', 'Philadelphia
Freedom' and 'Your Song'.
Creatively the show has a baroque, Roman-inspired
golden stage that transforms itself to reflect the
personality of each song. At the centerpiece of the concert is the
show's namesake custom-made Yamaha one-million-dollar piano ($1.4
million, to be exact) featuring more than 68
LED screens incorporated into the design of the piano. When Elton first
saw it, he cried.
"I
look at it as a piece of art; I'm playing something that will go in the
Smithsonian," he says. "This idea of a piano with LED screens...it
becomes cinema!"
Translating
the concert to the big screen was the next obvious step, as John and
longtime collaborator, lyricist Bernie Taupin, create songs that are
epic stories - and by incorporating the piano as part of those stories
John is able to translate that both musically and visually. The concert
is glamorous, elegant and over the top ("it IS Vegas," says Elton).
Accompanied
by his band, The Million Dollar Piano showcases the talents of
John, guitarist Davey Johnstone, the late Bob Birch on bass,
percussionist John Mahon, drummer Nigel Olsson and keyboardist Kim
Bullard, with a special appearance by percussionist Ray Cooper.
Completing
the incredible spectacle is the show's impressive and elaborate
baroque-style stage set, masterminded by the show's design team, the
late Mark Fisher and Patrick Woodroffe. Fisher (best known for his
design of Pink Floyd's "The Wall," and his
work designing the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing
Olympics) and Woodroffe conceived and designed the lights
display that augments the set and piano.
The Bitch is Back
Bennie and the Jets
Rocket Man
Levon
piano excerpt "Planes"
piano excerpt "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
Tiny Dancer
Your Song
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
Better Off Dead
Indian Sunset
Blue Eyes
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Philadelphia Freedom
I'm Still Standing
Crocodile Rock
Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
Circle of Life
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