Now as the Elton 1982 debate is looming fast I have decided to upload a few concerts from that era especially the UK shows! I go first to a concert which was requested all that time ago by the lovable legend that is GregsynthWizard! The first show of Elton's 1982 UK tour, Newcastle 1982! The show is in fantastic quality for an audience bootleg of the time period but sadly the show is incomplete!

Onto the show itself, Elton and the band sound brilliant for an opening night with Elton admitting some fear being back on the road in his home country. All the songs are of a fast tempo, highly energetic and great! Even though the show is incomplete, it captures Elton John at a time where he was invincible onstage (especially with the white powder he was consuming during this period!) and prime examples include All The Young Girls Love Alice which isn't as fast as others but still flying, Someone Saved My Life Tonight which is far too fast however Elton sings it well, Better Off Dead which is one of my personal favorite songs from this leg of the tour, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road which is flawless, Song For Guy which is a brilliant addition to the UK shows plus some of my favorite versions come from this tour, Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting which has a high energy plus is flying like a diesel train (see what I did there!), Daniel with Elton on an electric piano, Crocodile Rock which is typical of 1982 standards and the rock and roll medley which is one of the fastest medleys Elton and the band have ever done! Overall, this is an excellent show which I really like! Enjoy!

Note - Gotta love Elton's hurry up to his band members before Daniel!

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