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Genre : Rock
Latest Release : Face to Face Tour (2009)
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Billy Joel And Elton John
Billy Joel and Elton John are rumored to tour in the near future together once again! The last Face to Face tour was very entertaining to say in the least.
Elton John and Billy Joel, two of the most successful singer/songwriters of the past three decades, are touring together for the fourth time. Performing a marathon set that lasts almost four hours, the two piano men work their way through 36 songs, including familiar hits and audience favorites, plus several songs on which each artist sings the other's composition.
Both Elton John and Billy Joel have their own monitor engineers, each using a Yamaha PM4000M. When both bands are onstage together, the monitor engineers provide each other with splits and submixes. "Both Alan and I are sending mixes back and forth for part of the show," explains Pirich. "We have direct splits of Billy and Elton's vocal and piano signals, and we create a rhythm mix and a background vocal mix. So, for instance, Billy is able to hear Nigel [Elton's drummer] when Liberty isn't up there." Joel actually controls the levels of his own monitors via a 2-channel passive attenuator patched across piano and overall band mix sends.
Pirich is using TC Electronic and Yamaha reverbs, with dbx 903 and Summit TLA-100 compressor models. Most of the Joel band is miked with Audio-Technica microphones, including the new 7373 wireless, 4054s for all hard-wired vocal channels and 4050s on drum overheads.
All the vocal mics for Elton John's set are Shure Beta 58As. Drummer Nigel Olsson has AKG D-112s on his kick, Sennheisers on the toms and Shure 57s on almost everything else. "We're trying out some B.L.U.E. mics for overheads, and our percussionist John Mahon is using them," notes Richardson, whose effects rack features Yamaha SPX-1000s, which he uses for reverbs for Elton and the two band members using in-ear monitors. Richardson also uses dbx 160 limiters and Aphex gates. Limiters for the Shure in-ear wireless system are by Klark Teknik.
"For Billy's vocal, I use an Audio-Technica 4054 mic, which I find sounds great with his voice," says Joel's FOH engineer Brian Ruggles. For reverb on Joel's voice, Ruggles uses the TC Electronic M5000. "I also use the TC2290, a PCM-70 for background vocals, and some SPX990s and 1000s for other effects on drums and other instruments," Ruggles explains. "I don't get too crazy with outboard gear, I keep it simple." Joel's lead vocal is patched through a Manley compressor, and Ruggles also uses Summit compressors and Aphex gates for dynamic control.
Elton John sings into a Shure Beta 58. "The fact that he's right on the mic helps me with separation," says FOH engineer Franks. "But no matter how close he gets to the mic, because his monitors are so loud and he likes a lot of effects, harmonizers and reverb in his monitors, I hear [the effects] picking up in the mic, which means I'm not able to use my effects as much."
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Artist Biography - Billy Joel And Elton John
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 Although Billy Joel never was a critic's favorite, the pianist emerged as one of the most popular singer/songwriters of the latter half of the '70s. Joel's music consistently demonstrates an affection for Beatlesque hooks and a flair for Tin Pan Alley and Broadway melodies. His fusion of two distinct eras made him a superstar in the late '70s and '80s, as he racked an impressive string of multi-platinum albums and hit singles.
Joel was raised in the Long Island suburb of Hicksville, where he learned to play piano as a child. As he approached his adolescence, Joel started to rebel, joining teenage street gangs and boxing as welterweight. He fought a total of 22 fights as a teenager, and during one of the fights, he broke his nose. For the early years of his adolescence, he divided his time between studying piano and fighting. Upon seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, Joel decided to pursue a full-time musical career and set about finding a local Long Island band to join. Eventually, he found the Echoes, a group that specialized in British Invasion covers. The Echoes became a popular New York attraction, convincing him to quit high school to become a professional musician.
Sir Elton Hercules John, KBE, born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on March 25, 1947, is one of the most successful British pop singers, composers and musicians. He was born in Pinner, Middlesex, and educated at Pinner County Grammar School and the Royal Academy of Music, to which he won a scholarship at the age of 11.
Working in a band called Bluesology throughout the mid to late 1960s, Dwight changed his name by deed poll in homage to his fellow "Bluesologists" Elton Dean (saxophonist) and singer Long John Baldry. He scored his first international hits in 1970 with his eponymous second album, which included one of his best-loved songs, "Your Song". His success can partly be attributed to his collaboration with lyricist Bernie Taupin, who has provided the words to John's music for most of his career.
He went on to become one of the most successful recording artists of the 1970s, with globally-successful singles including "Rocket Man", "Crocodile Rock", "Saturday Night's Alright (for Fighting)", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", and "Bennie and the Jets".
His biggest 1980s hits included, among others, "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues", "I'm Still Standing", and a 1987 live recording of "Candle in the Wind" which he recorded with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. The song, which was a tribute to Marilyn Monroe, was originally recorded in 1973 on his Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album.
Here is the Billy Joel/Elton John set list from the last tour:
Joel/John:
"Your Song"
"Just the Way You Are"
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
John:
"Funeral for a Friend"/"Love Lies Bleeding"
"Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
"Philadelphia Freedom"
"Wasteland"
"I Want Love"
"Rocket Man"
"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"
"Take Me to the Pilot"
"Tiny Dancer"
"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
"Crocodile Rock"
Joel:
"Scenes From an Italian Restaurant"
"Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)"
"Angry Young Man"
"Allentown"
"Innocent Man"
"River of Dreams"
"Extremes"
"New York State of Mind"
"It's Still Rock'n'Roll to Me"
"Only the Good Die Young"
Joel/John:
"My Life"
"The Bitch Is Back"
"You May Be Right"
"Benny and the Jets"
"Hard Day's Night"
"Great Balls of Fire"
Encore:
"Piano Man"
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