
Elton has always saved some of his best performances for Australian audiences, as evidenced by this version of ‘Rocket Man’. A song so important to him that he has named record labels, management companies, and a biopic film after it, the song was Elton’s highest-charting single upon its release in 1972. On December 14th 1986, Elton bravely put aside vocal issues that would soon be repaired with surgery and thrilled the Sydney Entertainment Centre by directing his 14-piece band through all manner of take-offs and landings... folding in bits of Traffic’s ‘Feelin’ Alright’ and the Beatles’ ‘Hey Jude’ along the way.
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Elton John - Rocket Man (Sydney Entertainment Centre 1986)