Jump Up Tour

The Jump Up! Tour was a worldwide concert tour by English musician and composer Elton John, in support of his 16th studio album Jump Up!. The tour included five legs (Australia, Europe, North America, UK and South Africa) and a total of 135 shows.

Jump Up Tour

Tour by Elton John
Location	Europe North America Oceania Asia
Associated album	Jump Up!
Start date	10 March 1982
End date	15 October 1983
Legs	5
No. of shows	15 in Oceania 70 in Europe 42 in North America 8 in Africa 135 in total
Elton John concert chronology

Tour

On 10 March 1982, the Athletic Park in Wellington was the site of Davey Johnstone's return to the Elton John band, reuniting the classic band on stage for the first time in eight years.

Elton John, Davey Johnstone, Dee Murray and Nigel Olsson then took the Jump Up! Tour across Australia and Europe (and blasting through New York on 17 April with a powerful performance of "Empty Garden" and "Ball And Chain" on Saturday Night Live) before launching their North American tour on 12 June at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado. The 7 July show in Kansas City, Missouri, was broadcast live on nationwide radio, and this leg of the tour ended after three nights at Madison Square Garden on 7 August 1982. Two nights before, Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon had come out on stage to embrace John after he played his tribute to the late John Lennon, Empty Garden, for the first time in New York City since the musician's death.

After an opening set by Geffen label-mates Quarterflash, John and the band typically played a 23-song set, with such seldom-played tunes as "Where Have All The Good Times Gone?", "Ball And Chain" and "Teacher I Need You", before encoring with a "Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On"/"I Saw Her Standing There"/"Twist and Shout" medley.

Following a three-month break, during which the band recorded the album Too Low for Zero in Montserrat, the tour resumed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, on 2 November 1982.

The next 43 shows took place throughout the United Kingdom, and the year ended on 24 December, with a run of 16 consecutive nights at the Hammersmith Odeon in London. The 15 December show proved unique in that it was played without a drummer; Nigel Olsson was unable to perform that evening. The show on Christmas Eve featured an appearance by Kiki Dee on "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" and the encores, which included a version of "Jingle Bells".

John and the band's only performances in 1983 were eight shows that took place at the Sun City casino complex, near Johannesburg, South Africa, from 7-10 October and 12-15 October.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Tickets sold / available	Revenue
Oceania
10 March 1982	Wellington	New Zealand	Athletic Park
13 March 1982	Auckland		Western Springs Stadium
16 March 1982	Sydney	Australia	Hordern Pavilion
17 March 1982
18 March 1982
19 March 1982
20 March 1982
21 March 1982
23 March 1982	Brisbane		Brisbane Festival Hall
24 March 1982
29 March 1982	Melbourne		Melbourne Festival Hall
30 March 1982
3 April 1982	Adelaide		Memorial Drive Park
7 April 1982	Perth		Perth Entertainment Centre
Europe
30 April 1982	Stockholm	Sweden	Johanneshovs Isstadion
2 May 1982	Helsinki	Finland	Helsinki Ice Hall
4 May 1982	Drammen	Norway	Drammenshallen
5 May 1982	Gothenburg	Sweden	Scandinavium
6 May 1982	Copenhagen	Denmark	Brøndby Hall
8 May 1982	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis
9 May 1982	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
10 May 1982
11 May 1982	Düsseldorf	West Germany	Philipshalle
12 May 1982	Hamburg		Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
13 May 1982	West Berlin		Deutschlandhalle
14 May 1982	Cologne		Cologne Sporthalle
16 May 1982	Paris	France	Palais des Sports de Paris
17 May 1982
18 May 1982	Frankfurt	West Germany	Festhalle Frankfurt
19 May 1982	Saarbrücken		Saarlandhalle
20 May 1982	Basel	Switzerland	St. Jakobshalle
21 May 1982	Ludwigshafen	West Germany	Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
23 May 1982	Munich		Olympiahalle
25 May 1982	Lyon	France	Halle Tony Garnier
26 May 1982	Avignon		Parc des Expositions de Châteaublanc
27 May 1982	Toulouse		Palais des Sports de Toulouse
28 May 1982	Bordeaux		Salle Polyvalent
29 May 1982	Nantes		Palais des Sports de Beaulieu
30 May 1982	Lille		Espace Foire
North America
12 June 1982	Morrison	United States	Red Rocks Amphitheatre	18,000 / 18,000	$247,500
13 June 1982
15 June 1982	Salt Lake City		Salt Palace
17 June 1982	San Francisco		San Francisco Civic Auditorium	6,713 / 6,713	$99,322
18 June 1982	Berkeley		Hearst Greek Theatre	8,500 / 8,500	$114,750
19 June 1982	Irvine		Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
20 June 1982
23 June 1982	Las Vegas		Aladdin Theatre
25 June 1982	Los Angeles		Hollywood Bowl	38,862 / 38,862	$547,303
26 June 1982
27 June 1982
29 June 1982	Phoenix		Compton Terrace Amphitheatre	16,333 / 16,333	$183,073
1 July 1982	Tulsa		Tulsa Assembly Center	8,688 / 8,992	$99,912
2 July 1982	Little Rock		Barton Coliseum	8,867 / 8,867	$98,853
3 July 1982	Nashville		Nashville Municipal Auditorium	9,546 / 9,546	$112,090
5 July 1982	St. Louis		Checkerdome
6 July 1982	Kansas City		Starlight Theatre
7 July 1982
8 July 1982	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium	8,752 / 8,752	$99,486
9 July 1982	Saint Paul		St. Paul Civic Center
10 July 1982	Hoffman Estates		Poplar Creek Music Theater
11 July 1982
13 July 1982	Cuyahoga Falls		Blossom Music Center
15 July 1982	Clarkston		Pine Knob Music Theatre
16 July 1982
17 July 1982
18 July 1982	Indianapolis		Indiana Convention Center	9,223 / 9,223	$111,616
20 July 1982	Atlanta		Omni Coliseum	15,147 / 15,147	$173,851
21 July 1982	Landover		Capital Centre
22 July 1982	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion
23 July 1982
24 July 1982	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center	15,558 / 15,558	$174,079
25 July 1982	Saratoga Springs		Saratoga Performing Arts Center
27 July 1982	Philadelphia		Mann Center for the Performing Arts	13,037 / 13,037	$121,464
29 July 1982	Toronto	Canada	Maple Leaf Gardens	15,290 / 16,000	$201,077
30 July 1982	Ottawa		Ottawa Civic Centre	8,778 / 8,778	$131,670
31 July 1982	Québec City		Colisée de Québec
1 August 1982	Montréal		Forum de Montréal
3 August 1982	Boston	United States	Boston Garden	14,218 / 15,500	$185,112
4 August 1982	New York City		Madison Square Garden
5 August 1982
6 August 1982
Europe
2 November 1982	Newcastle	England	Newcastle City Hall
3 November 1982
4 November 1982	Edinburgh	Scotland	Edinburgh Playhouse
5 November 1982
6 November 1982	Dundee		Caird Hall
7 November 1982	Glasgow		Glasgow Apollo Theatre
8 November 1982
10 November 1982	Sheffield	England	Sheffield City Hall
11 November 1982
13 November 1982	Liverpool		Liverpool Empire Theatre
14 November 1982
15 November 1982	Blackpool		Blackpool Opera House
16 November 1982
17 November 1982	Manchester		Manchester Apollo
18 November 1982
19 November 1982
21 November 1982	Birmingham		Birmingham Odeon
22 November 1982
23 November 1982
25 November 1982	Cardiff	Wales	St David's Hall
26 November 1982
27 November 1982	Nottingham	England	Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
28 November 1982
3 December 1982	Bournemouth		Bournemouth Winter Gardens
4 December 1982
5 December 1982	Southampton		Gaumont Theatre
6 December 1982
7 December 1982	Brighton		The Brighton Centre
9 December 1982	London		Hammersmith Odeon
10 December 1982
11 December 1982
12 December 1982
13 December 1982
14 December 1982
15 December 1982
16 December 1982
17 December 1982
18 December 1982
19 December 1982
20 December 1982
21 December 1982
22 December 1982
23 December 1982
24 December 1982
Africa
7 October 1983	Johannesburg	South Africa	Sun City Casino
8 October 1983
9 October 1983
10 October 1983
12 October 1983
13 October 1983
14 October 1983
15 October 1983

Personnel

• Elton John – piano, electric piano (on "Daniel"), lead vocals
• Davey Johnstone – guitars, backing vocals
• Dee Murray – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Nigel Olsson – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Setlists

Standard Oceania setlist

1. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
2. Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
3. Gotta Get a Meal Ticket
4. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
5. Better Off Dead
6. Ball and Chain
7. Empty Garden
8. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
9. Song for Guy
10. Nobody Wins
11. Elton's Song
12. Chloe
13. Where to Now St. Peter?
14. Blue Eyes
15. Bennie and the Jets
16. Where Have All The Good Times Gone?
17. Rocket Man
18. Teacher I Need You
19. All Quiet on the Western Front
20. Pinball Wizard
21. Your Song
22. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
23. Crocodile Rock
24. Rock And Roll Medley: Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On/I Saw Her Standing There/Twist And Shout

Standard European setlist

1. Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
2. All The Girls Love Alice
3. Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
4. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
5. Better Off Dead
6. Ball And Chain
7. Empty Garden
8. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
9. The Bitch Is Back
10. Dixie Lilly
11. Song For Guy
12. Nobody Wins
13. Elton's Song
14. Chloe
15. Where To Now St. Peter?
16. Blue Eyes
17. Where Have All The Good Times Gone?
18. Rocket Man
19. Bennie And The Jets
20. Just Like Belgium
    Performed only in Belgium
21. Teacher I Need You
22. All Quiet On The Western Front
23. Pinball Wizard
24. Your Song
25. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
26. Daniel
27. Crocodile Rock
28. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
29. Rock and Roll Medley: Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On/I Saw Her Standing There/Twist And Shout

Standard North American setlist

1. Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
2. All The Girls Love Alice
3. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
4. Better Off Dead
5. Ball And Chain
6. Empty Garden
7. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
8. The Bitch Is Back
9. Pinball Wizard
10. Ticking
11. Elton's Song
12. Chloe
13. Where To Now St. Peter?
14. Blue Eyes
15. Where Have All The Good Times Gone?
16. Rocket Man
17. Bennie And The Jets
18. Teacher I Need You
19. Dear John
20. Your Song
21. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
22. Daniel
23. Crocodile Rock
24. Rock and Roll Medley: Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On/I Saw Her Standing There/Twist And Shout

Standard UK setlist

1. Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
2. All The Girls Love Alice
3. Someone Saved My Life Tonight
4. Better Off Dead
5. Ball And Chain
6. Empty Garden
7. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
8. The Bitch Is Back
9. Pinball Wizard
10. Song For Guy
11. Elton's Song
12. Chloe
13. Where To Now St. Peter?
14. Blue Eyes
15. Where Have All The Good Times Gone?
16. Rocket Man
17. Bennie And The Jets
18. All Quiet On the Western Front
19. Your Song
20. Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
21. Daniel
22. Crocodile Rock
23. Don't Go Breaking My Heart (with Kiki Dee)
    Performed only on 24 December
24. Rock and Roll Medley: Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On/I Saw Her Standing There/Twist And Shout

External links

Quotations related to Jump Up Tour at Wikiquote

• Information Site with Tour Dates