Face to Face 2001

In the winter of 2001, Elton John and Billy Joel toured with their Face to Face concert series.^[1][2] The tour started in Honolulu, Hawaii (where they had not performed together before).^[3] The first leg of the tour closed at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada, on 17 and 18 February.^[4]

Face To Face 2001

Continental tour by Elton John and Billy Joel
Location	North America
Start date	12 January 2001
End date	16 May 2001
Legs	2
No. of shows	33 in total
Elton John tour chronology Stately Home Tour (2000) Face to Face 2001 (2001) 2001 Solo Tour (2001) Billy Joel tour chronology Face to Face 1998 (1998) Face to Face 2001 (2001) Face to Face 2002 (2002)

The tour resumed on 9 April in Denver^[5] and the 2001 performances closed at the Target Center in Minneapolis^[6] on 15 and 16 May.

John and Joel performed the 'Face To Face' concerts again the following year.^[7] Joel stated in 2012 that he would no longer tour with John because of setlist constraints.^[8][9]

Tour dates

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Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
19 January 2001	San Diego	United States	Cox Arena
22 January 2001	Vancouver	Canada	General Motors Place
24 January 2001	Tacoma	United States	Tacoma Dome
26 January 2001	Portland		Rose Garden
29 January 2001	Salt Lake City		Delta Center
31 January 2001	Sacramento		ARCO Arena
2 February 2001	Oakland		The Arena in Oakland
4 February 2001	San Jose		San Jose Arena
6 February 2001	Inglewood		Great Western Forum
9 February 2001
11 February 2001
13 February 2001	Phoenix		America West Arena
17 February 2001	Las Vegas		MGM Grand Garden Arena
18 February 2001
9 April 2001	Denver		Pepsi Center
12 April 2001	Kansas City		Kemper Arena
14 April 2001	Memphis		Pyramid Arena
17 April 2001	New Orleans		New Orleans Arena
19 April 2001	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum
21 April 2001	Nashville		Gaylord Entertainment Center
24 April 2001	Atlanta		Philips Arena
26 April 2001	Louisville		Freedom Hall
28 April 2001	Greensboro	Greensboro Coliseum
3 May 2001	Montreal	Canada	Molson Centre
5 May 2001	Syracuse	United States	Carrier Dome
7 May 2001	Rosemont		Allstate Arena
9 May 2001
11 May 2001
13 May 2001	Cincinnati		Firstar Center
15 May 2001	Minneapolis		Target Center
16 May 2001

Box office score data

Venue	City	Tickets sold / available	Gross revenue
Cox Arena	San Diego	12,795 / 12,795 (100%)	$1,400,528
Dome	Tacoma	22,580 / 22,580 (100%)	$2,093,520
General Motors Place	Vancouver	18,358 / 18,358 (100%)	$1,578,733
Rose Garden	Portland	18,114 / 18,114 (100%)	$1,775,685
Delta Center	Salt Lake City	16,538 / 16,538 (100%)	$1,668,470
ARCO Arena	Sacramento	16,080 / 16,123 (99%)	$1,485,460
Alameda Coliseum	Oakland	17,047 / 17,128 (99%)	$1,558,057
Compaq Center	San Jose	17,657 / 17,657 (100%)	$1,665,320
The Forum	Inglewood	52,861 / 52,861 (100%)	$4,886,945
America West Arena	Phoenix	17,541 / 19,126 (92%)	$1,754,000
MGM Grand	Las Vegas	26,977 / 26,977 (100%)	$4,843,650
Pepsi Center	Denver	18,546 / 18,546 (100%)	$2,119,580
The Pyramid	Memphis	13,894 / 19,686 (71%)	$1,544,000
Coliseum	Charlotte	23,061 / 23,061 (100%)	$2,173,865
Arena	New Orleans	16,625 / 17,096 (97%)	$1,838,737
Gaylord Center	Nashville	17,303 / 17,303 (100%)	$1,733,145
Philips Arena	Atlanta	19,892 / 19,892 (100%)	$1,990,010
Coliseum	Greensboro	21,958 / 21,958 (100%)	$2,042,490
Molson Centre	Montreal	18,711 / 18,711 (100%)	$1,886,351
Carrier Dome	Syracuse	38,653 / 38,653 (100%)	$3,452,430
Allstate Arena	Rosemont	52,946 / 52,946 (100%)	$6,393,525
Firstar Center	Cincinnati	16,683 / 16,683 (100%)	$1,910,505
Target Center	Minneapolis	36,609 / 36,609 (100%)	$4,015,565
TOTAL		531,429 / 539,401 (99%)	$55,810,571