Elton John and band were in Detroit on October 13th at the Joe Louis Arena motoring through a conveyer belt of metal-bashing hits! Ok, so Ed. likes cars!Among the highlights of this last gig before returning to the Face to Face act with Billy Joel - Elton played US anthem Star Spangled Banner, and then introduced Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters by saying he is British, but feels like an Honorary yank, and this song is for everyone in New York. He then exclaimed:: "Let's get those bastards!", a reference perceived to be aimed at the Afghan Taliban and terror group Al-Queda, which brought a standing ovation from the previously timid crowd. Unusual for a US crowd to be timid!
The complete set list from the Detroit show on October 13, 2001:
- Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
- Someone Saved My Life Tonight
- Bennie And The Jets
- Philadelphia Freedom
- Ballad Of The Boy In The Red Shoes
- The Wasteland
- Rocket Man
- Daniel
- I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
- This Train Don't Stop There Anymore
- (Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket
- I Want Love
- Birds
- Country Comfort
- Take Me To The Pilot
- The Star Spangled Banner
- Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters
- Holiday Inn
- Tiny Dancer
- Levon
- American Triangle
- Original Sin
- I'm Still Standing
- The Bitch Is Back
- Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
- Your Song
- Crocodile Rock
- Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
