Ever wondered whether Elton's 60th birthday show on March 25, 2007 really is his 60th performance at New York's Madison Square Garden? Well, we did some research and travelled back in time to find out.

And after browsing through books, old magazines and tour programs, here is the result:

Elton John Tour 1973
	1	- 23 Sep 1973
North American Tour 1974
	2	- 28 Nov 1974
	3	- 29 Nov 1974
Louder Than Concorde Tour
	4	- 10 Aug 1976
	5	- 11 Aug 1976
	6	- 12 Aug 1976
	7	- 13 Aug 1976
	8	- 15 Aug 1976
	9	- 16 Aug 1976
	10	- 17 Aug 1976

North American Jump Up Tour
	11	- 05 Aug 1982
	12	- 06 Aug 1982
	13	- 07 Aug 1982
Breaking Hearts Tour
	14	- 23 Oct 1984
	15	- 24 Oct 1984
	16	- 25 Oct 1984
	17	- 12 Nov 1984
World Tour 1985/1986
	18	- 11 Sep 1986
	19	- 12 Sep 1986
	20	- 13 Sep 1986
	21	- 14 Sep 1986

Elton John US 88 Tour
	22	- 17 Oct 1988
	23	- 18 Oct 1988
	24	- 20 Oct 1988
	25	- 21 Oct 1988
	26	- 22 Oct 1988
The World Tour
	27	- 03 Oct 1989
	28	- 04 Oct 1989
	29	- 05 Oct 1989
	30	- 06 Oct 1989
	31	- 07 Oct 1989

The One Tour
	32	- 02 Oct 1992
	33	- 03 Oct 1992
	34	- 05 Oct 1992
	35	- 07 Oct 1992
	36	- 09 Oct 1992
	37	- 10 Oct 1992
Made In England Tour
	38	- 12 Oct 1995
	39	- 13 Oct 1995
	40	- 14 Oct 1995
	41	- 17 Oct 1995
	42	- 18 Oct 1995
	43	- 19 Oct 1995
	44	- 20 Oct 1995

The Big Picture Tour
	45	- 13 Oct 1998
	46	- 14 Oct 1998
	47	- 17 Oct 1998
	48	- 18 Oct 1998
The Medusa Tour
	49	- 15 Oct 1999
	50	- 16 Oct 1999
Greatest Hits Live
	51	- 20 Oct 2000
	52	- 21 Oct 2000

Songs From The West Coast Tour
	53	- 27 Nov 2001
	54	- 28 Nov 2001
Face 2 Face Tour 2002
	55	- 15 Mar 2002
	56	- 23 Sep 2002
Peachtree Road Tour
	57	- 21 Sep 2005
	58	- 23 Sep 2005
	59	- 24 Sep 2005
60 at 60 Birthday Show
	60	- 25 Mar 2007

Please note: Show #17 was originally scheduled for October 26, 1984, but Elton had to cancel in the last minute and the show was postponed to November 12, 1984.

So it is true, March 25, 2007 will indeed mark Elton's 60th performance at The Garden, if you don't count the following four special appearances that is:

On October 11, 1992, Elton also performed there for the Elizabeth Taylor Aids Benefit. On October 20, 2001, he was part of the Concert For New York, and on September 20, 2005, he also took the stage at Madison Square Garden for From The Big Apple To The Big Easy.

His last Garden appearance was on November 15, 2005 when he took part in the 39th Annual CMA Awards.

Since 1984, Elton has always performed at The Garden in the last quarter of the year, mainly in mid October. The only exception from that rule was the March 15, 2002 performance with Billy Joel during the "Face 2 Face Tour". And he will break that rule again on March 25, 2007 for his 60th performance.

Thanks to Tony Marshall whose list of Elton's concert and television appearances from 1964 until today (Excel file) was a great help.

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