Fan report by Marcel Zürcher.

The concert in Murten, with its beautiful lake view, had to be rescheduled from June 15 to 27, 2013, because Davey wasn't able to play and John Jorgenson played another gig in Mill Valley, CA, with his quintet on June 15, 2013.

But all went well: The weather was outstanding and very hot. As we came to the area around 6pm, the band was doing an extra soundcheck. We've heard some brilliant instrumental versions of "Grey Seal", "Holiday Inn", "All the Girls Love Alice", "Hey Ahab", "Funeral For A Friend" and "Take Me To The Pilot". That was a rare moment!

At 8pm our friend from Montreux, Patrick Andrey, was interviewed by TV station La Télé, because they wrote me an E-Mail during the afternoon for giving some informations about Elton in french.

At 8.45pm Elton and the band stormed the stage with "The Bitch is Back". And from the first notes we knew, that all - and especially John Jorgenson - were flying high. Because John rocked the guitar as he wouldn't anything other the whole day - that was outstanding.

After Bennie, Elton apologized for the rescheduled date and said: "I always want to give my best and play the best music I can - and I can only do this with a full band."

Highlights were an extra-long-instrumental-solo during "Levon" and also the rarer live tracks "Holiday Inn", "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters", "Believe", "All The Young Girls Love Alice" and "Hey Ahab". Unfortunately, "Grey Seal" was dropped off the setlist. But anyway, the whole band was rocking out, John J. was amazing during "Tiny Dancer" and "Saturday Night's Alright", too. Elton thanked John especially "for jumping in in the very last minute".

Also a big thank you goes to the organisators, who made a great evening on June 15, 2013: Ticketholders could use their Elton tickets for the shortly stamped-out Live-Set by Pegasus and Lunik.

Following is the complete set list of the Murten show on June 17, 2013:

1. The Bitch Is Back
   
2. Bennie And The Jets
   
3. Levon
   
4. Tiny Dancer
   
5. Holiday Inn
   
6. Believe
   
7. Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
   
8. Philadelphia Freedom
   
9. Candle in the Wind
   
10. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
    
11. Rocket Man
    
12. Hey Ahab
    
13. I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
    
14. Funeral For A Friend
    
15. Love Lies Bleeding
    
16. Take Me To The Pilot
    
17. All The Girls Love Alice
    
18. Sad Songs (Say So Much)
    
19. Daniel
    
20. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
    
21. The One (solo)
    
22. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
    
23. I'm Still Standing
    
24. Crocodile Rock
    
25. Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
    
    
26. Your Song

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