"Today I lost a friend and you lost a hero named Elizabeth Taylor," Elton told a cheering crowd at the Consol Energy Center.

"She was not just a movie star, although she was a huge movie star and there will never be anyone like her again ... She was without a doubt one of the greatest people I've ever met in my life. She stood up when no one was prepared to stand up and be counted against AIDS," Elton continued.

"She supported everybody in that with 1,000% of her body and her fiber. But most of all she loved people. She fought for the underdog. She was an incredible woman and I was privileged to have known her."

As Elton began to play the opening notes of "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" he said: "God bless you, Elizabeth. God knows how we're going to replace you. This is for you and your beautiful memory and for all the people you helped and saved."

Following is the complete set list of the Pittsburgh show on March 23, 2011:

Elton and band

• Funeral for a Friend
  
• Love Lies Bleeding
  
• Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)
  
• Levon
  
• Madman Across the Water
  
• Tiny Dancer
  
• Philadelphia Freedom
  
• Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  
• I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues
  
• Rocket Man
  
  Elton and band with Leon
  
• If It Wasn’t For Bad
  
• Hey Ahab
  
• Best Part of the Day
  
• Gone To Shiloh
  
• Monkey Suit
  
• When Love Is Dying
  
• Never Too Old (To Hold Somebody)
  
• Dream Come True
  
  Elton and band
  
• Sad Songs (Say So Much)
  
• Take Me To The Pilot
  
• Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me
  
• Candle in the Wind - (Solo)
  
• Burn Down the Mission
  
• Bennie and the Jets
  
• Bitch is Back
  
• Crocodile Rock
  
  
• Your Song

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