Fan report by Mark Danby.

Elton said he was a little worried about the reception he would receive from his first ever visit to Ibiza at this electronic dance music festival, but there was nothing to worry about. The crowd was mainly teenagers, but as the time approched for Elton to take the stage at 9.15pm the arena started to fill, which until then had been rather empty and the anticipation started to build. As Elton took the stage there were chants of "Elton, Elton" and as Elton opened with "Your Song" this young audience sang every word. This first segement was just Elton on the piano, which included a much more up tempo version on "Levon" than usual, "Philadelphia Freedom" was very well received as was "Rocket Man".

Elton then introuduced PNAU and his grand piano was replaced with an electronic piano facing the audience. Elton said that was the first live performance of these songs and they opened with "Sad" followed by "Good Morning to the Night". It is always difficult to judge the reaction to new music, but responce was certainly not as good as during Elton's solo set, it was however great to watch and it seemed much more up-tempo than the studio versions and Elton's vocals seemed to sound much more like 70s Elton.

They closed with "Are You Ready for Love", which was a bit different then with his normal band; it had more of a dance feel to it and it was a great choice to close with.

As a one off this was a something a little different having seen many Elton concerts all over the world, but it is something I am very pleased I attended and won't forget.

Following is the complete set list of the Ibiza show on 02 July 2012:

Elton solo
• Your Song
  
• Levon
  
• Song for Guy/Tiny Dancer
  
• Philadelphia Freedom
  
• Rocket Man
  
  Elton with PNAU
  
• Sad
  
• Good Morning to the Night
  
• Phoenix
  
• Telegraph to the Afterlife
  
• Are you Ready for Love

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