Fan report by Gary Landon.

Elton was is a great mood and great voice as he played most of "Peachtree Road" live during the first of his two shows in Atlanta at the approx. 1,800 seat Tabernacle.

They were recording the show for playback on the BBC later in November 2004 - hopefully many of the fans who could not be there will be able to listen in. [It will be on BBC 2 Radio on November 20, 2004.]

Elton came out, sat down at the piano, and told the crowd tonight was going to be a little different from a normal show. He was going to start by playing nine straight songs from "Peachtree Road" (of the twelve tracks) ... only nine because they had not rehearsed the other three yet - then do somethng solo, and finally 'rock out with the band'. He talked a lot between the new songs telling us what each was about, and stories from the recording - which took place in Atlanta.

The entire band was with him, as was John Jorgenson on Peddle Steel Guitar for one of the songs. Elton also had an eight person backing vocals section - all local Atlanta singers who had worked with him recording "Peacthree Road". The backing vocals added a lot to the new songs as well as to many of the older songs - such as "Border Song", "Philadelphia Freedom", and "Burn Down the Mission".

Elton also told us Bernie Taupin was in the crowd to hear the great lyrics he wrote.

Most of the new songs got a very good response. "They Call Her the Cat" received the loudest response - it had everyone on their feet the entire song - you could see the smiles on Elton and the rest of the band when the crowd was up dancing and singing along with the chorus to that song. Hopefully it will be in the set list for a long time. "Answer In the Sky", "All That I'm Allowed", "Porch Swing in Tupelo", "Weight of the World", "Freaks in Love", and "Turn the Light Out" were also very good live.

It was great to hear "Border Song" with the full band and backing singers. "Bite Your Lip" had everyone 'moving that muscle and shaking that fat'.

After "Saturday Night", no one left even when the roadies started covering the piano - everyone kept yelling for Elton - finally they announced he was not coming back out. The only disappointment was that the show lasted only about one hour and 45 minutes.

Following is the complete set list of the Atlanta show on November 4 & 5, 2004:

• Weight Of The World
  
• Porch Swing In Tupelo
  
• Answer In The Sky
  
• Turn The Lights Out
  
• My Elusive Drug
  
• They Call Her The Cat
  
• Freaks In Love
  
• All That I'm Allowed
  
• I Can't Keep This From You
  
• Your Song (solo)
  
• Philadelphia Freedom
  
• The Bitch is Back
  
• Border Song
  
• Levon
  
• Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
  
• Burn Down the Mission
  
• Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance)
  
• I'm Still Standing
  
• Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)

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