Fan report by Julio from Spain.

After succeeding in Madrid the night before, Elton appeared in Barakaldo, Bilbao, for the first time in history. The venue chosen for the show was the BEC! Arena, a very good place for concerts. Again, the doors opened at 7:00 pm and the opening act was Bright Light Bright Light.

Elton took the stage at 9:00 pm again, this time with a beautiful red jacket with the name Captain Fantastic on his back and a blue shirt underneath. Elton looked more rocker than the previous night in Madrid, starting the concert with the same songs, including a lovely version of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" with an incredible video clip projected on the screen behind the stage.

Another beautiful song was "Grey Seal" as well as a magnificent version of "Believe", which received a lot of applause from the audience. This time Elton signed more autographs and even posed repeatedly so fans could take pictures during the concert.

The only tantrum that occurred was during "Sacrifice" when Elton hit the keys on his piano and was not getting any sound. His anger began to hit his technical team, but as a great professional, he finish singing the song without the piano, only accompanied by his band, and the audience thanked him with another great effort applause.

At the end of this technical problem, he said "I never again play Yahama pianos" but I guess that would be the cause of his momentary anger. In the end, I guess because of his anger, Elton decided to finish the show with "Crocodile Rock", skipping the final "The Lion King" encore.

It was a magical concert, a great night with the piano man, surrounded by his classics!

Following is the complete set list of the Bilbao show on November 2, 2014:

1. Funeral For A Friend
   
2. Love Lies Bleeding
   
3. Bennie And The Jets
   
4. Candle In The Wind
   
5. All The Girls Love Alice
   
6. Levon
   
7. Tiny Dancer
   
8. Believe
   
9. Daniel
   
10. Philadelphia Freedom
    
11. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
    
12. Rocket Man
    
13. Hey Ahab
    
14. I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
    
15. The One
    
16. Your Song
    
17. Burn Down The Mission
    
18. Grey Seal
    
19. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
    
20. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
    
21. The Bitch Is Back
    
22. I'm Still Standing
    
23. Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n Roll)
    
24. Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
    
    
25. Sacrifice
    
26. Crocodile Rock

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