Elton John live in Australia. Pt. 1

This concert, on December 14th 1986, before 11,000 people in the Sydney Entertainment Centre, was the last in the “Tour de Force”, a series of 27 performances covering all of Australia. This video is of the first half of the show which featured Elton and his 13 piece band. The whole show was also being televised live, via satellite, to an estimated audience of over 10 million people. Rated: G

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Credits

co-producer

Grant Rule

John Reid

Duration

00:57:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300423

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Music & Performing Arts → Rock music

Performance

Performance → Music - Performance

Television

Television → Television programs

Television → Television programs → Television programs - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1986

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