{"id":34652,"date":"2018-06-15T16:09:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T20:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solotech.com\/?post_type=achievement&#038;p=34652"},"modified":"2023-05-31T10:53:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T14:53:54","slug":"elton-john-farewell-yellow-brick-road","status":"publish","type":"achievement","link":"https:\/\/www.solotech.com\/our-work\/elton-john-farewell-yellow-brick-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Elton John \u2013 Farewell Yellow Brick Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-heading wp-block\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A final tour down the road\u2026 and around the globe<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph wp-block\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Elton John\u2019s career boasts 38 gold records, 31 platinum and multi-platinum albums, and he has sold more than 300 million records worldwide. Elton John is quite simply a music icon and he is known for his legendary performances!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph wp-block\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">With the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, he marks the finale to his five decades of touring. On announcing the final tour Elton John stated, <em>\u201cPerforming live fuels me and I\u2019m ecstatic and humbled to continue to play to audiences across the globe. I plan to bring the passion and creativity that has entertained my fans for decades to my final tour.\u201d<\/em> Since first hitting the road in 1970, Elton John has toured more than 80 countries giving more than 4,000 performances. The Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, which kicked off in September 2018 in the United States, before traveling to five continents, with legs in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, South America, and Australasia before concluding in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-heading wp-block\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Delve into industry best practices<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- Begin Mailchimp Signup Form -->\n<link href=\"\/\/cdn-images.mailchimp.com\/embedcode\/classic-071822.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\">\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t#mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;  width:450px;}\n\t\/* Add your own Mailchimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block.\n\t   We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. *\/\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup\">\n    <form action=\"https:\/\/solotech.us18.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=60e7fd343b56a91444f41b89d&amp;id=82d8ebb461&amp;f_id=00399de1f0\" method=\"post\" id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" name=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" class=\"validate\" target=\"_blank\" novalidate>\n        <div id=\"mc_embed_signup_scroll\">\n        \n        <div class=\"indicates-required\"><span class=\"asterisk\">*<\/span> indicates required<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-field-group\">\n\t<label for=\"mce-EMAIL\">Email  <span class=\"asterisk\">*<\/span>\n<\/label>\n\t<input type=\"email\" value=\"\" name=\"EMAIL\" class=\"required email\" id=\"mce-EMAIL\" required>\n\t<span id=\"mce-EMAIL-HELPERTEXT\" class=\"helper_text\"><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div hidden=\"true\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"tags\" value=\"63006,62866\"><\/div>\n\t<div id=\"mce-responses\" class=\"clear\">\n\t\t<div class=\"response\" id=\"mce-error-response\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"response\" id=\"mce-success-response\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>    <!-- real people should not fill this in and expect good things - do not remove this or risk form bot signups-->\n    <div style=\"position: absolute; left: -5000px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"b_60e7fd343b56a91444f41b89d_82d8ebb461\" tabindex=\"-1\" value=\"\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"clear\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Subscribe\" name=\"subscribe\" id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe\" class=\"button\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/downloads.mailchimp.com\/js\/mc-validate.js'><\/script><script type='text\/javascript'>(function($) {window.fnames = new Array(); window.ftypes = new Array();fnames[0]='EMAIL';ftypes[0]='email';fnames[1]='FNAME';ftypes[1]='text';fnames[2]='LNAME';ftypes[2]='text';fnames[3]='LANGUE';ftypes[3]='dropdown';fnames[4]='OFFICE';ftypes[4]='dropdown';fnames[5]='SOURCE';ftypes[5]='text';fnames[6]='COUNTRY';ftypes[6]='text';fnames[7]='STATE';ftypes[7]='text';fnames[8]='MMERGE8';ftypes[8]='dropdown';fnames[9]='MMERGE9';ftypes[9]='date';fnames[10]='MMERGE10';ftypes[10]='imageurl';}(jQuery));var $mcj = jQuery.noConflict(true);<\/script>\n<!--End mc_embed_signup-->\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-heading wp-block\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A screen into a lifetime of music<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph wp-block\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Having supported Elton John\u2019s tours since March of 2017 Solotech is honored and pleased to be supporting the video needs of this historic final tour. The team behind the dynamic production includes designers Patrick Woodroffe and Ray Winkler\/Stufish, creative directors David Furnish, Tony King, and Sam Pattinson, production manager George Hoadley, and tour director Keith Bradley. Solotech worked closely with the team as they looked to take fans on a spectacular journey through John\u2019s amazing career on the road with music and visuals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph wp-block\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Woodroffe and Winkler\u2019s design features LED screens consisting of Saco 6mm LED modules to create an immense back wall of LED video. A central part of the tour\u2019s impact, Patrick Woodroffe noted in an interview that, <em>\u201cThere was an understanding that, although the production had to be logistically practical, it also had to be spectacular and emotional. The large screen would obviously be the focus of the stage design, as it is used not just for I-Mag but also as a way to tell the story of Elton\u2019s life and career.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-paragraph wp-block\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">As well as the LED video screen, Solotech also provided the full camera and control package engineered and maintained by the Solotech crew of eight who are out on the tour, including the crew chief Kim Hampton and the system engineer Nick Ruoco. 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