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Elton John kicked off this year’s Electric Proms with a bang tonight at the Roundhouse in London. He was joined on stage by his friend and mentor Leon Russell, with whom he has just released the album “The Union.” The lengthy track featured selections from the new album, as well as many classics such as “Tiny Dancer”, “Your Song” and a duet on “I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues” with Plan B (aka Ben Drew).

The full tracklist for the gig was as follows:

• Burn Down The Mission
• Levon
• Tiny Dancer
• Ballad of a Well Known Gun
• I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues (featurng Plan B)
• Delta Lady
• A Song for You
• Masqureade (featuring Rumer)
• If It Wasn’t For Bad
• Eight Hundred Dollar Shoes
• Hey Ahab
• Gone to Shiloh
• Jimmy Rodgers Dream
• There’s No Tomorrow
• Monkey Suit
• The Best of the Day
• Dreams Come True
• I Should Have Sent Roses
• When Love Is Dying
• Hearts Turned To Stone
• Never Too Old To Hold Somebody
• In The Hands Of Angels
• Tightrope
• Prince of Peace/ Out of the Woods
• Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms
• Stranger In A Strange Land
• Your Song
• Take Me To The Pilot
• Sad Songs Say So Much
• The Bitch Is Back
• Hey Ahab.

An edited version of the show will be shown at 10:45 PM on Saturday night on BBC Two. This will form part of an Elton John night on the channel. The show will be preceded by “The Making of Elton John: Madman Across the Water” in which Elton recalls his formative years and early days. The third show of the night will be “Elton John at the BBC” which features a selection of archive performances from his long career.

If you don’t want to wait until Saturday to hear the Electric Proms show, click here to listen to it in full on the BBC Radio 2 website.

Robert Plant will headline the second night of the Electric Proms, with tracks from his new album “Band of Joy.” Click here at 8:00 PM tomorrow night to listen to the show.

Neil Diamond will close the festival on Saturday night. Diamond is promoting his new album “Dreams” and he will be joined on stage by Lulu and Amy Macdonald. Click here on Saturday at 8:00 PM to listen to the show.

Edited versions of the Plant and Diamond shows will appear on BBC Two on November 6 and November 13, respectively.

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