It’s been 25 years since Billy Joel and Elton John toured Australia for the first time in tandem on their Face to Face tour.
Now 25 years on, Elton John performer Greg Andrew and Billy Joel performer Anthony Mara are coming together to celebrate and re-create the iconic tour.
Elton John and Billy Joel have collectively amassed global sales edging on over half a billion albums and both are titled with being in the top 10 selling music artists of all time.
In 1994 the pair began one of the world’s most successful and longest running tour partnerships in pop music history touring on a series of Face to Face concerts over two decades.
In a special two-hour concert production, Greg and Anthony will each perform a set of classics to the artist they each pay tribute to as well as performing several duets. They’ll also recreate the special moments fans came to experience the duo’s famous ’98 world tour.
Backed by a masterful band of musicians the show is packed with hit after hit including Benny and The Jets, Philadelphia Freedom, Rocketman, I’m Still Standing, Just The Way You Are,
My Life, Uptown Girl, Tell her About It, Piano Man and many more.
No one quite embodies the charm, the versatility, the dynamic charisma, and be able to recreate the flamboyant stage show of Sir Elton John, quite like Greg Andrew.
Faithful recreations of Elton’s greatest hits, combined with his effortless melodic skills and his reputation as a virtuosic pianist, Greg’s uncanny likeness to the Rocketman himself has transformed him in to becoming one of the single most recognised Elton John performers in the world.
Anthony Mara has been touring his Billy Joel Show since 2017, that’s seen him play to capacity theatres and concert halls across the country’s metro and regional towns.
He, along with his six-piece band of seasoned musicians, have gained a reputation as one of the greatest Billy Joel tributes in the world. Elton and Billy: Face to Face is showing at Kyneton Town Hall on August 4.
For details, or to book tickets, visit: mrsc.vic.gov.au/arts-events or phone: 1300 888 802.
