Elton John, in his knee-length coat with the words ‘Town of Plenty’ etched on its back, has left the island – but what a show on Wednesday night. A few of us TOS staffers got the chance to go and we weren’t disappointed. Granted, it took a little while for things to get going – the audience was, dare we say, a little corporate (considering the $400+ ticket prices, it makes sense), plus Sir Elton (don’t forget the sir!) started off with some slower, newer numbers when clearly everyone wanted to hear his old stuff. But then he dropped ‘Tiny Dancer’ as the third or fourth song, and there was no going back after that. Here are just a few of the classics he played (we’d forgotten how many good songs he has): ‘Benny and the Jets’, ‘Candle in the Wind’, ‘Rocket Man’ (this wicked extended version), ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’, ‘Daniel’s Song’ and a cover of The Who’s ‘Pinball Wizard’. Everyone at the sold-out Indoor Stadium was on their feet for his two closing numbers, ‘Crocodile Rock’ and ‘Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting’, and there was even some slow dancing when he encored with ‘Your Song’ from the Moulin Rouge soundtrack. We especially loved his stereotypically ageing rocker band complete with long hair, dark glasses and leather trousers; the percussionist even threw his tambourine in the air at one point and missed the catch – brilliant.

One gripe we did have was with Brewerkz at the Indoor Stadium. Can they please sort out their service? Surely they know they will be inundated with punters whenever there is an event going on, yet they couldn’t manage the throngs of people and the queues at the bar were monumental. We saw customers place a drink order and watch as other people new to the queue were served before them — worth the griping that was going on.

Georgia Reeve and Laura Dannen