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Face to Face 1998

Tour by Elton John and Billy Joel

Start date

4 March 1998

End date

30 June 1998

Legs

No. of shows

28 in total

Elton John tour chronology
Big Picture Tour (1997–98)	Face to Face 1998 (1998)	An Evening with Elton John (1999)

Billy Joel tour chronology
Face to Face 1995 (1995)	Face to Face 1998 (1998)	Face to Face 2001 (2001)

Riding on the success of their previous two tours, Elton John and Billy Joel once again hit the stadiums in 1998. The production had previously only toured the United States and Canada, but this time they visited Australia,^[1] New Zealand, Japan,^[2] and Europe,^[3] avoiding any North American cities.^[4]

On 6 June, Joel pulled out of a concert at Wembley Stadium in London, England due to illness. John performed the show without him, playing several of Joel's songs.^[5] The same happened in Zurich, Switzerland at Letzigrund Stadium on 30 June; this was the last night of the 1998 tour.^[6]

Joel stated in 2012 that he would no longer tour with John because it restricts his setlists.^[7]^[8]

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On July 28th 1998 I had the most horrific experience, I died of a heart attack and instead of meeting Jesus I found myself on my way to hell. I was a Christian and I believed that if I die I would go to heaven but I was on my way to hell. The horror and the fear is indescribable, knowing that you are going to hell and you will never come back, you are doomed for eternity! We will all die. It is a terrible thing to meet with the living God. Most people will not see Jesus. They will come to that door and He will say to them:"Go away I never knew you, you workers of wickedness." Most people have no relationship with Jesus. Most people are deceived into thinking that because they believe in Jesus they have eternal life, but if you do not FACE JESUS NOW, if you don't seek Him NOW and live in the fear of God and seek to always be pleasing to Him, if you don't hear His voice now, if you don't LISTEN to Him and you do not FOLLOW Him, if you do not LIVE TO PLEASE HIM, He will turn you away! Your Bible reading and your church attendance will not save you. All that matters is whether Jesus KNOWS you and whether He is pleased with you. He IS the LIVING GOD and He reveals Himself to those who earnestly seek Him, who LIVE IN HIS FEAR. Who SERVE Him and who always seek to be pleasing to Him. Those who KNOW Jesus Christ LIVE IN THE FEAR OF GOD every day. I love Jesus but I FEAR HIM and I RESPECT HIM and I LIVE IN THE FEAR OF GOD every moment because I KNOW HIM! If you have met Jesus you will know the fear of God. Most people do not know the fear of God because they do not know Jesus and that is why they carry on living recklessly, they disregard Jesus and they believe that they are saved, they believe other people, they believe lies! Seek Jesus and get to KNOW Him and then you will fear Him, you will OBEY Him and then you will make sure that the day that you die, Jesus will KNOW YOU and that He will not turn you away. Have you met Jesus? Do you KNOW Him? Do you FOLLOW Him? Do you LISTEN to His voice every day? Do not leave it to chance, get to know Jesus TODAY and STAY WITH HIM until the very end. It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the Living God UNPREPARED. May Jesus bless you