Ice on Fire Tour

In 1985, Elton John set out to promote his latest album, Ice on Fire, with his band. The Ice on Fire Tour started in the fall of 1985 and continued until October 1986, before Elton performed his Tour De Force with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

The UK performances were staged in rather small and intimate venues including the Manchester Apollo and Edinburgh Playhouse. The tour lasted for eighty-six shows and covered eleven countries.

Tour dates

Box office score data

1985 setlists

1986 setlists

Ice on Fire

Ice on Fire, released in November 1985, is the nineteenth official album release for Elton John. Recorded at Sol Studios, it was his first album since Blue Moves produced by his original long-time producer, Gus Dudgeon, who was responsible for John's success in that timespan, but it was met with little praise, and only reached #48 on the US charts, although it reached #3 in the UK. George Michael, then of Wham!, appears on two tracks on the album: "Nikita" and "Wrap Her Up".

Despite the mediocre sales of the album in the US, "Nikita" and "Wrap Her Up" became top 20 hits, the former reaching #7 in the US and #3 in the UK. Roger Taylor and John Deacon of Queen play drums and bass guitar respectively on "Too Young". In the US it was certified gold in June 1986 by the RIAA.

Track listing

All songs written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, except where noted.

Side one

Side two

Ice on Fire (film)

Ice on Fire (Italian: La fiamma sul ghiaccio) is a 2006 Italian drama film directed by Umberto Marino. It was entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival.

Cast

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