technically it isn't the next show I will see, because it was last night - saw the latest version of the Elton john farewell tour.
My two oldest kids (27, 24) sprung tickets for me for my birthday, the 24 yr old went with.
I hadn't seen Elton live since 1984, yikes, the venue unfortunately was a football (American) stadium and the acoustics were not great. Combination I think of playing everything LOUD to perhaps cover up 75 year old voice and there was constant echo off the roof of this cavernous building.
Even songs that were just him on the piano were over-volumed. Great catalog of course, he lives in Atlanta so he referenced that a number of times.
Found it funny, the three (in a row) songs that got the loudest/most excited responses from the crowd were when he got to the last three before the pause for the encore - I'm Still Standing, b**** is Back and Saturday Nights alright for fighting.
The crowd was generally old(er) with children brought along.
My favorite song of his is Levon, I enjoyed about half of it, then they went off on instrumental for a long time, and with the over volumed sound it wasn't what I hoped for from the song.
The band, many of whom have played with him for a long time, was very good.