Live from the Rainbow Theatre

Live from the Rainbow Theatre
Live album by
Released12 April 2025
Recorded7 May 1977
VenueRainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park, London
LabelUniversal Music
Elton John chronology
Who Believes in Angels?
(2025)
Live from the Rainbow Theatre
(2025)

Live from the Rainbow Theatre is a live album by English musician Elton John released in April 2025. It was recorded during John's 1977 performance at the Rainbow Theatre, when he played a series of shows accompanied by percussionist Ray Cooper. The live recordings were initially broadcast by BBC Radio 1 and were long available on bootleg albums. Footage was also televised. The official release, as a limited-edition LP, was issued for Record Store Day 2025.

The album includes 12 of the 25 songs from John's 7 May concert at the Rainbow Theatre in London.[1]

Track listing

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

Side A

  1. "The Greatest Discovery"
  2. "Border Song"
  3. "Cage the Songbird" (John–Taupin/Davey Johnstone)
  4. "Where to Now St. Peter?"
  5. "Ticking"
  6. "Better Off Dead"

Side B

  1. "Sweet Painted Lady"
  2. "Tonight"
  3. "Idol"
  4. "I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)"
  5. "Roy Rogers"
  6. "Dan Dare (Pilot of the Future)"
  7. "Goodbye" (previously unreleased extended version, available on CD edition and streaming)

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Live from the Rainbow Theatre
Chart (2025) Peak
position
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[2] 66

References

  1. ^ Higgins, John F. (12 April 2025). "Rainbow Rocks Record Store Day 2025". eltonjohn.com. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Elton John with Ray Cooper – Live from the Rainbow Theatre". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 August 2025.