Event info

PIANO MAN
-best songs by Billy Joel and Elton John
performed by Icelands greatest pop artists.

We will celebrate the composers and the singers Billy Joel and Elton John in the next concert show by RIGG events which bears the name PIANO MAN. The show contains their best and the most popular songwriting and there is enough to choose from. As usual there will be some amusing lore about the artists and highlights of their carrier. Together they have sold around 500 million records with many songs hitting the top charts all over the world. Who doesn´t recognize songs like Piano Man, Your Song, Tell Her About It, Just The Way You Are, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Tiny Dancer, Uptown Girl, Moving Out, Daniel, Honesty, Crocodile Rock and The Longest Time? All these songs will be performed among more in an impressive arrangement and framework in the concert hall Harpa on 28.oct at 20:00.

The singers in the show are all great fans of Billy and Elton, they are Friðrik Ómar, Jógvan Hansen, Matthías Matthíasson. Special guest is Páll Rósinkranz.

The band of the night includes the great:

Karl Olgeirsson piano and vocals
Ingvar Alfreðsson keyboard and vocals
Benedikt Brynleifsson drums
Róbert Þórhallsson base
Kristján Grétarsson guitar and vocals
Vignir Snær Vigfússon guitar and vocals
Sigurður Flosason saxophone and percussion
Regína Ósk backing vocals
Erna Hrönn backing vocals

Rigg events, the producers of the show PIANO MAN have also produced shows like Freddie Mercury, Bat out of Hell-Meatloaf, AC/DC, Tom Jones, Tina Turner and more local Icelandic shows.