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Elton John, Dave Mason, John Miles: Schaeffer Stadium, Boston

Harry Doherty, Melody Maker, 17 July 1976

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS: The sheer pageantry of Elton John's Stars and Stripes bicentennial show here on Independence Day had the power alone to earn a standing ovation but, thank God, amid the pyrotechnics, Elton, as he could so easily have done, did not lose sight of the music.

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