An absolute must for fans is Dream Ticket: Elton John Across Four Decades, a four-DVD set available exclusively at Best Buy stores and BestBuy.com. Three great, full-length concert performances are included, starting with an all-hits, guest star-laden show from Madison Square Garden.

Disc two holds a truly over the top and sonically stunning performance at the Royal Opera House in London powered by a 100-piece orchestra plus choir from Elton’s alma mater, the Royal Academy of Music. "Philadelphia Freedom" and "Burn Down the Mission" are killers.

Next comes an intimate solo performance at the picture-postcard perfect Great Amphitheater in Ephesus, Turkey. And for dessert, a fourth DVD surveys Elton’s four-decade career with archival performance footage, interviews, a costume gallery and more.

Grade: A

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