Madman Across the Water New York Performances

At The Bitter End, Early Elton Trio stages a late-show performance built around Elton John’s 1971 album *Madman Across the Water*, a nine-song studio work written with lyricist Bernie Taupin during John’s rapid early rise. The record marks a pivot toward longer, more exploratory arrangements, with touches of progressive rock and the sound of a prominent guest keyboardist on select tracks. In New York, the album’s afterlife is carried by room-sized reinterpretations, part of the city’s tradition of close listening and repertory rock. Heard live, its stark stories feel less like nostalgia than a study in ambition and unease.