On 13 September 1980, Elton John, with Olsson and Murray back in the Elton John Band, performed a free concert to an estimated 400,000 fans on The Great Lawn in Central Park in New York.
Elton John je kasneje priznal, da je bil Thom Bell prva oseba, ki ga je učila peti; menda naj bi ga spodbujal, naj poje nižje.