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By Chris Cooke | Revealed on Friday 2 December 2022
Elton John will headline Sunday’s proceedings at subsequent 12 months’s Glastonbury Pageant in what would be the very ultimate UK date on his present farewell tour.
That long-running grand finale – aka the Farewell Yellow Brick Highway Tour – features a plethora of UK dates subsequent 12 months as a part of a wider European run of reveals that finishes in Stockholm on 8 Jul.
However his efficiency on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury on 25 Jun would be the very ultimate – completely final ever – one that happens inside the borders of this United Kingdom Of Nice Britain And Northern Eire.
Nicely, his very ultimate efficiency as a part of a tour. Supervisor David Furnish just lately confirmed that John plans to proceed acting at advert hoc reveals or brief residences as soon as the Farewell Yellow Brick Highway Tour is lastly over.
“It’s actually necessary to make a distinction between Elton retiring from touring however Elton not enjoying his final public efficiency for the final time”, Furnish informed Billboard as the ultimate US date on the Farewell Yellow Brick Highway Tour happened.
“Will Elton return as a stay performer? I hope so”, he went on. “I do know for a reality he is not going to be touring in any capability. What you’re going to see is the opportunity of a particular one-off or a small residency in a single venue for a restricted time period”.
Nonetheless, Sunday night time at Glastonbury 2023 will certainly be the very ultimate – completely final ever – efficiency to happen within the UK as a part of an Elton John tour. Nicely, as a part of an Elton John tour involving a human Elton. Some type of VR come avatar Elton present appears an inevitability, and because the tech for that evolves a touring model appears doubtless too.
Anyway, when you’re glad to disregard all these footnotes, subsequent 12 months’s Glastonbury Pageant will host Elton John’s ultimate ever UK efficiency. Good instances!
“I couldn’t be extra excited to be headlining the Pyramid Stage. As the top of my Farewell Yellow Brick Highway tour comes into view, there isn’t a extra becoming technique to say goodbye to my British followers”, says John. “They’ve been past sensible, and have supported me by all of the highs and lows of my profession … I can’t wait to embrace the spirit of the best competition on the planet”.
“We might be closing the competition and marking this big second in each of our histories with the mom of all ship offs”, provides Glastonbury’s Emily Eavis. “We’re so very glad to lastly carry the Rocket Man to Worthy Farm”.
