Elton John’s farewell tour “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” has been going on for a few years now. But the end of his music career is near. The pop singer will make his last appearance on British soil at one of the country’s most famous festivals.
Elton John will be the main act at next summer’s Glastonbury Festival, playing his final concert on UK soil. The pop star and composer will perform at the music festival in south-west England on June 25, according to Emily Eavis, co-organizer and daughter of the festival’s founder. It will be the final show in the UK on Elton John’s final concert tour and the festival’s final concert, Eavis said, adding it was a “big moment”. “We are so happy to finally bring Rocket Man to Worthy Farm,” she explained.
The singer himself also expressed his delight at concluding his concert career with a performance at the most famous British festival. There is no more appropriate way to say goodbye to his British fans, he said. “You were beyond brilliant and have been with me through all the ups and downs of my career.” He can’t wait to “internalize the spirit of the biggest festival in the world” and it will be “incredibly emotional”. It is also Elton John’s first appearance at the Glastonbury Festival.
Elton John is currently touring the world with his farewell tour “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” and played his last concerts in the USA last month. Originally, the tour should have taken place in 2018, but due to the singer’s fall and the corona pandemic, it had been postponed.
Elton John has sold 300 million records worldwide since the 1970s. Last summer, Paul McCartney, at 80, was the festival’s oldest headliner. He performed several Beatles classics, backed by US rock star Bruce Springsteen and Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters. The 78-year-old soul legend Diana Ross was also on stage in Glastonbury last year.
The choice of the older musicians had led to complaints in online media. There was also the accusation that only older fans could afford the ticket prices. The more than 100,000 standard tickets for the festival from June 21 to 25, 2023 were sold out within an hour, although the price rose from the equivalent of around 326 euros this year to around 390 euros.
