Sir Elton John clarifies whether he’ll actually perform again after going into retirement

Sir Elton John has spoken astir whether helium volition proceed to execute live, pursuing his retirement.

Sir Elton retired from touring past year, saying farewell successful Sweden, the last amusement of the 330-date Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.

The lawsuit took spot aft Elton’s immense Glastonbury acceptable successful 2023 – with immoderate fans believing they whitethorn not person the accidental to spot the vocalist execute unrecorded again

In a candid excerpt from his caller publication published connected September 24, the 77-year-old vocalist revealed helium inactive plans to execute unrecorded – but not to circuit again.

The vocalist said successful Farewell Yellow Brick Road: Memories Of My Life connected Tour: ‘I’ve been wide with my fans that portion the Farewell Yellow Brick Road circuit is the culmination of my touring career, I inactive program to execute live.

‘What this volition entail I don’t cognize yet.’

At the extremity of his last performance successful Sweden, aft a moving show of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton told the thousands successful the crowd: ‘The past 1 and we’re ending it successful the beauteous metropolis of Stockholm successful Sweden. My precise archetypal (show) Sweden was July 7 1971, truthful much oregon little 52 years agone to the day.’

He thanked his superfans who had supported him for decades passim his career: ‘You person nary thought however overmuch that means to me.’

He past reflected: ‘I’ve had the astir fantastic career, beyond belief. 52 years of axenic joyousness playing music, however fortunate americium I to play music?

‘But I wouldn’t beryllium sitting present if it wasn’t for you. You bought the singles, albums and CDs and much importantly, you bought the tickets to the shows and you cognize however I emotion to play live.’

At the clip helium confirmed to fans that helium would ‘never beryllium touring again’, but revealed helium whitethorn bash a ‘one-off thing’ sometime successful the aboriginal – adding that would beryllium ‘miles away’.

Last week, the Your Song fable revealed helium was partially unsighted successful 1 eye aft struggling with an infection.

‘Over the summer, I’ve been dealing with a terrible oculus corruption that has unluckily near maine with lone constricted imaginativeness successful 1 eye,’ helium began.

‘I americium healing but it’s an highly dilatory process and it volition instrumentality immoderate clip earlier show returns to the impacted eye.’

‘I americium grateful for the fantabulous squad of doctors and nurses and my family, who person taken specified bully attraction of maine implicit the past respective weeks.

He revealed helium felt affirmative astir his betterment but spent the past fewer months recuperating. ‘I person been softly spending the summertime recuperating astatine home, and americium feeling affirmative astir the advancement I person made successful my healing and betterment frankincense far,’ helium said.

Although helium whitethorn not beryllium touring anytime soon, since finishing his lengthy circuit past twelvemonth helium has released this caller publication and has promoted his upcoming documentary titled Elton John: Never Too Late!

The documentary volition analyse his vocation successful item and volition beryllium released connected December 13 done Disney Plus.

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