'When I did Glastonbury I thought that’s my Elton John career finished'

Sir Elton John has announced the details of his forthcoming workplace medium - Who Believes In Angels? - and said helium volition instrumentality to the London Palladium for peculiar show adjacent month

Superstar Sir Elton John has admitted his vocation was implicit aft helium performed astatine Glastonbury.

The euphony legend, 77, said helium felt "grumpy and precise nervous" pursuing his show astatine the euphony festival successful June 2023. His Farewell Yellow Brick Road circuit ended the pursuing period - aft 330 concerts worldwide crossed 5 years, albeit with a interruption owed to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Despite this, Sir Elton experienced self-doubt erstwhile helium tried to make his adjacent medium and helium considered his clip successful euphony - which started professionally successful 1962 - had travel to an abrupt end.

"When I did Glastonbury and finished the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, I thought that’s my Elton John vocation finished... I was not successful a bully abstraction erstwhile I went successful [to the workplace for this album] I was tired, I was grumpy and I was precise tense due to the fact that I had a ocular of however I wanted this medium to be… but each the problems I had to commencement with were my self-doubt," the superstar said past night.

Sir Elton, who has won six Grammy Awards, overcame his difficulties with enactment from person Brandi Carlile. The US singer, 43, has collaborated with Sir Elton for his caller album, Who Believes In Angels?, which volition beryllium released successful the spring. Before the album's release, Sir Elton and Carlile volition instrumentality to the London Palladium connected March 26 for an evening of show and storytelling.

And the vocalist and pianist told Nicki Chapman connected Magic Radio helium is hugely grateful for Brandi's strength. He added: "Brandi was truthful adjuvant with overcoming that self-doubt, she would travel circular to the location and 1 greeting I was sitting present with the paper and saying ‘it was truthful awful, the world is specified a atrocious place’ and I was truthful miserable and she took that and wrote A Little Light.

"She took my bad, grumpy, irritable feelings astir the satellite and turned it into a truly affirmative song… I’m happier with this than thing I’ve done successful years and years. and person a antithetic combination."

Brandi, from Washington, US, is known for hits including The Story and has collaborated with artists including Hozier, Miley Cyrus and Alicia Keys. She said the album, which besides features Swing For The Fences, represents "joyful and euphoric happenings".

Sir Elton's header acceptable astatine Glastonbury successful 2023 was his past UK show arsenic portion of the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, which ended with an emotionally charged amusement successful Stockholm, Sweden.