LONDON, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Elton John will headline Glastonbury subsequent summer season within the final British present on his prolonged international farewell tour on the famend music pageant on Worthy Farm.
One of many largest promoting artists of all time, John has by no means performed Britain’s main music pageant and mentioned an look on the Pyramid Stage on the final night time of the 2023 occasion could be the proper technique to bow out in Britain.
The 75-year-old activist and singer of hits equivalent to “Tiny Dancer” and “Rocket Man” is coming in direction of the top of a “Farewell Yellow Brick Highway” tour after greater than 50 years on the highway.
John had his first massive hit in 1970 with “Your Music”, the identical yr that the primary Glastonbury pageant happened in southwest England, when tickets value one pound and revellers drank free milk from the farm.
“Each week I converse to new artists on my radio present and Glastonbury is usually cited as a pivotal second in launching their careers – the pageant’s real, enthusiastic help for the perfect rising expertise is one thing I’ve lengthy admired,” he mentioned in a press release.
Glastonbury is exclusive in promoting out earlier than any headliners have been introduced, given the power of earlier line-ups with stars starting from Beyonce to David Bowie, Dolly Parton to Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones.
Paul McCartney, 80, performed ultimately yr’s Glastonbury, changing into certainly one of its oldest headliners because the pageant returned after a three-year absence as a result of COVID pandemic.
[1/5] Elton John performs “Bennie and the Jets” as he wraps up the U.S. leg of his ‘Yellow Brick Highway’ tour at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, U.S. November 20, 2022. REUTERS/David Swanson/File Picture
Tickets for the 2023 occasion offered out in simply over an hour.
“This would be the ultimate UK present of Elton’s final ever tour, so we will probably be closing the Pageant and marking this enormous second in each of our histories with the mom of all send-offs,” Glastonbury co-organiser Emily Eavis mentioned.
John, who has reigned over pop music with piano-led rock songs and ballads equivalent to “Candle within the Wind”, introduced a farewell tour in 2018, saying he needed to deal with his household.
The tour had been resulting from run from September 2018 to 2021, encompassing 5 continents and over 350 dates however it was disrupted by the pandemic and John’s hip issues.
It brings down the curtain on probably the most glittering careers in present enterprise. John has offered greater than 300 million data worldwide, received each trade award going and raised thousands and thousands of kilos within the international combat in opposition to HIV/AIDS.
John carried out for U.S. President Joe Biden on the White Home in September, earlier than he ended the U.S. leg with a star-studded present on the Los Angeles Dodger Stadium in November.
He performs in Australia and New Zealand in January earlier than kicking off the British tour in Liverpool in March.
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