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LONDON, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Elton John will headline Glastonbury next summer in the last British show on his long global farewell tour at the famous music festival on Worthy Farm.
One of the best-selling artists of all time, John has never played Britain’s leading music festival and said an appearance on the Pyramid Stage on the last night of the 2023 event would be the best way to bow out in Britain.
The 75-year-old activist and singer of hits like “Little Dancer” and “Rocket Man” is coming to the end of the “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour after more than 50 years.
John had his first big hit with “Your Song” in 1970, the same year the first Glastonbury festival was held in southwest England, when tickets cost a pound and revelers drank free milk from the farm.
“Every week I talk to new artists on my radio show and Glastonbury is often cited as a pivotal moment in launching their careers – the festival’s genuine, enthusiastic support for the best emerging talent is something I’ve long admired,” He said in one. statement
Given the strength of previous line-ups with stars ranging from Beyoncé to David Bowie, Dolly Parton to Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones, Glastonbury is unique in selling out before any headliner is announced.
Paul McCartney, 80, played at last year’s Glastonbury, becoming its oldest headliner as the festival returns after a three-year absence due to the Covid pandemic.
[1/5] Elton John performs “Benny and the Jets” as he wraps up the US leg of his ‘Yellow Brick Road’ tour at Dodger Stadium on November 20, 2022 in Los Angeles, California, US. REUTERS/David Swanson/File photo
Tickets for the 2023 event sold out in just one hour.
Glastonbury co-organizer Emily Eavis said, “This will be the final UK show of Elton’s last tour, so we will close the festival and mark this huge moment in both our histories with the mother of all send-offs.”
John, who ruled pop music with piano-led rock songs and ballads like “Candle in the Wind,” announced a farewell tour in 2018, saying he wanted to focus on his family.
The tour was scheduled to run from September 2018 to 2021, covering five continents and over 350 dates but was interrupted by the pandemic and John’s hip problems.
It brings down the curtain on one of the most glittering careers in show business. John has sold over 300 million records worldwide, won every industry award and raised millions of pounds in the global fight against HIV/AIDS.
John performed for US President Joe Biden at the White House in September before ending the US leg with a star-studded show at Los Angeles Dodger Stadium in November.
He performs in Australia and New Zealand in January before kicking off a British tour in Liverpool in March.
Editing by Sarah Young and Nick McPhee
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