Elton John isn’t bidding farewell to the yellow brick road just yet. Instead, the iconic star officially resumed his world tour on Wednesday as he finally returned to the stage in New Orleans, Louisiana.The Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, which John kicked off from Pennsylvania in September 2018, came to a halt in early March 2020 as a result of the burgeoning coronavirus pandemic.
Shows were once again postponed in September 2021 to give the singer time to undergo hip surgery. “You have been holding on to these tickets for 745 days,” the legendary performer told the sold-out crowd inside the Smoothie King Center on Wednesday night.A post shared by Elton John (@eltonjohn)Though the tour is meant to be John’s last, he has more than a year of show dates remaining before he officially says goodbye in Sweden on July 8, 2023.
By then, he’ll be 76 years old.“I want to do something different with the rest of my life,” he said during a recent interview.
But first, the road has his attention. “I want to finish [the tour] in the best way possible,” he said, “in the most triumphant way possible.«After more than 50 years of touring, @eltonofficial is retiring from the road — but not before he finishes his farewell tour.
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