Elton John carries out throughout his last excursion “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” at Paris La Defense Arena, in nanterre, on the borders of Paris on June 11, 2022. EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP by means of GI
Coldplay commemorated Elton John throughout the last quit of the epic vocalist’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour in Sweden.
As John’s five-decade online job ended at Stockholm’s Tele2 Arena on Saturday (July 8), Chris Martin as well as Co. — that were concurrently doing in Gothenburg, Sweden — showed up onscreen with an online video clip program at John’s program to recognize the music symbol.
After doing a relocating cover of “Rocket Man” together with atrioventricular bundle, Martin offered a heartfelt speech concerning John’s impressive job.
“Elton, from all of us here, from all the bands and all the artists that you’ve loved and inspired and helped, we just love you so much,” Martin said. “We are so grateful for everything you’ve done for us, everything you’ve done for the AIDS Foundation. Every time you’ve been kind to anybody.”
Thank you for every little thing, Sir Elton 🚀 🩷 💫 pic.twitter.com/OOeqQhh3x8
— Coldplay (@coldplay) July 9, 2023
He proceeded, “For everything you’ve done for LGBTQ. Everything you’ve done for fashion and eyewear. Everything you’ve done for sexiness, and love and dressing gowns. Everything you’ve done for music, everything Bernie has done for lyrics, everything your band has done over the thousands of shows you’ve done. We love you so much, happy retirement, and we’re going to miss you so much.”
John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour released in September 2018 in North America as well as took place to play 330 performances around the world. In January, it came to be the highest grossing tour in Billboard Boxscore background, passing Ed Sheeran’s The Divide Tour. As of days reported to Boxscore with June 18, the Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour had currently grossed $910.4 million, making it the very first excursion to ever before damage the $900 million obstacle. Last month, John obtained an award from Billboard for having the top-grossing excursion of perpetuity.
Prior to introducing right into “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” the last track of Saturday’s program in Sweden, John took a minute to review his incredible body of job.
“I’ve had the most wonderful career, beyond belief,” he told the target market. “Fifty-two years of pure joy playing music. How lucky am I to play music? But you know, I wouldn’t be sitting here and talking to you if it wasn’t for you. You bought the singles, the CDs, the albums, the cassettes, but more importantly, you bought the tickets to the shows. You know how much I love to play live. It’s been my lifeblood to play for you guys. You’ve been absolutely magnificent.”
John proceeded, “I will never be touring again, but I may do something in the future — a one-off thing — but that’s miles away. I want to appreciate my family, my sons, my husband, everything. I’ve earned it. And I don’t regret it tonight. I want to thank the band, the crew, everybody. I will miss you guys so much, but I’ll see you much sooner than you think. I love you guys!”
Watch John’s efficiency of “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” at his last concert here.
