The musician will release a limited edition The Complete Thom Bell Sessions lavender LP for Record Store Day in April
Elton John has released the new video for “Finish Line,” his recent collaborative track with Stevie Wonder. Andrew Watt-produced single appears on John’s all-star LP The confinement sessionswhich happened last year.
The visual directed by Zach Sekuler highlights life’s great moments through a montage of video footage and moving images. Spanning multiple generations, the images mark life’s joyous occasions as well as its harrowing challenges, ultimately capturing the resilience and triumph of the human spirit. It opens with the excitement of introducing a newborn to his sibling and his first steps as he celebrates weddings, graduations, and time spent with friends and family. Amid the joyous occasions there are emotional scenes of a world grappling with Covid, including powerful scenes from frontline workers around the world.
It also highlights the long-standing friendship and creative partnership of the two music legends through performance clips (they have previously collaborated on tracks such as “That’s What Friends Are For” and “I guess that’s why they call it the blues”) and captured photographs of them. together over the years.
On April 23 this year, Record Store Day, John will release a limited edition lavender album from The Complete Thom Bell Sessions. John’s six-track set with the Philadelphia-based writer and producer was recorded in 1977 and includes his first US Top 10 hit “Mama Can’t Buy You Love”.
John is in the middle of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, which initially faced delays due to the pandemic. In January, he was forced to postpone two shows in Dallas, Texas, after being diagnosed with Covid-19. The North American leg of the arena tour continues through April before he travels to Europe for a series of stadium appointments. His shows in the United States resume in mid-July, culminating with a two-night adventure at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on November 19 and 20, with dates in New Zealand, Australia and Europe scheduled for 2023.
