Elton John performs on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, September 23, 2022.
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Elton John performs on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, September 23, 2022.
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LONDON — Elton John is due to perform at the Glastonbury Festival in June, in what organizers say will be his farewell show to Britain.
The festival announced on Friday that the star will play the final night of the 2023 festival on June 25.
The festival tweeted: “We are incredibly delighted to announce that the one and only @EltonOfficial will headline the Pyramid Stage on Sunday night at Glastonbury 2023, for what will be the final UK show of their final tour.”
Glastonbury attracts over 200,000 people to Worthy Farm in South West England to see dozens of the world’s biggest stars. Last year’s lineup included Billie Eilish, Ziggy Marley, Foals, Kendrick Lamar, Olivia Rodrigo and Paul McCartney – at 80, the festival’s oldest headliner.
John will be 76 when he plays at Glastonbury.
John ended the North American leg of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour last month with a show at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles – the site of two career-highlighting concerts in 1975 – with guests including Dua Lipa, Kiki Dee and Brandi Carlile.
The Farewell Tour began in September 2018 in Pennsylvania with the first of more than 300 scheduled dates worldwide. It was suspended in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resumed in 2021 in New Orleans.
The final leg of the tour will include dates in Australia, New Zealand and Europe next year. It is expected to wrap up in Stockholm, Sweden in July.
