Elton John announces retirement
After almost 50 years of gracing stages around the world with his timeless music, Sir Elton John has announced his retirement.
“This is the end,” he said. “I’ve had a good run, I think you’d admit that.”
The biggest driving force behind Elton’s decision is a desire to spend more time with his husband, David Furnish, and two young children, who will be aged 10 and eight when his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour concludes.
“I love them so much. I don’t want to miss them and I don’t want them to miss me,” he said. "My priorities now are my children and my husband and my family.”
The 70-year-old icon says he hopes to go out “with a bang", announcing a massive three-year final world tour, which will come to Australia and New Zealand between December 2019 and February 2020.
“It will be a wonderful way to thank people,” he said. “It’s a way of going out with a bang. I’m not the kind of guy to go out with a whimper.”
The announcement comes just days after legendary singer Neil Diamond revealed he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, forcing him to cancel all future performances.
For more information on his upcoming final world tour, click here.