Elton John will headline the Glastonbury Competition subsequent yr in what would be the ultimate UK present of his farewell tour, the pageant introduced Friday.
John will high the invoice on the Pyramid Stage on June 25, the music pageant’s ultimate evening, Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis mentioned in an announcement posted on the pageant’s web site.
“It offers me monumental pleasure to let you recognize that the one and solely Elton John can be making his first ever Glastonbury look, headlining the Pyramid Stage on the Sunday evening subsequent yr,” Eavis mentioned.
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“This would be the ultimate UK present of Elton’s final ever tour, so we can be closing the Competition and marking this big second in each of our histories with the mom of all ship offs,” she added.
Sir Elton took to social media to touch upon the announcement and warned his final UK present on his Farewell Yellow Brick Street tour can be an “emotional” one.
“I could not be extra excited to be headlining the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2023 and have fun the best pageant on the earth!!,” he captioned a poster on Instagram.
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“Each week I converse to new artists on my radio present and Glastonbury is usually cited as a pivotal second in launching their careers – the pageant’s real, enthusiastic help for the perfect rising expertise is one thing I’ve lengthy admired.
“Thanks for having me Emily Eavis for my ultimate UK present – it is going to be emotional.”
In 2022, Paul McCartney performed that slot, whereas artists resembling Billie Eilish and Kendrick Lamar had been among the many headline acts on the music pageant, which is held most years in Somerset, southwest England.
The efficiency will shut the UK leg of John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Street tour, publicised as his final ever, with greater than 300 dates earlier than his retirement after 52 years of touring.
The tour, which began in 2018, was initially supposed to finish in 2021. After being postponed as a result of Covid-19 pandemic, it should now end mid-2023.
After taking part in in Australia at the beginning of his farewell tour, the musician will play a collection of encore reveals for Aussie audiences in January subsequent yr.
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