The Cork date will be the final time Elton John plays on tour in Ireland.Įlton has recently won the 2021 iHeartRadio “Golden Icon” Award, and his tour has received top awards including the 2020 iHeartRadio Music Award for “Tour Of The Year,” 2020 Pollstar “Major Tour of the Year” and the 2019 Billboard Music Award for the “Top Rock Tour.”Įlton John is one of the top-selling solo artists of all time, with 1 diamond, 38 platinum or multi-platinum, and 26 gold albums, over 50 Top 40 hits, and sales of more than 300 million records worldwide. The newly announced Cork date will follow Elton's Farewell Yellow Brick Road sold out shows at Dublin's 3Arena on 04 & 04 December 2021 and The SSE Arena Belfast on 06 December 2021 that have been rescheduled from 2020. ![]() The critically acclaimed show takes the audience on a magical journey through his incredible 50-year career with never-before-seen-photos and videos, all set to the tune of some of Elton’s most beloved songs from his legendary catalogue including, ‘Bennie and the Jets,’ ‘Rocket Man,’ ‘Tiny Dancer,’ and ‘Philadelphia Freedom.’ ![]() Elton’s new stage production will take his fans on a musical and highly visual journey spanning a 50-year career of hits like no one has ever seen before.Elton John has announced he will conclude his world-famous Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour with European and North American Stadium dates to include a further Irish date as part of his Final Tour at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork. These dates mark the superstar’s last-ever tour and the end of half a century on the road for one of pop culture’s most enduring performers, who was recently named as the most successful male solo artist in Billboard Hot 100 chart history, having logged 67 entries, including nine No. By the end of this week, over half a million fans will already have witnessed the tour. The three-year tour will consist of more than 300 shows across five continents, hitting North America, Europe, Asia, South America and Australasia before reaching its conclusion in 2021. in September, the ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour has already been greeted with a wealth of praise from critics and fans alike. These homecoming shows will be very emotional, and a lot of fun.” To celebrate some of the incredible moments we’ve shared with my British fans over the years will be wonderful. The UK is home, and where my heart will always be. Speaking of the UK dates Elton John says “The Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour will take us to many places that have meant a lot to me over the last fifty years, but these UK shows will be incredibly special. I promise you this - the shows will return to the road next year and I will make sure they are more than worth the wait. I completely feel your frustrations after the year we’ve had. I know how patient my incredible fans have been since Covid halted touring last year, and it breaks my heart to keep you waiting any longer. After this I will be having the operation to ensure the tour can get back on the road in January of 2022 in New Orleans. ![]() Being just five songs it’s a very different physical undertaking to the demands of playing for close to three hours every night on tour and travelling overnight between countries. I am going to complete the charitable Global Citizen event on 25th September as I don’t want to let a charity down. I will be undertaking a program of intensive physiotherapy that will ensure a full recovery and a return to full mobility without pain. I have been advised to have an operation as soon as possible to get me back to full fitness and make sure there are no long-term complications. Despite intensive physio and specialist treatment, the pain has continued to get worse and is leading to increasing difficulties moving. 'It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I am forced to reschedule the 2021 dates of my Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour in Europe and the UK to 2023.Īt the end of my summer break I fell awkwardly on a hard surface and have been in considerable pain and discomfort in my hip ever since. Elton John's Farewell Yellow Brick Road shows at The O2 in November 2021 have been reescheduled to 2023.
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