Sir Elton John took to the stage at Glastonbury Festival for his final ever UK gig. The 76-year-old singer opened with Pinball Wizard, wearing a gold suit and his famous pink-hued glasses, accompanied by fireworks. He then performed The Bitch Is Back, before addressing the crowd, expressing his disbelief at performing at Glastonbury.
Elton John followed with Bennie And The Jets and Daniel, watched by a capacity crowd on the festival’s iconic Pyramid Stage. Aerial shots of the Somerset farm venue showed the entire field full of festival-goers watching the singer. Notable people in the audience included Paul McCartney, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Sir Elton’s husband David Furnish, and Taron Egerton, who played Sir Elton in Rocketman.
Sir Elton John was joined on stage by Jacob Lusk from group Gabriels, singing Are You Ready For Love? together with a gospel choir. American singer-songwriter Stephen Sanchez was the second guest, who performed his own song Until I Found You while Sir Elton joined him on piano. Brandon Flowers, the singer from The Killers, performed Tiny Dancer. Brit-nominated singer Rina Sawayama joined Sir Elton on stage for a rendition of Don’t Go Breaking My Heart.
There were rumors all weekend about other artists that might join him, including Dave Grohl, Eminem and Britney Spears, but they never materialized. Sir Elton dedicated his performance of Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me to George Michael, on what would have been the late singer’s 60th birthday.
Closing out his set, he belted out an extended version of Rocket Man while fireworks went off over the Pyramid Stage, ending this year’s Glastonbury Festival. Sir Elton has been winding up his final tour, dubbed the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, which will end next month with two nights in Stockholm, Sweden. He thanked the crowd for their support, saying that it was a very special and emotional night for him, as it might be his last show ever in England.
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