“We don’t want to miss anything.” Elton John reveals why he won’t be touring again

After a career spanning more than 50 years and touring the world, Elton John has confirmed that he will perform his final concert in July 2023 in Stockholm, the last day of his tour. Goodbye yellow brick road. And if he has no regrets about his long career, the 77-year-old singer seems more determined than ever to stop for the good of himself and his loved ones.

To the question “Do you intend to return to the road one day?”, Rocketman’s interpreter answered strongly “no”. “After the last show of the farewell tour in Stockholm, I got in the car and said: “Yes. Yes! We hit the biggest peak, just like I wanted, and there’s no going back [après] that,” he said Entertainment Tonight in an interview published on June 27.

While she was accompanied by her husband David Furnish since 2014, the latter gave the reason for this important decision. “We have our boys, you know, they’re entering adolescence now,” he said. The couple have two sons together, 13-year-old Zachary Jackson and 11-year-old Elijah Joseph. “We don’t want to miss anything. We want to be there for that. It’s kind of a pivotal decade, I think, in a child’s life.”

“I’ve had the best career”

During his last date in July 2023, the singer excitedly looked back on his entire career. “I’ve had the best career,” he announced on stage. “Fifty-two years of pure joy playing music (…) But you know, I wouldn’t be sitting here and talking to you if it wasn’t for you (…) You know how much I love you.” playing live. Playing for you is my life. You were absolutely magnificent.’

But if Elton John said he didn’t want to perform anymore, he didn’t necessarily say he didn’t want to sing anymore. “I’ll never tour again, but maybe I’ll do something in the future,” he said enigmatically before leaving the stage. Maybe a new album is coming.