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Legendary musician, performer and activist Sir Elton John will play his final show on the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour in Sweden on Saturday, marking the end of his career and the five-year tour that now holds the record for the highest-grossing record ever. of ticket sales.<\/p>\n
Elton John performs at Orangetheory Stadium on January 24, 2023 in Christchurch, New Zealand. photo … [+]<\/span> by Rob Ball\/WireImage<\/span><\/p>\n WireImage<\/p>\n Elton John launched the Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour, which was supposed to last three years but was delayed several times due to the Covid pandemic and injury, in 2018 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, before bringing his performances to the White House, Glastonbury Festival and hundreds of other destinations for a total of 333 shows over five years.<\/p>\n The tour reached $900 million in ticket sales this week. Informed billboard<\/a>and is expected to gross another $30 million when all is said and done, putting it well ahead of the previous record holder: Ed Sheeran’s Divide Tour, which sold 776.4 tickets millions of dollars.<\/p>\n Billboard reports<\/a> the record tour puts his career gross at $1.928 billion, estimated to be close to $2 billion when all sales are reported. John, 76, said Entertainment tonight<\/a> was taking a break from touring to spend more time with his young sons, Zachary and Elijah, but also said he won’t be retiring from writing, recording and releasing music.<\/p>\n In May, Joan said <\/a>at an Emmy promotion event in Los Angeles that he wouldn’t be touring again after Farewell Yellow Brick Road but might play “the odd show” when he retires.<\/p>\n Although he “no longer jumps on top of the piano, or raises both legs while pounding on the keyboard,” The News from New York<\/a> he said his first Madison Square Garden stop on the tour was “typically flamboyant” and “just right.”<\/p>\n Elton John performs at Allianz Stadium on January 17, 2023 in Sydney, Australia. Don’s photo … [+]<\/span> Arnold\/WireImage<\/span><\/p>\n WireImage<\/p>\n Elton John performs during his ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour at Madison Square Garden in October … [+]<\/span> 18, 2018 in New York City.<\/span><\/p>\n Getty Images<\/p>\n English singer and songwriter Elton John performs on stage during the ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour … [+]<\/span> at the 3Arena in Dublin on June 12, 2019. Photo by Debbie Hickey\/Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n Getty Images<\/p>\n Elton John began touring in 1969, he he told the audience <\/a>at a show in New York, the same year he released his first hit single, “Your Song”, and his debut album Empty Sky. Eight years later, in 1977, he said he was retiring from acting, but later moved on to complete <\/a>over 4,100 shows around the world in a career full of highlights. Elton was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1998, received the Order of the Companions of Honor from King Charles in 2021 and the National Humanities Medal from President Joe Biden last year. A biopic about his life titled “Rocketman” released in 2019 lowered<\/a> $195 million worldwide, and last year John announced a documentary<\/a> about his final tour called “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: The Final Elton John Performances And The Years That Made His Legend.” John, who went out<\/a> out as bisexual in 1976 and “comfortable” with his homosexuality in 1988, launched the non-profit Elton John AIDS Foundation in 1992 and has since raised more than $600 million to support AIDS-related programs HIV, according to Bloomberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n 71. That’s the number of songs Elton John has had on the Billboard Hot 100. He’s had 29 top 10 hits and 9 number 1 songs.<\/p>\n Queen Elizabeth II meets (L-R) Sir Elton John, Sir Cliff Richard, Dame Shirley Bassey and Sir Tom … [+]<\/span> Jones backstage after the Diamond Jubilee Concert in front of Buckingham Palace on June 4, 2012 in London, England.<\/span><\/p>\n Getty Images<\/p>\n US President Joe Biden presents British singer-songwriter Sir Elton John with the National … [+]<\/span> Humanities Medal during an event on the South Lawn of the White House on September 23, 2022 in Washington, DC. Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n Getty Images<\/p>\n A broken record. Taylor Swift’s The Eras tour, which kicked off earlier this year and will soon go international, is on track to bring in $1.4 billion by next May. Forbes estimates that he will earn approximately $30 million from the tour, increasing his net worth to $780 million.<\/p>\n Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour is the first in history to reach $900 million in ticket sales (Forbes)<\/p>\nKey factors<\/h2>\n
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