Tuesday, June 3, 2025

‘Tonight is the final night’: Elton John says goodbye to over 50 years of touring with last show on his farewell tour

Elton John performed what he says was the last show on the final tour of his career Saturday night.

During his 2018 interview with Cooper, John attributed his retirement from life on the road to his decision to focus on his family. The musician has two sons

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 with husband David Furnish.

“We had children and had changed our lives and in 2015, we sat down with their school schedule and we said I’m going to miss too much of this,” he told Cooper at the time.

He said at the time that although he was done touring, he would continue working on new music.