Watch Elton John perform an emotional ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ on final night of farewell tour
nme.comElton John has officially completed his ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ world tour in Stockholm, after 333 shows and nearly five years.Performing in the city’s Tele2 Arena on Saturday night (July 8), John’s final song of the night – and, by extension, the entire tour – was the tour’s semi-title track, ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’.
Before performing the song, Sir Elton gave a final speech to the reported 45,000 people in attendance to thank them for their support across his entire career.“I’ve had the most wonderful career… beyond belief,” said John (via Rolling Stone). “Fifty years of pure joy playing music… how lucky am I?
I wouldn’t be sitting here… it wasn’t for you. You bought the singles, the CDs, the albums, the cassettes… [and] more importantly, you bought the tickets to the shows.
You know how much I love to play live. It’s been my lifeblood to play for you guys. You’ve been absolutely magnificent.”Watch the full speech and final song performance below:‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ was originally released in 1973, and served as both the second single and title title track of John’s seventh studio album.
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