2023-06-26 01:15:18
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Updated Monday, June 26, 2023 – 01:15
The singer does not even give an “encore” to his fans in his “last performance in England”
Elton John, this Sunday, at Glastonbury.OLI SCARFFAFP
“I never thought I would play Glastonbury… and here I am!” he went on to say Elton John, in a gold suit and red glasses, at the moment of losing her “virginity” at the festival of festivals at age 76. Her resounding premiere before more than 100,000 souls at Worthy Farm had a bittersweet farewell flavor at the same time: “It’s a very emotional night for me because it may be the last time I perform in England.”
Ripped Elton in a rage and in a hurry, singing “The Bitch is Back” on the piano and dragging his longtime guitarist Davey Johnstone in the first and somewhat hasty events of the concert, with “Bennie and the Jets” picking up the baton and revealing the choir that provided the American counterpoint to the night.
Shouts of “Elton, Elton, Elton!” they interrupted him before facing the third of the night, “Daniel”, but the enthusiasm subsided until the final “Rocketman” after two hours that came to little. Not even an “encore”. Plus the seedling of Two Forgotten that tarnished the guest roster and left the “fans” two candles ahead of the climax.
But it was Sir Elton John’s goodbye in his land, picking up the baton from Sir Paul McCartney in 2022 and before one of the largest audiences in memory in Glasto. The performances of Foo Fighters, Guns N Roses y Debbie Harris They set the bar high on the Pyramid stage, and Elton had to push himself to defy age and live up to it.
He succeeded at times, such as with “I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues”, perhaps the song in which he seemed most comfortable on the keyboard. The stellar moment was undoubtedly “Your song”, followed by “Candle in he wind” and “Tiny dancer” (with Brandon Flowers of The Killers rivaling his compatriot Stephen Sanchez on the guest list).
Anchored throughout the concert at the piano, Elton scrambled up to sing “Don’t go breaking my heart” in a duet with Rina Sawayama, to later sit down again with “Crocodile Rock”, the most popular song of the night. There was later a emotional tribute to George Michael with “Dont let the sun go down”, before the final takeoff: “And I think it’s going to be a long, long time / until the landing brings me back”…
He still has the final “On Farewell Yellow Brick Road” concert in Sweden on July 8, but the way he closed Glastonbury with “Rocket Man” does indeed suggest that there will be no return trip for Elton: “I’m leaving in the biggest way possible, giving my best performances, with the most spectacular production I’ve had in my career and playing places that have meant so much to my career.”
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