Elton John for Glastonbury? Followers speculate “one ultimate date” tease
Elton John has added gasoline to rumours that he’ll headline Glastonbury Competition 2023 after saying that he has “one ultimate date to announce”.
The pop legend is at the moment on his ultimate ever ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Street‘ tour, which he has vowed might be his final ever stay exhibits earlier than he retires from performing. He’s as a result of full the run of UK dates subsequent spring.
John shared a picture through his Instagram Stories yesterday (November 30) of himself standing in entrance of a crowd accompanied by the caption: “One ultimate date to announce…”
He then adopted up that Story submit with one other during which he wrote: “Rocket Man is incoming.”
Apparently, #EltonJohn has “one ultimate date to announce”… 🤔💭🚀 pic.twitter.com/8Lb5C5erKH
— Glasto Fest Feed (@GlastoFestFeed) December 1, 2022
Rumours of John headlining the world-renowned UK competition had been reignited earlier this 12 months. Hypothesis mounted when a handful of Paris dates had been rescheduled from June 2022 to June 2023.
The Paris dates, which had been initially from June 17-18, 2022, will now occur on June 21, June 27 and June 28, 2023, leaving an ideal hole in his schedule for Glastonbury. The principle a part of the 2023 version of the competition takes place from June 23-25, 2023, leaving him free all through the Glastonbury weekend.
Presently, John is booked to finish his ‘Farewell…’ tour with a present at Tele2 Area in Stockholm, Sweden on July 8, 2023.
Some followers responded to the Glasto Feed Fest Twitter account right now (December 1) to share their very own ideas about the opportunity of John headlining. One prompt that “he’s going to be on the legends spot”, whereas one other commented that he might be “Pyramid Headliner for certain” if confirmed for Glastonbury 2023.
Chatting with NME final 12 months for a Massive Learn cowl function across the launch of his new collaborative album ‘The Lockdown Periods’, John mentioned that he was decided to complete his ‘Farewell…’ tour – and that it’ll additionally actually be his final.
“It’s one thing I wanna end,” he instructed NME. “I’m wanting ahead to doing it and going out on the excessive that we had been on – we had been an specific prepare that hit the buffers. In the intervening time I end supposedly in 2023, in the summertime, by which era I’ll be 76 – and that’s it, child.
“I can’t wait to do it and have a good time, and I can’t wait to complete and say, ‘No extra – I’ve had sufficient.’”
Of his plans for the long run, John added: “I’ll do information and I’ll do my radio present, however so far as schlepping and doing exhibits? I’ve had sufficient applause. I wanna be with my household. I wanna be with my boys.”
He added: “I’ll nonetheless be artistic, however I don’t wish to spend the remainder of my life flying right here, flying there. I can’t do any greater than I’ve performed now and save for the odd charity factor that will come up, that’s it for me.”
In different information, John has joined Coldplay’s Chris Martin to seem on Shania Twain’s ‘Come On Over’ twenty fifth anniversary album.