Elton John explodes a historic double record with his farewell tour!

Elton John leaves the stage through the front door. Since September 2018, the British icon has been on the roads around the world with the show Farewell Yellow Brick Roadpresented as his final tour. ” I’ve had an incredible life and an amazing career. I was incredibly lucky. Now my priorities are my children, my husband and my family. (…) My priorities have changed (…) I think it’s time to say thank you to my fans around the world “explained the singer, whose singing tour was impacted by the pandemic linked to Covid-19. Despite exorbitant prices (up to 315 euros in Paris), Elton John sold out everywhere he went, from the United States to Europe without forgetting Australia, forcing him to play extra time again and again. Thus, in France, the artist gave four concerts in Lille, Paris, Bordeaux and Nîmes in 2019, before filling Paris La Défense Arena on June 11 and 12, 2022, and bidding farewell to the French public for three shows. at the Accor Arena last June.

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Ed Sheeran dethroned by Elton John !

On July 8, it was in Stockholm that Elton John gave the last concert of his farewell tour at the Tele2 Arena, wiping away a few tears. ” I will never forget you. I gave so many concerts, how could I forget? You are in my head, my heart and my soul and I thank you very much “he launched, very moved in front of the public. And the least we can say is the interpreter of “Coldheart” will have marked history, both with his hits and with this ultimate singing tour. Indeed, with the show “Farewell Yellow Brick Road”, the 76-year-old singer won the title of highest grossing tour ever from last January, with 817.9 million dollars in revenue from 278 concerts, dethroning then Ed Sheeran with its “Divide Tour”, which held the record so far with its 776.4 million green tickets raised. With the final passage of Elton John in Europe, this figure has therefore grown even more, breaking a little more this world record established by Billboard Boxscore.

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With his 330 shows since 2018 (183 in North America, 101 in Europe and 46 in Oceania), the interpreter of “Your Song” sold more than 6 million tickets for its “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” (3.5 million in North America, 1.5 million in Europe and nearly 900,000 in Australia and New Zealand), thus bringing in 939.1 million dollars in revenue. No other tour has crossed the 800 and 900 million mark so far. Note that this crazy figure does not take into account his XXL show at the Glastonbury festival last June, since the event brought together several headliners. But the competition is fierce because Taylor Swift, who panics ticket offices around the world with his “Eras Tour”, could well steal the show soon and exceed the milestone of one billion dollars in revenue for the first time… Be that as it may, Elton John can also boast of signing another historic record . Indeed, he remains the most profitable solo artist on stage and the one who has sold the most concert tickets in history according to Billboard Boxscore. Indeed, it thus brought in 1.98 billion dollars thanks to the stage and sold more than 20.6 million tickets in 1,623 concerts!