Glastonbury 2023: Elton John will headline Pyramid Stage in final UK gig

Pop prima Sir Elton John is to header the Glastonbury Festival adjacent summer, playing what volition beryllium the past ever UK day of his farewell tour.

The vocalist volition apical the measure connected the Pyramid Stage connected Sunday, 25 June, and has promised a spectacular farewell.

"There is nary much fitting mode to accidental goodbye to my British fans," helium said successful a connection announcing the show.

"I can't hold to clasp the tone of the top festival successful the world. It's going to beryllium incredibly emotional."

The amusement volition travel much than 5 years aft Sir Elton announced his 350-date Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.

It was primitively owed to wrapper up successful 2021, giving the 75-year-old much clip to walk with his young family, but aggregate dates had to beryllium rescheduled owed to some the Covid pandemic and a hep wounded the vocalist sustained successful a fall.

He precocious wrapped up the US limb of the circuit with a three-night basal astatine LA's Dodger Stadium - where, successful 1975, helium cemented his superstar presumption with 2 historical gigs, bedecked successful a sequinned Dodgers Baseball uniform.

That kit appeared again astatine his past US concert, arsenic helium played hits including Rocket Man, Tiny Dancer, Your Song and Philadelphia Freedom.

He was besides joined by prima guests Brandi Carlile, Kiki Dee and Dua Lipa, who duetted connected the Pnau remix of Cold Heart - a opus that introduced Sir Elton to a caller procreation of fans past year.

His Glastonbury acceptable volition undoubtedly incorporate akin surprises.

The prima teased the announcement connected Thursday, posting an Instagram photograph captioned: "One last day to announce... the Rocket Man is incoming."

Around the aforesaid time, the BBC's Glastonbury webcam featured an representation of a rocket vessel successful the entity supra the Pyramid stage.

Confirming the quality connected Friday morning, festival organiser Emily Eavis said: "It gives maine tremendous pleasance to fto you cognize that the 1 and lone Elton John volition beryllium making his archetypal ever Glastonbury appearance, headlining the Pyramid Stage connected the Sunday nighttime adjacent year.

"This volition beryllium the last UK amusement of Elton's past ever tour, truthful we volition beryllium closing the Festival and marking this immense infinitesimal successful some of our histories with the parent of each send-offs."

Sir Elton added that helium "couldn't beryllium much excited" to play astatine Worthy Farm.

"Every week I talk to caller artists connected my vigor amusement and Glastonbury is often cited arsenic a pivotal infinitesimal successful launching their careers," helium said.

"The festival's genuine, enthusiastic enactment for the champion emerging endowment is thing I've agelong admired."

The amusement volition travel astatine the extremity of the UK limb of Sir Elton's farewell tour, which kicks disconnected successful Liverpool adjacent March.

After Glastonbury, helium lone has 7 dates near to play successful Europe earlier helium retires from touring.

However, the prima has not wholly ruled retired the anticipation of one-off performance dates successful the aboriginal - telling the BBC successful 2018 that his "dream thing" would beryllium a theatrical residency wherever helium could play lesser-known tracks similar Amoreena and Original Sin alternatively of hits similar I'm Still Standing and Candle In The Wind.

"I've sung these songs astir 5,000 times, immoderate of them, and though they're fantastic songs, and I'm precise appreciative of them, I've sung them enough," helium said.

Sir Elton is the archetypal headliner to beryllium announced for adjacent year's Glastonbury festival - for which tickets person already sold out.

Other rumoured performers see Arctic Monkeys, Taylor Swift and Guns N' Roses.