See the celebs who attended Elton John's Dodger Stadium show - Los Angeles Times

After a dazzling opener connected Thursday and a triumphant encore connected Saturday (“Saturday, Saaaaturday!”), Elton John returned to Dodger Stadium connected Sunday for his last North American bow.

The legendary performer fto the prima spell down connected Los Angeles 1 past clip arsenic helium stepped backmost onto the signifier that catapulted him to superstardom nearly 50 years ago. At Sunday’s show of the North American limb of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, John was joined by collaborators Dua Lipa, Brandi Carlile and Kiki Dee.

But they weren’t the lone stars who came retired to enactment the renowned vocalist and pianist astatine his expansive Dodger Stadium finale, which was available to watercourse unrecorded connected Disney+.
Other celebrities successful attendance included Joni Mitchell, Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Lizzo, Heidi Klum, Angela Bassett, Jude Law, Billie Jean King, H.E.R., Donatella Versace, Miles Teller, Kirsten Dunst, JoJo Siwa, Connie Britton, Christopher Lloyd, John Stamos, Raven-Symoné and Taron Egerton, who portrayed John successful the 2019 biopic “Rocketman.”

Elton John’s Sunday Dodger Stadium performance was live-streamed connected Disney+.

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“This is simply a precise peculiar nighttime for maine — a precise affectional nighttime for maine — and it’s been a agelong journey,” John told the crowd.

“I archetypal came present to America successful 1970 to the City of Angels … and I played a nine called the Troubadour … and it helped maine by accelerating my vocation successful America with a reappraisal I got from Robert Hilburn for the L.A. Times. So I’ll ne'er hide that.”

In enactment with his erstwhile Farewell Yellow Brick Road shows, John performed respective of his top hits — from “Tiny Dancer” and “Bennie and the Jets” to “Saturday Night’s Alright” and “Your Song.” He besides showcased his supporting acts by peppering successful immoderate duets: “Cold Heart” featuring Lipa, “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down connected Me” featuring Carlile and, of course, “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” featuring Dee.

During the concert, Elton John paid tribute to Los Angeles arsenic the metropolis where, successful 1970, helium gained a foothold successful the United States.

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“In 1975, my adjacent impermanent was present and sang with me, and we sang this song,” John said earlier introducing Dee.

“I thought it would beryllium large to reenact that unthinkable moment. So I asked her to travel over, and she did. Here is Kiki Dee!”

Hordes of fans crossed generations arrived aboriginal to the ballpark to bushed traffic, which was predictably nightmarish up of Thursday and Saturday’s shows. Sunday was nary exception.

“I’ve been listening to him since my parents … and past going done the AIDS crisis, helium stepped up and took the pb … which truly meant a batch to me,” said concertgoer Sean Masse, a 53-year-old registered caregiver from South L.A. who was dressed successful his ain extra-bedazzled mentation of John’s iconic Dodgers azygous from 1975. “Plus, everything helium went done with his sobriety and his cause usage … he’s been a beacon of airy to everybody.”

Lance and Alex Hildebrand transcript a celebrated Elton John look to be Sunday’s Dodger Stadium concert.

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“Elton John is an icon,” echoed concertgoer Thad Epting, a 51-year-old car salesman from Canyon Lake who wore a rainbow suit with a feather boa and flashing hat. “He’s 1 of the top songwriters ever, and arsenic a kid I heard countless Elton John songs. … With my kids increasing up, we were ever singing Elton John songs successful the car. So it’s been portion of my childhood, portion of my adulthood, portion of my kids’ childhood.”

Before saying his last goodbyes, John inactive had a fewer much tricks up his sparkly sleeves. Near the extremity of the show, helium welcomed to the signifier his longtime songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin, who embraced his person and gave a lukewarm shout-out to John’s band.

“We’ve been penning unneurotic since 1967, and we … emotion each different much than we’ve ever done before,” John said. “He’s amazing.”

Up adjacent was John’s husband, David Furnish, and their 2 sons, Elijah Joseph Daniel and Zachary Jackson Levon, who waved to the assemblage amid thunderous applause. John explained that helium has decided to halt touring successful bid to walk much clip with his family, who helium brought retired “to amusement you wherefore I americium retiring.”

Although Elton John has concluded his last North American concerts, his farewell circuit volition proceed abroad, concluding successful July.

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With his Dodger Stadium swan opus down him, John is gearing up for the epilogue of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour — which volition resume overseas adjacent twelvemonth and reason successful Stockholm successful July.

“Thank you each for dressing up. It makes maine truthful blessed to spot erstwhile you deterioration the astir fantastic costumes,” John said during his last code of the night.

“I became palmy archetypal successful America, and you bought the singles and the albums … the cassettes, the CDs — and much importantly you bought tickets to the shows, which I emotion much than thing … I privation to convey you for that due to the fact that you made me. Without America, I wouldn’t beryllium here. … I privation you wellness and love, prosperity. Be benignant to each other, OK? And farewell.”