It has been announced that Elton John will headline Glastonbury Festival next summer, playing his last ever UK date of his farewell tour.
The pop star will play on the Pyramid stage on Sunday, June 25, closing the festival's mains stage. It represents only the second time the Rocket Man singer has made an appearance at a UK festival. Last month he played his final US show at Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium, a standout performance with an appearance from his Cold Heart collaborator Dua Lipa.
In a statement announcing the show, Elton John said: "I couldn’t be more excited to be headlining the Pyramid stage. As the end of my Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour comes into view, there is no more fitting way to say goodbye to my British fans.
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“They have been beyond brilliant, and have supported me through all the highs and lows of my career … I can’t wait to embrace the spirit of the greatest festival in the world.”
Glastonbury's co-organiser Emily Eavis added: "We will be closing the festival and marking this huge moment in both of our histories with the mother of all send offs. We are so very happy to finally bring the Rocket Man to Worthy Farm.”
The Glastonbury date will mark John's final UK performance, but his final show on the singer's Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour - which first kicked off in 2018 - will be in Europe in July 2023. The latest announcement from Glastonbury organisers puts to bed rumours that popstar Taylor Swift would be closing the festival.
Glastonbury 2023 takes places between Wednesday, June 21 and Sunday, June 25. Back in October when tickets for the festival were announced, music fans were left divided over increased prices.
It was announced that tickets for the 2023 edition of the event would cost £340 and that festival-goers will be charged £335 plus a £5 booking fee for standard tickets, with £50 as a deposit and the balance due by the first week of April. The last time tickets went on sale was 2019 and they cost £265 plus a £5 booking fee for what should have been the 2020 festival.
Emily Eavis defended the price spike and said the team tried 'very hard' to 'minimise' the increase in price but were unable to due 'enormous rises in the cost of running the vast show.
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