Coldplay pays tribute to music legend Sir Elton John during his last live performance and the last show of the Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour at Stockholm’s Tele2 Arena.
As Sir Elton John bid farewell to his audience after over 50 golden years in the music industry in the final stop of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour in Sweden, Coldplay came forward to pay their tribute to the music legend. The show kicked off with “Bennie and the Jets”, and then he went on to perform many other hits, including “Rocket Man”, “Philadelphia Freedom”, “Candle in the Wind”, and “Tiny Dancer”. With 5 Grammy Awards to his victory list and nearly 4,600 global performances, the singer finally concluded his live show career at Stockholm’s Tele2 Arena on Saturday, July 8.
He began the tour in September 2018 in North America and he on to play 330 concerts worldwide. In January, it was recorded to be the highest-grossing tour in the history of Billboard Boxscore, standing at $910.4 million, becoming the first-ever tour to cross the $900 benchmark.
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Before launching into the last song of his final live performance, “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” the star paid a heartfelt tribute to his fans: “I’ve had the most wonderful career, beyond belief. Fifty-two years of pure joy playing music. How lucky am I to play music! But you know, I wouldn’t be sitting here and talking to you if it wasn’t for you. You bought the singles, the CDs, the albums, the cassettes, but more importantly, you bought the tickets to the shows. You know how much I love to play live. It’s been my lifeblood to play for you guys. You’ve been absolutely magnificent. I will never be touring again, but I may do something in the future — a one-off thing — but that’s miles away. I want to appreciate my family, my sons, my husband, everything. I’ve earned it. And I don’t regret it tonight.” He further added, “I will miss you guys so much, but I’ll see you much sooner than you think. I love you guys!” Speaking about his band and crew, he said, “They’re really incredible, and they are the best, I tell you, the best.”
Coldplay, who were also performing at Gothenburg, Sweden appeared at Elton’s show through a live video broadcast to honor the icon and they performed a heartwarming cover of “Rocket Man” together. Lead singer Chris Martin then delivered a moving speech in his honor:
“Elton, from all of us here, from all the bands and all the artists that you’ve loved and inspired and helped, we just love you so much. We are so grateful for everything you’ve done for us, everything you’ve done for the AIDS Foundation. Every time you’ve been kind to anybody. For everything you’ve done for LGBTQ. Everything you’ve done for fashion and eyewear. Everything you’ve done for sexiness, and love and dressing gowns. Everything you’ve done for music, everything Bernie has done for lyrics, everything your band has done over the thousands of shows you’ve done. We love you so much, happy retirement, and we’re going to miss you so much.”
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