"My priority is always safety" . Elton John postpones for one year, from October 2020 to October 2021, his three concerts planned in Bercy because of the health context related to Covid-19, he said Tuesday in a statement.
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"It breaks my heart that we had to postpone the 2020 dates that we were all impatiently waiting for, but my team and I worked diligently on the postponements for 2021" , explains the megastar, which had to interrupt its world tour, considered to be farewell, due to the pandemic.
The interpreter of Your Song says he "looks forward to continuing the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour " , before concluding: "May everyone remain safe and healthy" . Sir Elton will therefore now play at Bercy - renamed Accor Arena - on October 10, 12 and 13, 2021. Tickets purchased "for the original concerts will be valid for these reports," said his team. However "customers wishing to be reimbursed" can "contact the point of sale where they were purchased, within two months, until September 7, 2020 inclusive" .
My team and I worked diligently on the carryovers for 2021.
Elton John.In April, when the Covid-19 epidemic was on the rise, Elton John had chosen to invest in setting up a million dollar emergency fund with his association. " For almost 30 years, my foundation has given priority to the most vulnerable HIV-positive people in order to stem the AIDS epidemic, and we remain dedicated to this cause during the fight against the Covid-19 crisis ," said there in a video message posted on Twitter.
“ Distributing preventative medicines, tests and treatments is not as simple as it was a few weeks ago. Thus, our new Covid-19 emergency fund will help our partners at the front to respond to the pandemic, its effects on HIV prevention and to provide care in marginalized communities , " he said.