Elton John's farewell tour breaks all records as the highest-grossing tour in history

Elton John's farewell tour breaks all records.

According to Billboard, with the

, the 75-year-old singer raked in over $800 million, making his tour the most profitable in history.

He thus dethrones Ed Sheeran, who had generated more than 770 million dollars with

in 2019. Before that, it was the Irish group U2 who held this record.

In 2018, Elton John embarked on a 300 concert tour around the world.

The adventure should have ended in 2021 but the Covid 19 pandemic decided otherwise, forcing the singer to postpone his farewell for a few months.

In 2022, Elton John was able to go back on stage and say his first goodbyes to the public.

During two spectacular shows held on June 11 and 12, at La Défense Arena in Paris, the British artist paid a moving tribute to France.

But it was not his last appearance on the French scene.

Elton John will perform in Paris, this time at the Accor Arena, on June 21, 27 and 28.

Between June 21 and 27, the singer will make a quick return to the United Kingdom, to give a final concert there, on the occasion of the Glastonbury festival.

Road

will then end in Stockholm in July 2023, five years after it kicked off in the United States in September 2018.

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This world tour puts an end to the long career of Elton John, which began a little over 50 years ago.

His beginnings in the world of music, punctuated by personal problems, were not always easy.

But the consecration finally arrived, in 1972, with his album

which included the international hits

and

.

The 1990s allowed him to reinvent himself.

He produced the soundtrack to The

in 1994, then paid homage, three years later, to Lady Diana, with his song

.

The months and years that followed crowned him with success.

In total, Elton John will have released more than thirty albums, produced 7 soundtracks for films and 16 compilations.