Elton John reschedules European and UK leg of tour after hip harm

By PTI

LONDON: Music legend Elton John on Thursday stated that he’s suspending the UK and European leg of his ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour’ till 2023 resulting from hip harm.

As a part of the tour, John was set to carry out within the UK and Europe this yr, adopted by exhibits within the US in 2022.

In an announcement posted on his Twitter deal with, the 74-year-old singer-songwriter stated he lately suffered a fall that left him in “considerable pain”.

“It is with nice unhappiness and a heavy coronary heart that I’m pressured to reschedule the 2021 dates of my Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour in Europe and the UK to 2023.

“At the end of my summer break I fell awkwardly on a hard surface and have been in considerable pain and discomfort in my hip ever since. Despite intensive physio and specialist treatment, the pain has continued to get worse and is leading to increasing difficulties moving,” John stated within the assertion.

The music veteran stated his medical doctors have suggested him to get operated “as soon as possible to get me back to full fitness and make sure there are no long-term complications”.

“I will be undertaking a program of intensive physiotherapy that will ensure a full recovery and a return to full mobility without pain,” he added.

John, nevertheless, will nonetheless carry out at Global Citizen Live, a charity occasion happening throughout a number of cities on September 25.

“I’m going to finish the charitable Global Citizen occasion on twenty fifth September as I do not need to let a charity down.

“Being just five songs it’s a very different physical undertaking to the demands of playing for close to three hours every night on tour and travelling overnight between countries,” he added.

John stated he deliberate to begin the US leg of the tour in January 2022 in New Orleans.

“I understand how affected person my unbelievable followers have been since Covid halted touring final yr, and it breaks my coronary heart to maintain you ready any longer.

“I completely feel your frustrations after the year we’ve had. I promise you this – the shows will return to the road next year and I will make sure they are more than worth the wait,” he stated.