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The 70-year-old star is calling time on the
road after one last world tour, the newspaper said.
The newspaper said the singer would make an announcement soon. A
spokeswoman could not be reached for comment on the report.
With a penchant for fancy costumes and an ear for piano rockers
and ballads that made music history, John has dominated the pop
industry for five decades.
Once a hard-partying tearaway with a voracious appetite for
cocaine and alcohol, John has achieved a long-lasting fame among
British acts matched only by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and
David Bowie.
Raised in a modest family, he started playing the piano when he
was just three.
A magazine advert in 1967 put him in touch with English lyricist
Bernie Taupin and together they wrote some of the best-loved
songs of all time - transforming shy Reg Dwight of suburban
north London into global star Elton John.
Mixing ballads like "Candle in the Wind", "Your Song" and
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" with pounding rockers "Crocodile
Rock" and "Bennie and the Jets" proved to be a winning formula:
he has sold more than 300 million records.
With fame came riches, drugs and controversy, though his friends
described him as a thoughtful and self-deprecating person at
heart.
He serenaded mourners at Princess Diana's 1997 funeral in
Westminster Abbey with a reworked version of "Candle in the
Wind" that included the lyrics: "Goodbye England's rose, may you
ever grow in our hearts." It became one of the best-selling
singles in history.
He has campaigned vigorously for gay rights and founded one of
the world's biggest AIDS charities, the Elton John Foundation,
raising hundreds of millions of dollars and helping millions of
people.
(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge and Andy Bruce. Editing by
Andrew MacAskill)
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