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The "Tiny Dancer" and "Crocodile Rock" hitmaker,
74, played the Crescent City on Wednesday night. Marking his
retirement from performing on the road, John's global tour began
in September 2018. Like other musicians he was forced to
postpone live shows due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Wow, we haven't played a show since the 6th of March 2020. This
is a new experience for us, I've never had this amount of time
off in my life ... playing music, well at least since I was 17
years of age," the singer told the crowd.
"I have a fact for you, you have been holding on to these
tickets for 745 days. And I can't thank you enough for being so
patient. We live in funny times but we're gonna have a great
time."
Sir Elton, who in September announced he was pushing back the
tour's 2021 European dates due to hip problems, has enjoyed a
more than 50-year music career.
He will perform across North America until April. His tour will
then take him to Europe and back to North America before playing
in Australia and New Zealand next year.
He is scheduled to wrap up the tour in Europe in 2023.
(Writing by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
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