His Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour will end in July 2023, with Sir Elton confirming that he “will not be going on tour again” after this.

As reported by the Metro, Sir Elton has expressed the difficulty that touring causes, with him looking forward to “a little bit of freedom” to spend with his husband, David Furnish and their two sons, Zachary and Elijah. He explained, “Touring is exhausting for me now, and it takes me away from my family and my children.”

However, his fans can still hope to see him perform in the future, as he shared that “there may be the odd show.”

The Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour began back in 2018 and has become the most lucrative tour in music history. The tour has already earned £678million with two months still left to go, and it is estimated that the tour will earn approximately £798million upon its completion. Sir Elton has very much challenged himself on this tour, with him having performed 330 shows in total by the end of the tour’s run.

To keep it interesting for himself and fans alike, Sir Elton’s setlists have varied from show to show, with the epics such as “Rocket Man” and “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” being accompanied by lesser known tracks including “Burn Down the Mission” and “Have Mercy on the Criminal.”

Sir Elton has also recorded a concert movie, Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium, available to watch on Disney+. The movie documents his final North American show, featuring special guests and explosive performances of his biggest hits from a career spanning many decades.

Despite suggesting that shows outside of his tour could be on the cards, Sir Elton did recently turn down the opportunity to perform at King Charles III’s Coronation Concert. This came as a surpise to fans, as Sir Elton has been a firm favourite of the Royals for many years, famously forming close relationships with Princess Diana and Queen Elizabeth II.

Sir Elton performed a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II following her passing in September 2022, as well as attending Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding in 2011, and performing at the luncheon of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding in 2018.

Sir Elton is also close friends with King Charles and Queen Camilla, having invited the pair to his own wedding to David Furnish back in 2005.

Sir Elton’s lack of attendance was not meant to be viewed as a snub however, with his team confirming to Rolling Stone that it was simply due to scheduling conflicts.

The 71-year-old ‘Maggie May’ singer joined the likes of Paul McCartney, Elton John, Mick Jagger and Tom Jones when he was honoured in the Queen’s birthday honours list. Cliff Richard was the first rock star to receive a knighthood in 1995 for service to music and charity.

Stewart told the BBC “We talked about music and he said: ‘It’s great that you’re still going’, and I said: ‘I have to – I’ve got eight children! He congratulated me on my long career – and I said how happy this made me. I just wish my mum and dad had been here to see it.”

Sir Rod has been in the music industry for 55 years, releasing six consecutive number one albums in the UK and out of a total of 62 UK hit singles, 31 reached the top ten, with 6 hitting number one. His most famous hit ‘Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?’ (1978) stayed at number 1 for four weeks. Stewart wore tartan trousers and a “scarlet-trimmed military-style tunic” to the event and was accompanied by his wife, Penny Lancaster, and their young sons Alastair and Aiden.

Wife Penny spoke on the panel show ‘Loose Women’ and said their two sons, Alistair and Aiden, couldn’t believe they got to go to Buckingham Palace to see their father being honoured by Prince William. “The boys were hanging onto him for dear life afterwards. They were so proud” she said.

Congratulations Sir @RodStewart, honoured by The Duke of Cambridge at Buckingham Palace today for services to music and charity pic.twitter.com/hHXhLHkiOR — The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) October 11, 2016

Sir Rod also commented “I’ve led a wonderful life and have had a tremendous career thanks to the generous support of the great British public. This monumental honour has topped it off and I couldn’t ask for anything more.

“I thank Her Majesty and promise to wear it well.”