Despite being finished with performing, the hit singer is reported to have his 32nd studio album “all done and recorded”.

After suspicions back in February that John was working on a surprise album, it has now been revealed that the wait will not be for much longer. Taupin, at ‘The Other Songs Live’ event in London, said that him and John have produced this album together, and it was finished being produced only a few months ago. At the event, he added that the album will “surprise… and excite a lot of people” as it is “brilliant” and “quite contemporary”.

Whilst there is no specific release date as of yet, the 77 year old hit singer has reportedly said that he wants to release the album before summer, meaning it should be in the forthcoming weeks.

Across his five decade career, Elton John has had eight UK number 1 albums,  and it is unlikely that this album will be any less successful than the rest- as he carries a huge fan base and has collaborated with huge artists such as Dua Lipa, Kiki Dee, and Aretha Franklin.

Elton ended his last ever tour show with the song that the tour had been named after, “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road“, but before doing so gave a heartfelt final speech to his adoring fans watching on. In it he said, “I’ve had the most wonderful career, beyond belief. Fifty-two years of pure joy, playing music. How lucky am I to play music? But I wouldn’t be sitting here and talking to you if it wasn’t for you.”

“You bought the singles, the CDs, the albums, the cassettes. But more importantly, you bought the tickets to the shows. And you know how much I love to play live. It’s been my lifeblood to play for you guys. You’ve been absolutely magnificent. Thank you.”

Watch Elton’s speech and subsequent performance of “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” below:

The Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour has been comprised of a total of 333 shows and has sold 5.7 million tickets, grossing $887 millon, thereby making it the highest-grossing tour in history. It takes its name from both his hit song and his seventh studio album, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, released in 1973, after which his second ever concert tour was also named. This most recent mega tour has visited North America four times, Europe three times and Oceania twice and is a fitting end to the touring career of one of music’s absolute icons. Elton, however, has not completely ruled out performing live again, expressing that a “one-off thing” may occur in the future.

Included as part of the tour was Elton’s legendary headline set at this year’s edition of Glastonbury last month, a show that will be his last UK tour date. An estimated 120,000 fans watched the headline set live at Worthy Farm, with an additional 7.3 million people tuning in to see the legend perform on television.

The show included a special video message from Coldplay who were performing in the Swedish city of Gothenburg at the same time. In the message Coldplay frontman Chris Martin lovingly said, “We are so grateful for everything you’ve done for us. Everything you’ve done for the AIDS Foundation, anytime you’ve been kind to anybody. Everything your band has done over the thousands of shows you’ve done. We love you so much. We’re going to miss you so much.”

Watch Chris Martin’s video message to Elton below:

The Page Six source said, “This was Elton’s idea, and Britney is a huge fan. They have recorded a remix of ‘Tiny Dancer’ as a full duet — and it is incredible,”  “Britney was in the studio in Beverly Hills last week with Elton for the super-secret recording session overseen by uber-producer Andrew Watt.”

Watt won the 2021 Grammy Award for Producer of the Year and has worked with megastars like Pearl Jam, Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber. He also worked with Elton John on his collaboration album The Lockdown Sessions which features his hugely successful single “Cold Heart” featuring Dua Lipa.

This would be Britney’s first release since her 2016 song “Slumber Party” from her ninth studio album Glory. The song hit number one on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs Chart and Britney met her now husband, Sam Asghari, when shooting the music video.

Spears’ private life has dominated the headlines over the last couple of years due to the battle against her conservatorship. In June of last year, Britney spoke publicly for the first time and stated, “I just want my life back.” In 2021, she posted to her Instagram telling fans “I’m not gonna be performing on any stages anytime soon with my dad handling what I wear, say, do, or think.” The controversial conservatorship was terminated late last year and Britney has given few hints about returning to work.

On 15th July, the star took to social media to share two short videos to her Instagram page featuring herself singing a new rendition of her 1998 single “…Baby One More Time.” The caption reads, “I haven’t shared my voice in an extremely long time … maybe too long.” She explains how she wanted to release this darker version, but she was told “no” by her team.

Page Six reports that the “appetite for Spears’ comeback is so big that she also scored “a record-breaking deal” from the label to record with John,” which could mean this is the start of an even bigger comeback. Since her debut in 1998 Britney has earned a Grammy, fifteen Guinness World Records, six MTV Video Music Awards and seven Billboard Music Awards, including the Millennium Award. 

Representatives for Spears, John or their record label are yet to comment on the report.