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Elton John Sets Nashville Date For Farewell Tour
Music legend Elton John will hit the road for the last time on an ambitious three-year farewell tour that comes to Nashville Oct. 24.
NASHVILLE, TN -- For nearly a half-century, Elton John has been touring the world and Captain Fantastic says its time for one more spin around the globe before the Rocket Man becomes a permanent family man.
John, 70, announced Wednesday that his farewell tour - a three-year globetrotting sojourn called, appropriately, "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" - will begin this fall. It comes to Bridgestone Arena Oct. 24.
Tickets go on sale Feb. 2.
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In a live-streamed chat with CNN's Anderson Cooper, John said that after touring with various bands since he was 17, it was time to slow down. The Grammy, Tony and Academy Award winner said his priorities have changed as he and husband David Furnish have two sons and as the eldest got to school age, John realized he would miss too much of his childhood.
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