british singer Elton John he said goodbye last night to the stages and his millions of followers and fans with a concert in Stockholm in which he thanked all his fans for “52 years of pure joy playing music”.

To say goodbye he used one of his historic songs ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’. At 76, Elton John, winner of five Grammy Awardswith more than 50 years of career and 4,600 performances all over the world, closed his tours to, as he said, give more time to his personal life.

“I will always carry you in my mind, in my heart and in my soul”Elton John told his millions of fans, thousands of whom packed Stockholm’s Tele2 Arena, where he performed two nights. According to the Swedish press, the artist, dressed in a rhinestone-encrusted frock coat and very large glasses, opened his final performance with the megahit ‘Bennie and the jets’, in a concert lasting more than two hours.

Elton John also paid tribute to his band, some of whose members have been with him for a long time and of whom he said that “they are the best, absolutely the best”. Another surprise of the night was that Coldplay, who is also touring Sweden, called Elton John from the Ullevi stage in Gothenburg.

“They will be sorely missed,” singer Chris Martin said to applause from the audience. Elton John, who was smiling looking at the giant screens in the stadium, thanked him for the words and replied that he was “a wonderful person.” Elton John’s Farewell Tour started in 2018 and it is estimated that more than six million people have attended it.

In each of the concerts on this tour, with the presence of a multigenerational audience, Elton has demonstrated the large number of good songs that he has composed throughout his life and the talent with which he interprets them.

From ‘Bennie and the Jets’ to ending with ‘Candle in the wind’, going through ‘Rocket Man’, ‘The bitch is back’, ‘I’m still standing’, ‘Crocodile rock’ and ‘Saturday night’s alright for fighting ‘, are some of the songs used on the tour, which passed through the Spanish city of Barcelona in May. Another of the highlights of the tour was his time at the Glastonbury festival with an “emotional” and packed show that was also their last concert in the UK.

“I never thought that one day I would play Glastonbury and here I am“said John, who addressed the audience, visibly moved, to thank them for making him “feel so happy” and for “52 years of incredible love and loyalty.”