Elton John is set to publish Farewell Yellow Brick Road: Memories of My Life on Tour, a photo-filled memoir of his five-year, globe-spanning tour, which consisted of well over 300 concerts.
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On September 24, Hyperion Avenue, an imprint of Disney Publishing Worldwide, is set to publish the book. From the first show in Allentown, PA in 2018, to the final show in Stockholm in July 2023, readers will reportedly get insight into every detail of the monumental tour.
Some highlights include Elton’s final performances at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium, his performance at the Glastonbury festival, his touring wardrobe by Gucci, the stage design, celebrity guest attendees, official tour photography, his personal archive of posters, sketches, photographs and postcards, and more. It also includes a foreword by David Furnish, CEO of Rocket Entertainment, manager and creative director of the tour.
In other “Rocket Man” news, earlier this month Elton joined a select club of winners of the awards grand slam – the so-called EGOT – when he added an Emmy to his suite of career prizes.
The iconic British singer-songwriter became only the 19th person ever to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony when his Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium won Outstanding Variety Special (Live) at the Emmys in Los Angeles.
The producer Ben Winston, who took to the stage with John’s husband, David Furnish, to collect the award, said: “I am not Elton John, sadly he had a knee op. He’s absolutely fine but wanted to send his love and thanks to the Television Academy for this incredible award.
He added “We knew this show would be historic, because it was going to be Elton’s last ever show in North America on tour. We knew it would be historic because it was Disney’s first live global stream.
“We didn’t know it would be historic because it was going to win a man, who has created the soundtrack to our lives, he’s done so much great for society, who is all of our hero. We didn’t know it would win him an EGOT.”
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