Again, another music superstar is going to retire!
Elton John has announced a retirement tour at a New York press conference early this year and it is a three-year tour with 300 dates, which he dubbed “Farewell Yellow Brick Road”.
On the press conference, Elton John says, “My priorities have changed in my life. I’ve had an amazing life, an amazing career, but my life has changed. My priorities now are my children and my husband and my family. I thought the time was right to say thank you to all of my fans around the world and to say goodbye”.
Before the retirement tour begins, Elton John has also released two albums on 6th April 2018 to celebrate his achievements on musical journey with longtime songwriting partner Bernie Taupin: the Revamp album, a pop-leaning album featuring the current biggest superstars and Elton’s personal favorites; and Restoration album, a country music gem contributed by different eras of country singers.
The Revamp album has invited a big tent of prominent superstars and bands like Coldplay, Demi Lovato, Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, Mary J. Blige and the list goes on. The famous singers were given chances to choose their desired songs to cover while granting the freedom to add their personal twist making the song their own rendition without losing the original taste.
Every song is perfect when it comes to their favourite singers to cover Elton’s songs. Take Coldplay’s cover of “We All Fall In Love Sometimes” for example, Chris Martin did not disappoint us with his beautifully haunting vocal for his ballad rendition of the “Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy”.
On the other hand, the Restoration album is just as amazing, one that highlights talented country vocals with the likes of Chris Stapleton, Dierks Bentley, Miley Cyrus, Kacey Musgraves and others.
The Restoration is a country songs galore covered by different generations of singers to tackle fans of various ages. One of the most noteworthy songs is the Chris Stapleton’s “I Want Love”. Specially requested by Elton John, Chris’s version of “I Want Love” strikes the right chord in the hearts of listeners with his whiskey-gravel voice.
The album is definitely a masterpiece with Elton’s songs making a comeback and to stay relevant to the younger generation.
