Legendary British pop-king Elton John announced his retirement and announced a farewell world tour.

He said this at a special press conference in New York yesterday, the newspaper "The Mirror".

The final tour of the 70-year-old musician named "Yellow Brick Road" will consist of over 300 concerts. Elton John's world tour will last until 2020.

According to Elton John, his life priorities have changed, and in the first place are now the family and children.

"I want to leave the stage beautifully. I want people to say afterwards: "I saw his farewell tour, and it was amazing," said the musician.

Recall that in 2017, the singer spent two nights in the intensive care unit and 12 days in the hospital through a rare and dangerous infection that he picked up during his tour of South America. And in July 2013, Elton John was forced to cancel the concert in London's Hyde Park. Then the star had to go through an emergency surgery to remove the appendix.