'Nws zoo heev kom muaj kev ntaus thaum koj muaj 74' hais tias Elton John As Farewell Tour Resumes

Hnub Saturday tsaus ntuj hauv Chicago, Elton John tau tswj kom tig 20,000 lub rooj sib tw rau hauv lub tsev noj mov uas muaj hluav taws xob.

"Nws zoo nkauj heev uas muaj kev sib tsoo thaum koj muaj 74," tso dag rau lub hnub qub uas muaj txiaj ntsig ntawm theem ntawm United Center. “Thiab qhov ntawd yog kuv qhov kev ntaus tawm tshiab!” nws hais tias "Cold Heart."

Los ntawm nws cov studio tshiab tshaj plaws, Lub Kaum Hli Ntuj Lub Rooj Sib Tham Lockdown, nws lub hnub nyoog 32, "Cold Heart" nta English singer thiab pop star Dua Lipa ntawm kev ua las voos uas ua rau John thawj UK #1 hauv 15 xyoo, ua rau nws thawj zaug ua yeeb yam txhawm rau txhawm rau sab saum toj 10 ntawm daim ntawv singles nyob rau hauv rau sib law liag.

Txoj kev taug thaum kawg tau mus rau # 1 hauv 14 lub tebchaws thiab tsav tsheb Lub Rooj Sib Tham Lockdown rau hauv Asmeskas sab saum toj 10 ze li 55 xyoo tom qab tso tawm nws qhov debut album. Kaw rau ntawm 600 lab kwj ntawm Spotify ib leeg, txoj kev tshiab tam sim no yog John tus nyiam tshaj plaws ntawm streaming platform, pov thawj zoo ntawm qhov kev thov rov hais dua uas tam sim no nthuav tawm ntau tiam neeg.

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Reemerging rau encore nyob rau hauv ib tug ornate robe, ib tug ntawm ob peb lub wardrobe hloov, John coj Chicago pawg neeg rov qab mus rau nws ko taw hnub Saturday thaum nws xa cov nkauj tshiab, pulsating bass tsav ib tug mash-up uas kos los ntawm nws yav dhau los, channeling txiav zoo li "Rocket Man. ”thiab “Kev txi.”

Rov qab los ntawm kev sib tw ntawm COVID thaum kawg ntawm Lub Ib Hlis uas txuas ntxiv ncua sijhawm ib ntu ntawm cov hnub ncua yav dhau los ntawm nws "Farewell Yellow Brick Road", John tau zoo siab thiab koom nrog rau theem hauv Chicago.

"Chicago, nws zoo heev nyob ntawm no tom qab kwv yees li 760 hnub!" nws tso dag. “Ua tsaug rau koj ua siab ntev. Nws yog peb qhov kev ua yeeb yam thib yim rov qab los ntawm 2020 thiab peb tau tawg! ”

Thaum John kawg ua yeeb yam ntawm United Center, thaum Lub Kaum Hli 2018, ib feem ntawm qhov kev mus ncig zoo ib yam, cov neeg coob coob zaum rau feem ntau ntawm cov yeeb yam, lavishing tus neeg hu nkauj nrog qee lub sijhawm sawv ovation.

Hnub Saturday, txawm li cas los xij, cov neeg coob coob nyob hauv pem teb tau nyob ntawm nws ko taw thoob plaws, ua las voos hauv txoj kev ua suab paj nruag tseem tab tom ua nws txoj hauv kev rov qab los ntawm kev tshem tawm kev cais tawm.

Los ntawm mus, John dov tawm hits, nary ib tug sib sib zog nqus txiav kom pom thaum nws twv nws cov kiv cua adieu.

Nyob rau nruab nrab ntawm "Bennie thiab lub dav hlau," John nres thiab tig los ntsia rau cov neeg zaum tom qab nws nyob ntawm ib sab ntawm theem, zoo siab npuaj siab raws li nws lub sij hawm ntev xya pawg, uas muaj ib pab pawg neeg percussionists, jammed tawm zaj nkauj kawg, incisive. guitar ntawm bandleader Davey Johnstone txiav los ntawm Legendarily funky piano pop.

Johnstone tau muab ob lub caj dab 12 txoj hlua guitar rau "Tiny Dancer" thaum ntxov hauv lub teeb thiab nws yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev txiav zoo li "Hlub Lies Bleeding" tom qab.

"Philadelphia Kev ywj pheej" thiab "Kuv twv tias yog vim li cas lawv hu nws lub Blues" muab txoj hauv kev rau "Kev Ciam Teb Song," thaum lub sij hawm cov duab iconic ntawm cov neeg zoo li Jerry Lee Lewis thiab Rosa Parks tau khiav ntawm qhov screen loj heev tom qab theem. "Qhov no yog thawj lub teb chaws uas kuv tau muaj kev vam meej," mused John ua ntej ib tug solo rendition ntawm nws thawj American ntaus, beaming nrog kev txaus siab thaum nws nco qab Aretha Franklin lub npog.

Cov kiv cua kaw lub sijhawm hais kwv txhiaj los ntawm lawv lub xov tooj tau dhau los ua qhov chaw nyob hauv qhov chaw nyob. Tab sis tus nqi ntawm cov xov tooj tawm raws li John thiab tuam txhab tso tawm "Rocket Man" yog qhov zoo kawg nkaus rau hnub Saturday hauv Chicago, ntau cov pov thawj ntawm nws qhov kev thov rov hais dua ntxiv tom qab tso tawm. Rocketman zaj duab xis, uas tau txais ze li ntawm $ 200 lab nyob rau hauv lub box office hauv 2019. Nyob rau theem hauv Chicago, Johnstone tus swb guitar coj mus rau ib tug eerie, intergalactic tone tom qab ib tug piano interlude ib nrab ntawm cov nkauj.

"Cov nkauj no tau mob siab rau kuv cov kiv cua," nyeem qhov screen video raws li John tau nyob rau hauv ib qho rollicking, me ntsis nce mus rau "Crocodile Rock." Tus pianist tau sawv ntawm nws lub rooj ntev zaum los ua rau cov neeg coob coob uas muaj kev ntxhov siab thaum lawv nqa cov suab nrov ntawm zaj nkauj legendary hu nkauj-ib-ntev chorus.

Ob peb tus kws ua yeeb yam tuaj yeem tuav lub tswm ciab rau tus neeg tua neeg kab ntawm kev ntaus Elton John tuav hauv nws lub hnab tshos nraub qaum, qhwv cov muag tawm hmo thib ob hauv Chicago nrog lub pob zeb kaw tiag tiag hauv "The Bitch is Back," "Kuv Tseem Sawv, ""Crocodile Rock" thiab, tsim nyog, "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting."

Featuring video qab cov pab pawg neeg nto moo fighters xws li nyob qhov twg los ntawm Rocky Balboa mus rau Muhammad Ali, John channeled ib tug hluas zog nyob rau tom kawg, thawb rov qab nws lub rooj zaum thaum nws sawv, leaning mus rau hauv ib tug spirited coj nyob rau hauv txoj kev raws li confetti poob.

“Ua tsaug ntau!” hais tias John nyob rau theem, tau kov meej meej los ntawm cov neeg lag ntseg zoo li cov pab pawg tau mus rau qhov kawg hnub Saturday tsaus ntuj hauv Chicago.

Thaum nws pib xyoo 2018, "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" yog ib qho kev sib raug zoo ntev. John txoj kev nyob zaum kawg txuas ntxiv mus rau North America lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav no ua ntej mus rau Tebchaws Europe, txhua yam ua ntej lub chaw ntau pob hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas khiav tom qab xyoo no, thaum kawg kaw hauv Finland hauv 2023.

"Wow," marveled John Saturday hauv Chicago ua ntej kaw nrog "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road." “Txhua yam koj tau muab kuv txoj kev, kuv tsuas yog xav kom koj hlub thiab kev zoo siab. Kuv xav tsis tau koj txaus. Kuv nyob ntawm koj hmo no tiag tiag. "