FILE - Elton John is seen aft performing "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" nominated for the grant for champion archetypal opus from "Rocketman" astatine the Oscars connected Feb. 9, 2020, astatine the Dolby Theatre successful Los Angeles. John is releasing an medium of collaborations with artists from respective generations and genres, including Nicki Minaj, Young Thug, Miley Cyrus, Lil Nas X, Stevie Nicks and Stevie Wonder. The Lockdown Sessions, a postulation of 16 songs featuring John with artists from Dua Lipa to the precocious Glen Campbell, volition beryllium released connected Oct. 22. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

FILE - Elton John is seen aft performing "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" nominated for the grant for champion archetypal opus from "Rocketman" astatine the Oscars connected Feb. 9, 2020, astatine the Dolby Theatre successful Los Angeles. John is releasing an medium of collaborations with artists from respective generations and genres, including Nicki Minaj, Young Thug, Miley Cyrus, Lil Nas X, Stevie Nicks and Stevie Wonder. The Lockdown Sessions, a postulation of 16 songs featuring John with artists from Dua Lipa to the precocious Glen Campbell, volition beryllium released connected Oct. 22. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

LONDON – Elton John says helium is postponing European dates connected his satellite circuit until 2023 truthful that helium tin person an cognition connected an injured hip.

The 74-year-old singer-songwriter had been owed to play cities successful Britain and Europe this twelvemonth arsenic portion of the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, followed by shows successful the U.S. successful 2022.

But helium said a autumn connected a hard aboveground successful precocious summertime had near him successful pain.

He said successful a connection connected Thursday that “despite intensive physio and specializer treatment, the symptom has continued to get worse and is starring to expanding difficulties moving. I person been advised to person an cognition arsenic soon arsenic imaginable to get maine backmost to afloat fittingness and marque definite determination are nary semipermanent complications."

He said that “it is with large sadness and a dense bosom that I americium forced to reschedule the 2021 dates of my Farewell Yellow Brick Road circuit successful Europe and the UK to 2023.”

He promised fans that “the shows volition instrumentality to the roadworthy adjacent twelvemonth and I volition marque definite they are much than worthy the wait.”

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John said helium planned to commencement the U.S. limb of the circuit successful January 2022 successful New Orleans.

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