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Elton John announces three-year retirement tour

By Melissa Ruggieri
Jan 24, 2018

BY MELISSA RUGGIERI/AJC Music Scene

(This story was originally posted at 1:31 p.m. Jan. 24, 2018)

NEW YORK - Elton John has decided that his future lies off the yellow brick road of touring — at least in three years.

The megastar announced at a lavish press event at Gotham Hall in New York on Wednesday afternoon that following a three-year world tour that will launch in Pennsylvania in September, he will say goodbye to the road.

John will perform at Philips Arena at 8 p.m. Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. Tickets, priced from $59.50-$249.50, will go on sale Feb. 2 via www.ticketmaster.com, the venue box office and by calling 1-800-745-3000.

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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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