Elton John documentary to premiere at Toronto Movie Pageant
A documentary on Elton John is about to premiere on the upcoming Toronto Movie Pageant 2024.
Elton John: By no means Too Late will present John’s journey by means of the Farewell Yellow Brick Street Tour, which started in 2018 and wrapped up in Stockholm final July. It was the first-ever live performance tour to earn over $900million (£708million) in gross ticket gross sales, making it the highest grossing live performance tour of all time.
In line with Music Information, the documentary may even “pull the again the curtain” on the famous person’s life, that includes “never-before-seen live performance footage of him over the previous 50 years, in addition to hand-written journals and present-day footage of him and his household”.
A few of the footage taken from the farewell tour was filmed at his closing US efficiency on the Dodger Stadium in November 2022. The live performance was livestreamed by Disney+ and subsequently issued on the streaming platform as Elton John Reside: Farewell from Dodger Stadium.
Elton John: By no means Too Late is collectively directed by R.J. Cutler and David Furnish, John’s husband. The movie will display screen on the competition someday in September, with a Disney+ launch scheduled for a later date.
At John’s closing date in Stockholm, he advised the group: “Fifty years of pure pleasure enjoying music… how fortunate am I? I wouldn’t be sitting right here… it wasn’t for you. You obtain the singles, the CDs, the albums, the cassettes… [and] extra importantly, to procure the tickets to the reveals. You understand how a lot I like to play dwell. It’s been my lifeblood to play for you guys. You’ve been completely magnificent.”
In the meantime, John is just not carried out releasing new music simply but. In Could, his pal and co-writer Bernie Taupin revealed that John’s thirty second studio album is “all carried out and recorded”.
“I feel it’s fairly sensible and fairly up to date and it’ll actually shock lots of people and excite lots of people and hopefully achieve success,” Taupin teases.
A guide masking his farewell tour, authored by John himself, can also be attributable to publish in September.