Elton John documentary to premiere at Toronto Film Festival
A documentary on Elton John is set to premiere at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival 2024.
READ MORE: Elton John: âIâm not interested in the past â not even Elton Johnâs pastâElton John: Never Too Late will show Johnâs journey through the Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour, which began in 2018 and wrapped up in Stockholm last July. It was the first-ever concert tour to earn over $900million (£708million) in gross ticket sales, making it the highest grossing concert tour of all time.
According to Music News, the documentary will also “pull the back the curtain” on the superstar’s life, featuring “never-before-seen concert footage of him over the past 50 years, as well as hand-written journals and present-day footage of him and his family”.
Some of the footage taken from the farewell tour was filmed at his final US performance at the Dodger Stadium in November 2022. The concert was livestreamed by Disney+ and subsequently issued on the streaming platform as Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium.
Elton John: Never Too Late is jointly directed by R.J. Cutler and David Furnish, Johnâs husband. The film will screen at the festival sometime in September, with a Disney+ release scheduled for a later date.
At Johnâs final date in Stockholm, he told the crowd: âFifty years of pure joy playing music⦠how lucky am I? I wouldnât be sitting here⦠it wasnât for you. You bought the singles, the CDs, the albums, the cassettes⦠[and] more importantly, you bought the tickets to the shows. You know how much I love to play live. Itâs been my lifeblood to play for you guys. Youâve been absolutely magnificent.â
Meanwhile, John is not done releasing new music just yet. In May, his friend and co-writer Bernie Taupin revealed that Johnâs 32nd studio album is âall done and recordedâ.
âI think itâs quite brilliant and quite contemporary and it will certainly surprise a lot of people and excite a lot of people and hopefully be successful,â Taupin teases.
A book covering his farewell tour, authored by John himself, is also due to publish in September.
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Elton John documentary to premiere at Toronto Film Festival
Elton John documentary to premiere at Toronto Film Festival
Elton John documentary to premiere at Toronto Film Festival
Elton John documentary to premiere at Toronto Film Festival
Elton John documentary to premiere at Toronto Film Festival
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