Elton John review, 3Arena, Dublin: One of pop's most affecting farewells

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Rocketman biopic is burning up the box office, while it’s estimated the singer’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour will have played to a cumulative audience of more than half a million by the time it finally disappears into the sunset in 2020. “Bennie and the Jets”, which Rocketman reveals to have coalesced during the darkest of his druggy days, is a deliciously brooding opener, where glam funk collides with Elton’s classic ballideering and Bernie Taupin’s hall-of-mirror lyrics. Alas, there is no repeat of the previous weekend’s cameo in Brighton by Rocketman star Taron Egerton, who popped up to duet on “Your Song”. Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Two and a half hours in, it all winds to a close with the devastating encore one-two of “Your Song” and the title track from 1973’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.