Elton John's farewell tour includes February 2019 Target Center show

There will be more than 300 shows in three years. Tickets go on sale in February.

January 24, 2018 at 7:40PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Elton John is saying goodbye to the yellow brick road. On Wednesday, he announced that he will retire from touring after a three-year farewell trek that will bring him to Target Center on Feb. 21, 2019.

Tickets, priced from $59.50-$249.50, will go on sale at 10 a.m. Feb. 16 at axs.com and the Target Center box office.

There will be an advance sale for American Express cardholders from 10 a.m. Feb. 8 to 10 p.m. Feb. 12. VIP packages will be available at eltonjohn.com.

The piano man first performed in Minneapolis at the old Guthrie Theater in 1970. Sir Elton last performed in the Twin Cities in 2013 at Xcel Energy Center.

His Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour will start Sept. 8 and include more than 300 concerts on five continents.

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Jon Bream

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Jon Bream has been a music critic at the Star Tribune since 1975, making him the longest tenured pop critic at a U.S. daily newspaper. He has attended more than 8,000 concerts and written four books (on Prince, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond and Bob Dylan). Thus far, he has ignored readers’ suggestions that he take a music-appreciation class.

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