Get Ready, Tiny Dancers! Elton John Is Set to Return to Australia

After being forced to reschedule two of his Aotearoa shows to January 2023, the Rocketman himself — Sir Elton John, of course — is adding a run of new shows to his multi-year Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.

The singer has today announced that he’s added five special ‘encore’ performances to the already epic run of his final tour, with new shows added for Newcastle, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Christchurch.

The Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour kicked off way back in September 2018, and has spanned over 300 shows across five continents thus far. Of course, initial plans would’ve seen the singer retired by now, but COVID saw various parts of the tour schedule delayed and rescheduled for two years.

Now, John is back on the road in North America, where he will perform his final US show at the Los Angeles Dodger Stadium this November.

Two of the shows that had to be rescheduled were set in Auckland, and will now take place on Friday, January 27 and Saturday, January 28, 2023, but that’s not all the Aotearoa / NZ fans will be getting. As a bonus, thank you show, John has added a Tuesday, January 24 show in Christchurch, as well.

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Of course, having made his way down to Aotearoa, it’s just a hop, skip and a jump away from Australia, so John has also added a string of Australian shows, as well.

In Australia, he’ll take the stage in Newcastle, NSW for the very first time, before moving on to Melbourne and Sydney. Finally, John’s very last Australian show will be held in sunny Brisbane on Saturday, January 21st, 2023.

With John set to retire when the tour wraps up, there’s truly never been more pressure to secure tickets, but thankfully, there are a ton of ways to snag them!

For pre-sale and ticket information, head to oznz.eltonjohn.com. The first pre-sale will be for Telstra Plus Members, which will begin on Tuesday, July 26. Frontier Members will get the next pre-sale, which will begin on Thursday, July 28. Finally, tickets for the public will go on sale Monday, August 1st. The times will be staggered so that fans don’t crash the site, so make sure to check the website for all the details!

Elton John Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour Pre-Sale Details

TELSTRA PLUS (AU) PRE-SALE
​via telstra.com/music
​Runs 48 hours from: Tuesday 26 July
​or until pre-sale allocation exhausted
​Pre-sale timings staggered per show, visit website for more details

FRONTIER MEMBERS PRE-SALE 
​via frontiertouring.com/eltonjohn
​Runs 24 hours from: Thursday 28 July
​or until pre-sale allocation exhausted
​Pre-sale timings staggered per show, visit website for more details

ROCKET CLUB PRESALE 
​via eltonjohn.com/rocket-club ​
​Runs 24 hours from: Thursday 28 July (10am local time)
​or until pre-sale allocation exhausted

GENERAL PUBLIC ON SALE
​Begins: Monday 1 August (times staggered, see below)

Elton John Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour Pre-Sale Details