Sir Elton John will perform at Glastonbury on Sunday evening but he won’t be alone as he will bring four special guests on stage, his husband David Furnish has revealed.
His performance at the festival has been billed as his final UK gig as he takes to the Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm.
Furnish told Sky News’ Beth Rigby: “Four collaborators of his choosing.
“People, he just thought, ‘I’d really like to do something with these artists at Glastonbury’. And that’s all I’m going to say.”
Elton John to bring guests on stage at Glastonbury, says husband
In the interview with Sky News' Beth Rigby, he was asked who the special guests would be but replied: “Sorry. I am sworn to secrecy.”
He added: “This one is very special. It is not just another day in the office.
“It’s a different set list – it’s a huge outdoor live festival. He’s got four different collaborators joining him on stage at different times, who I won’t name, sorry.
“So, he’s done a lot of changes. A lot on his plate, so I think he’s anxious. Yeah, but I think good, anxious, healthy anxious.”
Sir Elton will be closing the festival on Sunday, June 25 after headline shows from Arctic Monkeys on Friday and Guns N’ Roses on Saturday.
Elton John to get back in the studio this Autumn
Furnish has also said that Sir Elton will continue making music after his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour ends in Sweden next month.
He said the singer will start working on a new studio album this Autumn.
He said: “I don’t think he’ll be sitting on the sofa with a remote control.
“He’s going to go back into the studio in October and start his next album. Which will be great. He’s not done a studio album in a long time.”
Furnish also backed Sir Elton John’s previous claim that media coverage of the Phillip Schofield scandal had been “homophobic”.
The film producer said: “I think without question, Phillip Schofield, and Elton agrees, behaved inappropriate. And it could be perceived as an abuse of power.
“He lied about it, so he behaved inappropriately. I think what was horrifying to watch was what I would call a disproportionate response within certain levels of the media, where it was written about over and over and over, where they were piling on for days and then weeks, continually writing negative, highly critical pieces.
“It felt disproportionate to the situation at hand. He did an interview. He acknowledged he’d made mistakes. He wants to go forward with his life.
“I would also like to add that the same publications didn’t give the same level of attention to a prime minister who lied and misled the parliament, which to me is a much, much greater offence.
“That, to me, points to homophobia.”
David Furnish is on the Beth Rigby Interviews… show at 9pm on June 22 on Sky News, or you can catch up with the Beth Rigby Interviews… podcast.
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