Elton John Retires From Touring After Nearly 50 Years of Music

After nearly 50 years in the business Elton John is reportedly quitting touring after one final World tour.

Elton, 70, has recently been in hospital for 12 days and spent two days in intensive care with a "harmful and unusual' bacterial infection that he contracted during his recent tour of South America in 2017.

His health has caused him issues in recent years - he became ill on a flight back from Santiago, Chile to the UK after playing there last April.

In 2013 he was forced to cancel a huge gig at London's Hyde Park as a result of appendicitis. The singer underwent emergency surgery for the problem and 'could easily have died' without being treated immediately.

At the time he said: "I knew I was sick but I didn't know I had such a dangerous thing inside of me until I had a scan, which was after nine shows, 24 flights and a summer ball."

He has been touring since 1970. Details are not known about his final tour, if it is to happen.

He won't be completely out of the game though. He will still be making music and is scheduled to contribute tracks to the upcoming Lion King remake.

The reimagining of the original 1994 Disney film will feature Beyonce Knowles, and Elton has allegedly struck a deal with the brand that will allow him to create new and different versions of the original songs.

He could stand to make up to £9.2m ($13m) from the project - which isn't a bad retirement nest egg to be sitting on, to be fair.