Sir Elton John is ‘engaged on prime secret new music’

Sir Elton John is claimed to be ‘engaged on prime secret new music’ set to be launched earlier than the tip of the 12 months. 

The music icon, 76, retired from touring in summer season 2023, taking to Glastonbury’s well-known Pyramid stage for the ultimate UK present of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.

Elton has been churning out hit after hit because the Sixties, along with his final album, known as Regimental Sgt. Zippo, launched in 2021.

And now a report has prompt the megastar is again within the studio engaged on a brand new album – in information certain to please followers. 

‘It’s all been very prime secret however Elton is again within the studio engaged on a brand new album,’ a supply informed The Sun. 

‘Time frames are at all times movable however the fourth quarter has been pencilled by way of a launch date.’

The supply added: ‘He adores music and that can by no means change however the need to be as busy as he was has waned. 

‘Elton will nonetheless have a Rocket Hour radio present on Apple Music and finger could be very a lot nonetheless on the heart beat; he simply needs to decelerate a bit and spend the time along with his household however the brand new album is coming.’

The singer songwriter joined one of the vital unique golf equipment within the leisure trade in January when he grew to become an EGOT holder after profitable an award on the 2024 Emmy Awards ceremony.

Elton received within the Outstanding Variety Special class for his well-received particular Farewell From Dodger Stadium.

But regardless of the monumental accomplishment, Elton wasn’t there in particular person in Los Angeles to simply accept the award, as he needed to sit out the present resulting from his latest knee surgical procedure – after sustaining an harm throughout a fall whereas holidaying in France.

Elton had spent summer season 2023 in France along with his husband David Furnish and their two sons after wrapping up his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour in July.

While Elton on the time did not dominated out releasing new music sooner or later, he determined to retire from touring to spend extra time with David and their children.

He mentioned: ‘Touring is exhausting for me now, and it takes me away from my household and my youngsters.’

However, Elton added that he hasn’t given up performing for good and can probably nonetheless play ‘the odd present’ every so often.

Family is vital to Elton who beforehand known as his sons ‘the best factor’ in he and husband David’s lives.

Speaking on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2016, he mentioned: ‘If you’d had mentioned to me ten years in the past I’d be sitting in your present married to the person I really like and have two stunning youngsters I’d have mentioned, ‘You put acid in my drink.’

‘But life throws you challenges and life throws you curveballs — nice curveballs — and these two youngsters have come alongside at a time I by no means thought I’d have youngsters. 

‘There’s no phrases to explain how a lot we love these boys. They’re simply wonderful.’

On his seventy fifth birthday, Elton wrote a letter to his sons printed in Time journal the place he known as them his ‘proudest achievements’.

He wrote: ‘Zachary and Elijah, you two are the best items I’ve ever been given

‘You have crammed my coronary heart with love and my life with objective and which means in methods I did not suppose have been attainable.

‘You are my proudest achievements, and I really like you each so, a lot … Whoever you develop as much as be, simply be you — absolutely and fully you.’