American Express presents BST Hyde Park returns in 2022! London’s festival is back next year for THE celebration of the summer with Music Royalty. We are honoured to announce that this Royal Park will host the London date of Elton John’s ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road - The Final Tour.’

One the most influential and vital artists of all time, Elton John announced his ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour’ in 2018 and embarked on an epic farewell to touring after 50 years on the road. Today, he announces that BST Hyde Park will witness this historic London tour date on Friday 24 June 2022.

British Summer Time in 2022 will be a huge and eagerly awaited celebration for the nation. BST Hyde Park has been at the centre of London’s summer since 2013, bringing the world’s biggest artists to the greatest outdoor venue in the world over consecutive weekends with a host of free activities and entertainment during their midweek programme, Open House.  And we cannot wait to welcome everyone back.

American Express Cardmembers can take advantage of the first presale from 10am, Friday 3 September.

That tradition of legendary artists playing very special, career defining shows continues with the Rocket Man.  An artist who has redefined music over half a century, he has become a global icon and spanned generations as one of the world’s most in demand performers and music tastemakers.

This week he announced a new album, ‘The Lockdown Sessions’ - 16 songs of collaborations with some of the biggest and most exciting artists in the world.  Recorded remotely over the last 18 months, it will be released on October 22, 2021.

Kicking off with current single ‘Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)’ with Dua Lipa, the album takes the listener on a heady journey through many different genres, all held together with expert finesse and understanding by one of the greatest champions of music of our time

Fans who pre-order Elton’s new album from his official store before midnight on Sunday will receive access to pre-sale tickets for BST from Monday 6th to 8th September & will have access to guaranteed tickets for the show during this pre-sale window.

Elton John’s list of accomplishments are unsurpassed in their breadth and longevity. In the UK, he has scored 7 Number 1 Albums, and 7 Number 1 Singles (and 31 UK top 10s). Elton is one of the top-selling solo artists of all time, with 1 diamond, 40 platinum or multi-platinum, and 23 gold albums, over 50 Top 40 hits, and he has sold more than 300 million records worldwide. His hits are loved the world over – the likes of ‘Your Song’, ‘Rocket Man’, ‘Candle In the Wind’ ‘Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting’, ‘I’m Still Standing’, ‘Nikita’, ‘Circle Of Life’, ‘Tiny Dancer’, ‘Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word’, ‘Bennie & The Jets’ just scratching the surface of a catalogue of modern standards.  His reworked ‘Candle in the Wind 1997’ sold 33 million copies worldwide and became the best-selling British single of all time.

He composed the classic film soundtrack for ‘The Lion King’ (winning an Oscar for ‘Can You Feel The Love Tonight’) which has been turned into a global smash hit theatre show, and received a Tony Award with Tim Rice for their score for musical ‘Aida’.  In 1995, he composed the music for the stage play ‘Billy Elliot’, another global phenomenon that was made into a hit film.

His own life story was brought to the big screen in the epic musical fantasy hit film ‘Rocketman’ in 2019. The film garnered widespread critical and commercial success, winning Elton his second Oscar in the process.

The chance for London to bid farewell to a true hero makes Friday June 24, 2022, a special date in the city’s diary.