LOS ANGELES | Legendary British musician Elton John has joined the very exclusive club of artists who have won the four major arts awards in the United States: an Oscar (cinema), a Tony (theater), a Grammy (music) and, on Monday night, an Emmy Award (television) for one of his last concerts.
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He is the 19th star, following Audrey Hepburn, Whoopi Goldberg, Mel Brooks, John Legend and Viola Davis, to perform this extraordinary performance entitled “EGOT” (“Emmy Grammy Oscar Tony”).
Elton John, 76, who was not in Los Angeles for the 75th Emmy Awards on Monday night, won the award for best live performance for his farewell concert in that city on November 20, 2022. Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium was an extravagant farewell concert in North America as part of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road world tour, a marathon of 328 dates spread over five years that grossed nearly a billion dollars.
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“We knew it would be historic because it was Elton's last concert in North America,” said producer Ben Winston on stage at the Emmy Awards.
But “we didn't know that the victory of a man who invented all the soundtracks of our lives, one who has done so much for society, one of our heroes, would be historic.” We didn't know he would win an EGOT “, he said.
On Sunday, November 20, 2022, Elton John, wearing a sequined bathrobe, gave his last North American concert in front of more than 140,000 fans at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, the city that helped launch his global career for six months. Century.
On the stage of this ballpark, which hosted two of his most famous shows in 1975, he gave a concert during a “very special, very moving” evening that was broadcast live on Disney+.
The farewell world tour ended last July in Stockholm.
Elton John has already won two Oscars for his original songs from “The Lion King” (1994) and “Rocketman” (2019). A Tony for the show Aida in 2000 and five Grammys.