ROCKETMAN 
Farewell Yellow Brick Road 
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 
If you're exhausted from that radio station on your presets that flipped to all-Christmas the day before Thanksgiving and has been playing nothing but Mariah, Wham!, Brenda and Burl ever since, here's a tonic: 40 great holiday songs you probably haven't heard. If you know even a quarter of these recordings, count yourself a true connoisseur of the carol, but even that should still leave some discovery that could offer the turbo boost you need on Christmas Eve. And nothing against...
Elton
John
John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour began in 2018, before COVID was part of the zeitgeist. Pre-pandemic, Sir Elton had 110 North American shows under his belt, 31 in the U.K. and Europe and 38 in Australia and New Zealand, and the signoff tour is continuing through next July 8. In September, his “Hold Me Closer” with Britney Spears — a twist on John’s “Tiny Dancer” —debuted at No. 6 on Billboard’s Hot 100, his 29th top 10 hit and her 14th. That came a year after his pairing with Dua Lipa, “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix),” expanded his record-setting span of top 40 Hot 100s to almost 51 years. In November, the Rocket Man feted his final North American stop with Disney+’s live simulcast “Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium,” which opened with interviews, special guests bidding him adieu and then Brandi Carlile, Dua Lipa and Kiki Dee joining him onstage.
