“I’m 75 and he or she’s been with with me all my life and I really feel very unhappy that that she gained’t be with me anymore, however I’m glad she’s at peace,” he mentioned. “I’m glad she’s at relaxation and he or she deserves it. She labored bloody onerous.”
The singer-songwriter then carried out his 1974 observe “Don’t Let the Solar Go Down on Me.”
The queen died Thursday at her summer season residence in Scotland at age 96.
John was knighted by the queen in 1998, a yr after the dying of his buddy Princess Diana. Prince Charles additionally anointed the musician and charity patron as a member of the Order of the Companions of Honor final yr.
John’s live performance was the second of two nights at Toronto’s Rogers Centre and a part of his Farewell Yellow Brick Street tour, billed as his ultimate tour.
