Sir Elton John has been forced to lay off long-serving bandmates and a number of household staff after suffering losses of tens of millions of pounds due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The 73-year-old music legend has been forced to cancel a number of dates on his Farewell Yellow Brick Road world tour due to the ongoing health pandemic.
Sir Elt is said to have lost £60 million as a result after being forced to cancel or postpone 34 of his US dates for the farewell tour – which is to be his last before retirement.
While a further 48 dates between September and December are hanging in the balance as the pandemic and social distance rules make it unlikely thousands of fans will be permitted to pack into music venues to see the star in