By Steven McIntosh, BBC | A new documentary about Sir Elton John’s final tour, co-directed by his husband David Furnish, has premiered at the London Film Festival. The Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour played to audiences around the world between 2018 and 2023, longer than expected due to delays enforced by the pandemic. Elton John: Never Too Late focuses on the star’s return to Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, 47 years after he first played in front of 110,000 fans at the venue.
But the documentary, which has just played the London Film Festival, has had a mixed reception from critics.
Variety said “the original King of Pop gets the satisfying documentary he deserves”, but the Guardian described it as a “thin portrait of a musical genius”.
The tour footage is interspersed with archive material focusing on Sir Elton’s popularity earlier in his career, particularly the 1970s.
Furnish and Sir Elton were among the guests attending the film’s London premiere at the Royal Festival Hall on Thursday.
The film’s release follows a biopic, Rocketman, which came out in 2019 and starred Taron Egerton as Sir Elton.
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The singer’s next projects include the opening of the musical The Devil Wears Prada, for which he wrote the music, in London’s West End.
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