The first concert was announced to take place at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 8 September 2018 followed by an extensive tour of the United States and Canada before moving on to Europe.

John's official website stated: "Salt Lake City, Tacoma, Memphis, Charlotte and Western Canada as well as return dates in Toronto, Philadelphia, Nashville, Cleveland and more".

He had to temporarily postpone two shows in Dallas after testing positive for COVID-19 and experiencing mild symptoms, and resumed the tour again after making a full recovery.

On 2 December 2022, John announced the final show of his UK Tour would be headlining Glastonbury Festival in 2023 saying "There is no more fitting way to say goodbye to my British fans".

John announced the farewell tour in January 2018 with arena legs in both North America and Europe, to begin in Pennsylvania in September 2018.

[2] On 30 May 2018, it was announced that Elton John had partnered with Peex to personalise the volume for fans' concert experiences, plus recording the show to relive it.

[25][26] On 18 May 2022, Disney Original Documentary and Disney+ announced that John's November 2022 shows at Dodger Stadium would be recorded for a documentary titled Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: The Final Elton John Performances and the Years That Made His Legend, directed by R.J. Cutler and David Furnish.

The recording would go on to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) at the 75th ceremony in 2024, allowing John to attain EGOT status.

Starting from minor changes in terms of releasing and adding a few songs until the concert in Sydney on 7 March 2020, to a restructuring of the set list after the lockdown.

This set sticks with John's greatest record and live hits, with the exception of the deep cut "Have Mercy on the Criminal".