>> EVA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED. INDEED. WE'RE GONNA TURN NOW TO OUR NEXT WE'RE GONNA TURN NOW TO OUR NEXT GUEST JOINING US. GUEST JOINING US. HE IS A GRAMMY, OSCAR AND TONY HE IS A GRAMMY, OSCAR AND TONY AWARD WINNING SINGER AND AWARD WINNING SINGER AND COMPOSER WHO HAS ALSO BEEN A COMPOSER WHO HAS ALSO BEEN A LEADING FORCE FOR DECADES IN THE LEADING FORCE FOR DECADES IN THE FIGHT TO END AIDS. FIGHT TO END AIDS. LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES, IT IS SIR LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES, IT IS SIR ELTON JOHN. ELTON JOHN. GOOD MORNING TO YOU SIR ELTON. GOOD MORNING TO YOU SIR ELTON. >> GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. ACTUALLY, I'M LIVE FROM ENGLAND. ACTUALLY, I'M LIVE FROM ENGLAND. IT'S LOVELY TO SEE YOU. IT'S LOVELY TO SEE YOU. THAT STORY BEFORE I CAME ON WAS THAT STORY BEFORE I CAME ON WAS JUST THE MOST TOUCHING STORY. JUST THE MOST TOUCHING STORY. JUST WONDERFUL TO HEAR POSITIVE JUST WONDERFUL TO HEAR POSITIVE THINGS LIKE THAT. THINGS LIKE THAT. WOW. WOW. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. I'M GLAD YOU ARE IN ENGLAND AND I'M GLAD YOU ARE IN ENGLAND AND NOT LOS ANGELES AS YOU JOIN US NOT LOS ANGELES AS YOU JOIN US TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING SO VERY TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING SO VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART. NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART. I CANNOT BELIEVE IT'S BEEN 31 I CANNOT BELIEVE IT'S BEEN 31 YEARS SINCE YOU LAUNCHED THE YEARS SINCE YOU LAUNCHED THE ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION AND ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION AND THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE HAS THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE HAS JUST BEEN REMARKABLE. JUST BEEN REMARKABLE. TODAY, JUNE 5TH, YOU START THE TODAY, JUNE 5TH, YOU START THE ROCKET FUND. ROCKET FUND. TELL US ABOUT THIS TURBO TELL US ABOUT THIS TURBO CHARGING MOMENT FOR YOU. CHARGING MOMENT FOR YOU. >> WELL, IT'S MY FOUNDATION'S >> WELL, IT'S MY FOUNDATION'S $125 MILLION INITIATIVE FOR $125 MILLION INITIATIVE FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV AND AIDS PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV AND AIDS AROUND THE WORLD. AROUND THE WORLD. WE'VE COME AN AWFUL LONG WAY, 31 WE'VE COME AN AWFUL LONG WAY, 31 YEARS BUT I RECENTLY WENT TO YEARS BUT I RECENTLY WENT TO SOUTH AFRICA, HAD A GREAT VISIT SOUTH AFRICA, HAD A GREAT VISIT WITH SOME CONGRESS PEOPLE AND WITH SOME CONGRESS PEOPLE AND STPHAEULT SENATOR. STPHAEULT SENATOR. IT WAS A WONDERFUL TRIP. IT WAS A WONDERFUL TRIP. BUT THERE'S MORE TO DO TO END BUT THERE'S MORE TO DO TO END THIS VIRUS FOR EVERYONE WHO IS THIS VIRUS FOR EVERYONE WHO IS SUFFERING FROM IT, ESPECIALLY SUFFERING FROM IT, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE. YOUNG PEOPLE. GROUPS LIKE LGBTQ +. GROUPS LIKE LGBTQ +. WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO. WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO. WE REALLY WANT TO END THE AIDS WE REALLY WANT TO END THE AIDS SITUATION BY 2030. SITUATION BY 2030. WE THINK IT IS POSSIBLE. WE THINK IT IS POSSIBLE. WE THINK IT'S DOABLE. WE THINK IT'S DOABLE. SO WE JUST WANT TO GET A MOVE SO WE JUST WANT TO GET A MOVE ON. ON. >> TO THAT END, YOU'RE ASKING >> TO THAT END, YOU'RE ASKING EVERYBODY TO LET THEIR INNER EVERYBODY TO LET THEIR INNER ELTON OUT, WHICH I'M DOING RIGHT ELTON OUT, WHICH I'M DOING RIGHT NOW. NOW. I HAVE GOT THESE ON IN HONOR OF I HAVE GOT THESE ON IN HONOR OF YOU. YOU. I WORSHIP YOU. I WORSHIP YOU. I DO AS YOU SAY. I DO AS YOU SAY. WE ALL LOVE YOU. WE ALL LOVE YOU. OUR WHOLE CREW IS LETTING THEIR OUR WHOLE CREW IS LETTING THEIR INNER ELTON OUT. INNER ELTON OUT. TAKE A LOOK AT OUR STAGE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR STAGE MANAGERS. MANAGERS. EDDIE, WE NEED A SHOT OF YOU. EDDIE, WE NEED A SHOT OF YOU. YOU CAN'T IMAGINE THE MAN THAT'S YOU CAN'T IMAGINE THE MAN THAT'S BEEN COUNTING DOWN GEORGE IN HIS BEEN COUNTING DOWN GEORGE IN HIS OUTFIT. OUTFIT. TELL US WHY YOU WANT US TO LET TELL US WHY YOU WANT US TO LET OUR INNER ELTON OUT? OUR INNER ELTON OUT? >> WE WANT PEOPLE TO GO ON TO >> WE WANT PEOPLE TO GO ON TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND LET THAT INNER SOCIAL MEDIA AND LET THAT INNER ELTON OUT HOWEVER THEY WANT TO ELTON OUT HOWEVER THEY WANT TO DO IT. DO IT. IT'S JUST TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT IT IT'S JUST TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT IT STILL MATTERS. STILL MATTERS. IT'S STILL OUT THERE. IT'S STILL OUT THERE. WE CAN ALL HELP NOT ONLY BY WE CAN ALL HELP NOT ONLY BY DONATING MONEY, BY TREATING DONATING MONEY, BY TREATING PEOPLE, HELPING PEOPLE, PEOPLE, HELPING PEOPLE, VOLUNTEERING. VOLUNTEERING. THE MESSAGE IS, COME ON, LET THE MESSAGE IS, COME ON, LET YOUR INNER ELTON OUT. YOUR INNER ELTON OUT. LET'S RAISE SOME MONEY. LET'S RAISE SOME MONEY. WE'VE HAD AN AWFUL LOT OF GREAT WE'VE HAD AN AWFUL LOT OF GREAT NEWS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS BUT NEWS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO DO. WE STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO DO. I'M GONNA CHALLENGE SOME OF MY I'M GONNA CHALLENGE SOME OF MY FRIENDS TO LET THEIR INNER OUT, FRIENDS TO LET THEIR INNER OUT, INNER ELTON OUT. INNER ELTON OUT. I'M CHALLENGING DAVID BURTKA, I'M CHALLENGING DAVID BURTKA, NEIL PATRICK HARRIS. NEIL PATRICK HARRIS. YOU ALREADY STARTED IT OFF WITH YOU ALREADY STARTED IT OFF WITH THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> OF COURSE. >> OF COURSE. I KNOW YOUR FRIENDS WILL ALL BE I KNOW YOUR FRIENDS WILL ALL BE THERE FOR YOU. THERE FOR YOU. THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT MOMENT THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR YOU. FOR YOU. YOU ARE LOOKING FOR $125 MILLION YOU ARE LOOKING FOR $125 MILLION IN THIS INITIATIVE. IN THIS INITIATIVE. SO TURBO CHARGED INDEED. SO TURBO CHARGED INDEED. ON ANOTHER NOTE, ROBIN ROBERTS ON ANOTHER NOTE, ROBIN ROBERTS WAS WITH YOU THIS PAST FALL IN WAS WITH YOU THIS PAST FALL IN LOS ANGELES WHEN YOU SAID LOS ANGELES WHEN YOU SAID GOOD-BYE IN YOUR FINAL GOOD-BYE IN YOUR FINAL PERFORMANCE THERE. PERFORMANCE THERE. NOW IT'S GETTING REAL, SIR NOW IT'S GETTING REAL, SIR ELTON. ELTON. I KNOW COMING UP IN SWEDEN, IT'S I KNOW COMING UP IN SWEDEN, IT'S THE FINAL FINAL, CORRECT? THE FINAL FINAL, CORRECT? >> JULY 8TH IS THE FINAL SHOW ON >> JULY 8TH IS THE FINAL SHOW ON THE GOOD-BYE YELLOW BRICK THE GOOD-BYE YELLOW BRICK FAREWELL. FAREWELL. I THINK I HAVE ANOTHER 68 SHOWS I THINK I HAVE ANOTHER 68 SHOWS TO DO. TO DO. WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH. WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH. IT'S GOING SO WELL. IT'S GOING SO WELL. THE AUDIENCE HAS BEEN SO KIND, THE AUDIENCE HAS BEEN SO KIND, SO LOVING. SO LOVING. I'M JUST HAVING THE BEST TIME I'M JUST HAVING THE BEST TIME POSSIBLE. POSSIBLE. I'M HAVING THE BEST FAREWELL I'M HAVING THE BEST FAREWELL EVER. EVER. I'M VERY LUCKY. I'M VERY LUCKY. >> DO YOU FEEL NOSTALGIC? >> DO YOU FEEL NOSTALGIC? IS IT STARTING TO SINK IN THAT IS IT STARTING TO SINK IN THAT THIS REALLY IS -- IT'S BEEN A THIS REALLY IS -- IT'S BEEN A LONG FAREWELL TOUR. LONG FAREWELL TOUR. 16 PERFORMANCES TO GO. 16 PERFORMANCES TO GO. ARE YOU STARTING TO FEEL A ARE YOU STARTING TO FEEL A LITTLE SAD? LITTLE SAD? >> NOT YET. >> NOT YET. I JUST TAKE IT PERFORMANCE BY I JUST TAKE IT PERFORMANCE BY PERFORM AEPBGS. PERFORM AEPBGS. IT'S BEEN A FIVE YEAR TOUR IT'S BEEN A FIVE YEAR TOUR BECAUSE OF TWO YEARS OF COVID. BECAUSE OF TWO YEARS OF COVID. THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN 329 SHOWS THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN 329 SHOWS WHEN IT'S DONE WITH. WHEN IT'S DONE WITH. I HAVE ENJOYED EVERY SINGLE I HAVE ENJOYED EVERY SINGLE MINUTE. MINUTE. I DON'T LOOK FORWARD TO THINGS. I DON'T LOOK FORWARD TO THINGS. I JUST APPROACH THEM ONE SHOW AT I JUST APPROACH THEM ONE SHOW AT A TIME. A TIME. YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK ME AGAIN YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK ME AGAIN AFTER SWEDEN. AFTER SWEDEN. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S GOING TO BE OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME EMOTIONS. SOME EMOTIONS. I HAVE BEEN WITH MY BAND A LONG I HAVE BEEN WITH MY BAND A LONG TIME. TIME. I HAVE BEEN WITH MY CREW A LONG I HAVE BEEN WITH MY CREW A LONG TIME. TIME. IT'S GOING TO BE EMOTIONAL. IT'S GOING TO BE EMOTIONAL. I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT IT. I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT IT. I'M CONCENTRATING ON DOING THE I'M CONCENTRATING ON DOING THE NEXT BEST SHOW. NEXT BEST SHOW. >> WE'D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU >> WE'D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU AGAIN. AGAIN. I HOPE JUST BECAUSE THIS TOUR IS I HOPE JUST BECAUSE THIS TOUR IS OVER, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU OVER, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU ARE DONE PERFORMING LIVE. ARE DONE PERFORMING LIVE. >> NO. >> NO. I SAID I'M NOT TOURING. I SAID I'M NOT TOURING. THERE WILL BE THE ODD SHOW HERE THERE WILL BE THE ODD SHOW HERE AND THERE IF I FEEL LIKE IT. AND THERE IF I FEEL LIKE IT. WHEN I FINISH ON JULY 8TH, I'M WHEN I FINISH ON JULY 8TH, I'M JUST GOING TO REST FROM TOURING JUST GOING TO REST FROM TOURING AND PLAYING LIVE FOR AWHILE. AND PLAYING LIVE FOR AWHILE. 329 SHOWS IS A LOT IN A TOUR. 329 SHOWS IS A LOT IN A TOUR. IF YOU START JANUARY 1ST AND IF YOU START JANUARY 1ST AND FINISH NOVEMBER 25TH AND PLAY FINISH NOVEMBER 25TH AND PLAY EVERY DAY, THAT'S HOW LONG THE EVERY DAY, THAT'S HOW LONG THE TOUR IS. TOUR IS. >> YOU DESERVE THE REST. >> YOU DESERVE THE REST. YOUR SONS WILL BE HAPPY TO SEE YOUR SONS WILL BE HAPPY TO SEE DAD A BIT MORE, TOO. DAD A BIT MORE, TOO. >> I'M GOING TO BE HAPPY TO SEE >> I'M GOING TO BE HAPPY TO SEE THEM. THEM. THEY WILL BE THERE AT THE FINAL THEY WILL BE THERE AT THE FINAL SHOW. SHOW. IT'S GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS IT'S GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS OCCASION. OCCASION. WHO KNOWS WHAT IT'S GOING TO WHO KNOWS WHAT IT'S GOING TO FEEL LIKE? FEEL LIKE? I CAN'T PREDICT THAT. I CAN'T PREDICT THAT. IF YOU WANT ME TO COME BACK AND IF YOU WANT ME TO COME BACK AND TELL YOU, I WILL. TELL YOU, I WILL. >> DEAL. >> DEAL. YOU HAVE A DATE. YOU HAVE A DATE. SIR ELTON JOHN, WE ADORE YOUR SIR ELTON JOHN, WE ADORE YOUR MUSIC. MUSIC. WE ADORE THE WORK THAT YOU DO. WE ADORE THE WORK THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU'VE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR AIDS AND ALL THE MUSIC DONE FOR AIDS AND ALL THE MUSIC YOU HAVE GIVEN US. YOU HAVE GIVEN US. GO ON, SIR. GO ON, SIR. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR DRESSING >> THANK YOU ALL FOR DRESSING UP. UP. YOU LOOK AMAZING. YOU LOOK AMAZING. EVERYBODY ELSE NEEDS TO DO THAT EVERYBODY ELSE NEEDS TO DO THAT AND GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA. YEAH, BABY. YEAH, BABY. >> SIR ELTON JOHN, WE THANK YOU. >> SIR ELTON JOHN, WE THANK YOU. EVERYBODY, YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE EVERYBODY, YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE ROCKET