Singer Elton John will be received by the Bidens at the White House on Friday, where he will perform a concert to “celebrate the unifying and restorative power of music,” the executive said in a statement. US President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, also want to “salute the life and work” of the British pop legend, it is specified.
The White House will invite “those who make history every day” to the concert, including teachers, caregivers, frontline workers, students, LGBT+ rights activists and advocates for better mental health care. The president and his wife will make speeches.
300 million records sold
Elton John, who turned 75 last spring, is known for his planetary successes as goodbye yellow brick road, Your song, rocket man Where Can you feel the love tonight, but also for his commitment to associationism, particularly in the fight against AIDS. He has sold over 300 million records worldwide.
On Monday, the US presidential couple were at Westminster Abbey to attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, who died on September 8 at the age of 96. A few hours after the announcement of her disappearance, while on stage in Toronto, Elton John paid tribute to the monarch. In front of giant screens projecting a portrait of the queen, he had a few words for whoever knighted him in 1998:
“I am 75 years old, she has been with me all my life and I am very sad that she is no longer with me. really difficult.”
Source: BFM TV
