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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Fans have been flocking

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Speaker 1: to see Elton John one last time on his Farewell

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Speaker 1: Yellow Brick Road Tour, and with just about fifty shows

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Speaker 1: still to go before he calls it a career, it's

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Speaker 1: already become the third highest grossing tour in music history.

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Speaker 1: Certain John has grossed more than six hundred sixty million

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Speaker 1: dollars from its two d and fifty plush shows to date,

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Speaker 1: making it one of only three tours to surpass the

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Speaker 1: six hundred million dollar mark. YouTube currently ahead of Elton

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Speaker 1: John a number two with more than seven hundred thirty million,

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Speaker 1: and Elton's friend Ed Sheeran reigns at number one with

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Speaker 1: over seven hundred seventy million, but Elton could surpass him.

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Speaker 1: And what might be most impressive about Elton's place on

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Speaker 1: the list is the size of the venues he's played

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Speaker 1: to reach this point, arenas averaging fifteen thousand fans. The

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Speaker 1: others were stadium tours with fifty thousand attendees. Elton also

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Speaker 1: currently ranks as the most successful solo artist in tour

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Speaker 1: history across his career, with more than one point seven

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Speaker 1: billion in tickets sold. That's direct from Hollywood,