Sir Elton John "owes" it to his children to quit touring.
Sir Elton John
The 71-year-old singer is currently on his three-year farewell tour and revealed his decision to retire from touring is all down to his two young sons, Zachary, eight and Elijah, six.
He told the Daily Mirror: "The reason I did this farewell tour was because I've been travelling since I was 17 in a group and then as Elton.
"The situation has changed personally. My children need to be with me and I need to be with them.
"I'm fed up travelling - and I travel in the most comfortable, luxurious way - but I find it really boring.
"By the time I finish I'll be at least 75. That will be a chance to reassess what I want to do. I just owe it to those children to be there for them."
And although they live a life of unimaginable luxury and count Lady Gaga as their Godmother or "Gagamother", Elton insisted his sons with husband David Furnish, 56, are "quite grounded".
He said: "They've seen the tour in New York. They know Daddy is famous. But when we are out and people are taking our photograph or ask for a photograph, they say, 'Why do they want your photograph?' We always say it's 'because people like my music'. We don't say because I'm famous, or anything like that. I try to leave Elton on the stage.
"And they love their daddy's music but they also like a lot of other people's music, so they're quite grounded."
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