“I’m 75 and she or he been with with me all my life and I really feel very unhappy that that she received’t be with me anymore, however I’m glad she’s at peace,” he stated. “I’m glad she’s at relaxation and she or he deserves it. She labored bloody arduous.”
The singer-songwriter then carried out his 1974 monitor “Don’t Let the Solar Go Down on Me.”
The queen died Thursday at her summer time residence in Scotland at age 96.
John was knighted by the queen in 1998, a yr after the dying of his good friend Princess Diana. Prince Charles additionally anointed the musician and charity patron as a member of the Order of the Companions of Honor final yr.
John’s live performance was the second of two nights at Toronto’s Rogers Centre and a part of his Farewell Yellow Brick Highway tour, billed as his remaining tour.