British singer Elton John has officially retired from touring after his final concert in Stockholm, Sweden, where he thanked fans for 52 years "of pure joy" during his career. He highlighted that he wanted to spend more time with his family in 2018, and then launched his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour. The farewell tour was supposed to end in 2021, but was delayed after COVID-19 hit. At 76-years-old, he has achieved 35 gold and 25 platinum albums, five Grammy Awards, five Brit Awards, two Academy Awards, two Golden Globes, a Tony Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, a Disney Legend Award, and the Kennedy Center Honor; his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour has also become the highest-grossing tour of all time. Since the start of his career in 1969, he has played over 3,500 concerts worldwide, and has composed 31 studio albums, 5 live albums, 10 soundtrack albums, 16 compilation albums, 4 extended plays, 3 tribute albums, 4 collaboration albums, and 2 holiday albums, which all comes out to 464 songs in total. Wow!
On another note, severe weather is punishing the northeastern US, causing road closures, water rescues, flash floods, and some damaging winds. The heavy rain has flooded multiple major cities, and at least one person was killed after they were swept away in Orange County, New York. New York and Vermont are the hardest hit states so far, but more rain is yet to come. In fact, the governor of Vermont declared a state of emergency because of the flooding, and over 9,000 people are out of power in the New England state. Over 25 million people are still under flood alerts across the entire Northeast as well, because the water can quickly flood basements, parking garages, and ground floors; officials are urging residents to move to higher floors to avoid the high water levels.
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