The British singer is in France for a series of concerts, as part of his farewell tour.

Emmanuel Macron is about to decorate a legend of pop. Elton John will receive from the hands of the President of the Republic legion of honor Friday, June 21, on the occasion of the Feast of Music, according to information from the Journal du Dimanche .

Already an officer of Arts and Letters since 1993, the singer with the 30 albums studios should also take the opportunity "to launch a call for the reconstitution of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria". Sunday weekly.

Great Farewell Tour

As part of its farewell tour, the Candle in the Wind performer will perform on many French stages this week: Tuesday in Lille, Thursday at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, Saturday at the Arkéa Arena in Bordeaux and Sunday at the arenas of Nîmes. It should still go back to Paris on October 10th and 11th.

In parallel, the biopic that Dexter Fletcher devoted to him, The Rocketman , with Taron Egerton in the role of the singer, is now close to the 500,000 French box office entries.