Elton John playing White House lawn as part of farewell tour

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Elton John was all in on a plan to perform at the White House before the world-famous rockin' piano player hangs it up — he says — for good.

FILE - Elton John performs during his "Farewell Yellow Brick Road," tour, Friday, July 15, 2022, at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The White House will become a concert venue Friday, Sept. 23, when Elton John performs. The event is called “A Night When Hope and History Rhyme,” a reference to a poem by Seamus Heaney that President Joe Biden often quotes.

WASHINGTON — Elton John was all in on a plan to perform at the White House before the world-famous rockin’ piano player hangs it up — he says —John was swinging by the South Lawn on Friday night for a show he’s calling “A Night When Hope and History Rhyme,” a reference to a poem by Irishman Seamus Heaney that President Joe Biden often quotes.

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