Elton John, who vowed he would never tour again after his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour concluded in July 2023, is returning to the road for at least one night.
The legendary singer-songwriter will perform May 9 at Petco Park, where he will headline the 2025 Concerts for Cures to raise funds for Curebound, the San Diego nonprofit whose previous benefit concerts here have featured Alicia Keys and Ed Sheeran. John is himself a cancer survivor. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2017, received treatment, then began his farewell tour in 2018.
Curebound is a 501c3 organization that raises and invests funding for innovative adult and pediatric cancer research in San Diego. The nonprofit has raised more than $8.5 million with its two previous Curebound benefit concerts since launching here in 2021. It has funded more than $45 million in cancer research for 140-plus study grants for more than 20 types of pediatric and adult cancers…