Elton John to retire?

Elton John has hinted he wants to retire from touring - so he can spend more time with boyfriend David Furnish.

The 57-year-old has admitted he is struggling to keep up with his gruelling world tours and says he is starting to think about taking life easy.

Elton, who is contracted to perform 75 concerts over the next three years at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, confessed: "I'm not going to be like The Who and do a farewell tour for the next 15 years, but I am finding it harder, emotionally, to stay on the road.

"There will come a time when my lifestyle has to change. Why I'm still trying to prove something to myself, I don't know. I have a lovely private life with David but we don't spend enough time together."

Elton also wants to follow his dream of opening a retirement home for him and all his showbiz pals, including Pet Shop Boys star Neil Tennant and artists Sam Taylor Wood.

He said: "I always wanted to buy a big retirement home and live in it with all my friends

An old department store in the King's Road would be perfect. I could run the CD shop, Neil Tennant the bookshop and Sam Taylor-Wood the art shop.

"Either that or buy a big chateau in France and just walk around in kaftans eating doughnuts all day."
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