Elton John, who celebrated his 70th birthday with a glitzy party in Los Angeles on Saturday, may stop touring so he can spend more family time with his partner David Furnish and their two sons.
"There will be a decision made in the next six months, probably,’ he told BBC Radio 1 Beats. "I will want to stop touring - not playing, but touring. Seventy isn’t 60, it’s not 50. I want to spend time with my boys."
The singer told fans he wanted to ‘live another 20 years’ to be doing ‘Beats 1 Radio at 90’, but said fatherhood with his Zachary (6) and Elijah (4) had changed him.
"Everything I thought I was, I’m not because of them. I have so much love for them - they’ve taught me a lot," he said. "If I was 15 years younger, I’d have two or three more."
The Daily Mail suggested that `less than impressive' sales for his recent album Wonderful Crazy Night had a bearing on John's decision to bring the retirement date forward from 2018, which the singer had originally proposed.
John is believed to want to devote more time to his charity, the Elton John Aids Foundation, which has raised over £275 million to date.
