Elton John Stricken With Pneumonia, Cuts New Zealand Show Short

Elton John performs at Mission Estate in Napier, New Zealand on Feb. 6. 

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Elton John has pneumonia, and it’s unclear if he’ll continue what he says is his final world tour.

“I played and sang my heart out, until my voice could sing no more,” he said in a tweet. “I’m disappointed, deeply upset and sorry. I gave it all I had.”