With a million people watching, his husband David Furnish and their children, as well as celebrity friends including Paul McCartney, Taron Egerton, Andrew Garfield, David Walliams and the Spice Girls were also present.
Elton wore a gold suit and fireworks went off as he sat at his piano. Elton dedicated his penultimate song Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me to the late George Michael on what would have been the singer's 60th birthday.