Intrepid Wonder World! reporter Jonathan 'Jono' Coleman, is pictured here with singer Elton John on 20 November 1980 at a press event to announce a tour of Australia. 

To celebrate Sir Elton John's farewell tour, we've found some rare press conferences and interviews from previous visits to Australia in 1974, 1984 and 1988.

Elton John in Sydney in February 1984 held a press conference behind the bar of the Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel before kicking off his Too Low For Zero tour of Australia. 

Channel 7 footage from Elton John's Australian press conference in February 1974 ahead of his Australian concert tour. 

Elton John is interviewed by Brad Robinson for Channel Ten's news magazine program, Page One, about the release of his latest album Reg Strikes Back in 1988.