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Sir Elton John visits renamed road at his beloved Watford FC and praises it as 'fantastic' after street was retitled in homage of his iconic album

Sir Elton John has praised the decision to rename a road after his 1973 album as he visited it for the first time since the change.

The street runs along the side of Watford Football Club's stadium, Vicarage Road, and was originally called Occupation Road.

However, a group of fans, The 1881 Movement, petitioned the council to rename the road in homage to Sir Elton, 76, and it was finally made official last week.

The street has been changed to Yellow Brick Road, as a nod to Sir Elton's iconic album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, and his recent Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour

New yellow signs have been put up to mark the official name change, with the singer proudly visiting this week.