6/23/21-Elton’s last tour dates
(CNN) Elton John has announced a final tour called “Farewell Yellow Brick Road,” three and a half years after hit “Farewell Yellow Brick Road: The Final Tour.” “The shows that I announce today will be my final tour dates ever in North America and Europe. I’m going to go out in the biggest possible way, […]
5/9/21-Elton John on hated song
Source: music-news.com Sir Elton John has will “throw a party” when he never has to play ‘Crocodile Rock’ again. The music legend is not a fan of his 1972 hit and has vowed never to perform it once his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour comes to an end in 2023. Asked on Watford FC […]
2/20/21-Elton John Update
Source: music-news.com Sir Elton John has embarked on a fitness and diet regime to help him shed the pounds during the lockdown. The Rocket Man star’s filmmaker husband David Furnish gave an interview to Good Morning Britain (GMB) on Friday about lockdown life with the music legend during which he touched on Elton’s health […]
12/16/20-Elton's latest honor
Source: music-news.com Sir Elton John is to be honored at the Global Citizen Prize ceremony. The event is staged to honor individuals or groups who use their platforms to promote awareness and positive change. The Rocket Man star will be recognized for his work with his AIDS Foundation. Elton has worked tirelessly to end the […]
7/8/20-Elton cancels dates
Source: music-news.com Elton John has postponed the homecoming U.K. leg of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour by a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The rock legend was due to play stadiums in his homeland this winter but has now pushed the dates in London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin and Leeds […]
2/10/20-Elton's Oscar!
Source: music-news.com The 73-year-old singer and his long-time songwriting partner scooped their first joint Oscar for Best Original Song for ‘Rocketman’s ‘(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again’ on Sunday and the veteran entertainer insisted he couldn’t have achieved any of their success on his own. Speaking backstage at the Academy Awards, Elton said: “This is for […]
11/16/19-Elton on Princes; hits
Sir Elton John refuses to play ‘Candle in the Wind’ in front of Prince William and Prince Harry Source: music-news.com The 72-year-old star and his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin updated the 1973 tribute song to Marilyn Monroe in 1997 after Princess Diana’s death but Elton admitted that the only time her sons have ever heard […]
10/6/19-Sir Elton John's close call
Sir Elton John was ’24 hours from death’ when he contracted an infection. The hit maker got seriously ill after surgery for prostate cancer back in 2017, where fluid was leaking from his lymph nodes. He said: “I was incredibly lucky – although, I have to say, I didn’t feel terribly lucky at the time. […]
7/31/19-Elton John's sobriety
Elton John is celebrating almost three decades of sober living. The 72-year-old music icon took to Instagram on Monday to mark the milestone, sharing a photo of his Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) sobriety coin as he reflected on how far he’s come. “Twenty-nine years ago today, I was a broken man,” he wrote. “I finally summoned […]
6/12/19-Rocketman banned
Elton John’s new biopic Rocketman has been banned from release in Samoa due to its onscreen depiction of homosexuality. The film adaptation of the openly gay star’s life, starring Taron Egerton as the rock legend, doesn’t shy away from the sex and drug-fuelled days of his early career – and the vivid scenes have caused […]