You’ve also been busy writing plenty of songs for others, including a collaboration with Swedish House Mafia on a song for Elton John. How did that come about? That’s a damn good question, Sebastian Ingrosso approached me about nine months ago, I’ve been collaborating with Sebastian for a while now, a number of years. We […]
The Take That star included a track with his hero, Face to Face, on his 2013 solo album Since I Saw You Last, and he was determined to treat his fans to a rendition of the song when he hits the road. However, Barlow knew he would not be able to convince Sir Elton to […]
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road American Hustle’s soundtrack is jammed with ’70s hits, and this scene, soundtracked to “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” perfectly nailed the film’s “darker side of aspiration” theme. Rocket Man Rocket Man” has appeared in dozens of films and television shows, as well as commercials, but William Shatner’s incredible spoken word version at […]
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road represents Elton John’s flamboyant commercial peak and has sold more than 31 million copies worldwide. But when it came to choosing artists to revisit the album on a newly recorded disc accompanying the album’s 40th Anniversary Edition, Elton decided Ed Sheeran’s down to earth approach would fit the record’s most celebrated […]
Celebrating its 40th anniversary right about now, Elton John’s ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ remains the British artist’s most enduring LP, a critically acclaimed collection that also more than tickled the pop charts, spawning two top-10 hits in the UK – ‘Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting’ and the title track – and seeing ‘Candle In The […]
The Million Dollar Piano, playing at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in March and April will be its only run of 2014. Elton and the band will be coming to Lyon, France on July 16 at the Theatre Romain Fourviere. EltonJohn.com: What do you recall about the attempt to record the album in Jamaica? Davey […]
Woodside, Old Windsor, England, the morning after the owner of the house has picked up the first of two awards in as many days. Last evening, Sir Elton John performed a televised show at the London Palladium, where he collected the inaugural Brits Icon award. Later today, he’ll leave his Berkshire estate again, to pick […]
Say hello again to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, the album that put Elton John on a fast track to superstardom. The expanded reissue, available in multiple formats, arrives March 25, on John’s 67th birthday. The singer/pianist was 26 when the pivotal double album was released in 1973. With its sterling songwriting, radiant showmanship and sparkling […]
Check out sample clips of all the new covers of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road at Spark Studios
When Elton John and his team were planning his latest tour, the Magic City was on his mind, according to his tour manager DC Parmet. “Birmingham was always at the top of the list to go back to because Elton owes it to the fans,” he said. “He hates to disappoint the fans and I […]