CATEGORY ARCHIVES

20
SEP
2013

Besides, he says, cutting down on touring will enable him to make more music: he’s planning on doing “something” with Pharrell Williams, and writing a musical about Tammy Faye Bakker – the late Christian singer and flamboyant wife of disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker who is an improbable gay icon – with Scissor Sisters frontman Jake […]

20
SEP
2013

It is with a strong sense of sadness that we announce the passing of Roger Pope, who died on September 17 in Southampton, England. Roger (“Popey” to his many friends) was the drummer for a number of internationally-known acts, but it was with Elton John that he is perhaps most closely associated. Roger and Elton […]

11
SEP
2013

I have a spare ticket to see Elton John Live in the Million Dollar Piano Concert at The Coliseum, Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, NV, USA on Sunday October 6 2013. The ticket is located in Front Orchestra 3, Row DD (4th row from the stage) and retails for $541 USD (Including LET). Please contact the […]

11
SEP
2013

iTunes now has the ability to preview all tracks from The Deluxe Version of The Diving Board, including exclusive tracks ‘Candlelit Bedroom’ and ‘The New Fever Waltz (Live from Capitol Studios)’.

03
SEP
2013

SHARON OSBOURNE has exposed another side to SIR ELTON JOHN by revealing the singer sends her links to filthy websites. Ozzy Osbourne’s wife has been friends with the Your Song hitmaker for years, and insists he shares her dirty sense of humour. Sharon, who recently rejoined the judging panel of The X Factor, has been […]

27
AUG
2013

Fans attending Elton Expo 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada, will get a special treat, when Elton’s lead guitarist, Davey Johnstone, joins the Ben Babylon Band on stage, for at least one song. Percussionist John Mahon will also perform, as was previously reported. Ben, the teenage son of Elton’s late keyboard player and arranger, Guy Babylon, […]

24
AUG
2013

A pair of platform boots belonging to Elton John are part of a unique auction of rock and pop memorabilia being offered for sale in an auction on eBay to help raise funds for Amnesty International’s human rights work. The striking black-leather, knee-high, six-inch platform-soled boots – signed ‘With love, Elton John x’ and decorated […]

28
JUL
2013

A Colorado ranch whose recording studio hosted artists including Elton John, Chicago, Billy Joel and U2 is for sale. Music producer James W. Guercio bought Caribou Ranch near Nederland in 1971. The studio closed in 1985 after a fire, and Guercio sold more than 2,600 acres to the city of Boulder and Boulder County for […]

21
JUL
2013

Somewhere along what is now the Sea to Sky Highway between Vancouver and Squamish lies a little secret spot photographer Tim Barber knows well. It’s a place with an unparalleled view of the ocean that his friends once took him to visit. There used to be a diving board on the edge of a cliff, […]