Chappell Roan Was Booked for Elton John’s Oscars Party After They Became ‘Dear’ Friends, David Furnish Says: ‘He Keeps an Eye on Her’

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Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Elton John counts himself as one of Chappell Roan’s earliest fans. He became aware of the singer before her debut album, “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess,” was released in 2023. “He was about as early as an early adopter can be to her talent.

Subsequently, she’s become a dear friend to Elton and me,” the Rocket Man’s husband David Furnish tells me. “He keeps an eye on her and loves what she has achieved musically.” John and Furnish attended one of Roan’s shows at London’s O2 Academy Brixton in September. “Elton hadn’t been to Brixton since 1968 or something.

It was a real pilgrimage,” Furnish says. “We were both just blown away by her and her performance. This is a an artist with one album under their belt and she played every single song from the album.

The audience knew every word, and she just gave them the most spectacular performance. Her band were fantastic. She knew how to put a song across to an audience in such an electric and powerful and entertaining way.” So it should come as no surprise that the “Pink Pony Club” hitmaker will perform at this year’s Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party.