Elton John: Last News

There are many important aspects of Strictly Come Dancing that make the fan-favourite BBC series what it is. Each week, viewers watch celebrities and their professional partners take to the ballroom’s floor to compete for the Glitterball trophy, dancing to some of the biggest hits.

Celine Dion is full of hope and she’s looking terrific in her first appearance on a stage since the Paris Olympics.

Dua Lipa‘s one-off show at London’s Royal Albert Hall, which saw a guest appearance from Elton John, is set to be televised later this year. Find more details below.Lipa played the special gig on October 17, performing in the centre of the iconic venue alongside the 43-piece Heritage Orchestra, a 14-strong choir and seven-piece band.The show was filled with special moments, including a surprise appearance from Sir Elton John who joined for ‘Cold Heart’, the live debut of ‘Radical Optimism‘ track ‘End Of An Era’, and a cover of Cleo Sol‘s ‘Sunshine’.Now, it has been announced that the performance will be broadcast on ITV.

Elton John, Chappell Roan, Lucy Dacus and more were backstage at Joni Mitchell‘s Hollywood Bowl concerts this past weekend for a secret jam session – watch a clip of the jam below.This past Saturday and Sunday (October 19 and 20), Joni Mitchell held her first headlining concerts in Los Angeles in over 24 years. The concerts were a massive deal and featured a star-studded cast of supporting musicians and guest performers.However, it now appears that some major stars reserved their attendance for a secret backstage jam with Joni herself.

David Bowie Centre.The new working store and visitor attraction will be open to the public from May 31, and located at East Bank – the new cultural quarter in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. It is set to home over 500,000 works, including the Glastonbury Festival Archives, costumes from PJ Harvey and Elton John, designer couture, vintage shirts, Samurai swords and many more.

‘I’m Still Standing,’” Mitchell said to the crowd. “But I think I have to sing, ‘I’m still sitting after all these years.’” As if that weren’t enough, Brandi Carlile, Annie Lennox and Meryl Streep — yes, Meryl Streep — also joined in the fun for an all-star rendition of “I’m Still Standing” that drew cheers from the crowd of 17,000 at the amphitheater.It was a joyous highlight of Mitchell’s two-night stand at the Hollywood Bowl — her first headlining concerts in Los Angeles in 24 years.

Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkleman has spilled the beans on who is her favourite colleague behind-the-scenes. Chatting with Vernon Kay on his BBC Radio 2 show, she gushed about her top tunes during Vernon's Tracks Of My Years segment and gave a special shout-out to Primal Scream's 'Movin' On Up' as one of her ultimate tracks. She then confessed to Vernon her eagerness to feature some of the band's hits on Strictly, leading her to sing praises for the show's executive producer, Sarah James.

Mark Sutherland As Dua Lipa stood onstage at London’s 150-year-old Royal Albert Hall, she contemplated some of the illustrious names to tread these hallowed boards before her. “There have been so many notable figures on this stage, like Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Einstein,” she said, tongue firmly in cheek.

Dua Lipa performed a special one-off gig at London’s Royal Albert Hall last night (Thursday October 17), where she was joined on stage by Sir Elton John for ‘Cold Heart’.

Dua Lipa made her Royal Albert Hall debut with a special show ahead of her upcoming Radical Optimism Tour.

Music legend Sir Elton John is being immortalised in a unique waxwork at Madame Tussauds in London, showcasing his signature move of playing the keyboard with his legs in the air.

back.We first started to notice the embellished during the fall-winter 2024 collections, when Undercover’s creative director, Jun Takahashi, dressed up his denim like a Christmas tree with gold tinsel that exploded its way down the seam of otherwise classic blue jeans.The fun didn’t stop there: Fast-forward to the spring-summer 2025 catwalks, and suddenly everyone had a twist on the everyday staple. See Coperni’s shimmering sequined jeans and Gucci’s two-tone denim.

Elton John has been given the Legacy Award at the 2024 Attitude Awards, and taken aim at Elon Musk in his acceptance speech.The 2024 edition of the ceremony took place in London last night (October 9), and saw Sir Elton presented with the prestigious award by Ed Sheeran. He was also joined backstage by Vanessa Williams and Matt Henry – two stars of the upcoming The Devil Wears Prada musical, which the ‘Rocketman’ singer has provided original music for.With the victory, Sir Elton became only the second person ever to receive the Attitude Legacy Award.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Earlier this year, when TikTok and Universal Music Group locked horns over their licensing agreement — and the world’s largest music company removed nearly all of its artists and songwriters’ work from the platform — UMG faced challenges making its case in the court of public opinion. “TikTok proposed paying our artists and songwriters at a rate that is a fraction of the rate that similarly situated major social platforms pay,” UMG chairman CEO Lucian Grainge wrote in an open letter dated Jan.

Vampire Weekend performed a brief cover of Fall Out Boy‘s classic single ‘Sugar, We’re Goin Down’ during a show in New York recently. Watch the footage below.The NYC band played two homecoming gigs at Madison Square Garden last weekend (October 5 and 6) as part of their current North American tour in support of their latest album, ‘Only God Was Above Us’.Recent concerts have seen Ezra Koenig and co.

EastEnders' Jamie Borthwick, who plays Jay Brown on the soap, might be in a bit of a pickle on Strictly Come Dancing, according to a body language expert.The 30-year-old actor and his professional dance partner Michelle Tsiakkas have been wowing both the audience and judges with their stunning performances. Their recent routine to Elton John's hit I'm Still Standing bagged them an impressive score of 30, with the judges showering them with compliments. However, body language guru Darren Stanton, speaking for Betfair Slingo, has predicted that Jamie and Michelle could be the next couple facing the chop due to technical issues.

Jamie Borthwick has been hit by the same comparison as he performed his latest routine on Strictly Come Dancing. The EastEnders star was back in the ballroom on Saturday night (October 5) alongside his dance partner Michelle Tsiakkas.

Shed Seven have scored their second Number One album with their special 30th-anniversary tribute album ‘Liquid Gold’.The band – comprised of Rick Witter, Paul Banks, Tom Gladwin, Tim Wills and Rob Maxfield – previously landed the top spot at the beginning of this year with their sixth studio effort ‘A Matter Of Time’ and made history as the British rock band with the longest gap between their first LP and first Number One album with 26 years and three months in between.It only took them 10 months to claim their second top spot on the charts, putting them in the same company as the likes of The Beatles, Elton John, Diana Ross, Queen, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and ABBA, who have also managed two or more Number One albums in a year.Speaking about earning the Number One spot in a statement to Official Charts, the band shared: “Can’t quite really believe that we’re standing here once again this year, but this is our second Number One of 2024, which is absolutely mind-blowing. We would like to thank our amazing label, Cooking Vinyl, all our crew, and most of all, all the fans who’ve been getting out there this week and getting behind us.“We’re immensely proud, and we can’t wait to get out on tour and celebrate what an amazing year we’ve had.

Elton John told fans “there’s not much of me left” following multiple surgeries due to health issues.The singer was speaking yesterday (October 1) at the premiere of his upcoming career-spanning documentary Elton John: Never Too Late. “To be honest with you, there’s not much of me left,” he joked to the crowd.

“Elton John: Never Too Late,” at the New York Film Festival on Tuesday.“To be honest with you, there’s not much of me left,” John told the audience after a screening of the doc, directed by his husband, David Furnish, and R.J. Cutler.“I don’t have tonsils, adenoids or an appendix,” he went on, per People. “I don’t have a prostate.

Mark Ronson, recent Mercury Prize nominee Cat Burns and Jake Bugg.In a press statement, Burns – who was a student at the BRIT School, which is funded by the BRIT Trust – said: “I’m really excited to perform at the MITS. I’m so grateful to the BRIT School for my time there, and the funds raised through the event are vital in helping to find and nurture the next generation of creative talent.”This year’s MITS Award recipient Jason Iley will follow in the footsteps of past recipients Annie Lennox, Kylie Minogue, Rob Stringer, Emma Banks, Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Lucian Grainge, Michael Eavis, Pete Tong, Roger Daltrey, Jamal Edwards and last year’s awardee Lucy Dickins among many others.Iley has served as Sony Music UK & Ireland’s chairman for the last decade, making him the longest serving chairman in the company’s history.In 2022, Jamal Edwards became the MITS’ first-ever posthumous recipient after the author, broadcaster and DJ died unexpectedly in February that year.