Elton John made light of his worsening eyesight while presenting the award for Best Original Score at the 2025 Golden Globes on Sunday night. While taking the stage with Brandi Carlile on Sunday, John playfully mistook the folklore singer for a completely different icon. “I don’t know if you know, …
Read More »Golden Globes 2025: Nikki Glaser Returns the Show to Its Messy, Funny Glory
You did it, Golden Globes. You made it to 2025. It sounds crazy, but the unkillable tenacity of the Golden Globes is such a surprise, it’s downright heartwarming. Just a couple of year ago, it looked like the end of the line for the drunkest, messiest, tackiest, ditziest, and bitchiest …
Read More »Elton John's New Wax Figure Is Defying Gravity
Elton John has long been immortalized on wax (y’know, vinyl records), and now he’s been immortalized in wax with a new statue at Madame Tussauds London. The figure impressively captures John in the midst of one of his famous piano handstands. The wax figure’s outfit is based on the one …
Read More »Elton John Confirms Fans Can Expect 'More' Music on 'Colbert'
Elton John stopped by The Late Show to discuss his documentary, Elton John: Never Too Late. During the lengthy conversation with host Stephen Colbert, the singer said fans can expect new music. “You will be getting some more,” John confirmed. “The juices have never dried up. They never want to …
Read More »Elton John Reimagines 'Step Into Christmas' With New Video Starring Cara Delevingne
More than 50 years after Elton John released his holiday classic “Step Into Christmas,” the singer has revisited the 1973 single with a new video starring Cara Delevingne. The new visual riffs on John’s original video for the song, with Delevingne playing the role of thesinger as a production team …
Read More »Pharrell, Elton John, Lainey Wilson Land on Oscars' Best Original Song Short List
Songs by Pharrell, Elton John, and Lainey Wilson, as well as multiple selections from Emelia Pérez, have made the Oscars’ shortlist for Best Original Song. Pharrell’s “Piece by Piece,” the title track from his animated Lego biopic, made the cut, as did John’s “Never Too Late,” co-written with Brandi Carlile …
Read More »'Elton John: Never Too Late:' How to Watch the New Music Documentary Online
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. “When I was very young, my life was all consumed by music. I just wanted to become a songwriter,” Elton John says in archival audio clips for Elton …
Read More »Elton John Says Legalizing Weed Is 'One of the Greatest Mistakes'
Elton John, who has been sober since 1990, believes marijuana never should’ve been legalized. “I maintain that it’s addictive,” he said in a new interview with Time, which named him Icon of the Year. “It leads to other drugs. And when you’re stoned —and I’ve been stoned —you don’t think …
Read More »Elton John Says He Was 'Just a Void' Years After Dropping Name and Childhood Persona
Elton John discusses how Reginald Dwight became Elton John, and his realization years later that overhauling his persona had left him feeling empty inside, in this exclusive clip from his upcoming interview on Good Morning America. During the interview, GMA’s Robin Roberts asks John about his aversion to his birth …
Read More »Dua Lipa's New Live Album Has a Moving Elton John Duet
In October, Dua Lipa did a spectacular one-night-only live performance at London’s historic Royal Album Hall. It was a classy hometown coronation of sorts for the singer, who grew up in the city and has become one of the biggest pop artists to come out of the UK in the …
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