4 d. ago Elton John and Madonna have made up, but why do famous people publicly go to war?

Sorry seems to be the hardest word – and there is a public appetite for watching high-profile feudsMadonna and Elton John have kissed and made up. After decades of high-octane feuding (more of which anon), Madonna recently turned up impromptu backstage when John was appearing on late-night television sketch show, Saturday Night Live in New York to “confront” him. Her ensuing Instagram post, liked 420,605 times and counting, said: “Over the decades it hurt me to know that someone I admired so much shared his dislike of me publicly as an artist”.Madonna continued: “When I met him, the first thing out of his mouth was ‘Forgive me’, and the walls between us fell down.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Olly Alexander review – part night creature, part light entertainer

Palladium, LondonThe singer and actor hints at an outre new synth-heavy sound, drawn largely from latest album Polari. He stops short, though, of scaring his daytime TV fans“I’m all about playful subversion,” declares Olly Alexander with a grin on the final night of his UK tour. Clad in a series of outfits whose shiny buttons nod towards London’s pearly kings and queens and the dressing-up box – there’s one handily located on the left side of the stage – he is outlining the essence of Polari, the slang once used by the LGBTQ+ community, showfolk and the denizens of London’s Soho, as was.Evolving out of the vocabularies of Italian immigrants and Travellers to evade the understanding of law enforcement and mainstream society in the 19th and early-mid 20th centuries, Polari also doubles as the title of Alexander’s latest, queer-club pop-themed album. Released two months ago, it was the first under his own name; previously, he had traded as Years & Years, first as a band, then as a ...

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4 d. ago Inside Elton John and Madonna's bizarre feud as pair finally 'bury the hatchet'

Madonna and Elton John buried the hatchet after an encounter at the Saturday Night Live studios, though some music lovers were left wondering what had gone down between them

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4 d. ago Elton John wins his TENTH No 1 album drawing him level with Abba, Queen, Kylie Minogue and Michael Jackson... 52 years after his first

Yesterday's feat equals Abba, Queen, Kylie Minogue and Michael Jackson 's number of chart-topping records.

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4 d. ago Sir Elton John scores 10th number one album with Brandi Carlile collaboration

The singer said he has been ‘blown away by the response’ to Who Believes In Angels?.

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5 d. ago Madonna's real face revealed after she shared heavily filtered social media picture

The legendary singer, 60, bundled up in a black jacket, beanie, and sunglasses as she went for a bike ride through the sprawling park.

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6 d. ago Sir Elton John on his collaboration with Brandi Carlile, standing up for young artists — and why the future is dance

Sir Elton John isn’t touching down any time soon — the Rocketman is on a mission to make more music and pass on the creative love to the next generation. By Evgeny Lebedev

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6 d. ago Emma Corrin says AI and the ‘loss of original, organic creativity’ is terrifying

Corrin stars in Black Mirror, the dystopian Netflix series known for exploring the use of artificial intelligence.

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6 d. ago Albums from Miles Davis, Mary J. Blige, Elton John and 'Minecraft' enter National Recording Registry

Albums from Elton John, Tracy Chapman, Mary J

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6 d. ago Amy Winehouse and Elton John among 25 recordings added to National Recording Registry

The recordings included are deemed culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant to American life

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7 d. ago Take That in Las Vegas: Gary Barlow reveals why the group's Nevada residency never occurred

The band were tipped to perform a Las Vegas residency following Adele and Elton John’s successes

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7 d. ago ‘It ain’t over till one of us is gone’: the pop stars who refuse to bury the hatchet

Madonna and Elton John thawed their frosty relationship this week – but from Mariah and J-Lo to David Gilmour and Roger Waters, plenty more are still at loggerheadsWhether informed by the perspective and poignancy of one’s twilight years, or by the promise of loads of touring cash, some of pop’s most bitter feuds are being put to bed. This week Madonna, who had caught wind that Elton John was appearing on SNL, headed down to the studios and – blessed with an A-lister’s supernatural freedom of movement – confronted John backstage over his various unkind remarks about her in the past. She forgave him and a potential collaboration is in the works.Meanwhile Oasis are getting ready to go back out on tour after years of tuber-based jibes between the Gallagher brothers, and Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel had an emotional reunion last year with the latter admitting he’d “been a fool” to berate Simon in an interview. So who might be next? Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Madonna and Elton John 'finally bury the hatchet' after years of feuding

Sir Elton John has long taken aim at pop superstar Madonna, with a series of nasty digs over the years yet it has all come to an end thanks to an unexpected reunion

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8 d. ago Elton John and Madonna ‘bury the hatchet’ after feud and hint at collaboration

The singer watched Sir Elton perform Little Richard’s Bible with Brandi Carlile on Saturday Night Live.

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8 d. ago Sir Elton John set to earn 10th UK number one album with Who Believes In Angels?

He has already had 10 number ones in the UK singles chart.

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9 d. ago Sir Elton John and Princess Diana's bitter feud just one year before her death

Sir Elton John had a close bond with the late Diana, Princess of Wales and even sang at her funeral but before her death, the close friends stopped speaking for a while

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9 d. ago Sir Elton John says he was 'letting himself down' while recording his new album because he 'wasn't feeling very well' amid his blindness battle

The iconic singer, 78, contracted a severe eye infection in July which left him blind in his right eye, with 'limited vision' in his left.

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9 d. ago Elton John fans all saying same thing about his piano playing on SNL amid 'distressing' blindness battle

Elton John fans are all saying the same thing about his piano playing following his performance on SNL amid his 'distressing' blindness battle.

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1 week ago ‘It’s distressing’: Elton John speaks of pain of losing his eyesight

Artist says severe eye infection last year has left him unable to read, see TV or watch his sons playing sportsElton John has spoken of his distress at losing his eyesight and how he can no longer watch his young sons playing.John revealed in a social media post last year that a “severe eye infection” had left him “with only limited vision in one eye”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Sir Elton John on 'distressing' health problem that has left him 'emotional'

The superstar has opened up about his probl;ems

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