If you're a music fan with a The Word magazine subscription you might be interested to read Sir Elton John's opinion on music in the UK.
The singer, who recently became a father for the first time, told The Word magazine he finds it difficult to distinguish between music from The Saturdays, Cheryl Cole and Girls Aloud.
He said: "It's hard to tell Girls Aloud from The Saturdays. And then there's Cheryl Cole... It's all c**p."
"British pop music like that is the worst, it's just awful. It could have been made by anybody. All lip-synchers should be shot. Only drag queens are allowed to lip-synch," he added, in The Word magazine interview.
The expletives got worse in The Word magazine interview, with Sir Elton saying he only approves of groups who actually manage to sing their own songs.
He added: "99 per cent of the other f****** Herberts out there can't sing a note."
Sir Elton is currently promoting a new UK film, Gnomeo and Juliet, which he provides the music for.
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Sir Elton John and
David Furnish have become closer following the birth of their new son.
The couple – who welcomed baby Zachary Jackson Levon into the world on Christmas Day (25.12.10) with the help of a surrogate mother – have found their relationship has improved since the new arrival, and the 63-year-old singer has found he is a “natural” father.
David explained: “It’s joyful, and it was interesting – I didn’t think, after 17 years we could feel any closer to each other, but I feel like the whole experience has brought us even closer together.
“And I just marvel at Elton at 63 years of age, attacking fatherhood for the first time. He’s just a complete natural, he’s rolled his sleeves up and got right involved, it’s been wonderful.”
While Sir Elton admitted he previously thought he was too old to be a father, his age is “nobody else’s business” as long as the pair bring up baby Zach well.
He added to British morning TV show ‘Daybreak’: “It crossed my mind a bit, I always said to you in the old days that maybe I’m too old to have a baby. I knew I would get criticized – we would get criticized – and I knew that it’s not everybody’s cup of tea, you can’t please everybody.
“We are not stupid people, we knew that we would get a lot of flak from certain areas, and we did, but we can rise above that and just bring our child up in the proper way. And at the end of the day it’s really nobody else’s business.”
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Little monsters rejoice! Lady Gaga has revealed the artwork for “Born This Way,” the first single off her album of the same name, coming May 23. In the black-and-white photo, the pop queen turns her head towards
the camera as wind blows her blonde locks away from her face, accented by
dramatic eye makeup and solid black
lipstick. The upbeat record, produced by Gaga, Fernando Garibay, and DJ White Shadow, premieres this Friday and she will perform it live at Sunday’s Grammy
Awards.
After hearing her new music, Elton John bestowed praise upon the title track. “The first single is the anthem that’s going to obliterate [Gloria Gaynor's] ‘I Will Survive,’” he told
Rolling Stone. “I can’t think of how huge it’s going to be.”
Elton John Additions
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Most tours can add dates in individual markets with hardly a notice from local media. Most tours, that is, but not
Elton John’s.
Daytona Beach Ocean Center, Daytona Beach, Fla.
November 20, 2010
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“Billings Books Elton John” reads the headline at
BillingsGazette.com while the
Duluth News Tribune proclaims, “Duluth Lands Elton John Concert.” Fact is, more than 40 years after “Your Song” introduced the world to the bespectacled popster, word that Elton John is coming to town is still big news. Nice to know there are still a few things you can count on.
New to the piano pounder’s road trip are April and May shows, beginning with Bismarck, N.D., at the Civic Center Arena April 6; Spokane, Wash., at the Spokane Arena April 8; Billings, Mont., at the Rimrock Auto Arena At MetraPark April 10; Wilkes-Barre, Penn., at the Mohegan Sun Arena At Casey Plaza April 22; Rochester, Minn., at the Blue Cross Arena April 23 and Duluth, Minn., at the Duluth Ent. Conv. Ctr. Arena May 6.
To be sure, there’s more to Elton’s visits to Billings and Duluth than two more dates on the tour. Elton’s Rimrock Auto Arena show marks the first major concert for the arena since a tornado tore the roof off of the structure June 20, resulting in the building losing several large sporting events valued at more than $5 million, according to NBC affiliate
KULR-TV.
But not only has RimRock been repaired, but the arena has also received several upgrades since last year’s twister, including a $6 million sound system, new restrooms and elevators. However, KULR reports that not all improvements will be ready by the time fans fill up the seats for Elton.
Elton John To Handle Induction Honors For Leon Russell
Posted: Feb 08, 2011 6:14 PM
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Oklahoma music great Leon Russell will be ushered into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next month and hall of famer Elton John will do the honors.
Elton John recently released an album with Russell, whom he calls his longtime idol. Both are up for a Grammy Award for the single "If It Wasn't For Bad", from the collaboration, "The Union", which debuted No. 3 on the Billboard U.S. chart last year.
Russell is being inducted into the Rock Hall with the Award for Musical Excellence Award. He was born in Lawton, but spent much of his youth in Tulsa, attending Will Rogers High School and playing at Tulsa nightclubs.
He would go on to a career that saw him play with such artists as Eric Clapton, Elton John, Willie Nelson, The Beach Boys, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Frank Sinatra, Glen Campbell and the Rolling Stones.
Russell had a street in Tulsa named for him in November as part of Third Street between Peoria and Utica in the Pearl District was renamed "Leon Russell Road". Russell had his Church Studios in the Pearl District.
Others who will be inducted with Russell at this year's ceremony are Alice Cooper Band, Neil Diamond, Dr. John, Darlene Love, Tom Waits, Jac Holzman and Art Rupe.
Elton John, Paul Simon to be Rock Hall presenters
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Associated Press - February 8, 2011 3:15 PM ET
NEW YORK (AP) - Elton John recently made an album with his longtime idol, Leon Russell. Now he'll do the induction honors when Russell is ushered into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next month.
Russell and John are up for a Grammy award for their work on the joint album "The Union."
John won't be the only Rock and Roll Hall of Famer honoring the 2011 class on March 14.
Paul Simon will induct Neil Diamond, and Neil Young will induct Tom Waits.
Also, Rob Zombie will induct Alice Cooper while John Legend will induct Dr. John. And Bette Midler will pay tribute to Darlene Love.
If you're a music fan with a The Word magazine subscription you might be interested to read Sir Elton John's opinion on music in the UK.
