Elton John

Sir Elton John is to headline a new Hyde Park festival celebrating British songwriters - Ray Davies and Elvis Costello will also play. | bbci.co.ukRead Full Story

(Photo: Getty Images)As evidenced by the onslaught of boos he received over the weekend at the Billboard Music Awards, Justin Bieber has plenty of rather vocal detractors. But that hasn't stopped him from breaking a 16-year-old record, signaling the fact that Bieber's still as popular as ever. Bieber's "Baby" has surpassed Elton John's Princess Diana-inspired 1997 re-release of "Candle in the Wind" as the highest-certified single in history. The honor comes in large part because the Recording...Read Full Story

Elton John was born on the 25th of March in 1947. He is a British composer, pianist, singer, and occasional actor. In his music career, Bernie Taupin was his music partner since 1967. The two colleagues worked with the DJM label and have released more than thirty albums to date.  Elton John released his first album in 1970 that made him well-known all over the world. Some of the most prominent hits he released include Philadelphia Freedom, Island Girl, Crocodile Rock, and Your Song, among...Read Full Story

(Getty Images)Today in baffling celebrity friendships, there's this picture of Elton John and Chris Brown. Huh. Brown, who recently celebrated Rihanna's 25th birthday with the singer in Hawaii, slipped into his fanciest leopard print jacket to attend the 21st annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscars viewing party in West Hollywood alongside Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Steven Tyler, Kim Kardashian, and a bevy of other superstars.There's no word on how he reacted to Seth MacFarlane's off-color...Read Full Story

(Getty Images) The Lumineers' Wesley Schultz admitted this week in an XFM London interview that his band's drummer Jeremiah Fraites got slapped in the head at the Grammys, but he couldn't have been more thrilled."We were nominated for two awards but didn't win," Schultz explained. "As we were walking in, Elton John stopped us and said he has been listening to our album and was a fan. Our drummer said, 'There's no f**king way you are a fan!' Elton just slapped him in the face and put him...Read Full Story