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Ed Sheeran and Elton John Perform 'The A Team' at the 2013 Grammys

Scott Shetler — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:50:58 +0000

Two generations of British singer-songwriters joined forces at the 2013 Grammy Awardswhen Elton John teamed up with Song of the Year nominee Ed Sheeran for an excellent rendition of ‘The A Team.’ Normally, we might a call a performance with only acoustic guitar and piano “stripped down,” but since Sheeran’s original recording featured little more [...]

Elton John Wants Justin Timberlake To Play Him In Movie About His Life [Music Video]

Chadwick — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:01:28 +0000

A movie is in development right now called "Rocketman" about the life of legendary songwriter and performer Elton John. When asked by the Los Angeles Times who he would like to see play him Elton pointed to Justin Timberlake. Saying that " played me before in a video . . . and was superb." Check out the music video for "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" Mr. John is referring to. The song is beautiful and the video is pretty sweet as well. Check it out.

Elton John Hosts 'Saturday Night Live' [VIDEOS]

96.7 Kiss FM — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:21:22 +0000

Elton John put on a show as host of ÔSaturday Night LiveÕ this weekend, marking only his second appearance on the long running sketch comedy show.

In his opening monologue, John proclaimed Òthe bitch is backÓ before launching into a series of jokes about his new baby boy, whom John said was born with Òten fingers, ten toes, and $400 million dollars.Ó John also joked about Lady Gaga being his sonÕs (named Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John) godmother.

As for the actual sketches, many seemed to rely on jokes about JohnÕs British roots, his flamboyant stage persona and his sexuality, including one sketch titled ÔThe Old West,Õ in which John played, well, a flamboyant cowboy. (Really, can you blame the writers? WeÕre still trying to figure out why John hosted in the first place.)