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“There was a guy checking out people who were coming in, and he’d go over the microphone, ‘Now here’s Elton John and his band!’”: Davey Johnstone on guitar shopping with Elton John – and how he ended up with his iconic Les Paul Custom

Johnstone says some of his best guitars came via the kindness of Elton John as he recalls one surreal day in the legendary NYC gear institution Manny's and the unexpected gift of a Clapton Strat

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“John called us and said he thought that we were the best stuff that he had heard since the Beatles… To hear that from John Lennon was like, ‘What?’ It was a wonderful compliment”: Davey Johnstone on Elton John’s smash-hit Beatles collab with John Lennon

How a visit from John Lennon during the sessions for Elton John’s 1975 masterpiece Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy yielded an impromptu Beatles cover and another number one hit

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“I’ll never forget it – the three of us were almost in tears. We’re getting to sing this, Elton and Bernie’s whole history up to that point”: Davey Johnstone on the making of Elton John’s 1975 masterpiece, Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy

It began aboard the high seas, a concept record about Elton John and Bernie Taupin's early days, and when the band got to Caribou Ranch, they'd turn out one of the greatest albums of the '70s

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"People started to leave. I was terrified": The story of Elton John's favourite Elton John album and the calamitous stadium show that followed

Gold even before its release, Captain Fantastic And The BrownDirt Cowboy was worth the hard work. But the album markedthe end of Elton John’s imperial period – and his band

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The Stylistics and Shania Twain spread the love this Valentine's Day with new collab Yes, I Will

The Stylistics have released their first new song in more than 16 years, featuring none other than Shania Twain.

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The Stylistics recruit Shania Twain, Gene Simmons and Justin Hawkins for new album

The Stylistics worked with music royalty from the worlds of rock, pop, country and more on their new album 'Falling In Love With My Girl'.

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Sober after years of alcoholism, I was about to drink again. Elton John saved me

My addiction had almost destroyed me – and now I was on the brink of a relapse. Then I remembered how the star had turned his own life around

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"We knew within forty-five minutes that we had a superstar. It was electrifying": The Elton John show that launched his career into the stratosphere

In August 1970, Elton John played his first US gig at the 300-capacity Troubadour club in Los Angeles. It would change everything

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Elton fan learned piano in lockdown and now gigs round world in tribute to his idol

Elton John fan Tom Cridland learned how to play keyboard during lockdown with his girlfriend and now tours the world playing his idol's songs, earning £100,00 in the process

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Why Was Elton John's Drummer Wearing Golf Gloves At Glastonbury?

It's not the first time that Nigel Olsson has been spotted wearing golf gloves whilst performing on stage

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Elton John at BST Hyde Park: Wall-to-wall hits on a night of bittersweet joy

Rock’s biggest showman works his magic once more

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