Oh, but he’s weird and he’s wonderful. Elton John has spent 50 glorious years building one of the strangest songbooks in music – there isn’t a pop trend this genius hasn’t pillaged at least once. He’s ...

Before Elton John has even sung a note on his 37 th studio album, Who Believes in Angels?, his fans’ spirits will be soaring. The slow-building two-minute prelude to opening track, The Rose of Laura ...

After closing his touring career at Glastonbury in 2023, Elton John remains vocal about his passion for music that has influenced him over the years. Celebrating a range of musical influences on BBC ...

Reginald Kenneth Dwight was a 20-year-old session musician when he applied for a job at a London record label, and was paired up with a lyricist named Bernie Taupin in 1967. Dwight adopted the stage ...

When Elton John sits down at the piano, you know you’re in for something special. Often adorned in wild costumes with feathery glasses and pastel threads, John has been wowing audiences since the ...

On April 17, 1972, Elton John released Rocket Man, a hit that became his career-defining song and cemented his global ...

There’s a moment in “Elton John: Never Too Late,” a robustly satisfying and emotional documentary about the life and career of Elton John, that captures him, in a most revealing way, in his ’70s ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

It dives into Elton's '70s heyday, which it captures with astonishing archival detail, cutting back and forth between that and the lead-up to his 2022 Farewell Concert in Dodger Stadium. There’s a ...