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Elton John Ill – Cancels Concerts

Gailen Sprague — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:52:29 +0000

Elton John is suffering from a serious respiratory infection, and has been forced to cancel performances of his Las Vegas show The Million Dollar Piano on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Elton first became ill last weekend but his condition worsened and he was hospitalized at L.A.’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Wednesday. After undergoing tests [...]

Puddle of Mudd Covers Led Zeppelin, Elton John, and More on New Album [VIDEO]

Jeff Giles — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 20:30:39 +0000

When they entered the studio to work on songs for a follow-up to 2009′s ‘Volume 4: Songs in the Key of Love & Hate,’ Puddle of Mudd had a hard time finding the inspiration for new material — so they decided just to have fun playing some of their favorite tunes by other artists.

“We were really burned out, and when we started trying to write again it just wasn’t time yet,” said guitarist Paul Phillip in a recent Billboard interview. “We had been doing (AC/DC’s) ‘TNT’ and (the Steve Miller Band’s) ‘The Joker’ and had so much fun with those that one thing led to another, and we decided to make a covers record. It was just something fun to do, and we had a blast.”

Elton John Returns to Las Vegas for Three-Year Residency

Gailen Sprague — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:34:09 +0000

Elton John has announced that he will be returning to the Las Vegas Strip for a three-year run at the Caesars Palace casino's Colosseum venue. The residency will begin on September 28th, and tickets for the first 16 performances will go on sale Monday, April 25th.

Elton John Hosts 'Saturday Night Live' [VIDEOS]

Gailen Sprague — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:40:31 +0000

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

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

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