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Elton John

The latest news on Elton John, English singer, songwriter and pianist, including showbiz news and updates.

Born

25 Mar 1947

Industry

Entertainment, Music

Job Title

Singer

November is the month of the Fire Pig. Photo: Illustration: SCMP Graphics

Chinese zodiac predictions

What’s your luck like in November 2025, the month of the Fire Pig?

The Pig symbolises wealth in Chinese culture – it’s also a ‘double month’, meaning both good luck and bad energy are doubled.

10 Nov 2025 - 3:14PM

My Life

Rowena Cortes on her life, and working with Elton John and Leslie Cheung

16 Jun 2025 - 5:45PM

European travel

Think Innsbruck is all about skiing? Then think again

13 Jun 2025 - 4:36AM

Music

The 10 most lucrative concert tours of all time, from Taylor Swift to U2

Rock gods and pop icons alike are taking to the road on elaborate, years-long world tours that rake in the cash, with takings starting in the millions and now climbing into the billions of dollars

22 Apr 2025 - 11:24AM

Elton John, Taylor Swift and Harry Styles: on the road to staggering concert returns. Photos: TNS; @harrystyles/Instagram

LGBTQ

Russia bans Elton John’s Aids foundation

Russia accuses foundation of participating in a Western campaign to ‘denigrate Russia’.

4 Apr 2025 - 1:24PM

From our archives

When Elton John made his 1984 Hong Kong debut

High-priced tickets sold out for the rock superstar’s 2 shows at the city’s Coliseum, but organisers dismissed complaints.

28 Mar 2025 - 6:00AM

American cinema

What Elton John film Never Too Late revealed to singer about his life

‘It brought back the struggle I had with success’, and how ‘it’s never too late to change,’ singer says of Disney+ documentary.

14 Jan 2025 - 6:15PMvideocam

Elton John performs at the White House in Washington in 2022. A new documentary, Never Too Late, celebrates his 50-plus years on stage, and his life. Photo: AP

Music

Singer Elton John, 77, says he has lost his eyesight

‘Rocket Man’ singer attends launch of show in London’s West End, but tells audience ‘I haven’t been able to see the performance’.

3 Dec 2024 - 3:24AM

Fame and celebrity

Why Elton John was drawn to televangelist Tammy Faye’s fall and rise

Singer was ‘fascinated’ by ‘gladiator’ Tammy Faye Bakker in the 1970s. His musical about her turbulent life is about to open on Broadway.

19 Oct 2024 - 8:15AMvideocam

Millionaires and billionaires

Meet Robert Kraft, billionaire owner of NFL’s Patriots – and Tay Tay fan

His business savvy and generous nature have won him many celebrity fans, and his wedding party performers included Elton John and Ed Sheeran

19 Feb 2024 - 4:00AM

Billionaire Patriots owner Robert Kraft is much loved by his celeb friends for his generous nature. Photo: Reuters

Timepieces

5 most exciting timepieces from Elton John’s upcoming Christie’s auction

An eclectic leopard-print Rolex Daytona, a dragon Cartier and a watch related to his foundation, set up after Freddie Mercury’s death, to bid on at Christie’s

14 Feb 2024 - 2:00PM

Elton John’s last concert tour, Farewell Yellow Brick Road, concluded in July 2023. Photo: Getty Images

Fame and celebrity

All 19 stars who achieved EGOT status, from Elton John to Audrey Hepburn

EGOT stands for an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony, and the latest winner is Elton John – so who else has achieved the feat over the years? From John Legend to Andrew Lloyd Webber …

19 Jan 2024 - 6:00AM

Britain

Prince Harry, Elton John can take case against Daily Mail publisher to trial

Prince Harry, Elton John, and five other claimants accuse ANL, which publishes the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday, of phone-hacking and other serious privacy breaches dating back 30 years.

10 Nov 2023 - 8:07PM

Fame and celebrity

How Heartstopper’s Kit Connor became a luxury fashion darling in 2023

The Gen Z style icon is a Loewe muse and besties with Elton John – but did you know the 19-year-old actor first got his big break thanks to a Sainsbury’s ad?

26 Oct 2023 - 4:00AM

Kit Connor’s star is rising rapidly through his work with Netflix hit series Heartstopper. Photo: @felicitykay/Instagram

Britain

Superstar Elton John testifies for Kevin Spacey in sexual assault trial

The singer and his husband said Spacey attended the annual gala ball the couple held in 2001, not 2003 or 2004 when the alleged victim claims he was assaulted.

17 Jul 2023 - 8:02PM

Sir Elton John said Kevin Spacey only attended his annual gala ball once in 20 years and that was in 2001. Photo: Getty Images

Fame and celebrity

How Taylor Swift crafted the most lucrative world tour in history

Banking US$13 million a night, The Eras Tours is set to be the first billion-dollar tour in the history of music – how did Tay Tay do it?

9 Jul 2023 - 6:00AM

Royalty

Princess Margaret’s historic French Riviera mansion is going up for auction

The manor, dating back to the 1920s, is built into the stone walls of a fortress and offers views of the French Riviera, Villefranche Bay and Cap Ferrat – and was the home of Queen Elizabeth’s cousin

7 May 2023 - 5:00AM

Celebrity children

Meet Ivy Getty, the 28-year-old model and heiress to the Getty oil billions

The great-granddaughter of billionaire oil tycoon Jean Paul Getty is living the life you might expect from an heiress, travelling the world, modelling and getting invites to the best parties in town

3 Apr 2023 - 11:15AM

Ivy Getty is the 28-year-old great-granddaughter of late American oil tycoon Jean Paul Getty. Photo: @ivygetty/Instagram

Fame and celebrity

Celebrity World Cup? 5 stars who splurged millions on football clubs

The Fifa World Cup 2022 saw A-listers cheering for their fave teams, but Ryan Reynolds, Elton John, Natalie Portman and other stars went a step further with big investments …

10 Jan 2023 - 7:55PMvideocam

LGBTQ

Why was Heartstopper’s Kit Connor ‘forced’ to come out as bisexual?

Heartstopper’s teen heartthrob Kit Connor was accused of ‘queerbaiting’ and felt ‘forced’ to come out as bisexual on Twitter – but what else do we know about the talented star, besides his sexuality?

7 Nov 2022 - 6:05PM

Britain

Prince Harry and Elton John sue Daily Mail publisher over phone tapping

The newspaper group is accused of planting listening devices inside people’s cars and homes, paying police officials for sensitive information and impersonating individuals to obtain medical records.

7 Oct 2022 - 8:25AM

Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, leave after a service for the reception of Queen Elizabeth’s coffin at Westminster Hall in September. Photo: AFP

Celebrity children

Meet Courtney Cox and David Arquette’s talented daughter, Coco

With Rosanna and Patricia Arquette as aunts and Jennifer Aniston as her godmother, Coco Arquette was born into Hollywood royalty – but has an obvious talent for music

8 Sep 2022 - 7:00PMvideocam

Courtney Cox and Coco Arquette attend An Evening with Dermot O’Leary Presents ... Ed Sheeran at The London Irish Centre in June 2018, in London, England. Photo: Getty Images

Netflix

What a view | Kingsman, Rocketman, now FBI’s man in Black Bird, Taron Egerton’s versatile

Taron Egerton has played a James Bond-style fictional spy, singer Elton John and now, in true-crime series Black Bird on Apple TV+, a prisoner offered an unlikely deal by the FBI that could lead to his early release.

29 Jul 2022 - 8:45AM

Fame and celebrity

14 celebrities who became first-time dads after 50

14 A-listers from Elton John and George Clooney, to Simon Cowell and Star Wars voice talent James Earl Jones, who only started a family after 50

4 Jul 2022 - 1:00AM

Fame and celebrity

Meet Elton John’s sons – and Lady Gaga’s godsons – Zachary and Elijah

Set to retire from touring in July 2023, John can look forward to more quality time with his husband, David Furnish, and the family – so how much do we know about his two sons?

1 Jul 2022 - 4:28AM

In true showbiz style, Elton John and David Furnish have entrusted Lady Gaga to be their sons’ godmother. Photos: AP, Wire Image

LGBTQ

10 of the longest-lasting LGBTQ+ relationships in Hollywood

RuPaul met his future husband Georges LeBar in a dance club in 1994, while Sex and the City’s Cynthia Nixon had never dated a woman before she met Christine Marinoni in 2004

29 Jun 2022 - 3:00AM

Three LGBT couples that have been together for more a decade: Cynthia Nixon and Christine Marinoni, RuPaul and Georges LeBar, Tan France and his husband Rob France. Photo: @cynthiaenixon/Instagram; Angela Weiss/AFP Photo; @tanfrance/Instagram

Fame and celebrity

Who is Liz Hurley’s 20-year-old son and mirror image, Damian Hurley?

Damian is already making waves in the fashion world as a model and has Hugh Grant and Elton John as his godfathers, but what else do we know about the rising star?

17 Jun 2022 - 12:10AM

Melania Trump

Melania Trump, the groupie? 4 pop stars the former first lady stans

Melania loves Aerosmith, Elton John, Miley Cyrus and Sia ... but they don’t all love her back, some even going so far as to shade the Trump family on social media

7 May 2022 - 2:00AM

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Elton John

What’s your luck like in November 2025, the month of the Fire Pig?

The Pig symbolises wealth in Chinese culture – it’s also a ‘double month’, meaning both good luck and bad energy are doubled.

Rowena Cortes on her life, and working with Elton John and Leslie Cheung

Think Innsbruck is all about skiing? Then think again

The 10 most lucrative concert tours of all time, from Taylor Swift to U2

Rock gods and pop icons alike are taking to the road on elaborate, years-long world tours that rake in the cash, with takings starting in the millions and now climbing into the billions of dollars

Russia bans Elton John’s Aids foundation

Russia accuses foundation of participating in a Western campaign to ‘denigrate Russia’.

When Elton John made his 1984 Hong Kong debut

High-priced tickets sold out for the rock superstar’s 2 shows at the city’s Coliseum, but organisers dismissed complaints.

What Elton John film Never Too Late revealed to singer about his life

‘It brought back the struggle I had with success’, and how ‘it’s never too late to change,’ singer says of Disney+ documentary.

Singer Elton John, 77, says he has lost his eyesight

‘Rocket Man’ singer attends launch of show in London’s West End, but tells audience ‘I haven’t been able to see the performance’.

Why Elton John was drawn to televangelist Tammy Faye’s fall and rise

Singer was ‘fascinated’ by ‘gladiator’ Tammy Faye Bakker in the 1970s. His musical about her turbulent life is about to open on Broadway.

Meet Robert Kraft, billionaire owner of NFL’s Patriots – and Tay Tay fan

His business savvy and generous nature have won him many celebrity fans, and his wedding party performers included Elton John and Ed Sheeran

5 most exciting timepieces from Elton John’s upcoming Christie’s auction

An eclectic leopard-print Rolex Daytona, a dragon Cartier and a watch related to his foundation, set up after Freddie Mercury’s death, to bid on at Christie’s

All 19 stars who achieved EGOT status, from Elton John to Audrey Hepburn

EGOT stands for an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony, and the latest winner is Elton John – so who else has achieved the feat over the years? From John Legend to Andrew Lloyd Webber …

Prince Harry, Elton John can take case against Daily Mail publisher to trial

Prince Harry, Elton John, and five other claimants accuse ANL, which publishes the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday, of phone-hacking and other serious privacy breaches dating back 30 years.

How Heartstopper’s Kit Connor became a luxury fashion darling in 2023

The Gen Z style icon is a Loewe muse and besties with Elton John – but did you know the 19-year-old actor first got his big break thanks to a Sainsbury’s ad?

Superstar Elton John testifies for Kevin Spacey in sexual assault trial

The singer and his husband said Spacey attended the annual gala ball the couple held in 2001, not 2003 or 2004 when the alleged victim claims he was assaulted.

How Taylor Swift crafted the most lucrative world tour in history

Banking US$13 million a night, The Eras Tours is set to be the first billion-dollar tour in the history of music – how did Tay Tay do it?

Princess Margaret’s historic French Riviera mansion is going up for auction

The manor, dating back to the 1920s, is built into the stone walls of a fortress and offers views of the French Riviera, Villefranche Bay and Cap Ferrat – and was the home of Queen Elizabeth’s cousin

Meet Ivy Getty, the 28-year-old model and heiress to the Getty oil billions

The great-granddaughter of billionaire oil tycoon Jean Paul Getty is living the life you might expect from an heiress, travelling the world, modelling and getting invites to the best parties in town

Celebrity World Cup? 5 stars who splurged millions on football clubs

The Fifa World Cup 2022 saw A-listers cheering for their fave teams, but Ryan Reynolds, Elton John, Natalie Portman and other stars went a step further with big investments …

Why was Heartstopper’s Kit Connor ‘forced’ to come out as bisexual?

Heartstopper’s teen heartthrob Kit Connor was accused of ‘queerbaiting’ and felt ‘forced’ to come out as bisexual on Twitter – but what else do we know about the talented star, besides his sexuality?

Prince Harry and Elton John sue Daily Mail publisher over phone tapping

The newspaper group is accused of planting listening devices inside people’s cars and homes, paying police officials for sensitive information and impersonating individuals to obtain medical records.

Meet Courtney Cox and David Arquette’s talented daughter, Coco

With Rosanna and Patricia Arquette as aunts and Jennifer Aniston as her godmother, Coco Arquette was born into Hollywood royalty – but has an obvious talent for music

.css-1m2rp1p{color:#34b8b5;}What a view | Kingsman, Rocketman, now FBI’s man in Black Bird, Taron Egerton’s versatile

Taron Egerton has played a James Bond-style fictional spy, singer Elton John and now, in true-crime series Black Bird on Apple TV+, a prisoner offered an unlikely deal by the FBI that could lead to his early release.

14 celebrities who became first-time dads after 50

14 A-listers from Elton John and George Clooney, to Simon Cowell and Star Wars voice talent James Earl Jones, who only started a family after 50

Meet Elton John’s sons – and Lady Gaga’s godsons – Zachary and Elijah

Set to retire from touring in July 2023, John can look forward to more quality time with his husband, David Furnish, and the family – so how much do we know about his two sons?

10 of the longest-lasting LGBTQ+ relationships in Hollywood

RuPaul met his future husband Georges LeBar in a dance club in 1994, while Sex and the City’s Cynthia Nixon had never dated a woman before she met Christine Marinoni in 2004

Who is Liz Hurley’s 20-year-old son and mirror image, Damian Hurley?

Damian is already making waves in the fashion world as a model and has Hugh Grant and Elton John as his godfathers, but what else do we know about the rising star?

Melania Trump, the groupie? 4 pop stars the former first lady stans

Melania loves Aerosmith, Elton John, Miley Cyrus and Sia ... but they don’t all love her back, some even going so far as to shade the Trump family on social media

What a view | Kingsman, Rocketman, now FBI’s man in Black Bird, Taron Egerton’s versatile