1. Elton John was recently crowned by Billboard as the most successful performing male solo artist of all time.
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3. Sir Elton John, recently crowned by Billboard as the most successful performing male solo artist of all time, today reveals details of the epic 15-date Australian and 3-date New Zealand leg of his global Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.
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4. Elton John announced his intention to vote Remain during the UK's 2016 EU referendum on Instagram, sharing an image with the words "build bridges not walls" along with the caption: "I'm voting to remain.
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5. Elton John composed and arranged a lyric, "Two Fingers of Whiskey", written by Bernie Taupin, specially for the film, live on camera with the help of Jack White and T Bone Burnett.
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6. Elton John married his close friend and sound engineer, Renate Blauel, on Valentine's Day 1984—the marriage lasted three years.
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8. Elton John announced his intention to vote Remain during the UK's 2016 EU referendum on Instagram, sharing an image with the words "build bridges not walls" along with the caption: "I'm voting to remain.
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9. Elton John composed and arranged a lyric, "Two Fingers of Whiskey", written by Bernie Taupin, specially for the film, live on camera with the help of Jack White and T Bone Burnett.
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10. Elton John married his close friend and sound engineer, Renate Blauel, on Valentine's Day 1984—the marriage lasted three years.
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12. Elton John announced his intention to vote Remain during the UK's 2016 EU referendum on Instagram, sharing an image with the words "build bridges not walls" along with the caption: "I'm voting to remain.
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14. Elton John composed and arranged a lyric, "Two Fingers of Whiskey", written by Bernie Taupin, specially for the film, live on camera with the help of Jack White and T Bone Burnett.
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15. Elton John married his close friend and sound engineer, Renate Blauel, on Valentine's Day 1984—the marriage lasted three years.
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18. Elton John announced his intention to vote Remain during the UK's 2016 EU referendum on Instagram, sharing an image with the words "build bridges not walls" along with the caption: "I'm voting to remain.
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19. Elton John composed and arranged a lyric, "Two Fingers of Whiskey", written by Bernie Taupin, specially for the film, live on camera with the help of Jack White and T Bone Burnett.
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20. Elton John married his close friend and sound engineer, Renate Blauel, on Valentine's Day 1984—the marriage lasted three years.
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23. Elton John told the story of how he and Bernie Taupin were young songwriters at the time and they would have been happy being covered by anyone "even the Chipmunks.
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25. Elton John announced his intention to vote Remain during the UK's 2016 EU referendum on Instagram, sharing an image with the words "build bridges not walls" along with the caption: "I'm voting to remain.
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26. Elton John composed and arranged a lyric, "Two Fingers of Whiskey", written by Bernie Taupin, specially for the film, live on camera with the help of Jack White and T Bone Burnett.
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27. Elton John married his close friend and sound engineer, Renate Blauel, on Valentine's Day 1984—the marriage lasted three years.
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29. Sir Elton John toured the Soviet Union in 1979, the first western pop star to do so.
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32. In 1985, Elton John befriended a 13 year old boy named Ryan White, who was a hemophiliac who contracted the HIV disease.
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33. In 2016, Sir Elton John secured the court-ordered injunction that barred British media from mentioning his or his partner's name.
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34. Elton John has a net worth of $480 million, making him the second richest singer in UK, behind Paul McCartney.
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35. Elton John started wearing glasses to copy one of his idols, Buddy Holly.
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36. Elton John has a few famous godchildren, including Sean Lennon, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
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37. In 1974, during one of Elton John's concerts at Madison Square Garden, John Lennon joined him on stage to perform three songs.
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38. Sir Elton John wrote about his friendship with Freddie in a moving, deeply personal letter.
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39. Elton John was extremely close with the late rock singer Freddie Mercury.
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41. Elton John is the third most successful artist in the history of the American charts, behind only Elvis Presley and The Beatles.
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44. Elton John told the story of how he and Bernie Taupin were young songwriters at the time and they would have been happy being covered by anyone "even the Chipmunks.
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47. Elton John became a recipient of a Kennedy Center Honor in 2004, and a Disney Legends Award in 2006.
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49. Elton John announced his intention to vote Remain during the UK's 2016 EU referendum on Instagram, sharing an image with the words "build bridges not walls" along with the caption: "I'm voting to remain.
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53. Elton John is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.
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54. Elton John composed and arranged a lyric, "Two Fingers of Whiskey", written by Bernie Taupin, specially for the film, live on camera with the help of Jack White and T Bone Burnett.
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55. Elton John had a major role, playing himself, in the action sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle, which was released in September 2017.
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56. Elton John performed his 3000th concert on 8 October 2011 at Caesars.
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57. Elton John said, "I was kind of surprised that Alice in Chains would ask me to do anything.
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59. Elton John married his close friend and sound engineer, Renate Blauel, on Valentine's Day 1984—the marriage lasted three years.
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61. In 1974, Elton John collaborated with Elton John Lennon on his cover of the Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", the B-side of which was Lennon's "One Day at a Time.
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63. Elton John showed musical aptitude at school, including the ability to compose melodies, and gained some notoriety by playing like Jerry Lee Lewis at school functions.
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64. Elton John was knighted by Elizabeth II for "services to music and charitable services" in 1998.
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65. Elton John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, is an inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.
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67. Elton John has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriting partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums.
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71. In 1995, Elton John had nominated as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
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75. Elton John was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1996.
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76. In 2010, Elton John told BBC Radio that he owned 250,000 pairs of glasses.
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77. Elton John wrote the music for the Disney movie, "The Lion King", which became a Broadway musical in 1997 and is still going strong.
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81. On this day in 1989, Elton John scored his 50th UK chart hit when 'Sacrifice', entered the charts.
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85. In 1968 Elton John met Bernie Taupin, who became his long-term song-writing partner.
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90. Elton John courted her while working on his album and, after a five-day engagement, married her in Australia on Valentine's Day in 1984.
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91. In 1976, Elton John decided to retire from the music business and focus his energies on running a soccer team he had purchased, the Watford Football Club.
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95. Elton John won a Tony Award in 2000 for the musical Aida, written in collaboration with Tim Rice.
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