Elton John

2020 has started with great news - Rocketman has received an Oscar and 2 Golden Globe awards 

Oscar 

Faced with strong competition, the “Bookies Favourite” Elton John and Bernie Taupin won the Music (Original Song) category.

Elton’s win means he is now a double academy award winner, having previously collected the Oscar for Can You Feel The Love Tonight in 1995.

WATCH ELTON’S REACTION TO THE WIN AND THE EMOTIONAL ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES 

SIR ELTON PERFORMED ‘(I’M GONNA) LOVE ME AGAIN’ LIVE AT THE CEREMONY - WATCH THE AMAZING PERFORMANCE IN FULL 

Golden Globes 

Best actor in a motion picture - Musical or comedy 'Taron Egerton' 

Best Original song - Motion picture "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" - Elton's first award win with Bernie Taupin 

Guardian ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  (five stars)
'With an incredible band, a Taron Egerton duet and Aretha-style gospel fervour – plus an about-turn on Brexit – Elton’s farewell tour is wonderfully over the top....

A man who took American forms – rock’n’roll, blues, gospel – and gave them an eccentric English theatre, resulting in something that is still unmatched. He has earned heart, brains and courage in spades, but it still feels too soon for the end of this yellow brick road.'

The Times ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (five stars)

'(Elton) is going out with the show of his life'

FT ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (four stars)

'Elton John’s farewell tour hits Europe with gusto, humour — and a confession'

Attitude ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐(five stars)

'His most emotional and uplifting show ever'

i Newspaper ⭐⭐⭐⭐(four stars)

'The European leg of Elton John's final tour opened with a wending trek through a career brimming with glitter-bomb gems'

Elton John CBE is an English singer-songwriter, composer and pianist. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriting partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date. In his five-decade career Elton John has sold more than 300 million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. He has more than fifty Top 40 hits, including seven consecutive No. 1 US albums, 58 Billboard Top 40 singles, 27 Top 10, four No. 2 and nine No. 1. For 31 consecutive years (1970–2000) he had at least one song in the Billboard Hot 100. His single "Candle in the Wind 1997" sold over 33 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling single in the history of the UK and US singles charts. He has also composed music, produced records, and has occasionally acted in films. John owned Watford Football Club from 1976 to 1987, and 1997 to 2002. He is an honorary Life President of the club, and in 2014 had a stand named after him at the club's home stadium.