26
FEB
2010
Billy Elliot Tour Coming to St Louis
Dance St. Louis and the Fox Theatre have teamed up to bring “Billy Elliot the Musical” the hit show about a boy who loves ballet, to the Fox stage from August 10-28, 2011. Subscribers to the Fox’s Broadway series and to the Dance St. Louis season will find the show on their 2010-2011 schedules; renewal […]
21
FEB
2010
Elton Talks About Love Lies Bleeding Ballet
Reporting from Calgary, Canada – Twenty toned and lithe dancers shook their hips in exaggerated movements, pounding Dodger blue baseball bats into the ballet studio floor in time to the staccato beats of Elton John’s “Bennie and the Jets.” “You’re giving me hips, but you’re giving me ballet hips. I want jazz hips,” said the […]
18
FEB
2010
Elton Performs with Jeff Bridges & Crazy Heart Cast
Movie stars JEFF BRIDGES and ROBERT DUVALL became the toast of Hollywood for their musical skills on Monday night (15Feb10) when they packed a tiny Los Angeles club to perform songs from their CRAZY HEART film. Bridges, who is Oscar-nominated for his portrayal of grizzled country singer Bad Blake in the film, performed tracks from […]
13
FEB
2010
An In-depth Interview with Nigel Olsson
Daily Herald: I just want to say what a pleasure this is for me — the very first concert I ever went to was Elton John at Dodger Stadium … Nigel Olsson: Oh my word! DH: … and my biggest — and probably only — disappointment was that you and Dee weren’t in the band […]
12
FEB
2010
Elton Coming to Corpus Christi
Chart-topping, hit-making music legend Sir Elton John will spend an evening in Corpus Christi on April 6. The concert, dubbed “An Evening with Elton John,” will feature the international sensation and his band performing his No. 1 hits and classic album tracks at American Bank Center arena, organizers announced Thursday. “We’ve been trying for several […]
06
FEB
2010
Elton Wants Billy Joel to Record a New Album
As crazy as it seems, this summer will mark 17 years since Billy Joel released his last studio album, 1993’s River Of Dreams. According to Joel he’s has sworn off rock songwriting to focus instead on classical works. Elton John believes that Billy still has more songs in his system: “He seems to say, ‘Well, […]
01
FEB
2010
Elton & Lady Gaga “Speechless” Grammy Duet
Lady Gaga opened up the Grammy Awards with her usual (or perhaps unusual) style with a green glittery dress, shoulder pads and high heels. The high-energy ‘Poker Face’ performance was short and as previously reported, the song switched over to her duet with Elton John. Both he and Gaga were pushed out on stage to […]