An archive classic from 2023.
Elton John has revealed how George Harrison assumes him in his long fight against drug addiction.
In the “Virgin Radio Breakfast” show, the 72-year-old, like the Beatle once helped him, remembered his addiction. After the “Rocketman” captured the stage of a Rolling Stones show in the cocaine frenzy and was so high on another day that he thought Bob Dylan on one of his parties for the gardener, George Harrison advised him: ” to chase this march powder in the nose. ”
John had probably trusted the colleague – and it worked. Now he shared the moderator of the show, Chris Evans,: “No powder for 29 years. The nose is still there! “
John advises young musicians: “You have to play live”
Elton also gave young musicians who want to gain a foothold in industry, some advice: “You have to play live. The record sales will continue to decrease. As long as you are young, they will let you fall on the floor like a five-pound certificate-and you have to be able to play live and believe in yourself. “
Elton John had previously revealed how he had undergone a successful prostate cancer surgery two years ago, but then close to the death when he got sick on a tour in South America. In an interview with Graham Norton for the new BBC show “Elton John: Uncensored”, he said about the operation: “I had to learn to go again. I was extremely sick ”. But he also joked that he was “like Bionic Woman” because the almonds, the large intestine and the appendix were removed.
The singer: “Now I’m fine, but there are only a few parts of me left. There is no hair, there is a pacemaker, there are no almonds, there is no prostate, there is no appendix, I had kidney stones. I’m like Bionic Woman. “