Elton John Celebrates his 300th Rocket Hour Radio Show

On Saturday 17 July, Elton will host his 300th Rocket Hour and to commemorate the occasion, Apple Music put together a multi-day celebration.

‘Elton John’s Rocket Hour’ has run for 6 years, 300 episodes, and is one of the longest running radio shows airing on Apple Music radio. Each week Elton plays an eclectic mix of his favourite tracks, from classics to new releases, and speaks to artists putting out the latest music.

Elton sat down with Zane Lowe to speak about the show’s journey so far and some special guests — including Andrew Watt, Arlo Parks, Chad Smith, Channel Tres, Elton’s husband David Furnish, Dua Lipa, Mike Kerr from Royal Blood, Sam Fender, SG Lewis and Rina Sawayama — joined to share what the show has meant to them.

Watch the full interview here:

As well as the 300th show, Rocket Hour is taking over Apple Music 1 from 12am PST/8am BST with 9 hours of Elton’s favourite episodes from the last six years:

 

12am PT/8am BST – Ep 106 – Elton’s Teenage Favourites
1am PT/9am BST – Ep 178 – Dance/Disco Special
2am PT/10am BST – Ep 150 – Joshua Homme co-host
3am PT/11am BST – Ep 235 – Hip Hop Special
4am PT/12pm BST – Ep 217 – Brandi Carlile co-host
5am PT/1pm BST- Ep 62 – Duets Special
6am PT/2pm BST – Ep 188 – Q-Tip co-host
7am PT/3pm BST – Ep 244 – Soul Special (female artists special)
8am PT/4pm BST – Ep 249 – David Furnish co-host (Electronica music special)

 

Then, at 5pm, Elton will be playing his 300th Rocket Hour show. Expect the same selection of, “music you know, music you don’t know, and music you should know” with guest appearances from Yola, The Weather Station and Jake Wesley Rogers.