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Six decades on and Elton shows no signs of slowing down. He received the first ever Brits Icon Award for his lasting impact on UK culture in 2013, and released his 33rd studio album in 2016.
2010
A collaboration with Leon Russell, one of Elton’s earliest influences, The Union captures the essence of good time piano rock and roll.
The pair trade verses and solos live in the studio while the supporting band adds depth, evoking the 1970s sound for which Elton is known.
The Union reached #3 on the Billboard 200 chart and has been certified gold by the CRIA and silver by the BPI. The record received almost universal praise and was featured at #3 in Rolling Stone’s list of the best albums of 2010.
Elton and Leon Russell in the studio.
2011
In addition to serving as executive producer, Elton John, along with Bernie Taupin, provided original and classic tracks for the soundtrack to Rocket Pictures’ Gnomeo & Juliet, featuring the voices of Emily Blunt and James McAvoy.
Elton John’s The Million Dollar Piano show made its debut performance at The Colosseum, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, on September 28, 2011.
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There have been 166 Million Dollar Piano shows so far, and the residency will come to an end in May 2018.
The piano itself was created especially for Elton by Yamaha and features more than 68 LED video screens. It took more than four years to build.
“Caesars Palace is just a perfect idyllic place to play, and the show will be a gargantuan feast of music and imagery”
2012
“These guys have done something incredible with my back catalogue”
2016
Elton and co-producer T Bone Burnett collaborate on their third album, Elton’s 33rd studio effort.
Elton wanted to create a “joyful” album and intentionally wrote in guitar keys (A, E, D) to push the uptempo feel. Wonderful Crazy Night was written and recorded during two sets of sessions in January and April 2014, and uses his touring band for the first time in ten years.
Over the past 25 years Elton and his husband David Furnish have put together one of the world’s largest private collections of photography.
In November 2016, over 150 pieces from their modernist collection, from more than 60 artists including seminal figures such as Man Ray, André Kertész, Berenice Abbot, Alexandr Rodchenko and Edward Steichen, went on display at Tate Modern in London.
Art is really a reflection of the times we live in, each musical movement from the beginning of the twentieth century, from ragtime to traditional jazz, to big bands, to blues, to jazz, to rock and roll, country music, it reflects a time in people’s lives. Visual art does exactly the same.
2017
2018
Albums released in 2010s
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