![]() It’s some 54 years since aspiring London songwriter Reg Dwight met Lancashire lyricist Bernie Taupin through an advert placed in the New Musical Express by Liberty Records. ![]() “God, that’s how I found my career – by fucking NME! That’s the history of my career, the NME.” Having thankfully not taken his own advice 40 years ago, one of the world’s most enduring superstars is in the mood to talk up his collab-packed 32nd studio album ‘The Lockdown Sessions’. Bedecked in a regal red jacket and complementary pink shades, he eventually reflects: “Yeah, I know: we’ve all said shit things in the past, haven’t we?”īehind him, ornate furniture and two enormous oil paintings look like a novelty Zoom backdrop, but are in fact extremely real. ![]() “Ha!” the 74-year-old laughs via video call from his palatial home in Windsor, shaking his head and muttering expletives to his younger self. Elton John once said he couldn’t imagine playing rock’n’roll after the age of 35.
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