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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, released in October 1973, gained instant critical acclaim and topped the chart on both sides of the Atlantic, remaining at number one for two months. The dedicated music lovers took sandwiches and drinks to keep themselves happy in the 17-hour wait for their idol. Later that year, in Lennon's last major live performance, the pair performed these two number-one hits, along with the Beatles' " I Saw Her Standing There", at Madison Square Garden in New York. Step into Christmas" was released as a stand-alone single in November 1973, and appears in the album's 1995 remastered reissue. In 2005 he entered a civil partnership with his long-term partner, the Canadian filmmaker David Furnish.

Among John's numerous awards, he is one of 19 entertainers to win the EGOT, which includes an Emmy Award, five Grammy Awards, two Academy Awards, and a Tony Award. Two months later he performed on the BBC's Children in Need charity single " Perfect Day", which reached number one in the UK. His writing on film and TV has appeared at Screen Rant, Screenology, FanFare, Primetimer, Cinemania, and in a number of scholarly journals and edited collections.John has often expressed a great appreciation for the accomplishments of young artists from the 21st century, collaborating with several of them on the 2021 collaborative album The Lockdown Sessions and interviewing them on his Apple Music radio show Rocket Hour. John performed "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" at the memorial service for Australian cricketer Shane Warne on 30 March 2022. Fans have been spotted around Worthy Farm in glittering Dodgers costumes, referencing his iconic Dodgers Stadium performance in 1975. On 17 June, and 17 years to the day after his previous performance in Israel, he performed at the Ramat Gan Stadium; this was significant because of other then-recent cancellations by other performers in the fallout surrounding an Israeli raid on Gaza Flotilla the month before.

In 1972 John performed at the Royal Variety Performance, where he was upstaged by the dancing of "Legs" Larry Smith, the drummer with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. C. The steel helmet above the shield faced forward and with its visor open indicates that John is a knight. At 74 years, 7 months and 14 days, John became the oldest artist to hit the top of the ARIA Singles Chart. There’s something innately endearing about many films set in the 1970s, as seen from an offering like Licorice Pizza. He has also received five Brit Awards, including the 1991 award for Best British Male, and awards for Outstanding Contribution to Music in 1986 and 1995.v=1703721964","width":880},{"alt":null,"id":56242497388772,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0. If there’s something familiar about the outfit, it’s because master of sequins Bob Mackie designed the costume. On the advice of music publisher Steve Brown, John and Taupin began writing more complex songs for John to record for DJM. In 1969, with Quaye, drummer Roger Pope, and bassist Tony Murray, John recorded another single, " Lady Samantha", and an album, Empty Sky.