Sir Elton John paid tribute to the late David Bowie during a special two-hour performance at the Wiltern Theatre in LA last night.
Mid-way during his performance – which was a mix of tunes from his upcoming album ‘Wonderful Crazy Night‘ with his old classics, for an audience of paying industry insiders – Elton dropped in a little show-biz trivia, telling the crowd that he’d hired Gus Dudgeon to produce his self-titled 1970 album after hearing another Dudgeon-produced work, Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity‘.
“I have David Bowie to thank for that,” said Elton, before breaking into an extended instrumental performance of ‘Space Oddity’ that seamlessly blends into his own ‘Rocket Man’, dedicated to “the Starman”.
And look, we’re very well aware that this might be too much for any human being to listen to right away, but ICYMI, Sarah Blasko reduced an entire triple j-listening Australia to tears this morning with her cover of ‘Life on Mars‘.
*sobs uncontrollably*
Photo: Larry Busacca.
