Seriously? OMG! WTF?

Elton John left the stage briefly during a weekend concert in Brisbane after being struck by a bout of nausea, according to a news report Monday. John left the stage without a word about two hours into his Sunday concert. He was gone for about five minutes, the Australian Associated Press reported. When he returned, the 59-year-old pop star used an Australian colloquialism to explain that he had left the stage to vomit. "I thought I’d better chunder in the toilet (rather) than all over the front row," he was quoted as saying. Apparently feeling better, John closed the show about 45 minutes later.

ABC News 

You have to admire him for getting right back on and finishing the show!

Sir Elton John is to be paid $1 million to sing for just an hour at a birthday party. The flamboyView the profile for Elton John on Celebrity Spotlightant singer was approached by business tycoon Andrew Reynolds to perform at his birthday bash at Surrey’s Hampton Court Palace this Thursday (23.11.06). Reynolds, who made his fortune from selling self-help DVDs, made the enormous offer – which works out as just over $16,666.66 for every minute Elton performs – to guarantee the musician’s services. The ‘Rocket Man’ singer was said to have been "bowled over" by the sum and hastily agreed. A source said: "Andrew loves to act the big fish and wanted a birthday to remember."

ISE 

I hope the guy gets to pick the songs he sings!

Elton John has set a Sept. 19 release date for his new studio album, "The Captain and the Kid." As first revealed here last September, the Rocket/Island set is a sequel to the artist’s 1975 album "Captain Fantastic and the Dirt Brown Cowboy." First single "The Bridge" will be available Aug. 22 from Apple’s iTunes Music Store. "It was [Sanctuary Group CEO Merck Mercuriadis’] idea, because he said, ‘You’re always saying how [songwriting partner] Bernie [Taupin] has become the Brown Dirt Cowboy’ — he lives on a ranch in Santa Ynez [Calif.] — and I’m this guy who plays concert after concert, buying art, buying photographs, living a very lavish lifestyle," John told Billboard. "I’ve become Captain Fantastic."

Here is the track list for "The Captain and the Kid":

"Postcards From Richard Nixon"
"Just Like Noah’s Ark"
"Wouldn’t Have You Any Other Way (NYC)"
"Tinderbox"
"…And The House Fell Down"
"Blues Never Fade Away"
"The Bridge"
"I Must Have Lost It on the Wind"
"Old ‘67"
"The Captain and the Kid"

Billboard 

Who do you think will sell more albums that week? I say Clay 

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