Elton John to feature on new Royal Mail Stamp collection

from the NME.

Elton John honoured with new collection of Royal Mail stamps.

He’s only the second solo artist to be bestowed with the honour…

The music of Sir Elton John is to be celebrated with a new set of Royal Mail stamps.

The British music icon is only the second solo artist to be bestowed with the honour, following on from David Bowie in 2017.

Eight of the new Elton stamps feature images of his most popular album covers. Among the records are 1972 breakthough ‘Honky Chateau’ which featured ‘Rocket Man’.

Other albums honoured by the collection include ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ – known for hits such as ‘Bennie And The Jets’, ‘Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting’ and ‘Candle In The Wind’.

The rest of the albums featured on the stamps include ‘Caribou’, 1975’s ‘Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy’, ‘Made In England’ and ‘Songs From The West Coast’.

Four other stamps, which are available in a miniature sheet, will celebrate Elton’s incendiary live performances.

They include images from the Hammersmith Odeon in London in 1973, his now legendary show at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles in 1975, the Diamond Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace in London in 2012, and his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour at Madison Square Garden in New York in 2018.

Elton said: “To say I was surprised when Royal Mail got in touch is an understatement. Never did I think I’d appear on a stamp…! It’s wonderful, a great honour.”