Elton John wins highest accolade in new year honours list
Sir Elton John has received the highest acknowledgement in a new year honours list in which hundreds of ordinary people were recognised alongside household names from sport, the arts, entertainment and politics.
The singer and songwriter was awarded the Companion of Honour for a remarkable career spanning more than five decades, in which he has sold more than 300m records worldwide, and used his fame to promote the work of 23 charities, including his own Aids foundation. He becomes one of only 64 people apart from the monarch who can hold the honour at any one time.
The musician tweeted: “I’m humbled and honoured to be among such highly esteemed company in receiving the Companion of Honour. 2019 has turned out to be a truly wonderful year for me and I feel extraordinarily blessed.”
The honours list, which was drawn up and approved during Theresa May’s premiership, rewards a glittering lineup of well-known figures from arts and sport. But the vast majority (72%) of the 1,097 to be recognised were people who work in their communities.
[From Sandra Laville & Peter Walker at The Guardian]
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- Elton John - Caribou - Translucent Vinyl - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.95, €17.40 (New Item) (arrived 17-Apr-2025 16:36)on April 17, 2025 at 5:06 pm
ELTON JOHN Caribou (Limited 1974 UK 10-track LP pressed on Speckled Translucent Vinyl, visible only when held to a light source, fully laminated picture sleeve with illustrated lyric inner. The packaging isExcellent with minor edge wear, the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with just a few light paper scuffs to highlight play DJLPH439)
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ELTON JOHN Tumbleweed Connection (2004 US issue 12-track Hybrid SACD [Super Audio CD - playable on all SACD and CD players - in 5.1 Surround Sound] including 2 bonus tracks 'Into The Old Man's Shoes' & 'Madman Across The Water' - Original Version, picture sleeve with extensive liner notes & graphics)
- Elton John - Too Low For Zero - 2nd - Stickered - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $13.30, €11.60 (New Item) (arrived 11-Apr-2025 14:30)on April 17, 2025 at 5:06 pm
ELTON JOHN Too Low For Zero (1983 UK 10-track vinyl LP including I'm Still Standing, I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues and Kiss The Bride, issued in the glossy non die-cut picture sleeve with multi-song hype sticker. Both the sleeve and vinyl remain in excellent condition with light foxing to the inner and with little sign of play or wear HISPD24)
- Elton John - Funeral For A Friend - UK - 12" vinyl - £15.00, $19.95, €17.40 (New Item) (arrived 11-Apr-2025 14:35)on April 17, 2025 at 5:06 pm
ELTON JOHN Funeral For A Friend (1978 UK Special Edition 4-track 12" single, also including Love Lies Bleeding, We All Fall In Love Sometimes & Curtains. The picture sleeve & vinyl remain in excellent condition DJT15000)
- Elton John - Too Low For Zero - 2nd - Stickered - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $13.30, €11.60 (New Item) (arrived 11-Apr-2025 16:00)on April 17, 2025 at 5:06 pm
ELTON JOHN Too Low For Zero (1983 UK 10-track vinyl LP including I'm Still Standing, I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues and Kiss The Bride, issued in the glossy non die-cut picture sleeve with multi-song hype sticker. Both the sleeve and vinyl remain in excellent condition with light foxing to the inner and with little sign of play or wear HISPD24)
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