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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Efter fem års farvel-turné spiller Elton John sit sidste show | Kultur | DR<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;vertical-align:top'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C90219;text-transform:uppercase;mso-fareast-language:DA'><a href="https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur"><b><span style='text-decoration:none'>KULTUR</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-line-height-alt:13.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Efter fem års farvel-turné spiller Elton John sit sidste show<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Turnéen er blevet både udskudt og forlænget, men lørdag aften er det "et endeligt farvel" fra Sir Elton John.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Elton John har spillet over 300 afskedskoncerter. Her ses han til sin koncert i Barcelona 22. maj i år. (Foto: © ENRIC FONTCUBERTA, Ritzau Scanpix)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase;mso-fareast-language:DA'>AF<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;background:white'><a href="mailto:mpem@dr.dk"><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA;text-decoration:none'>Marie Lagoni Pedersen</span></b></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase;mso-fareast-language:DA'>34 MIN. SIDEN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>I snart fem år har Elton John rejst verden rundt for at sige farvel til sine fans.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Alene i Danmark har han været forbi med sin 'Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour' hele tre gange.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Men lørdag aften får evigheds-turnéen en ende.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>76-årige Elton John runder sin 50 år lange karriere som turnerende musiker af med et show i Tele2 Arena i den svenske hovedstad Stockholm.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Elton John har lagt dette billede på Instagram lørdag.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>- Hvilken rejse denne tour har været - nu står vi ved enden af den. I aften er den sidste aften, skriver Elton John selv på sin Instagram-profil.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>"Rejsen" har varet siden det første show i september 2018, da Elton John startede sin afskedsturné og undervejs er den både blevet forlænget og udskudt flere gange.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Blandt andet corona og en hofteoperation har været med til at forlænge turnéen fra de tre år, der var udgangspunktet, til nu at have varet fem år.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-line-height-alt:15.25pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Tre omgange farvel til Danmark<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>'Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour' lagde første gang vejen forbi Danmark - mere specifikt København - i 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Sidste år var han forbi Horsens og senest i onsdags spillede verdensstjernen en anmelderrost koncert i Royal Arena, da han igen gæstede den danske hovedstad.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>- Elton John både lignede og lød som en mand, der var opsat på, langt om længe, at sende sig selv på pension med æren i behold. Nu håber jeg bare, at vi kan lukke den her.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>- Jeg skal i hvert fald ikke se flere af hans farvelkoncerter, for jeg tvivler på, at det bliver meget bedre, skrev Politikens anmelder Pernille Jensen blandt andet i sin anmeldelse, hvor hun kvitterede med fem ud af seks hjerter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>I sin lange karriere har Elton John </span><a href="https://politiken.dk/kultur/musik/art9393894/Elton-John-b%C3%A5de-lignede-og-l%C3%B8d-som-en-mand-der-var-opsat-p%C3%A5-at-sende-sig-selv-p%C3%A5-pension-med-%C3%A6ren-i-behold" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>ifølge Politiken</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'> gæstet Danmark 16 gange siden 1979.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>På turnéen, der er opkaldt efter hittet og albummet af samme navn Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, har Elton John brugt 330 koncerter på at sige farvel til sine fans.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>I sin karriere, der tog fart i 70'erne, har Elton John udgivet 31 studiealbums. Her ses han i 1975 til en koncert i Californien. (Foto: © Terry Schmitt, Associated Press)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Med pink hanekams-paryk og en lang kåbe med glimmerstjerner indtog Elton John New Yorks Madison Square Guarden i 1986. (Foto: © Corey Struller, AP)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Her ses han til Oscar prisuddelingen i 2020. </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>(Foto: © Mario Anzuoni, Ritzau Scanpix)</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>1</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'> / 3</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.15pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>I sin karriere, der tog fart i 70'erne, har Elton John udgivet 31 studiealbums. Her ses han i 1975 til en koncert i Californien. (Foto: © Terry Schmitt, Associated Press)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Det er allerede over et halvt år siden, at han spillede sin sidste koncert i USA i Los Angeles.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Hele seancen blev sendt på streaming-kanalen Disney+, hvor der undervejs blev afspillet hilsner fra nogle af de mest kendte Elton John-fans, skriver The Guardian.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Det gjaldt blandt andre den amerikanske præsident, Joe Biden, prins William og hertuginde Kate, Victoria og David Beckham, Katy Perry, Coldplay og Miley Cyrus.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><a href="https://www.billboard.com/pro/elton-john-farewell-tour-first-earn-900-million-dollars/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Ifølge Billboard</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'> er turnéen den mest økonomisk indbringende opgjort på billetsalg, siden man begyndte at opgøre den slags. Billetsalget har indbragt over 900 millioner dollars, hvilket svarer til over seks milliarder danske kroner.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-line-height-alt:15.25pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>'Et endeligt farvel'<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>For knap to uger siden tog Elton John så endegyldigt afsked med sine fans i hjemlandet, da han med sin sidste koncert på britisk jord debuterede på den legendariske engelske festival Glastonbury.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Musikredaktør på The Guardian Laura Snapes kvitterede med fem ud af fem stjerner og spekulerede i, om det denne gang virkelig var endeligt farvel.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-line-height-alt:15.0pt;background:white'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour i tal<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DA'>330 shows<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DA'>6.250.000 fans<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DA'>990 trommestikker<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DA'>2 frierier<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Kilde: Elton Johns Instagram-profil</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>- Kan det virkelig være hans sidste koncert i Storbritannien nogensinde? Efter denne vitale præstation vil fans desperat håbe, at det ikke er tilfældet, skrev hun </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/26/elton-john-at-glastonbury-review-headline-pyramid-stage" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>i sin anmeldelse</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Snapes bemærker, at hvis Elton John skulle ombestemme sig og tage en runde koncerter til, så vil det langt fra være første gang.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Foreløbigt tyder intet dog på det.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>På Instagram har musikeren lørdag lagt et billede op af en scene med hans klaver og en tom arena i baggrunden med teksten:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>- Et endeligt farvel.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Undervejs på sin farvel-turné er Elton John fyldt 76 år, men han er ikke resigneret. De seneste år har han igen toppet hitlister med ny musik i samarbejder med yngre superstjerner som Dua Lipa (tv.) og Britney Spears. (Arkivfoto) (Foto: © Mario Anzuoni, Ritzau Scanpix)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Hvor kommer navnet Elton John egentlig fra? Og hvordan startede legendens karriere? </span></i><a href="https://www.dr.dk/det-bedste-fra-dr/stjal-sit-navn-og-lavede-kaempe-vampyr-flop-her-er-fire-ting-du-maaske-ikke-vidste" target="_blank"><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Her kan du læse</span></i></a><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'> fire ting, du måske ikke vidste om Elton John.</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:#F3F0EF'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C90219;text-transform:uppercase;mso-fareast-language:DA'>LÆS PÅ DR.DK</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:#F3F0EF'><a href="https://www.dr.dk/det-bedste-fra-dr/stjal-sit-navn-og-lavede-kaempe-vampyr-flop-her-er-fire-ting-du-maaske-ikke-vidste"><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA;text-decoration:none'>Stjal sit navn og lavede kæmpe vampyr-flop: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA;text-decoration:none'>Her er fire ting, du måske ikke vidste om Elton John</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/efter-fem-aars-farvel-turne-spiller-elton-john-sit-sidste-show<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Stjal sit navn og lavede kæmpe vampyr-flop: Her er fire ting, du måske ikke vidste om Elton John | Det bedste fra DR | DR<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white;vertical-align:top'><a href="https://www.dr.dk/det-bedste-fra-dr"><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase;mso-fareast-language:DA'>DET BEDSTE FRA DR</span></b></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C90219;text-transform:uppercase;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-line-height-alt:13.2pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Stjal sit navn og lavede kæmpe vampyr-flop: </span></b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Her er fire ting, du måske ikke vidste om Elton John<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Har Elton John overhovedet brug for briller, og hvorfor er hans mellemnavn Hercules? I DR1's 'Stjerneklar' var der flere Elton-performere på scenen, og derfor kigger vi nærmere på legenden.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:5.0pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><img border=0 width=720 height=405 style='width:7.5in;height:4.2187in' id="Billede_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D9B1F4.9E808660" alt="https://asset.dr.dk/imagescaler/?protocol=https&server=www.dr.dk&file=%2Fimages%2Fother%2F2023%2F04%2F26%2Fsir_elton_hercules_john_topbillede_0.jpg&scaleAfter=crop&quality=70&w=720&h=405"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>I DR's nye musikprogram 'Stjerneklar' forvandles flere deltagere til Elton John. </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>(Foto: © LOIC VENANCE, AFP/Ritzau Scanpix)</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase;mso-fareast-language:DA'>AF<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;background:white'><a href="mailto:clhu@dr.dk"><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Clara Hughes</span></b></a><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;background:white'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase;mso-fareast-language:DA'>29. APR KL. 09:31<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase;mso-fareast-language:DA'>MERE END 30 DAGE GAMMEL<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>https://www.dr.dk/det-bedste-fra-dr/stjal-sit-navn-og-lavede-kaempe-vampyr-flop-her-er-fire-ting-du-maaske-ikke-vidste<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Ekstravagant og farverigt tøj, bemærkelsesværdige briller og et turbulent liv med afhængighed af både stoffer og alkohol.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Elton John er kendt for mange ting, men mest af alt det kæmpe talent og de imponerende mange hits, der er fordelt på over 30 albums.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>I løbet af de over 60 år, han har lavet musik, har han formået at få én af de bedst sælgende singler i verden - nemlig 'Candle in the Wind'. Ifølge flere opgørelser er singlen kun overgået af Bing Crosbys 'White Christmas'.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Og selv i en alder af 76 år formår han at have udsolgte koncerter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>- Når han tager på verdensturné, kan han stadig fylde de største scener overalt i verden. Han er langtfra blevet usynlig, fortæller Klaus Lynggaard, der er vært på podcasten </span><a href="https://heartbeats.dk/series/rockhistorier/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>'Rockhistorier'.</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Her er fire ting, du måske ikke vidste om Elton John.</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:#F3F0EF'><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:#F3F0EF'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C90219;text-transform:uppercase;mso-fareast-language:DA'>SE PÅ DRTV</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase;mso-fareast-language:DA'>UNDERHOLDNING | 1 SÆSON</span><span style='color:black;text-transform:uppercase'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:#F3F0EF'><a href="https://www.dr.dk/drtv/serie/stjerneklar_380137"><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA;text-decoration:none'>Stjerneklar</span></b></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:14.0pt;background:black'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Hans første sang var 'forfærdelig'<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:#E5E5E5'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:#E5E5E5'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Bluesology lavede musik fra 1962 en håndfuld år frem, før de gik hver til sit. (Foto: © TOPFOTO, Ritzau Scanpix)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:#E5E5E5'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Et af de første bands, Elton John var med i, var gruppen Bluesology. Som kun 15-årig startede han bandet, der eksisterede i en håndfuld år, før de gik hver til sit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:#E5E5E5'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>- Selvom vi ikke blev betalt særlig meget – faktisk blev vi næsten ikke betalt overhovedet – og vi lavede tre til fire shows hver aften, var det en super måde at starte ens professionelle karriere. Det kunne ikke have været bedre for mig, fortalte den flamboyante stjerne til </span><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/elton-john-bluesology/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Billboard i 1997.</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:#E5E5E5'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Selvom Bluesology hovedsageligt sang covernumre af andres sange, udgav de i 1965 fire sange. Deres første nummer, 'Come Back Baby', var sangen, der gjorde, at man pludselig kunne høre Elton Johns stemme i radioen.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:#E5E5E5'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Han beskriver dog selv sangen som '</span><a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/elton-john-bluesology/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>beyond dreadful</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>' (yderst forfærdelig, red.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:14.0pt;background:black'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Navngav sig efter en hest<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Til venstre har vi en af stjernerne fra serien 'Steptoe and Son' nemlig hesten Hercules. (Foto: © Mary Evans, Ritzau Scanpix)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>To af de senere medlemmer fra Bluesology hed Elton Dean og Long John Baldry, og hvis du – ligesom mig også studser over den pudsige og næsten usandsynlige tilfældighed, at Elton Johns tidligere bandmedlemmer både hed 'Elton' og 'John', så giver det faktisk meget god mening - det er nemlig slet ikke en tilfældighed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Reginald Kenneth Dwight er nemlig det navn, Elton John blev givet af sine forældre, og som han brugte i 23 år.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>I 1970 ændrede han sit navn til det, som mange i dag nok forbinder med en skarp brille og imponerende klaverspil: Elton John.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Han fusionerede nemlig navnene fra Bluesology-teamet, Elton Dean og Long John Baldry, og bruger det ikke kun som sit kunstnernavn, men han ændrede faktisk også sit navn formelt.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Hvis man vil bruge hans fulde titel, er den dog nu Sir Elton Hercules John.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Han blev nemlig slået til ridder i 1998 af dronning Elizabeth på grund af sin </span><a href="https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2023/02/24/feb-24-in-music-history-elton-john-is-knighted" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>musik og velgørende arbejde</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Det forklarer dog ikke valget af hans mellemmavn.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Når man læser navnet 'Hercules', er vi nok mange, der tænker på den meget stærke sagnhelt, der kæmper mod kyklopen i Disney-klassikeren fra 1997. Men denne heroiske fortælling har dog intet at gøre med hans valg af navn.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Det skulle efter sigende stamme fra en hest, der medvirkede i den britiske 1960’er sitcom 'Steptoe and Son', som Elton Hercules John var fan af som ung.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:14.0pt;background:black'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Det største broadway-flop<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:#E5E5E5'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:#E5E5E5'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Selvom Elton John sjældent bliver set uden en smart brille, forklarede han i forbindelse med en tour til BBC, at han har fået øjenoperation og ser perfekt. Han bruger dem derimod som en del af sit outfit. (Foto: © Matt Sayles, Ritzau Scanpix)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:#E5E5E5'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Sanger, pianist, sangskriver, komponist og producer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:#E5E5E5'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Elton John kan skrive mange ting på cv'et, men én ting, der ofte går i glemmebogen, er, at han faktisk har skrevet og komponeret flere musicals.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:#E5E5E5'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Udover at komponere til selve filmen 'Løvernes Konge' var Elton Johns musik også med i musicalen, der blev skamrost af både anmeldere og seere. Det er en must-see musical, der er pakket med engangsoplevelser og teater-magi, </span><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/11/20/23469505/lion-king-review-chicago-cadillac-palace-disney-musical-gugwana-dlamini-peter-hargrave" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>lød det blandt adet Chicago Sun-Times</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'> ved premieren.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:#E5E5E5'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Anderledes lunkent var det med 'Billy Elliot the Musical', der delte vandene blandt anmeldelserne. The New York Times gav musicalen hele ti ud af ti stjerner, hvorimod the Wall Street Journal gav den sølle to stjerner, men den er i dag en af de mest succesfulde musicals og opsættes stadig over hele verden.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:#E5E5E5'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase;mso-fareast-language:DA'>LÆS OGSÅ:</span></b><a href="https://www.dr.dk/det-bedste-fra-dr/blev-naegtet-adgang-til-usa-da-hun-skulle-fejres-her-er-5-ting-du-maaske-ikke"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C90219;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Blev nægtet adgang til USA, da hun skulle fejres: Her er 5 ting, du (måske) ikke vidste om Amy Winehouse</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:#E5E5E5'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Til gengæld var hans vampyr-musical en fiasko.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:#E5E5E5'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>'Lestat: The Musical' blev høvlet ned af kritikere, og flere kaldte den det største musikalske flop på Broadway. Efter kun 39 forestillinger blev den lukket.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-line-height-alt:14.0pt;background:black'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Kun slået af Elvis og The Beatles<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Elton John og Bernie Taupin vandt en Oscar for bedste originale sang. '(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again' fra filmen 'Rocketman', der blandt andet fokuserer på Elton Johns vej til succes. (Foto: © LUCAS JACKSON, Ritzau Scanpix)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Det er vist ikke for meget at konkludere, at Elton John er en af tidens største veteran-musikere.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Han lavede for to år siden en sammensmeltning af nogle af sine største hit, som blev til den populære sang 'Cold Heart' med pop-hitmageren Dua Lipa.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Sangen blev et globalt hit og vandt også flere priser.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Imens han lavede hittet med Dua Lipa, var han i gang med sin fem år lange 'Farewell'-tour, der står til at slutte 8. juli 2023 i Sverige. 'Rocketman'-sangeren har dermed lavet en ny </span><a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/elton-johns-farewell-tour-is-the-highest-grossing-of-all-time-3389843" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>rekord</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'> for at have den mest indbringende turné nogensinde.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>- Hans fans er meget trofaste, og de følger ham rigtig længe. Han er jo en kunstner, som i den grad har fat i sin egen tid. Hans musik er en del af deres opvækst og identitet, fortæller Klaus Lynggaard.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Elton John har dog ikke lavet al sin musik alene.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Han har faktisk igennem det meste af sin karriere samarbejdet med ven og sangskriver Bernie Taupin.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>De mødte hinanden helt tilbage i 1967, da de begge søgte et arbejde som sangskrivere hos Liberty Records. Der blev duoen sat sammen, og nu har de skrevet hits som 'Rocket Man', 'Candle in the wind' og 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'.<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0cm' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo8;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Bernie Taupin og Elton John har sammen produceret 56 singler, der er gået top-40 i USA, hvilket er mere end nogen anden nulevende artist - dog slået af Elvis.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo8;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DA'>På verdensplan er han én af de bedst sælgende artister nogensinde.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo8;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DA'>I dag er han gift med David Furnish, som han har to børn med.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Og en af grundene til, at han stadig er så successfuld, er ifølge Klaus Lynggaard blandt andet på grund af sit talent for at skabe sange.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:17.35pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:DA'>- Grunden til, at vi stadig snakker om ham, er, fordi han har lavet nogle knaldgode sange. Alt det andet er jo bare fikumdik.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><img border=0 width=700 height=394 style='width:7.2916in;height:4.1041in' id="Billede_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D9B1F4.9E808660" alt="https://asset.dr.dk/imagescaler/?protocol=https&server=www.dr.dk&file=%2Fimages%2Fother%2F2023%2F04%2F21%2Fdr-0718162.jpg&scaleAfter=crop&quality=70&w=700&h=394"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>Stjerneklar<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'>I DR's nye musikalske underholdningsprogram 'Stjerneklar' forvandles talenter fra hele landet til de største stjerneperformere fra ind- og udland for at hylde deres musikalske forbilleder. Joakim Ingversen er vært - og har Medina, Barbara Moleko, Tinus og Nicholas Kawamura med ved dommerbordet. Se med hver fredag klokken 20 på DR 1 eller på </span><a href="https://www.dr.dk/drtv/serie/stjerneklar_380137"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:DA'>DRTV.</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:DA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>https://www.dr.dk/det-bedste-fra-dr/stjal-sit-navn-og-lavede-kaempe-vampyr-flop-her-er-fire-ting-du-maaske-ikke-vidste<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Efter fem års farvel-turné spiller Elton John sit sidste show, 50 minutter siden, fra sektionen "Kultur"<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>