Elton John To Undergo Hip Replacement Surgery ASAP

Nothing says cutting edge rock star like "hip replacement surgery."

Takes a lot of work to be young!

Sir Elton has reworked his hit, "I'm Still Standing" due to his medical condition. It will now be known as "I'm Still Standing with the Help of My Zimmer Frame."

Good. He hasn't been hip for years.

I guess Saturday Night isn't all right for Elton fighting anymore.

[quote] I have been advised to have an operation as soon as possible to get me back to full fitness

That’s quite an operation.

Sad songs say so much -

But a hip replacement says even more

Socketman

Maybe they'll get a replacement...

It's been a long time since the words hip and Elton John appeared in the same sentence.

Sad last days. Shame. See you in hell, Elton. x

I know how he feels

I fell awkwardly on a hard surface

a rent boys hard surface

Do you want me to bring some soup, some magazines, or something, Elton dear?

Can they do anything for his shot voice?

This makes me chuckle because he announced his farewell tour less than 48 hours after Neil Diamond rushed to announce he had to retire immediately due to illness. I got the impression that Elton had been planning on announcing HIS retirement and he panicked when another big 70s oldies act retired first.

Also his farewell tour has gone on for years at this point. Went for 1 1/2 years already and has 2 years to go, I believe.

I heard somewhere that Elton was planning to use his farewell tour to fund his retirement. Covid screwed things up and now he has to deal with his body failing. I wonder if he regrets spending so much money on knickknacks.

He could fund his retirement by just selling most of his residences and keeping one main residence and a vacation home.

Can they do anything for his shot voice?

I saw him for the first time last year just before covid hit and was amazed how well he sang and how he sounded just like his recordings and the stamina he had for his age.

Assuming he hasn’t mortgaged them to pay for knickknacks.

will he need a cane?

I wonder if Dolph Lambert has flashbacks every time Elton John's name appears in the press.

The husband of his looks like a high-maintenance kind of gay guy. Elton may not have as much $ as we all think.

Oh, yeah. David's the high maintenance one.

Phew! He'll be able to do the splits again!

He’s 75. I can’t imagine the stress of being contractually obligated to do 350 more shows. David Furnish is really greedy and probably abuses Elton physically at homeS

Elton could stop working. But who is the piano player if he ain't playin' the piana?

[quote] “At the end of my summer break, I fell awkwardly on a hard surface and have been in considerable pain and discomfort in my hip ever since.

Somewhere, Prince Philip is smiling.

I would suggest a spine replacement, but he doesn't have one.

Didn't he announce his retirment? Or was that Cher. Or Streisand. Jesus, after a certain age, all these haggard old Kweens look alike!

Those who have hip replacement surgery never recover.

RiP then.

Lizsha?

He won't be doing any tours after the hip surgery. How do I know? I had my first replacement at 75, then broke the other hip, then the 1st one became necrotic and had to be redone. The aging you go through coupled with the rehab after (6 weeks each surgery). tears you down. The rate of aging seems to increase after 75. So, goodbye yellow brick road, Elton! His experience hopefully won't be as bad as mine, but you can't get out of physical rehab and hit the tour circuit.

[Quote] I had my first replacement at 75, then broke the other hip

Dance class?

Elton should do an avatar tour.

Well, the Old Gurl still has IT in her yet!

Such a catchy tune

Buh buh buh Bennie and the hips!

Given the fact that Elton just had his hip replacement surgery, we’re not likely to see him perform live with Dua any time soon.

But à fan has cut and spliced a vid of the two of them seemingly singing together, which isn’t half bad

Needs some Kiki Dee.

another great duet from ‘Lockdown Sessions’, this time between Elton and Charlie Puth:

Why the fuck does Elton keep ruining promising gay acts? Scissor Sisters and Bright Light Bright Light for two were great until they got Elton in to collaborate. He's the kiss of death for other people's careers.

Didn't he do this once before? Though it's after the third that one should be concerned.

Has a regency council been named?

Don't Go Breaking My Hip

Praying that his broken hip will finally retire his tired ass. He needs to go the fuck away.

Now I just see him as poor Old Age Pensioner Reggie Dwight, hobbling down to the One Stop for a tin of cat food.

Hunties, the album debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes Charts, among many others.

And iTunes Charts, unlike radio charts, are based on actual *sale*

I think he should get a job as an old boy in a wheelchair on Eastenders.

Did he fall off that little horse he didn’t have a quarter to operate?

The first dozen or so replies on this thread are not only the epitome of DL, but had me pissing my drawers.

[quote] how well he sang and how he sounded just like his recordings

Pssst. Are you sitting down?

[quote] then broke the other hip, then the 1st one became necrotic

Well obviously you let it hang out with the wrong crowds.

Just get the old tart a new host body

How 'bout these puppies?

It just dawned on me that Charlie is actually singing a love song with an out gay man.

Is this Charlie’s way of coming out?

It just dawned on me that Craig is actually singing a love song with an out gay man.

Is this Craig’s way of coming out?

[quote]Why the fuck does Elton keep ruining promising gay acts? Scissor Sisters and Bright Light Bright Light for two were great until they got Elton in to collaborate. He's the kiss of death for other people's careers.

I think he probably starts off with good intentions and likes to use his pull to push new acts he likes into the foreground. In intention he seems genuine and generous. They doing duets and joint songs he finds them slots in good venues, but inevitably it seems he asks too much and they don't show at his house for a brunch or they ask too much and he's not in a mood and the whole thing becomes a bitch fest in short order. The offending party's name is never mentioned again and they are on their fucking own in a quick minute.

Dua Lipa (whoever she is) should watch her step, because one day you're in... This song is in every supermarket in Europe.

Dua is a streaming success. She's helping Elton, not the other way around.

Dua already has a couple of Grammys under her belt. I think she’ll be fine.

It’s the other up-and-comers like that British Japanese lesbian gal Rina Sawayama who has to watch it

‘Chosen Family’ indeed…

Rina tried to bring Nu Metal back. She can choke.

I saw Elton interviewed on the Today show a few days ago and they didn’t even ask him about being named in the Pandora papers as a tax cheat!