Elton John
FILE - In this March 16, 2011 file photo, Elton John performs in concert at Madison Square Garden in New York. NBC's "Saturday Night Live" has lined up Elton John and Helen Mirren for hosting duties on back-to-back shows in April. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file)
Inductee Neil Diamond, right, and Elton John perform at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Tuesday, March 15, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
** FILE ** Sir Elton John (left) and husband David Furnish attend the ninth annual Elton John AIDS Foundation benefit "An Enduring Vision" at Cipriani Wall Street in New York in October 2010. Mr. John and Mr. Furnish have become parents to a 7-pound, 15-ounce baby boy born on Christmas Day. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)
FILE - In this July 18, 2009 file photo, Elton John, left, and Billy Joel bow to the crowd at the beginning of their concert at Foxborough Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, file)
FILE - In this file photo of Sept. 11 2009 Elton John salutes the audience during his performance at the Piedigrotta festival in Naples. The European Union ordered Italy Friday Nov. 19, 2010 to repay it close to $1 million in EU funds used to stage an Elton John concert. The European Commission says Italy had no right to use EU funds for the 2009 concert in the city of Naples. EU spokesman Ton van Lierop said EU money can be used to promote culture but not if that means staging a one-off rock concert. "We have asked for our money back," he added. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta)
**FILE** Madonna talks to children during the launch of her fourth book, ’The Adventures of Abdi,’ in a London department store on Nov. 11, 2004. Sri Lankan musicians are trying to rally stars such as Elton John, Madonna and Ricky Martin to record an album to raise relief funds for countries hit by the Dec. 26 tsunami. (Associated Press)
