Elton John and Rod Stewart ‘not talking’ after ‘spat’ over farewell tour

25 November 2019, 11:01

Rod Stewart has revealed that he is no longer talking to Elton John after the pair had a “spat” over the ‘Your Song’ singer’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.

Rod criticised Elton’s decision to head out on an extensive farewell world tour, calling it “money-grabbing”.

The 74-year-old told Scottish Radio: “I do love Elton, only we’re not talking at the moment. We’ve had a spat.

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“Because I criticised his tour as being money-grabbing.”

The “spat” started back in March after Rod told Andy Cohen that Elton’s tour “stinks of selling tickets”.

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He explained: “I did email her [Elton] and said, ‘What, again dear?’ And, I didn’t hear anything back.

“I don’t think this is a big deal, it stinks of selling tickets.”

It comes after Elton spoke about Rod during his Q&A event, An Evening With Elton John.

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The 72-year-old singer was recounting a story about his late friend Freddie Mercury when he revealed his group of friends all had drag names, with Rod's being Phillis.

He told the audience, including Smooth Radio: "As you read in the book my drag name is Sharon. Rod Stewart is Phillis and Freddie was Melina."