The Latest Breaking News from Bernie Taupin

“He wrote it in a completely different way simply because of his eyesight problem. He can’t read lyrics if they’re on the piano”: Bernie Taupin on Elton John’s new approach to songwriting on his next album, and why they'll never sell their publishing

Lyricist has a solo record out in October

MusicRadar · Jul 31

A new Elton John album might be with fans early next year

Elton John’s longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin says the music legend’s newly reinvented, melody‑first album - created after his eyesight troubles forced him to change how he writes - is likely to arrive early next year.

BANG Premier · Jul 30

Elton John has 'completely different way' of songwriting now due to vision loss

The Your Song star is blind in his right eye and has limited vision in his left, so has adopted a “completely different way” of getting music and lyrics down on paper.

BANG Premier · Jul 30

Whitney Houston to receive a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award

Whitney Houston will receive a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award next year, 14 years after her death.

BANG Premier · Dec 20, 2025

Sir Elton John thinks he is singing better than ever

Sir Elton John, 78, believes that he is "singing better than (he's) ever done before" despite facing health challenges such as losing the sight in his right eye.

BANG Premier · Nov 26, 2025

“John called us and said he thought that we were the best stuff that he had heard since the Beatles… To hear that from John Lennon was like, ‘What?’ It was a wonderful compliment”: Davey Johnstone on Elton John’s smash-hit Beatles collab with John Lennon

How a visit from John Lennon during the sessions for Elton John’s 1975 masterpiece Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy yielded an impromptu Beatles cover and another number one hit

MusicRadar · Nov 22, 2025

“I’ll never forget it – the three of us were almost in tears. We’re getting to sing this, Elton and Bernie’s whole history up to that point”: Davey Johnstone on the making of Elton John’s 1975 masterpiece, Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy

It began aboard the high seas, a concept record about Elton John and Bernie Taupin's early days, and when the band got to Caribou Ranch, they'd turn out one of the greatest albums of the '70s

MusicRadar · Oct 31, 2025

"A record was made to reward close listening": Elton John - Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy (50th Anniversary Edition)

Peak 70s Elton John, a songwriting triumph

Louder · Oct 26, 2025

“How daring to have a long intro before he’s even singing. It’s like psychedelic Mozart”: With The Rose Of Laura Nyro, Elton John and Brandi Carlile are paying tribute to both a 'forgotten' songwriter and the lost art of the long song intro

“No one starts an album like that anymore!” says Carlile

MusicRadar · Apr 19, 2025

"People started to leave. I was terrified": The story of Elton John's favourite Elton John album and the calamitous stadium show that followed

Gold even before its release, Captain Fantastic And The BrownDirt Cowboy was worth the hard work. But the album markedthe end of Elton John’s imperial period – and his band

Louder · Apr 15, 2025