Mail & Guardian
Mail & Guardian
elton johnlatest news & developments
Pulsating: Nakhane says they wanted ‘Bastard Jargon’, which features Raphael Saadiq, Nile Rodgers and Moonchild Sanelly, to make people move and dance. Photo: Alex de Mora

Nakhane comes out dancing

The South African artist describes their new offering ‘Bastard Jargon’ as an existential sex album that exchanges sad for upbeat

Dignity and Pride, Hackney, London, 1973. (Photo: Dennis Morris)
Video

Babylon By Bus: How Bob Marley influenced Dennis Morris’ photographic career

The photographer got his first big break touring with The Wailers in the 1970s, after skipping school to meet the band

Elton John to Putin: I will show you those abused by laws

Elton John has told Russia’s President Vladimir Putin that he has met Russians abused under legislation banning "homosexual propaganda".

Black Keys win three at Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards have been bestowed widely as Gotye, fun. and Mumford and Sons took top honours on the music industry’s biggest night.

Sir Elton John has told the International Aids Conference that the Aids epidemic is fuelled by stigma.

Elton John tells Aids conference he ‘should be dead’

The musician has told the International Aids conference the epidemic has been ‘fuelled by stigma, violence and indifference’.

Lawyers for counsellors endorsing “reparative therapy” and parents who claim their sons have benefited from it plan to ask a judge to block the first-of-its-kind measure.

Protecting human rights – or hate?

Elton John writes about how the Ukraine now threatens the freedom of gay people to express themselves or even speaking openly about homosexuality.

Tying up the loose ends of hair loss

Other than certain individuals such as Elton John and Wayne Rooney most men accept hair loss with a sense of resignation.

Euro 2008: Ready for a football party

Twenty-three days, 16 countries, 31 matches and countless events, concerts and exhibits are sure to keep fans busy during the European football championships in Austria and…

Elton John says he owns photo seized by bobbies

Elton John confirmed on Wednesday that he owned a photograph of two young girls which was seized by police at a British gallery. Northumbria police said the picture by…

‘We pray God will allow him to use his voice in heaven’

It began with bread. And that is how it ended. Shortly after 4pm, on a sun-filled autumn day, the voices of Luciano Pavarotti and his father, the baker Fernando, ”who had a voice…

UK remembers Princess Diana

Princes William and Harry were to lead tributes on Friday to their late mother, Princess Diana, on the 10th anniversary of her death at a service attended by senior royals and…

Summertime — and after Katrina, life still ain’t easy

The King of New Orleans, Fats Domino, is one of the few optimistic people in the still devastated city. ”Everybody is doing the best they can. I think New Orleans will recover,”…