Elton John thinks little of Madonna
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It seems Elton John isn’t a Madonna fan.
Taking the stage at a music awards show Monday in London, John accused the queen of pop of lip-syncing and said he was astonished that she had been nominated for best live act.
“Since when has lip-syncing been live?” he said. “Anyone who lip-syncs in public onstage when you pay 75 pounds [$134] to see them should be shot.”
Madonna’s spokeswoman, Liz Rosenberg, rejected John’s allegations. “Madonna does not lip-sync, nor does she spend her time trashing other artists,” Rosenberg said in a statement. “She sang every note of her Re-Invention tour live and is not ashamed that she was well paid for her hard work.”
John, 57, was receiving a songwriting award at the Q awards, sponsored by a British music magazine. Madonna, whose Re-Invention world tour stopped in Britain in August, didn’t win the best live act award. It went to British band Muse.
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